10 Trim-the-Tree'ers
Janet Schulman
Illustrated by Linda Davick

Count your way to the holidays with ten little neighbors trimming the tree in their building's lobby. This brightly colored Christmas board book begs to be read aloud again and again.

Little Pookie
Sandra Boynton

This book introduces Pookie, in a sweet sort-of counting book. Mom lists ten particular things she knows about Pookie. ("You like macaroni. You're suspicious of peas.") punctuated by brief comments by Pookie. A perfect ending awaits.

Colors, Numbers, Letters
Leo Lionni

Leo Lionni's playful mice present the three most basic early-learning concepts in one irresistible board book.

Duck & Goose, 1, 2, 3
Tad Hills

One goose. Two ducks. Three friends. As the characters illustrate from numbers 1 to 10, children will love to follow along with the simple text and all-new original art.

Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine
Allison Wortche
Illustrated by Patrice Barton

Violet runs the fastest, sings the highest, looks the fanciest, and talks the loudest. Everyone agrees that she's the best. Except Rosie. Rosie isn't fast, or loud, or fancy, but she's tired of hearing that Violet is the best.

Educators Guide Available!

School for Bandits
Hannah Shaw

Ralph Raccoon is disturbingly well behaved, clean and tidy, shockingly polite, and he even brushes his teeth! Mr. and Mrs. Raccoon are worried--how will Ralph ever become a great raccoon bandit like Grandpa Cutlass or Uncle Whiskers?

Tom's Tweet
Jill Esbaum
Illustrated by Dan Santat

Tom is on the hunt for a tasty morning treat when he spies a flip-flapping, fluttery bird just there for the taking. Hello, breakfast! But little Tweet with his big black button eyes is too skinny to eat. Tom is determined to not get involved, but he can't just leave Tweet there.

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

A laugh-out-loud look at all the fun things grown-ups never let you do . . . now in paperback! Jenny Offill, author of 11 Experiments That Failed, describes how tough it is to be a kid, when even the (seemingly) best ideas are met with resistance.

The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to Be
Mini Grey

For those of you who may have wondered how anyone could feel a tiny garden-variety pea under the weight of twenty mattresses, this book will put that question to rest once and for all.

Young Pele
Lesa Cline-Ransome Illustrated by James Ransome

Here is the story of the boy who with great determination, lightning speed, and amazing skill overcame tremendous odds to become the world champion soccer star Pele.

Safari, So Good!: All About African Wildlife
Bonnie Worth
Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz and Joe Mathieu

The Cat takes Sally and Nick to Africa--where they meet some really big cats--and all sorts of other animals, too, including elephants, zebra, giraffe, hippos, warthogs, buffalo, baboons, side-striped jackals, spotted hyena, galagos, pythons, vipers, and six kinds of antelope!

Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry?: All About Deserts
Tish Rabe
Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz and Joe Mathieu

The Cat takes Sally and Dick to explore different kinds of deserts around the world, from the hot, dry Sonoran and Mojavi to the bitter cold Gobi and Antarctica.

Ice is Nice!: All About the North and South Poles
Bonnie Worth
Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz and Joe Mathieu

The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick to visit the North and South Poles, where they mingle with native animals--reindeer, musk oxen, polar bears, caribou, and all sorts of penguins.

Mason Dixon: 4th Grade Disasters
Claudia Mills
Illustrated by Guy Francis

Everyone in fourth grade is expected to join the school choir. And sing. In front of everyone. Mason can't think of many things he enjoys less than singing. But performing in front of other people might come close.

The Dead Gentleman

Matthew Cody

Featuring a kid hero, time travel, and otherworld portals in unexpected places (maybe there are monsters under your bed), The Dead Gentleman is a wild ride between parallel New York City timestreams--1901 and today.

The New Kid
Mavis Jukes

Newbery Honor Award-winning author Mavis Jukes is back with a lovable new character named Carson. His father moves him to a new town in Northern California, where he'll be the new kid in class-friendless and alone, except for his beloved stuffed moose (named Moose, of course).

Mastiff: The Legend of Beka Cooper #3
Tamora Pierce

The Legend of Beka Cooper gives Tamora Pierce's fans exactly what they want--a smart and savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of Tortall's Lower City--while offering plenty of appeal for new readers as well.

Extraordinary*: *The True Story of My Fairygodparent, Who Almost Killed Me, and Certainly Never Made Me a Princess
Adam Selzer

Jennifer Van Der Berg would like you to know that the book ostensibly written about her--Born to Be Extraordinary by Eileen Codlin--is a bunch of bunk. Here's the REAL scoop . . .

Don't Expect Magic
Kathy McCullough

Delaney Collins doesn't believe in fairy tales. And why should she? Her mom is dead, her best friend is across the country, and she's stuck in California with "Dr. Hank," her famous life-coach father--a man she barely knows. Happily ever after? Yeah, right.

The File on Angelyn Stark
Catherine Atkins

One day, her neighbor and friend, Nathan, saw something happen. Something between Angelyn and her stepfather. Then he told his grandmother, who was always looking out for Angelyn, and it turned into a mess. But Nathan didn't know what he was talking about then, and he doesn't know now.

Finding Somewhere
Joseph Monninger

Determined to set an old horse free, Hattie and Delores drive him west in search of rangeland. But the road takes some unexpected turns as the girls get their own taste of freedom--and as they confront the reasons they left home.

The Sharp Time
Mary O'Connell

Sandinista Jones is a high school senior with a punk rock name and a broken heart. The death of her single mother has left Sandinista alone in the world, subject to the random vulnerability of everyday life. When the school system lets her down, she ponders a violent act of revenge.