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Off We Go!: A Bear and Mole Story

Will Hillenbrand · Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

In the third endearing Bear and Mole adventure, Bear helps his friend learn to ride a bike without training wheels. But even with Bear's support, Mole grows frustrated and wants to give up. Gentle Bear tells Mole, "I think you can," and Mole summons all his strength to make...
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Little Wolf's Song

Britta Teckentrup · Boxer Books
Format: Print book

Even though Little Wolf's mom, dad, sister, and brothers all have their own special song, he can only manage a poor, pitiful squeak. His siblings tease him: “A wolf who can't howl is no wolf at all!”But one snowy day, Little Wolf finds himself lost and alone in the woods-and...
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It's Sukkah Time!

Latifa Berry Kropf · Kar-Ben
Format: Hardcover

Photographs show and text describes children creating and celebrating in a sukkah, a harvest booth built to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
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It's Pumpkin Time!

Zoe Hall · Scholastic
Pages: 1
Format: Hardcover

A celebration of how things grow provides entertainment for young horticulturalists, following the adventures of a sister and brother who plant pumpkin seeds in their own garden and watch with excitement as their future Halloween pumpkins begin sprouting.
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A Fly Went by

Marshall McClintock · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 65
Format: Library Binding

A fly is followed by a menagerie of characters in this humorous cumulative tale edited by Dr. Seuss. When a young boy sees a frantic fly buzzing past, he asks where the fly is headed - and with that, a chase begins. The fly and the frog, the cat and the dog, the pig and the cow, the fox and the hunter...
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Time Out!

Ale Barba · Philomel Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This imaginative picture book, filled with rocket ships and dreams of flying to the moon, is perfect for fans of Not A Box and Harold and the Purple Crayon.CRASH! A young boy has made a mess, and his mother sends him to his room for a Time Out. But is Time Out really such a punishment?...
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The Christmas Bears

Chris Conover · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Christmas is coming, and there's a lot to be done - from baking cookies to sending out cards to decorating the tree. Ma, Pa, and their seven cubs take their preparations most seriously, for on Christmas Eve, Pa has a very important job to do. He loads the toys from his workshop into a sleigh...
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Bunny's Fuzzy Christmas

Golden Books · Golden Books; Mus Brdbk edition
Format: Print book

Celebrate Christmas with the characters from the evergreen classic pat the bunny. Little ones will love to touch the fuzzy elements on each page, from stockings to bows to red ribbons. Bunny's Fuzzy Christmas is the perfect gift for baby's first Christmas.
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One Hundred Sausages

Yuval Zommer · Templar Books
Format: Hardcover

A riotous follow-up to One Hundred Bones finds sausage-loving pooch Scruff inciting the wrath of his neighbors with his food-snatching activities until a theft at the butcher shop compels Scruff to use his sausage-sniffing nose to track down the culprit.
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Pete's a Pizza

William Steig · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Pete's father starts kneading the dough. Next, some oil is generously applied. (Its really water.) And then some tomatoes. (They're really checkers.) When the dough gets tickled, it laughs like crazy.
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National Geographic Readers: Buzz, Bee!

JENNIFER SZYMANSKI · NATL GEOGRAPHIC
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Bzzz! Learn all about honey bees in the next pre-reader from National Geographic Kids! Through text features such as a vocabulary tree and a wrap-up activity, kids will be introduced to new words and concepts -- helping them expand their understanding of the world.From the Trade Paperback...
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1, 2, Buckle My Shoe

Anna Grossnickle Hines · Harcourt
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Take cloth and buttons and thread. Add a classic nursery rhyme and a counting game. Stitch them together and what do you have? A patchwork of numbers and fun!
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The Adventures of Max and Pinky: The Mystery

Maxwell Eaton · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

MAX AND PINKY have painted the barn a nice, classic shade of red. But the next morning—it’s pink! They paint it again, but the very next day it’s plaid! What is going on?!Something weird is going on—weird and mysterious! But never fear, adventure-loving readers....
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I Love You, Little Monkey

Alan Durant · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Little Monkey is being naughty. So Big Monkey gets very angry and Little Monkey ends up very sad. But even though Big Monkey doesn't always like the naughty things Little Monkey does, one thing is clear: Big Monkey loves Little Monkey. Always.
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