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Daisy Dawson at the Beach

Steve Voake · Spotlight
Format: Book

Rescuing a dolphin is easier when you can talk to animals! Daisy returns in a summer adventure, meeting new friends from surfing rabbits to a dancing crab.Schools out for Daisy Dawson, and things couldnt be any better. Imagine a whole summer at the beach, full of sand, sun, and surfing!...
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88 Instruments

Chris Barton · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"The rhythmic, onomatopoeic text dances across exuberant watercolors with lots of movement. This celebration of a child's agency in choosing a means of artistic expression strikes just the right note." --Kirkus From New York Times bestselling author Chris Barton and new illustrator...
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A Horse Named Steve

Kelly Collier · Kids Can Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Steve is a fine horse, begins Kelly Collier s clever picture book. But he thinks he could be finer. He wants to be EXCEPTIONAL. When Steve finds a beautiful gold horn lying on the ground in the forest, he realizes he has found his path to the exceptional! He immediately ties the horn to the top of his head...
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Phonics Comics: Super Sam - Level 3 (Phonics Comics: Level 3)

Melanie Marks · Innovative Kids
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Phonics Comics: Super Sam - Level 3 In this 24-page 6x9 reader, you'll read about a slug? A spider? A squid? What IS Super Sam? And where did he get those gross powers? Kids can find the answers in these slimy, scaly, and just plain weird stories.
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The Big Book of Beasts

Yuval Zommer · Thames & Hudson
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated, informative book for children introducing them to a fascinating cast of beastsIn The Big Book of Beasts Yuval Zommer's wonderful illustrations bring to whimsical life some of the grizzliest, hairiest, bravest, wiliest, and most fearsome beasts in the animal...
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Exit Strategy

LAUREN ALLBRIGHT · Aladdin
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Ross tries to discover the formula for being funny and getting his new classmates to like him in this laugh-out-loud debut novel!Ross Stevens has changed schools twelve times in the last three years but when his beloved Pops becomes ill, Ross and his mom must plant roots...
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