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Octonauts and the Adelie Penguins

Grosset & Dunlap · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Paperback

Lets go, Octonauts!The Octonauts are in Antarctica—the coldest place on Earth—and the Adelie penguin chicks have just hatched! While the penguin parents go hunting for food, Captain Barnacles, Kwazii, and Peso are babysitting the chicks. But with icebergs moving, freezing storms blowing,...
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Not 'Til Tomorrow, Phoebe

Julie Zwillich · Owlkids
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Phoebe's day is full of tomorrows: Mama says they can make pancakes, her teacher announces musicians will visit the class, and Phoebe will get ice cream after her haircut -- but none of it 'til tomorrow. Phoebe feels frustrated and impatient. Why can't these good things happen...
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Jake at Gymnastics

Rachel Isadora · Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadoras irresistible illustrations of enthusiastic toddlers will have budding gymnasts jumping for joy. Jake and his diverse group of friend love their action-packed gymnastics class, where they stretch, tumble, balance, turn somersaults and so much more....
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Daniel Plays Ball

Maggie Testa · Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

Daniel Tiger learns that practice makes perfect in this sweet Pre-level 1 Ready-to-Read based on a popular episode of Daniel Tigers Neighborhood! Daniel, Prince Wednesday, and Miss Elaina are playing at the park with Prince Tuesday. The group decides to play a game of animal ball, but Daniel...
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Henry Wants More!

Linda Ashman · Random House
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

More games, more races, more tickles, more books - little Henry can't get enough! When a toddler is armed with that useful word and the world is full of brand-new things, his family just doesn't stand a chance. Follow Henry on his exhausting and all-too-familiar day filled with play . . . and a lot of love!...
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The Doghouse

Jan Thomas · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Mouse, Pig, Cow, and Duck are playing a carefree game of ball when (horror of horrors!) their ball gets kicked into . . . THE DOGHOUSE. Who will risk a run-in with scary Dog to get it back? Hysterical high anxiety ensues as Mouse volunteers each animal to do the dirty work - but you'll...
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Mae's First Day of School

KATE BERUBE · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

As Mae's first day of school approaches she decides she IS. NOT. GOING. School is scary! What if the other kids don't like her? Or what if she's the only one who doesn't know how to write? Or what if she misses her mom? Mae's anxiety only builds as she walks to school. But then she meets...
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Dinosaur vs. Santa

Bob Shea · Disney-Hyperion; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Dinosaur is getting ready for Santa! He tackles many challenges--decorating, making presents for Mom and Dad, trying not to be naughty--and defeats each one with his trademark ROAR! But on Christmas Eve, when he hears some rustling downstairs, he cant resist a peek. Will our feisty red friend...
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Tractor Mac New Friend

Billy Steers · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When a new red tractor named Daisy joins the team at Stony Meadow Farm, she has trouble adjusting to all of the different chores that must be done. She realizes that she has much to learn. Can she do all of the work on her own? Luckily, Tractor Mac and his friends chop, pull, haul, and drag...
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Black Belt Bunny

Jacky Davis · Dial Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the bestselling Ladybug Girl series, this hilarious, empowering picture book about a little black-belt who faces a new challenge is perfect for fans of The Three Ninja Pigs, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog, and I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato Black Belt Bunny is fast...
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Dancing Dinos Go to School

Sally Lucas · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

Dinos dancing in a book.Dinos leaping, look, look, look!Dinos pasting red and blue.Dinos wasting paint and glue!The dancing dinos are back, and this time, when their book turns up in a school library, they leap out and bring their musical mayhem to a kids classroom. This fun, rhyming Step...
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Give Thank You a Try

Bill O'Reilly · jimmy patterson
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

James Patterson, author of the #1 bestselling Give Please a Chance, continues his celebration of simple civility in this follow-up picture book about the power of expressing thanks.In Give Please a Chance, bestselling author James Patterson showed little ones the magic of the word "please."...
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World of Reading Super Hero Adventures: Tricky Trouble!: Level Pre-1

Marvel Book Group. · Marvel Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

The first Pre-K early reader, featuring the soft and friendly Super Hero Art, word repetition, and simple sentences. Perfect for readers in training (Pre-K-Kindergarten) .
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Flight of the Honey Bee

Raymond Huber · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Follow the flight of a honey bee as she searches for nectar to sustain her hive and, along the way, pollinates flowers to produce seeds and fruits.A tiny honey bee emerges from the hive for the first time. Using sunlight, landmarks, and scents to remember the path, she goes in search of pollen...
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Olaf's 1-2-3

RH Disney · Golden/Disney; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Walt Disney Animation Studios presents an epic tale of adventure and comedy with Frozen. When the kingdom she loves is trapped in an eternal winter, it is up to Anna and the daring mountain man Kristoff  to set out on an adventure filled with danger, magical creatures, and a hilarious...
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