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Maisy Goes to the Movies: A Maisy First Experiences Book

Lucy Cousins · Candlewick Press (MA)
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Maisy and her pals discover the magic of the big screen as they go to a movie theater for the first time.Maisy and her friends are so excited! They're going to see a fun adventure film. With tickets and snacks at the ready, they scramble for seats and settle in for the movie to begin....
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Planes Go

Steve Light · Chronicle Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

The helicopter goes, "PITTATATATA PITTATATATA PITTATATATA." The jumbo jet goes, "Wheeeeeeeee VRRRRRRRRRRUUUHHHHHHHHHMMM." The propeller plane goes, "HUK HUK HUK WHIRRRRRRR WHIRRRRRR." Prepare for liftoff with 8 exciting aircraft and the noises they make in this...
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Druthers

Matt Phelan (Author, Illustrator) · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

With warmth and humor, award-winning author-illustrator Matt Phelan follows a child as she leads her daddy on some rainy-day flights of fancy.It's raining and raining and raining, and Penelope is bored. "What would you do if you had your druthers?" asks her daddy. Well, if Penelope...
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Time for a Bath

Phillis Gershator · Sterling
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover

Winter, spring, summer, and fall: In every season kids get dirty, so in every season kids need a bath! Go through the year with little bunny - splashing in puddles, rolling in grass, eating a drippy banana split, and painting pictures. And when there's a mess, it's rub-a-dub-dub...
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Take a Look, Vroom

Liesbet Slegers (Illustrator) · Clavis; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Is the pilot flying all alone in his plane? And will the fast car win the race? A delightful little book in which toddlers can look and move to find the hidden pictures. The unique extending system in this playful, interactive book offers a surprise on every page, inviting children to slide...
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Blame It on the Rain

Jennifer Liberts Weinberg (Adapter), · Spotlight-Leveled Reader; Reissue edition

In this Level 1 reader, Alma's stuffed cow, Moo Moo, gets soaked when she is left outside in the rain. Alma is sad and Moo Moo is mooo-serable! Will Doc be able to help?
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Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep

Barney Saltzberg · Hyperion Books for Children
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

High in his tree a young panda named Chengdu lies awake, even though everyone around him is quietly sleeping. He tosses and he turns. He scrunches and he squirms, until he finally finds the perfect spot.
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Flora and the Penguin

Molly Schaar Idle · Chronicle Books LLC
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Having mastered ballet in Flora and the Flamingo, Flora takes to the ice and forms an unexpected friendship with a penguin. Twirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding, on skates and flippers, the duo mirror each other's graceful dance above and below the ice. But when Flora gives the penguin...
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Dog vs. Cat

Chris Gall · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Dog and Cat do not get along. But when theyre forced to share a room, they agree to be on their best behavior...until Dog wont stop sniffing. Cat wont stop primping. Dog wont stop howling. Cat wont stop scratching. And when it comes to the litter-box...sharing is not an option!What will...
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Who's Next Door?

Mayuko Kishira · Owlkids Books
Format: Hardcover

Chicken is thrilled when he finds out someone new has moved in next door. His quiet house deep in the woods can be lonely sometimes, and it would be so much fun to have a friend! But Chicken never catches so much as a glimpse of his neighbor, despite many days spent waiting, pacing, and knocking....
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