Children's Books

3 years & up. My Truck Is Stuck. Rotten luck. Can't go! My truck is stuck. Tug and tow. Two engines roar. But the truck won't go. Not one inch more. Does anyone know how to make my stuck truck go? In this read-aloud book, young readers are introduced to the ins and outs of hauling, beeping, and repairing. 40 pages.

Hardcover.

4 - 8 years. Humor and rhyme will delight young children and keep them asking for you to read again and again. You will find his relentless badness both funny and liberating. Hardback. 32 pages.

Hardcover

3 - 7 years. Lily and Salma are best friends. They like doing all the same things, and they always eat lunch together. Lily eats peanut butter and Salma eats hummus--but what's that between friends? It turns out, a lot. Before they know it, a food fight breaks out. Can Lily and Salma put aside their differences? Or will a sandwich come between them? In a glorious three-page gatefold at the end of the book, Salma, Lily, and all their classmates come together in the true spirit of tolerance and acceptance.… More »

4 years & up. To one young narrator, it's the simple things that mean the most, like sharing laughter with a friend, taking family rides in the country, and kissing her mama's arm. Paperback. 32 pages.

2 years & up. Help your children to take a restful pause in their day with this Mindful Tots Board Books set. This set of books is designed to help young children manage the ups and downs of everyday emotions by making the mindfulness techniques relatable. Children will enjoy the unique illustrations and simple text as they explore the engaging activities. Board books contain thick pages that are easy for smaller hands to turn. Each book is 14 pages.

3 - 10 years. Learn about how teamwork, responsibility and kindness can make a community a better place for everyone. With each deck, children can play games, develop storytelling and writing skills, and build unique stories with color-coded character, setting, and object cards. Includes 36 wordless cards and a booklet.

A Level 1 Beginning to Read DK Reader that accurately portrays a day in the life of a real firefighter, perfect for young children.<br /> The fire alarm goes off! Rob Green and the other firefighters go into action. Is there time to save a little girl's dog? Read this DK paperback book to find out about a firefigher's busy and exciting day.<br />  

4 years and up. A girl growing up in the bustling city of Lagos, Nigeria takes a trip to spend a week with her Muslim extended family in the countryside town of Ijebu to celebrate Eid al-Adha. Her days in Ijebu are filled with celebrations, traditions, and special time connecting with family. Breathtaking illustration and poetic writing draws the reader into the sensory experience of celebrating Eid in Nigeria, includes information about Nigeria and Eid al-Adha, recipe for Nigerian Puff Puff and more. 32 pages.

4 years and up. Magaly enjoys the yummy Cuban food her abuela has been cooking since arriving from Havana. When Magaly's sweater goes missing, she discovers that Abuela is making ropa vieja for dinner. Old clothes for dinner? Magaly needs to hide the rest of her clothes before her family eats them up. Spanish vocabulary and two delicious recipes for ropa vieja and arroz con leche. 32 pages.

Hardcover.

Children will enjoy the rhyming, cumulative tale accompanied by bouncy illustrations. Predictable tale allows children to develop important pre-reading skills.

Features rhyming text and illustrations that introduce the many different adventures that occur on a farm.

4 - 8 years. The good egg has been good for as long as he can remember. While the other eggs in his carton are kind of rotten, he always does the right, kind, and courteous thing. He is a verrrrrrry good egg indeed! Until one day he decides that enough is enough! He begins to crack (quite literally) from the pressure of always having to be grade-A perfect. In this funny and charming story, the good egg learns that it's not always necessary to be perfect, and sometimes okay not to always be a good egg. Hardcover. 40 pages.

Paperback

The consequences of giving a cookie to this energetic mouse run the young host ragged, but young readers will come away smiling at the antics that tumble like dominoes through the pages of this delightful picture book. Hardback. 40 pages.

Everybody gets angry sometimes. For children, anger can be very upsetting. Parents, teachers, and children can talk about it. People do lots of different things when they get angry. In this Caldecott-honor book, children will see what Sophie does when she gets angry.

If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he'll want some jam to go with it. When he's eaten all your muffins, he'll want to go to the store to get some more muffin mix. And the story goes on and on...

Ages 5 - 7 years, Reading Level 1. "Smash! Crash! Scrape! Scrunch!... BIG machines do BIG jobs." Whether they're knocking down an old factory or building a new park with a pond, there's a big machine for every job. Cranes, bulldozers, excavators, and concrete mixers are put to the test, knocking down walls, scooping up rubble, and digging holes. 32 pages

2 - 5 years. Discover all sorts of interesting things to see in this Bill Martin classic. The gentle rhyming and gorgeous illustrations in this classic picture book make it a dog-eared favorite on many children's bookshelves. On each page, we meet a new animal who nudges us onward to discover which creature will show up next: "Blue Horse, Blue Horse, What do you see? I see a green frog looking at me." This pattern is repeated over and over, until the pre-reader can chime in with the reader,… More »

3 years & up. Ro, ro, the rattlin’ bog, the bog down in the valley-o! Joining Barefoot’s singalong collection, this rollicking traditional Irish tune sung by a traditional Irish band explores an Irish peat bog where a rattlin’ (Irish slang for “wonderful”) tree contains a rattlin’ nest, which contains a rattlin’ egg, which contains a rattlin’ bird all the way down to a seed of a brand-new rattlin’ tree. Includes notes on Irish peat bogs and the creatures that live there, as well as plant and… More »

4 years & up. Star the starling wants to sing all by himself so that everyone will look at his beautiful feathers but when a hawk comes hunting, Star discovers that there’s more strength and power in community than in being alone. This thrilling original fable about why starlings flock in murmurations and why their wings have speckles. 32 pages.

4 years & up. Join David as he enters school. He is clearly a handful. When given the opportunity he rises to the occassion and receives a golden star. 32 pages.