![Ashley Bryan's Puppet: Making Something from Everything](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1442487283.jpg?itok=7owP6ZqH)
Unique puppets created from stones, shells and other found objects on a Maine beach launch stories and poems. In the hands of an award-winning master storyteller, poet, author and illustrator, each poem or tale becomes a memorable experience. Bryan and his puppets are shown in vibrant, full-color photographs.
Ashley Bryan’s Puppet: Making Something from Everything
![Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062270583.jpg?itok=sSoGENFU)
Young Amelia, the literalist who grows up to be a truly unique maid, is inspired to start her own backyard zoo. As in other Amelia Bedelia stories, the wordplay is sure to amuse as it expands readers’ language.
Amelia Bedelia Goes Wild
![Baby Animal Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763670693.jpg?itok=gPkn63EU)
A jolly group of young children visit baby animals at a farm, chasing, following, feeding them — and more. Each activity includes a sound or a word sure to encourage repetition. Soft lines and gentle colors capture the diverse group of toddlers on each sturdy page!
Baby Animal Farm
![The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/037585715X.jpg?itok=owBasd5I)
Leonard Marcus, a nationally acclaimed writer on children’s literature, has created a richly annotated edition of this perennial favorite. Marcus’s expansive annotations include interviews with the author and illustrator, illuminating excerpts from Juster’s notes and drafts, cultural and literary commentary, and Marcus’s own insights on the book.
The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth
![Wing Wing Brothers Geometry Palooza](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823429512.jpg?itok=A64GW1f-)
Walter, Wendell, Woody, and Wilmer Wing Wing, feathered siblings, share comic adventures beginning with their first amazing feat, “Describing Relative Positions” (in front, behind, etc.). They continue by composing simple shapes, and conclude by partitioning a rectangle into equal parts. While wacky, the Wing Wings’s exploits enliven basic math concepts and vocabulary.
Wing Wing Brothers Geometry Palooza
![Planes Go](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452128995.jpg?itok=G5tU4sOa)
The horizontal format of this sturdy board book is just right for images of all manner of flying machine — from a seaplane to a space shuttle. Each deft image is accompanied by a similar refrain, “The helicopter goes,…” followed by onomatopoeic sounds dramatically presented in bold typeface.
Planes Go
![If You Were a Dog](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374335303.jpg?itok=KtatqpZb)
Effervescent language and lively illustrations ask readers what kind of dog, cat, fist, bird, bug, frog, or dinosaur they’d be — but since they are not, they can “arrooo! like a dog, hiss! like a cat,” or even “chomp, stomp, roar! like a dinosaur” in this playful, imaginative book.
If You Were a Dog
![Animal School: What Class Are You?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823430456.jpg?itok=V88S4hiX)
This look at vertebrates glimpses mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians though rhyming couplets and attractive, textured woodcuts. A brief outline of characteristics and examples in each category and further resources are also included.
Animal School: What Class Are You?
![Rooting for You](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1423152301.jpg?itok=AL57bIUp)
Growing up is not easy, even for a small seed. But with encouragement from a bespectacled worm, a frightened seed pushes on and up and develops into a handsome flower. Rhyming text and cartoon line drawings suggest the challenges of sprouting — both literally and figuratively — while presenting a saga in which many children will see themselves.
Rooting for You
![Mama Built a Little Nest](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1442421169.jpg?itok=LM11o4ib)
Birds craft surprisingly unique nests. Brief verses introduce different birds and how their nest is made complemented by equally engaging but concise factual information in a different typeface. Memorable illustrations are realistic, made of cut paper collages placed on uncluttered pages.
Mama Built a Little Nest
![Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763648426.jpg?itok=prUGoo5c)
Seasons are celebrated from spring when “Rain beats down,/roots stretch up…” to a cold winter night as “A welcome mat of moonlight/on the floor…” entices a child to snuggle in a warm bed. Accessible, jewel-toned illustrations add setting and movement to a wide range of appealing and very short poems.
Firefly July: A Year of Very Short Poems
![Subway](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0670036226.jpg?itok=tnBijcsw)
Rhythmic language and lively illustration invite readers to join a mother and her child as they travel on the subway. The young girl enjoys the sights and sounds of a diverse city when they travel uptown by going “down, down, down.”
Subway
![Locomotive](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416994157.jpg?itok=UVrnNvNV)
They met in the middle, the workers who built the railway across the United States. The narration speaks directly to readers which follows two unnamed children journey to California. Combined with richly detailed illustration, this dramatic, informative journey is the winner of the 2014 Caldecott Medal. (2014 Caldecott Medal Winner)
Locomotive
![E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763660434.jpg?itok=sh4GesSb)
When Old MacDonald tires of cutting his large suburban lawn, he gets a goat and then a very smart little red hen. When compost and manure are added — and in spite of neighbors’ concerns — MacDonald has a thriving farm to everyone’s delight! This lively, rhyming tale with its exaggerated illustrations just may inspire suburban and perhaps urban gardening.
E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm
![City Cat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374313210.jpg?itok=DYamlGWk)
The travels of an independent black cat parallel that of a family of four. Both start and end in Rome but intersect as they visit landmarks in other European cities. Lyrical text and delicate, detailed illustrations evoke the wonder of travel. The trip concludes with brief information about the places visited; end pages include a rough map of the travel.
City Cat
![Cat Says Meow and Other An-i-mal-o-poe-ia](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452112347.jpg?itok=kdYYEjRE)
The sounds familiar animals make (such as squeak, meow, oink) are each presented in a simple sentence. The letters used in the onomatopoeic sound are embedded in a strong graphic image of the animal. Colors of the image and animal sound correspond, placed on an uncluttered white page. Some jump out, others require careful examination; all are clever.
Cat Says Meow and Other An-i-mal-o-poe-ia
![Yoo-Hoo, Lady Bug!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1442434007.jpg?itok=0tVeoMEs)
A small ladybug loves to hide — and she does it well in each familiar scene. “Yoo-hoo, Ladybug? Where are you?” She’s hiding behind the teddy bear, tucked in a box, and other places in this brightly illustrated, rhyming hide-and-seek book for younger children.
Yoo-Hoo, Lady Bug!
![Diggers Go](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452118647.jpg?itok=NLFM8fV0)
What sound does an excavator or a forklift make? Each makes its own noise, presented here in bold, dramatic typefaces dynamically shown on sturdy horizontal pages. Children can be encouraged to repeat sounds made by the variety of equipment — likely to delight construction aficionados.
Diggers Go
![Ann and Nan Are Anagrams](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452109141.jpg?itok=uw9VRItF)
Word problems run in Robert’s family. When his grandma told him about anagrams, “different words (even phrases and sentences) that have exactly the same letters,” he just couldn’t get away from them! Playful illustrations and varied typeface add to the wordplay fun.
Ann and Nan Are Anagrams
![Amelia Bedelia: Road Trip!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062095021.jpg?itok=EzMCbmok)
When young Amelia’s dad gets an extra week of vacation from work, they go on a special family vacation — roaming — all recorded in Amelia Bedelia’s faithfully kept journal. Her literalist tendencies are humorous and portend the housekeeper she grows into in later books.
Amelia Bedelia: Road Trip!
![The Wing Wing Brothers: Carnival de Math](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823426041.jpg?itok=ImJqQTa2)
Math is all around when the Bird brothers, Woody, Willy, Wilmer, Wendell and Walter compete at games, eat hot dogs, and ride the Ferris wheel at a carnival. Comic illustrations combine with words and numerals to highlight the brothers’ alliterative tale while illuminating basic math concepts.
The Wing Wing Brothers: Carnival de Math
![The Monster Who Did My Math](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561454206.jpg?itok=yinb1Faa)
A boy recalls when he was “frightened by numbers” with an “allergic reaction/to multiplication … addition … subtraction.” The narrator ultimately diminishes his fear and the creepy clown-like monster when he realizes how important and fun math can be. Richly-hued illustrations for this cautionary tale are oversized, sitting atop the rhyming text.
The Monster Who Did My Math
![Help Me Learn Subtraction](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823424014.jpg?itok=lfwcXalS)
Simple rhymes combine with crisp, uncluttered photographs to ask (and answer visually as well as with numerals) simple questions that are answered with subtraction. Number sentences (e.g., 8 - 2=6) are also included for each as are clever asides or additional information on each double page spread.
Help Me Learn Subtraction
![Princess Tales: Once Upon a Time in Rhyme with Seek-and-Find Pictures](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0312679580.jpg?itok=6JxZGDQ3)
Ten princess tales are retold in verse accompanied by highly detailed illustrations that encourage close examination. The lush illustrations place princesses in unique settings, affirming their universal appeal. “The Princess and the Frog”, for example, is set in China; the princess whose sleep is disturbed by a single pea under many mattresses appears in an African county.