• Red Riding Hood
  • Author: Beatrix Potter
  • Publisher: Warne
  • Written over a century ago but never illustrated, Beatrix Potter's slightly darker take on the classic The Tale of Red Riding Hood comes to life with beautiful illustrations from Helen Oxenbury.

    Once upon a time there was a village child who was so pretty--so pretty as never was seen. The good woman, her mother,...
  • Only You Can Be You: What Makes...
  • Author: Sally Clarkson
  • Publisher: Thomas Nelson
  • Some kids like to dance and laugh out loud, and some sit quietly and make up stories in their heads - but we're all different, and that's okay because the maker of everything made us this way!In her first picture book, bestselling author Sally Clarkson and her son Nathan encourage children on the journey to discovering...
  • Tallulah Plays the Tuba
  • Author: Tiffany Stone
  • Publisher: Annick Press
  • Tallulah is tiny, but the TUBA is not!Tallulah isn't big, but the instrument she dreams of playing sure is. Try as she might, tiny Tallulah keeps coming up short on how she can play the tuba in her school band. But with some perseverance and a lot of creativity, Tallulah hatches a plan that she hopes will turn her musical...
  • Same Way Ben
  • Author: Maryann Cocca-Leffler
  • Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
  • Ben likes things the same way every day at school - he sits at the same table, eats the same lunch, and likes the daily class routine. But when his teacher leaves to have her baby and a substitute teacher comes and changes everything, Ben gets upset. He liked everything the way it was before! But soon Ben starts to think...
  • Milton & Odie and the Bigger-than-Bigmouth...
  • Author: Mary Ann Fraser
  • Publisher: Charlesbridge
  • It's ice-fishing season for two very opposite otters. Pessimism, prepare to meet optimism!On one side of a frozen lake, Odie imagines all the fish he'll catch today. On the other side of the lake, Milton is doubtful he'll catch anything at all. As each otter imagines what lurks--or doesn't lurk--under the ice,...
  • Please Don't Eat Me
  • Author: Liz Climo
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young...
  • Beloved author-illustrator Liz Climo is back with a hilarious take on (reluctant) friendship that will appeal to fans of We Don't Eat Our Classmates and I Want My Hat Back!When a carefree bunny is approached by a voracious bear in the woods, Bunny has just one request: "Please don't eat me."But the bear...
  • Little Red Rhyming Hood
  • Author: Sue Fliess
  • Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
  • Because Little Red only speaks in verse, it's tough for her to make friends. The schoolyard bully, Big Brad Wolf, is always picking on her. One day, her grandma shows her a flyer for a poetry contest, and Little Red thinks it could be her big chance to make a friend. But on the day of the contest, Big Brad Wolf sneaks...
  • Alpaca Pati's Fancy Fleece
  • Author: Tracey Kyle
  • Publisher: Running Press Kids
  • An adorable picture book about an alpaca who loves to dress up and what happens when she learns her beautiful coat will be sheared.

    Little alpaca Pati has a beautiful coat of fur that is the envy of the other alpacas. Pati loves to adorn her fur with velvet bows, sparkly hair clips, and flower headbands. When she learns...
  • The Best Kind of Bear
  • Author: Greg Gormley
  • Publisher: Nosy Crow
  • When Nelly asks Bear what kind of bear he is, he isn't entirely sure how to answer. So off he goes to find out. But none of the different bears he meets on his travels are like him. Grizzly bears don't have stitching; polar bears don't have tags attached to their bottoms; spectacled bears are not as soft and bouncy...
  • Eee-Moo!
  • Author: Annika Dunklee
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster/Paula...
  • A platypus who thinks he is an emu finds his way home with the help of his friends in this classic, tender picture book from Annika Dunklee and Brian Won. When the stork drops an egg before delivering it to its parents the little animal's first words are EEE-MOO. So, a cow, pig, horse, and other furry friends who watch...
  • Go, Girls, Go!
  • Author: Frances Gilbert
  • Publisher: Beach Lane Books
  • Come along for a rollicking ride in this picture book celebration of vehicles that puts girls in the driver's seat!

    Girls can race ... and girls can fly. Girls can rocket way up high!

    Piloting fire trucks, trains, tractors, and more, the girls in this book are on the go! Join them for an exuberant...
  • Carson Chooses Forgiveness: A Team...
  • Author: Tony Dungy
  • Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
  • Choosing to Forgive Is the Right Way to Live Carson loved basketball practice with the Trentwood Tigers until Daniel, the star player, started showing off and hogging the ball. When Daniel refuses to pass to Carson during a drill and then makes fun of him, coach Tony and coach Lauren remind Daniel to have a better attitude....
  • What Makes Me Scared?
  • Author: Heidi Howarth
  • Publisher: Sky Pony
  • What makes you feel scared? Are there things in your life that scare you? There are plenty of things that scare Little Leopard! Follow along with this baby leopard as he encounters the things that scare him in the forest where he lives. The water is too deep, the trees are too high, and even the wind and rain frighten him....
  • How to Code a Rollercoaster
  • Author: Josh Funk
  • Publisher: Viking Books for Young...
  • Pearl and Pascal take their coding adventures to the amusement park in this follow-up picture book from our Girls Who Code program!

    Pearl and her trusty rust-proof robot, Pascal, are enjoying a day out at the amusement park. Spinning teacups, ice cream, and of course: rollercoasters! Through the use of code, Pearl...
  • Little Mole's Wish
  • Author: Sang-Keun Kim
  • Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
  • With echoes of Raymond Briggs's classic The Snowman, here is a magical, timeless story about the friendship between a lonely little mole and a snowball he molds into a bear that comes to life.Little Mole is new in town, and he's lonely. On his way home from school on a winter day, he rolls a snowball all the way to the bus stop....
  • The Word Pirates
  • Author: Susan Cooper
  • Publisher: Neal Porter Books
  • A ravenous band of pirates who eat words for breakfast gobble up the world's greatest stories. But never fear--the Word Wizard and the children she reads to are on the case!

    Pirate Captain Rottingbones and his crew need breakfast. But these pirates can't have just any ordinary breakfast...no, they need nice, fresh...
  • Sneaky Beak
  • Author: Tracey Corderoy
  • Publisher: Tiger Tales
  • “Is your bath bubbly enough? Is your bed bouncy enough? Is your cereal crunchy enough? Don’t delay—call Sneaky Beak today for deals beyond your wildest dreams!” When Bear sees a commercial advertising the Snores-Galore Mega Bed, the “bounciest bed ever,” he decides that he wants one. The salesbird, Sneaky Beak, shows...
  • Juniper Kai: Super Spy
  • Author: Laura Gehl
  • Publisher: Two Lions

  • Juniper Kai was born to be a spy. And while spies sometimes work alone, Juniper has always been able to count on her mom and dad to fill in as spy partners. Until now. Suddenly, Juniper's parents are too busy and too tired to play with her. And when they start whispering behind Juniper's back and making secret plans,...

  • The Tooth Fairy vs. Santa
  • Author: Jamie L. B. Deenihan
  • Publisher: Penguin Workshop
  • Santa and the Tooth Fairy go head-to-head in this funny, festive picture book perfect for the holidays!Blue can't wait to complete his first mission to become a Tooth Fairy. So when he arrives at a child's house to collect her tooth and leave a coin, he's surprised to see Santa there. Turns out it's Christmas...
  • Can You See Me?
  • Author: Mikhala Lantz-Simmons
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
  • Engage the imagination and teach animal recognition with this carefully designed, interactive picture book for curious children. Using abstract art, Can You See Me? challenges the mind and celebrates diverse ways of seeing. Each spread contains an illustration of an animal made up entirely of equilateral triangles. Read...
  • Pippa's Night Parade
  • Author: Lisa Robinson
  • Publisher: Two Lions
  • Pippa's wonderfully wild imagination is perfect for dreaming up wildly adorable creations. But at night, her imagination runs a little too wild. That's when the villains and monsters and beasts sneak out of her storybooks to scare her. Pippa tries everything: from night-lights to triple knots to clever disguises....
  • Fry Bread: A Native American Family...
  • Author: Kevin Noble Maillard
  • Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

  • Told in lively and powerful verse by debut author Kevin Noble Maillard, Fry Bread is an evocative depiction of a modern Native American family, vibrantly illustrated by Pura Belpre Award winner and Caldecott Honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.

    Fry bread is food.
    It is warm and delicious, piled...

  • A Good Day
  • Author: Daniel Nesquens
  • Publisher: Eerdmans Books for Young...
  • The cat and the tiger are best friends. Every day, the cat enters the zoo and visits the tiger's cage. They talk about everything, but when the cat confesses that he'd like to be big and strong like the tiger, he's shocked to learn that the tiger envies him for being free to go wherever he wants. The tiger has a plan...
  • Roar, Roar, Growl, Growl: Sounds...
  • Author: Jennifer Shand
  • Publisher: Flowerpot Press
  • Transition your young reader from board books to picture books with this interactive story featuring sounds from the jungle. Tear resistant paper helps little ones avoid ripped pages and encourages confidence in reading picture books, while the question-and-answer story delights and encourages readers to mimic the familiar...