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Sleep Tight Farm: A Farm Prepares for Winter

Eugenie Doyle · Chronicle Books
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

A captivating exploration of how a family gets a farm ready for the snow of winter, Sleep Tight Farm lyrically connects each growing season to the preparations at the very end of the farm year. This beautiful and informative book paints a fascinating picture of what winter means to the farm...
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Picnic

John Burningham · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The renowned John Burningham is in classic form with a simple story of a boy, a girl, and some animal friends that invites the child listener to join in. One day, Boy and Girl head down the hill with a picnic basket and meet a fancily dressed Sheep, Pig, and Duck. They all set off to find...
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Thumb Love

Elise Primavera · Robin Corey Books
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Lulu was a thumb sucker. She and her thumb were very happy together—in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, Lulu and her thumb were best friends. Despite the urging of her family and the teasing of her friends, Lulu just would not give up her thumb-sucking habit....
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Here Is the Baby

Polly Kanevsky · Schwartz & Wade
Format: Book

This New York Times Best Illustrated Book captures all the sweet and touching moments in Babys day from Mamarsquos first cuddle in the morning to Daddyrsquos last kiss at bedtime Parents and their little ones will enjoy seeing themselves in the simple straightforward observations of the routines...
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Show Me Happy

Kathryn Madeline Allen · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Show me happy. Show me helping. Show me sharing when we play. Show me NOISY, Show me quiet. Show me putting things away. From the team that created A Kiss Means I Love you, this new book of engaging photos will "show" early learners simple actions and concepts that all children...
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Edible Colors

Jennifer Vogel Bass · Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

With a combination of unusual foods and a kaleidoscope of colors, this concept book shows that not all foods have to look the same way. A banana can be red, broccoli can be purple, and cherries can be yellow and still taste just as delicious.
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Pete With No Pants

Rowboat Watkins · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Meet Pete.Pete is gray. He's round. And he's not wearing any pants.So Pete must be a boulder. Or is he a pigeon? Or a squirrel? Or a cloud?Join Pete in his quest to answer the world's oldest question: Why do I have to wear pants? Wait, that's the second oldest. Born from the one-of-a-kind...
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Sleepover Duck!

Carin Bramsen · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Join Duck and Cat - from Hey, Duck! and Just a Duck? - for an adventurous barn sleepover in their third picture book together! Perfect for fans of Mo Willems' Elephant and Piggie series.It's Duck's very first sleepover . . . and it's in Cat's barn! But a "Hooot,...
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You're Doing THAT in the Talent Show?!

Lynn Plourde · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

When Penelope sees the poster announcing the upcoming school talent show, she can't wait to plan a spectacular act with her best friend, Tiny. Penelope has big ideas: Should they dance the ballet or the hula? Should they perform a scene from a play or be trapeze artists? "Oh, yes,...
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Up! Up! Up! Skyscraper

Anastasia Suen · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Snappy rhymes invite young readers to watch workers dig, pour, pound, and bolt a skyscraper into existence. Simple yet satis-fying sidebars provide further information about each step in the construction process. Perfect for preschoolers and all those who dig diggers.Quirky, colorful art enhance...
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Rain

Carol Thompson · Child's Play (International) Ltd
Format:  Print book : Fiction : Preschool : English

"Let's play out in the rain! There's a wealth of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures to discover and enjoy!"--Back cover.
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Colette's Lost Pet

ISABELLE ARSENAULT · RANDOM House
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Colette can't find something to talk about with the new kids in the neighborhood...so she invents a pet! Her fib quickly escalates, and suddenly her parakeet is a larger-than-life world-traveler named Marie Antoinette. Have her new friends figured out her secret? What will they do?This...
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Smick

Doreen Cronin · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Smick is a BIG dog.Sit, Smick.Chick is a little chick.Stay, Smick!So what happens when they see a stick?Written by New York Times bestselling author Doreen Cronin and ingeniously illustrated by newcomer Juana Medina, Smick is a story of unlikely friendship, a sense of adventure, and a lot of wonderful...
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What Your First Grader Needs to Know

E.D. Hirsch Jr. · Random House Publishing Group
Pages: 512
Format: Paperback

Give your child a smart start with the revised and updated What Your First Grader Needs to Know What will your child be expected to learn in the first grade? How can you help him or her at home? How can teachers foster active, successful learning in the classroom? This book answers these...
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I'm Afraid Your Teddy Is In Trouble Today

JANCEE DUNN · Candlewick
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

What do your toys do when your back is turned? Mischief - and a bit of wish fulfillment - are in play when a ringleader teddy bear throws a very memorable party.Have you ever wondered what stuffed animals do while their companion humans are at school? What if a teddy bear invited all his stuffed...
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