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Rock-a-bye Baby

Jane Cabrera · Holiday House
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

In this lovely rendition of the favorite nursery rhyme, different animals living in and around an old oak tree rock their babies to sleep. Cabrera's charming lyrics and sweet illustrations familiarize children with the places common animals live -- owls in a tree hole, mice underground,...
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Help Find Frank

ANNE BOLLMAN · Sterling Children's Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Where, oh where, can Frank the French bulldog be? See if you can follow the clues and find the missing pup! Amateur sleuths will have loads of fun with this uniquely interactive book. Frank loves to run, play, and give slobbery kisses. (He also loves to eat cheese, but DON'T FEED HIM ANY!...
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Shy

Deborah Freedman · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A dazzlingly beautiful new book about shyness from the author of Blue Chicken, The Story of Fish and Snail, and By Mouse and Frog!Shy loves birds. He'd love to watch them fly and hear them sing, but he's only ever read about them in books. . .until a real bird comes along. He's dying to meet...
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Push! Dig! Scoop!: A Construction Counting Rhyme

Rhonda Gowler Greene · Bloomsbury
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Down at the construction site, mama and papa trucks show their youngsters how to build. Push oosh goes a big mama bulldozer and her one little dozer! Dig schlup goes a tough papa excavator and his two little excavators! Count along with every scooping, mashing, and spinning family of trucks...
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Little Penguins

Cynthia Rylant · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Newbery Medal-winning author Cynthia Rylant and Caldecott Honor-winning, bestselling illustrator Christian Robinson pair up to tell this wintry story about five little penguins enjoying a snowy day. Snowflakes? Many snowflakes. Winter is coming. So begins this ever-so-simple story. As the snow...
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City Adventures #1: Help Is On The Way!

Sonia Sander · Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

Explore the world of LEGO City.Wheres Bear? When Jessies dog is lost, who can help her find him. The crossing guard? The policeman? The fireman? Everyone will!,
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Spot Goes to the Fire Station

Eric Hill · Warne
Pages: 14
Format: Board book

Join Spot, the classic character and beloved puppy, as he visits the fire station! Spot wants to be a firefighter, just like his grandpa. When he visits Grandpa at the fire station, Spot slides down the pole, climbs the ladder, soaks Grandpa with the hose, and finally sounds the noisy siren....
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The First Day of School

LARRY DANE BRIMNER · Two Lions
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Puppy is small and loves to play. Bear is big and feels grumpy. But the two unlikely friends soon become inseparable. All summer long they play hide-and-seek under the oak trees, fly down the lane on Bear's bike, and pretend to be pirates. Everything is perfect, until the weather cools...
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I Spy Under the Sea

Edward Gibbs · Templar; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Look through each eye-catching spy hole to count a new underwater creature!There are many colorful creatures to find under the sea. Look through the spy hole and use the clues to guess the creature, then turn the page to count the animals. Watch as toddlers quickly become engaged in the game...
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Summer Supper

RUBIN PFEFFER · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A bold and graphic farm-to-table story, told entirely in words beginning with the letter "s"!From sowing seeds in spring to savoring succotash, follow the creation of a family meal from the farm to the picnic table on a warm summer evening. Told entirely in words beginning with...
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Newspaper Hats

Phil Cummings · Charlesbridge
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Georgie visits her Grandpa at the home where he lives, but he doesn't always remember who she is. He does, however, remember how to make newspaper hats, and together they fold enough for all his friends. Touching moments portray the difficulties and nuances of memory loss from a child's...
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Daniel Will Pack a Snack

TINA GALLO · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A new generation of children love Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, inspired by the classic series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood! Pack a snack and prepare for the day with this Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read starring Daniel Tiger!Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, Daniel...
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The Fire Dance

Helene Tursten · Soho Press
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover

Detective Inspector Irene Huss hasn't seen Sophie Malmborg for over fifteen years, but she's still haunted by the strange young ballerina's role in the fire that killed her stepfather. Why had she refused to speak to Irene and the other case workers? Could an eleven-year-old...
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I'm a Duck

Eve Bunting · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes it takes a lot to get your webbed feet wet! An adorable picture book makes a splash with a satisfying story about conquering your fears.I cannot swim, and that is bad. A landlocked duck is very sad. One day, an egg rolled out of a nest and right into a deep pond. Now that egg is a little...
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