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Judy Moody and Friends: Judy Moody, Tooth Fairy

Megan McDonald · Candlewick
Pages: 60
Format: Hardcover

By popular demand, Judy Moody herself steps into the spotlight in a story that is sure to have kids grinning - and believing.Judy and her friends are on the playground when Jessica Finch overhears a fifth-grader talking. What!? There's no such thing as the Tooth Fairy? Can that big kid be right?...
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My House Board Book

Byron Barton · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 44
Format: Board book

From the award-winning, bestselling picture book creator of My Car, My Bus, and My Bike comes what BOOKLIST called "Another ideal read-aloud choice from Barton." Jim the cat takes a tour of the various rooms and objects in his house, introducing young children to the concept...
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Trailblazer: The Story of Ballerina Raven Wilkinson

Leda Schubert · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

This beautiful picture book tells the little-known story of Raven Wilkinson, the first African American woman to dance for a major classical ballet company and an inspiration to Misty Copeland.When she was only five years old, her parents took her to see the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo....
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Emma and Julia Love Ballet

Barbara McClintock · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Award-winning author/artist Barbara McClintock has created this enchanting picture book story that will charm every child with ballet dreams Emma is little. Julia is big. They both love ballet. Emma takes ballet lessons. So does Julia. Emma is learning to be a ballerina. Julia is a professional...
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We Are Family!

Sheila Sweeny Higginson · Simon Spotlight, 2015.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Count Dracula insists on taking his family to Camp Vamp, the instructional camp from his youth, in this Level 2 Ready-to-Read story based on Sony Pictures Animation's monster comedy Hotel Transylvania 2! Sony Pictures Animation's Hotel Transylvania 2 hits theaters September 25, 2015...
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You Can't Win Them All, Rainbow Fish

MARCUS PFISTER · NorthSouth Books
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

A brand new title in the bestselling Rainbow Fish series! Everyone loses once in a while. But being a good sport when you lose isn't always easy - not even for Rainbow Fish. A lighthearted look at accepting loss without losing your sparkle!
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Planes Fly!

George Ella Lyon · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

From the author of Trucks Roll!, an up-in-the-clouds exploration of all things airplane.World's mighty bigbut there's just one skyand it's yours to travel.Planes fly! Take to the skies with this fun, rhyming book about all that planes do! From jet planes to puddle jumpers, from the cockpit...
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You Can't Be Too Careful!

Roger Mello · Elsewhere Editions
Pages: 36
Format: Print book

The White Rose is guarded closely by the gardener, who once caught a cold walking barefoot trying to find his shoes, which had been hidden by a cat, which was a gift from his younger brother, who was married to Dalva, who had inherited the cat from her uncle, who died of a broken heart...
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Mouse House Tales

Susan Pearson · Blue Apple Books
Format: Hardcover

What makes a mouse house a home? With a problem to solve, an unexpected friendship, and a little mystery to unravel, Mouse House Tales offers twice the story of a picture book and all the warmth and charm of a modern classic. The book’s two stories can be read all at once, or one at a time,...
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Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace

Jen Johnson · Lee & Low Books; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

As a young girl in Kenya, Wangari was taught to respect nature. She grew up loving the land, plants, and animals that surrounded her -- from the giant mugumo trees her people, the Kikuyu, revered to the tiny tadpoles that swam in the river. Although most Kenyan girls were not educated,...
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Jungle Gym

Jennifer Gordon Sattler · Sleeping Bear Press
Pages: 22
Format: Board book

With a cast of characters including a zebra, toucan, and a hippo, everyday concepts such as up/down and in/out are hilariously demonstrated by animal friends on a playground. A new board book series by artist Jennifer Sattler.
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Ada Lace, on the Case

Emily Calandrelli · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

From Emily Calandrelli - host of Xploration Outer Space, correspondent on Bill Nye Saves the World, and graduate of MIT - comes the first novel in a brand-new chapter book series about an eight-year-old girl with a knack for science, math, and solving mysteries with technology.Ada Lace...
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Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington

VAUNDA MICHEAUX NELSON · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

An inspiring biography introducing children to the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the historic march on Washington.Young readers can now learn about one of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in this Level 3 Step into Reading...
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She Persisted

ANONYMOUS. · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Chelsea Clinton introduces tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world to thirteen inspirational women who never took no for an answer, and who always, inevitably and without fail, persisted. Throughout American history, there have always been women...
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Digger and Tom!

Sebastien Braun · HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Sebastien Braun follows up Toot and Pop! with Digger and Tom!, another brightly colored picture book featuring vehicles preschool kids love. Digger and Tom! is set at a construction site. Little Digger is eager to help with the work, but all the other construction vehicles are bigger and make...
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