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The Very Hungry Caterpillar's ABC

Eric Carle · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 30
Format: Print book

A bright and beautiful alphabet book featuring Eric Carle's wonderful creatures.

Explore the amazing animal alphabet with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this delightful board book. Featuring Eric Carle's bright, distinctive artwork, each letter introduces beloved animals, big and small.
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Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas

Aaron Blabey · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Everyone knows that piranhas don't eat bananas -- except for Brian. This little fish loves to munch not only on bananas, but on fruit of all kinds! Brian's piranha friends think he's crazy. Piranhas don't eat bananas -- their sharp teeth are for eating meat! And there's a scrumptious pair...
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What Are You Doing, Benny?

Cary Fagan · Tundra Books
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times-bestselling illustrator Kady MacDonald Denton and award-winning author Cary Fagan comes a charming sibling story that has the makings of a contemporary classic.

Benny's little brother is really good at a lot of things -- making potions and paper airplanes,...
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Somebody and the Three Blairs

Marilyn Tolhurst · Orchard Books
Format: Print book

"These collaborators offer a vivacious version of the classic tale. . . . The up-to-date details will provoke chuckles, as when Somebody holds a flexible shower nozzle over his head and realizes, 'This rain is too hot.' This book, however, is just right."--Publishers Weekly.
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Dinosaur Farm!

Penny Dale · Nosy Crow
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

They've built, they've zoomed, they've rescued, they've flown into space, and they've even fought off pirates, and now our dynamic team of dinosaurs is working hard on the farm! Join them as they plow the stony soil, feed the sheep, harvest the wheat, and much more! But what are they preparing...
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The Big Five

Bella Makatini · Clavis
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

"A sweet celebration of family and introduction to some perennially popular animals." - Kirkus Reviews


Danny is spending the week with his grandpa. Grandpa has a painting of five animals. "Those are the big five," says Grandpa, "the most famous...

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Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?

Brianna Caplan Sayres · Random House
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

The same team who brought you Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? have engineered another rollicking bedtime story - for train lovers everywhere! Have you ever wondered what little trains do when it's time for bed? The same things you do! Freight trains, passenger trains, subways, trolleys...
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The Concert in the Park

Kazuaki Yamada · minedition
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A little boy plays his harmonica, alone under the trees. Soon he discovers a lonely rabbit playing his piano, and he joins in. One by one other forest animals gather, some to play their instruments, some to listen. A little bird has no instrument, but her song completes the effort, turning...
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I Want To Be in a Scary Story

SEAN TAYLOR · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Monster may think he wants to be in a scary story, but then again . . . A hilarious return by the team that brought us Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise.

Our author would like to write a funny story, but his main character - Monster - has a different idea. He wants...
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I Know Numbers!

Taro? Gomi · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

How do we love numbers? Let us count the ways: They're on street signs and bus stops, featured on phones, thermometers, chalkboards, and scales. They show the time and the date, and help us to measure distance, sizing, and so much more. This spirited picture book by beloved author-illustrator...
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Splat!

JON BURGERMAN · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

For fans of The Book with No Pictures and Press Here, this hilarious interactive picture book lets kids in on the joke. "A brilliantly playful book that experiments with the physical boundaries of the book as an object, encouraging interaction and imagination." - Oliver Jeffers,...
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Froggy goes to camp

Jonathan London · Puffin Books
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

Froggy goes to a sleep-away camp, where all of his fun seems to cause trouble for the camp's director.
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Bigger! Bigger!

LESLIE PATRICELLI · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The star of Faster! Faster! and Higher! Higher! dons a construction hat for another soaring (and slightly interrupted) exercise in imagination.

A box of blocks. A budding builder. Should she build a doghouse? A bridge? A skyscraper? Yes, all of these and more!...
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Fruits in Suits

Jared Chapman · Abrams Appleseed
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Have you ever seen a banana in a bikini? Or a tangerine in trunks? What about grapes in goggles? In this uproarious follow-up to Vegetables in Underwear, kids will learn that there are many kinds of suits - including suits for swimming, surfing, sunbathing, and scuba diving. But can you wear...
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