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Otis Gives Thanks

Loren Long · Philomel Books
Pages: 30
Format: Board book

Time to honor Thanksgiving and make it a year-round holiday, thanks to this perfect ode to gratitude featuring Otis, everyone's favorite tractor.Giving thanks makes Otis happy. He gives thanks for the land and country he loves. Otis is thankful for time to play games like hide-and-seek...
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Where Are All the Minnesotans?

K R Coleman · Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In the Midwest, winter means freezing temperatures, shorter days, and piles of snow. For some, the logical response is to curl up under the blankets and hibernate until spring.But wait: where are all the Minnesotans? Outside, of course! First, bundle up: a warm coat and a hat and gloves,...
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How Do You Feel?

Rebecca Bender · Pajama Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The toad feels bumpy, like a gnarly tree. The snake feels smooth, like a stone polished by the sea. One by one the hedgehog discovers the textures of his animal friends. But how does the hedgehog feel himself? Award-winning author/illustrator Rebecca Bender's How Do You Feel? will charm...
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Lines

SARVINDER NABERHAUS · Little Simon
Pages: 30
Format: Board book

This beautifully illustrated board book shows readers how lines make up a whole: a whole square, house, town, city, and universe!Line, Lines Square, Squares Town Line, Lines Circle, Circles Go round Think beyond shapes. Beyond colors. Beyond letters and numbers. With poetic text and beautiful...
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Me on the Map

Joan Sweeney · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Illustrated in full color. In this playful introduction to maps and geography, step by simple step, a young girl shows readers herself on a map of her room, her room on the map of her house, her house on the map of her street--all the way to her country on a map of the world. Once the reader...
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First Snow

Nancy Viau · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Snowflakes falling! What a treat! Friends gather outside to celebrate the first snowfall of the season with snowball fights, sledding, building igloos, drinking hot chocolate, and making the most of a windy, wintry day. With rhyming text and cheerful illustrations, this is a charming celebration...
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Christmas with Peppa

Eone · Scholastic Inc.
Pages: 16
Format: Board book

Peppa Pig and her family have many special Christmas traditions. They mail letters to Santa, decorate their Christmas tree, and leave milk and cookies for Santa by the fireplace on Christmas Eve. Will Peppa and George sneak a peek at Santa this year? Find out in this board book based on the hit animated...
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Butterflies in Room 6: See How They Grow

Caroline Arnold · Charlesbridge
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Kindergarteners raise butterflies from egg to adult in this close-up look at the insect life cycle.Follow a classroom of real kindergartners as they participate in a popular activity: raising butterflies. Astonishing photographs show the life cycle of the painted lady butterfly, from egg to caterpillar...
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Don't Eat That

Drew Sheneman · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A perfect summer read-aloud from the author-illustrator who brought you, NOPE!Bear is hungry. Gertie wants to help. But finding the perfect snack is harder than it looks. Will Gertie and Bear silence Bear's tummy grumbles before hunger gets the best of them?Expressive characters and funny...
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Song on the Wind

Caroline Everson · Fifth House Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This poetic story has universal appeal and spans time and distance with eloquent simplicity. In fourteen gentle stanzas, sleepy-eyed children throughout history draw comfort from bedtime tales and tender lullabies. Here, their innate curiosity about the world around them is satisfied by timeless...
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Dust Bunny Wants a Friend

Amy Hevron · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Follow an adorable little dust bunny on a quest to make a friend in this sweet and simple wordless picture book. Perfect for fans of Annie Silvestro's Bunny's Book Club.Dust Bunny is alone--and lonely. So when a small bug passes by him, he calls out hi and tries to befriend her. But the bug keeps...
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Dylan the Doctor

GUY PARKER-REES · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Dylan's on his way -- are you ready to play?Dylan the Doctor is the first story in a new series featuring an exuberant stripy dog who just loves to pretend and use his imagination. Created by beloved and bestselling illustrator Guy Parker-Rees, Dylan is a joyous new character who uses...
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Dragons Get Colds Too

Rebecca Roan · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Dragons Love Tacos comes a fresh, funny story that deals with everyone's least favorite thing: a cold.Is your dragon sleepy? Does he have a runny nose? Does he keep sneezing fire? Unfortunately, it sounds like your dragon has a cold. But luckily, this guide will help anxious...
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Fifteen Animals!

Sandra Boynton · Workman Publishing Company; Brdbk edition
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

The amazing Bob! The amazing Boynton! Because who else but Sandra Boynton could imagine 15 Bobs in one book? Actually, that's 14 Bobs, and one Simon James Alexander Ragsdale the Third (he's a turtle), which gives Fifteen Animals! the added dimension of being a unique counting book—count...
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Don't Go There!

Jeanne Willis · Andersen Pr USA
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Lid up, pants down, bottom on the seat!They must not have toilets in outer space, because this baby Martian keeps going in the wrong place: a bird bath, a bin, an up-turned hat. Perhaps if he masters "The Toilet Song," he might learn where to go.
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