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A New Reindeer Friend

RH Disney · Golden/Disney
Format: Hardcover

Anna and Elsa are preparing for their kingdom’s very first royal ball! Girls ages 3 to 7 will love reading how the royal sisters head outside to find flowers for their party and end up rescuing a baby reindeer—with help from Olaf! This brand-new hardcover storybook stars the characters...
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Creature Numbers

Andrew Zuckerman · Chronicle Books; Nov Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Learn the rainbow with red snakes, orange fish, and yellow birds. Learn to count as two scorpions fight, four penguins waddle, and nine ants work. Andrew Zuckerman's vivid pictures of fascinating animals from around the world will enthrall young readers and teach basic colors and numbers...
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Think Big

Liz Garton Scanlon · Bloomsbury USA Childrens; 1 edition
Format: Book

Art is so much more than easels and paintbrushes as this delightful new picture book by two exciting talents makes clear. Follow along as a classroom of exuberant young kids explore art and the power of creativity in its most varied forms—painting, music, writing, cooking, performing......
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Where's Walrus? and Penguin?

Stephen Savage · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

When Walrus escapes the zoo with his new friend Penguin, their adventures are twice the fun!In this sequel to the acclaimed WHERE'S WALRUS?, author Stephen Savage doubles the fun when Walrus escapes the zoo with his mischievous pal, Penguin. Will the zookeeper find them? Or will these...
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The Wonderful Things You Will Be

Emily Winfield Martin · Random House
Pages: 36
Format: Print book

The New York Times bestseller that celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children . . . now and forever! From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin's rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they...
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Saturday Is Dadurday

Robin Pulver · Walker Childrens
Format: Hardcover

Mimi and Dad's favorite day came after Friday . . . they called it DADURDAY.For Mimi, the best day of the week is always Saturday, because she gets to spend it with just her Dad. Every "Dadurday" begins the same way--Mimi and Dad make silly-shaped pancakes, read the comics...
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Colors

Virginie Graire · Little Bee Books
Pages: 12
Format: Hardcover

In this highly stylized, graphic novelty book, die-cut pages complete one another to form different plants and animals.Introduce little ones to colors with this unique, die-cut novelty board book. The die-cuts form different shapes and animals as you turn the page, creating an interactive...
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Here Comes Destructosaurus!

Aaron Reynolds · Chronicle Books Llc
Format: Hardcover

Watch the unstoppable destructive force of a raging temper tantrum! Tremble at the enormous mess and disrespectful roaring! Despair as no amount of scolding can stem the heedless fury! Someone is heading for a time-out, Mister! Anyone who has witnessed (or been) a toddler in the throes...
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Farm Animal Counting

Elise See Tai · Barron's Educational Series; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

Embossing creates a raised, textured surface on the pages of this unique board book, so letters and numbers can be identified by both sight and touch. This multisensory experience engages and stimulates younger children's developing senses. Seeing the number or letter, touching it, and saying...
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All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep

Crescent Dragonwagon · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

My little one, lay down your head.Its time to doze, its time for bed.You tell me, Im not sleepy now.Just try, I say. You ask me, How?In this lyrical animal ABC book, a mother tries to tuck her child in for the night by telling him about all the awake animals that are getting sleepy. From...
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Wreck-It Ralph

Barbara Bazaldua · Golden Book
Pages: 1
Format: Print book

Disney's Wreck-It Ralph is a computer-animated feature film about a misunderstood video game villain who wants nothing more than to be the good guy for a change. But when Ralph finally gets his chance, will it mean "Game Over" for every game in the arcade? Children ages 3 to 8 will...
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Bug Patrol

Denise Dowling Mortensen · Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Wee-o! Wee-o! Wee-o! Woo! Bug Mobile coming through! Bugs are a misbehaving bunch, so Captain Bob, insect cop, has a busy beat. The beetles are using their bug mobiles like bumper cars, the roaches are protesting for better housing (down with roach motels!), and the crickets are up late,...
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Red Hat

Lita Judge · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A series of exuberant read-aloud sound effects perfectly capture the whimsy and joy of a springtime frolic in this companion to Red Sled.In this almost wordless springtime picture book, an adorable crew of baby animals borrows a familiar-looking red hat (last seen on the head of Red Sled's...
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