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Rhyme Crime

Jon Burgerman - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of Splat! comes more playful, irreverent, kid-empowering fun--with a rhyming twist.In this buoyant rhyming romp, words have gone mysteriously missing: Who stole Marlow's happy smile, and replaced it with a crocodile? Who swiped Dingle's sneeze--aaaaachooo!--and...
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Imagine a City

Elise Hurst - Doubleday
Format: Print book

You are invited into a stunning and dreamlike voyage into the imagination - ideal for fans of Chris Van Allsburg and the Caldecott Honor Book Journey by Aaron Becker. Imagine a world without edges . . . where bunnies and bears ride bicycles, lions read books, and buses are fish that fly through...
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Alma and the Beast

Esme Shapiro - Tundra Books
Format: Hardcover

Alma's beautiful, hairy world is turned upside down by the arrival of a stranger. From the utterly original imagination of the author-illustrator of Ooko comes a story about celebrating differences and making new friends. For fans of Where the Wild Things Are and Wild.Alma lives happily...
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Little Puppy and the Big Green Monster

Mike Wohnoutka - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

"Who wants to play?" wonders Little Puppy. Everyone is either too busy, too lazy, too mean, or too boring. Then Little Puppy spies Big Green Monster reading on a bench. "I will play with him!" he declares. Big Green Monster has no interest in playing games or being friends...
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Show Me Happy

Kathryn Madeline Allen - Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Show me happy. Show me helping. Show me sharing when we play. Show me NOISY, Show me quiet. Show me putting things away. From the team that created A Kiss Means I Love you, this new book of engaging photos will "show" early learners simple actions and concepts that all children...
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Please, Mr. Panda

Steve Antony - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

What is the proper way to ask Mr. Panda for doughnuts? Patiently and politely, Mr. Panda asks the animals he comes across if they would like a doughnut. A penguin, a skunk, and a whale all say yes, but they do not remember to say "please" and "thank you." Is anyone worthy...
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Sofia the First: Sofia's Cup of Tea

Disney Book Group - Disney Press; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Join Sofia and Amber at their garden tea party in this adorable board book shaped like a tea cup! Young girls will be sure to cherish this fun, sparkly book and will want to bring it to their own tea parties!
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Nerp!

Sarah Lynne Reul - Sterling Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

What's for dinner? How about skizzle klumps n' gizzardlumps? A hilarious look at mealtime with a pair of persnickety eaters, in the most fun made-up language ever! Would you like a bite of frizzle frazzle hotchy potch? How about a plate of mushy gushy bloobarsh? NERP, says our hero....
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Sophie's Terrible Twos

Rosemary Wells - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover

Oh no! Sophie got up on the wrong side of the crib! Nothing is right: birthday dress, birthday pancakes, or fairy wings. Then Granny and Sophie pay a visit to Zeke's Palace of Costumes . Suddenly Sophie gets a chance to become a truly terrible two. Rosemary Wells captures a Terrible...
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Ginny Louise and the School Showdown

Tammi Sauer - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

The Truman Elementary Troublemakers are a bad bunch. Especially these three: Cap'n Catastrophe, Destructo Dude, and Make-My-Day May. But they are no match for Ginny Louise, the new hedgehog in school. Her unwavering cheerfulness in the face of their bullying will make young readers...
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