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Read in Book Babies

Written by Cheryl Willis Hudson
Photographs by John-Francis Bourke
Candlewick Press, 2003.  Picture Book.

Photographs and simple rhyming text present different things that hands can do, such as hold things, mix things, and wave goodbye.  --Publisher




Read in Toddler Time

Written by Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by Peter Brown
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2017.  Picture Book.

Jasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore.  He can pick any pair of underwear he wants.  And every big rabbit knows Creepy Underwear are the coolest.  Even if they give off a ghoulish, greenish glow.  It's NOT like Jasper is scared.  He just might be done with his Creepy Underwear...  But are they done with him?  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

Written by Lemony Snicket
Illustrated by Lisa Brown
Roaring Book Press, 2017.  Picture Book.

Goldfish Ghost was born on the surface of the water in a boy's room.  Feeling lonely, he sets out to find some company.  As he floats over the neighborhood, past the fishing pier, and into a cheerful seaside town, he discovers that not many people pay attention to ghosts.  Off he floats, searching for the perfect home and the perfect friend...and then he hears a voice...  --Publisher




Read in Preschool Time

By Greg Foley
Viking, 2009.  Picture Book.

Can you find luck?  That is what Bear wants to know as he looks high and low for a four-leaf clover.  Monkey says there's no such thing.  Elephant can't remember where he saw one.  Just when Bear is about to give up, his friend Mouse sees something.  But it's not exactly what they were looking for.  Here's a story that reveals that luck isn't always good or bad.  Sometimes luck is a surprise. --Publisher




Read in Monday Cuentos

By Patrick McDonnell
Oceano Travesía, 2014.  Spanish Picture Book.


¡Zas! ¡Pum! ¡Cataplum! ¿Qué hemos hecho? Habia una vez tres pequeñas sabandijas que se consideraban los monstruos más GRANDES y MALVADOS del mundo. Entonces llegó un monstruo aún más GRANDE que los hizo cambiar de opinión.  --Publisher




Read in Friday Cuentos

By Dominque Jolin
Translated by Anna Juan Cantavella
Edebé, 2011.  Spanish Picture Book.


Toupie y Binou celebran juntos la fiesta de Halloween.  Será…¡terroríficamente divertido!  --Publisher
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