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Boom Snot Twitty

Doreen Cronin · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Boom!Snot ... Twitty?Three unlikely friends,and three different waysof being in the world.This simplest of storiesis a fable for life.
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A Brave Bear

Sean Taylor · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

What is the bravest thing in the world? A brave bear, of course! And who is the best at helping a little bear feel brave? His dad.It is a hot, hot day. Dad Bear says, "I think a pair of hot bears is probably the hottest thing in the world." So Little Bear suggests they go to the river...
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Naughty Kitty!

Adam Stower · Scholastic, Incorporated
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

NAUGHTY KITTY is the cute, cuddly, and funny follow-up title to Adam Stower's SILLY DOGGY!When Lily is finally allowed to have her very own kitten, strange things are afoot. Lily's brand new, teeny-tiny Kitty shouldn't be any trouble at all, but as soon as Lily leaves Kitty alone, hilarious...
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Walter's Wonderful Web

Tim Hopgood · Farrar
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A determined little spider named Walter is trying to make a sturdy web that will stand up to the blustery wind. The webs he makes at first are woven in special shapes--a triangle, a square, a circle--but they are still wibbly-wobbly. Can Walter make a web that is both wonderful and strong?...
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Send for a Superhero!

Michael Rosen · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Comic-book action meets picture-book adventure in this exciting and funny new outing from beloved author Michael Rosen and illustrator Katharine McEwen. Tune in as a father reads his children a bedtime story about the exploits of two villains, Filth and Vacuum, and their wicked plan to suck...
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Whaley Whale

Chris Raschka · Harry N. Abrams; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover

Theme: Hide-and-Seek. It's hard to be discreet when you're a whale (. . . or a preschooler) . With relatable obviousness, Whaley Whale engages in a lighthearted game of hide-and-seek with the reader. Is she on the table? . . . Is she behind the door? This methodical progression...
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Grandmother Fish: A Child's First Book of Evolution

Jonathan Tweet · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Where did we come from? It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain -- especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish.Told in an engaging call...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas Cats

Don Daily · Applesauce Press; Reissue edition
Format: Hardcover

Don Daily’s legacy continues with this new edition of The Twelve Days of Christmas Cats, featuring all original illustrations of each of the twelve Christmas Cats in feline fashion.First published in 1998, The Twelve Days of Christmas Cats is a beloved picture book with full color...
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Who's Hiding?

Agnese Baruzzi · little bee books
Format: Hardcover

Find out which animals are hiding behind the fold out flaps of this beautifully illustrated novelty book.Kids will love discovering what animal is hiding behind the fold out flap on each spread of this beautiful book! Rhyming text gives the reader clues about which animal it could be, and the fold...
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One Today

Richard Blanco · Little
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

One Today is a poem celebrating America.President Barack Obama invited Richard Blanco to write a poem to share at his second presidential inauguration. That poem is One Today, a lush and lyrical, patriotic commemoration of America from dawn to dusk and from coast to coast.Brought to life...
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National Geographic Little Kids Look and Learn: Things That Go

National Geographic Kids · National Geographic Children's Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

The interactive Look & Learn series is a multilayered, skill-building approach that introduces concepts with context reinforcement so learning sticks. These eye-catching books make early learning fun! Filled with colorful photographs inspired by National Geographic Little Kids magazine,...
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Small Bunny's Blue Blanket

Feeney Tatyana · Knopf Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Small Bunny does everything with Blue Blanket. Blue Blanket helps him paint the best pictures, go the highest on the swings, and read the hardest words. They need each other.But one day, Small Bunny's mother insists Blue Blanket needs to be washed.She says Blue Blanket will be as good...
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Cockatoo, Too

Bethanie Deeney Murguia · little bee books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Who can can-can? Find out in this hilarious book that features cockatoos, two more cockatoos, and tutued toucans too!Cockatoo. Cockatoo two? Cockatoo, too? Two cockatoos! Two cockatoos, too? Cockatoo tutus! Two cockatoos meet two more cockatoos in tutus and two tutued toucans. And then...
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Bear Sees Colors

Karma Wilson · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Explore colors with Bear in the first of a new concept picture book series from the New York Times bestselling creators of Bear Snores On.Colors, colors everywhere! Can you find colors just like Bear? Karma Wilson's playful text and Jane Chapman's adorable illustrations creatively...
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Cowy Cow

Chris Raschka · Harry N Abrams Inc
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Theme: Feeling Smart. Cowy Cow has so many ideas! In fact, she has one hundred of them: green is the best color ever; chewed grass tastes like a cookie . . . But has Cowy Cow ever tasted a cookie before? Though her research may be flawed, this single cow's efforts to make silly sense...
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