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Never Too Little to Love
Never Too Little to Love

Jeanne Willis · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Whimsical watercolors illustrate a comical, cumulative tale of an amorous mouse who aims impossibly high -- and learns that you're never too little (or too big) to love.Tiny Too-Little loves someone who's very, very tall, and Tiny wants a kiss. What if he stands on his tiptoes on top of a thimble?...
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Fox
Fox

Kate Banks · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Book

Against the rhythmic background of turning seasons, a little fox learns that there is a time for everything. The rain, the clouds, the days all come and go as the little fox, guided by his wise and loving parents, learns to hunt on his own and bury his food, cover his trail and run like...
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Greenling
Greenling

Levi Pinfold · Candlewick Press, 2015.
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

A modern fable about nature's power from a Kate Greenaway Medal winnerMr. Barleycorn picks a green baby growing on his land, unleashing the incredible power of nature. When zucchinis flower in the kitchen and carrots sprout out of their television, Mr. Barleycorn's wife insists...
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Bright Baby: Happy Thanksgiving
Bright Baby: Happy Thanksgiving

Roger Priddy · Priddy Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

What is Thanksgiving? It's turkey and pumpkin pie, but most of all it's a time to spend with family and friends. With photographs to look at and Thanksgiving words to learn, this sturdy board book is ideal for adults to read and share with very young children to introduce them to this...
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Charlie Hits It Big
Charlie Hits It Big

Deborah Blumenthal · HarperCollins
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

He's just a regular guinea pig with a fondness for Fruity-Nut Buffet—and dreams of the big time. Now he's leaving the only home he's ever known and heading for the coast. Stardom awaits him—but is it all he hoped it would be? Denise Brunkus and Deborah Blumenthal...
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There's a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps
There's a Map on My Lap!: All About Maps

Tish Rabe · Random House
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

The Cat in the Hat introduces beginning readers to maps-the different kinds (city, state, world, topographic, temperature, terrain, etc.) ; their formats (flat, globe, atlas, puzzle) ; the tools we use to read them (symbols, scales, grids, compasses) ; and funny facts about the places they...
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Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC
Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC

June Sobel · Harcourt Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The captain of this brave and bumbling pirate crew has ordered them to capture the entire alphabet--and they'll walk the plank if they're missing a single letter! Now these swashbuckling mateys are embarking on an alphabet adventure unlike any other, and they won't (ahem, can't)...
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Patti Cake and Her New Doll
Patti Cake and Her New Doll

Patricia Reilly Giff · Orchard Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Girls will adore two-time Newbery Honoree Pat Reilly Giff's sweet, funny picture book adventure about a spirited little girl, her irrepressible dog, and her new doll!Patti Cake has a new doll.Her name is On Sale.She's afraid of the dark--just like Patti Cake.Patti Cake also has a dog named...
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Dinosaur Numbers
Dinosaur Numbers

Paul Stickland · Sterling Children's Books; Reprint edition
Format: Book

ONE big dinosaur standing all alone ... TWO hungry dinosaurs biting on some bones.
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Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs
Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs

Alan Katz · Margaret K. McElderry Books; 1st edition
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Remember... "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and "I've Been Working on the Railroad"? Well, forget 'em! Songwriter and comedy writer extraordinaire Alan Katz has turned those and other old favorites on their ears and created new nonsense songs kids will love....
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Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art
Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art

Diane Siebert · Chronicle Books; 1ST edition
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

From New Hampshire's formidable Mount Washington to San Francisco's spectacular Golden Gate Bridge, the scenic treasures of the United States are brilliantly captured in this artistic tour de force. Award-winning poet Diane Seibert's inventive poems are perfectly paired with...
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Black Cat, White Cat: A Minibombo Book
Black Cat, White Cat: A Minibombo Book

Silvia Borando · Candlewick Press
Pages: 48
Format: Print book

Day and night, black and white - this playful tale of opposite personalities celebrates the adventure of sharing life's discoveries with a friend.Black Cat - black from the tips of his ears to the tip of his tail - only ever goes out in the day. But White Cat - white from her whiskers to her four...
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Mama Seeton's Whistle
Mama Seeton's Whistle

Jerry Spinelli · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Without even thinking about it,Mama Seeton puckered her lips and whistled.
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