New Children's Picture Books

A child plans an elaborate birthday party and eagerly counts the months, days, hours, and minutes before the celebration.

When a busy family's activities come to a halt because of a blackout, they find they enjoy spending time together and not being too busy for once.

As each page is turned, the hole in the center of the book becomes a space for different things. Questions and activities encourage children to imagine the various possibilities.

When Jilly encounters a mysterious orange cloud on a family outing to Lake Erie, she and her mother go to investigate the phenomenon. Includes facts about monarch butterflies.

A cumulative tale of a farm maiden who, aided by a group of animals, prepares "Arroz con Leche," or rice pudding. Includes recipe and glossary of the Spanish words that are woven throughout the text.

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

A story in rhyme, lovingly expressing that every child is born with a crown of features that gives them unique value as they grow.

Pairs of circular shapes convey opposite relationships in the arc of a day.

Frightened after the scary waterspout incident, the Eensy Weensy Spider needs some encouragement from her friend the ladybug before she will try climbing again.

Cherishing the special broom resting above her hearth for its representation of the slave heritage that once forbade legal marriages, Ellen prepares for her parents' triumphant registry at a Reconstruction-era courthouse as lawful husband and wife and proudly carries the broom so that they can repeat a cultural wedding tradition.

An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals.

When Holly's family moves from the city to a farm, she longs to get a horse for her birthday. Based on events in the author's childhood.

Mama has said it is time for "Lights out! Sweet dreams! No more reading in bed," but her five little monkeys cannot resist reading just a few more books to one another.

In this sequel to the chicken thief, the chicken goes on an adventure when the refrigerator is empty and finds a surprise when returning home.

The Funny Thing is an "aminal" who eats nothing but dolls until the good little man of the mountains gets him to taste the jum jills.

George does not feel ready to learn to fly, leave his nest, and go South with the other birds, despite his mother's encouragement, but when a strong autumn wind gets hold of the nest, he may have no choice.

When Henry falls in love with a puppy but his father will not buy it for him, his heart reacts strangely. Includes facts about the heart's role within the body.

Provides simple, step-by-step instructions for teaching a slug how to read, including using Mother Slug rhymes, helping your slug sound out words, and making vocabulary lists.

Because he can only speak Spanish, Francisco, son of a migrant worker, has trouble when he begins first grade, but his fascination with the caterpillar in the classroom helps him begin to fit in.

On a cold winter day, a curious dog wandered onto a frozen river, and before he knew it he was traveling fast on a sheet of ice. Many people tried to help, but the dog could not be reached. Finally, after two nights and seventy-five miles, the little dog was saved by a ship out in the Baltic Sea.

After learning how to dance a style of flamenco known as the fandango, Lola plans a surprise for her mother's birthday.

The story of the greedy Once-ler, who ignores the Lorax's warnings and chops down all the Truffula trees, causing a local pollution problem.

A boy who likes to wear his favorite clothes constantly, no matter what, leaves his smelly, black-and-white sneakers outside his tent during a campout and witnesses their effect on a passing skunk.

A little rabbit is very angry at his mother, and he tells her the reasons why.

Marcel is a creature with one eye and pink shoes and he lives in a shell. Detailed paintings illustrate the scenes as he describes his day around the house. Follow Marcel the Shell as he introduces his neighbors, favorite activities, and home.

When extremely good-looking King Duncan builds more and more tributes to his handsome face, neglecting kingdom projects and repairs, his loyal subjects find a mustachioed solution.

Elizabeth is tired of everyone shortening her first name and calling her Lizzie, Liz or Beth, but suffers in silence, until one autumn day when her impatience gets the best of her and she learns an important lesson about tact and grace.

Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.

As one season turns into the next, a father and son take the time to observe the subtle and obvious changes to their cherry tree--waiting until just the right time to pick the cherries from their branches in order to make the perfect pie!

Looks at how wind and water, birds and animals, plants and people work together unaware to create a wild meadow garden.

Poggle and his friend, Henry, find something unexpected when they decide to dig for buried treasure.

Mister Bud, the family dog, has a satisfying routine to his life, but when another dog joins the family and disrupts his schedule, Mister Bud must learn to adapt.

A lost, lonely, and scrawny cat, hungry and afraid, unexpectedly meets someone who takes him in and loves him.

Solomon Crocodile's rough play prevents him from making friends down by the river until a stranger comes stomping through the reeds!

In Strega Nona's village, the holiday season is a time of celebrations-and nothing says celebration like a feast. All the kitchens are bustling from the Feast of San Nicola, when the children choose the food, to the Feast of Epiphany, when someone gets to be king or queen for the day. Even the animals share in the holiday spirit, and when Big Anthony smells the delicious treats Strega Nona is cooking for them, he decides that just a taste couldn't hurt, right? Wrong. Big Anthony gets his just "desserts," while Strega Nona surprises everyone with a special gift. --From publisher's description.

When Floyd's kite gets stuck in a tree, he tries to knock it down with increasingly larger and more outrageous things.

Cat, Dog, and Mouse live together contentedly in a cottage by the sea, dividing the work between them, until A. Stranger, Esq., a fox from the Winds of Change company, arrives and stirs up trouble.

Illustrations and brief text portray the events of the 1963 march in Washington, D.C., where the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a historic speech.

Tommy looks everywhere in the house for his lost toy truck.