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SCL: Books for Giving to the Youngest
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Little One, We Knew You’d Come
by Sally Lloyd-Jones.
$16.99  Ages 3-6
Lush illustrations echo this simple retelling of the Christmas story for the entire family.

Moon & starsMoon Plane
by Peter McCarty.
$16.95 Ages 2-5
In this lovely bedtime story, a boy imagines flying a plane all the way to the moon.

Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? 
by Bill Martin, Jr.
$16.95 Ages 2-5
Eric Carle’s illustrations of animals native to North America are featured in this rhyming story.   

Max’s ABC
by Rosemary Wells.
$15.99 Ages 2-4
A hilarious romp through the alphabet depicts what happened after the ants escaped from Max’s ant farm.

Black? White! Day? Night!
by Laura Seeger.
$16.95 Ages 3-7
A series of colorful die-cut pages that introduces a number of things that are opposites including black and white, big and little, and day and night.

Every Year on Your Birthday
by Rose Lewis.
$16.99 Ages 3-7
An adoptive mother imagines her daughter’s birth in China and then recalls her first five birthdays.  Perfect for family sharing.

Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry
collected by Jane Yolen.
$21.99 Ages 0-5
Short poems about the everyday life of young children in a large, delightfully illustrated format. A wonderful baby gift.      

Mother Goose: Numbers on the Loose
by Leo Dillon.
$17.00 Ages 3-6
Number-themed Mother Goose rhymes selected and illustrated by Caldecott Medal winning illustrators Leo and Diane Dillon.

Fish, Swish, Splash, Dash!
by Suse Macdonald. 
$8.99 Ages 2-5
Beginning counters will have endless fun with this book that counts up to ten, then back again.

Nini Here and There
by Anita Lobel.
$16.99 Ages 3-5
Nini the cat, sure her family is going on vacation and leaving her behind, is surprised to find that the whole family is moving to a new home.

The Apple Pie that Papa Baked
by Lauren Thompson.
$15.99 Ages 3-7
With illustrations evocative of classic picture books of the 1940s, this cumulative tale is a heartwarming read-aloud.

1 2 3: a Child’s First Counting Book
by Alison Jay.
$15.99.  Ages 3-7
An enchanted journey from 1 to 10 and back again, with help from fairy tale figures.
         

 

 

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