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How to Track a Truck

Jason Carter Eaton - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

For kids who love trucks, here comes the definitive guide to catching and taming one of your own from the creators of the hit picture book How to Train a Train.Want a pet truck? Rumble up to this handy guidebook offering everything you need to know. Bone up on habitat: monster trucks...
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Great White Shark

Jen Green - Bearport
Format: Library Binding

Book by Green, Jen
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Disney Elena of Avalor: Reign On!

Maggie Fischer - SFI Readerlink Dist
Format: Paperback

Feel like you're at the center of the story as friendship is tested in this exciting retelling!In this interactive storybook, Esteban must weigh keeping his dark secret against protecting Elena when his old ally, Victor, returns to Avalor to steal the crown jewels! Each page is bursting...
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Cats Are Cats

Valeri Gorbachev - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Exuberant watercolor illustrations chronicle the transformation of Tiger from kitten to giant jungle beast and his doting owners efforts to accommodate his growing needs in this warmhearted story that celebrates unconditional love.Miss Bell loved cats. One day she bought a tiny kitten....
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Bob, Not Bob!: *to be read as though you have the worst cold ever

Liz Garton Scanlon - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Print book

Little Louie is stuck in bed with a bad cold. His nose is clogged, his ears are crackling, and his brain feels full. All he wants is his mom to take care of him, but whenever he calls out for her, his stuffed-up nose summons slobbery dog Bob instead As Louie tries and tries to make himself...
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Jamals Journey

Michael Foreman - Andersen Press USA
Format: Hardcover

Jamal is a little camel so he must walk, walk, walk through the desert. One day he becomes separated from his friend, the boy, but a wise falcon helps to reunite them. They go on to explore the city and its exciting sights and sounds. A modern tale of friendship and adventure from the twice...
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Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep

Eric Barclay - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

An accidental-friendship story packed with humor from author-illustrator Eric BarclaySheep is an expert at protecting sheep - or so she thinks until one happy afternoon when she bumps into a very hairy someone on the farm."Who are you?" she asks."I'm the sheep dog!"...
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I Feel Five!

Bethanie Deeney Murguia - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

What is turning five supposed to feel like, anyway? A charming look at growing older, from a child's point of view.Fritz can't wait to turn five! His birthday starts off well when he eats all five of his birthday pancakes and gets brand-new sneakers that fit perfectly. But when he peeks...
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If I Had a Horse

GIANNA MARINO - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

If I had a horse, he might be shy, like me. But if I stayed quiet, he d learn to be my friend. I would have to tame him. I would have to be strong, like him. And he would have to be gentle, like me. And together, we could do anything.
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Wash On!

Michele Marineau - Pajama Press
Format: Hardcover

One day when Mrs. Gillis is giving her daughter a bath, Petronilla cries, "Wash on!" "Wash off, dear," Mrs. Gillis corrects her. But Petronilla's words seem to have power. The blue of the washcloth has stained the girl's cheek. And that is only the beginning. Colors...
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