Time Surfers #1: Space Bingo
Written by Tony Abbott
Trade Paperback

Ned Banks is miserable.  He's the new kid in school--and he sticks out like a sore thumb.  His life is going downhill fast.  Until something happens.  Ned's not  sure how he did it--but he beamed two kids from the year 2099 into his bedroom closet!  Roop and Suzi are Time Surfers--cool kids who travel through time.  And they... Read More
 

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
Written by Jeanne Birdsall
Hardcover

THE PENDERWICK SISTERS are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn’t quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick’s sister has decided it’s time for him to start dating—and the girls know that can only mean one thing: disaster. Enter the Save-Daddy Plan—a... Read More
 

Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One
Written by Judy Blume
Hardcover

THE PAIN AND the Great One hardly agree on anything. But deep down, they know they can count on each other, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out. Like when that first baby tooth falls out on the school bus. Or when an unwanted visitor on... Read More
 

Some Helpful Tips for a Better World and a Happier Life
Written by Rebecca Doughty
Illustrated by Rebecca Doughty
Hardcover

WHAT ARE SOME helpful tips for a better world and a happier life?
• Begin each day making funny faces in the mirror.
• Invent occasions for celebration (like International Bunny Appreciation Day.)
• Help someone in need.
• Lend Mother Nature a hand.
• Be YOU.
Simply told and vibrantly illustrated, this little book of tips... Read More
 

Veronica on Petunia's Farm
Written by Roger Duvoisin
Hardcover

VERONICA, THE VERY conspicuous hippopotamus, is happy to move to Mr. Pumpkin’s farm. There will be so many animals to gossip with! But the other animals do not return Veronica’s hearty “Good morning!” And they say nasty
things about her. Her feelings hurt, Veronica hides in the barn for a whole week—the... Read More
 

Thumbelina: Tiny Runaway Bride
Written by Barbara Ensor
Hardcover

HERE’S A CONTEMPORARY retelling of Andersen’s tale, revamped and fleshed out for today’s hip tweens. As she did in Cinderella (As If You Didn’t Already Know the Tale), Ensor re-imagines this classic, adding her own inimitable humor, flair, and stylish black-and-white silhouette spot illustrations. Thumbelina is that story most of us... Read More
 

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Written by Eugene Field
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe–
Sailed off on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew . . .

So begins Eugene Field’s lovely bedtime poem, which tells of three wee fishermen who sail up to the stars, and a boy who imagines it all before... Read More
 

Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
Written by Peggy Gifford
Photographed by Valorie Fisher
Trade Paperback

It wasn't as if Moxy Maxwell hadn't tried to do her summer reading. She and Stuart Little had been inseparable all summer, like best friends. If Stuart Little wasn't in her backpack, it was in her lap . . . or holding up the coffee table . . . or getting... Read More
 

Good Night, Leo
Written by Charise Mericle Harper
Board

IT’S TIME FOR BED, and Leo must get out of his pirate costume and into his pjs, and as he removes each item of clothing, Leo fondly says good night. (“Good night, green bandana . . . Good night, red and white shirt . . .”) Meanwhile, his friend Teddy has... Read More
 

The Ugly Guide to the Uglyverse
Written by David Horvath and Sun-Min Kim
Trade Paperback

The Uglydolls have taken our world by storm with their adorable uglyness and hilarious personalities. And now, Uglydoll lovers everywhere can get their first-ever glimpse into the mysteries of the Uglyverse! Join Wage, Babo, and the rest of the Uglydolls’ quirky characters on a tour of Ugly Town. In Ugly Guide... Read More
 

Fortune's Fool
Written by Kathleen Karr
Hardcover

CONRAD THE GOOD serves as court jester to a most unworthy master: Lord Otto “the Witless,” who rarely appreciates jesting and acrobatics and more often rewards his good fool with a good whipping. So one night, Conrad flees, leaving Otto’s realm in search of a more enlightened master—taking with him only... Read More
 

Everybody Bonjours!
Written by Leslie Kimmelman
Illustrated by Sarah McMenemy
Hardcover

Shop a fancy France-y store. Eat a pretty petit four. Discover! Sightsee! Explore! On this fun and friendly tour, everybody says “Bonjour!” Whether at a soccer stadium (“players scoring”), a crêpe stand (“batter pouring”), or strolling the Champs d’Elysee (where folks “bonjour” in every store), a little girl and her family... Read More
 

Someday When My Cat Can Talk
Written by Caroline Lazo
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker
Hardcover

THIS CHARMING, CHILD-CENTRIC book offers a glimpse into a cat’s exciting “other” life. In a little girl’s fantasy, her cat sneaks away, hops a ship, and sails off to Europe! And someday, when he can talk, he’ll tell her all about the amazing things he discovered there . . . like... Read More
 

As Good as Anybody
Written by Richard Michelson
Hardcover

MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel. Their names
stand for the quest for justice and equality.

Martin grew up in a loving family in the American South, at a time when this country was plagued by racial discrimination. He aimed to put a stop to it. He became a minister like... Read More
 

Dragon Pizzeria
Written by Mary Morgan
Hardcover

WELCOME TO DRAGON Pizzeria! BeBop and Spike are two friendly dragons who not only make delicious pizzas, but offer speedy dragon delivery anywhere in Fairy Tale Land! One giant pizza to Beanstalk Castle? BeBop cooks it up, and Spike delivers it in his hot-air balloon! Five pizzas with gumdrops to the... Read More
 

Zip! Pop! Hop! and Other Fun Words to Say
Written by Michaela Muntean
Illustrated by David Prebenna
Board

ELMO AND HIS friends have lots of fun saying oodles of words with interesting sounds—and which sometimes feel a little funny in the mouth—such as pop, zip, hopscotch, growl, snip, gurgle, squiggly, ticktock, and lots more. There are giggles galore for babies and toddlers on every single page! Read More
 

Nim at Sea
Written by Wendy Orr
Illustrated by Kerry Millard
Hardcover

This time Nim’s the fish-out-of-water as she stows away on a cruise ship to save her kidnapped sea lion friend. Accompanied by her likeable iguana, Fred, the island girl lands with a splash in Manhattan, on the run from of a very Bad Guy, and on her way to reunite with... Read More
 

Nim's Island
Written by Wendy Orr
Illustrated by Kerry Millard
Trade Paperback

A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving... Read More
 

My Baby and Me
Written by Lynn Reiser
Illustrated by Penny Gentieu
Hardcover

A NATURAL FOLLOW-UP to parent-baby bonding seen in You and Me, Baby!, Lynn Reiser and Penny Gentieu’s new concept book focuses on sibling bonding of the two-to-four year old with the new baby in the family. Told in the voice of the “big” brother or sister, close-up photos show the two... Read More
 

You and Me, Baby
Written by Lynn Reiser
Photographed by Penny Gentieu
Hardcover

"Hey, Baby! Look at you, looking at me, looking at you looking at me," says the parent narrator of this interactive book that helps new parents interact with babies as young as two months. Big close-up photographs illustrate each phrase--"waving at me, waving at you, waving at me" and so on... Read More
 

Yesterday's Magic
Written by Pamela F. Service
Hardcover

WHEN HEATHER MCKENNA is kidnapped by the sorceress Morgan LeFay, it is up to Heather’s friend Welly and the wizard Merlin (yes, that Merlin), to rescue her. Set 500 years in the future, following a nuclear devastation, the technological world has ground to a halt, but magic is beginning to take... Read More
 

The Big Tidy-Up
Written by Norah Smaridge
Illustrated by Les Gray
Hardcover

JENNIFER KNEW, AS well as you
That everything has its place,
But she just didn’t care a whit, a bit,
So her room was a real disgrace!
Jennifer’s mother has refused to touch Jennifer’s messy room until after Christmas Day. Free to let her room go, Jennifer turns a blind eye to the fustiness, the... Read More
 

Haiku Baby
Written by
Illustrated by
Board

IN TICKLY-TOE GRASS
a buttercup offers up
yellow nose kisses.

The simple delights in baby’s natural world—a bird, a fish, a leaf, a snowflake, a raindrop—are celebrated in the traditional Japanese poetic form, the haiku. In just 17 syllables, a moment, a season, the elements are joyfully captured. This peaceful little board book has... Read More
 

The Skirt
Written by Gary Soto
Hardcover

THE SKIRT IS gone. Miata Ramirez is scared and upset. She brought her forklorico skirt to show off at school and left it on the bus. It’s not just any skirt. This skirt belonged to Miata’s mother when she was a child in Mexico. On Sunday, Miata and her dance group... Read More
 

Edge Chronicles 1: Beyond the Deepwoods
Written by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell
Trade Paperback

Young Twig lives in the Deepwoods, among the Woodtrolls, but he isn’t one of them. In a brave attempt to find out where he belongs, Twig wanders into the mysterious, dangerous world beyond the Deepwoods. He meets a collection of odd companions, such as his wise guardian, the Caterbird; the Slaughterers... Read More