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Elmore

Holly Hobbie · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The creator of the Toot & Puddle series brings us Elmore--the warmhearted porcupine sure to steal the hearts of a new generation of Holly Hobbie fans!Elmore is a porcupine desperate to make friends. But it is hard to seek closeness with others when you're covered with spikes that shoot...
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Splish, Splash, Ducky!

LUCY COUSINS · Candlewick
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Revel in the rain with a little duckling and friends in a bright adventure from the creator of Maisy that kids will find just ducky.Oh, goody, hooray!It's raining today.When I'm feeling happy.I say quack, quack, quack.Ducky Duckling has so much fun in the rain! Readers will be happy to splish,...
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A Hippy-Hoppy Toad

Peggy Archer · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From the illustrator of the award-winning Sophie's Squash comes a rollicking read-aloud featuring a very tiny toad who gets displaced as animals--and humans--brush past him on the road.In the middle of a puddlein the middle of a roadon a teeter-totter twigsat a teeny-tiny toad. Snap! went...
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I Hear a Pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, & Taste It, Too!

Rachel Isadora · Nancy Paulsen Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

* "Isadora's book about the five senses is aimed perfectly at another sense - kids' sense of humor." - The Horn Book, starred reviewCaldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora's sweet and simple introduction to the five senses is perfect for the youngest children, who will recognize...
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10 Little Ninjas

Miranda Paul · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

A charming bedtime counting book about ten sneaky little characters who aren't ready to go to sleep... until daddy calls the sensei to send them back to bed. It may be bedtime, but these little ninjas aren't tired. They're sliding, swinging, and slipping out of bed! Can Daddy and the sensei...
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Dump Truck Duck

Megan E Bryant · Albert Whitman
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Dump Truck Duck honks and zooms and steers his dump truck all through the day, helping the other hardworking ducks build a new park. With adorable illustrations and playful rhyming text, Dump Truck Duck is certain to become a new read-aloud favorite!
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Don't Wake Up the Tiger

Britta Teckentrup · Nosy Crow
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Tiger is fast asleep. But - oh dear! - she's completely blocking the way. Just how will the animals get past without waking her up? Luckily, Frog has an excellent idea. Holding his balloon, he floats right over sleeping Tiger! Fox is next, followed by Tortoise, Mouse, and Stork,...
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Trees

Lemniscates. · Candlewick Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

A lyrical narrative and lovely, graphic illustrations pay tribute to the beauty and importance of the trees all around us.Trees change through the seasons - springing to life, bearing fruit, and losing their leaves before a period of sleep. They clean the air we breathe, provide seeds...
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Peppa Pig and the Lucky Ducks

Candlewick Press. · Candlewick Entertainment, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Peppa Pig and George count sunflowers, frogs, and other springtime delights from one to twenty.Peppa and George would like to visit the ducks. They see one pond, but no ducks. Could the ducks be on an adventure? What lucky ducks! So Peppa and George go on an adventure, too. They jump in two muddy...
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Go BIG or Go Gnome!

Kirsten Mayer · Imprint
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Laugh your whiskers off with Albert the Gnome in this charming and funny picture book about friendship, self-acceptance -- and beards! A beard is the biggest point of pride for a Gnome, but poor Al can't sprout a single whisker. Each year, Al feels left out of the Beards International...
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Is it Warm Enough for Ice Cream?

DK. · DK Children
Pages: 18
Format: Board book

A simple and fun introduction to beginner science, covering the themes of weather, temperature, plant life, and the animal kingdom.Winter, spring, summer, and fall are each represented by a vibrant outdoor scene revealing seasonal changes, from ponds freezing over, to baby birds leaving...
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Skin Again

BELL HOOKS · Jump At The Sun
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. The skin I'm in is just a covering. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide.Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, Skin Again offers new ways to talk about race...
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This Is Not a Picture Book

Sergio Ruzzier · Chronicle Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

In this quirky yet sweet picture book about the joy and power of reading, Duck learns that even books without pictures can be fun. While he and his friend Bug may struggle at first to decipher their book, they stick with it, and before long they discover that not only can they read it, but it deserves...
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Boo Who?

BEN CLANTON · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A shy little ghost who's new to the group has trouble fitting in - until his special talent comes to the fore.Boo is new. And even if the other kids are welcoming, it can be scary being new, especially for a shy ghost who can't play any of their games. ("You tagged me? Oh, sorry....
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Sakura's Cherry Blossoms

Robert Paul Weston · Tundra Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A warm, gorgeous exploration of a little girl's experience immigrating to a new country and missing her home and her grandmother, who still lives far away.Sakura's dad gets a new job in America, so she and her parents make the move from their home in Japan. When she arrives in the States,...
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