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Pre-K (< 5)

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

Where Is Baby’s Birthday Cake?
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

It’s the Baby’s birthday, but where is Baby’s cake? Little ones will love lifting the large, sturdy flaps to find Baby’s birthday cake in this new Karen Katz board book. Children will discover sparkly foil objects under each flap until they finally find Baby’s yummy birthday cake!


Where Is Baby’s Christmas Present?: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Baby is looking everywhere for the Christmas present—but where can it be? Little ones will love lifting the large, sturdy flaps to reveal special, holiday surprises: Christmas cookies, candy canes, ornaments, and more! Babies are sure to love this Christmas treat!


Where Is Baby’s Dreidel?: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

It’s Chanukah, and Baby wants to spin the dreidel—but where is it? Children can lift the flaps to find Chanukah symbols while they join Baby in this fun-filled, hide-and-seek adventure. A wonderful Chanukah treat for babies!


Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin?: A Lift the Flap Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's

It’s Halloween, but Baby can’t go trick-or-treating until she finds her special pumpkin! Lift the flaps to reveal sparkly, spooky surprises, and join Baby as she gets ready for a fun-filled, hide-and-seek, touch-and-feel adventure.


Where Is Baby’s Valentine?: A Lift-the-Flap Book
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Baby made a valentine for Mommy. Where could it be? Is it behind the lamp? No, those are pretty, sparkly flowers! It’s a shiny, glittering delight as you lift the sturdy flaps to help Baby find her very special valentine.


Where the Wild Things Are

Max is being so terrible that his mother sends him to his room without supper. But Max doesn’t care — he sails off to the land of the Wild Things, and they make him his king. There, Max can be as terrible as he pleases, and the Wild Things join in the rumpus. Finally, Max is tired of being wild, and yearns to go home. Marvelous pictures and the superb story combine to make this a quintessential picture book. In it, readers will recognize their own wild side.


Where’s Spot?
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Spot’s more colorful than ever! With a striking new cover to show him off, this lift-the-flap paperback has Spot’s mom looking for her lost puppies — especially Spot. But where is he? Little readers will have a bow-wow-wonderful time looking for the popular pooch, too.


Where’s My Mom?

When little monkey can’t find his mother, butterfly offers to help in the search. Little monkey says that his mother is big, so butterfly leads him to . . . an elephant. No, that’s not right! Little monkey says his mom is furry, so butterfly leads him to . . . a bat. That’s not right either. From then on, little monkey and butterfly meet many jungle animals, but they don’t find Mom until little monkey comes up with just the right description.


0448434075-L

A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.


64440750

An illustrated children’s book that helps teach basic fraction concepts using colorful illustrations and a whimsical story line about a pretty crazy day in the life of one “whole” cow.