Emily's Balloon

Author	Laura Vaccaro Seeger
ISBN	1596431954

Lemons are not Red. Apples are red. Lemons are yellow. . . .

Clever cutouts in the pages make a simple, original, and utterly beguiling introduction to color.

Laura Vaccaro Seeger, whose The Hidden Alphabet dazzled critics and readers alike, introduces young children to color in...

Author	Peter McCarty
ISBN	0061142883

Now when I was a little kid I was single-mindedly determined to pair off the world. If I could continually put together two people and marry them off, that was all I wanted out of life. Name the television show and I could tell you how I wanted folks to hook up. Now I'm grown up and I see a couple romantically-oriented...

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You Byun

“[Reminiscent] of the classic 'Goodnight Moon' with its haunting, twilight-inflected color scheme.” – The New York Times Book Review

You Byun’s sparkling debut establishes her as a major picture book talent.

Melody has the most wonderful friend in her dreams. They do...

Author	Eric Rohmann
ISBN	1596430311

In Clara and Asha -- as in Eric Rohmann's Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit--a simple storyline becomes the basis for fun and sophistication. Clara's friend Asha is an enormous fish, which means that hide-and-seek, Halloween, snow days, and afternoons in the park offer surprising opportunities...

Author	Hyewon Yum
ISBN	0374379726

One of School Library Journal’s Best Picture Books of 2011
These look-alike twins have always shared everything—their room, their toys, a crib, and, since the day they were born, a blanket. But as they grow into new beds, they need new blankets, too. Now they face a new dilemma: they don’t...

Author	Paul Schmid
ISBN	0061804363

Perfectly Percy is a sweet little book about Percy the Porcupine. There is only one thing that makes Percy truly happy . . . balloons! Obviously this creates quite the dilemma for Percy and he works really hard at looking for a solution. Just when he thinks he has thought all of his thoughts, he comes up with...

Author	Monica Wellington
ISBN	0525477632

As sweet and satisfying as holiday baking, here is a beautiful update of Monica Wellington's Mr. Cookie Baker. In this book, youngsters can follow the process of measuring, mixing, baking, decorating, and eating cookies. With six new full-color pages, a handsome new jacket, educational tie-ins,...

Author	Sean Bryan
ISBN	1559707259

I have finally read the prequel and sequel to A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy. Having read the entire trilogy (perhaps with more to come), I feel like my life is complete. These are some of my most favorite picture books of all time.

The genius started in 2005 with A Boy and His Bunny...

Author	Jane Yolen
ISBN	0763631418

This exuberant celebration of poetry is an essential book for every young one’s library and a gorgeous gift to be both shared and treasured.

Sit back and savor a superb collection of more than sixty poems by a wide range of talented writers, from Margaret Wise Brown to Gertrude Stein, Langston...

Author	Linda Newbery
ISBN	1416971122

I'm in love with Posy. This is such a fun, sweet, delightful little book about a fun, sweet, delightful kitten! The illustrations are definitely a bit unusual in style, but I just adore them. And the text is very sparse, just two words per page, rhyming, but it completely captures all the variations in...

Author	Ian Falconer
ISBN	0689836732

I love this book because it is bilingual which has English and Spanish words. It is about a piglet named Olivia who counts the different objects that she has starting from one through 10. For example, the first page starts of as 1: one ball: una pelota. Children can learn how to say it in Spanish as well by...

Author	Barbara M. Joosse
ISBN	0811842657

A moving and poignant story about a fathers love for his son. A wonderful message of unconditional love.

The story begins with the sentence 'Papa do you love me?' and it is from this point that the child tests his fathers love through numerous 'what ifs' and imagined ordeals "what if I fell asleep...

Author	Deborah Underwood
ISBN	0061779873

Graduation from Kindergarten is just two days away, and Isabel is determined to have a balloon. All the other graduates will have balloons, but not the porcupines - it isn't safe for a porcupine to hold a balloon. Isabel's determination and creativity bring about a delightful resolution to this problem.

This...

Author	Chihiro Nakagawa
ISBN	1590785959

Take the sweetness of baking a cake, mix it with construction vehicles, and populate it with charming tiny beings, and you have this book. A family calls to order a birthday cake, and they spring into action. The little people are about a quarter-inch tall as seen in scale with a stick of butter, so they...

Author	Sara O'Leary
ISBN	1897476388

An equally adorable follow-up/spin-off to When You Were Small, with the same nostalgic sketchy drawing feel to it, sweetness and bright humor and imaginative ideas on every page. "In stories we can be small together." SUCH a sweet book.

Okay. Maybe I particularly needed this book after reading...

Author	Olivier Dunrea
ISBN	0618339302

Gossie wears red boots, Gertie wears blue boots, but Ollie has no boots. Stomping bootless after Gossie and Gertie as they tromp in the straw, romp in the rain, and jump over puddles in their colorful boots leaves Ollie frustrated. Little Ollie decides he really wants his own pair of boots. . . but what...

Author	Ida Pearle
ISBN	0803740549

This gentle, poetic bedtime story about a little girl and the friendly moon is perfect for fans of Ezra Jack Keats and Kevin Henkes

After a play date in the city, Addy heads home to the country with her family. And through the long drive, the moon seems to be following them closely—Addy’s faithful...

Author	Gus Gordon
ISBN	0670076031

Set in New York, this gorgeous picture book by Gus Gordon is a story about friendship, life in the big city, and following your dreams.

This is a tale about a big city.
It's a tale of hotdogs and music and the summertime subway breeze.
It's a tale of singing on rooftops and toffees that stick...

Author	Greg E. Foley
ISBN	0061547506

This is the story of Willoughby, whose new house feels too small and very lonely.

It's also the story of an enchanted lion and spectacular wishes come true: of roller coasters, and fast, fast shoes, and enormous crowds of people.

But most of all, it's the story of one important question:...

Author	Julie Morstad
ISBN	1897476574

Hmm. I'm not sure which children would like this. Unlike another reviewer with the same question, I do *not* think it's the one who has an enthusiastic and insightful parent helping him or her to discuss all the activities.

This strikes me as a personal, close-to-the-heart book. A nostalgic...

Author	Iona Opie
ISBN	1564026205

To a small child, words are magical. And the most magical of all are the beloved, venerable words of Mother Goose. Now folklorist Iona Opie has gathered more than sixty treasured rhymes in their most perfect, honest form. From "Hey Diddle, Diddle" and "Pat-a-Cake" to "Little Jack Horner" and "Pussycat,...