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Series: COUNT TO SLEEP Count to Sleep Christmas Board book Adam Gamble 9781649070470 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 3 Aug 30, 2022

Young counters will have a merry time counting their way through Christmas. This beautifully illustrated board book features Santa, reindeer, Christmas trees, Christmas elves, holiday ornaments, carolers, snowflakes, mugs of hot chocolate, and more. This book is part of the bestselling Good Night Our World series, which includes hundreds of titles exploring iconic locations and exciting themes.Young counters will enjoy the holiday fun of counting their way through Christmas. Series Overview: The Good Night Books series is designed to celebrat... + Read More
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Series: WOULD YOU RATHER? Would You Rather? Christmas Edition Laugh-Out-Loud Holiday Game for Kids Paperback Lindsey Daly 9780593435663 $11.00 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 06, 2022

From the bestselling author of Would You Rather? Made You Think! Edition and Would You Rather? Family Challenge! Edition, a collection of funny, challenging Christmas-themed questions for “Would You Rather?”−loving kids.Join Santa and his elves in a super-fun game of “Would You Rather?” with Christmas questions that will make you think and laugh out loud. Challenge family and friends to see who has the most holiday spirit! Would You Rather? Christmas Edition features: 160+ “Would You Rather?” questions about Christmas presents, decorations, foo... + Read More
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There are so many ways to spend a cool fall day. Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar and explore everything the season has to offer!Celebrate fall with The Very Hungry Caterpillar and his friends in this exploration of the season. Young readers can learn all about seasonal sensory experiences, like looking at the leaves as they change color, listening to the whooshing wind, feeling the warmth of a warm cozy sweater, and so much more!
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How to Survive Your Murder Hardcover Danielle Valentine 9780593352014 $23.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Aug 30, 2022

Scream meets Happy Death Day in this terrifying stand-alone horror novel from YA scream queen Danielle Valentine.“This terrifying book reads like a horror movie. No, wait. It has the suspense and shocks and screams of TEN horror movies in one. Great nasty fun!” —R.L. Stine, author of Goosebumps and Fear StreetAlice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial.And in the year since Claire’s death, Alice’s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she’s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and s... + Read More
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Join Spot and his family as they grow a pumpkin in the garden and make a fun fall surprise!Spot loves gardening with Dad. In the spring, Spot plants a pumpkin seed. And after lots of waiting and watering and watching it grow, the pumpkin is ready! But what will they make with it? It’s a pumpkin surprise!This fun pumpkin-shaped board book is perfect for children to read and play with!
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Series: YOU ARE THE LIGHT Little Pumpkin A First Halloween Story Board book Lisa Edwards 9780593465189 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 1 - 3 Aug 23, 2022

Follow Little Pumpkin as she and Big Pumpkin prepare for a fun night with their fall friends!With gentle, rhyming text, Little Pumpkin is perfect for the smallest readers to celebrate fall. While exploring the love between a parent and child, this board book is an excellent expression of love with a unique fall theme.Little Pumpkin and Big Pumpkin greet their nighttime friends, from bats to cats to owls and beyond. With a fun Halloween theme, this board book with a fun and special cover is perfect for little hands.Series Overview: Spring 2022: ... + Read More
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Series: LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, THE Happy Halloween, Little Engine! A Tabbed Board Book Board book Matt Mitter 9780593519233 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 1 - 3 Aug 16, 2022

Celebrate Halloween with The Little Engine That Could in this charming original tabbed board book featuring everyone’s favorite train and a delightful rhyming holiday story.The Little Engine is in celebrating Halloween and can’t wait to trick-or-treat with all of her friends! With bright, fun illustrations, easy-to-flip tabs, and bouncy, rhyming text, this board book is the perfect way to introduce young readers to everyone’s favorite little train and get into the Halloween spirit!
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Snowmen at Halloween Board book Caralyn M. Buehner 9780593529102 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 1 - 3 Aug 02, 2022

The snowmen are getting their Halloween costumes ready for the latest board book in this New York Times bestselling series. Look for the hidden image on every page!Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you’ve wondered…what do snowmen do when we’re not watching?After an early snowfall, a few kids build some snowmen before going trick-or-treating. And when the kids go off to bed, the snowmen have their own Halloween festival! There’s candy and a... + Read More
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This ghoulish parody of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is a hilarious companion to the New York Times #1 bestseller Goodnight Goon.A goon hunt is no easy task. A twisted tangled pumpkin patch, murky bubbling swamp, and foggy crumbling graveyard are just a few of the obstacles these kids will have to go through, skulking monsters included. And when the Goon finally makes an appearance—under the covers they go! Except one brave child who finds monsters more fun than scary.The beloved classic We’re Going on a Bear Hunt gets an eerie twist in this goon... + Read More
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One cool day in late October, Georgia noticed something weird. Objects would move around the house and sometimes they even disappeared. Now, some people may have wondered (especially at this time of year) if this was the work of something spooky? But not clever Georgia! She has all the explanations and none of the fear! Join her in debunking the spookiest of ghoulish and ghostly mischief in this Halloween adventure!
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A Friend for Ghost Hardcover Suzanne Kaufman 9780823448524 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 23, 2022

A loveable, lonely ghost meets a buoyant new companion, proving that friendship is never truly out of reach.Most of the timeno one noticed Ghost.It isn’t always easy for a ghost to make friends; even a rosy-cheeked ghost with big glasses. Ghost lives in a noisy, diverse city where children play and laugh, and longs to join in. But most people look right through Ghost.When a bright red balloon wanders Ghost’s way, the connection is instantaneous. Together they try everything Ghost had ever hoped to share with a friend. But when Ghost’s balloon g... + Read More
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Series: HL HIDDEN PICTURES® Halloween Puzzles Deluxe Paperback Highlights 9781644728420 $17.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 02, 2022

Discover over 50 spooky scenes and more than 600 hidden objects inside Hidden Pictures Halloween Puzzles Deluxe — a perfect treat for Halloween! A great gift for puzzlers ages 4-8, this activity book features a mix of Hidden Pictures scenes, mazes and other frightful Halloween puzzles showing ghosts, werewolves, jack-o’-lanterns and candy.This jam-packed book includes both full-color and classic black-and-white puzzle scenes. Kids can add over 135 glow-in-the-dark stickers of ghosts, bats and other friendly Halloween faces to the scenes for eve... + Read More
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Sir Simon: Super Scarer Paperback Cale Atkinson 9781774880395 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Aug 23, 2022

A delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter.Meet Sir Simon, Super Scarer. He’s a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. And just in time! He was getting tired of haunting bus stops and forests and potatoes. And to top it off, this house is occupied by an old lady — they’re the easiest to haunt! But things don’t go as planned when it turns out a KID comes with this old lady. Chester spots Simon immediately and peppers him with questions. Simon is exasperated…until ... + Read More
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Series: HIGHLIGHTS FUN TO GO Halloween Games Paperback Highlights 9781644728468 $9.50 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 6 - 9 Aug 02, 2022

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Series: FIRST CONVERSATIONS Being You: A First Conversation About Gender Hardcover Megan Madison 9780593521878 $19.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Aug 16, 2022

A picture book edition of the bestselling board book about gender, offering adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.A board book bestseller – now in picture book!Developed by experts in the fields of early childhood development and activism against injustice, this topic-driven book offers clear, concrete language and imagery to introduce the concept of gender. This book serves to normalize and celebrate the range of gender identities, preferences, and pronouns, and reco... + Read More