![Feathers for Lunch](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152009868.jpg?itok=zMxM8K-z)
A frisky cat stalks brightly colored birds, but always misses them — and ends up with just feathers for lunch. Learn about birds, their distinctive calls, and their lifestyles through this attractive book and engaging story.
Feathers for Lunch
![Fish Eyes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152280510.jpg?itok=rPopQGy4)
Cutouts preview each dazzlingly colored fish as they swim through the pages of this appealing counting book.
Fish Eyes
![Growing Vegetable Soup](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152325808.jpg?itok=M_yquhRw)
Vividly colored vegetables make a delicious soup in this handsome and informative book. Additional details are provided in small labels about the seeds that are planted and the vegetables that emerge.
Growing Vegetable Soup
![High Tide in Hawaii](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375806164.jpg?itok=8BxM2-9a)
Hawaii is home to no less than 8 national parks where magic abounds in natural wonders such as the Volcanoes National Park. In this Magic Tree House installment, Jack and Annie are instructed to find a “special magic” in old Hawaii. They find it in Hawaii’s beauty and the drama of natural disasters!
High Tide in Hawaii
![How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688169937.jpg?itok=66ItLcVF)
Benjamin Franklin was amazing. He was a musician, aprinter, a cartoonist, a shopkeeper, an inventor andmore. He figured out how to solve many problems – including how to steal lightening from the sky toprevent it from starting fires in Colonial towns. Conversational text and lighthearted illustrationsintroduce this early American hero to a new generation.
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning
![How Many Stars in the Sky?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/068815218X.jpg?itok=hEDOTDHB)
When a boy can’t sleep, he and his father drive out to the country, away from the city lights. There they try to count the stars. Lush paintings show the warmth of the evening and the loving relationship between father and son.
How Many Stars in the Sky?
![Hungry, Hungry Sharks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0394874714.jpg?itok=eZXyOuL2)
Well-chosen information about these ancient and ever-interesting predators is presented in an easily accessible format. Text is clearly written and accompanied by dramatic illustrations to depict different kinds of sharks and their habits.
Hungry, Hungry Sharks
![Look Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688149715.jpg?itok=VHTQQcNY)
What could it be? This fun book uses die-cuts to focus the viewers’ eye on an extremely small section of a full-color photograph. Readers will be surprised as they turn the pages to discover what looked strange up close is really something familiar.
Look Book
![Moon Rope](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152553436.jpg?itok=oErgsBzr)
Look at the moon and what do you see? Could it be Fox? Fox convinced Mole to accompany him to the moon by suggesting that huge worms were there. Mole comes back down to Earth, but Fox may still be up there. This myth from Peru is told in both English and Spanish and is illustrated with shining collages inspired by Peruvian artwork and artifacts.
Moon Rope
![One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763614068.jpg?itok=6t9ebrbf)
While you’re on the beach, you can count from 1 to 10 by feet — combining numbers of feet and then multiplying them all the way to 100, which is ten crabs … or 100 snails if you really count slowly! Colorful, bug-eyed, cartoon-like critters further enliven this jaunty approach to numbers.
One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book
![Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805080783.jpg?itok=YqTA3ifv)
A familiar cadence introduces ten animals that are all endangered. The book ends with a child dreaming of seeing all the animals “wild and free.” This appealing book can be shared for its boldly illustrated rhyme or to launch awareness of a complex topic.
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
![Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689829590.jpg?itok=jXVqtQPG)
When Monica asks her father for the moon, he literally sets out to get it for her. But because the moon is too big, he must wait until it wanes. As the pages unfold, the journey expands with textured, richly colored paintings that are complemented by a straightforward text. Lunar cycles are introduced in this loving story.
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
![Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688178340.jpg?itok=BA9I55EY)
Flowers on many plants develop into edible fruit. From early spring to late summer, children and adults grow plants that produce flowers that turn into pea pods, raspberries, corn, peaches, peanuts, and finally pumpkins. Information and carefully crafted illustrations on fold out pages create an informative and attractive book.
Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed
![Pumpkin, Pumpkin](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0688099300.jpg?itok=76u7EYIp)
Realistic, colored pencil drawings and a straightforward text tell how Jamie plants a seed, watches a pumpkin grow, harvests it, and is sure to save a seed for the following year. The large format and bold typeface create a memorable book that can be read independently.
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
![Pumpkins: A Story for a Field](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152522522.jpg?itok=LqIjO_lB)
Warm tones are used to show one man’s effort to save a beautiful field from development. With confidence and imagination, he buys and sells the field’s pumpkins throughout the world. Readers will catch the point of this cautionary tale, and will likely feel that they, too, can make a difference.
Pumpkins: A Story for a Field
![Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0152661972.jpg?itok=39ceUpdd)
A child plants a tree and watches it grow and change through the seasons. Highly textured illustrations incorporate seeds and other scraps of nature with brilliantly hued paper. Ehlert tells a story while providing a guide to nature in this appealing book.
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
![Snow Is Falling](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064451860.jpg?itok=euuInpO-)
Snow is magical and beautiful and sometimes even dangerous. Through both observation and experimentation, this book introduces the many aspects of snow through crisp text and appealing illustrations that are sure to engage, inform, and inspire younger children.
Snow Is Falling
![Snow Music](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0066239567.jpg?itok=4f0tzsXD)
The whisper of snow and the jingle of dog tags set a wintery tone in this story of a boy and his friend in search of his lost dog on a snowy day. Music is everywhere in the rhythm of the language and patterns of the illustration in this unusual and memorable book.
Snow Music
![Snowflake Bentley](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0547248296.jpg?itok=wfk_Gvqv)
The story of one boy’s passion for snowflakes led to a lifetime’s study. Wilson Bentley, better known as Snowflake Bentley, is presented in a fascinating picture book biography. Read just the story portion or include the factual narration which is included on each page. Illustrations evoke Snowflake’s Vermont, just the thing for a warm day.
Snowflake Bentley
![The Apple Pie Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0590623826.jpg?itok=_h6-E8mP)
Two sisters describe the changes they see in the apple tree throughout the seasons from bare winter branches to fruit in the fall. A recipe for making apple pie is included with additional information about pollination. American writer Louisa May Alcott must have noticed similar seasonal changes in the trees that grew around their Massachusetts home, named Orchard House for the 40 apple trees planted there.
The Apple Pie Tree
![The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0140564098.jpg?itok=0Vg37qch)
Seeing that man is sorry after arguing with his wife, Sun sends the first strawberries to the land. The sweet fruit slows the wife down, allowing her husband to catch up and apologize. To this day, strawberries remind people to be kind to each other. Rich illustrations add interesting details to this fluid telling of a traditional legend.
The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story
![The Grouchy Ladybug](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0064434508.jpg?itok=f0TQluoI)
A small, ill-tempered insect will not say “Good morning” or “Thank you” to anyone. But, as the day progresses, she becomes a nicer, happier, better-behaved bug. The use of die-cut pages in this vividly illustrated book enhances the sense of movement in a memorable fashion.
The Grouchy Ladybug
![In the Small, Small Pond](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805059830.jpg?itok=ZKFHQHmv)
A child (and a small green frog) witness the change of seasons in a small, critter-filled pond. Engaging language swirls and moves across the pages in this vibrantly illustrated Caldecott Honor book.
In the Small, Small Pond
![The Very Hungry Caterpillar](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399208534.jpg?itok=FLJm1kny)
This modern classic introduces children to the life cycle of a butterfly through luminous illustrations, pages with die-cuts that grow with the caterpillar, and predictable language. The butterfly that emerges from the cocoon, though no longer small or ravenous, continues to thrill readers of many ages.