![La Mariposa](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618073175.jpg?itok=UB3ymzYG)
This story is an excerpt from The Circuit and is based on the experiences of the author as the child of migrant farmworkers. Both English and Spanish versions available.
La Mariposa
![Crooked Kind of Perfect](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/015206608X.jpg?itok=VcMPg5VY)
Crooked Kind of Perfect
![Locomotion](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0142401498.jpg?itok=ptoUjDa2)
Locomotion
![Lena](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0142406163.jpg?itok=6HcGQH0C)
Lena
![The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Pop-Up Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399250395.jpg?itok=S6cHYMUC)
In honor of the very hungry and eternally popular caterpillar’s 40th anniversary, a stunning new edition brings it to life again. With each page turn, engineered illustrations literally and dramatically pop off the page. Though not for the youngest, this beautifully engineered book is sure to delight and amaze.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Pop-Up Book
![Quiet in the Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061552070.jpg?itok=tDua-G91)
A child goes quietly out to the garden where he can almost hear the creatures respond to his curiosity about their actions. The narrator then gathers food for a picnic with “my friends.” Suggestions for making a “quiet garden” conclude this tranquil book.
Quiet in the Garden
![Thea's Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525474439.jpg?itok=4pXJD4Rx)
Thea, a student in Topeka, Kansas, observes the growth of the three unusual beans she plants for her science project. A series of letters to various experts chronicles the unusual vegetation that develops — though readers will see the giant beanstalk for the tale it is.
Thea’s Tree
![Plant Secrets](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580892043.jpg?itok=qDm2GM4-)
Plants have secrets: within each seed, large or small, is a new plant. Highly detailed but crisp, well-placed illustrations reveal the life cycle of plants and provides an easy introduction to seeds — just in time for spring gardens!
Plant Secrets
![Oh, What a Beautiful Day! A Counting Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1563974096.jpg?itok=-STOd7LB)
Soft illustrations reveal the animals seen as an imaginative young girl walks home to her parents. Using alliterative language, she counts from one prancing pig to ten loving llamas, and feels a part of it all.
Oh, What a Beautiful Day! A Counting Book
![Katy Duck Is a Caterpillar](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416960619.jpg?itok=NOLS1S0r)
Katy Duck loved to dance through each season but was especially excited about the spring recital: “A show to celebrate spring!” Though Katy is disappointed with her assignment, she blossoms as a lowly caterpillar in this recognizable and humorous tale.
Katy Duck Is a Caterpillar
![Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest: Where Birds Begin](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823421023.jpg?itok=YrSpdvcp)
Birds live all over the world, but their nests come in many sizes, shapes, and some even borrow (or snitch) homes in which to lay and hatch their young. This lively introduction to various birds and their habits will likely absorb, inform, and inspire.
Even an Ostrich Needs a Nest: Where Birds Begin
![The Curious Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316015474.jpg?itok=e7MwOLUd)
Liam discovers that he can help his dreary city blossom into a green place that draws everyone out onto rooftops and beyond. Stylized illustrations depict the city’s gradual change from drab to lush and may encourage other young urban gardeners.
The Curious Garden
![The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0140547398.jpg?itok=VnmzxvsL)
A boy named King Shabazz doesn’t believe in spring. With his friend, Tony Polito, King Shabazz explores their gritty city neighborhood and discovers that spring does exist even in an unlikely place.
The Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Spring
![Birds](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061363049.jpg?itok=8hRhg6Vb)
A girl tells readers about the birds she sees around her, describing size and color in spare, almost lyrical language. Richly colored paintings accompany the text to enhance and build the concepts presented in the narrative.
Birds
![The Man in the Woods](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0141309725.jpg?itok=WZ3AqjDV)
The Man in the Woods
![Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/014130815X.jpg?itok=7s4eGqkL)
Mary on Horseback: Three Mountain Stories
![City of the Beasts](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060535032.jpg?itok=ecqY4w8j)
City of the Beasts
![Bloomability](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/006440823X.jpg?itok=dBS5d_Gr)
Bloomability
![The House in the Night](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0618862447.jpg?itok=XRt0e1_3)
A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this Caldecott Medal-winning bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers—a key, a bed, the moon—this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe. (2009 Caldecott Medal Winner)
The House in the Night
![Under the Quilt of Night](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689877005.jpg?itok=-qs0lKVC)
Under the Quilt of Night
![Maria's Comet](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689856784.jpg?itok=bb97MoNG)
Maria’s Comet
![Keep On!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561454737.jpg?itok=VBzku-pp)
Keep On!
![Home on the Range](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399239960.jpg?itok=zV-i981P)
Home on the Range
![Fannie in the Kitchen](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689869975.jpg?itok=XLrM3VT3)