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The Bear and the Piano

David Litchfield · Clarion Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

One day, a bear cub finds something strange and wonderful in the forest. When he touches the keys, they make a horrible noise. Yet he is drawn back again and again. Eventually, he learns to play beautiful sounds, delighting his woodland friends. Then the bear is invited...
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88 Instruments

Chris Barton · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"The rhythmic, onomatopoeic text dances across exuberant watercolors with lots of movement. This celebration of a child's agency in choosing a means of artistic expression strikes just the right note." --Kirkus "A delightful offering for reading aloud, especially during...
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Poor Doreen: A Fishy Tale

Sally Lloyd-Jones · Random House Childrens Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

An Ample Roundy Fish called Mrs. Doreen Randolph-Potts is on a mission: to visit her second cousin twice removed who's just welcomed 157 babies. But when she spies what she thinks is a yummy dragonfly - and is actually bait - poor Doreen is lifted out of the water on a fishing pole....
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Audrey

Dan Bar-el · Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

Audrey is a cow with poetry in her blood, who yearns for the greener pastures beyond Bittersweet Farms. But when Roy the horse tells this bovine dreamer that she is headed for Abbot's War, the slaughter house, Audrey knows that she must leave her home and friends sooner than she ever...
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Olivia Helps with Christmas

Ian Falconer · Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Everyone's favorite piglet helps to make the holiday season brighter than ever in this board book edition of an Olivia favorite....Not a piglet was stirring. Well, maybe just one. Christmas is coming, and Olivia is incredibly busy. She has to wait for Santa, make sure Dad sets up the tree,...
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Amelia Bedelia Chapter Book #10: Amelia Bedelia Ties the Knot

Herman Parish · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover

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Hildie Bitterpickles Needs Her Sleep

Robin Newman · Creston Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Hildie Bitterpickles is a witch who needs her sleep. Her quiet neighborhood has been turned upside down with the sudden arrival of the old woman in her shoe, big bad wolf, and other fairy tale characters. What will Hildie have to do to get a quiet night's sleep?
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Lana's World: Let's Have a Parade!

Erica Silverman · HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Rat-a-tat-tat! Dum-da-da-dum! Sis-boom-ba! Little Lana wants to have a parade with her family. But it's raining and Mama, Papa, Ray, and Jay don't want to get wet. Of course, the pitter-pitter-pat of the rain isn't enough to dampen Lana's imaginative spirit or plans! She knows...
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Finding Dory

Amy Novesky · Disney Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Inspired by Pixar Animation Studios latest film, Finding Dory, this jacketed picture book features everyone's favorite forgetful fish and is complemented by stunning original artwork.
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Freckleface Strawberry: Loose Tooth!

Julianne Moore · Random House, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Academy Award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Julianne Moore brings us more adventures from Freckleface Strawberry! Everyone's favorite red-haired seven-year-old has a loose tooth! And if it comes out at school, she gets a special prize from the nurse. But what...
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