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Ahoy!
by Sophie Blackall
Avast ye! And hold fast for a thrilling sea voyage in which a parent and child face storms and giant squid, all from the safety of home. Illustrations that shift seamlessly between reality and fantasy highlight the power of imaginative play.
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Are You Small?
by Mo Willems
Are YOU small? This tiny question allows readers to zoom in from an average-sized kid down to a single quark.
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Baby Loves Automotive Engineering!
by Ruth Spiro
With BIG concepts for little readers, this brainy board book explores what makes vehicles move, from strollers to cars to other things that go, and what automotive engineers do.
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Beach Bummer
by Ryan T Higgins
While everyone is having fun in the sun at the beach except him, Bruce, whose favorite thing to do during summer is sit in the shade, looks forward to his second favorite thing — summer turning into fall.
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The Big Squeeze
by Molly Harris
This laugh-out-loud picture book follows a hardworking little sponge who is battling again total burnout until friendship, self-care and a BIG squeeze make everything better.
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The Book That Can Read Your Mind
by Marianna Coppo
Inspired by 17th-century magic books, this interactive game-in-a-book stars magician Lady Rabbit, who can READ YOUR MIND, and invites readers to pick a member of the magician's adorable audience then the book will guess who it is!
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The Boy Who Said Wow
by Todd Boss
Taking his nonverbal grandson to his first Mozart concert, Grandfather is stunned when, after the performance is over, Ronan opens his mouth and lets out a great big WOW — not any old WOW, but his very first WOW, which fills up the hearts of everyone around him.
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Buffalo Fluffalo
by Bess Kalb
A sweet and silly buffalo who tries to bluff and fluff his way into being bigger than he really is.
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Bunny Should Be Sleeping
by Amy Hest
When his Dad doesn't come check on him before bed like he always does, Bunny can't sleep and packs a wagon with special supplies to check on his Dad, who is happy to see him — and all is right with the world again.
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Cattitude
by Bianca Schulze
Cleo is a cat with an attitude—and she’s not afraid to show it! This quirky, humorous story follows the young narrator as they recount Cleo’s everyday activities. Whenever friends come over, Cleo leaves the room without saying hello. She likes to dig on the furniture, which earns her a scolding from Mom, and she loves to sit in Dad’s favorite chair in the living room. When the family is watching a movie, Cleo manages to step on the remote and change the channel by accident, and when she goes outside, Cleo loves to feel the sunshine on her fur…before she chases the birds and mice. And through it all, the narrator loves Cleo exactly the way she is.
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Cesaria Feels the Beat
by Denise R. Adusei
Getting ready to perform at Carnival, Cesaria, a young deaf girl who hears the music through the soles of her feet, convinces all the other dancers to take off their shoes to feel what she feels, in this heartfelt story about deafness, community and Carnival.
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Change is in the Air
by Debbie Levy
Exploring the problem of too much carbon in the air, this accessible and engaging picture book shows how the Earth has amazing powers to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, offering a fresh and hopeful perspective on climate change.
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The Charhound Chase
by Lucasfilm Press
While visiting the Jedi Temple on Tenoo, Padawan Bell Zettifar teams up with Kai when charhound Ember gets out and struggles to stay calm and connected to the Force to help him find Ember and prove he'll make a great Padawan someday.
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The Curious Why
by Angela DiTerlizzi
This highly anticipated follow-up to the best-selling The Magical Yet shows young readers there's always something new to discover about the world around and encourages them to open their minds to an extraordinary world of possibilities.
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Don't Wash Winston
by Ashley Belote
When Winston, his favorite teddy bear, gets muddy and needs to be washed, Liam plots to save his friend from the terrible fate of the washing machine, since it is big, loud and scary.
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Erno Rubik and His Magic Cube
by Kerry Aradhya
Published to coincide with its 50th anniversary, this first-ever picture biography of the creator of the Rubik's Cube reveals how, in his quest to help his students understand 3D objects and how they move, he unexpectedly invented the most popular puzzle in history.
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A Friend for Eddy
by Ann Kim Ha
When lonely Eddy the goldfish spies two new friends on the other side of his fishbowl glass, he decides to leap out to meet them and gets quite a surprise to learn that friendship can be found in unexpected places.
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The Great Lakes
by Barb Rosenstock
Centering around the Great Lakes — Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior — this beautiful picture book explores how they formed, the importance of their abundant freshwater and what we can do to preserve these national treasures.
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Home in a Lunchbox
by Cherry Mo
Moving from Hong Kong to America, Jun, who only knows a few words of English, finds her new school foreign and frightening, but when she opens her lunchbox to find her favorite meals, she realizes home isn't so far away after all.
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If You Spot a Shell
by Aimâee Sicuro
Text and illustrations show how, with imagination, a seashell can become anything from a swimming cap to a ferris wheel to a submarine. Includes instructions for a sand art project and shell rubbing
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Imperfectly Perfect
by Perry Emerson
When Maria rips her brother Robbie's favorite book, she's worried that they might never be friends again. But with encouragement and wise words from family friend Ms. Bea, Maria learns to embrace the beauty of broken things and seize the opportunity they offer for healing and reconciliation.
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I See Color
by Valerie Bolling
Highlighting people such as Madonna Thunder Hawk, Basemah Atweh and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., this picture book affirms people of color — of all shades — by celebrating their achievements and contributions to society.
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Little Helper, Big Imagination
by Emily Morrow
Encouraging both independent and imaginative play, this one-of-a-kind picture book shows how to turn an ordinary day into something extraordinary, making even the most mundane tasks magical.
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Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten
by Michelle Knudsen
When a lady mistakes him for kitten, big hairy spider Luigi resists her kind advances until tasty breakfasts and getting tucked into bed convince him otherwise, but he soon learns what might be at stake when you pretend to be someone you're not.
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Moving Up
by Rosemary Wells
This joyful picture book features five graduates with big dreams who will inspire readers to follow their own dreams, from kindergarten and beyond!
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The Nervous Dragon
by Dorling Kindersley
Nervous to start school because he has a BIG secret — he can't breathe fire — little dragon Drago wonders if his new friends will accept him or if he will be the odd dragon out.
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No Cats in the Library
by Lauren Emmons
Clever stray cat Clarisse, who LOVES books, stumbles upon a library and, sneaking inside, finds exciting new stories and even helps a little girl practice reading, but when the librarian finds her, she hopes she'll be allowed to stay.
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The Ocean Gardener
by Clara Anganuzzi
Ayla lives on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by a coral reef. Her mom is a marine biologist, and every day, the two go exploring together. One day, Ayla notices that many of the fish have disappeared, and the once-vibrant corals have turned pale. She and her mom set out to save the corals--but is it too late?
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Oddbird's Chosen Family
by Derek Desierto
Wishing for a family, Oddbird, who has always been on his own, discovers that all families don't look the same, and sometimes the families we choose are where we belong.
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Olu's Teacher
by Jamel Carly Campbell
This sweet, reassuring story about first-day-of-school jitters follows Olu as he finds his fears allayed by his teacher, who is warm and approachable — and looks just like him!
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Once Upon a Friend
by Dan Gemeinhart
When the young reader opens the cover of Meego's book, they are instant best friends and side by side, leap from the adventures in Meego's stories to the adventures in the child's real life, journeying and growing together through thick and thin.
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Onomatopanda
by Janik Coat
Making the onomatopoeia concept super easy and fun to learn, this oversized, interactive board book with touch-and-feel elements follows a hilarious panda throughout the day, from waking up to the loud brrrrring of an alarm to sneezing from a sniff of perfume — achoo!
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Our Nipa Hut
by Rachell Abalos
With a tropical storm fast approaching the Philippines, Yelena, Papa and the nipa hut they've worked so hard to build must stand strong together to weather this force of nature.
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Pie-rats!
by Lisa Frenkel Riddiough
Battling storms and scallywags to find the best treasure of all: dessert, a band of swashbuckling pie-rats discover there's more than one way to satisfy a sweet tooth, in this delicious rhyming read-aloud that will have kids begging for more!
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Poetry Comics
by Grant Snider
This inventive combination of poetry and comics, brightly illustrated in graphic-style panels, takes poetry lovers and reluctant readers alike climbing, floating, swimming and tumbling through all the year's ups, downs and in-betweens.
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A Rainbow in Brown
by Pavonis Giron
Using a palette of red, yellow and blue in art class, Jo explores painting with primary colors and making her own secondary colors, but through her exploration of colors of the rainbow, she finds her favorite is a combination of all of them: brown.
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Rising
by Sidura Ludwig
Beautiful illustrations capture this lesson in patience, slowing down, faith and family as a Jewish mother and her child make challah to be baked and gratefully shared at a Shabbat gathering with loved ones.
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Sea of Constellations
by Melissa Cristina Mâarquez
Maren the whale shark loves her life as the biggest, brightest fish in the sea. She spends her days exploring the water around her and finding fresh new snacks as she travels. But one day, the ocean goes dark and Maren's adventures come to a halt. With only the glow from the scales on her back and her best friend, Remy the remora, by her side, Maren sets out on her greatest quest yet--to cross the ocean and ask the Aztec goddess Huixtocihuatl about the darkness and to figure out how to bring back the light. Along the way she meets new friends and exemplifies the power of sharing!
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Sheepwrecked
by Ashley Belote
Readers can embark on a hilariously absurd high-seas adventure with Captain Hoof and his crew of sheep pirates, and their BIG emotions, as they, SHEEPWRECKED on a lost island, meet a long-lost pirate who calms their nerves and shows them what the best treasure is — FRIENDSHEEP!
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Someone Just Like You
by Helen Docherty
This moving call to action, with rhyming text and beautiful illustrations, reminds kids that people share more similarities than differences — and that kindness is doable and actionable even when you're small.
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Summer Is Here
by Renée Watson; illustrated by Bea Jackson
A young girl guides readers through her perfect summer day, including swimming, double dutch, blowing bubbles, and a communal cookout. This picture book debut from author Renée Watson overflows with delicious sensory details in the lyrical text and the sunshine-bright.
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Tate's Wild Rescue
by Jenny Turnbull
Opening her heart and house to wild animals, Tate hopes to find a best friend but finds none of the animals impressed with her offerings and must look a bit closer to home to find her pawsitively perfect match.
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A Terrible Place for a Nest
by Sara Levine
Hating everything about his new home, Juno notices a family of doves trying to make a nest atop the fence, and they seem to be struggling to make it work, too, and as the seasons change and the doves grow, so does Juno along with them.
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What Can a Mess Make?
by Bee Johnson
From delicious meals and cozy forts to impromptu band performances and elegant tea parties, two sisters discover a mess can lead to many special moments, in this picture book that inspires readers to embrace imagination and creative play — and make some messes themselves.
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What's Inside a Bird's Nest?
by Rachel Ignotofsky
This wondrous read-aloud combines beautiful artwork with informative text to answer any questions readers have about our winged friends in the sky, from the moment they hatch to how they create their homes.
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