Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
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Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Aladdin Picture Books
Lois Ehlert
Softcover
$6.99
$5.25
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With lively rhymes created by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault the alphabet (both capital and small letters) climb up the coconut tree. "A told B, and B told C, 'I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.'" Bright, splashy illustrations should make this music alphabet book a child and adult favorite.
A Fairy in a Dairy
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Lucy Nolan
Marshal Cavendish
Laura J. Bryant
Hardcover
$16.95
$10.99
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There's a fairy in town, and Buttermilk Hollow is churning with excitement. Will the mayor's plans suddenly go sour? -- a fairytale book using clever play-on-words.
Great Chicken Debacle
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Marshall Cavendish
Nature,humor
Softcover
$5.95
$3.99
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Hoping to earn a trip to an amusement park, the three Morgan children agree to take care of a chicken that their father plans to give their mother as a birthday surprise.
Ice Cream Larry
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Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Marshall Cavendish
Jill Pinkwater
Softcover
$3.99
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After he eats an eighth of a ton of ice cream at Cohen's Cones Ice Cream Parlor, Larry the polar bear happily becomes the spokesbear for the Iceberg Ice-Cream Company under the slogan, "I do not feel sick."
Adults will be chuckling; children will delight in Larry's antics and the bright cheery pictures created by Jill Pinkwater.
Mama Don't Allow
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Thacher Hurd
Harper Collins
Thacher Hurd
Softcover
$5.99
$4.50
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Miles' loves to practice his new saxophone. However, his parents--and the whole neighborhood--can not endure any more saxophone sound. His mother suggests Miles practice outside. Miles teams up with three other musicians to form the Swamp Band. This clever book is "high-energy, high-decibel fun." The Kirkus Reviews
Mr. Wolf's Pancakes
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Jan Fearnley
Tiger Tales
Jan Fearnley
Softcover
$5.95
$3.99
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Mr. Wolf asks some of his neighbors to help him make pancakes, and even though they all rudely refuse, when the pancakes are done they expect to share the feast -- a new twist to the Chicken Little fable.
Officer Buckle and Gloria
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Peggy Rathmann
Scholastic
Peggy Rathmann
Softcover
$2.50
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What caused the children of Napville School to sit up and take notice of Officer Buckle and listen to his safety tips talk? The answer is Gloria, the police dog, and Officer Buckle's buddy. Officer Buckle and Gloria won the 1996 Caldecott Medal.
Pedro the Brave
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Leo Broadley
Tiger Tales
Holly Swain
Hardcover
$25.00
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When Pedro and his friends are threatened by a hungry wolf, he keeps his wits and changes the wolf's mind about what he wants to eat.
