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Hurry Up, Henry

Jennifer Lanthier · Puffin Canada
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A beautiful new picture book from an acclaimed author-illustrator team, showing the virtues of moving slowly in our modern world that's always hurryingHenry's mother and father and sister are always telling him to hurry up, and his best friend, Simon, never slows down. Henry doesn't...
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Mighty Dads

Joan Holub · Scholastic Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A new constructacular picture book from the New York Times bestselling creator of Pete the Cat, James Dean and bestselling author, Joan Holub.Mighty dads, strong and tall,help their children, young and small.They keep them safe and bolted tightand show them how to build things right.Inventively...
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Dog Days: The Carver Chronicles, Book One

Karen English · Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Its tough being the new kid at Carver Elementary. Gavin had lots of friends at his old school, but the kids here dont even know that hes pretty good at skateboarding, or how awesome he is at soccer. And when his classmate Richard comes over and the boys end up in trouble, not only does...
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Hand in Hand

Rosemary Wells · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Be my teacher from day one. Be my sky, my moon, my sun.The bond a parent and child share is special. In this sweet and heartfelt picture book, renowned author-illustrator Rosemary Wells celebrates all that parents do with and for their children from the very beginning: talking and walking,...
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Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji

F. Zia · Lee & Low Books
Format: Hardcover

Aneel and his grandfather, Dada-ji, tell stories, use their imaginations, and make delicious roti, a traditional Indian flatbread.
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I Love Dad with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

ERIC CARLE · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Show Dad how much you care with this little message of love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar!Celebrate Dad's special day by saying "I Love You"--with a little help from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. This bright and colorful book is the ideal way to tell the person you call "Dad"...
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Runaway Tomato

Kim Cooley Reeder · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs comes an action packed picture book with a sweet surprise. Call in the trucks! When a giant tomato breaks loose at the top of a hill, it takes every tractor, fire engine, and helicopter to stop it. Lincoln...
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Bee-bim Bop!

Linda Sue Park
Format: Hardcover

Bee-bim bop (the name translates as "mix-mix rice") is a traditional Korean dish of rice topped, and then mixed, with meat and vegetables. In bouncy rhyming text, a hungry child tells about helping her mother make bee-bim bop: shopping, preparing ingredients, setting
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Unlike Other Monsters

Audrey Vernick · Disney Hyperion
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Zander is a monster. Monsters don't have friends. They prefer to scare children and eat their raisin bread alone. Then one day Zander meets a bird, and the unexpected happens. They start to spend time together, and Zander is reminded of how he's unlike other monsters. But does the fact...
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Juneteenth for Mazie

Floyd Cooper · Capstone Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Mazie is ready to celebrate liberty. She is ready to celebrate freedom. She is ready to celebrate a great day in American history -- the day her ancestors were no longer slaves. Mazie remembers the struggles and the triumph, as she gets ready to celebrate Juneteenth.
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