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Don't Blink!

Tom Booth · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Think you can win a staring contest against an elephant? What about a gorilla, a cheetah, a fox, or an alligator? What about all them -- AND a bunch of their other animal friends -- at the same time? You're about to find out!Whatever you do DON'T BLINK!Readers will enjoy testing their own staring...
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Let's Build

Sue Fliess · Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Lets builda fort! Grab a pencil, draw the plans. Well construct it with our hands. Dad and son hit the hardware store. And then they start to build! Raise the walls up, hoist that beam. Real construction takes a team! When theyre all done, theyll have the coolest fort ever!,
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Zoogie Boogie Fever! An Animal Dance Book

Sujean Rim · Orchard Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

What do the animals at the zoo do when the gates close at night? They boogie until dawn! This bouncy, funny read-aloud is filled with an assortment of animals dancing to their own beat and celebrating their individuality. See the flamingos do the fandango, the elephants cha-cha-cha, and the little...
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Big Bad Baby

Bruce Hale · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A funny, larger-than-life adventure for fans of No, David!Call in the fire engires and police cars! Someone delayed sweet Sammy's nap a bit too long, or served him applesauce that was a bit too tart, and suddenly he's morphed into . . . Big Bad Baby! Now this giant tyke is on the loose,...
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Jasper & Joop

Olivier Dunrea · HMH Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Jasper likes to be neat. Each morning he tidies his nest and puts on his cap and bow tie. Joop likes to be messy! Each morning he rumples his nest and musses his feathers. Despite their differences, Jasper and Joop are two very good friends--birds of a feather! But what...
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Hare and Tortoise

Alison Murray · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Alison Murray offers an enchanting retelling of a much-loved Aesop's fable with a mischievous twist.Hare (Leapus swifticus) can barely stay still for a minute. He's the fastest on the farm. Tortoise (Slow and steadicus) can stay still for a very long time. She has occasionally...
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Max and Bird

Ed Vere · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The companion to the New York Times and USA Today bestseller Max the Brave!When Max meets Bird, Max thinks he'd like to be friends with Bird. He would also like to chase Bird and maybe eat him as a tasty snack. But that's not what friendship is all about...is it?With the same loveable character...
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My Bibi Always Remembers

Toni Buzzeo · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Little Tembo, a baby elephant, is thirsty and her herd cannot find any water. But Bibi, the matriarch, "remembers the way to wet." As Bibi leads them across the parched savannah, Tembo happily follows, every now and then getting distracted by her own memories of games she loves...
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Amy Wild, Animal Talker - The Vanishing Cat

Diana Kimpton · EDC Publishing
Pages: 109
Format: Book

Amy loves being part of the secret clan that looks after the animals on Clamerkin Island. When one of her furry friends goes missing, Amy faces her biggest mystery yet. Where is Willow, the Siamese cat?
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Thomas & Friends Spills & Thrills/No More Mr. Nice Engine

Random House · Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

Two exciting Thomas & Friends tales and more than 50 train stickers make this deluxe paperback storybook a boxcar full of fun for train-loving boys ages 3 to 7. 
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Maisy's Bus

Lucy Cousins · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 18
Format: Print book

Whether driving over land or sailing across the sea, Maisy takes her friends all over the place in two shaped board books.It's a beautiful, sunny day, and Maisy knows just how to spend it - at the beach with her friends! Maisy arrives with her bus to pick up her pals. Cyril has food...
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Five Little Pumpkins: A Fingers & Toes Nursery Rhyme Book

Natalie Marshall · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 12
Format: Hardcover

Fall is in the air with this delightful twist on a pumpkin nursery rhyme just right for our Fingers & Toes collection! Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate.The first one says, "Oh, my. It's getting late!"The Fingers & Toes series is a fun take on a familiar action...
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The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel

EDUCATIONAL INSIGHTS. · Candlewick Entertainment
Pages: 12
Format: Board book

The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel needs help finding his hidden acorns in this bright, colorful board book based on the best-selling children's game.Winter is just around the corner, and the Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel has stored all of his acorns away. But he hid them so well that now he can't...
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How Fast Can You Go?

Kate Riggs · Creative Editions; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

This durable title offers up fun, foundational introductions to transportation modes that are sure to fascinate every early learner. Simple, rhythmical text introduces each vehicle, highlighting the vehicles modes of travel. Detailed illustrations, meanwhile, provide colorful views of developing...
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Who Can Swim?

Sebastien Braun · Candlewick Press.
Pages: 14
Format: Hardcover

Who can swim? Babies will be eager to lift the flaps in this bold, simple board book to see if their guesses are right. Dive with a dolphin, wallow with a whale, and paddle with a polar bear. Who else might be in the water? An engaging board book invites babies to lift its shaped flaps...
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