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Friday, September 30, 2011

BEST PICTURE BOOKS - JULY 2011

What picture books did we mark "fabulous" this July?  Click on each caption to read our review!
Man Gave Names to all the Animals

Penguin by Polly Dunbar

Hide and Sheep by Beaty
Cat Secrets by Czekaj 
One Foot Two Feet by Maloney 
How do you Hug a Porcupine?

Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet

What's in the Egg, Little Pip?
Betty Bunny Loves Cake

Goldie and the Three Hares
Posted by Cindy Mitchell at 12:55 PM
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