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Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library

Julie Gassman · Picture Window Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Have you ever thought about bringing your dragon to the library? Don't do it! You might have the best intentions, but that dragon will cause nothing but trouble. Using rhyming text and a diverse cast of characters, this charming picture book will provide some important and some not so important...
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Baby Party

REBECCA O'CONNELL · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

"Clap for the babies! It's a baby party! Clap for the baby wearing a triangle!" Clap for the babies sharing a toy or a smooch!
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My First Opposites

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK Children
Pages: 36
Format: Board book

This board book introduces the first concepts of opposites for babies - from black and white, to day and night, to happy and sad.My First Opposites brings recognizable images and clear word labels together, including food, clothing, and household items demonstrating opposite pairs. Little...
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The Fox Wish

Kimiko Aman · Chronicle Books LLC
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

This charming story follows two children who go looking for their jump rope and discover that a group of foxes have claimed it as an answer to their wish. With beautiful, classic illustrations and lyrical text, here is a subtle, sensitive piece of magic that proves to sisters, brothers,...
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Duck & Goose Go to the Beach

Tad Hills · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

In this delightful follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Duck & Goose and Duck, Duck, Goose, Duck wants to go on an adventure. Goose doesn't. He doesn't see the point. After all, why would they go anywhere when they're happy right where they are? But then Goose sees...
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Hot Rod Hamster: Monster Truck Mania!

Cynthia Lord · Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning, bestselling team Cynthia Lord and Derek Anderson are back with the best Hot Rod Hamster adventure yet: Monster Truck Mania!It's Fair Day, and Fearless Franco's famous Monster Truck Mania has come to town. Hot Rod Hamster and his friends are geared up for a roaring,...
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Up!: How Families Around the World Carry Their Little Ones

Susan Hughes · Owlkids Books
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Around the world, little ones are carried in many different ways: in slings, on shoulders, in backpacks, on hips, in baskets, and in loving arms. Up! depicts ten places around the world, from Afghanistan to northern Canada, Peru to West Africa. In each place, a mom, dad, grandparent, aunt,...
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What a Wonderful World

Bob Thiele · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

First recorded in 1967 by Louis Armstrong, and with sales of over one million copies, "What a Wonderful World" has become a poignant message of hope for people everywhere. Sweet and positive in its message, with bright, beautiful art, this book is sure to be a hit. Perfect for sharing!
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Wally Does Not Want a Haircut

Amanda Driscoll · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A bright barnyard tale from the author of Duncan the Story Dragon about facing your fears (and a pair of shears) , and learning that a hug from your mama can make just about anything seem possible. Wally does not need a haircut. His hair is perfectly fine. Sure, it trips him up a tad and gathers...
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Whose Truck?

Toni Buzzeo · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

This nonfiction follow-up to Whose Tools? features six kinds of trucks - a utility truck, a fire truck, a snowplow, an ambulance, a crane, and a broadcasting truck - with five different parts of each truck properly labeled. The answer to each inquiring refrain of "Whose truck is this?"...
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Maple & Willow's Christmas Tree

Lori Nichols · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Lori Nichols's delightful book celebrates the bond of two nature-loving sisters, and their ability to find fantastic kid-powered solutions to any problem - and it will give allergy sufferers an extra reason to celebrate. Maple and Willow love trees - and now they are getting their first...
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Take Me to Your BBQ

Kathy Duval · Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Aliens have landed on Willys farm, and theyre not leaving without a square dance and a square meal! So fire up that grill, lay on the barbeque sauce, and snatch up that fiddle. Told in verse, this rollicking story puts a twist on the typical encounter with the third kind. Adam McCauleys...
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A Seed Needs Sun

Kate Riggs · Creative Editions; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

This durable title offers up fun, foundational introductions to a plant's life cycle that are sure to fascinate every early learner. Simple, rhythmical text introduces each part of the plant, highlighting the the plant's needs for enabling growth. Detailed illustrations, meanwhile,...
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United States Capitol

JULIE MURRAY · ABDO KIDS
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Readers will learn about the United States Capitol, from when it was built to who works there and what takes place there. The title is complete with historical and modern images, bolded glossary terms, a More Facts page, and a picture glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
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