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Pink Is for Boys

ROBB PEARLMAN · Running Press Kids
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

An empowering and educational picture book that proves colors are for everyone, regardless of gender. Pink is for boys . . . and girls . . . and everyone! This timely and beautiful picture book rethinks and reframes the stereotypical blue/pink gender binary and empowers kids-and their grown-ups-to...
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All About Bee Stings

MEGAN BORGERT-SPANIOL · Super Sandcastle
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Many kids get stung by bees or wasps. It can hurt or cause a reaction. All About Bee Stings helps kids find out how to know if they were stung and how to treat the sting. Easy-to-read text, fascinating photographs, and colorful graphics help young readers explore what's going on inside...
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Beach Fleas and Other Tiny Sand Animals

Ellen Lawrence · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Boing! Boing! Boing! If you disturb a piece of seaweed on the beach, you might get to see dozens of tiny creatures leaping into the air?beach fleas! Peek under a piece of driftwood and you might spot a beach wolf spider waiting for a chance to hunt. And what?s that little dip in the sand?...
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Pinkalicious at the Fair

VICTORIA KANN · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Stay tuned for a brand-new show coming in winter 2018 to PBS Kids: Pinkalicious & Peterrific! #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann brings young readers a Pinkalicious I Can Read Story about friendship and the magical unicorn, Goldilicious.Pinkalicious and Molly are headed...
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Doctors and What They Do

Liesbet Slegers · Clavis
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The doctor knows a lot about the body. She knows about diseases and how to cure somebody. Wearing her doctor's coat and using her doctor's tools, she examines her patients. Fevers, all kinds of pain, wounds and fractures, medicines and immunizations - the doctor knows them all....
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I Was Made For You

David Lucas · Andersen Digital
Pages: 32
Format: Print Length

Cat was knitted by Mum out of the softest, fluffiest wool, and wrapped in shiny paper and a big, pink ribbon ... but why was he made? When you are brand new, the world is full of questions, and if you are brave it can be full of answers too. Cat asks the wind, the stars and the trees for help,...
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Happy Dreamer

Peter H Reynolds · Orchard Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

In his Scholastic debut, picture book and creativity guru Peter Reynolds brings us a universally poignant celebration of the colorful spectrum of what it means to dream and the many ways to find happy!While the world tells us to sit still, to follow the rules, and to color inside the lines,...
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Here to Help: Paramedic

Rachel Blount · Franklin Watts
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

What's it like to be a paramedic? Perhaps one day you might like to become a paramedic too? In this book you will meet our paramedic, Jon - and some of his colleagues - and see what he does at work every day. Find out about the emergencies he attends, the equipment he uses on his patients...
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Creepy Pair of Underwear!

Aaron Reynolds · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

From the celebrated team behind Creepy Carrots!, Aaron Reynolds and Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown, comes a hilarious (and just a little creepy) story of a brave rabbit and a very weird pair of underwear.Jasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore. He's not afraid of the dark, and he's...
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Cemeteries

Valerie Bodden · Creative Education
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Are you scared of the dark? Does being in a spooky place make you want to run and hide? Usually, the more you know about something, the less afraid you are apt to be. With that in mind, Creep Out explains the function or purpose of six types of potentially frightening places, demystifying...
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Bamboo for Me, Bamboo for You!

FRAN MANUSHKIN · Aladdin
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Panda twins, Miranda and Amanda, frolic, fight, and fuss over their favorite treat - bamboo - in this playful, vibrant picture book.Panda twins Miranda and Amanda love bamboo so much it's the only treat they want to eat! But in between bamboo breakfast, bamboo lunch, and bamboo dinner,...
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Hank and Gertie: A Pioneer Hansel and Gretel Story

Eric A Kimmel · WestWinds Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel with gorgeous, brightly patterned illustrations from artist Mara Penny, Hank and Gertie brings a modern twist to the classic Hansel and Gretel folktale combined with the high-adventure landscape of the Oregon Trail. While taking a break from their...
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Lighter than Air: Sophie Blanchard, the First Woman Pilot

Matthew Clark Smith · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Take to the skies with the beautifully told tale of Sophie Blanchard - a woman meant for the air - as she discovers the incomparable sensation of flight.Behold the story of Sophie Blanchard, an extraordinary woman who is largely forgotten despite her claim to being the very first female...
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Principal

Czeena Devera · Cherry Lake Pub
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

Each book in the My Friendly Neighborhood series is written for the earliest readers and dedicated to describing a neighborhood worker in their community. This book studies the responsibilities of principals. Simple sentence structure and word usage help children develop word recognition...
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Nerdy Birdy Tweets

Aaron Reynolds · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Nerdy Birdy and his best friend, Vulture, are very different. Nerdy Birdy loves video games, but Vulture finds them BORING. Vulture loves snacking on dead things, but Nerdy Birdy finds that GROSS. Luckily, you don't have to agree on everything to still be friends.One day, Nerdy Birdy joins...
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