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  1. First 100 Words
    Roger Priddy
    Board book
    7,925
    $4.01   Prime
  2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    Eric Carle
    Board book
    3,462
    $6.61   Prime
  3. Big Preschool Workbook
    School Zone Staff, Multiple Illustrators
    Paperback
    778
    $7.49   Prime
  4. Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 2 - 3
    Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 2 - 3
    Summer Bridge Activities
    Paperback
    184
    $10.00   Prime
  5. Goodnight Moon
    Goodnight Moon
    Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd
    Board book
    3,194
    $6.19   Prime
  6. Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 3 - 4
    Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 3 - 4
    Summer Bridge Activities
    Paperback
    180
    $10.00   Prime
  7. Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades K - 1
    Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades K - 1
    Summer Bridge Activities
    Paperback
    224
    $10.00   Prime
  8. Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 4 - 5
    Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 4 - 5
    Summer Bridge Activities
    Paperback
    139
    $10.00   Prime
  9. Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 1 - 2
    Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 1 - 2
    Summer Bridge Activities
    Paperback
    328
    $9.78   Prime
  10. Wonder
    Wonder
    R. J. Palacio
    Hardcover
    12,854
    $10.70   Prime
  11. The Complete Adventures of Curious George
    The Complete Adventures of Curious George
    H. A. Rey, Margret Rey
    Kindle Edition
    618
    $3.99  
  12. Frozen Junior Novel (Disney Junior Novel (ebook))
    Frozen Junior Novel (Disney Junior Novel (ebook))
    Disney Book Group
    Kindle Edition
    514
    $3.99  
  13. Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are
    Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage...
    Maria Dismondy, Kim Shaw...
    Kindle Edition
    611
    $3.99  
  14. The Outsiders
    The Outsiders
    S. E. Hinton
    Paperback
    2,980
    $7.59   Prime
  15. Number the Stars
    Number the Stars
    Lois Lowry
    Kindle Edition
    2,067
    $6.99  
  16. Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 5 - 6
    Summer Bridge Activities®, Grades 5 - 6
    Summer Bridge Activities
    Paperback
    148
    $10.00   Prime
  17. Potty (Leslie Patricelli board books)
    Potty (Leslie Patricelli board books)
    Leslie Patricelli
    Board book
    3,063
    $4.00   Prime
  18. The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1
    The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel: Volume 1
    Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell
    Kindle Edition
    108
    $1.99  
  19. The Book Thief
    The Book Thief
    Markus Zusak
    Paperback
    17,719
    $10.88   Prime
  20. The One and Only Ivan
    The One and Only Ivan
    Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao
    Paperback
    2,463
    $5.59   Prime
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  1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!  
    Dr. Seuss
    Hardcover
    5,591
    $11.39   Prime
  2. Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter)
    Mercer Mayer
    Paperback
    1,086
    $3.19   Prime
  3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    Eric Carle
    Board book
    3,462
    $6.61   Prime
  4. Goodnight Moon
    Goodnight Moon
    Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd
    Board book
    3,194
    $6.19   Prime
  5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
    Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
    Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle
    Board book
    2,710
    $6.08   Prime
  6. Seuss-isms! A Guide to Life for Those Just Starting Out...and Those Already on Their Way
    Seuss-isms! A Guide to Life for Those Just...
    Dr. Seuss
    Hardcover
    471
    $5.92   Prime
  7. The Giving Tree
    The Giving Tree
    Shel Silverstein
    Hardcover
    3,045
    $11.39   Prime
  8. Love You Forever
    Love You Forever
    Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw
    Paperback
    6,407
    $5.95   Prime
  9. A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)
    A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet)
    Madeleine L'Engle
    Paperback
    3,322
    $6.87   Prime
  10. Where the Red Fern Grows
    Where the Red Fern Grows
    Wilson Rawls
    Paperback
    2,946
    $7.99   Prime
  11. Guess How Much I Love You
    Guess How Much I Love You
    Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram
    Board book
    2,044
    $5.49   Prime
  12. Dr. Seuss's Happy Birthday, Baby! (Dr. Seuss Nursery Collection)
    Dr. Seuss's Happy Birthday, Baby!
    Dr. Seuss, Jan Gerardi
    Hardcover
    586
    $9.59   Prime
  13. Where the Wild Things Are
    Where the Wild Things Are
    Maurice Sendak
    Paperback
    2,137
    $6.36   Prime
  14. Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection (Cat in the Hat, One Fish Two Fish, Green Eggs and Ham, Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks)
    Dr. Seuss's Beginner Book Collection
    Seuss
    Hardcover
    1,350
    $36.99   Prime
  15. Charlotte's Web
    Charlotte's Web
    E. B White, Garth Williams
    Hardcover
    1,734
    $6.29   Prime
  16. Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
    Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings
    Shel Silverstein
    Hardcover
    1,666
    $13.98   Prime
  17. Chronicles of Narnia Box Set
    Chronicles of Narnia Box Set
    C. S. Lewis
    Paperback
    5,105
    $30.39   Prime
  18. The Indian in the Cupboard
    The Indian in the Cupboard
    Lynne Reid Banks
    Paperback
    1,351
    $5.59   Prime
  19. Island of the Blue Dolphins
    Island of the Blue Dolphins
    Scott O'Dell
    Paperback
    1,803
    $6.39   Prime
  20. Where's Spot?
    Where's Spot?
    Eric Hill
    Board book
    581
    $5.82   Prime
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  1. Giraffes Can't Dance
    Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees
    Board book
    3,945
    $5.06   Prime
  2. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
    Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle
    Board book
    2,710
    $6.08   Prime
  3. Welcome Little One
    Sandra Magsamen
    Board book
    179
    $4.47   Prime
  4. Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
    Dear Zoo: A Lift-the-Flap Book
    Rod Campbell
    Board book
    2,621
    $4.71   Prime
  5. Baby Touch and Feel: Animals
    Baby Touch and Feel: Animals
    DK
    Board book
    1,691
    $4.79   Prime
  6. Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA
    Your Baby's First Word Will Be DADA
    Jimmy Fallon, Miguel Ordóñez
    Board book
    1,508
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  7. The Pout-Pout Fish
    The Pout-Pout Fish
    Deborah Diesen, Dan Hanna
    Board book
    2,420
    $5.79   Prime
  8. Love You Forever
    Love You Forever
    Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw
    Paperback
    6,407
    $5.95   Prime
  9. Guess How Much I Love You
    Guess How Much I Love You
    Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram
    Board book
    2,044
    $5.49   Prime
  10. Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter)
    Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter)
    Mercer Mayer
    Paperback
    1,086
    $3.19   Prime
  11. The Wonderful Things You Will Be
    The Wonderful Things You Will Be
    Emily Winfield Martin
    Hardcover
    1,515
    $14.83   Prime
  12. The Going-To-Bed Book
    The Going-To-Bed Book
    Sandra Boynton
    Board book
    2,484
    $4.19   Prime
  13. The Giving Tree
    The Giving Tree
    Shel Silverstein
    Hardcover
    3,045
    $11.39   Prime
  14. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Board Book)
    Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Board Book)
    Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault...
    Board book
    2,553
    $7.99   Prime
  15. Baby Signs: A Baby-Sized Introduction to Speaking with Sign Language
    Baby Signs: A Baby-Sized Introduction to...
    Joy Allen
    Board book
    795
    $5.59   Prime
  16. How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?
    How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday?
    Jane Yolen, Mark Teague
    Board book
    540
    $5.97   Prime
  17. On the Night You Were Born
    On the Night You Were Born
    Nancy Tillman
    Board book
    2,001
    $5.79   Prime
  18. Are You My Mother? (Bright & Early Board Books(TM))
    Are You My Mother?
    P.D. Eastman
    Board book
    1,553
    $3.59   Prime
  19. Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
    Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
    Brianna Caplan Sayres, Christian Slade
    Board book
    1,305
    $6.98   Prime
  20. Little Blue Truck board book
    Little Blue Truck board book
    Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry
    Board book
    3,566
    $7.99   Prime
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  1. PopularMMOs Presents A Hole New World
    PopularMMOs, Dani Jones
    Hardcover
    22
    $13.98   Prime
  2. The Lost Continent (Wings of Fire, Book 11)
    Tui T. Sutherland
    Hardcover
    $11.03   Prime
  3. Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas: From the Creator of...
    Dav Pilkey
    Hardcover
    $7.13   Prime
  4. A Home for Leo
    A Home for Leo
    Vin Vogel
    Kindle Edition
    89
    $4.99  
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    Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild: From the Creator of...
    Dav Pilkey
    Hardcover
    $9.99   Prime
  6. The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13)
    The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 13)
    Jeff Kinney
    Hardcover
    $11.16   Prime
  7. Diary of Steve the Noob 35 (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Diary of Steve the Noob Collection)
    Diary of Steve the Noob 35
    Steve the Noob
    Kindle Edition
    119
    $2.99  
  8. Dragon Kin: Alonia & Trift
    Dragon Kin: Alonia & Trift
    Audrey Faye, Shae Geary
    Kindle Edition
    26
    $4.99  
  9. Waking the Rainbow Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #10)
    Waking the Rainbow Dragon: A Branches Book
    Tracey West, Damien Jones
    Paperback
    $3.99   Prime
  10. Sword of Fire (Through the Ashes Book 1)
    Sword of Fire (Through the Ashes Book 1)
    J.A. Culican
    Kindle Edition
    15
    $0.99  
  11. 9 From the Nine Worlds (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard)
    9 From the Nine Worlds
    Rick Riordan
    Hardcover
    $11.69   Prime
  12. Llama Llama Loves Camping
    Llama Llama Loves Camping
    Anna Dewdney
    Paperback
    2
    $3.99   Prime
  13. Wild Rescuers: Guardians of the Taiga (book 1)
    Wild Rescuers: Guardians of the Taiga (book 1)
    StacyPlays
    Hardcover
    18
    $10.85   Prime
  14. Dragon Bones (The Dragonwalker Book 1)
    Dragon Bones (The Dragonwalker Book 1)
    D.K. Holmberg
    Kindle Edition
    10
    $3.99  
  15. Llama Llama Learns to Swim
    Llama Llama Learns to Swim
    Anna Dewdney
    Paperback
    8
    $4.23   Prime
  16. Talons of Power (Wings of Fire, Book 9)
    Talons of Power (Wings of Fire, Book 9)
    Tui T. Sutherland
    Paperback
    253
    $5.59   Prime
  17. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide
    The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide
    Chris Colfer
    Paperback
    291
    $9.94   Prime
  18. Demon VIII: If Darkness Calls (Mike Rawlins and Demon the Dog Book 8)
    Demon VIII: If Darkness Calls
    Bernard Lee DeLeo
    Kindle Edition
    2
    $3.99  
  19. Piecing Me Together
    Piecing Me Together
    Renée Watson
    Paperback
    85
    $7.99   Prime
  20. Willa of the Wood
    Willa of the Wood
    Robert Beatty
    Hardcover
    $10.21   Prime
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Caldecott Medal winner "Wolf in the Snow" and Honor books of the year

  1. Wolf in the Snow
    Matthew Cordell
    44
    Hardcover: $14.88
    Kindle Edition: $9.99
  2. Big Cat, Little Cat
    Elisha Cooper
    20
    Hardcover: $11.48
    Kindle Edition: $9.99
  3. Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
    Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James
    46
    Hardcover: $12.56
    Kindle Edition: $10.78
  4. A Different Pond
    A Different Pond
    Bao Phi, Thi Bui
    46
    Hardcover: $11.16
    Kindle Edition: $9.95
  5. Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon
    Jason Chin
    31
    Hardcover: $11.98
    Kindle Edition: $9.99

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    Rebecca Elliott
    Paperback
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    Family Trip (Peppa Pig)
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    Drawn Together
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    Hardcover
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    Hardcover
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    ABCs of Biology (Baby University)
    Chris Ferrie, Cara Florance
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    Kathryn Otoshi
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    260
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    Louie Giglio
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    Some Bugs (Classic Board Books)
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    Priscilla Shirer
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