Children's Books

And J.J. Slept

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$18.99
In this sweet tale of family life from the author of A Stopwatch from Grampa, a boisterous adoptive family welcomes their new baby boy --- who, thankfully, has a unique requirement for sleeping! When J.J. arrives at his new home, his family is bubbling over with excitement to meet him! The four children welcome their tiny new brother, then, when he falls asleep, Dad asks them to try to be quiet. In no time at all, though, the clamor of family life grows loud with drumming on the table, shouting across the room and chattering to the dog. But to everyone's surprise, J.J. sleeps through it all! Even when the children are running and yelling in his room, J.J. sleeps. "Not much seems to bother this little fella," says Dad. Well, as they discover, there is one thing that disturbs baby J.J.'s sleep . . . Author Loretta Garbutt, whose debut picture book, A Stopwatch from Grampa, was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020, perfectly captures the small moments of family life that loom large to young children. Here, a family welcomes their newest member, who has been adopted, a situation not often portrayed in picture books. It's a heartwarming story that hits all the right notes: humor, a family focus and a delicious twist --- the baby hates a quiet house! It offers a wonderful opportunity for conversations about what it means to be a family. The illustrations by Erika Rodriguez Medina warmly portray the busyness of the household and the closeness of the family members, along with loads of relatable and funny antics going on around the baby.
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Angelina and the Royal Wedding

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$18.99
The classic bestselling Angelina Ballerina picture book about two young bridesmaids trying to make it to the royal wedding in time is back in a beautiful, refreshed hardcover edition!

Angelina and Princess Sophie are going to be bridesmaids at the most important event in all of Mouseland--the royal wedding. But when the big day arrives, Angelina and Sophie are so busy exploring they accidentally get stuck in an old tower in the palace gardens! Will anyone come to their rescue in time for them to get to the wedding?

(c) 2022 Helen Craig Ltd and Katharine Holabird. The Angelina Ballerina name and character and the dancing Angelina logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited, Katharine Holabird, and Helen Craig.

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Angelina at the Fair

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Angelina Ballerina has to babysit her cousin during a trip to the fair in this beautiful, refreshed hardcover edition of the classic bestselling picture book!

All year long, Angelina has been eagerly looking forward to the fair coming to town. When the wonderful day arrives at last, Angelina can hardly wait to join her friends at the fairground. Then her parents tell her she must take her little cousin Henry along. Angelina is furious! How can she have a good time when she has to watch out for a little child? But after a day full of adventures and surprises, Angelina and Henry may just become the best of friends.

(c) 2022 Helen Craig Ltd and Katharine Holabird. The Angelina Ballerina name and character and the dancing Angelina logo are trademarks of HIT Entertainment Limited, Katharine Holabird, and Helen Craig.

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9781665912839
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Animals All Around Us

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$9.99
Discover the animals of Australia through the incredible artwork of Aboriginal artist Melanie Hava.

A captivating first concept board book, told through simple narrative.

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Ant and Bee and the ABC

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'These were the books that taught me how to read' Anthony Horowitz.

A classic Ant and Bee book to treasure, that is perfect for children aged 3 and up. Designed for shared reading fun, this much-loved series will build reading confidence.

Over 100,000 copies of the Ant and Bee series already sold!

This is the story of how Ant and Bee first met. Join them on their adventure through the alphabet as they search for their lost hats. There has never been a more enjoyable way for toddlers and young children to learn their ABC.

Ant and Bee teach children to read via word recognition and encourage story sharing with siblings and parents. Grown-ups read the black words, but the shorter, simpler red words are for young children to call out. Parents and grandparents who grew up with Ant and Bee will love sharing this nostalgic experience from the same era as Ladybird Read it yourself.

First published in 1950, Ant and Bee were in print for over 40 years. Ant and Bee is a classic brand, and the delightful and much-loved characters are instantly recognisable to thousands of diehard fans today.

Have you collected all of Ant and Bee's learning adventures?
Ant and Bee
More Ant and Bee
More and More Ant and Bee
Ant and Bee Count 123
Ant and Bee and the Secret
Around the World with Ant and Bee
Happy Birthday with Ant and Bee
Ant and Bee and the Rainbow
Ant and Bee and the ABC
Ant and Bee Time
Ant and Bee and the Kind Dog
Ant and Bee and the Doctor
Ant and Bee Go Shopping
Left and Right with Ant and Bee
Make a Million with Ant and Bee

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Ant and Bee Time

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'These were the books that taught me how to read' Anthony Horowitz.

A classic Ant and Bee book to treasure, that is perfect for children aged 3 and up. Designed for shared reading fun, this much-loved series will build reading confidence.

Over 100,000 copies of the Ant and Bee series already sold!

The Zoo Man and Kind Dog have invited Ant and Bee to the Zoo Games! Can you help them tell the time so that they're not late for any of the games?

Ant and Bee teach children to read via word recognition and encourage story sharing with siblings and parents. Grown-ups read the black words, but the shorter, simpler red words are for young children to call out. Parents and grandparents who grew up with Ant and Bee will love sharing this nostalgic experience from the same era as Ladybird Read it yourself.

First published in 1950, Ant and Bee were in print for over 40 years. Ant and Bee is a classic brand, and the delightful and much-loved characters are instantly recognisable to thousands of diehard fans today.

Have you collected all of Ant and Bee's learning adventures?
Ant and Bee
More Ant and Bee
More and More Ant and Bee
Ant and Bee Count 123
Ant and Bee and the Secret
Around the World with Ant and Bee
Happy Birthday with Ant and Bee
Ant and Bee and the Rainbow
Ant and Bee and the ABC
Ant and Bee Time
Ant and Bee and the Kind Dog
Ant and Bee and the Doctor
Ant and Bee Go Shopping
Left and Right with Ant and Bee
Make a Million with Ant and Bee

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Anthony and the Gargoyle

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$19.99

A boy befriends a baby gargoyle in this magical wordless story in graphic-novel style from award-winning creators Jo Ellen Bogart and Maja Kastelic.

Anthony's house is full of family photos -- of his parents' trip to Paris, his great aunt, and Anthony himself as a toddler, holding his favorite rock.

When Anthony wakes up one morning, he sees that his "rock" has cracked open -- it's hollow inside. He doesn't see the little face peering out from the closet. Later, he discovers the newly hatched creature and they become friends. Anthony asks his mother about the rock, and she shows him a photo album of a trip to Paris. Anthony sees that his friend resembles the gargoyles at Notre-Dame cathedral. Back in his room, he shows the photos to the baby gargoyle who looks at them with longing.

News arrives that Anthony's great aunt is in hospital. The family travel to Paris to visit, and Anthony secretly brings the baby gargoyle. When the family have a chance to climb Notre-Dame's tower, Anthony and his friend wander from one gargoyle to the next ... until the baby gargoyle sees one that looks just like him.

A bittersweet story of true friendship and letting go.

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Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7
Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.3
Describe how characters in a story respond to major events and challenges.

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Are Dinosaurs Real?

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Are dinosaurs real? How big wear they? And what happened to them? Find out!
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Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean

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Journey to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean, the fourth astronaut to walk on the lunar surface and the only artist to paint its beauty firsthand!

As a boy, Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot, Alan wished he could paint the view from the cockpit. So he took an art class to learn patterns and forms. But no class could prepare him for the beauty of the lunar surface some 240,000 miles from Earth. In 1969, Alan became the fourth man and first artist on the moon. He took dozens of pictures, but none compared to what he saw through his artistic eyes. When he returned to Earth, he began to paint what he saw. Alan's paintings allowed humanity to experience what it truly felt like to walk on the moon. Journalist and storyteller Dean Robbins's tale of this extraordinary astronaut is masterful, and artist Sean Rubin's illustrations are whimsical and unexpected. With back matter that includes photos of the NASA mission, images of Alan's paintings, and a timeline of lunar space travel, this is one adventure readers won't want to miss!
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At the Garage (Shine-a-light)

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Hold a light to the see-through pages to discover hidden secrets beneath; learn about the inner workings of a garage, including all different kinds of repairs, what can be found under a hood and where mechanics keep their tools!Spend a day at the garage where busy mechanics repair and restore all kinds of vehicles, including motorcycles, police cruisers, trucks and cars. Hold the special pages to the light to see inside all the inner workings of the garage!
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9781610675987
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Baby Basics: My Cuddly Fox A Soft Cloth Book for Baby

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Cuddle up with a sweet and plushy fox friend! This super-soft, durable cloth book is the perfect bedtime and naptime companion for babies and little ones. The gentle, reassuring story offers baby and caregivers the chance to bond in a warm and loving way.
  • Made from durable, non-toxic soft plush fabric that's machine-washable
  • Perfect baby gift
  • Cute and whimsical illustrations littles ones will love
  • A wonderful addition to baby's first library collection
  • Fun family read-aloud books
  • Books for baby to 3 years old
  • Baby shower gift
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    Baby Boy, You Are a Star!

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    New York Times bestselling and award-winning duo Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney create a joyful and beautiful ode to all bright brown baby boys -- the fifth title in our acclaimed Bright Brown Baby series!

    Baby boy. Precious boy. Yes! You're a STAR!

    A joyful, poetic celebration and ode to all bright brown baby boys. With bouncing, rhythmic text from New York Times bestselling author Andrea Davis Pinkney and tender, charming illustrations from Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustrator Brian Pinkney, this tender affirmation is the perfect way to rejoice and teach your child that they truly are a star!

    This board book is part of the Bright Brown Baby publishing program, a celebration of Black and brown joy, babies, and families. And if you're looking for a gift-able picture book, be sure to also check out the beautiful picture book treasury, Bright Brown Baby, to read "Baby Boy, You're a Star!" alongside four more poems. Just-right for new and expectant parents, baby showers, birthdays, graduations, and more! This is a perfect addition to every child's growing Bright Brown Baby bookshelf!

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    9781338672428
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    Baby Shower

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    This playful celebration of babies (and of the people waiting for them to arrive) is a preschool read-aloud delight and a perfect gift for parents-to-be.

    Babies here! Babies there! Babies raining everywhere!
    Falling faster by the hour. Look out! It's a baby shower!

    With rollicking rhyme and scrumptious, brimming pictures, this book is a joyous expression of babyhood. Bouncing babies, crawling babies, snuggling and babbling babies fill the bright and adorable pages of this ode that's sure to become a storytime favorite.

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    9780593324639
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    Baby Squeaks

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    $17.99
    A baby mouse says their first word, and their second, and then many, many more in this hilarious and relatable parenting moment by Geisel Honoree Anne Hunter.

    Baby mouse has learned to squeak. And now it's squeak, squeak, squeak all day long.

    Baby chats with new friends and old friends, big friends and little friends, and sometimes just chats with no one at all. Poor Mama needs a break . . . but when Baby wanders off, Mama knows what to do: follow the squeaks!

    Little readers will love this chatty baby mouse, and big readers will find Mama's reactions very familiar . . . Anne Hunter's delicate and lovely illustrations highlight the humor in this delightfully funny tale.

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    9780735269095
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    Baby's Very First Bus Board Book

    $8.99
    Young children will love this book about buses! Not only does it have bright and colorful illustrations, but it also has thick cardboard wheels that really turn! Perfect for pushing it along the floor, tables and other surfaces!
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    9780794539979
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    Baby's Very First Fire Truck Book

    $8.99
    Follow Panda and his fire fighter crew as they respond to various emergencies. They rescue a sheep that had been trapped in a fence, put out a small fire in a trash can, then tackle a forest fire. With sturdy pages and colorful working wheels, this book feels like a toy which babies can play with as well as following the story.
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    9780794547301
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    Baby's Very First Slide and See Dinosaurs

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    An engaging, interactive BD, specially designed for very young children, full of vivid colors, stylish illustrations and friendly animals. Simple slider mechanisms allow a picture to be transformed.
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    9780794539245
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    Baby's Very First Slide and See Farm

    $14.99
    "Engaging, interactive board book, specially designed for very young children, full of vivid colors, stylish illustrations and friendly animals. Simple slider mechanisms allow a picture to be transformed. Little children will love making the animals move around or reveal themselves by manipulating the simple sliders"--The publisher's web site.
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    9780794534813
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    Baby's Very First Slide and See Zoo

    $14.99
    Babies will love looking at the bright pictures of animals in this delightful book and seeing what happens when they move the sliding panels. The elephant waves her trunk, the turtle disappears in his shell and the orang-utan swings in the trees and there are cut-out shapes and fingertrails to discover. A delightful book to share with a baby.
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    9780794538781
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    Baby's Very First Tractor Book

    $8.99
    Jump aboard the Usborne tractor and find out where the 'Baby's Very First' characters are going today and look at all the colorful things they see along the way in this book that really rolls.
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    9780794541989
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    Baby's Very First Truck Book

    $8.99
    Follow Cat as he drives his truck around town, meeting lots of different animal characters and delivering packages along the way. With working wheels and sturdy pages this book feels like a toy truck in itself, making it a play book babies can enjoy time and time again.
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    9780794544621
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    Bad Drawer

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    "The Stone Soup of collaborative creativity--eight thumbs up!"--Jessica Love, author of Julián Is a Mermaid

    "Bad Drawer is inspiring for every kind of drawer, and it is such a fun, creative way to show what can happen when we work together with our friends." --Nathan Pyle, #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Strange Planet

    A hilarious and gorgeous picture book by A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars author Seth Fishman, following a bad drawer who works together with his friends to help bring his wildest stories to life.

    Seth has a super fantastic story in his head. A story so completely awesome and unbelievably amazing that he needs to get it out on paper and share it with the world right away. There's only one problem: He's a bad drawer. Like, really bad. He's tried and tried, but his illustrations are never quite like he imagined when they actually land on the page.

    But he has an idea that might fix things: What if his friends help him bring his story to life? A delightful picture book featuring work from award-winning illustrators Jessixa Bagley, Armand Baltazar, Anna Bond, Travis Foster, Jessica Hische, Tillie Walden, and Ethan Young, Bad Drawer will make readers laugh out loud and embrace their flaws -- while also having quite a bit of fun in the process.

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    9780593385784
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    Bake Infinite Pie with X + Y

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    Aspiring bakers will embrace this charming picture book about baking pie by using simple math, from one of the world's most creative and celebrated mathematicians.

    X + Y are dreaming of baking infinite pie. But they don't know if infinite pie is real. With the help of quirky and uber-smart Aunt Z, and a whole lot of flour and butter, X and Y will learn that by using math they can bake their way to success!

    This charming and tasty story from mathematician and author of How to Bake Pi, Eugenia Cheng, reassures young readers that math doesn't have to be scary--especially when paired with pie!

    Additional back matter includes: a letter from Eugenia encouraging readers not to be intimidated by math, explanations of the math concepts explored in the book, and a recipe for Banana Butterscotch Pie!

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    9780759556867
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    Battle of the Bass: Largemouth vs. Smallmouth

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    Great information to motivate and get more kids into the sport of fishing, especially bass fishing. Al Lindner-Bass Fishing Hall of Fame Angler. Battle of the Bass is awesome and a great read for everyone. Especially kids looking toget into fishing. Jay Przekurat-Bassmaster Elite Series Angler.

    This book will be featured at the Ultimate Fishing Show in Detroit, MI and Chicagoland Fishing, Travel and Outdoor Expo in Schaumburg IL in January. It will also appear at the LaCrosse, WI Sport Show and Madison, WI Fish Expo in February. In addition Battle of the Bass will be at the Northwest Sportshow in Minneapolis, MN and the Bassmaster Classic in Knoxville, TN in March.

    Share the joy of fishing with kids.

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    9798985967623
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    Battle of the Books

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    It's time to choose a bedtime story! In this hilarious competition for the right to be read, may the best book win!


    "A humorous approach to the dilemma of choosing just one bedtime story."--Kirkus Reviews

    In Josh's bedroom, tension mounts as each of his books battle over who will be chosen for story time. It's every book for itself-until Pirate Book needs rescuing, and the books must use their unique talents to save him. But when story time arrives, the battle resumes.

    This energetic picture book celebrates the magic of stories and the joy of choosing your favorite books.

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    9781499812725
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