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Peep and Egg: I'm Not Taking a Bath

Laura Gehl · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this lively addition to the funny Peep and Egg picture book series for toddlers, a reluctant chick named Egg overcomes her aversion to taking a bath.Peep thinks Egg needs to take a bath after playing in the mud. But Egg is not taking a bath. Not in the river, not in the duck pond, and definitely...
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If Animals Said I Love You

Ann Whitford Paul · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This companion to the successful If Animals Kissed Good Night (over 200,000 copies sold!) imagines how animals would say "I love you."If animals said "I love you" like we do ... how would they say it? Whale would make bubbles shoot from her spout. Boa would give her hatchlings...
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Follow the Track All the Way Back

TIMOTHY KNAPMAN · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Woo-woo! When Little Train ventures way down the tracks, he's glad he remembers his mommy and daddy's coaching in a story with sure appeal for first-time adventurers.Chooooo! Little Train is going out on the track all by himself for the first time. He runs through a field and rattles across...
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Color Wonder Winter Is Here!

Chieu Anh Urban · Little Simon
Pages: 14
Format: Board book

Celebrate the cool colors of winter with this hands-on color-play novelty board book with color transforming turn-wheels!Join award-winning artist Chiêu Anh Urban in this inventively visual experience that allows readers to mix and match the colors of a winter wonderland right before their...
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Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear?

Ashley Wolff · Beach Lane Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Baby Bear is back in this cozy, seek-and-find companion to the celebrated Baby Bear Sees Blue and Baby Bear Counts One.When Mama and Baby Bear go out to look for food one night, curious Baby Bear wants to wander and explore. Each time his Mama Bear calls for him, Baby Bear turns up in a different...
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A Small Blue Whale

Beth Ferry · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry (Stick and Stone) and talented newcomer Lisa Mundorff comes a gorgeous and utterly charming picture book about a lonely blue whale who learns the meaning of friendship. A small blue whale sits in a silver sea . . . wishing, wanting, waiting...
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Tricky

Kari Rust · Owlkids
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The Duke and his dog, Tricky, spend their days making trouble. They cheat, steal, and play cruel-hearted pranks on their neighbors, just for fun. But one day, somebody new comes to town and gives Tricky a treat that melts his mischievous heart -- and sets him thinking about the effect...
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Baby Animals Playing

Suzi Eszterhas · Owlkids
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Around the world, baby animals use play to learn and practice important skills. Whether it's baby lemurs climbing trees, giraffe calves galloping in the grass, or cheetah brothers wrestling, baby animals at play are not only adorable -- they can teach us about animal behavior, too. The first...
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The Good Morning Book

Lori Joy Smith · Simply Read Books
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

This funny, imaginative picture book takes the reader to far off places to see how creatures of many shapes and kinds say "good morning" to the ones they love. Told with the whimsical paintings of Lori Joy Smith, this is the perfect companion book to her previous offering, The Goodnight...
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