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I Just Want to Say Good Night

Rachel Isadora · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Caldecott Honor-winner Rachel Isadora's stunning oil paintings illustrate this delightful bedtime tale, set on the African plains. The sun has set and the moon is rising, and that means it's bedtime. But not if Lala has a say - because she's not ready to go to sleep! First...
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I Love Mom with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Celebrate Mom's special day with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this colorful book featuring Eric Carle's joyful illustrations.Show Mom just how much she means with this colorful book from the World of Eric Carle. Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar as he honors Mother's Day and celebrates...
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Allie's Garden

Sabra Chebby · blue manatee press
Pages: 14
Format: Board book

Eating your vegetables has never been so fun! When Allie goes out to pick vegetables in the garden, she finds all kinds of surprising critters hiding there: an eggplant crow in the cornfield, a potato rabbit sniffing the lettuce and more. But with so many curious creatures around, will...
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Jack and the Beanstalk and the French Fries

Mark Teague · Orchard Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

FEE FI FO FUM!When Jack trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, he gets more beans than he ever expected or wanted. It's bean porridge for breakfast! Bean salad for lunch! Bean chowder for dinner! It doesn't take long before Jack is tired of eating nothing but beans--no matter...
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I'm Grumpy

Jennifer L. Holm · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 22
Format: Print book

From the bestselling creators of Babymouse and Squish and the author of The Fourteenth Goldfish comes a new comic board-book series about feelings! Eisner Award winners Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm use panel frames, speech balloons, and thought bubbles to teach children how to read...
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What Can You Do in the Wind?

Anna Grossnickle Hines · Greenwillow Books
Pages: 20
Format: Book

The seasons are for celebrating! And these lively board books do just that while coaxing toddlers out-of-doors to explore the possibilities. Simple activities, such as mixing a mud pie or swooshing a snow angel, offer a tangible introduction to words, weather, and the five senses, as well...
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Give please a chance

Bill O'Reilly · Little
Pages: 56
Format: Print book

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson together present a beautifully illustrated, instantly classic picture book that celebrates the magic of the word "Please" for our children.In this inspired collaboration, bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly...
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You Are Not a Cat!

Sharon Flake · Boyds Mills Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

This clever and hilarious story stars Cat, who starts out perfectly content and relaxed, and Duck, who infuriates him by meowing like a cat instead of quacking like Cat thinks he should. Written completely in dialogue, this minimalist text by award-winning novelist Sharon G. Flake (in her debut...
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Rain

Sam Usher · Templar
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Sam and Granddad brave the rain and floods and have the best adventure ever!Sam wants to go out, but it's pouring rain, so Granddad says they need to stay inside until the rain stops. Sam drinks hot chocolate and reads his books and dreams of adventures while Granddad does some paperwork....
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Eek! A Mouse Seek-and-Peek Book

Anne-Sophie Baumann · Twirl ; Paris
Format: Hardcover

It's the great mouse hunt! A bunch of mischievous mice are planning a party, so they start hunting for things for the big event. They look through all sorts of boxes that are piled high in the house, from basement to attic, and what do they find? Hats, tools, eggs - and even dentures!...
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Indestructibles: Baby Animals

Stephan Lomp · Workman Publishing Company
Pages: 12
Format: Paperback

Babies love baby animals, and now they can learn all about them in a book that's indestructible. This charmingly illustrated menagerie includes some of the fuzziest, wuzziest, cuddliest, and cutest babies in the animal kingdom. With over two million copies in print, Indestructibles...
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This Book Will Not Be Fun

Cirocco Dunlap · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A mouse who acts as a careful custodian of his book tries to guarantee his reader some peace and order in spite of escalating chaos. For fans of The Book With No Pictures and This Book Just Ate My Dog!A book is no place for tomfoolery, and this mouse assures us that his book is to be no exception....
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Monster & Son

David LaRochelle · Chronicle Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Romp along with parent and child yetis, werewolves, giant lizards, and more as they stir up some monster-sized fun! Readers big and small, young and old, wild and tame, will roar with laughter and take this book by the horns, teeth, and fur...discovering that monsters and humans aren't...
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Stories, Songs, and Stretches!: Creating Playful Storytimes with Yoga and Movement

Katie Scherrer · Amer Library Assn Editions
Pages: 100
Format: Paperback

Young children love to move and that's a great thing! Because in addition to supporting early learning, storytime can provide young children with opportunities to explore physical movement. The centuries-old contemplative movement practice known as yoga is more than just a passing trend;...
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Beep! Beep!

Sam Hearn · Scholastic
Pages: 12
Format: Print book

Get ready for an adorable, action-packed story all about cars and other vehicles on the move in a specialty format with eye-catching foil and die-cut pages. Read all about these wacky drivers and their vehicles as they race to the finish line. A simple high-interest things-that-go story...
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