July 2017 list by Laurie Hoecherl
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Colette's Lost Pet
by Isabelle Arsenault
Unable to find something interesting to talk about with her new neighborhood friends, young Colette invents a pet parakeet named Marie Antoinette who she imagines traveling throughout the world experiencing exotic adventures.
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Go Sleep In Your Own Bed
by Candace Fleming
Discovering Cow fast asleep in his sty, a tired Pig nudges the intruder back to her own bed, where Hen is found sleeping, in a giggle-inducing story featuring an out-of-place chain reaction of snoozing barnyard friends.
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I'm Awake!
by Maxwell Eaton
An ode to children who like to get up in the wee hours of the morning long before their overtired parents is told through the misadventures of an energetic little hamster, who watches the sunrise and notes the arrival of the newspaper while his dad struggles to return them both to sleep.
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Ladybug Girl's Day Out With Grandpa
by Jacky Davis
Visiting the museum with her grandfather, Lulu races around in her determination to see and learn everything until Grandpa leads her to the butterfly room, where she discovers the importance of staying still, listening and considering other perspectives in order to learn more.
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Little Excavator
by Anna Dewdney
Rolling up to a construction site, eager to help the busy Big Rigs, Little Excavator is told he is not quite ready to do the chugging, mounding and smoothing jobs of the larger construction vehicles, who eventually find a job that is just right for him.
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Olivia The Spy
by Ian Falconer
Eavesdropping on her mom's conversations in the hope of learning the secret plans for her birthday, Olivia overhears her mother expressing discouraged feelings about her less-than-ideal behavior and becomes paranoid that she is soon to be shipped off to military school.
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Secrets I know
by Kallie George
A little girl's day spent in her backyard reveals poetic, magical secrets about the natural world, from how whispers hide in trees to how trees make great umbrellas.
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What's Your Favorite Color?
by Eric Carle
Fifteen children's book artists, including Lauren Castillo, Frann Preston-Gannon, and Melissa Sweet, share their favorite colors and explain why they love them.
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