Dream Friends

Author	Kashmira Sheth
ISBN	1561456969

In the current run of titles about older siblings feeding younger ones, this one stands out for its inventive imagery. --** Starred Review ** Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2013

"... abundant visual hyperbole, and unexpected delights on nearly every page." --** Starred Review ** Publishers Weekly,...

Author	Philip C. Stead
ISBN	1596437111

While out foraging for interesting things, Vernon the toad finds a new friend - a small blue bird who is curiously silent. Vernon shows Bird the river and the forest and some of his other favorite things, but Bird says nothing. Vernon introduces Bird to his friends, Skunk and Porcupine, but Bird still...

Author

Bob Staake

"Like nothing you have seen before," raves Kirkus Reviews in a starred review.

In his most beautiful and moving work to date, Bob Staake explores the universal themes of loneliness, bullying, and the importance of friendship. In this emotional picture book, readers will be captivated as...

Author	Matthew Olshan
ISBN	0375962255

   In Paris, France, there lived a humble postman named Lalouche. He was small, but his hands were nimble, his legs were fast, and his arms were strong. When his job was replaced by an electric car, he turned to boxing to support himself and his pet finch, Genevieve. But--"You? A boxer?" the fighters...

Author	Eve Bunting
ISBN	0547752679

“I have lost my new blue socks. Did I put them in my box?” Simple rhymes—including socks, box, fox, and ox!—spin the tale of a small duck who waddles through the countryside, forlornly searching for his blue socks. “I’m trying not to be depressed. / Without my socks I feel undressed.” Finally,...

Author	Eva Moore
ISBN	0439448611

An engaging and charming true rescue story illustrated by a Christopher Award winner!

Early one morning, Mama Duck takes her babies for a walk. They follow safely behind her as they leave their pond, waddle through the park, and stop in the little sunlit town's parking lot for yummy breakfast....

Author	Zachariah OHora
ISBN	0803738528

Nilson and Amelia do everything together. But if one little thing goes wrong, Nilson throws the biggest, most house shaking-est fit ever! Amelia helps Nilson control his gorilla-sized temper by promising him banana ice cream and letting him play with her froggy coin purse. But, sometimes, Amelia...

Author	Dan Bar-el
ISBN	0670014028

Everybody knows your typical dragon breathes fire.

But when Crispin tries to breathe fire on his seventh birthday, fire doesn't come out—only whipped cream! Each time Crispin tries to breathe fire, he ends up with

Band-Aids

marshmallows

teddy bears?

...

Author

Birgitta Sif

An imaginative child who doesn’t quite fit in finds a kindred spirit in this utterly charming picture book from a debut author-illustrator.

Oliver is different. He enjoys his solitude. He likes playing with his friends, who are puppets, stuffed animals, and other toys. With his rich imagination,...

Author	Michaël Escoffier
ISBN	1592701310

We have a real winner here. This book is great.

From the page four, where the kid you're reading this with will look at you incredulously as the word "poo" appears, to its shocking surprise twist ending, you can't ask for better children's literature than this.

Leon is a chameleon. He...

Author	Lizi Boyd
ISBN	1452106444

Summary: This wordless picture book, details the course of a year and focuses of the adventures between a boy and his many pets. He enjoys his life both inside and outside with them and finds fun things to do throughout different seasons. The new discoveries of various inside and outside items are shown...

Author	Angela Dominguez
ISBN	0803738641

Hugo is a dapper little bird who adores the Eiffel Tower -- or at least his view of it from down here. Hugo, you see, has never left the ground. So when he meets another bird, the determined Lulu, who invites him to fly with her to the top of the tower, Hugo stalls, persuading Lulu to see, on foot, every inch of...

Author	Brianne Farley
ISBN	0763662968

Ike wants to write a story. An incredible story. But he's not sure what to write about. Maybe he should clean his room first. Or find his favorite pen. And, oh! He'll need the right ink!

Ike's journey to find the perfect ink becomes his very own unique story to tell. Ike's Incredible Ink is the perfect...

Author

Andrew Prahin

A lonely hat maker uses quirky creativity to make friends in this delightful picture book that will charm readers young and old.

Brimsby is a happy hat maker—until his best friend goes off to find adventure at sea. Now Brimsby is a lonely hat maker, unsure of what to do. But since making hats...

Author	Deborah Underwood
ISBN	1423124855

At night, a normal little girl imagines she is a princess, but not just a princess who wears pretty gowns and goes to balls. She also gets to fight dragons and tame trolls. But one morning she wakes up and begins to think maybe her royal adventures aren't so imaginary after all... From the best-selling author...

Author	Bob Shea
ISBN	0061730831

It's race day, and once and for all, it's time to determine the better feline: little cats or big cheetah.

Cheetah might be bigger, taller, stronger, faster . . . but the little cats have some tricks up their sleeves, so don't count them out!

With his signature wit and bold, graphic art,...

Author	Mies van Hout
ISBN	1935954237

Happy was an international hit that showed off Mies van Hout's uncanny ability to convey feelings with her vibrant illustrations.With Friends she goes one step further and shows emotional interactions. Just as she made the fish of Happy uniquely hers, here she uses monsters to show different situations--they...

Author	Mary Sullivan
ISBN	0547759363

A dog with a ball is one of the most relentlessly hopeful creatures on Earth. After his best little-girl pal leaves for school, this dog hits up yoga mom, baby, and even the angry cat for a quick throw. No luck. Forced to go solo, the dog begins a hilarious one-sided game of fetch until naptime’s wild, ball-centric...

Author	Eliza Wheeler
ISBN	0399257926

Fans of Miss Rumphius will adore this gorgeous picture book which introduces the kind, nature-loving Miss Maple, who celebrates the miracle in each seed.

Miss Maple gathers lost seeds that haven’t yet found a place to sprout. She takes them on field trips to explore places to grow. In her...

Author	Michelle Knudsen
ISBN	0763660116

I enjoyed this story of a little girl who decides to go and get what she wants, even though everyone else tells her she is supposed to wait patiently (hey, she tried being pretty and good that one week and nothing happened, so...) for a monster to choose her.



As an adult I felt a little distracted...

Author	Patty Lovell
ISBN	0399254064

A creative companion to Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

Molly Lou Melon's grandma taught her to be happy with herself no matter what, but  that's not all she learned. Molly Lou heard all about how her grandma didn't have fancy store-bought toys when she was little. She made dolls out of twigs and...

Author

Gemma O'Neill

Geoffrey Giraffe wants to make friends with the other animals, but his long legs are keeping him from connecting. Every time he bends down his awkward pose has him landing on the ground. Geoffrey finally realizes that he can be friends with the animals that live in the trees.

The charming mixed...

Author	Tara Lazar
ISBN	1442420170

The Monstore is a one-stop shop for all your monsterly needs in this enormously funny story that’s full of friendly, kooky creatures.

At the back of Frankensweet’s Candy Shoppe, under the last box of sour gumballs, there’s a trapdoor.
Knock five times fast, hand over the bag of squirmy...

Author

Jenni Desmond

This was an enchanting book about a red cat and a blue cat that just don't seem to see eye to eye and realizes it's because they're jealous of the other. Once they figure that out, they use their not to bright intelligence to come up with silly ways to be more like the other, starting with trying to change their...

Author	Chris Raschka
ISBN	0449817415

"A must for Daisy fans everywhere," declares School Library Journal in a starred review.

With the same emotional intensity that he brought to his New York Times bestselling, New York Times Best Illustrated, and Caldecott Medal-winning picture book A Ball for Daisy, Raschka has...