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By: Phillip M. Hoose
Publisher: Tricycle Press

What would you do if the ant you were about to step on looked up and started talking? Would you stop and listen? What if your friends saw you hesitate? That’s what happens in this funny, thought-provoking book. Originally a song by a father-daughter team, this conversation between two creatures, large and small, is bound to inspire important discussions. It might even answer that classic childhood question: To squish or not to squish?

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By: Julia Donaldson
Publisher: Puffin

When a tiny snail meets a humpback whale, the two travel together to far-off lands. It’s a dream come true for the snail, who has never left home before. But when the whale swims too close to shore, will the snail be able to save her new friend?

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By: M. R. Nelson
Publisher: Xist Publishing

An exhausted zebra is ready for bed but the other animals at the zoo still want to play. Help the Zebra say “Shh” to the lions, elephants and other noisy animals at the zoo. A calming bedtime book for little monkeys everywhere.

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By: Michael Hall
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

An accessible and beautiful debut, My Heart Is Like a Zoo is everything a classic picture book should be: honest, sincere, and speaking directly to even the very youngest child.

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By: Marla Frazee
Publisher: Beach Lane Books

From the moment the baby arrived, it was obvious that he was the boss. The boss baby is used to getting his way–drinks made to order 24/7, his private jet plane, and meetings around the clock. But when his demands aren’t getting proper responses, he has to go to new lengths to achieve the attention he deserves. Marla Frazee brings her signature wit and humor–along with adorable illustrations–to a book that explores the effect of one family’s very unusual new arrival.

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By: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Shows and tells what busy people do every day to build houses, sail ships, fly planes, keep house, and grow food.

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By: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Drippy and Sticky the house painters have come to paint the Busytown Fire Station. But with Smokey and the other brave firefighters rushing in and out to rescue people, there are quite a few wet paint mishaps! Filled with information about firefighters and Scarry’s sense of fun, this book is sure to delight young readers everywhere.

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By: Ethan Long
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile

Through illustrations, fold-outs and simple text, colorful birds–including a penguin and a peacock–demonstrate the meanings of the words up, tall and high in three laugh-out-loud situations.

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By: Toni Buzzeo
Publisher: Dial

When well-mannered Elliot reluctantly visits the aquarium with his distractible father, he politely asks whether he can have a penguin–and then removes one from the penguin pool to his backpack. The fun of caring for a penguin in a New England Victorian house is followed by a surprise revelation by Elliot’s father.

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By: Jacqueline Davies
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Jessie and Evan Treski have waged a lemonade war, sought justice in a class trial, and even unmasked a bell thief. Now they are at opposite ends over the right to keep secrets. Evan believes some things (such as his poetry) are private. Jessie believes scandal makes good news. When anonymously sent candy hearts appear in Class 4-0, self-appointed ace reporter Jessie determines to get the scoop on class crushes.  

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