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Join Stella and Sam in this new board book as they journey through the alphabet and into the hearts of a new generation.

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Me enoja

The Spanish-language edition of bestselling Angry Me, in which a child tells us what makes her angry and how she tries to let the anger come and go.

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From Deborah Ellis, the bestselling author of Sit and Step, comes a new short story collection about realizing when it’s time to pick up … and Go.

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This cheerful board book introduces the youngest of readers to woodland and water animals in English and Anishinaabemowin.

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