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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...
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Give Me Back My Book!

Travis Foster · Chronicle Books
Pages: 56
Format: Hardcover

This book is full of wonderful WORDS and beautiful PICTURES! And it's EXCITING! And it's FUNNY! It might be the BEST BOOK EVER - if we could decide whose book it is. Redd and Bloo explore the way a book is made and accidentally build a friendship, too, in this tale told only in dialogue....
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School Bus Saves the Day

Peter Bently · QEB Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Yellow Bus arrives at school to take the class and Mr Hodges to the city carnival. From Bus's big windows the children get a great view of the parade! When carnival king's float breaks down will Bus be able to help? It's time to get busy with machines that race, vroom and zoom! This vibrant...
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Max's Breakfast (Max & Ruby)

Rosemary Wells · Viking Juvenile
Pages: 12
Format: Board book

One of four board books featuring the bunny-toddler, Max, and his ever-patient sister, Ruby. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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One, Two, Three, Mother Goose

Iona Archibald Opie · Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

Count one happy baby while reading these cherished Mother Goose rhymes.A selection of counting and number poems from Iona Opie's classic Mother Goose nursery-rhyme compilations is gathered in a sturdy board book just right for babies to hold and love. Rosemary Wells's gentle and cuddly...
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Tiger Tiger

JONNY LAMBERT · TIGER TALES
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Tiger is left in charge of Cub, and hes not exactly happy about it. Cub is full of energy and wants to play and explore. As they scamper through the jungle, Cub sees all kinds of wonderful things. Could Cubs excitement be just what the older tiger needs?
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Baby Penguins Everywhere!

Melissa Guion · Philomel
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Can there be such a thing as too many adorable penguins?One day a penguin sees a most unusual sight: a hat floating in the icy water. Even more unusual? Out of the hat pops a baby penguin. But not just one baby penguin . . . or even two. But a third, and a fourth, and on and on!At first...
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Tractor Mac Learns to Fly

Billy Steers · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Tractor Mac sees Plane Jane swooping across through the clouds, and he wonders what it would be like to be able to give hayrides in the sky. He even talks to birds to try to learn how they fly. Then one day Tractor Mac is driving downhill too fast, his wheels lift off the ground, and he can finally...
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Piggy

Trevor Lai · Bloomsbury
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

An irresistibly adorable debut about a lonely little piglet who makes his first friend--perfect for anyone who has felt the joy of new friendships.Piggy loves books so much that he never has time for friends. But his favorite story has always been about two friends and the special times...
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North Woods Girl

Aimee Bissonette · Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

"When Grandma tucks her pants into her oversized boots and grabs her walking stick, I run to catch up," reports a young girl charmed by her visits to Grandma's north woods home. Their walks take them through the seasons, to a pond with a downed tree just right for sitting,...
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I Like to Squeak! How Do You Speak?

Jonathan Litton · Tiger Tales, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 10
Format: Print book

Join curious Little Mouse on a very noisy journey around the farm to meet Happy Horse, Cheerful Cow, Playful Pig, and Sleepy Sheep. Children will love lifting the flaps to hear the animal sounds!
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The Wrong Side of the Bed

Lisa M Bakos · G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

When you wake up on the wrong side of the bed, there's just no getting around it: The porcupine under the covers will insist on snuggling (oww) ; penguins will make bubbles in your bath (eww) ; and a crocodile will probably need to borrow your toothbrush (no, thanks) . It's...
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Crybaby

Karen Beaumont · Henry Holt & Company
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Hush, hush! Rush, rush! When Baby cries, her family and neighbors try to stop her tears and help her to sleep. But all their rushing and hushing, tickling and rocking, and feeding and burping can't stop Baby's tears. Roy, the old retriever, knows what Baby needs to fall asleep -- her little...
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Snow Sisters!

Kerri Kokias · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Just like snowflakes, no two sisters are alike, but that doesn't mean they can't work together to make the perfect snow day! A heartwarming sibling story from the illustrator of That's Me Loving You.When snowflakes fall, two sisters react very differently. One is excited and the other is wary....
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Harold's Fairy Tale

Crockett Johnson · Turtleback Books
Pages: 64
Format: School & Library Binding

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. With his purple crayon Harold draws his way into an enchanted garden troubled by a giant witch.
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