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Infants and Toddlers

Babies
Ros Asquith
jp Asquith

Rhyming text describes bunches of babies, but only one baby is loved the best.
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Baby Food
Saxton Freymann
jp Freymann

Presents vegetables and fruits carved into the shapes of different baby animals, including a bunny, a piglet, a whale calf, a bear cub, and others.
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Bear Wants More
Karma Wilson
jp Wilson

When spring comes, Bear wakes up hungry and is treated to great food by
his friends.
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A Frog in the Bog
Karma Wilson
jp Wilson

A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator that puts an end to his eating.
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Fuzzy Fuzzy Fuzzy! A Touch, Skritch, & Tickle Book
Sandra Boynton
BOARD BOOK j Boynton

Large tactile patches to touch, tickle, and skritch. You can even use the puppy's paw to smooth out a snagged fingernail! Rub the duck's incredibly soft fuzzy belly, touch the cow's fuzzy nose and hair, see what the birdies say, and
lots more!
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Giddy-Up! Let's Ride!
Flora McDonnell.
jp McDonnell

Describes ways people ride horses and other animals, such as the show jumper on her trrrit-trrroting horse, the raja on his rumpetta-trumping elephant, and the nomad on his lolloppy-plodding camel.
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Here Come Poppy and Max
Lindsey Gardiner
jp Gardiner

Poppy imitates a host of animals, splashing like a duck, roaring like a tiger, and bouncing like a kangaroo, while her dog Max joins in the fun.
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I Kissed the Baby
Mary Murphy
jp Murphy

Various animals tell how they saw, fed, sang to, tickled, and kissed a
new duckling.
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If You're Happy and You Know It!
Jan Ormerod
jp Ormerod

A little girl and various animals sing their own versions of the popular rhyme.
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It's Snowing!
Olivier Dunrea
jp Dunrea

A mother shares the magic of a snowy night with her baby
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Jiggle Joggle Jee!
Laura E. Richards
jp Richards

Baby goes for a rollicking ride on a jiggling, joggling locomotive.
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One Beautiful Baby
Martine Oborne
jp Oborne

Counts all of the characteristics of a beautiful baby from one smile to ten
sticky fingers.
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Playtime Rhymes for Little People
Compiled by Mary Finch
jp Playtime

A collection of rhymes for children who like to move and groove!
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Please, Baby, Please
Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
jp Lee

A toddler's antics keep his mother busy as she tries to feed him, watch him on the playground, give him a bath, and put him to bed.
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So Big!
Dan Yaccarino
jp Yaccarino

In this lively version of your child's favorite game, lift the flaps to find baby animals that are so big. This interactive book is one children will be sure to read many times! How big is your child? You can answer this question together using the tear-out ruler in the back of the book!
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Sometimes I Like to Curl Up in a Ball
Vicki Churchill
jp Churchill

Little wombat spends a day doing favorite things--what could they be?
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Sylvia Long's Mother Goose
Illustrated by Sylvia Long
jp Mother

An illustrated collection of familiar nursery rhymes.
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This Little Chick
John Lawrence
jp Lawrence

A little chick shows that he can make the sounds of the animals in
his neighborhood.
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Tickle Tum!
Nancy Van Laan
jp Van Laan

A mother and toddler have fun at suppertime.
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Time to Pee!
Mo Willems
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Sign-carrying mice give encouraging instructions for using the toilet.
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Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
George Shannon
jp Shannon

When a mean dog blocks the path to a garden where a delicious breakfast awaits, Little Chick shows her family how brave and clever she is.
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Toes, Ears, & Nose! A Lift-the-Flap Book
Marion Dane Bauer
BOARD BOOK j Bauer

A lift-the-flap, hide parts of the body board book.
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Tumble Me Tumbily
Karen Baicker
jp Baicker

Rhyming text presents the play, food, animal friends, and sleepy end of a toddler's day.
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Where Is My Mommy?
Julie Downing
jp Downing

Animal mothers, including a rabbit, cat, and human, care for their young by waking them up, washing their faces, and performing other activities.
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Wiggle, Waggle
Jonathan London
jp London

Describes how various animals walk, from the wiggle-waggle of a duck to the boing, boing, boing of a kangaroo.
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