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Annie and Helen
Deborah Hopkinson - Schwartz & Wade; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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"What is breathtakingly shown here, through accurate, cross-hatched watercolor paintings; excerpts from Sullivan’s correspondence to her former teacher; and concise and poetic language, is the woman’s patience and belief in the intelligence of her student to grasp the concepts... |
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Elizabeth Started All the Trouble
Doreen Rappaport - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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She couldnt go to college.. She couldnt become a politician.. She couldnt even vote.. But Elizabeth Cady Stanton didnt let that stop her.. She called on women across the nation to stand together and demand to be treated as equal to men-and that included the right to vote. It took nearly... |
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Frog on a log
Kes Gray - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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A read-aloud story that will have kids rhyming around the house!"It's very simple, really. Cats sit on mats, hares sit on chairs, mules sit on stools, gophers sit on sofas, and frogs sit on logs."Each animal's designated seat rhymes with that animal's name. "It's not about... |
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McToad Mows Tiny Island
Tom Angleberger - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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McToad likes Thursdays. Why? Because on every other day of the week, McToad mows Big Island, but on Thursdays, McToad mows Tiny Island. To do so, he puts his mower on the back of a truck, which drives to a train, which goes to a helicopter, which flies to a boat, which uses a crane to put the lawn... |
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Ragweed's Farm Dog Handbook
Anne Vittur Kennedy - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book
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This tongue-in-cheek primer on how to be a good farm dog - and how ignoring the rules may result in a biscuit - is a guaranteed treat.Being a farm dog is a tough job, but luckily, Ragweed's handbook will tell you everything you need to know. Step one: don't wake the farmer! You may really,... |
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Too Tall Houses
Gianna Marino - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Good friends learn a small but important lesson Owl and Rabbit are good friends and live in two small houses next to each other. They are perfectly happy . . . until Rabbit's garden gets in the way of Owl's view. So Owl builds his house a little taller. Only that blocks the sun from... |
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Mother Bruce
Ryan T. Higgins - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover
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Bruce the bear likes to keep to himself. That, and eat eggs. But when his hard-boiled goose eggs turn out to be real, live goslings, he starts to lose his appetite. And even worse, the goslings are convinced he's their mother. Bruce tries to get the geese to go south, but he can't seem... |
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There's a Lion in My Cornflakes
Michelle Robinson - Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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Sainsbury's Children's Book Award winner for Best Picture Book; A Guardian Best New Children's Book; The Sunday Times' Children's Book of the WeekIf you ever see a box of cornflakes offering a free lion, ignore it!This is the hair-raising story of two brothers who didn't... |
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A Tower of Giraffes: Animals in Groups
Anna Wright - Charlesbridge Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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A drove of pigs, a romp of otters, an ostentation of peacocks, and a tower of giraffes. . . . This clever book introduces young readers to some of the words we use to refer to animals in a group. The ink, watercolor, and fabric collage art is brightly colored and uniquely sets this fun book... |
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Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
Joyce Sidman - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In this outstanding picture book collection of poems by Newbery Honor-winning poet, Joyce Sidman (Song of the Water Boatman, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night) , discover how animals stay alive in the wintertime and learn about their secret lives happening under the snow.... |
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