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  • Monkey See, Monkey Do

    Helen Oxenbury

    Board book (Dial Books, July 1, 1991)
    A child observes and imitates the animals during a trip to the zoo and discovers just how much he has in common with them
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  • Goodnight Sh'ma

    Jacqueline Jules, Melanie Hall

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2008)
    A Jewish child gets ready for bed and says the traditional "Sh'ma" prayer in this beautiful board book with rhyming text. Charming illsutrations by award-winning Melanie Hall.
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  • The Egg

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Pascale De Bourgoing, Rene Mettler

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1992)
    Readers turn colorfully painted transparent pages to reveal each stage of a chick's growth inside an egg, and then watch it hatch in the most recent volume of a nonfiction series for the inquisitive preschooler.
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  • Lotsa Matzah

    Tilda Balsley, Akemi Gutierrez

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2013)
    Why is matzah plain and flat? For centuries it’s been like that. A rhyming introduction to Passover’s traditional food, with children eating and enjoying “lotsa matzah” many different ways during the holiday.
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  • Sammy Spider's First Book of Jewish Holidays

    Sylvia A. Rouss, Katherine Janus Kahn

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Curious about the Jewish holidays? Very young readers learn about holiday customs with everyone’s favorite inquisitive spider!
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  • Weather

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Pascale De Bourgoing, Sophie Kniffke

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Explores the various aspects of the weather and the changing seasons on spiral-bound transparent pages.
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  • Frogs

    Daniel Moignot

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1997)
    Provides a treasury of fascinating frog facts while answering a variety of questions, including how tadpoles become frogs, how frogs catch bugs, what frogs say when they croak, and the differences between frogs and toads.
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  • My Very First Space Book IR

    Emily Bone

    Board book (Usborne, Aug. 16, 2015)
    This is non-fiction for very young children, who will find lots of things to look at and talk about in this highly visual book about space - what it is, where it is, and what's out there. Little ones can find out about planets, stars, asteroids, space travel and lots more - while learning lots of interesting new words.

  • Passover Is Coming!

    Tracy Newman, Viviana Garofoli

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2016)
    Readers join a cute family and their dog as they prepare for and celebrate the spring holiday of Passover, cleaning the house, making matzah ball soup, assembling the seder plate, saying the Four Questions, and looking for the afikomen at the end of the seder. This 12-page board book features '3D-feeling' art by Viviana Garofoli, who illustrates all the books in this Jewish holiday series including Shabbat is Coming!, Hanukkah is Coming! and Rosh Hashanah is Coming! (available Fall 2016).
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  • The Tree

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Pascale De Bourgoing, Christian Broutin

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1992)
    In the latest addition to a nonfiction series for the curious preschooler, readers can witness each stage of the growth of a tree and then watch it change with the seasons.
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  • The Ladybug and Other Insects

    Pascale de Bourgoing, Gallimard Jeunesse, Sylvie Perols

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Explores the life cycle of the ladybug and the world of insects
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  • Happy Birthday, World: A Rosh Hashanah Celebration

    Latifa Berry Kropf, Lisa Carlson

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ™, Aug. 1, 2005)
    This book is a child’s first introduction to Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, in a context a young child can understand and enjoy – a birthday party for the world!
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