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Etta Extraordinaire

Roda Ahmed - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The creator of Here Wee Read, Charnaie Gordon, and the New York Times bestselling publisher and author of Mae Among the Stars, Roda Ahmed, debut their first-ever collaboration with the extraordinary adventures of the one and only Etta Extraordinaire!Meet Etta!Etta was born to be a shining...
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Tired Town

Patricia Marx - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

Goodnight Moon meets Goodnight Already! in this very funny bedtime book from New Yorker contributors Patricia Marx and Roz Chast. . This is the story of Nellie Bee Nightly, who is not tired at all. And swears she never will be!. The popcorn is too pooped to pop, and the nightstand is too tired...
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How Mr. Silver Stole the Show

Kate Klise - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Everyone loves an underdog -- especially when he's a cat!. On a rainy morning in 1947, a small gray kitten wandered into the Hamilton Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, two days before the Greater St. Louis Cat Club Show.. A stray kitten. A fancy hotel. A serious contest for pedigreed cats....
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Don't Blow Your Top!

Ame Dyckman - Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover

Everybody gets angry sometimes, even a little volcano. But with some rock-steady advice, Little Volcano finds a way to process their steamy emotions.Spend a day in paradise with Little Volcano and Big Volcano. Everything is beautiful and calm until an out-of-control bird drops a coconut...
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Ice Bears at Ice Edge

Robert Burleigh - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

From writer Robert Burleigh and illustrator Wendell Minor, an award-winning and bestselling picture book team, comes a gripping climate change-themed tale of a polar bear family fighting to survive.. It is March in the cold North. The long-gone sun is rising.Silvery ice glitters. Snow sparkles...
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Mae and Gerty and the Matter with Matter

Elaine Vickers - Beaming Books
Format: Hardcover

Mae is fed up with her parents thinking her younger sister, Gerty, is a science genius. But as Mae learns that science is all about asking questions and trying new things, she realizes that she can be a scientist too and joins her sister to explore all types of matter.A humorous and heartfelt...
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Mr. Fiorello's Head

Cecilia Ruiz - Enchanted Lion Books
Format: Hardcover

A humorous and playful story, both poignant and inspiring, about a man who loses his prized hair, and how to make space for newness and growth.Mr. Fiorello's Head is both a playful romp and a philosophical tale. Mr. Fiorello loved his hair and never wanted it to go away. But, sometimes,...
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Giraffe Is Too Tall for This Book

DK Ryland - Page Street Kids
Format: Hardcover

Furry, feathered, and scaled -- all our animal friends are ready to read. But there's just one big problem: Giraffe is too tall! . (Or, rather, the book is too short.) . Come along for a special story time featuring six friendly animals and one puzzling predicament. Bright speech bubbles...
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The Wishing Machine

Jonathan Hillman - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Oge Mora's Saturday meets Carmela Full of Wishes in this touching and whimsical picture book about a mother and child's last trip to their local laundromat before moving away.. Every Sunday after cereal, Sam and Mom walk to the laundromat, wash their clothes, and see their friends....
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