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Toddler FavoritesLate Fall 2014
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Place a hold on these books used in storytimes.
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Story Tots ( 1 & 2 years)
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Papa, please get the moon for me
by Eric Carle
Monica's father fulfills her request for the moon by taking it down after it is small enough to carry, but it continues to change in size. Some pages fold out to display particularly large pictures
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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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Happy
by Mies van Hout
Clear, strong lines and radiant colors show 20 different emotions a young child typically experiences, with each double-page spread devoted to one fish that illustrates a particular emotion accompanied by its name in lettering that expresses the same feeling. By the creator of Brave Ben.
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Dolphins
by Carol Lindeen
Simple text and photographs present the lives of dolphins
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Banana!
by Ed. Vere
In a book about manners by the creator of Chick, two monkeys have a dilemma when there is only one banana to share and the monkey without the banana does not know the "magic word."
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Cars : rushing! honking! zooming!
by Patricia Hubbell
Accompanied by clip art, etchings, and original drawings, youngsters can take the driver's seat in this exciting celebration of all kinds of cars, from sedans to SUVs to station wagons!
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My Thanksgiving
by Jennifer Blizin Gillis
Illustrations and simple text describe how one family celebrates Thanksgiving
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Who ate all the cookie dough?
by Karen Beaumont
After going into the kitchen to make her tasty batch of cookies and discovering that all the cookie dough has been eaten, Kanga the kangaroo sets off into the neighborhood to find out who the hungry culprit is by asking all her jungle friends, including Hippo, Monkey, and Zebra, along the way. Children's BOMC. 40,000 first printing.
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Baking day at Grandma's
by Anika Denise
"Children go to their grandmother's house to bake and enjoy spending time with their loving grandmother"
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Oh!
by Kevin Henkes
Two energetic toddlers who are bundled up against the cold happily jump and roll and crunch and hop in the newly fallen snow along with their backyard friends--a squirrel, rabbit, cat, dog, and flock of cheerful birds.
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Sleepy bear
by Lydia Dabcovich
Shows Bear getting ready for his long winter's nap, or hibernation, and his springtime awakening
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Zoom, rocket, zoom!
by Margaret Mayo
Rhythmic text and bold, bright illustrations depict astronauts exploring outer space, where they make moon landings, survey new terrain, repair a satellite and more, in an early introduction to space exploration.
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The seals on the bus
by Lenny Hort
While traveling on a city bus, parents and children alike are surprised by the peculiar passengers being picked up at stops along the way. 20,000 first printing.
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Breathe
by Scott Magoon
A gentle tale of discovery, told through sparse text and evocative illustrations, follows the journey of a young whale who experiences a first solo day of swimming, exploring and making new friends before returning home to his mother.
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Mr. Gumpy's outing
by John Burningham
As Mr. Gumpy enjoys a summer day on his small boat, he is accompanied by children, a rabbit, a cat, and a wealth of other animals, and soon the boat sinks causing everyone to fall into the water, but no one minds because the day is warm and Mr. Gumpy invites everyone over for tea! 40,000 first printing.
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Feast for 10
by Cathryn Falwell
Various members of the family help Mama shop for the ingredients and prepare a wonderful chicken dinner for ten people, in a counting board book that also shows how a homemade dinner gets from the supermarket to the table.
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I love to sing
by Anna Walker
A latest American release of a popular Australian story features the lovable Ollie the zebra singing his heart out in bed, at the park and alongside his dog, Fred. By the award-winning author and illustrator of I Love Birthdays.
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Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?
by Bonnie Lass
A whimsically illustrated adaptation of the classic song finds a skunk questioning his many animal friends with an empty cookie jar and eventually throwing a cookie party when the mystery is solved.
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The mitten : a Ukrainian folktale
by Jan Brett
When Nicki loses the mitten that his grandmother had knitted for him, the woodland animals find it and crawl inside, each one larger than the last, but as the mitten stretches and grows, grandmother's knitting holds fast, until a tiny mouse proves to be too much.
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Counting on snow
by Maxwell Newhouse
The award-nominated folk artist author and illustrator of such books as The House That Max Built invites children to count backward from 10 to one on spreads depicting the snowy Arctic and the animals that live there, from 10 crunching caribou to one lonely moose.
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