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All Are Welcome

Alexandra Penfold · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 44
Format: Hardcover

A warm, welcoming picture book that celebrates diversity and gives encouragement and support to all kids.Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yamulkes play side-by-side with friends...
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Click, Clack, Quack to School

DOREEN CRONIN · Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

They can stand in line (sort of) , use indoor voices (perhaps) , and are capable of sharing (rumor has it) , so the Click Clack critters are ready for school ... but is school ready for them? A charming addition to the award-winning Click, Clack series from the New York Times bestselling...
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The Dinosaur Expert

Margaret McNamara · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Dinosaurs, girl power, and science combine in the newest addition to the Mr. Tiffin's Classroom series.Mr. Tiffin and his students are back in another picture book, and this time the focus is on dinosaur-loving Kimmy. During a field trip to the natural history museum, Kimmy is thrilled...
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Florette

ANNA WALKER · Clarion Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

When Mae's family moves to a new home, she wishes she could bring her garden with her. She'll miss the apple trees, the daffodils, and chasing butterflies in the wavy grass. But there's no room for a garden in the city. Or is there? Mae's story, gorgeously illustrated in watercolor,...
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French Toast Sundays

Gloria Spielman · Apples & Honey Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When Mina s beloved Grandma dies, nothing feels right anymore.People come to visit. Mina just hides up in the big old oak tree. But the stories she hears about Grandma bring her slowly back down until at last Mina feels ready to smile again.
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How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?

Jane Yolen · The Blue Sky Press
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Get ready to laugh at this lighthearted, heartwarming, and funny approach to books! Children sometimes feel the task of learning to read is overwhelming, but the winning combination of rhyme and illustrations here provide a perfect way to present the subject in a comical, engaging, and nonjudgmental...
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The Night Knights

Gideon Sterer · Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Nighttime can be scary. Every bump, thump, or scratch could be a monster lurking under the bed or in a closet. But if that's the case, then why haven't we ever seen a monster? You might think that's because monsters don't exist. But maybe monsters do exist . . . but so do something...
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Scientist, Scientist, Who Do You See?

Chris Ferrie · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Full of scientific rhyming fun, Scientist, Scientist, Who Do You See? features appearances by some of the world's greatest scientists! From Albert Einstein to Marie Curie and Ahmed Zewail, and from Charles Darwin to Chien-Shiung Wu and Grace Hopper...and more! Scientist, Scientist,...
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The Secret Life of Squirrels: Back to School!

Nancy Rose · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Get ready for the first day of school in this fourth book in the popular series featuring photographs of wild squirrels!Mr. Peanuts' teacher friend Rosie needs help preparing for the first day of school! The two squirrels go shopping for school supplies, set up the library and music corners,...
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Tractor Mac Arrives at the Farm

Billy Steers · Farrar
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Sibley the horse lives on Stony Meadow Farm and is a hard worker the whole year round. Then Tractor Mac arrives at the farm, and suddenly, everything that Sibley used to do, Tractor Mac does, too. Sibley wonders if there is any room left for him -- but when Farmer Bill and Tractor Mac get stuck...
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