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The Whopper

REBECCA ASHDOWN · Templar
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

The little lie that turned into a big monster . . .This humorous, quirky story is about a little boy who tells a lie, only to be followed around by his guilt in the form of the Whopper, a hungry and persistent monster. As Percy's guilt grows, so does the Whopper, until finally the Whopper...
 
 
Froggy's Lemonade Stand

Jonathan London · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Froggy has a lemonade stand, but he's done it his way!Froggy has great plans for all the money he's going to make from his lemonade stand. But there's a problem: he was so thirsty that he drank all the lemonade. Luckily lovable Froggy has lots of good friends to help him find a solution....
 
 
When I Was a Dinosaur

Tatsuhide Matsuoka · Simply Read Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
 
 
Duck and Hippo Lost and Found

JONATHAN LONDON · Two Lions

Duck and Hippo have a picnic and a new adventure!Duck and Hippo invite their friends Turtle, Elephant, and Pig to a picnic at their favorite pond. Yippee! It's time to dance and sing, swim and eat. Everyone brings goodies to share ... except Hippo. He didn't bring ANYTHING. So Hippo...
 
 
Princess Snowbelle and the Snow Games

Libby Frost · Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Return to the enchanting, icy world of Frostovia with Princess Snowbelle in this continuation of a series that combines sparkly magic and the fun girl power of Fancy Nancy.It's time for the annual Snow Games! Princess Snowbelle and her brothers can't wait to compete against the neighboring...
 
 
Everything You: A Picture Book

Elizabeth McPike · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A lyrical picture book about different animal families welcoming babies into their lives.When a new baby comes into the world, that baby becomes everything cuddly, everything kisses, everything love. . .everything possible. In other words, everything that matters. And the world is never...
 
 
Backyard Fairies

Phoebe Wahl · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Fairies are real, and they're all around us! Award-winning author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl offers a fanciful and beautifully illustrated peek into the hidden world of fairies, sprites, and other magical creatures.A girl searches for fairies in her backyard and the woods beyond, following...
 
 
Sleep Train

JONATHAN LONDON · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

A perfectly pitched bedtime story and counting book for sleepy train lovers, illustrated in dramatic 3D sculptures!A little boy climbs into bed with a book and starts counting the train cars in it, between the engine and caboose. "Ten sleepy cars going clickety-clack," reads the refrain....
 
 
Sun

SAM USHER · Templar
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

A boy and his grandad set off on a scorching adventure in this companion to Snow and Rain.It's the hottest day of the year, hotter than broccoli soup, hotter than the Atacama Desert, hotter than the surface of the sun. It's just the right kind of day for a boy and his granddad to go for a picnic....
 
 
A Big Help

Daniel Fehr · NubeOcho
Pages: 36
Format: Hardcover

Badger has lost his favorite teddy and his best friend Bear wants to be a big help in finding it. After a long search over land and through water, they end up empty handed ... but will Badger still care?
 
 
Hatching Chicks in Room 6

Caroline Arnold · Charlesbridge
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Follow a classroom of kindergartners as they participate in a popular activity: hatching chicks. Readers learn about the life cycle of a chicken, incubating eggs, watching them hatch, and raising the chicks until they are old enough to return to the chicken coop.Caroline Arnold's simple...
 
 
Sammy's Spooktacular Halloween

MIKE PETRIK · Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Sammy loves Halloween: the candy, the pumpkins, the scares. So when he gets the chance to be in charge of the family's next haunted house, he gets right to work - even though it's only November. Suddenly Sammy's inventions are scare-ifying his family day and night, even on Christmas...
 
 
Fall is for School

Robert Neubecker · Disney-Hyperion
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Fall is time for turning leaves,The weather's growing cool.Fall is here! Come on with me!It's time to go to school.
 
 
Mary Had a Little Lab

Sue Fliess · Albert Whitman & Company
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Mary is an enterprising young inventor. She wants a pet, but it isn't one she can easily buy ... so she makes one with the Sheepinator! Mary's pet sheep and her new invention make her popular with her classmates. But when she starts making sheep for her new friends, things go hilariously...
 
 
Everybody's Welcome

Patricia Hegarty · Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

An adorable and timely tale about opening a welcoming door to those in need, with clever peek-through holes and panoramic pages to beckon young readers inside. Poor Frog's pond has dried up and he has nowhere to live. Luckily, he meets friendly Mouse, who is just starting to build a new house....