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The Lost Kitten

LEE. · Gecko Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When a tiny stray kitten turns up on the doorstep, Hina and her mother take the kitten in. Hina makes a home for her and learns all about caring for a living creature. Then one day the kitten goes missing.
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The Potato King

Christoph Niemann · Owlkids
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Once upon a time there was a Prussian King, Frederick, also known as Fritz, who saw potential in the lowly potato - a newly introduced crop from South America - and decided to plant it for his people. However, it quickly became clear that his subjects didn't like being told what...
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The Nonsense Show

Eric Carle · Philomel Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

A TIME Magazine Top 10 Children's Book of 2015!Ducks growing out of bananas? A mouse catching a cat? What's wrong with this book from the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Yes, there's something strange, something funny and even downright preposterous on every page of this book....
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Disney Princess Storybook Collection

Disney Book Group · Disney Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Join Rapunzel, Ariel, Tiana, and the rest of the Disney Princesses for the fourth edition of this top-selling storybook collection, featuring 14 completely updated stories and art, over 250 illustrations and gilded pages.
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Ally-saurus & the Very Bossy Monster

RICHARD TORREY · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

What happens when a bossy new girl tries to make everyone play by her rules? Ally-saurus is back - and ROARING louder than ever! Ally-saurus and her friends always have lots of fun playing pretend. They stomp, they roar, they dance, each in their own way. But new girl Maddie wants everyone...
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Rodeo Red

Maripat Perkins · Peachtree Publishers
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

Rodeo Red and her hound dog Rusty are happier than two buttons on a new shirt ... until Side Swiping Slim shows up. Red is sure that anyone who hollers that much will be hauled to the edge of town and told to skedaddle, but her parents seem smitten. When that scallywag sets his eye on Rusty,...
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Daddy Sat on a Duck

Scott M. Cohn · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Do you ever hear strange noises in your house? (The bathroom in particular.) Are hairy creatures raiding the fridge at midnight? Does some animal keep leaving the toilet seat up? YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Join one little girl on her quest to catch the wild beasts in her home that HONK and ROAR...
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Rock-a-bye Baby

Jane Cabrera · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this lovely rendition of the favorite nursery rhyme, different animals living in and around an old oak tree rock their babies to sleep. Cabrera's charming lyrics and sweet illustrations familiarize children with the places common animals live -- owls in a tree hole, mice underground,...
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Terrific Trains

Dennis Shealy · Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover

Exposing children to a diverse range of literary and informational texts, the Core Concepts program helps develop important literacy and cognitive skills necessary to meet many of the Common Core State Standards. Few travel by trains today, but kids regardless are fascinated by the freight...
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Leaf

Sandra Dieckmann · Flying Eye Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When a polar bear arrives unexpectedly in the woods, the animals fear and avoid him, suspecting him to be dangerous - and his habit of collecting leaves only adds to their distrust. Then one day, they watch as he attempts to fly over the water with wings made of colorful leaves...just trying...
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The 12 Sleighs of Christmas

Sherri Duskey Rinker · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

When the elves discover that Santa's sleigh is in a terrible state, they let their imaginations go wild - and soon there are sleighs of every kind, inspired by big rigs, motorcycles, zeppelins, and much more! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction...
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Chooky-Doodle-Doo

Jan Whiten · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Fresh illustrations, a rollicking text, and a growing succession of cute little chicks make the counting go down easy. When one big-eyed chick fails to yank its prize worm from the ground, it's time to bring in a friend - and then another, and another. But if adding a rooster to the crew...
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Vampirina at the Beach

Anne Marie Pace · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

When the summer moon is full, a beach trip is an epic way to spend the night.
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Dahlov Ipcar's Farmyard Numbers

Dahlov Ipcar · Islandport Press; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Another new book from the incredible artist and author Dahlov Ipcar! An all-new board book with charming rhymes ( Five hens call their chicks to eat. / "Come try the corn. It tastes so sweet!" ) makes this an interactive book for parents and caregivers to share to young readers....
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Night Owl

Toni Yuly · Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover

Night Owl loves the nighttime! He can see everything, but when he doesnt see Mommy Owl, he starts to listen . . . .With language that emphasizes sound words and listening skills, this is a reassuring bedtime story for little night owls everywhere.,
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