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New & Coming Soon Picture Books October 2017 |
Click on the title to check availability. Log-in to our online catalog to place holds.
To place holds by phone, please call us at 708-366-5205.
During open hours, you can also chat with us at www.riverforestlibrary.org. It's easy! |
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Featured Children's Program
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Join River Forest Public Library and River Forest Park District for an evening of family-friendly Halloween fun. Enjoy live music, pumpkin painting, spooky stories, creepy crafts, s’mores, games, and more. Ages 10 and under with a parent/caregiver. |
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Baby's First Words by Christiane EngelBrief text relates the daily activities of a city baby with two daddies by featuring terms for objects, actions, and sounds. On die-cut board pages with tabs.
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Pippy by Paola OpalA very tiny baby seahorse is unable to keep up with other seahorses who swim toward the shelter of the sea grass during a big storm, prompting the little seahorse to find a different way to stay safe.
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Bedtime 123 by Eric WaltersA counting board book that introduces little ones to all the animals around the farm that are going to bed.
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Superbat by Matt CarrLaughed at by other bats who claim to share his abilities, an ordinary bat who longs to be special declares himself a superbat and flies across the city, courageously using his echolocation to save a mouse that has been trapped by a cat.
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Magic for Sale by Carrie ClickardA young boy tracks down an elusive ghost in the hidden rooms of a fantastical magic shop.
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It Takes a Village : Picture Book Edition by Hillary Rodham ClintonFormer Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton's first book for young readers, inspired by the themes of her classic book It Takes a Village, and illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor recipient Marla Frazee, asks readers what can they do to make the world a better place?
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When's My Birthday? by Julie FoglianoIn this enthusiastic celebration of all things BIRTHDAY, acclaimed author Julie Fogliano and award-winning illustrator Christian Robinson bring you the perfect birthday book! Join our excited narrator as she lists all the things that will make her birthday the BEST birthday.
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Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo! by Tad HillsPreparing for a fun-filled Halloween night of trick-or-treating, Duck and Goose dress up as a ghost and superhero respectively while Thistle prepares a secret costume, a situation that turns spooky when Duck and Goose hear that a scary swamp monster is looking for them.
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A Different Pond by Bao PhiAs a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Unlike many other anglers, Bao and his father fished for food, not recreation. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.
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Now by Antoinette PortisA little girl takes readers on a poignant tour of favorite things, from a cloud she loves because it is the one she is watching, to a tooth that is the one that has fallen out, in a lively picture book companion to Wait.
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Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron ReynoldsThe celebrated team behind Caldecott Honor-winning Creepy Carrots! presents a humorous story about what happens when a decidedly brave Jasper Rabbit becomes spooked when he turns out the light and discovers that his new big-rabbit undies glow in the dark.
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The Scariest Book Ever by Bob SheaA melodramatic ghost narrator warns children that the book they are reading is terribly scary before turning paranoid in the face of innocent and silly animals, including a pumpkin-picking bunny rabbit.
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Caps for Sale and the Mindful Monkeys by Esphyr SlobodkinaA latest entry in the picture book series inspired by the beloved classic finds the long-suffering peddler receiving unexpected help from the monkeys when he is unable to make a new batch of caps while caring for a sick friend.
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The Berenstain Bears Play Football! by Mike BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears throw, catch and sack their way through a wonderful shared day with family in a lively Berenstain Bears leveled reader that combines skill-building sentence structure with reinforcing vocabulary.
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Class Pet Mess! by Dan GutmanWhen their teacher announces the imminent arrival of a new class pet, A.J., Alexia and their friends speculate on what kind of animal will be adopted, expressing their personal hopes along the way.
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The Spooky Cabin by Jason FruchterThe team from Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol gears up to investigate a haunted cabin in a Halloween-themed leveled reader that uses large-print, rhythmic text and picture clues to help children decode the story.
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