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Preschool Time
Written by Jenna Beatrice
Illustrated by Erika Lynne Jones
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2023. Picture Book.

When loud-voiced Penelope becomes student-librarian, she is determined to prove she is perfect for the job while staying true to herself. --Editor

 Preschool Time
By Marietta Apollonio
Chicago: Albert Whitman & Company, 2023. Picture Book.

When a stray cat keeps turning up for story time at the library, he is always shooed away, but when he meets Pascal, a boy who needs a reading buddy, a friendship forms, and now Pascal along with the other children have Jack the cat to read to. --Editor

Toddler Time
By Lauren Emmons
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024. Picture Book.

Clarisse, a street cat who loves books, finds a new home in the library as a read-aloud cat. --Editor

Book Babies
Written by Susanna Leonard Hill
Illustrated by Daniel Wiseman
New York: Little Simon, 2018. Board Book.

Are your monkeys wide awake at bedtime? When your monkeys won't go to bed, you'll have to pull out some tricks! --Publisher
Cuentos
Written by Julie Gassman
Illustrated by Andy Elkerton
North Mankato, MN: Picture Window Books, 2020. Libro illustrado.

¿Alguna vez pensaste en llevar a tu dragón a la biblioteca? ¡No lo hagas! Puede que tengas las mejores intenciones, pero tu amigo solo traerĆ” problemas. Con rimas y personajes diversos, este cuento ilustrado nos enseƱa de manera entretenida las normas mĆ”s importantes (y otras no tanto) sobre cómo comportarse en una biblioteca. --Editor

Cuentos
Written by Cece Meng
Illustrated by Joy Ang
MƩxico, D.F.: Loqueleo/Editorial Santillana, S.A. de C.V., 2015. Libro illustrado.

Este niƱo tiene muchas excusas para no leer este libro. Pero tal vez algo le convenza: alguien con quien le gusta leer. --Editor


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