Not Your Typical Dragon

Author	Betsy Bird
ISBN	0061960837

Lexy loves to dance. She lives to dance. She's quitting dance.

It's those darn recitals. The butterflies seem to fly right down her throat and live in her stomach. She gets so nervous she cannot even move. Frozen. Just like an ice pop.

Lexy decides to teach dance instead of train for it....

Author	David LaRochelle
ISBN	0811869253

There is an art to reading a picture book but I've not encountered many schools that actually teach that skill. Librarians will learn it in their graduate courses, of course, but what about parents and booksellers? Are they doomed to stumble through their readings without getting some of the insider...

Author	Barbara M. Joosse
ISBN	0763654086

In her bed in her room in her castle, a girl longs for a dragon.
In his nest in his cave in his mountain, a dragon dreams of a girl.

When a lonely dragon follows a trail of princess tears, a beautiful friendship is born. They march and sing, roar and whisper, hide and seek, then settle into snug...

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

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	John Rocco
ISBN	1423121899

Every super hero gets his powers from somewhere. The young hero of this book, Rocco, thinks his abilities come from his shock of red hair, and the longer it gets, the stronger he becomes. He even has a posse of super friends with wild hair of their own. Our hero is unstoppable--until the day he's dragged...

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

David Ezra Stein

WHOMP! An energetic young dinosaur figures out her own way to give a kiss in the latest from the creator of the Caldecott Honor–winning Interrupting Chicken.

For newly hatched dinosaur Dinah, the world is an exciting place. There is so much to see and do. She tries this — STOMP! And she tries...

Author	Mike Boldt
ISBN	0062102990

Mike Boldt's bright and playful picture book asks a big question: Which is more important, numbers or letters?
 
Numbers and letters, the colorful characters in this story, compete to be the stars of this book. Their debate escalates when funny animals and props arrive—starting with 1...

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	David Biedrzycki
ISBN	1580892787

This sweet and hilarious story is perfect for the youngster whose heart is set on a new pet.

A dragon might not be the most conventional pet, but this boy is determined. He argues his case to Mom and Dad with wit and charm, detailing the many benefits of dragon ownership: A dragon is the perfect bully...

Author

Julie Middleton

Kids love to imagine what dinosaurs might have been like when they were alive. But when a trip to the museum turns into a real-life prehistoric encounter, Dave and his dad don't need to use their imagination. As they walk through the rooms of the exhibit, Dave keeps trying to get his dads attention. The...

Author

Fiona Roberton

Henry and Spot are as close as two friends can be . . . well, as close as a boy and his duck can be, anyway. Now it's Henry's birthday, and Spot has found the most perfect present for him. But, wait - Henry's grandparents have given him a Dog - the thing Henry has always wanted. Henry's in such a hurry to play with...

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

Tiffany Strelitz Haber

All I can say is, what a delightful book! The Monster Who Lost His Mean has everything a great picture book should have: a fun story, engaging illustrations, and a subtle underlying message that gives it real meaning in addition to entertainment value. The story is about a Monster who loses his one-of-a-kind...

Author	Jim Averbeck
ISBN	1416995455

Little Dragon wreaks adorable havoc in this energetic picture book from the creator of Except If.

With a PHOOSH and a Grrrrrr and a CANNONBAAAALLLLLL! Little Dragon tears through his day (and the house). But even when he gets a little too rambunctious, there’s no OH NO! that Mama’s kiss...

Author	Jane Yolen
ISBN	1416990321

Wake up with a pair of sleepy dragons and the knight who must get them ready for school!

Dragons wake up,
Dragons rise,
Dragons open
Dragon eyes.
From tumbling out of their humongous blankets to devouring a breakfast of catapulted waffles, these characters and their loveable...

Author	Hallie Durand
ISBN	0763660493

Battle on! Head to the lanes for another hilarious, high-energy story as four-year-old Mitchell and his obliging dad strike a winning deal.

Mitchell liked to knock things down.
That’s just how he rolled.

One Saturday, when Mitchell almost knocks down his dad, his dad catches...

Author	Ken Baker
ISBN	0761462430

“Old McDonald Had a Dragon” is a book with a hilarious twist on the song Old MacDonald Had a Farm. Old MacDonald loves to sing. He sings that he has a dragon. So, there is a dragon on his farm. This makes the regular farm animals, like the cow and pig, angry. It makes the other animals want to leave the farm....

Author	Amanda Driscoll
ISBN	0385755074

A charming story about the joys of reading that is perfect for fans of Dog Loves Books and Stellaluna.

Duncan the Dragon loves to read. When he reads a story, his imagination catches fire! Unfortunately…so does his book.

Fire breath is great for roasting marshmallows, but it’s...

Author	Mordicai Gerstein
ISBN	0316204781

Imagine you were born before the invention of drawing, more than thirty thousand years ago.
You would live with your whole family in a cave and see woolly mammoths walk by!
You might even see images of animals hidden in the shapes of clouds and rocks.
You would want to share these pictures...

Author	Chris Tougas
ISBN	1771470577

One morning, six young ninjas are dropped off at Dojo Daycare. As soon as their ninja moms and ninja dads have left: KABOOM! KAPOW! The ninja boys and girls kick, push, punch, and quickly turn the place upside down in a full-blown ninja riot. Try as he might, the hapless master can’t control the children,...

Author	Linda Sue Park
ISBN	0547558651

Xander planned a panda party. Yes, a dandy whoop-de-do!
But Xander was the only panda. Just one panda at the zoo.

The zoo’s paucity of pandas doesn’t impede Xander’s party planning for long. He decides to invite all the bears. But Koala protests. She’s not a bear—she's a marsupial!...

Author	Emily Gravett
ISBN	0230745369

Hardcover edition of the dazzling and irresistible picture book AGAIN! by Emily Gravett, the twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestle Children's Book Prize Bronze Award for WOLVES and LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS. Every night, baby dragon Cedric loves his mom to read his favorite...

Author	Johanna Kerby
ISBN	0399254358

Pink was the runt of the pig litter. He was so small that the Kerby family didn?t think he would survive? so they brought him into the house where he met Tink, a new dachshund mom. When Tink saw Pink, she immediately adopted him into her family, and helped nurse him back to health. Pink thrived in his new family:...