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Easter Bunny on the Loose!: A Seek and Solve Mystery! by Wendy Wax

'Easter Bunny on the Loose!: A Seek and Solve Mystery!' by Wendy Wax

★★★★★ What do you get when you mix "Where's Waldo?" and the Easter Bunny? "Easter Bunny on the Loose!", a delightful seek and solve picture book. It is almost Easter in Easterville and the Easter Bunny is missing his most prized possession, his golden egg! The Easter Bunny has narrowed down the suspects, and it is up to you to find the clues on each page. Will the missing egg be found before Easterville's big Easter egg hunt? This book is great ... (check it out)

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Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood by Timothy Knapman

'Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood' by Timothy Knapman

★★★★★ This children's story poses somewhat of a twist. A dragon finds a pet, a young boy. Benjamin, the boy, is quite the interesting creature, ever so different than a dragon. He can't fly and is such an unusual specimen. But even the best of friends can get homesick and need to go back home. It's a wonderful story for the young at heart. ... (check it out)

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The Very Fairy Princess by Julie Andrews

'The Very Fairy Princess' by Julie Andrews

★★★★ What little girl doesn't imagine being a princess? From morning until evening, Geraldine pretends to be a young royal who goes through each day doing the same as a princess, even though others may not believe in her. This is a beautiful children's story that will warm everyone's heart. Anyone can believe in something if they really feel it in their heart. ... (check it out)

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Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff

'Baby Bear Sees Blue' by Ashley Wolff

★★★★★ Baby Bear awakes on fine seasonal morning with his mother only to discover all the many colorful wonders of nature. After a day of exploration, the sky begins to grow dark and the rain begins to fall, a typical spring morning. This story introduces beautiful watercolors that depict the many vibrant colors of nature with gorgeous illustrations. A wonderful springtime story that is a perfect picture book for spring. ... (check it out)

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Dancing Feet! by Lindsey Craig

'Dancing Feet!' by Lindsey Craig

★★★★★ Clickity! Clickity! Long green feet!  Who is dancing that clickity beat?Lizard is dancing on clickity feet.  Clickity! Clickity! Happy feet!Introducing a get-up-and-dance toddler book-so catchy and rhythmic, you'll almost want to sing it.Lindsey Craig's rollicking text features funny sound words (Tippity! Creepity! Stompity! Thumpity!), dancing animals, a singsong beat, and a guessing element just easy enough for preschoolers to anticipate. M ... (check it out)

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.

'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' by Bill Martin Jr.

★★★★★ Lois Ehlert (illustrator)The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A told b, and b told c, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree'"--which probably seemed like a good idea until the other 23 members of the gang decided to follow suit. Lois Ehlert's chunky block illustrations show the luxuriant green palm standing straight and tall on the first page, but it begins to groan and bend under ... (check it out)

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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

'Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!' by Mo Willems

★★★★★ When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate. In his hilarious picture book debut, popular cartoonist Mo Willems perfectly captures a preschooler's temper tantrum. ... (check it out)

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Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

'Harold and the Purple Crayon' by Crockett Johnson

★★★★★ "One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight." So begins this gentle story that shows just how far your imagination can take you. Armed only with an oversized purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of beauty and excitement. But this is no hare-brained, impulsive flight of fantasy. Cherubic, round-headed Harold conducts his adventure with the utmost prudence, letting his im ... (check it out)

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.

'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?' by Bill Martin Jr.

★★★★★ A beloved classic now available in board-book edition for the youngest reader. ... (check it out)

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Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch

'Love You Forever' by Robert N. Munsch

★★★★★ A young woman holds her newborn sonAnd looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: "I'll love you forever I'll like you for always As long as I'm living My baby you'll be."So begins the story that has touched the hearts of millions worldwide. Since publication in l986, "Love You Forever" has sold more than 15 million copies in paperback and the regular hardcover edition (as well as hundreds of thousands of copies in Spanish and French).Firefl ... (check it out)

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle

★★★★★ Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a perennial favorite with children and adults alike. Its imaginative illustration and clever cut-out detail charts the progress of a very hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through the week. ... (check it out)

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Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

'Green Eggs and Ham' by Dr. Seuss

★★★★★ With his unmistakable characters and signature rhymes, Dr. Seuss's beloved Beginner Book has cemented it's place as a children's classic. Follow Sam I Am as he tries to convince an acquaintance that green eggs and ham is, indeed, a delectable meal to be savored everywhere and every way.Sam-I-Am mounts a determined campaign to convince another Seuss character to eat a plate of green eggs and ham. "Limited vocabulary but unlimited exuberance of ill ... (check it out)

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Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

'Goodnight Moon' by Margaret Wise Brown

★★★★★ In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And to all the familiar things in the softly lit room -- to the picture of the three little bears sitting on chairs, to the clocks and his socks, to themittens and the kittens, toeverything one by one -- the little bunny says goodnight.In this classic of children's literature, beloved by generations of readers and listeners, the quiet poetry of the wor ... (check it out)

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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

'The Giving Tree' by Shel Silverstein

★★★★★ 'Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.'So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein.Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave.This is a tender story, touched wit ... (check it out)

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak

★★★★★ One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls him 'Wild Thing' and sends him to bed without his supper. That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room and an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are. Max tames the wild things and crowns himself as their king, and then the wild rumpus begins. But when Max has sent the monsters to bed, and everything is qu ... (check it out)

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