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Meat-Eating Plants

Mari C Schuh - Jump!, Inc.
Format: Library Binding

Meat-Eating Plants introduces readers to meat-eating plants from around the world and the ways in which they trap their meals. From pitcher plants to sticky traps and plants that snap, readers will be fascinated with these plants abilities to catch prey!
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Zoom! Zoom!: Sounds of Things That Go in the City

Robert Burleigh - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover

Listen up! The sounds of the city come to life in this vivid picture book that’s ready-made for repetition and perfect for preschool.From the TING-A-LING-A-LING of an alarm clock in the morning to the RUMBLE RATTLE of the subway and the BEEEEEP-BEEEEP of the streaming traffic, all the way to the SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...
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The Worst Princess

Anna Kemp - Random House
Format: Hardcover

Author Anna Kemp and illustrator Sara Ogilvie turn a traditional fairy tale on its royal head in this bright and funny rhythmic story that will have readers of all ages cheering along for The Worst Princess! Princess Sue dreams of finding her Prince Charming. But when that Prince proves...
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Navya Sings for Navarathri

Lakshmi Thamizhmani - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate Navarathri, the nine-night Hindu festival honoring the divine feminine, with this empowering picture book by Indian American creators Lakshmi Thamizhmani and Avani Dwivedi! From visiting with family to golu hopping and more, Navya loves everything about Navarathri - except singing...
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Bowwow Powwow

Brenda J Child - Minnesota Historical Society Press
Format: Hardcover

Windy Girl is blessed with a vivid imagination. From Uncle she gathers stories of long-ago traditions, about dances and sharing and gratitude. Windy can tell such stories herself-about her dog, Itchy Boy, and the way he dances to request a treat and how he wriggles with joy in response...
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The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse

MAC BARNETT - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

This is a story about a duck and mouse who get swallowed by a wolf, and then decide to live in his belly.Early one morning a mouse met a wolfand was quickly gobbled up. When a woeful mouse is swallowed by a wolf, he quickly learns he is not alone: a duck has already set up digs,...
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Alien Encounter

Charise Mericle Harper - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Nine-year-old Morgan is fascinated with aliens. He lives in the Pacific Northwest, land of the sasquatch, and naturally is fascinated with those as well. When he meets new kid Lewis, whose parents own a motel named the Stay On Inn, the adventures begin with slingshots, underpants, annoying...
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Captain Awesome Meets Super Dude!: Super Special

Stan Kirby - Little Simon
Format: Print book

Captain Awesome gets to meet his idol in this super special seventeenth adventure of the Sunnyview Superhero Squad In this super special, Captain Awesome encounters his biggest villain yet But just when all might be lost, someone lends a hand. And not just a regular hand. A "super"...
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Roaring Rockets

TONY MITTON - Kingfisher
Format: Board book

Get ready for blast-off to learn all about rockets! Roaring Rockets follows the animal crew as they become astronauts heading to the Moon. Each page is filled with details that machine-mad kids will love: spacesuits, oxygen helmets, the lunar lander, and much more!From airplanes to fire...
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Cat Knit

Jacob Grant - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Cat and Yarn are the best of friends. They have so much fun playing together, the two are inseparable. Until the day Girl takes Yarn away.When Yarn Returns, he is completely changed, no longer Cat's bright and jolly friend. Cat is mad!Soon, Cat begins to miss his best friend, and he just...
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