![Good Night, Like This](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763679704.jpg?itok=tiOmcbW7)
Rhythmic, inventive language — “Yawny and dozy…”, “Tickly and feathery…” — along with boldly lined illustrations ask how each animal pair says goodnight. Turn the sturdy half page to see the cozy nighttime cuddle. Deep hues and black lines present the prefect bedtime tale to relax young children.
Good Night, Like This
![Flora and the Chicks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452146578.jpg?itok=wp7v8YOI)
Flora places an empty bowl near a hen’s nest filled with eggs. One by one as the eggs hatch, Flora fills the bowl the yellow, orange, and even a brown chick. Expressive illustrations on plain backgrounds and large numbers from 1 to 10 convey the story. The use of sturdy foldouts increases the delightful surprises as the chicks meet their new friend, Flora.
Flora and the Chicks
![Blocks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763686565.jpg?itok=jFansTDR)
Ruby builds with her red blocks while Benji uses his blue blocks. An argument erupts when Benji tries to take one of the red blocks. Tugging and pulling makes a mixed up mess of blue and red blocks that creates cooperative construction! What will happen when Guy joins them with green blocks? Uncluttered illustrations and straightforward text present the recognizable tale.
Blocks
![Big Cat, Little Cat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626723710.jpg?itok=G1fNBhGj)
One day a small black cat came to live with a big white cat. The white cat taught the little one a great deal. One day, the big white cat now old, left and didn’t come back. Soon, however, a small white cat joined the black cat. Strong, simple lines illustrate this gentle tale which is sure to be interpreted in many ways by young children.
Big Cat, Little Cat
![Baby’s First Book of Birds and Color](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580897428.jpg?itok=ZIDVHTgD)
Observing birds and eating berries just may lead to a summertime exploration of colors and counting. Meet the yellow goldfinch, a pink flamingo, and other well and less familiar birds in brief text and realistic illustrations. In The Very Berry Counting Book (opens in a new window) by Jerry Pallotta (Charlesbridge; 1580897843), you can count realistic, luscious looking berries from 1 to 10.
Baby’s First Book of Birds and Color
![Hattie & Hudson](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763665452.jpg?itok=8mXaGc3g)
Hattie McFadden is a born explorer. Every morning she grabs her life jacket and paddles out in her canoe to discover something new on the lake, singing a little song on her way. When her singing draws up from the depths a huge mysterious beast, everyone in town is terrified — except Hattie, who looks into the creature’s friendly, curious eyes and knows that this is no monster.
Hattie & Hudson
![Are You an Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/163405962X.jpg?itok=3DHJn6FN)
This sensitively crafted picture book offers a glimpse into the life and work of Japanese poet Kaneko (1903–30). Accompanied by colorful, soft illustrations, the first half recounts Kaneko’s short life along with a selection of her poems that thematically complement the text. The second half is a larger (also illustrated) collection of her poems in English and Japanese.
Are You an Echo? The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko
![Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689831595.jpg?itok=UvRmFi18)
Marshall Taylor’s bike stunts get him a job at the famous Indiana bike shop Hay and Willits. But he’s meant for even bigger things — namely the 1899 World Cycling championship — where his skin color attracts as much attention as his domination on the racetrack.
Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist
![CookieBot!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061974455.jpg?itok=BafpecK4)
Harry and Horsie may have solved the problem of how to reach the cookie jar when they create CookieBot. But building the most amazing cookie-grabbing robot ever may have created a new problem. How will they stop CookieBot from eating all the cookies in town? Delightfully illustrated with a retro-modern feel.
CookieBot!
![Plant the Tiny Seed](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062393391.jpg?itok=8JMGfbps)
Readers are encouraged to participate in planting a tiny seed, wait, care for it, wait, then watch it grow into a beautiful zinnia. The rhyming text is illustrated as though from ground level with straightforward depictions of an emerging garden. Directions on planting the zinnia seeds (which may be found in the book) briefly expands information on gardening.
Plant the Tiny Seed
![A Perfect Day](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626725365.jpg?itok=DPhI6-l2)
The day was perfect for cat, dog, bird, and squirrel who wanted nothing more than the warm sun, cool water, seeds, and corn. Each enjoyed their perfection until a large carnivore arrived on the scene! Textured illustrations with a lighthearted text effectively tell the story of a perfect day — at least for one large mammal!
A Perfect Day
![My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823436713.jpg?itok=Wd7Jo-O0)
The narrator was born on May 17th, a “sunny spring day!” On May 19th, she ate lots of aphids but on June 2nd ate one of two brothers. The life of the praying mantis begins in spring, ends in October, with its own description of life in between. Inviting illustrations illuminate the understated text. Endpages fill in information about a praying mantis’ life cycle.
My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis
![Hello, Spring!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823437523.jpg?itok=e_0RXmkU)
Stunning, full color photographs combine with rhythmic, lyrical language to celebrate the signs of the new season. Celebrate with children depicted basking in spring’s new growth, holding baby animals, watching and listening to “Spiders spin/Butterlies flit./Bees buzz.” — and preparing gardens for planting. A glossary of terms concludes this handsome book.
Hello, Spring!
![Fresh Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers’ Market](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580895476.jpg?itok=U5NGXyPS)
As the weather warms farmers’ markets begin to open. Celebrate the start of the season through lively illustrations and short poems that allow communities from large cities to small towns to “…teem with farmers and their goods — /tasty transformations.”
Fresh Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmers’ Market
![Fantastic Flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561459526.jpg?itok=wbeFgDI5)
Flowers appear like other things like “Heralding trumpets,/a Mexican hat./Skittering spiders,/a fluttering bat.” But each flower illustrated is real, part of a plant. To make sure readers know this, a photograph accompanied by the common and scientific names as well as where the flower is found and how it is pollinated concludes this intriguing book.
Fantastic Flowers
![Egg](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062408720.jpg?itok=SEYrtcH7)
Only the green egg remains unchanged after the pink, blue and yellow eggs hatch; three small birds wait and wait and wait for the fourth egg. After the long wait, a distinctly un-avian creature emerges and a unique friendship begins. Strong lines, soft colors with rounded shapes and repeated images with minimal language tell this distinctive tale of an egg.
Egg
![Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805098186.jpg?itok=UhhVqWnd)
Short poems present a range of familiar insects from crickets to Monarch butterflies. Each is accompanied by brief information about the critter (with additional information at the end), and illustrated with playful, animated, colorful art in Melissa Sweet’s charming signature style.
Cricket in the Thicket: Poems about Bugs
![Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1524715263.jpg?itok=20jkjA0i)
A bee flies through fields of flowers, over woodland streams and more until it winds up in its hive with others. Colorful illustrations fill each double-page spread, each with a die-cut to glimpse what appears on the next page. The rhyming text moves the bee’s saga satisfyingly along.
Bee: A Peek-Through Picture Book
![Think of an Eel](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763615226.jpg?itok=yKQraLdx)
An eel from the Sargasso Sea is a fascinating subject as presented in this brief look at an eel’s lifecycle. Further information is included on the CD.
Think of an Eel
![When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/B00086QGU4.jpg?itok=SEPS1Aib)
A. A. Milne’s When We Were Very Young is a collection of poems that have touched the hearts of readers for more than 90 years. His verses sing with a playful innocence, weaving together the worlds of reality and enchanting make-believe. Now We Are Six contains an enchanting collection of verses about Christopher Robin and, of course, Winnie-the-Pooh
When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six
![Journey](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763660531.jpg?itok=zOtH0z7e)
A lonely girl draws a magic door on her bedroom wall and through it escapes into a world where wonder, adventure, and danger abound. Red marker in hand, she creates a boat, a balloon, and a flying carpet that carry her on a spectacular journey toward an uncertain destiny. This wordless picture book is about self-determination — and unexpected friendship.
Journey
![Anno's Journey](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0698114337.jpg?itok=IoOTe0ES)
The story follows Anno as he rides through the streets and countryside of Northern Europe. This wordless picture book tells the stories of each hamlet, farmyard, circus, and town square in visually rich, and often surprising detail. The author introduces geography and science by focusing on children and adults at work and play, as well as on art, architecture, composers, and painters, as he conducts an imaginary tour of England
Anno’s Journey
![Fossil](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1477847006.jpg?itok=qn86I9JE)
When a boy and his dog go for a hike, the boy trips on a fossil, and it comes to life, revealing an ancient plant. The boy is so intrigued that he breaks two more fossils that come to life — a dragonfly and a pteranodon. When these prehistoric creatures collide with present reality, the boy must figure out a way to make things go back to normal. Visually told through art, this wordless story will surely spark imagination and creativity.
Fossil
![Red Sled](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1442420073.jpg?itok=DN1S-kh8)
In this almost wordless picture book, a host of woodland creatures take a child’s sled for a nighttime joy ride. Their whimsical ride is gorgeously depicted in bold watercolor, complemented by humorous expressions and pitch-perfect sound effects.