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Disney Princess Collection

Disney Press · Disney Press
Format: Hardcover

From Cinderella to Belle, the third edition of the popular Disney Princess Collection is filled with engaging stories about the most popular princesses. This bestselling storybook features a dazzling new cover and new stories featuring Snow White, Jasmine, and more. Add to that over...
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Owl Bat Bat Owl

MARIE-LOUISE FITZPATRICK · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Can two very different families find their space in the world together? A wonderful wordless picture book offers stylish art, humor, and charm.A mother owl and her three little owlets live happily on their branch. That is, until the bat family moves in. The newfound neighbors (owls up top,...
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In the Rain with Baby Duck

Amy Hest · Candlewick; 1st edition
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

It's a rainy, rainy day, and Baby Duck hates rain. Mrs. Duck says she's never heard of a duck not liking rain. But then Grampa Duck and Baby Duck come down from the attic with a little umbrella and rubber boots that belonged to . . . whom? . . . Mrs. Duck! Baby Duck grabs them up with...
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I Want To Be in a Scary Story

SEAN TAYLOR · Candlewick
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Monster may think he wants to be in a scary story, but then again . . . A hilarious return by the team that brought us Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise.Our author would like to write a funny story, but his main character - Monster - has a different idea. He wants to be the star of a chilling,...
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Yummy Yucky

Leslie Patricelli · Candlewick
Format: Board book

Learning about opposites has never been more fun - or funny - than with this winning board book. Yummy!Spaghetti is yummy, but worms - and blue crayons, and sand, and other things too gross to mention - are definitely yucky when tasted. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie...
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Sofia the First The Floating Palace

Disney Book Group · Disney Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Sofia meets Princess Ariel in this adorable mermaid tale!During her family vacation on a floating palace, Sofia befriends a mermaid, and through their friendship, helps save the mermaid's kingdom and brings their two worlds together. Based on the Disney Junior movie event featuring Princess...
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Frogs and Tadpoles (Animal Families Board Books)

Anita Ganeri · Amicus; Brdbk edition
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

In Frogs and Tadpoles young readers can follow the transformation of the common frog from egg to adult amphibian. Animal Families provides a first look at the lifecycles of familiar animals, both wild and domestic. The stories are told in simple text and friendly illustrations, and the index...
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The Fathers Are Coming Home

Margaret Wise Brown · Margaret K. McElderry Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

It is nighttime and the fathers are coming home. So begins this lyrical tribute to all the fathers everywhere who come home to their children—from the rabbit father who hops home to his little bunnies, to the dog father who comes home to his puppies. A never-before published work from...
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Five Minutes Until Bed

Dorothea DePrisco Wang · Accord Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel
Pages: 14
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of Goodnight Moon, Dorothea DePrisco Wang pens Five Minutes Until Bed, a helpful and charming story that gives parents one more tool to encourage their little ones to catch some shut-eye.Visit families of rabbits, birds, beavers, bears, and foxes to find that life in the forest,...
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Tractor Mac Parade's Best

Billy Steers · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

There are so many great floats at the town parade: the Young Farmers' Club, the Sports Team, the Outdoor Club. Tractor Mac can't wait to see which one he gets to pull. Then he finds out that his friends have been asked to pull all of the floats he wanted, and all that is left is the Mrs....
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Horrible Bear!

Ame Dyckman · Little
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

The "New York Times"-bestselling duo behind "Wolfie the Bunny" presents a hilarious new book about accidents, outbursts, manners... and the power of saying "I'm sorry. "Bear didn't "mean" to break a little girl's kite, but she's upset anyway--upset...
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Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug

Evan Kuhlman · Schwartz & Wade
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for reading aloud, this spare, charming picture book about a day in the life of a pill bug in suburbia is also about an unusual friendship. Hank is a pill bug with a busy life - for a pill bug, that is. His daily routine involves nibbling a dead leaf, climbing up a long stick, avoiding...
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Hoot: A Hide-and-Seek Book of Counting

Jonathan Litton · Tiger Tales; Board Book edition
Format: Hardcover

How many owls can you find in this playful book of numbers? Bright artwork, finger-holes, and a cheerful rhyming story make learning come alive!
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Laundry Day

Jessixa Bagley · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

"I'm bored," said Tic."Me too," said Tac.What do two bored badgers do when they've done everything, including driving their mother around the bend?Laundry, of course.What could possibly go wrong?In this spirited picture book, Tic and Tac, two adorable badgers, get a little...
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