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A Unicorn Named Sparkle

Amy Young · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

When Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she sends in her twenty-five cents and waits four to six long weeks for her very own unicorn to arrive. She imagines the flowers that she'll braid into his beautiful pink mane, and she even picks the perfect name for him: Sparkle....
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Sam and Jump

Jennifer K Mann · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A charmingly simple tale about friends, old and new, that will resonate with anyone who's ever loved - and lost - a special toy.Sam and his stuffed bunny, Jump, are best friends, and they do everything together. One day, on a trip to the beach, Sam meets Thomas. Sam and Thomas play...
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Wilfred

· Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Calvin & Hobbes and Dr. Seuss comes a new story of unlikely friendship.Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there lived a humongous and hairy giant named Wilfred. Whenever people saw him, they ran away, which made life very lonely for Wilfred. That is, until...
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Peek-A-Boo Who?

Simm Taback (Illustrator) · Blue Apple Books; Ltf Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Each page poses the question, Peek-a-boo, who? and features a flap in which a pattern peeks through the die-cut shape of an animal. When kids lift the flap, the pattern is revealed to be part of a larger, illustrated version of the animal. Animals include a pig, cat, rabbit, elephant, fish,...
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This Monster Cannot Wait!

Bethany Barton · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Irrepressible Stewart the monster is back, and he has big news: He's going camping in five days! But if he could just change the clocks, build a time machine, or make this book move faster, he could go camping NOW. Of course, Stewart's parents know that good things come to those...
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Get Out of My Bath!

Nosy Crow · Nosy Crow
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Ellie the elephant loves to have fun in the bath, but she's not the only one. Her fun is interrupted when a crocodile decides to join her, followed by a flamingo, then a mouse and even a tiger! Poor Ellie's bath is ruined. What can she do? She sucks all the water into her trunk, of course!...
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The Line

Paula Bossio · Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

A little girl stumbles onto a line ... and endless possibilities for fun! With a twist and a shake of the line, it becomes a slide, a giant bubble or even a jungle vine. But what -- or who -- could be at the other end?
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Bear Hug

Katharine McEwen (Author, Illustrator) · Templar
Format: Hardcover

Watch life unfold as the seasons change.One bear is facing his first winter alone. Just as his parents taught him, he gathers leaves for his cave and fishes for food in the river. Then, across the babbling water, he meets a mate, and they weather the winter together in a big bear hug. When...
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Ghost in the House

Ammi Joan Paquette · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Boo! Watch out for this rollicking, cumulative counting book for a Halloween treat that's more playful than scary.There's a ghost in the house,In the creepy haunted house,On this dark spooky night all alone.When a little ghost goes slip-sliding down the hallway, he suddenly hears...a...
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Elmer and the Whales

David McKee · Andersen Press
Format: Hardcover

Elmer and his cousin Wilbur decide to go to the coast to see the whales. But their journey becomes far more of an adventure than they expected, when they find themselves lost at sea. Can the whales help them back to shore?
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