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Alice & Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds
Alice & Lucy Will Work for Bunk Beds

Jaime Temairik · Disney * Hyperion Books
Pages: 40
Format: Book

Sisters Alice and Lucy love sharing everything. Well, "almost" everything. Lucy is tired of sharing a bed with Alice. The sisters need bunk beds as soon as possible They have no money, so they get jobs at a bakery. But Alice likes to do things carefully, and Lucy likes to do things...
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Baby Animal Farm
Baby Animal Farm

Karen Blair · Candlewick; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Toddlers will be happy to join in the quacking and chirping as five little friends explore the baby animal farm.Lets go to the baby animal farm! Follow a group of toddlers as they traipse behind ducklings, chase the chicks, and feed the lamb. After a picnic lunch, there are more animals...
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My Autumn Book
My Autumn Book

Wong Herbert Yee · Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Crisp air and gray skies beckon a little girl to thoroughly investigate the outside world chipmunks, squirrels, insects, and fallen leaves all hint that a change of season is coming. Young readers can explore the signs of autumn along with the adventurous child narrator in this charming...
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Barbie and the Secret Door
Barbie and the Secret Door

Mary Tillworth · Golden Books
Format: Hardcover

Girls ages 2 to 5 will love this exciting full-color Little Golden Book retelling of the new BarbieTM movie releasing in fall 2014.
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Deep-Sea Countdown
Deep-Sea Countdown

Justin Spelvin · Simon Spotlight/Nick Jr.
Pages: 26
Format: Book

Count along with the Backyardigans as they discover the treasures of the deep sea! ...
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Rudy and Claude Splash Into Art
Rudy and Claude Splash Into Art

Adam McHeffey · Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Rudy is a curious mouse who wonders, “What is art?” Claude, his feathered friend, tries to teach him. Rudy works on a self-portrait, a still life, a landscape, found art, a sculpture—all with disastrous results! Then he tries to create an artistic masterpiece, but...SPLAT!...
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No Fits, Nilson!
No Fits, Nilson!

Zachariah OHora · Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

Nilson and Amelia do everything together. But if one little thing goes wrong, Nilson throws the biggest, most house shaking-est fit ever! Amelia helps Nilson control his gorilla-sized temper by promising him banana ice cream and letting him play with her froggy coin purse. But, sometimes,...
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The firefighter
The firefighter

Jenny Goebel · Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC,
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"Brr-ring! Up pops a fireman at the sound of the fire station alarm, and he rushes with his crew to put out a house fire in a nearby neighborhood. The family is safe, but one of their Dalmatian puppies is missing! It's up to the brave fireman to rescue the pup from the burning...
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Sebastian and the Balloon
Sebastian and the Balloon

Philip Christian Stead · Roaring Brook Press, 2014.
Pages: 36
Format: Print book

On a boring day, on a dull street, Sebastian sat high atop his roof--something he was never supposed to do. When he launched himself into the air in his balloon made of Grandma's afghans and patchwork quilts, his journey took on a life of its own and his boring day turned into the adventure...
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Milk Goes to School
Milk Goes to School

Terry Border · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

From the creator of Peanut Butter & Cupcake and Happy Birthday, Cupcake! comes THE back-to-school must-have picture book of the year!First days of school are tough, and making new friends is even tougher. Milk's dad gave her a sparkly new backpack and told her that she was the creme...
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Friendshape
Friendshape

Amy Krouse Rosenthal · Scholastic Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling creators of EXCLAMATION MARK! introduce a triangle, circle, square, and rectangle who celebrate the gift of friendship.Friends shape who we are. They make us laugh. They fill us with fun. They stand by us during life's up and downs. And even when we disagree with our friends,...
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Where's Lenny?
Where's Lenny?

Ken Wilson-Max · Lincoln Limited, Frances
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Lenny plays hide and seek with his dad? Is he in the cupboard? No. Or in the sitting room? No, it?s only the dog. He?s not in the kitchen either. What about on the stairs? No, just blobs of jam. At last Dad and Mum see a little giggly lump under the bedclothes in Lenny?s bedroom. Here?s...
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Love Monster
Love Monster

Rachel Bright · Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Love Monster is a slightly hairy monster trying to fit in with the cuddly residents of Cutesville. But as it turns out, it's hard to fit in with the cute and the fluffy when you're a googly-eyed monster. And so, Love Monster sets out to find someone who will love him just the way he is. His journey...
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Spooky Pookie
Spooky Pookie

Sandra Boynton · Robin Corey Books
Pages: 18
Format: Hardcover

It's Halloween! What will little Pookie decide to be this year? Pookie tries on costumes one by one, but somehow can't find just the right thing. The resolution to Pookie's dilemma will delight toddlers and their caregivers alike. Told and illustrated with Sandra Boynton's...
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National Geographic Readers: Slither, Snake!
National Geographic Readers: Slither, Snake!

Shelby Alinsky · National Geographic Kids
Pages: 23
Format: Print book

Meet different kinds of snakes! Find out where they live and what they do. Through engaging text features, such as the vocabulary tree and the wrap-up activity, kids will be introduced to vocabulary in concept groups - helping them make connections between words and expanding their understanding...
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