Duck & Goose
Written by Tad Hills
Illustrated by Tad Hills
Hardcover

Here is the first book in the popular Duck & Goose line of picture books and board books. This New York Times Bestseller and ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book stars two unforgettable characters and is filled with humor that young children will appreciate—and recognize!

Like James Marshall’s George and Martha, and Rosemary Wells’s...

How High Can a Dinosaur Count?
Written by Valorie Fisher
Illustrated by Valorie Fisher
Hardcover

Believe it or not, once Bessie balanced a tower of 8 beets. But today, when she tries to balance 8 beets . . . 3 fall. How many beets does Bessie balance today?

A clever text and imaginative art mesh to create playful, simple math problems right on target for ages 5–99...

Sky Boys: How They Built the Empire State Building
Written by Deborah Hopkinson
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Hardcover

This Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book and ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book provides a riveting brick-by-brick account of how one of the most amazing accomplishments in American architecture came to be. It’s 1930 and times are tough for Pop and his son. But look! On the corner of 34th Street and 5th... Read More
 

The Boy Who Loved Words
Written by Roni Schotter
Illustrated by Giselle Potter
Hardcover

In this Parents' Choice Gold Award–winning book, Selig collects words, ones that stir his heart (Mama!) and ones that make him laugh (giggle). But what to do with so many luscious words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (lozenge, lemon, and licorice), he figures it out...

Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story)
Written by Barbara Ensor
Illustrated by Barbara Ensor
Hardcover Library Binding

I know, I know. You’ve heard the story a million times before. Mean stepmother. Lots of sweeping. Fancy ball. You remember. Or do you? Did you remember that Cinderella was such a nice girl—so smart and funny? You probably would’ve liked her. Did you know that “Cinderella” was just a nickname?... Read More
 

Cinderella (As If You Didn't Already Know the Story)
Written by Barbara Ensor
Illustrated by Barbara Ensor
Hardcover

I know, I know. You’ve heard the story a million times before. Mean stepmother. Lots of sweeping. Fancy ball. You remember. Or do you? Did you remember that Cinderella was such a nice girl—so smart and funny? You probably would’ve liked her. Did you know that “Cinderella” was just a nickname?... Read More
 

I'm Not a Baby
Written by Jill McElmurry
Illustrated by Jill McElmurry
Hardcover

“I’m not a baby!” Leo Leotardi insists, but his family just won’t listen. Leo doesn’t want lumpy oatmeal (“Poopie,” he says); he wants waffles and syrup, like everyone else. But what the family (including Leo’s older siblings) don’t seem to notice is that, while Leo may be the baby of the... Read More
 

Porch Lies
Written by Patricia McKissack
Illustrated by Andre Carrilho
Hardcover

Side-splittingly funny, spine-chillingly spooky, this companion to a Newbery Honor–winning anthology The Dark Thirty is filled with bad characters who know exactly how to charm.

From the author's note that takes us back to McKissack's own childhood when she would listen to stories told on her front porch... to the captivating... Read More
 

Mama, I'll Give You the World
Written by Roni Schotter
Illustrated by Susan Saelig Gallagher
Hardcover

For one magical night, Luisa wants to make her single mother's worries disappear.

Every day after school Luisa goes to Walter's World of Beauty to watch her mama work-- cutting, coloring, and curling customer's hair, transforming them into the images of their dreams. Mama works hard and hardly ever smiles, but when... Read More
 

Toys Go Out
Written by Emily Jenkins
Illustrated by Paul Zelinsky
Hardcover

Here is the first book in the highly acclaimed Toys Trilogy, which is followed by the companion books Toy Dance Party and Toys Come Home. These six linked stories from Emily Jenkins, and illustrated by Caldecott Medal Winner Paul O. Zelinsky, showcase the unforgettable adventures—and misadventures—of three extraordinary friends. A Parents'... Read More
 

17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore
Written by Jenny Offill
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Hardcover

This Parenting Magazine Best Book of the Year and Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year features a kid full of fun ideas. For example, in the morning, gluing her brother's bunny slippers to the floor sounds like a good plan. But now she's not allowed to...

How to Be a Baby . . . by Me, the Big Sister
Written by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Illustrated by Sue Heap
Hardcover

The New York Times praised this best-selling picture book as "adorable, original, well-illustrated and fabulous." In this first book in the How-To Series (which includes How To Get Married and How to Get a Job), the know-it-all big sister narrator tells it like it is: When you're a baby you don't...

Duck, Duck, Goose
Written by Tad Hills
Hardcover

Duck & Goose, Goose & Duck. Feathered friends forever . . . or are they? That's what we discover in this charming and hilarious follow-up to the bestselling Duck & Goose. You see, there's a challenge to their friendship: a little whippersnapper of a duck named Thistle. Thistle's good at everything...

My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks
Written by Hanoch Piven
Hardcover

How do you draw your smelly dog? Your playful daddy? Your yummy mommy? See how one girl does it in this simple, clever picture book that's comprised of family portraits made out of objects. For example, her baby brother is so noisy—he's as loud as a whistle, a horn, and even...

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

Here's the first book in the hilarious Moxy Maxwell series, which includes Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Writing Thank-you Notes and Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Practicing the Piano. It wasn't as if Moxy hadn't tried to do her summer reading. She and Stuart Little had been inseparable all summer, like...

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
Written by Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Hardcover

Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. "How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses...

The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School
Written by Candace Fleming
Hardcover Library Binding

Here's a chapter book of contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher—the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter—that is sure to delight students and teachers alike. There's Calvin Tallywong, who wants to go back to kindergarten. But when he actually gets the chance, he's forced to do...

Mary and the Mouse, The Mouse and Mary
Written by Beverly Donofrio
Illustrated by Barbara McClintock
Hardcover

MARY LIVED IN A BIG HOUSE with a very little mouse. The mouse lived in a little house inside of a very big house, with Mary. Even though Mary has been warned to stay away from mice—and Mouse has been warned to steer clear of people—the two can't help but peek...

Waking Up Wendell
Written by April Stevens
Illustrated by Tad Hills
Hardcover

EARLY IN THE MORNING, a little bird at #1 Fish Street hops out of her nest, takes a deep breath, and begins to sing a very loud and whistley song, TWEEEEEET-TWEEEEEET-TA-TA-TA-TWEEEEEET-TWEEEEET!

So starts the story of how a chain of events results in everyone on one street waking up. The bird's song... Read More
 

The Jewel Box Ballerinas
Written by Monique de Varennes
Illustrated by Ana Juan
Hardcover

"I'LL TAKE TWO!" That's what Bibi Branchflower says about everything. She has two houses, two hats (exactly alike), and two silly dogs. But she doesn't have a single friend. When she comes across a beautiful jewel box, of course she wants two of them. Though there's only one like it in...

The All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll
Written by Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Hardcover

It's Christmas and Nella is beside herself with excitement! She and her sisters have been given a real gift—a beautiful Baby Betty doll. But it's hard to share something you've waited your whole seven-year-old life for, and Nella grabs the doll for herself. It isn't long before she discovers that a... Read More
 

Young Pele
Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Illustrated by James E. Ransome
Hardcover Library Binding

HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson—who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags—go on to become Pelé, the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth soccer tournament in...

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
Written by Alan Madison
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Hardcover

This School Library Journal Best Book of the Year celebrates everything butterfly, from migration to metamorphosis! It's hard to be Velma entering first grade. That's because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders, and no one even notices Velma. But all that changes...

What's Up, Duck?
Written by Tad Hills
Illustrated by Tad Hills
Board

Little siblings of Duck and Goose fans rejoice! The stars of the bestselling Duck & Goose and Duck, Duck, Goose return in this board book for preschoolers, this time, to introduce basic opposites. In this ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book, Goose carries an oh-so-heavy log, while duck easily balances a light-as-a-feather feather... Read More
 

Thank You, Lucky Stars
Written by Beverly Donofrio
eBook

It’s the first day of fifth grade, and Ally is psyched. She and her best friend, Betsy, are in the same class, and have already planned on singing in the annual talent show together. But it’s not long before she sees that Betsy has made a new best friend, and Ally... Read More