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Bizzy Mizz Lizzie

David Shannon · The Blue Sky Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Lizzie is the busiest, buzziest bee in Hivetown! David Shannon's vivid artwork and Lizzie's endearing efforts to "do it all" will make children laugh aloud at her frantic antics as she juggles school, multiple sports, dance, violin, and art. With charm and determination, she longs...
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Giraffe and Bird Together Again

REBECCA BENDER · Pajama Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Bird lives for adventure. He wants to swoop, soar, and explore. Giraffe is perfectly happy right where he is, thank you very much. He never worries when Bird flits off for a while. But one afternoon his friend fails to return. Giraffe has a bad feeling that something has happened to Bird....
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Puffer Fish

Joyce L Markovics · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

What's that spiky ball with big eyes? It's a puffer fish! This strange fish gulps down water to puff itself up . . . and up . . . and up. Why does it do this? Beginning readers will learn the answer in this simple yet playful nonfiction text. They will also learn basic information about...
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Eva Sees a Ghost: A Branches Book

Rebecca Elliott · Branches/Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 71
Format: Print book

Is there a ghost in Treetopolis? Eva sure thinks so!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books...
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The Three Billy Goats Gruff

Jerry Pinkney · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A classic read-aloud favorite addressing bullying retold by acclaimed artist Jerry Pinkney.Jerry Pinkney puts his indelible stamp on another beloved folktale in the same vein as the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare and The Grasshopper...
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On Our Street: Our First Talk About Poverty

Jillian Roberts · Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The World Around Us series introduces children to complex cultural, social and environmental issues in a straightforward and accessible way. These illustrated nonfiction picture books tackle global concerns and initiate conversations about subjects that are difficult, sad or overwhelming...
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Amy's Very Merry Christmas

Callie Barkley · Little Simon
Pages: 111
Format: Paperback

Amy comes up with the perfect Christmas present for Ms. Sullivan in the ninth book of the Critter Club series.It's holiday time in Santa Vista, and Amy is especially excited for Christmas. Her dad and soon-to-be stepmom and stepsister are visiting, plus, there are some adorable guinea...
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Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! The Good for Nothing Button

Mo Willems · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Yellow Bird has a button. It does . . . nothing! It is a good for nothing button. Red Bird and Blue Bird are excited to try the button. But when they press it, they discover that the button makes them happy. Happy is something! A flabbergasted Yellow Bird insists the button does nothing....
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Perrazo y Perrito/Big Dog and Little Dog bilingual

Dav Pilkey · Harcourt
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Big Dog and Little Dog are canine companions who stick together through thick and thin. In this, their first bilingual adventure, Big Dog and Little Dog are hungry And as any good dog knows, friends who chow down together, nap together. With deceptively simple text, graphic illustrations,...
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Nanette's Baguette

Mo Willems · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Today is the day Nanette gets to get the baguette Is she set? YOU BET Mo Willems' hilarious new picture book, Nanette's Baguette, follows our plucky heroine on her first big solo trip to the bakery. But . . . will Nanette get the baguette from baker Juliette? Or will Nanette soon be beset...
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Meet Yasmin!

Saadia Faruqi · Picture Window Books
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

Meet Yasmin! Yasmin is a spirited second-grader who's always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she boldly faces any situation, assuming her imagination doesn't get too big,...
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CHRISTMAS FOR BEAR

BONNY BECKER · Candlewick
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Bear's minimalist holiday celebration has an eager Mouse feeling a bit anxious in this humorous and heartwarming story about the unlikely, lovable pair.One frosty night, Bear hears a tap, tap, tapping on his front door. "Merry Christmas!" cries Mouse. Mouse is there for a Christmas...
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Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein · HarperCollins
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Shel Silverstein's most popular book, Where the Sidewalk Ends, is now available in a special edition containing the classic hardcover book and a CD of highlights from his Grammy Award-winning album. This is a wonderful gift and keepsake for Shel Silverstein fans, old and new.From the outrageously...
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The Wall in the Middle of the Book

Jon Agee · Dial Books
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

A foolish knight is certain that his side of the wall is the safe side in this clever, amusingly meta picture book by the acclaimed creator of It's Only StanleyThere's a wall in the middle of the book, and our hero--a young knight--is sure that the wall protects his side of the book from...
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Wings

Cheryl B. Klein · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Debut picture book author Cheryl B. Klein and Caldecott Honor winner Tomie dePaola sweetly capture a baby bird's journey to first flight.Wings! Clings. Flings ... With a cleverly simple rhyme and playful, vibrant artwork, Cheryl B. Klein and Tomie dePaola lovingly paint the picture of a baby...
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