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Mommy Calls Me Monkeypants

J.D. Lester · Robin Corey Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Print book

This endearing book captures the sweetness and fun of mother and child interaction with a clever, funny text and illustrations that are right on the mark. J. D. Lester’s funny nicknames come to life with Hiroe Nakata’s endearing, colorful artwork, resulting in a board book that...
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Snowy, Blowy Winter

Bob Raczka · Albert Whitman & Co.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

No matter how you feel about winter, you are sure to enjoy Bob Raczka's tribute to the season's activities, tastes, and sounds. The simple rhymes using "y" words will encourage children to come up with their own words to describe the season.
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I Want to Help!

Diane Adams · Peachtree Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Emily Pearl already knows a lot. She can count to fourteen. She can write her own name. She can tell what is different and what is the same. And she's still quite sure she can do things herself. Not only that, she wants to be the perfect helper for her new teacher, Ms. Glenn.But while...
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Animal Numbers

Thomas Flintham · Little Simon
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Join Thomas Flintham on a vibrantly colorful animal adventure that will have the littlest readers counting from one to ten.This friendly whale is number one. He leaps up high, and then he's gone. Four elephants stomp in a row, Marching high and marching low! Filled with bright colors...
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Bunny Day: Telling Time from Breakfast to Bedtime

Rick Walton · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Spend the day with a lovable bunny family from eight o'clock in the morning, when Father Rabbit wakes up his little bunnies, to eight o'clock at night, when Mother Rabbit tucks them into -bed. Every hour bunnies are busy doing something new: at eleven it's chore time, at one they...
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Ducks Don't Wear Socks

John Nedwidek · Viking
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Emily is a serious girl. She enjoys serious things like bird-watching, math, and playing the cello. But one day while she?s taking a walk, Emily runs into Duck, who is anything but serious . . . ?Duck,? asked Emily. ?What are you wearing?? ?Socks!? yelled Duck. ?Ducks don?t wear socks,?...
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Owl Sees Owl

Laura Godwin · Schwartz & Wade Books
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Fans of the classic picture book Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson will adore this utterly simple picture book in which a baby owl goes off on his first adventure. With just three or four words per page, this story follows a baby owl one night as he leaves the safety of his nest...
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Pugs in a Bug

Carolyn Crimi · Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Watch out! Pug puppies are taking to the road in this catchy canine counting book Six pudgy pugs in a zip-zoom Bug. Beep, beep! Bow wow! Take a spin! Through country and city, from desert to beach, this rhyming, rollicking, chantalong book offers plenty of sights to see and count. Sheepdogs...
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Have You Seen My Cat?

Eric Carle · Simon & Schuster Children's Division
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

A beloved feline classic from Eric Carle makes a fresh appearance in a format ideal for emerging readers.In Eric Carle's charming and popular story, Have You Seen My Cat?, a little boy worries about his missing cat and travels to different places in search of his pet. The boy encounters...
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Basher: ABC Kids

Simon Basher · Kingfisher
Format: Hardcover

Using creative alliteration, his signature Manga-style artwork, and his eye for clever design, Simon Basher brings a fresh approach to reimagining the alphabet. Each spread of Basher: ABC Kids brings a new letter, a new friend, and some hilariously imaginative action. From Arthur, whose...
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Pig Little

Mike Thaler · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of the Black Lagoon series comes a sweet toddler book about a young pig's day at the beach.Pig Little loves everything about going to the beach--the drive there, the sand, the ice cream, and making hills and holes. (He is great at making hills and holes.)...
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One Special Day

Lola M. Schaefer · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Does having a new brother or sister make you into MORE than you already are?Spencer is about to find out.He's as strong as a bear, as funny as a monkey, and as wild as a tiger. But on one special day, everything changes. Now Spencer is strong, funny, wild, brave, free... and gentle,...
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Jeremy Draws a Monster

Peter McCarty · Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Alone in his room, Jeremy draws amonster. But then themonster wants lunch! As his creation takes over, Jeremy begins to wonder how he will ever get rid of themonstrous nuisance.He entertains his unwanted guest all day, but enough is enough. Jeremy finally draws him a bus ticket out of town!...
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