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	Hug		JPB ALBOROUGH, J
		Alborough, Jez.
		Bobo the chimp seeks hugs among various jungle animals and their young, but he does not get what he wants until he is reunited with his own parent.
	The little rabbit who liked to say moo		JPB ALLEN
		Jonathan Allen
		When Calf hears Rabbit out in the field mooing he feels inspired to give a great big baa and soon all the other creatures on the farm realize they're not limited to their own language but can enjoy experimenting with others as they think "outside the box."
	Matthew's truck		JPB AYRES, K
		Ayres, Katherine
		Matthew has many adventures with his toy truck. Matthew's truck can splash through dangerous lakes, steer through crooked streets, and sneak under shadowy bridges. Good thing there's an excellent driver like Matthew behind the wheel!
	Dinosaurs, dinosaurs		JPB BARTON, B
		Barton, Byron
		In prehistoric days there were many different kinds of dinosaurs, big and small, those with spikes and those with long, sharp teeth.
	Machines at work		JPB BARTON, B
		Barton, Byron
		During a busy day at the construction site, the workers use a variety of machines to knock down a building and begin constructing a new one.
	The way I love you		JPB BEDFORD, D
		Bedford, David
		A little girl celebrates all of the ways she loves her puppy.
	The bus for us		JPB BLOOM, S
		Bloom, Suzanne
		On her first day of school, Tess wonders what the school bus will look like.
	Mr. Gumpy's outing		JPB BURNINGHAM, J
		Burningham, John
		Mr. Gumpy accepts more and more riders on his boat until the inevitable occurs.
	Five green and speckled frogs		JPB BURRIS, P
		Burris, Priscilla
		Five frogs eat bugs as they sit on a log, but one by one they jump into the cool pool until all are gone.
	Who says woof?		JPB BUTLER, J
		Butler, John
		Describes the various sounds that some domestic animals make.
	If you're happy and you know it		JPB CABRERA, J
		Cabrera, Jane
		An elephant, a monkey, and a giraffe join other animals to sing different verses of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their happiness through voice and movement.
	The very hungry caterpillar		JPB CARLE, E
		Carle, Eric
		Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.
	Peek-a-moo!		JPB CIMARUSTI, M
		Cimarusti, Marie Torres
	Full, full, full of love		JPB COOKE, T
		Cooke, Trish
		For young Jay Jay, Sunday dinner at Gran's house is full of hugs and kisses, tasty dishes, all kinds of fishes, happy faces, and love.
	Jazzy in the jungle		JPB COUSINS, L
		Cousins, Lucy
		The jungle animals help Mama JoJo find her baby lemur Jazzy. Includes die-cut pages.
	Who hoots?		JPB DAVIS, K
		Davis, Katie
		Little ones will love to discover who hoots--and who doesn't.
	Bing : get dressed		JPB DEWAN, T
		Dewan, Ted
		Bing is a bunny who doesn't always get it right. And getting dressed isn't easy.
	Dog's colorful day		JPB DODD, E
		Dodd, Emma
		In this colorful story of a sloppy dog, you can count on a happy ending.
	Mama cat has three kittens		JPB FLEMING, D
		Fleming, Denise
		While two kittens copy everything their mother does, their brother naps.
	Inside mouse, outside mouse		JPB GEORGE, L
		George, Lindsay Barrett
		Two mice, one who sleeps inside the house in a clock and one who sleeps outside the house in a stump, follow complicated but strangely parallel paths and meet each other at a window.
	Kitten's first full moon		JPB HENKES, K
		Henkes, Kevin
		When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.
	Kiss good night		JPB HEST, A
		Hest, Amy
		Even after a story, being tucked in, and warm milk, Sam is not ready to go to sleep until his mother kisses him good-night.
	Peekaboo morning		JPB ISADORA, R
		Isadora, Rachel
		A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day.
	Mama, do you love me?		JPB JOOSSE, B
		Joosse, Barbara M
		A girl living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional.
	Fall is not easy		JPB KELLEY
		Kelley, Marty
		A tree tells why, out of all four seasons, autumn is the hardest.
	What color is your underwear?		JPB LLOYD, S
		Lloyd, Sam
	We've all got bellybuttons!		JPB MARTIN, D
		Martin, David
		Various animals invite the reader to experience what their different body parts can do, including their tickly belly buttons.
	Dig dig digging		JPB MAYO, M
		Mayo, Margaret
		Simple rhymes introduce various large vehicles, such as dump trucks, fire engines, and tractors, and describe the work that they do.
	Wake up, me!		JPB MCGEE, M
		McGee, Marni
		A young child wakes up and greets the world, getting ready to play.
	My friend Rabbit		JPB ROHMANN, E
		Rohmann, Eric
		Something always seems to go wrong when Rabbit is around, but Mouse lets him play with his toy plane anyway because he is his good friend.
	I love cats		JPB SALTZBERG, B
		Saltzberg, Barney
		A little girl who loves cats describes their various characteristics.
	Quack, Daisy, quack		JPB SIMMONS
		Simmons, Jane
		Daisy and her little brother Pip explore their pond surroundings, looking forplaymates who aren't afraid to be a little noisy.
	I love trains!		JPB STURGES, P
		Sturges, Philemon
		A boy expresses his love of trains, describing many kinds of train cars and their special jobs.
	Silly little goose!		JPB TAFURI, N
		Tafuri, Nancy
		A goose tries out a few places to make her nest before finally settling on an old straw hat.
	Webster J. Duck		JPB WADDELL, M
		Waddell, Martin
		Webster J. Duck turns to several animals when he tries to find his mother.
	Cookie's week		JPB WARD, C
		Ward, Cindy
		Cookie the cat gets into a different kind of mischief every day of the week.
	Little white duck		JPB WHIPPO, W
		Whippo, Walt
		Based on the song of the same title, a little white duck causes a commotion in its pond.
	The noisy way to bed		JPB WHYBROW, I
		Whybrow, Ian
		As a sleepy boy decides it is bedtime and sets out across the farm toward home, he meets several animals who, in their noisy way, express the same idea.
	Buzzy's boo-boo		JPB ZIEFERT, H
		Ziefert, Harriet
		When Buzzy falls and gets a bump on his head the whole family joins in to take care of the boo-boo and make Buzzy feel much better.
	Digger man		JPB ZIMMERMAN, A
		Zimmerman, Andrea Griffing
		A young boy imagines how he will use his digger to make a park where he and his little brother can play.