It’s that time of year again and Penguin is trying to plan a party for Baby Penguin. He heads to the supermarket to get some fish—everyone loves fish! But wait a second, Giraffe has texted him to say he only likes leaves! So off Penguin goes back to the supermarket. Soon enough his other friends begin to message to tell him which foods they like and after many trips to the supermarket Penguin finally gets home. But now what should he make with all this food?! And will everyone enjoy the party? Join Penguin on his shopping trips, learn about what different animals eat, and come join the party—there’s something for everyone!

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
• Published:  April 19, 2022
• Hardcover
• Size: 9.75 x 9.75 inches
• 44 Pages
• Author: Ame Dyckman
• Illustrator: Zacariah OHora
• Publisher: Tate Publishing

Oliver is not like other cats. He likes cookies and tea and just wants a friend to share them with.

Philbert is the shy mouse who lives under Oliver’s couch. He tries to get Oliver’s attention by writing him notes, but Oliver doesn’t notice little Philbert. When a full-on cat party erupts at Oliver’s apartment, brave Philbert decides this is his big chance to finally introduce himself to Oliver.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  August 8, 2017
• Hardcover
• Size: 10 x 10 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Mika Song
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Agent Lion is back, and it’s PARTY TIME!

Petunia’s birthday is today, and she’s got everything a birthday girl needs: An excited smile. The perfect bow. A big party

Wait . . . where is the party?! It was just here a second ago! The balloons, streamers, and guests are all gone!! In a mad dash to find it, Petunia calls the best detective in town, Agent Lion. He runs through the halls, follows clues, and even takes a quick swim—but will Agent Lion find Petunia’s celebration in time?

• Recommended: Ages 4-7
  
• Published:  January 5, 2021
• Hardcover
• Size: 10 x 10 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author: David Soman
• Illustrator: Jacky Davis
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Grand-père gifts Bella the hat she'd always wanted--a beret! But just as she places it on her head, a gust of wind whisks it away. When the beret accidentally lands in a chef's pan . . . hip, hip, soufflé! When it mistakenly lands on the head of a dancer . . . hip, hip, ballet! The wind continues to sweep the hat farther and farther away. Will Bella ever get back her beloved beret?

• Touch and Feel 
• Recommended: Ages 4-7
  
• Published:  February 23, 2021
• Hardcover
• Size: 7 x 9 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author: Melanie Ellsworth
• Illustrator: Morena Forza
• Publisher: Clarion Books

Dogs, dogs, dogs. The story of a rambunctious boy's journey through the park on his way to adopt the pet of his dreams—a dog, of course!

The short, upbeat, rhyming text and vibrant illustrations make I Love Dogs! perfect for reading aloud to the youngest of dog enthusiasts, but this gem makes a great gift for anyone—of any age or breed—who has ever wanted to shout to the world, "I Love Dogs!"

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  December 30, 2014
• Hardcover
• Size: 8 x 11 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author: Sue Stainton
• Illustrator: Bob Staake
• Publisher: Katherine Tegan Books

In I Love Cake!, the first picture book featuring irrepressible Moose, orderly Rabbit, and fun-loving Porcupine. Rabbit plans a fabulous birthday party with fun activities and a delicious cake. Porcupine and Moose come to enjoy Rabbit’s big day, but everything goes south when impulsive Moose loses control of his appetite!

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  May 3, 2016
• Hardcover
• Size: 10 x 9 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author: Tammi Sauer
• Illustrator: Angie Rozelaar
• Publisher: HarperCollins

This book extends the saying, “I’ll love you till the cows come home” to the humorous extreme. Along the way there are yaks in Cadillacs, sheep setting sail, frogs on big-wheeled bikes, and more, in this great read-aloud.

I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home is filled with warm, funny art and rhythmic, romping text, perfect for curling up with your little one at the end of the day...or anytime you want to express your love. Makes a good baby shower or Valentine's Day gift.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  December 18, 2018
• Hardcover
• Size: 10 x 10 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author: Kathryn Cristaldi
• Illustrator: Kristyna Litten
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Capybara will do anything for his friends. But it’s exhausting—and when Capybara meets a potential new friend who doesn’t seem to be responding to his advances, Capybara learns a valuable lesson. His friends like him just for who he is!

This book is an excellent teaching tool for lessons on friendship and creating boundaries within those relationships. It is a funny story for families to share, and a great read-aloud at home or in the classroom! 

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  March 22, 22
• Hardcover
• Size: 10 x 10 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Maddie Frost
• Publisher: HarperCollins

Poor Anna’s dad has to go to work on his birthday, so she decides to throw him a surprise party and teach him how to really have some fun. She invites her friends and all of their dads to join in the best birthday party of all time, full of games, cake, fancy-dress costumes and awkward dad dancing!

Can her dad learn to embrace his inner child and have some fun? Find out in the perfect illustrated children's book for Father's Day.

• Recommended: Ages 3-5
• Published:  June 11, 2019
• Paperback
  
• Size: 9.5 x 11 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author: Adam and Charlotte Guillain
• Illustrator: Ada Grey
• Publisher: Farshore

Ada hates everything about ballet class, yet she still has to go! Arabesques? Grotesque! And then one Saturday, Ada pliés right out the door and into the hallway, smacking into someone who thinks her ungraceful moves are great!

Children who love ballet—and definitely those who don’t—will delight in this clever, subversive tale about a kid who has to do what she doesn’t like in order to discover what she loves.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  August 9, 2016
• Hardcover
• Size: 9 x 9 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Elise Gravel
• Publisher: HarperCollins

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
• Published: October 20, 2020 
• Hardcover
• Size: 10 x 10 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Chris Raschka
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books

• Recommended: Ages 2-6
• Published:  July 11, 2017
• Hardcover
• Size: 10.5 x 10.5 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author: Mark Sperring
• Illustrator: Sarah Warburton
• Publisher: HarperCollins

You’re not going to find a more heartwarming dynamic duo than Pig and Mouse! Join Pig as he learns how to turn his “what if" worries from anxiety to optimism, all with the help of his loving friend Mouse.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  June 8, 2021
• Hardcover
• Size: 8 x 10 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Linzie Hunter
• Publisher: HarperCollins

 

Discover a different way to find happiness every day of the year with this pocket-size book that celebrates the little things that bring great joy. Be inspired by famous people on their birthdays; learn how to spot and find flowers throughout each season; create your own gratitude jar; learn how to make pastries; make a gift for someone you love; discover the pleasure of letter writing; and find joy in a rainy day. Packed with art activities, famous birthdays, inventions, international holidays, facts, and trivia about the world around us, each page offers a mindful prompt to encourage gratitude for things we have, every day.

• Recommended: Ages 3-8
• Published:  November 16, 2021
• Hardcover
• Size: 5 x 8.25 inches
• 368 Pages
• Author: Joanne Ruelos Diaz
• Illustrator: Annelies Draws
• Publisher: Magic Cat

Once there was a river flowing through a forest. The river didn’t know it was capable of adventures until a big bear came along. But adventures aren’t any fun by yourself, and so enters Froggy, Turtles, Beaver, Racoons, and Duck.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
• Published:  June 4, 2019
• Hardcover
• Size: 9.5 x 12 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author: Richard T. Morris
• Illustrator: LeUyen Pham
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Aboard the S.S. Cliff, First Mate Foxy reads an interesting fact: “Lemmings don’t jump off cliffs.” But Foxy can’t get the lemmings on the Cliff to read his book, too. They’re too busy jumping off.

After a chilly third rescue, exasperated Foxy and grumbly polar bear Captain PB realize their naughty nautical crew isn’t being stubborn: The lemmings (Jumper, Me Too, and Ditto) can’t read. And until Foxy patiently teaches his lemmings to read the book, he can’t return to reading it, either!

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
• Published:  November 7, 2017
• Hardcover
• Size: 10.25 x 10.5 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author: Ame Dyckman
• Illustrator: Zacariah OHora
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love.

• Recommended: Ages 3-5
• Published:  May 14, 2013
• Hardcover
• Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Greg Pizzoli
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Settle down with this funny book and learn about the magic of reading as a kind librarian teaches a silly pig how much fun reading can be!

The Book Hog loves books — the way they look, the way they feel, the way they smell–and he'll grab whatever he can find. There's only one problem: he can't read! But when a kind librarian invites him to join for storytime, this literature-loving pig discovers the treasure that books really are.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  March 26, 2019
• Hardcover
• Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
• 48 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Greg Pizzoli
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Poor Vanilla Cupcake. He’s feeling a bit drab next to his fancy brothers and sisters. But when his new pal, Candle, comes along with some fresh ideas, the two hatch a plan to become the snazziest duo ever found on a plate!

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  January 18, 2010
• Hardcover
• Size: 9.5 x 9.5 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Cherise Mericle Harper
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

They’re off! Sam is the best race-car driver in history — he is number one at every race! But when his best friend, Maggie, shows that she has racing talent of her own, Sam doesn’t know how to handle coming in second place. Will he learn what it truly means to be a winner? With his signature light touch, Greg Pizzoli’s upbeat story about being a good sport is perfect for read-aloud.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  May 13, 2014
• Hardcover
• Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Greg Pizzoli
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

When our young hero settles in to read, the last thing he wants is for some noisy animals to ruin the ending of his book. But ruin it they do. And as it turns out, the boy is quickly approaching a surprise ending of his own! Maybe he should have listened to the animals after all. . . .

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  June 7, 2016
• Hardcover
• Size: 9 x 11.5 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author: Minh Le
• Illustrator: Isabel Roxas
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Charlie thinks his dog, Norman, has got it good: he gets to spend his days lounging on the couch or playing fetch, and he never has to do any homework. But when Charlie makes a wish to be a dog instead of a boy, things get a little topsy-turvy!

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  June 17, 2014
• Hardcover
• Size: 9 x 11 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author: Kelly DiPucchio
• Illustrator: Brian Biggs
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

When Poe plants himself in the road and refuses to budge, the people of Prickly Valley try all sorts of methods to get him to go—but one thoughtful little girl works up the courage to do what no one else has done: asks him.

Balancing both hilarity and sensitivity, Poe Won't Go has the feel of a contemporary classic, reminding readers that there is power in one, power in listening, and power in being a friend.

• Recommended: Ages 3-5
  
• Published:  October 16, 2018
• Hardcover
• Size: 9 x 11 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author: Kelly DiPucchio
• Illustrator: Zachariah OHora
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Lucy is the world's longest dog, but just how long is she? Like, are we talking pretty long? Or super-crazy number-one-record-breaking BANANAS long? See for yourself in this hilarious picture book. (Warning: the dog is very long.)

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  February 2, 2021
• Hardcover
• Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
• 48 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Avery Monsen
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Dinosaur is going to one of his favorite places: the library! On the way, he invites his friends—a lonesome turtle, a sad owl and more—to ROAR along with him. But how will his roaring go over at the library? Has Dinosaur finally met his match in Storytime? By combining everyone's favorite feisty red dinosaur with a variety of animals and a celebration of reading, author-illustrator-designer Bob Shea has created another irresistible romp for toddlers and parents to enjoy together.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  September 27, 2011
• Hardcover
• Size: 9 x 11 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Bob Shea
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Skip, skip, skip to my moo, skip to my moo my darlings! Moo-ve and groove with your favorite farm animals as cow begins a raucous hoedown in the barnyard. Follow the animals as they do-si-do, two-step, sashay, and line dance their way to the best barn party you ever saw.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  HardcoverMarch 1, 2022
• Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches
• 32 Pages
• Author: Iza Trapani
• Illustrator: Maddie Frost
• Publisher: Running Press Kids

Rah! Buddy's a monster, and he's hungry! Time for all cute little bunnies to hop into his mouth. "Oh no!" they say. "There are cupcakes in the oven!" They offer Buddy some, and he becomes too full to eat the bunnies. He'll have to come back tomorrow. And so it goes between Buddy and the bunnies — they take him swimming, after which he is too tired to eat; they take him on all the rides at a carnival, after which he is too dizzy to eat; they even form a Buddy fan club… and who could eat their own fan club? Eventually Buddy realizes that the bunnies have trickled him. The bunnies aren't food at all–they are friends!

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  January 7, 2014
• Hardcover
• Size: 9 x 11 inches
• 40 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Bob Shea
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Mr. McMonkey is your host, and your contestants are America’s favorite stunt clam, Action Clam…and a cow! These unlikely daredevils face off in a zany sequence of challenges–and readers get to guess the outcome of all the wacky stunts. The winner gets a Golden Banana! Readers will be laughing, cheering, and giving themselves a round of applause as they play the game over and over again.

• Recommended: Ages 4-8
  
• Published:  September 18, 2018
• Hardcover
• Size: 8.5 x 11 inches
• 48 Pages
• Author & Illustrator: Bob Shea
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers