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Animals
by Rilla Alexander
The book has raised and depressed surfaces
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Food
by Rilla Alexander
"This extension of the highly successful TouchThinkLearn series focuses on language acquisition and moving beyond a single word-to-picture understanding to developing a larger vocabulary. This is all using the familiar TTL form of raised and depressed surfaces. Raised words will fit into the die-cut hollow of an illustration, putting words and images in contact literally. Alongside the typographic centerpiece, there will be a list of "conversation starter" words to expand the vision of each word"
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Toes, ears, & nose! : a lift-the-flap book
by Marion Dane Bauer
With child-appealing language and striking collage paper illustrations, a lift-the-flap board book captures a toddler's fascination with his body and all of its wonderful parts.
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You are the light
by Aaron Becker
A sparely narrated ode to the phenomenon of light features a translucent yellow sun surrounded by concentric circles and patterns that children can hold up to the light to colorfully transform each nature-themed spread. By the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of the Journey trilogy.
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Baby talk
by Stella Blackstone
Babies and their loved ones talk to each other in all kinds of ways, including using their voices and using touch
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Moo, baa, la la la
by Sandra Boynton
Various humourously drawn animals demonstrate the very different, and often amusing sounds they make. On board pages
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The runaway bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him
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Dear zoo : a lift-the-flap book
by Rod Campbell
Each animal arriving from the zoo as a possible pet fails to suit its prospective owner, until just the right one is found, in a twenty-fifth anniversary version of a popular flap book.
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The very hungry caterpillar
by Eric Carle
As a tiny green caterpillar eats his way through the book, he is transformed into a beautiful butterfly, in a board book edition of the classic picture book.
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Global baby boys
by Maya Ajmera
A companion to Global Baby Girls by the founder of The Global Fund for Children celebrates diversity in a collection of endearing images of baby boys from around the world. By the co-author of Music Everywhere!
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Global baby girls
by Global Fund for Children
Appealing photographs of baby girls from around the globe celebrate diversity as well as the potential within all girls, no matter where they are born, to grow up and change the world!
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Little Boat
by Tar Gomi
Little Boat has a lot to watch out for: big boats, waves, rain, and rough weather--but he is brave and determined, and in the end he is reunited with his parents
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Little Truck
by Tar Gomi
"Little Truck is setting out to explore! He's going fast, climbing hills, and braving tunnels, being just the right amount of careful along the way. But no matter how far he goes, his caring parent is never far behind"
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A surprise for Tiny Mouse
by Petr Horáécek
Although Tiny Mouse enjoys almost all types of weather, she does not like the rain
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Honk, honk! Baa, baa!
by Petr Horáécek
Featuring illustrations in bold, contrasting colors, a sturdy introduction to animal sounds features lively sheep, cats and other familiar favorites that make respective onomatopoeic noises.
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Peekaboo morning
by Rachel Isadora
Little ones can play a game of peekaboo with a toddler who is trying to find Mommy, Daddy, Puppy, Grandma, and Grandpa, in an enchanting board book filled with pastel illustrations.
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Go baby! Go dog!
by Anne Kennedy
"Baby likes dog. Dog likes to be alone. But baby loves to crawl ... and follows Dog wherever he goes"--Back cover
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Peek-a-who?
by Nina Laden
The reader can look through die-cut pages for a visual clue to complete a game of peek-a-boo
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Will giraffe laugh?
by Hilary Leung
A grumpy giraffe whose animal friends want to cheer him up resists their efforts to make him laugh until they are all out of sorts, necessitating Giraffe's efforts to make everyone feel better. By the creator of Will Ladybug Hug?
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Will ladybug hug?
by Hilary Leung
Ladybug reveals the things she will and will not hug
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Black bird, yellow sun
by Steve Light
A black bird explores other colors, in a book that identifies such objects as orange leaves, purple grapes, and pink flowers
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Jump!
by Tatsuhide Matsuoka
Presents different animals jumping, including a frog, a rabbit, and a fish
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Picken : mix and match the farm animals!
by Mary Murphy
"A companion to Crocopotamus presents a riotous mix-and-match novelty book that invites children to swap sturdy, boldly colored flip pages to make silly farm-animal combinations, from a ""chiglet"" to a ""kippy."""
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No no, yes yes
by Leslie Patricelli
An expressive baby demonstrates familiar behaviors--and their predictable responses--in an amusing board book with a comic flair.
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Potty
by Leslie Patricelli
Baby, a toddler, decides to use the potty for the first time
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Baby animals
by Scholastic Inc.
Provides the word and accompanying illustration for a variety of baby animals and their grown-up counterparts
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Little Blue Truck
by Alice Schertle
When Blue the pickup truck gets stuck in the mud after helping to push a dump truck out of the muck, his farm animal friends do whatever it takes to get their pal back on solid ground.
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Baby says
by John Steptoe
A board book rendering of an endearing classic by the Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning creator of Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters finds a curious baby throwing his teddy bear to get his beloved brother's attention. 35,000 first printing
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So far up
by Susanne Strasser
Repetition, opposites, humor and an unexpected twist combine in the story of a bear who strives to nab a yummy cake cooling on a high tower windowsill, which he endeavors to reach with the help of a growing menagerie of helpers.
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Animals
by Dawn Sirett
With padded covers; simple, labeled images; and an amazing range of novelty textures, this colorful series will get babies excited about books as they learn about the world around them.
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May we have enough to share
by Richard Van Camp
A book on gratitude celebrates having food, shelter, and success, as well as the love of family and community
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How do dinosaurs say good night?
by Jane Yolen
A 20th anniversary board book edition of the award-winning best-seller depicts whimsically relatable scenes of enormous dinosaur children yawning, stomping and riotously fussing about at bedtime before settling down to sleep. Illustrations.
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Merbaby's lullaby
by Jane Yolen
An undersea lullaby by the Caldecott Medal-winning author of Owl Moon combines sumptuous artwork with the gentle verses of a mermaid mother who sings with whispering whales to rock her merbaby to sleep. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook
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Seek and count
by Yusuke Yonezu
Encourages readers to lift the flaps to reveal different collections of objects, including one baby chick, two butterflies, and three kittens
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My car
by Byron Barton
Bright, graphic artwork invites toddlers to count, name colors and shapes, and follow Sam and his car as they drive through a bustling picture book landscape from Sam's home in the country to his job in the city. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.
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The runaway bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him
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Llama Llama red pajama
by Anna Dewdney
When Mama Llama tucks her in for the night and leaves the room, Baby Llama suddenly starts to get nervous and so bellows, hollers, and screams for her return in this lively picture book with simple text.
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Color farm
by Lois Ehlert
The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle. Features die-cut pages
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Egg
by Kevin Henkes
Stylistically designed with graphic novel panels and minimal text, the story of four eggs of different colors follows the experiences of three hatchlings who are surprised by what emerges from the fourth egg. By the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Kitten's First Full Moon. 175,000 first printing.
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Kitten's first full moon
by Kevin Henkes
When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it, but her adventure eventually leads her back home where something special is waiting just for her.
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Now I'm big
by Karen Katz
Growing up and helping out are things to celebrate in this bright, bouncy book in which a little girl considers all the amazing things she can do for herself now that she is older that had to be done for her when she was a baby, from dressing herself to reading to her little sister.
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The snowy day
by Ezra Jack Keats
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day
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Chicka chicka boom boom
by Bill Martin
In a rhythmic alphabet chant, all the letters race one another up the coconut tree.
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I like it when--
by Mary Murphy
A lovable little penguin discusses and describes all the things he likes to do the most--from playing peekaboo to holding hands--in a simple story featuring bold illustrations.
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The little engine that could
by Watty Piper
When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain
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Bear has a story to tell
by Philip Christian Stead
The Caldecott Medal-winning team of A Sick Day for Amos McGee traces the efforts of a bear who is unable to share a story with animal friends who are too busy preparing for the coming winter to attend him, a situation that compels Bear to assist their efforts in the hope of imparting his story before everyone goes into hibernation.
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How do you make a baby smile?
by Philemon Sturges
A vast array of friendly animals, along with one very patient big sister, employ all of the best tricks to make their babies smile and giggle!
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Silly little goose!
by Nancy Tafuri
Wanting to make her nest in just the right place, Goose searches for the perfect location, but seeing that almost all have been taken, her journey must continue with only the littlest time to spare.
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They say blue
by Jillian Tamaki
A young girl describes where she finds colors in both the world around her and beyond what she can see
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Ninja, ninja, never stop
by Todd Tuell
A little ninja sneaks up on the family dog, swipes a cookie from his brother and escapes from Granny's kiss before being outsmarted by a younger sibling's sneak attack. A first book.
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Press here
by Hervé Tullet
Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, a series of dots multiplies, grows, or changes color by pressing, tilting, or blowing on the previous page
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Babies can sleep anywhere
by Lisa Wheeler
Soothing rhymes and gentle illustrations combine in a bedtime story that introduces the sleeping habits of animals and how they compare to those of human babies who snooze in backpacks, on knees, in cradles and elsewhere.
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