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Preschool Time
Written by Jorma Taccone
Illustrated by Dan Santat 
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2020. Picture Book.

Debut author Jorma Taccone, member of the hit comedy trio The Lonely Island, has paired up with New York Times bestselling, Caldecott Medal winning illustrator Dan Santat to create Little Fox and the Wild Imagination, a picture book about time, space, and even giant-robot-squids. This is the story of Little Fox and one VERY BIG imagination. --Editor

Preschool Time
By Joel Stewart
New York: Holiday House, 2010. Picture Book.

Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie, who have been thrown out of town because of their loud hooting, encounter a princess and a dragon in the deep dark forest. --Editor

Toddler Time
Written by Isabel Minhós Martins
Illustrated by Madalena Matoso
Toronto: Owlkids Books, 2013. Picture Book.

 When a saxophone-playing dog moves in next door to a young girl, the girl is thrilled, but her parents, who do not like the noise or the other animals the dog attracts, feel otherwise. --Editor

Book Babies
Written by Dan Saks
Illustrated by Brooke Smart
New York: Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2024. Board Book. 

This formative board book is an appreciation of our global community and the many ways in which it helps develop empathy, compassion, and collective responsibility. Specific examples of shared community are depicted across twelve countries, inviting young readers to connect with and acknowledge the importance of caring about and for one another, and the Earth we share. --Publisher

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