June 2017 list by Laurie Hoecherl
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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.
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Dad And The Dinosaur
by Gennifer Choldenko; illustrated by Dan Santat
Someday, Nicholas hopes to be as brave as his dad, Big Nick. Until then, he's got his toy dinosaur to keep his fears at bay. The pocket-size toy looms large in Nicholas' imagination, fighting his battles and giving him courage. When the dinosaur goes missing, however, Nicholas must mount a daunting night-time retrieval mission (with some help from Big Nick, of course).
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Hooray For Birds!
by Lucy Cousins
Birds of all feathers flock together in a colorful rhyming tale by the creator of Maisy that invites children to imagine themselves as brilliantly plumed birds that make onomatopoeic sounds.
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Old MacDonald's Things That Go
by Jane Clarke
Old MacDonald and his farm animal friends introduce the numerous vehicles that are also on the farm, from bicycles and tractors to buses, boats and airplanes.
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Priscilla Gorilla
by Barbara Bottner
Falling in love with gorillas after reading a particularly exciting book, Priscilla dresses up as a gorilla during a costume day at school and gets into trouble for her over enthusiasm, which spreads throughout the class until several kids are serving timeouts with her.
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Shine!
by Patrick McDonnell
A gift-appropriate celebration of the wonders that can be found in the world and within individuals depicts a shining starfish who wishes to join the brilliant stars in the sky before discovering the beauty of her underwater home.
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Stack The Cats
by Susie Ghahremani
A whimsical story about how an incremental number of kitties engage in various activities and might briefly cooperate if organized into groups invites toddlers to practice counting forward and backward.
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The Mighty Maui Makes A Friend
by Kalikolehua Hurley
The story of the CG-animated comedy-adventure that takes place in the ancient South Pacific world of Oceania, where a spirited Polynesian teenage girl, Moana, sets sail in search of a fabled island and along the way teams up with her hero, the legendary demi-god Maui, to traverse the open sea on an action-packed voyage.
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