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A Kite for Melia

Samuel Narh - Chasing A Spider Publishing
Format: Hardcover

There is beauty in determination and ingenuity. These attributes are evident in Melia, whose friendship and connection with Ginger transcends time. A Kite for Melia delicately deals with the idea of loss and acceptance, using soft words woven with meaning that can be understood by everyone....
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Mi Casa Is My Home

Laurenne Sala - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Este es el bao . . . It's where I shave my barba con Abuelo. Bienvenidos to Luca's home. Luca lives in her casa with her big, loud, beautiful familia, and she's going to show you around! From la puerta, where Abuela likes to wave to the neighbors and wait for packages from Puerto...
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Mucky Truck

Ammi-Joan Paquette
Format: Hardcover

When a little truck gets stuck in the mud, his other truck friends come to his aid. At the end of the day, it's fire engine to the rescue! And the five friends celebrate by playing together in the slippy, sloshy, oh-so-mucky mud. With bouncy verse and visual drama, this read-aloud picture...
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Black Is a Rainbow Color

Angela Joy
Format: Hardcover


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Fiona, It's Bedtime

Cowdrey, Richard - ZONDERVAN

It's time to go to bed and Fiona can't fall asleep until she's said "GOODNIGHT" to all her animal friends at the zoo.Fiona, It's Bedtime, a follow-up to the New York Times bestseller Fiona the Hippo and A Very Fiona Christmas, is the latest book to showcase the adorable...
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Don't Feed the Coos!

Jonathan Stutzman - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

The dynamic team behind Llama Destroys the World returns with a laugh-out-loud tale about the dangers ... of feeding pigeons!When you see a coo, you will be tempted to give it a treat.Coos are adorable, peaceful, kind of silly.But DON'T FEED THE COO!If you feed...
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Phoebe Dupree Is Coming to Tea!

Linda Ashman - Candlewick; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

Have you met Phoebe - Miss Phoebe Dupree?Phoebe's as perfect as perfect can be.To Abby, her friend Phoebe can do no wrong. Phoebe is speedy. Phoebe is smart. She's equally brilliant at science and art. So when the budding hostess invites Phoebe over for a tea party, everything from...
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Dakota Crumb: Tiny Treasure Hunter

Jamie Michalak - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Dakota Crumb: Tiny Treasure Hunter is both a rollicking story with a dash of danger and, in its final eye-popping spreads, a seek-and-find challenge. As the clock in the great museum tick-toocks pas midnight, a little mouse with a sack and a treasure map scurries past the guards. Plucky...
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I Am Courage: A Book of Resilience

Susan Verde - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

I move ahead one breath at a time. I act with bravery. I am courage. When we picture someone brave, we might think they're fearless but real courage comes from feeling scared and facing what challenges us anyway. When our minds tell us "I can't," we can look inside ourselves...
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