New York Public Library's 100 Best Books for Kids 2016!Through a hole in the book's cover, an owl invites you inside to meet a majestic tree and all its forest inhabitants during the changing seasons. With clever peekaboo holes throughout, each page reveals a new set of animals playing and living in the tree - baby bears frolicking in the spring, bees buzzing around apples in the summer, squirrels storing nuts in the fall, and finally the lone owl keeping warm during the winter chill - until another year begins. . . . Children will love seeing a new set of animals appear and then disappear as each page is turned, and along the way they'll learn about the seasons and how a forest and its inhabitants change throughout the year."Ideal for sharing up close, where little ones can get a good look at the pictures, this gentle, easy-to-memorize story of the seasons is a great fit for bedtime." - BOOKLIST "Adult readers will relish guiding their little ones into lessons about the seasons, colors, wildlife, and more. This unassuming story is an intergenerational delight."Kirkus Reviews"A playful yet focused look at constancy and change within a specific natural setting." - Publishers Weekly
Doubleday, 2016. Â2015
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9781101932421
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Print book
The Secret Life of Pets Little Golden Book
By Books., Golden
This Little Golden Book peeks into Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. It's perfect for boys and girls ages 2 to 5!
Golden Press
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9780399554810
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Print book
Doctors to the Rescue
By Rusu, Meredith
One day when Peppa is playing with her friends, Pedro Pony gets hurt. They must call a doctor! Doctor Brown Bear, Doctor Pony, and Doctor Hamster all show up to save the day. Peppa and her friends learn what each doctor does to make patients feel better! This Level 1 reader includes a sheet of stickers. Based on the hit Nick Jr. TV show!
Scholastic Inc.
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9781338307627
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Paperback
Big Bunny
By Watkins, Rowboat
Once upon a time there was a book about . . .MONSTERS!No.SPACE ALIENS?Nope . . . a BUNNY!A GIANT SCARY TRUCK-EATING BUNNY?!?Um . . . well, maybe it was a tiny bit big.From the curious mind of Rowboat Watkins comes a ginormously imaginative story that is as funny as it is philosophical. How big is Big Bunny? And how will this story end? Delightfully meta and humorously subversive, Big Bunny will take its place as the next go-to story about stories.
Chronicle Books
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9781452163901
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Hardcover
Cat Sees Snow
By Gehl, Laura
From Laura Gehl, author One Big Pair of Underwear and Goat Wants to Eat, comes another side-splitting Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read about three animal friends on their first snow day!. Cat sees snow. Dog cannot blow the snow. Pig is slow in the snow. Can they still have fun in the snow? Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, Cat Sees Snow was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading! And what better way to get kids excited than with a hilarious story with words they can read on their own? Each Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read includes a note to parents explaining what their child can expect, a guide at the beginning for readers to become familiar with the words they will encounter in the story, and reading comprehension questions at the end.
Simon Spotlight
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9781665920407
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Hardcover
When I Pray for You
By Turner, Matthew Paul
From the best-selling author of When God Made You and When God Made Light comes a beautifully affirming, deeply meaningful prayer from a parent to a loving God, asking for God's presence and comfort over the life of a child.Something about seeing a beloved child come into the world, grow, and experience the wonder and pain of life drives adults to pray for the kids they love. Even people with no religious affiliation will pray for the well-being of a child. When I Pray for You celebrates the dreams, hopes, and longings we pray over our children, and shares with the little ones how much care, concern, and love a parent, family member, or friend feels for them.From the moment I saw you, I started to pray.Big prayers and small ones I have sent God's way.
WaterBrook
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9780525650584
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Hardcover
Dream-Along Nursery Rhymes
By Huliska-beith, Laura
Share the dreamlike quality of Little Jack Horner, Hey Diddle Diddle, and There Was an Old Woman with your little one. Then have some fun together by counting the characters in the story, imagining different scenarios, and more.
Children's Press
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9780531228777
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Print book
The Lost Christmas
By Cronin, B. B.
A Christmas confection from the brilliant creator of The Lost House and The Lost Picnic!It's time to decorate the tree for Christmas--but Grandad can't find any of his ornaments! The hunt for the missing decorations takes the children up and down in Grandad's bric-a-brac-filled house and out into a winter wonderland. And when every ornament is on the tree at last, Grandad has a wonderful holiday surprise in store. This seek-and-find book from the award-winning author of The Lost House and The Lost Picnic will delight readers of any age and belongs under a Christmas tree.
Viking Books for Young Readers
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9780451479044
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Hardcover
Give please a chance
By O'reilly, Bill
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson together present a beautifully illustrated, instantly classic picture book that celebrates the magic of the word "Please" for our children.In this inspired collaboration, bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson remind us all that a single word--"Please?"--is useful in a thousand different ways. From finding a lovable stray dog to needing a partner on a seesaw, from reading a bedtime story to really, really needing a cookie, Give Please a Chance depicts scenes and situations in which one small word can move mountains. With a vivid array of illustrations by seventeen different artists, this charming, helpful book is a fun and memorable way for children to learn the magic power of one simple word: please.
Jimmy Patterson
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9780316276887
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Print book
The Goose Egg
By Wong, Liz
From the author of Jumpstart's Read for the Record pick Quackers comes the story of Henrietta the Elephant, whose life goes from calm to chaotic when a baby goose comes to stay.Henrietta likes her quiet life. A morning swim, a cup of tea--all is serene.But everything changes when she bumps her head and winds up with a goose egg--a REAL goose egg. Henrietta tries to return the baby goose to the nest, but her flock has flown. It's up to Henrietta to raise her. Goose isn't anything like Henrietta. She's flappy, and noisy, and exhausting. But Henrietta raises that goose right. She teaches her to swim, and to honk, and to fly. When Goose flies off with the other geese, Henrietta is so proud! And then . . . lonely. How quiet her life feels now.But the love you give has a way of coming back to you. And Henrietta has a wonderful surprise in store. . . .
Tree
By Teckentrup, Britta
New York Public Library's 100 Best Books for Kids 2016!Through a hole in the book's cover, an owl invites you inside to meet a majestic tree and all its forest inhabitants during the changing seasons. With clever peekaboo holes throughout, each page reveals a new set of animals playing and living in the tree - baby bears frolicking in the spring, bees buzzing around apples in the summer, squirrels storing nuts in the fall, and finally the lone owl keeping warm during the winter chill - until another year begins. . . . Children will love seeing a new set of animals appear and then disappear as each page is turned, and along the way they'll learn about the seasons and how a forest and its inhabitants change throughout the year."Ideal for sharing up close, where little ones can get a good look at the pictures, this gentle, easy-to-memorize story of the seasons is a great fit for bedtime." - BOOKLIST "Adult readers will relish guiding their little ones into lessons about the seasons, colors, wildlife, and more. This unassuming story is an intergenerational delight."Kirkus Reviews"A playful yet focused look at constancy and change within a specific natural setting." - Publishers Weekly
The Secret Life of Pets Little Golden Book
By Books., Golden
This Little Golden Book peeks into Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures' The Secret Life of Pets, a comedy about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. It's perfect for boys and girls ages 2 to 5!
Doctors to the Rescue
By Rusu, Meredith
One day when Peppa is playing with her friends, Pedro Pony gets hurt. They must call a doctor! Doctor Brown Bear, Doctor Pony, and Doctor Hamster all show up to save the day. Peppa and her friends learn what each doctor does to make patients feel better! This Level 1 reader includes a sheet of stickers. Based on the hit Nick Jr. TV show!
Big Bunny
By Watkins, Rowboat
Once upon a time there was a book about . . .MONSTERS!No.SPACE ALIENS?Nope . . . a BUNNY!A GIANT SCARY TRUCK-EATING BUNNY?!?Um . . . well, maybe it was a tiny bit big.From the curious mind of Rowboat Watkins comes a ginormously imaginative story that is as funny as it is philosophical. How big is Big Bunny? And how will this story end? Delightfully meta and humorously subversive, Big Bunny will take its place as the next go-to story about stories.
Cat Sees Snow
By Gehl, Laura
From Laura Gehl, author One Big Pair of Underwear and Goat Wants to Eat, comes another side-splitting Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read about three animal friends on their first snow day!. Cat sees snow. Dog cannot blow the snow. Pig is slow in the snow. Can they still have fun in the snow? Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, Cat Sees Snow was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading! And what better way to get kids excited than with a hilarious story with words they can read on their own? Each Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read includes a note to parents explaining what their child can expect, a guide at the beginning for readers to become familiar with the words they will encounter in the story, and reading comprehension questions at the end.
When I Pray for You
By Turner, Matthew Paul
From the best-selling author of When God Made You and When God Made Light comes a beautifully affirming, deeply meaningful prayer from a parent to a loving God, asking for God's presence and comfort over the life of a child.Something about seeing a beloved child come into the world, grow, and experience the wonder and pain of life drives adults to pray for the kids they love. Even people with no religious affiliation will pray for the well-being of a child. When I Pray for You celebrates the dreams, hopes, and longings we pray over our children, and shares with the little ones how much care, concern, and love a parent, family member, or friend feels for them.From the moment I saw you, I started to pray.Big prayers and small ones I have sent God's way.
Dream-Along Nursery Rhymes
By Huliska-beith, Laura
Share the dreamlike quality of Little Jack Horner, Hey Diddle Diddle, and There Was an Old Woman with your little one. Then have some fun together by counting the characters in the story, imagining different scenarios, and more.
The Lost Christmas
By Cronin, B. B.
A Christmas confection from the brilliant creator of The Lost House and The Lost Picnic!It's time to decorate the tree for Christmas--but Grandad can't find any of his ornaments! The hunt for the missing decorations takes the children up and down in Grandad's bric-a-brac-filled house and out into a winter wonderland. And when every ornament is on the tree at last, Grandad has a wonderful holiday surprise in store. This seek-and-find book from the award-winning author of The Lost House and The Lost Picnic will delight readers of any age and belongs under a Christmas tree.
Give please a chance
By O'reilly, Bill
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson together present a beautifully illustrated, instantly classic picture book that celebrates the magic of the word "Please" for our children.In this inspired collaboration, bestselling authors Bill O'Reilly and James Patterson remind us all that a single word--"Please?"--is useful in a thousand different ways. From finding a lovable stray dog to needing a partner on a seesaw, from reading a bedtime story to really, really needing a cookie, Give Please a Chance depicts scenes and situations in which one small word can move mountains. With a vivid array of illustrations by seventeen different artists, this charming, helpful book is a fun and memorable way for children to learn the magic power of one simple word: please.
The Goose Egg
By Wong, Liz
From the author of Jumpstart's Read for the Record pick Quackers comes the story of Henrietta the Elephant, whose life goes from calm to chaotic when a baby goose comes to stay.Henrietta likes her quiet life. A morning swim, a cup of tea--all is serene.But everything changes when she bumps her head and winds up with a goose egg--a REAL goose egg. Henrietta tries to return the baby goose to the nest, but her flock has flown. It's up to Henrietta to raise her. Goose isn't anything like Henrietta. She's flappy, and noisy, and exhausting. But Henrietta raises that goose right. She teaches her to swim, and to honk, and to fly. When Goose flies off with the other geese, Henrietta is so proud! And then . . . lonely. How quiet her life feels now.But the love you give has a way of coming back to you. And Henrietta has a wonderful surprise in store. . . .