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I'll Wait, Mr. Panda

Steve Antony · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Mr. Panda from Steve Antony's bestselling, funny manners book Please, Mr. Panda is back!This time, Mr. Panda's black-and-white animal friends are curious what he's making, but only one has the patience to stick around. An alpaca, an aardvark, rabbits, and a bird all wind up missing out....
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We Found a Hat

Jon Klassen · Candlewick Press
Pages: 56
Format: Print book

Click Here For the Autographed Copy Hold on to your hats for the conclusion of the celebrated hat trilogy by Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, who gives his deadpan finale a surprising new twist. Two turtles have found a hat. The hat looks good on both of them. But there are two turtles....
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Ada Twist, Scientist

Andrea Beaty · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

The creators of the New York Times bestselling picture books Rosie Revere, Engineer and Iggy Peck, Architect are back with a story about the power of curiosity in the hands of a child who is on a mission to use science to understand her world. Ada Twist, Scientist, from powerhouse team...
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Monsters Go Night-Night

Aaron Zenz · Abrams Appleseed
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Bedtime means brushing your teeth, putting on pajamas, snuggling, and kissing your family goodnight. For monsters, bedtime looks a little different. They brush their teeth, but not with a toothbrush. They get dressed for bed, but not in slippers and nightcaps. They snuggle, but not with...
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Dragon Was Terrible

Kelly DiPucchio · Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

We all know dragons are terrible, but this one is especially terrible. He scribbles in books. He steals candy from baby unicorns. He even burps in church. Seriously, who does that? Dragon, that's who. The king, the knights, and the villagers are desperate to take down this beast once...
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Whose Story Is This, Anyway?

Mike Flaherty · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

What's this book about? That depends on who you ask. Our humble narrator thinks he's got a great story for you, but he barely begins before he's interrupted . . . by a scallywag pirate with a thrilling legend of mermaids and sea monsters! Soon an entire cast of colorful characters...
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King Baby

Kate Beaton · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

All hail King Baby! He greets his adoring public with giggles and wiggles and coos, posing for photos and allowing hugs and kisses. But this royal ruler also has many demands, and when his subjects can't quite keep up, King Baby takes matters into his own tiny hands. Created by Kate Beaton,...
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Shapes at Play: A Minibombo Book

Silvia Borando · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Squares, triangles, and circles. Playtime! When shapes start moving around, there's no telling what new shapes they can make - or how far they can go.Did you know that a bunch of triangles together can build a bigger triangle? Or that stacking a lot of little squares makes one giant one?...
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A Child of Books

Oliver Jeffers · Candlewick Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

New York Times best-selling author-illustrator Oliver Jeffers and fine artist Sam Winston deliver a lyrical picture book inspiring readers of all ages to create, to question, to explore, and to imagine.A little girl sails her raft across a sea of words, arriving at the house of a small...
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One Hundred Bones

Yuval Zommer · Templar Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A little dog makes a big discovery . . .Scruff the dog is a stray who just loves to dig. It doesn't make him the most popular dog in town. But when he sniffs out a pile of old bones, he gets all the neighborhood dogs to help him. They uncover not one, not two, not three . . . but 100 bones...
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The Journey

Francesca Sanna · Flying Eye Books
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

With haunting echoes of the current refugee crisis this beautifully illustrated book explores the unimaginable decisions made as a family leave their home and everything they know to escape the turmoil and tragedy brought by war. This book will stay with you long after the last page is turned.From...
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There Is a Tribe of Kids

Lane Smith · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

When a young boy embarks on a journey alone . . .he trails a colony of penguins, undulates in a smack of jellyfish,clasps hands with a constellation of stars, naps for a night in a bed of clams,and follows a trail of shells, home to his tribe of friends.If Lane Smith's Caldecott Honor...
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Don't Wake Up the Tiger

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

Tiger is fast asleep. But - oh dear! - she's completely blocking the way. Just how will the animals get past without waking her up? Luckily, Frog has an excellent idea. Holding his balloon, he floats right over sleeping Tiger! Fox is next, followed by Tortoise, Mouse, and Stork,...
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Spot, the Cat

Henry Cole · Little Simon
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Simple and stunning images tell the story of a cat named Spot as he weaves his way in and out of a city in this wordless picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Henry Cole.Through this gorgeous visual narrative, Henry Cole shows us a day in the life of a cat named Spot. Spot...
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Before Morning

Joyce Sidman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

There are planes to fly and buses to catch, but a child uses the power of words, in the form of an invocation, to persuade fate to bring her family a snow day - a day slow and unhurried enough to spend at home together. In a spare text that reads as pure song and illustrations...
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Owl Sees Owl

Laura Godwin · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Fans of the classic picture book Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson will adore this utterly simple picture book in which a baby owl goes off on his first adventure. With just three or four words per page, this story follows a baby owl one night as he leaves the safety of his nest...
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If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party

Jill Esbaum · Sterling Pub Co
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

You never know what will happen when a T. Rex crashes your birthday party. Sure, you'll be super excited when he turns up at your door. But then he'll stomp. He'll ROAR. He'll look at you as if he's wondering how you taste with a little mustard. In the end, though, you just...
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Joe Cepeda · Holiday House
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Pura Belpre honor recipient, Joe Cepeda, brings magical realism for the beginning reader! Two brothers are asleep in their bed when a pinwheel flies through the window and into the hand of the younger boy. He stands in front of the window, and soon he s flying through the sky where he sees...
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Hand in Hand

Rosemary Wells · Henry Holt and Company 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

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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Quit Calling Me a Monster!

Jory John · Random House
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

The talented creators of I Will Chomp You! brilliantly frame the struggle to buck stereotypes and learn empathy in this monster's hilarious lament. Floyd Patterson is so much more than shaggy purple fur and pointy monster teeth - why can't people just see him for him? Jory John and Bob Shea...
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