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A Day at the Apple Orchard

Amy Ackelsberg · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Celebrate the fall season with Strawberry Shortcake and her friends in this brand-new 8x8 with a sheet of festive stickers for only $4.99.
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Violet and Victor Write the Best-Ever Bookworm Book

Alice Kuipers · Little Brown & Co
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Violet and Victor Small are twins on a mission: to write the best book in the whole, entire world--together! Victor is reluctant, but Violet is determined, and soon the ideas can't come quickly enough.
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Diggers Go

Steve Light · Chronicle Books; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

The excavator goes, chumma chumma hufft hufft FALUMP. The steamroller goes, CHUG chug CHUG chug moooooosh. The wrecking ball goes, BOOOOOM! Come on down to the construction site and make some noise with eight exciting construction vehicles as they rumble, crunch, chug, and boom their way through...
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Quiet Loud (Leslie Patricelli board books)

Leslie Patricelli · Candlewick
Pages: 24
Format: Board book

Whether you read it quietly or loudly, learning about opposites has never been more fun - or funny - than with this winning board book.Sniffles are quiet, but sneezes are loud. Amiably illustrated in a bright, graphic style, Leslie Patricellis spirited board book, QUIET LOUD, stars an obliging,...
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Doc McStuffins A Very McStuffins Christmas

Sheila Sweeny Higginson · Disney Press
Format: Book

Christmas Eve is full of surprises at the McStuffins house! When the toys sneak downstairs to leave Doc's present under the tree, they find Tobias, one of Santa's elves, delivering toys. But Tobias accidentally drops Donny's robot toy and breaks it! Doc and the gang head out on a magical...
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Bears in the snow.

Shirley Parenteau · Candlewick Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Shrieks of joy ensue when Big Brown Bear devises a clever sled that can carry four bears in this quintessential winter adventure.Here's a bright red sledOn a snowy day.Where are the bearsTo come out and play?The little bears are ready to play in the snow. But - oh, no! Their sled is too small!...
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Rupert Can Dance

Jules Feiffer · Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Rupert has a big secret. When his owner, Mandy, is fast asleep, he likes to slip on her dancing shoes and dance the night away. Then one night Mandy catches Rupert in the act. She's not upset; she's thrilled! And she's determined to give Rupert dancing lessons so he can hone his talent....
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Ruby Gets Crafty

Grosset & Dunlap · Grosset & Dunlap
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

In this 8x8 storybook, Max is playing cowboy while Ruby and Louise are making a collage. Max keeps interrupting them, but always ends up helping out. Spilled sparkles help decorate a cupcake, a ripped tutu finishes off a ballerina painting, and spilled paint inspires handprint paintings...
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The Mixed-Up Truck

Stephen Savage · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

It's Cement Mixer's first day on the job and he doesn't want to make any mistakes. How can he help the other trucks on the construction site? By mixing some powdery white cement, of course!He mixes it up, adds a little water, and presto . . . a cake?! He must have mixed flour instead...
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Such a Little Mouse

Alice Schertle · Orchard Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Explore the world of such a little mouse--from the bestselling author of LITTLE BLUE TRUCK!"And way down deep in the holelives a mouse.Such a little mouse,with his smart gray coat,with his ears pink as petals,with three twitchety whiskerson each side of his nose."With Alice Schertle's...
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Once Upon a Potty -- Girl

Alona Frankel · Firefly Books Ltd.
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

The all-time favorite, now in a sturdy board book. There are 28.9 million children under the age of 5 in the U.S. and all of them will need to be toilet trained. This classic book has already helped millions of parents get their children through a life milestone with ease and some entertainment...
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Orange, Triangle, Fox

Sarah Jones · blue manatee press; Brdbk edition
Format: Board book

A humorous and innovative introduction to colors, shapes, and backyard animals Common animals, such as red square owl and yellow star frog, teach young readers multiple, basic concepts at once in this educational concept book. An ideal read for bedtime or story time, this book’s...
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A Christmas Wish for Corduroy

B.G. Hennessy · Viking Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Before he met Lisa, Corduroy was just a little bear in the toy department of a big store, waiting for somebody to take him home. It's almost Christmas and Corduroy wishes he could be a child's holiday gift - but he's a plain bear, and nobody seems to notice him. He sets out across...
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This Monster Needs a Haircut

Bethany Barton · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Introducing a lovable monster with a hairy problem Stewart is a monster. He has wild, crazy, messy hair that's perfect for scaring, collecting spiders, and hiding after-school treats. But when Stewart's hair grows so long that things start getting lost in it, his parents decide...
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Thomas and the naughty diesel : based on The railway series by the Reverend W. Awdry

Josie Yee · Random House
Pages: 24
Format: Paperback

Diesel tries to be good, but no one will give him a chance. It is only when Thomas gets stuck in the mud that Diesel gets the chance to prove himself by coming to the rescue in this adorable and heart-warming Pictureback®.
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