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Toddler Time
By Jacob Grant
New York: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2021. Picture Book.

When his busy father prompts him to get ready for an exciting family cookout, an exuberant young Pablo decides that he would rather not wear his pants and would have more fun finding other ways to use them. --Editor 

Preschool Time
By Lyn Marlow
Somerville, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press​, 2021. Picture Book.

While Nana fixes their sailboat, which will take them out to sea where the seals live, Noah builds his very own seal friend on shore until a storm blows in and he must take cover. --Publisher

Preschool Time
Written by Shelley Moore Thomas
Illustrated by Jennifer Harney
New York: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, 2020. Picture Book.

What happens when a creative girl makes a massive mess? She blames it on a narwhal, of course! But what happens when a narwhal magically appears to defend himself? A hilarious battle of wits begins. --Publisher

Book Babies
By Sandra Boynton
New York: Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2016. Board Book.

Join Boynton's lively prehistoric bunch as they get everyones tails shaking for a feet-stomping good time! --Editor

Monday Cuentos
El tren del zoo
Written by Carmela LaVigna Coyle
Illustrated by Steve Gray
Barcelona: Picarona, 2020. Libro Illustrado.

El tren del zoo, lleno de niños, emprende un exótico viaje por los confines más salvajes del mundo. La selva amazónica, la sabana africana, e incluso la Antártida, son algunos de los lugares que visitarán. Los curiosos pasajeros descubrirán los animales que habitan en cada escenario, desde los típicos elefantes y guepardos de África hasta las incontables variedades de pingüino que caminan sobre el hielo antártico. --Editor

Friday Cuentos
Valiente como un león
By Erika Meza
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2023. Libro Illustrado.

Cuando una niña esta con su león, ¡ella se siente capaz de hacer cualquier cosa! Cuando le da penita hablar o le da nervios pedir disculpas, su león le ayuda a encontrar su voz. Su león, que es grande y valiente, la protege; él está en su equipo. Pero un día en el parque, la niña decide subir una resbaladilla nueva, que es altísima, y la niña descubre que a veces hasta los leones tienen miedo. ¿Le tocará a ella ahora ser valiente? Ahora que su león la necesita, ¿podrá ella sacar las fuerza para ser un león para su león? --Editor

Cuentitos
Los monstruos juegan ... ¡a contar!
By Flavia Z. Drago
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2023. Libro de Cartón.

¡Mueve tu cuerpo y aprende a contar con diez monstruos juguetones! --Publisher

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