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How to Catch a Mouse

Philippa Leathers · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

A confident but inexperienced cat is certain she has scared all the mice out of her house, but things are not always as they seem.Clemmie the cat knows everything about how to catch a mouse, and she would prove it, too - except that she's never actually seen a mouse. Perhaps, she thinks,...
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Peep and Egg: I'm Not Hatching

Laura Gehl · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Egg is not hatching. No way. No how. It is too scary out there. Peep wants Egg to hatch so they can do fun things together, like watch the sunrise, splash in puddles, and play hide-and-seek.But Egg is not cracking... Joyce Wan's bright and bold illustrations will have young chickies giggling...
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The Farmer's Away! Baa! Neigh!

Anne Vittur Kennedy · Candlewick Pr
Pages: 24
Format: Book

When you see a horse, say neigh The animal sounds tell the story in an infectiously rhythmic picture book that's a delight to read aloud. What mischief do the animals get up to when the farmer's back is turned? Anne Vittur Kennedy lets us know in the animals' own words There will be boating,...
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The Moon is Going to Addy's House

Ida Pearle · Dial Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

The moon follows Addy all over the city before finally settling in at her house for bedtime.
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Sleepover with Beatrice and Bear

Mônica Carnesi · Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover

This delightful story of an irrepressible bunny will engage readers on many levels as it celebrates creativity, making the best of circumstances, and the joy of the changing seasons. How can two friends share winter when one of them is hibernating? Beatrice and Bear meet one spring day and become...
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The Tree House That Jack Built

Bonnie Verburg · Orchard Books
Format: Hardcover

Best-selling illustrator Mark Teague brings Bonnie Verburgs irresistable rhyming text that is brimming with animals and action to vivid lifeHere is the boyup in the treewhere he built a house overlooking the seaYes This is the tree house that Jack builtWith ladders swings turretsand elaborate...
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That's Not My Goat

Fiona Watt · Usborne Books
Format: Board book

A delightful touchy-feely book with simple, repetitive text and bold illustrations suitable for babies and toddlers. A little, white mouse appears on every page, for children to spot. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Berenstain bears visit the firehouse.

Mike Berenstain · Harper Festival
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Ding, ding, ding! With an alarm bell, a sliding pole, and three big trucks, the firehouse is an exciting place to visit. Come along as the Berenstain Bears meet everyday heroes - firefighters! Young readers will love learning all about what it takes to save the day in this 8x8 picture book.The...
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Papa Seahorse's Search

Anita Bijsterbosch · Clavis Publishing Inc.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Daddy Sea horse lost one of his ten baby sea horses. He looks behind the coral, in the shell and underneath the rocks. But he mostly finds other animals. Can you count them? And can you find the tenth baby sea horse? A funny search and count (and lift-the-flap) book about daddy Sea horse...
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The Find it Book

Margaret Wise Brown · Parragon Books
Format: Hardcover

Find the cow who jumped over the moon. Find Little Bo Peep's lost sheep. Find the Owl and the Pussycat Look carefully as you turn each page! Find your favorite nursery rhyme characters hiding throughout this magical new title from Margaret Wise Brown, author of children's classics...
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Monkey and the Little One

Claire Alexander · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Monkey lives all alone in the jungle - and he likes it that way. Then Little One, an adorable mouse, appears and turns Monkey's life upside down. Wherever Monkey looks, whatever Monkey does, Little One is there and doing it too! But when Monkey finally succeeds in sending Little One away,...
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Peekaboo

Giuliano Ferri · Minedition
Pages: 16
Format: Hardcover

Children will love to play peekaboo with the adorable animals in this interactive board book See who's hiding behind each flap as different animals appear from behind their paws (or wings) . One by one you can uncover these beautifully rendered animals, and at the end you'll...
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Cat Napped

Leeza Hernandez · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Mosey cat Nosey catCurl up nice and cozy catCats are naturally curious but sometimes too much curiosity can get them into trouble Thats what happens when one kitty wakes up from a nap to find she might be lostLuckily a kind passerby and the folks at the animal shelter are ready to help...
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Here Is the Baby

Polly Kanevsky · Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover

This New York Times Best Illustrated Book captures all the sweet and touching moments in Baby's day, from Mama's first cuddle in the morning to Daddy's last kiss at bedtime. Parents and their little ones will enjoy seeing themselves in the simple, straightforward observations...
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