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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Best PICTURE BOOKS of May

Click on the caption below each picture to go to our original blog post about these best picture books of May 2011
Everything I Need to Know...

Because by Torrey

Perfect Square

Little White Rabbit

13 Nights of Halloween

Yasmin's Hammer by Malaspina

One Foot Two Feet by Maloney

Slightly Invisible by Lauren Child
Gibbus Mooney Wants to Bite You!

Dinosaur vs Bedtime by BoB Shea
Posted by Cindy Mitchell at 6/08/2011 08:08:00 AM
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