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Never Ask a Dinosaur to Dinner

Gareth Edwards · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

This fun, rhyming read-aloud will guide young children through the bedtime routine. Would you ask a dinosaur to dinner? Would you share your toothbrush with a shark? Through a series of amusing mishaps, a young boy learns that a dinosaur, a shark, a tiger, and other animals will not help...
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Maple & Willow Together

Lori Nichols · Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

Celebrating imagination and inventive play, Lori Nichols' follow-up to Maple perfectly captures the dynamics of siblings and their ability to figure things out on their own and find a way to meet halfway. Maple and Willow do everything together. They love playing outside throughout...
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Bear and Bunny

Daniel Pinkwater · Candlewick Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From the inimitable Daniel Pinkwater comes a funny and disarmingly sweet tale of two forest friends musing on the nature of a good pet.The bear and the bunny are friends who like to wander in the woods, look for things to eat, sing songs, and talk things over. One day, the bunny asks the bear,...
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The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish

Deborah Diesen · Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"A gift should be big,And a gift should be bright.And a gift should be perfect-Guaranteed to bring delight.And a gift should have meaningPlus a bit of bling-zing,So I'll shop till I dropFor each just-right thing!"Will Mr. Fish find perfect gifts for everyone on his list? Will...
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Leilani's Luau

Sheila Higginson · Disney Press
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback

When Doc receives Leilani, a solar-powered hula girl, from her grandmother who is traveling in Hawaii, Doc and the toys decide to welcome the hula dancer with a lu'au. Leilani begins to teach everyone to hula, but suddenly winds down and stops! This 8x8 storybook comes with a page of full-color...
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When You Were Born

Emma Dodd · Templar
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

A loving celebration of all kinds of babies.What does a new baby's arrival mean to his or her parents? We find out as we travel around the world, meeting an adorable baby seal, baby elephant, and baby person!
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The Goodbye Book

Todd Parr · Little
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

From bestselling author Todd Parr, a poignant and reassuring story about loss.
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Mix It Up!

Herve Tullet · Handprint Books
Pages: 56
Format: Print book

PRESS HERE, MIX IT UP! and coming soon: LET'S PLAY!Accept Hervé Tullet's irresistible invitation to mix it up in a dazzling adventure of whimsy and wonder. Follow the artist's simple instructions, and suddenly colors appear, mix, splatter, and vanish in a world powered only by the reader's...
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Who's Hungry?

Dean Hacohen · Candlewick Press, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Children love feeding animals - and now it's as easy as turning the page!It's time to eat, and all the animals are hungry! Young readers can help feed them, one by one, with a simple turn of each vibrant page. Squirrel wants one of those acorns? Here you go, Squirrel. Monkey wants a banana?...
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A B See

Elizabeth Doyle · Little Simon
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A beautifully illustrated, graphic alphabet book with a fun search-and-find twist.If a picture is worth a thousand words, what's in a single letter? Everything in A B See!Because hidden in each graphic letter are tiny troves of ABC treasures waiting to be found by sharp-eyed readers....
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