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Ninja Bunny

Jennifer Gray Olson - Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A fresh, funny, and hip picture book about a little bunny who wants to be . . . a ninja! How to be a SUPER AWESOME NINJA: Rule #1. You must always work alone. Rule #2. You must be super sneaky, especially in the most dangerous of situations. Rule #3. A super awesome ninja must:...
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Little excavator

Anna Dewdney - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Llama Llama books comes a new character ready to dig his way into your heart!Here come the BIG RIGS rolling down the street. Thumpa-thumpabumpa-bumpaBEEP! BEEP! BEEP!There's Loader and Dump Truck, Backhoe and Crane....
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BE QUIET!

Ryan T Higgins - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picturebook. One that's visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON'T. STOP. TALKING.
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A Friend in Winter

Feridun Oral - minedition
Format: Hardcover

Leo the cat is comfortable but a little bored with home. One fine fall day, he spies a squirrel burying nuts. They are soon fast friends, scampering about in the leaves. But when snow blankets the ground, Squirrel is nowhere to be found. Leo ventures out from his cozy home to find him but is soon...
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Miles of Smiles

Karen Kaufman Orloff - Sterling Children's Books ;
Format: Print book

When someone smiles, who knows where it goes? Baby smiles at Mommy, Mom keeps it for a while . . . and then passes it on. As the smile begins its joyful journey - moving from a first-grade class to a soccer team, from Gran to a garbage man, even to a puppy - it spreads happiness throughout...
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What This Story Needs Is a Pig in a Wig

Emma J. Virjan - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

What this story needs is a pig in a wig, on a boat in a moat with a frog, a dog, and a goat on a log. . . .As a panda in a blouse, a skunk on a trunk, and more hop on board, it becomes clear that what this story really needs is a bigger boat! Join Pig on an exciting boat ride as she discovers...
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Charlie and Lola: We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers

Lauren Child - Dial Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

After Charlie convinces Lola to recycle her old toys instead of throwing them away, Lola discovers a recycling competition. If she can recycle one hundred plastic, metal, and paper items, she can get her very own real live tree to plant. But she only has two weeks, so Lola decides to ask her classmates...
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The Safety First!

COURTNEY CARBONE - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Paperback

Police Officer Panda and Police Officer Squirrel are visiting Peppa's class for an important lesson on safety!This Level 1 beginning reader includes a sheet of stickers. Based on the hit Nick Jr. television show!
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Supertruck

Stephen Savage - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover

When the city is hit by a colossal snowstorm, only one superhero can save the day. But who is this mysterious hero, and why does he disappear once his job is done?Find out in this snowy tale about a little truck with a very big job, the second of Stephen Savage's vehicle-based picture books.
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Mrs. Katz and Tush

Patricia Polacco - Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Format: Book

In this special Passover story, Larnel Moore, a young African-American boy, and Mrs. Katz, an elderly Jewish woman, develop an unusual friendship through their mutual concern for an abandoned cat named Tush. Together they explore the common themes of suffering and triumph in each of their...
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