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Animal Friends: Barnyard Jamboree!
Animal Friends: Barnyard Jamboree!
Junzo Terada
With Junzo Terada's adorable Animal Friends, every day is a party! Farm animals gather their bandmates at the barn to jig and jive until they feel alive. After all, celebrations are better when we're all together!With a new animal friend peeking out from each shaped, layered page, this innovative board book is full of guessing game fun. Culminating in a flap fiesta on the final spread, the animal friends exchange instruments and swim toys, modeling both sharing and community for young readers. Featuring lovable animal friends who know that the best things in life are shared, this smart board book is perfect for interactive reading and playtime fun!

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Little Oink
Little Oink
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Jen Corace
Little Oink is a neat little fellow. Clean, clean, clean, that's all he wants to do. But Mama and Papa won't have it! They say in order to be a proper pig he has to learn to make a proper mess. What's a little pig to do? Now available as a board book, Little Oink shows Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace applying their traditionally wry humor to the issue of cleaning up, in a laugh-out-loud romp that is sure to make readers giggle with recognition.

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Animal Friends: Swimming Hole Party!
Animal Friends: Swimming Hole Party!
Junzo Terada
With Junzo Terada's adorable Animal Friends, every day is a party!Jungle animals gather their friends to relax in the sun until the day is done. After all, celebrations are better when we're all together!With a new animal friend peeking out from each shaped, layered page, this innovative board book is full of guessing game fun. Culminating in a flap fiesta on the final spread, the animal friends exchange swim toys, modeling both sharing and community for young readers. Featuring lovable animal friends who know that the best things in life are shared, this smart board book is perfect for interactive reading and playtime fun!

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What Do You Wear?
What do you Wear
Taro Gomi
When it comes to getting toddlers dressed, the struggle is real. Enter: Taro Gomi! The bestselling author/illustrator offers a creative and colorful look at animals, reimagining their fur, feathers, and fins as...clothes! A sheep wears a fluffy jacket, a zebra sports striped PJs, a snake is snug in a stocking, and a penguin looks dapper in a classic suit. Young children will be amused by the spirited take on animals, and they'll very likely be convinced that getting dressed is best!

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Mighty, Mighty Construction Site
Mighty, Mighty, Construction Site
Tom Lichtenheld, Sherri Duskey Rinker
The #1 New York Times bestsellerAt last—here from the team behind the beloved international bestseller comes a companion to Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. All of our favorite trucks are back on the construction site—this time with a focus on team-building, friendship, and working together to make a big task seem small! Down in the big construction site, the crew faces their biggest job yet, and will need the help of new construction friends to get it done. Working as a team, there's nothing they can't do! The millions of fans of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site are in for a mighty good time!

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The Unseen (Order of the Bell) (Volume 2)
The Unseen
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Crescenzo and his friends may have survived their confounding journey to the enchanted realms of Florindale, but now they find themselves fighting for their sanity and lives while stuck on the other side of the very mirror they set out to destroy. With their families trapped by a former ally with a crippling fear of the queen, Enzo, Rosana, and Zack must play a deadly game in Wonderland, where shadows are on the move, kings are at war, and one of them wants Rosana dead. As darkness hovers over the world, the friends must lean on each other and stop the King of Hearts from following through on Avoria’s orders: Break them.

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Digging in the Stars (Scent Hunters) (Volume 1)
Digging in the Stars
A lost ancient civilization and the tomb of a legendary king lie buried beneath centuries of ash on the volcanic planet Thror, but that’s not the only reason sixteen-year-old Carter has tricked her Archaeology of Outer Space class into coming here. Her best friend Conrad has just disappeared on a trip to Thror, leaving behind little more than a broken vintage camera. The strange and disturbing photographs she manages to extract make her suspect Conrad’s disappearance is somehow connected to the hidden tomb of the last king of Thror. Unfortunately, the ludicrously over-friendly ‘Furry Giants’ who have taken over the planet’s barren surface would rather offer her cheap souvenirs than answers, and the local officials insist they have no record of Conrad’s existence. Inspired by fear for Conrad’s life and the chance to make the greatest archaeological discovery of the century, Carter and her friends follow Conrad’s footsteps deep into the mountains of Thror’s forbidden Black Zone and launch an illicit excavation. Coded messages, stunning ancient ruins, and clues left by Conrad himself begin to surface as the young archaeologists fall victim to an alarming series of accidents staged by the increasingly hostile Furry Giants. Piecing together a history of dictatorship, terrorism and disguise, Carter glimpses the horrors beyond Thror’s flamboyant façade and startling revelations about the friend she thought she knew. The masks of Thror hide devastating secrets, and the golden tomb buried deep in the frozen core may claim the lives of everyone she loves.

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The Greatest Wish
The Greatest Wish
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The Greatest Wish (An Everchanging Story), is a fun, beautifully illustrated one-of-a-kind children's book that taps into the young reader's imagination in a very unique way by asking questions, such as: If you could be anything in the world, what would you be? Would you fly like a bird or a rocket ship? Would you swim beneath the ocean, like a shark or an octopus? With rhyming phrases moving the adventure forward, the reader is given opportunities to make simple decisions, which affects how the story unfolds. This results in creating a different experience each time the book is read. Simple words are visually emphasized to help promote early reading development, comprehension and word recognition. Ultimately, the story ends with a positive moral lesson that plants the seeds for confidence and self-acceptance in young readers.*2018 Eric Hoffer Awards - First Place in Children's Books*2018 Mom's Choice Awards - Gold Metal Winner*2017 Purple Dragonfly Book Awards - Honorable Mention, Picture Books 6 & older*2017 Reader Views Award Winner for Best Children's Book - Toddler to age 5, Kids Award for Best Children s Book of the Year, and Book By Book Award for Best Children s Picture Book*2017 Second Place, Children's Category, Best Indie Book Award

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Nickerbacher
Nickerbacher
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Nickerbacher is a dragon and aspiring comedian who travels to La La Land to audition for The Late Knight Show. He hopes to prove to his father -- and the world -- that dragons can be funny. Nickerbacher befriends a prince and a princess who help him realize his dream while paving the way for equal rights of all citizens.  Nickerbacher is an Amazon #1 Bestseller, the recipient of the Feathered Quill Book Award - Gold, Wishing Shelf Book Award - Gold, Literary Titan Book Award - Silver, Hungry Monster Book Award - Silver, Bookvana Awards - Winner, Literary Classics International Book Awards - Gold, Readers' Favorite Book Awards - Gold, Book Excellence Award - Finalist, Royal Dragonfly Book Awards - 1st Place, Reader Views Literary Award - Classics, Beverly Hills Book Awards winner.

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Magical Eyes: Dawn Of The Sand
Magical Eyes: Dawn of the Sand
A fantasy coming of age adventure with a female protagonist. A MYSTICAL WHITE EAGLE, A CHARMED BOOK, AND A GIRL WITH SPECIAL POWERS... In a world where sorcery is feared, Princess Martina conceals her paranormal powers, especially when her brother is against her. Finding a true friend in the peasant boy Enzo, her secret seems safe. But when tragedy strikes the royal palace, Martina's careful world is torn to pieces. Brother and sister find themselves on an epic magical quest to save the kingdom from war and famine, vicious mythical beasts, and a tyrannical king. But Prince Drago has secrets of his own, and a heart of wickedness that no amount of good magic can brighten. Dark days cloud Brightalia, and only one last hope remains before total devastation. Can Martina be a hero and defeat the evil that lurks throughout her land? Or are the days of her beloved kingdom over forever?

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