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Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?

Sarah Savage · Kingsley, Jessica Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Tiny loves costumes! Tiny likes to dress up as an animal, or a doctor, or a butterfly. Tiny also prefers not to tell other children whether they are a boy or a girl. Tiny's friends don't mind, but when Tiny starts a new school their new friends can't help asking one question:"Tiny,...
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A Piglet Named Mercy

Kate DiCamillo · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Every porcine wonder was once a piglet! Celebrate the joy of a new arrival with this endearing picture-book prequel to the New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson series.Mr. Watson and Mrs. Watson live ordinary lives. Sometimes their lives feel a bit too ordinary. Sometimes they wish something...
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Nighttime in the Neighborhood

Becky Friedman · Simon Spotlight
Format: Print book

Daniel is going to a special nighttime story time at the library in this charming new 8x8 storybook based on a popular episode of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood!It's a beautiful night in the neighborhood and Daniel and his family are on their way to a special story time at the library!...
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Alfie in the Bath

Debi Gliori · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Alfie Rabbit is splashing around in the bath. His world turns from real to imagined as a gatefold spread is opened. Now hes on an amazing deep-sea adventure. Alfie is a deep-sea monster waving his tentacles, a little pink crab snapping his claws, a whale spouting water high in the air ...A...
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Ella WHO?

LINDA ASHMAN · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Mom . . . there's an elephant in the living room. It's moving day - and look who slipped in the door: an elephant! But when a little girl tries to tell her family about their unusual guest, the distracted grown-ups just say, "Ella WHO?" Even as children giggle at the girl's...
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Twinkle Twinkle I Love You

Steve Metzger · Tiger Tales
Format: Print book

This reassuring bedtime rhyme celebrates the magical moments between parent and child!,
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Princesses Wear Pants

SAVANNAH GUTHRIE · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From NBC's TODAY coanchor Savannah Guthrie and educator Allison Oppenheim comes an empowering fairy tale with a twist. In the tradition of Not All Princesses Dress in Pink and Princess in Black, Princesses Wear Pants follows the unflappable Princess Penelope Pineapple, who knows how to get the job done...
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Mom School

Rebecca Van Slyke · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this adorable kid's-eye view of what would happen if Mom went to school, a little girl imagines Mom School, where all moms learn their amazing skills, like fixing a bike tire and baking cupcakes. With warm, funny illustrations and a fun role-reversal story in which moms act like kids,...
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Have You Seen My Lunch Box?

STEVE LIGHT · Candlewick
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

From the creator of Have You Seen My Dragon? comes a colorful seek-and-find board book for the younger set.It's almost time for school, and one small boy's things are strewn all over. Can he collect everything he needs in time to hop on the bus? Among the missing items are some...
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Eat Pete

Michael Rex · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of Goodnight Goon, a laugh-out-loud friendship story that perfectly captures the high and low moments of a typical playdate!Pete couldn't be more thrilled when a monster shows up in his bedroom. Now Pete has someone to play with! And the hungry monster couldn't be more...
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Deep Deep Sea

Frann Preston-Gannon · Pavilion; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

A gorgeous new concept board book featuring colors, counting, and underwater animals Descend into the depths of the sea! And meet along the way one blue whale (spouting at the surface of the water), two green turtles, three grey dolphins, four yellow seahorses, five red starfish, and 100 colorful...
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Splatypus

SUDIPTA BARDHAN-QUALLEN · Two Lions
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Lonely Platypus wants to play, but where should he go? Should he jump with the kangaroos? Leap with the possums? Fly with the bats? Every time he tries to find out - skipping, hopping, dipping, dropping - he winds up going splat instead. Can a SPLATypus find a place where he belongs? This...
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The Perfect Dog

Kevin O'Malley · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Fans of The Pigeon Wants a Puppy and Charlie the Ranch Dog will fall in love with this vibrant picture book about one girl's quest to find the perfect dog for her family. When your parents say you can get a dog, you feel so LUCKY. And after you finally figure out what kind of dog you want,...
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Rock Away Granny

Dandi Daley Mackall · Sky Pony Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Getting dropped off at Grandma's house could be a total snooze. Hours of sitting in the rocking chairs. But not this Grandma. Up she hops to wheel out the record player. And then, with kitty as the DJ - a dance party! The twist, the swing, the Monster Mash - they rock, rock, rock,...
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Uh-Oh!

Mary Newell DePalma · Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Using bright and comical watercolor paintings, this nearly wordless book tells the story of a hapless little dinosaur’s disastrous day. Children will be amused as they follow the endearing main character from one scrape right into another.
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