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Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play

Kathryn Heling · Charlesbridge Publishing
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Get in the game and use clues on the clotheslines to identify a slew of sports. Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to sports in this companion to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do. The clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines. What athlete...
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Listen to Our World

Bill Martin Jr. · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

From beloved storytellers Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson and with shimmering illustrations by Caldecott Honor­ artist Melissa Sweet comes a celebration of the animals all around us!

Squawk! Hiss! Grr! Roar!

Big, small, black, brown - all kinds of animals make...
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Herman's Vacation

Tom Percival · Bloomsbury Usa, 2016.
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Herman and Henry, best friends forever, are camping in the great outdoors--and they couldn't be having more fun! Well, at least Herman is enjoying all of the tent building, marshmallow roasting, and postcard writing. Henry doesn't quite seem to get the hang of any of it.

Herman...

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Watership Down

Frank Cottrell-Boyce · Simon Spotlight
Pages: 48
Format: Hardcover

Discover the adventures of the beloved rabbits from Watership Down - the animated TV miniseries now streaming on Netflix - in this beautiful storybook by Frank Cottrell-Boyce adapted from the TV scripts based on the Carnegie Medal-winning novel and timeless classic by Richard Adams.Set...
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The Happy Book

Andy Rash · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

From the creator of ARCHIE THE DAREDEVIL PENGUIN comes the unique story of two friends who can't escape all the feels.

Camper is happy as a clam and Clam is a happy camper. When you live in The Happy Book, the world is full of daisies and sunshine and friendship cakes . . . until...
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Eraser

ANNA KANG · Two Lions
Format: Hardcover

Eraser is always cleaning up everyone else's mistakes. Except for Ruler and Pencil Sharpener, none of the other school supplies seem to appreciate her. They all love how sharp Pencil is and how Tape and Glue help everyone stick together. Eraser wants to create so that she can shine...
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Will Bear Share?

HILARY LEUNG · Cartwheel Books
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

One ice cream cone.One bear.One timeless question: Will Bear Share?Meet Bear. Bear has so much to give. . . but will she share? Find out in this surprising and memorable storybook all about friendship, compromise, and of course, sharing.A fresh and funny book in a new series of animal question...
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Apple Cake: A Gratitude

Dawn Casey · Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pages: 32
Format: Hardcover

Thank you, hedge, / Thank you, tree. / Thank you, flower, / Thank you, bee. / Thank you, rain, / Thank you, sun. / Thank you, farmers, / every one. In this simple rhyming story from the author of Held in Love, a child says thank you for the gifts nature provides, from hazelnuts in the hedge...
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Hungry Bird

Jeremy Tankard · Scholastic Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Bird is hiking with his friends when his tummy rumbles.

But no one packed him a snack that he likes!

With every step, his hunger mounts until he collapses on the ground.

How will Bird survive if he doesn't eat the perfect something this instant?!


The hilarious...
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How To Dress A Dragon

Thelma Lynne Godin · Scholastic Press
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

If you have to dress a dragon, you must be prepared to catch him as he flies by. Also, beware of ticklish toes, shirts with buttons, and hats that do not fit neatly between his horns!

In this charming, second-person narrative, our little boy hero imparts his infinite knowledge of how to dress...
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