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Pre-K (< 5)

All books suitable for children in kindergarten or pre-k.

Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever
By: Richard Scarry
Publisher: Golden Books

This storybook is a collection of entertaining stories and poems involving celebrated children’s book artist Richard Scarry’s lovable cast of animal characters. These happy tales and lively illustrations make this treasury of the very best of Scarry’s work the best storybook ever.

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Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy
By: Carl R. Sams
Publisher: Sams, Carl, R. II, Photography

Who is this stranger? Why did he arrive after a winter storm and what surprises does he bring?
A delightful book of the animals and birds reaction to a snowman who suddenly appeared in their woods after a winter storm. This tale is beta-carotene for the spirit in everyone!

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Doorbell Rang
By: Pat Hutchins
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Ma has made a dozen delicious cookies. It should be plenty for her two children. But then the doorbell rings–and rings and rings. Each ring of the doorbell brings more friends to share the delicious cookies Ma has made.

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Pajama Time!
By: Sandra Boynton
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.

Boynton is back! Joining Barnyard Dance! and Birthday Monsters!, here is Pajama Time! a good-night book with the irrepressible language, the inimitable illustrations, the irresistible cast of characters only Sandra Boynton could create. A jump-roping chicken and a pig on a swing. A Scottie in plaid pajamas and an elephant in a fuzzy one-piece with feet. And in sing-along nuttiness reminiscent of Barnyard Dance!, it’s time to head to bed-to the beat: Pajammy to the left. Pajammy to the right. Jamma jamma jamma jamma P!J! Everybody’s wearing them for dancing …

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Fanny’s Dream
By: Caralyn Buehner
Publisher: Dial

In this inventive take on the traditional Cinderella tale, Fanny Agnes is a sturdy farm girl with a big dream. Someday, she believes, she will marry a prince. When the town mayor announces he is throwing a grand ball, Fanny is convinced her time has come. She puts on her best calico dress and goes out to the garden so that she’ll be ready when her fairy godmother arrives. As the seconds tick by, Fanny waits and waits. Finally, she hears a voice. It isn’t her fairy godmother-but it is …

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Sheep in a Jeep
By: Nancy Shaw
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

What could be better than a misadventure from that rambunctious flock of sheep in board-book form? Two! Now sized perfectly for even the smallest hands, two of Nancy Shaw and Margot Apple’s enchanting titles from their sheep series are board books. In Sheep in a Jeep, the hapless flock goes for a drive in the country. In Sheep in a Shop, the sheep are off to the store in search of the perfect birthday gift. With these muttonheads, a normal outing is sure to turn into a joyous lark. Rhyming …

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Big Red Barn
By: Margaret Wise Brown
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books

Harkening back to 1956, this classic children’s book by Margaret Wise Brown is still in print. Her lulling cadences introduce the barnyard animals as they play one day while the children are away. The illustrations carry us from sunrise to nightfall. A perfect choice for older toddlers. The revised drawings in full color will delight kids.

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Barnyard Dance!
By: Sandra Boynton
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, Inc.

Everybody sing alongóbecause it-s time to do-si-do in the barnyard with a high-spirited animal crew! From Boynton on Board, the bestselling series of board books, here is BARNYARD DANCE, with Sandra Boynton-s twirling pigs, fiddle-playing cows, and other unforgettable animals. Extra-big, extra-fat, and extra-fun, BARNYARD DANCE features lively rhyming text and a die-cut cover that reveals the wacky characters inside. Guaranteed to get kids and adults stomping their feet. Main selection of the Children-s Book-of-the-Month Club. Winner of the 1994 Gold Medal from the National Parenting Publications Award.

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Eric Carle’s ABC
By: Eric Carle
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

A. B. C. D. Unfold the full-page flaps to reveal an ant, bear, camel, and duck! Eric Carle’s illustrated alphabet and animals make learning your ABCs as easy as . . . well, A, B, C!

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Knuffle Bunny Too
By: Mo Willems
Publisher: Hyperion Book For Children

Trixie can’t wait to bring her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny to school and show him off to everyone. But when she gets there, she sees something awful: Sonja has the same bunny. Suddenly, Knuffle Bunny doesn’t seem so one-of-a-kind anymore. Chaos ensues until the bunnies are taken away by Ms. Greengrove. After school, Trixie finally gets her beloved bunny back. But in the middle of the night, Trixie realizes something. She has the wrong bunny!
Daddy comes to the rescue again as a midnight swap is arranged with the other bunny, …

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