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"Pigeon is extremely busy doing important things. He has no time to stop, and he definitely doesn't have time to get lost. Luckily Mouse is on hand to help. Mouse is not busy at all. Mouse has all the time in the world to admire and appreciate the world around him. As this unlikely duo pair up to help Pigeon find his way home, Mouse wonders if Pigeon might be persuaded to stop and look at the world around him too . . . A warm, witty and mindful...

"It's bedtime already? But I don't feel like going to sleep. There's so much to think about. I have so many questions! What happened to my other sock? Why is dad losing his hair? What does the sun do at night? And most of all: why am I so sleepy? The everyday questions of a little girl are visualized in the pictures with a lot of imagination"-- Provided by publisher.

At bedtime, when lights go out, sometimes thoughts stay on. Scary things and worries flutter and flap around. It's so hard to sleep! But a little imagination (and a lot of love) can create a cozy nest for happy thoughts--and sweet dreams for little ones.

When Dog is handed a strawberry from the fruit bowl, she sizes it up, dances around it, and decides she is going to race the Strawberry--and win.

In this bouncy, playful picture book for very young listeners, follow two baby friends who live in facing buildings through their day--playing, singing, and napping--till they meet in the park.

"This moving tale introduces the youngest picture book audience to a girl who misses her grandmother-whom she calls Tata or Tatita, as is traditional in many Spanish-speaking cultures-and yearns to spend time with her. But Tatita is not here any more. The spare, striking illustrations make it ambiguous whether the girl misses her tata because she lives in a faraway place, is ill, or has passed on. Yet this gorgeous, deceptively simple book's ending...

Starring the iconic black-silhouetted bunny, this picture book finds cheeky, curious and sweet-toothed Rabbit embarking on a series of misadventures that capture the joy of everyday life. "Big waves and sandcastles, paint cans and tippy chairs--accidents happen! And with cheeky, curious, and sweet-toothed Rabbit, they're almost inevitable."--Provided by publisher.

"Eddy the goldfish makes a leap of faith to become closer to new friends"--

A little boy tries to persuade his mother that dinosaurs don't have bedtimes.

A master of the wordless form imagines a futuristic Noah's Ark in a luminous sci-fi parable for our changing world.