![Monkey Ono](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0670785059.jpg?itok=hjYDGA2p)
Monkey Ono longs for a beach day and ultimately gets there with help from family pets and a bit of creativity. Colorful collages and bright text combine for an inspired beach day to remember!
Monkey Ono
![Maria Had a Little Llama / Maria Tenia una Llama Pequena](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805093338.jpg?itok=PRKs5A6Q)
Mary’s little lamb is well known, but Maria lives in Peru and has a fleecy llama. The well-known cadence in English and Spanish and fresh illustrations present the familiar in a lively new setting.
Maria Had a Little Llama / Maria Tenia una Llama Pequena
![Mama Hen's Big Day](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0735841098.jpg?itok=YbDxedvW)
Mama Hen looks for just the right place to lay her egg, safe and away from other animals. Jaunty, comical illustrations animate the straightforward text and its cozy conclusion.
Mama Hen’s Big Day
![Maisy Grows a Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763662429.jpg?itok=HKS9iOfP)
Maisy and her friends plant a garden, tend it, and watch the vegetables and flowers grow. Pull tabs on sturdy pages let young readers see the results in this participatory garden tale.
Maisy Grows a Garden
![I Will Keep You Safe and Sound](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545197511.jpg?itok=GIQx3rCe)
Whether in the den or a log, in the water or lodge, young animals are kept safe and sound by their parents. Soft illustrations and a gently rhyming text present a comforting tale.
I Will Keep You Safe and Sound
![I Spy on the Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763664316.jpg?itok=cP7vk3Z3)
An old game is again fresh as each die-cut lets reader spy with their little eye a farm animal of a specific color that begins with a specific letter. A page turn reveals the entire animal and the sounds it makes.
I Spy on the Farm
![Flight 1-2-3](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452116628.jpg?itok=rRSieGKo)
Travel by air begins with one sign for the airport, all the way up to 33,000 feet in the air, ending with one happy meeting. Stylized illustrations and simple text me present what can be seen from start to finish.
Flight 1-2-3
![Faces for Baby](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763664332.jpg?itok=ZReSdgjN)
Works by many artists uniquely depict people from many parts of the world. No words are needed to view varied portraits, in many styles from many places all of which are identified.
Faces for Baby
![Dinosaurs Zoom!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763664480.jpg?itok=rxmXiGj_)
Dinosaurs of many colors zoom, splash, chug, and more in different kinds of vehicle in order to get to a special birthday celebration for the smallest dinosaur in this lively, fresh adventure.
Dinosaurs Zoom!
![Construction Kitties](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/080509105X.jpg?itok=2uHJ4Rlb)
Cats don their hard hats and go to the site where they use big trucks to build a playground. Simple illustrations and language are sure to appeal to construction and truck aficionados!
Construction Kitties
![Butterfly Colors and Counting](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570918996.jpg?itok=VpI2Y60P)
Count colorful butterflies in natural settings in this small, sturdy, attractively illustrated concept book. Each of the colorful ten butterflies is identified by name on the back cover.
Butterfly Colors and Counting
![Animals Speak](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0735820589.jpg?itok=9BgB9fJs)
A bee sounds like “BUZZ’ in English, but “SURR’ in Swedish and “ZZZ’ in Italian. Many animals sounds from different countries (with a national flag) are presented in lighthearted illustrations and large typeface.
Animals Speak
![Spring Blossoms](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580894127.jpg?itok=TrVwxPiT)
Two girls explore the spring colors of blossoming trees. Bold block prints show entire trees and provide a close-up of the blossoms, ideal to help identify familiar and less familiar trees from the dogwood, American beech, and magnolia.
Spring Blossoms
![Picture a Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807565261.jpg?itok=CCoa93h2)
There are many ways to picture a tree throughout the seasons. Sometimes a tree plays “a game of dress-up”, or serves as a “high-rise home sweet home.” Textured collage illustrations extend meaning of the simple, evocative text in a joy-filled celebration of trees.
Picture a Tree
![999 Frogs Wake Up](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/073584108X.jpg?itok=feajnaPM)
998 of the 999 frogs (who were once 999 Tadpoles (opens in a new window)) awaken their big brother for an action-packed spring. Simple, childlike illustrations on open backgrounds leave plenty of room for imagination as the frog family and other animals celebrate the season.
999 Frogs Wake Up
![Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763645613.jpg?itok=H3w_mj6M)
They can be observed anywhere; in fact, “You don’t have to go anywhere fancy to watch birds!” The informative, informal and playful guide encourages close observation and identification as well as tips for recording and finding out more about these ubiquitous creatures.
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
![Frog Song](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805092544.jpg?itok=rAK2FOco)
Stunning, realistic illustrations of frogs and onomatopoeic language combine to present frogs and their songs from around the world. A brief warning about threats to frogs’ environments and additional information conclude this engaging book just right to read aloud.
Frog Song
![Clementine and the Spring Trip](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1423123573.jpg?itok=ikoi9X0z)
Clementine is looking forward to the school field trip to Plimoth Plantation and other signs of spring her family’s Annual Spring Walk Through Boston Common. But things don’t always go the way the lively 3rd grader anticipates in the latest story about likeable, energetic Clementine.
Clementine and the Spring Trip
![Awesome Dawson](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316213306.jpg?itok=EYkJEhBh)
Dawson has been collecting and reusing everything ever since he was a baby but he must rescue the world from his robotic creation, the Vacu-Maniac! Recycling is gently imbedded in Dawson’s outrageous adventure detailed in intricate (and labeled) illustrations.
Awesome Dawson
![Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061227838.jpg?itok=CXBr6vx0)
Tito Puente was born to be a musician. He grew up to become the Mamba King to whose music people danced the mambo, rumba, and cha-cha. Rhythmic language — in English and Spanish — and animated illustrations briefly present Tito’s life and the impact of music throughout.
Tito Puente, Mambo King / Tito Puente, Rey del Mambo
![A Year with Friends](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1419704435.jpg?itok=Jelwylb7)
Soft illustrations and brief, patterned language suggest a special pleasure from January to December, just right for sharing. After all, each month of the year is a “time for fun with new friends!”
A Year with Friends
![The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807581291.jpg?itok=NdfJNBSS)
The seasons of a year are presented in realistic illustrations and thoughtful, evocative haikus. A brief note about the form is followed by a final poem: “Earth circles the sun/spinning a tapestry of/days, months, seasons — life.”
The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons
![World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You've Never Heard Of](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763654027.jpg?itok=eOAIq9xt)
Unique observances for everything from rats to limericks are celebrated in a variety of poems and poetic forms. When combined with comic illustrations, the lighthearted collection is sure to keep readers chuckling from cover to cover.
World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You’ve Never Heard Of
![There Was a Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399257411.jpg?itok=U5GcI_qJ)
Textured borders contain each double-page illustration which places the familiar cumulative song on an African savannah. Rebuses are included in the body of the book and again in a key; music is also included to make this version ideal for sharing.