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And then comes summer
by Tom Brenner
A sunny tribute to the anticipation and adventures of the year's warmest season features joyful children in flip-flops eating ice cream, roasting marshmallows and watching fireworks while playing outdoors and swimming in the lake. By the author of And Then Comes Halloween.
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Be a Star, Wonder Woman!
by Michael Dahl
As a new day dawns, a young girl faces the ultimate challenge: school! Follow along as she demonstrates her greatest superpower (sharing), overcomes her worst fear (the playground),and conquers her archenemy (the spelling test).With courage, kindness, and other heroic traits of DC Comics' Wonder Woman, she'll turn a difficult school day into an amazing adventure!
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Lola gets a cat
by Anna McQuinn
Wanting a cat even though Mommy says that caring for a pet is a lot of work, young Lola reads a library book about cat care and practices with a stuffed animal before finding a wonderful new friend at an animal shelter.
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| The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Jerry PinkneyThree goats long to visit the pasture across the river, but a fearsome, sharp-tusked troll guards the bridge. With the traditional "trip, trap!" the first two goats venture across, each fending off the troll with the promise of larger prey to follow. When the third goat approaches…well, we won't spoil the conclusion, except to say that you might find it funnier and more open-ended than you expect. |
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Short stories for little monsters
by Marie-Louise Gay
Collects a series of humorous short stories that explore the things kids think about, from what trees talk about to lies their mother tells them
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| What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich; illustrated by Mike LoweryLittle ones may well wonder what a crane CAN'T pick up by the time they reach the end of this peppy book, which shows smiling cartoon cranes lifting all kinds of things -- from trucks and train cars to a polar bear, cartons and cartons of underwear, and even other cranes. |
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Tip tip dig dig
by Emma Garcia
A parade of colorful construction vehicles makes joyful noise for young enthusiasts who are invited to lift-lift with a crane, push-push with a bulldozer and roll-roll-roll with a steamroller, in a lively storybook that combines cut-collage illustrations with onomatopoeic text.
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| Busy Builders, Busy Week! by Jean Reidy; illustrated by Leo TimmersExclamation points pepper the rhymes in this exuberant picture book about an animal construction crew. They've got one week to complete a mysterious project and they'll only succeed by working together. From planning and digging to building and painting, each day brings a fresh wave of cartoony, wide-eyed animal workers to get the job done. |
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| Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker; illustrated by Tom LichtenheldLots of big-truck books are rowdy, but this popular read is just right for bedtime. Opening at sunset, it shows Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, and other personified construction vehicles finishing up the day's work and getting themselves ready for a good night's rest. |
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| The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen SavageIt's his first day of work, and the red-striped cement mixer is eager to please. When the experienced trucks on the construction site tell him to "mix up some powdery white cement," he rushes off to collect some white powder, adds water, and…"presto! A CAKE!" Oops -- it was flour, not cement! |
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