Picture Books

Ella May lives on a plantation but she doesn't live in the great house. She is a slave. It's dark in the morning when Ella May heads to the fields to pick cotton. And it's sunset when she comes home. But her day isn't done, not yet. Ella May still has...

2020 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award Master List In 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a challenge to the nation: land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. The Apollo program was designed by NASA to meet that challenge,...

Riley has a dump truck, a flatbed truck, a concrete mixer, and a little pickup truck at his lumberyard. When he tells them that they will help him build a children's park, everyone is excited. There's a lot of hard work to do, from hauling trash to...

2019 Green Earth Book Awards - Long List The art and writing of Gwen Frostic are well known in her home state of Michigan and around the world, but this picture book biography tells the story behind Gwen's famous work. After a debilitating illness as a...

Set against the backdrop of a magnificent apple tree, this book uses poetry to cycle through the changes of the four seasons. Beginning with springtime, rhyming couplets take young readers through seasonal activities such as kite flying in the spring,...

2018 Eureka! California Reading Association Honor Book Award Following the alphabet this book uses poetry and expository text to celebrate America's diverse population and showcase the remarkable achievements and contributions that have come from the...

Masayo, Takeshi, and Suki decide to make a sushi dinner for their napping parents. But when each child focuses on doing the job their own way, things get messy! Can the three siblings use teamwork to make their rolls the right way?

Masayo, Takeshi, and Suki decide to make a sushi dinner for their napping parents. But when each child focuses on doing the job their own way, things get messy! Can the three siblings use teamwork to make their rolls the right way?

Taylor is back from summer camp, and he's excited to see all his friends and family. So excited, in fact, that he forgets to keep his hands to himself. One by one, his friends become upset with him, and he cannot figure out why. Will Taylor come to...

Taylor is back from summer camp, and he's excited to see all his friends and family. So excited, in fact, that he forgets to keep his hands to himself. One by one, his friends become upset with him, and he cannot figure out why. Will Taylor come to...

Ivy loves spending time with her grandmother, especially their trips to the beach to look for sea glass. But her heart breaks when Grandma unexpectantly dies. As Ivy works through her grief, she finds a special way to remember her grandma and share her...

Winona tends to worry about all the things that could go wrong, and it's turning her into a worry warthog! From monsters under the bed to failing math tests, worries keep swirling around in her head. Can Winona learn some ways to keep her anxiety under...

★"Open, clear, inviting...A pitch-perfect portrayal of a summer day."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review Celebrating the supportive relationship between a child and her dog, this story shows how we can all be brave and achieve things in our own time. ...

★"[A] sheer delight and will be a welcome addition to shelves everywhere. Highly--and proudly--recommended." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review ★ "This engaging introduction to Pride parades for the youngest readers successfully testifies to...

Dylan has been looking forward to the Midwinter Meltdown Tournament for months. He knows this will be the year his hockey team wins. Then a pre-season injury takes him out of the game. Even though his wrist is healing, he's too weak to play. Can Dylan be...

Jason never turns down a dare, which has gotten him in trouble more than once. After he gives some classmates a hard time, they challenge him to a BMX competition. Jason can't say no. But BMX is way harder than he thought. If he can't learn to ride...

This modern classic celebrates the tradition of tamales and family bonding at Christmas. Christmas Eve started out so perfectly for Maria. Snow had fallen and the streets glittered. Maria's favorite cousins were coming over and she got to help make the...

A story about a little troublemaker with a big heart who must defend her name from a class bully, from the New York Times bestselling author and noted speaker Luvvie Ajayi Jones. Little Luvvie is ready for her first day at a new school! But immediately...

Buzzy was a busy bee, a friendly, little honey bee. From Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih Slaiby, and debut author Theresa AlHayek comes a story about a brave little bee who never gives up. Buzzy Bee is excited to participate in the Colony's upcoming race...

Written by kindergarten teacher and Instagram influencer affectionately known as the Tutu Teacher, comes a picture book about a class that creates a kindness pledge to ensure that their class is the kindest it can possibly be. It's the first day of...

The Creature of Habit is back in this humorous picture book that tackles a perennial challenge for every kid - learning to ride a bike! This story celebrates the power of persistence and reminds us that sometimes, it's not about being the best but about...

The Creature of Habit is back in this humorous picture book that tackles a perennial challenge for every kid - learning to ride a bike! This story celebrates the power of persistence and reminds us that sometimes, it's not about being the best but about...

What happens when a child's favorite packed lunch is met with disparaging comments at the school lunch table? In a classroom of sandwiches, four students stand out with their homemade, culturally-specific lunches. But before they can dig in and enjoy...

King Penguin is off to find subjects who will listen to him--as long as they don't eat him first, in this cheeky tale by beloved author-illustrator Vanessa Roeder Percival the King Penguin doesn't think he's asking for too much when he makes all the...

Ezra Jack Keats Writer AwardCoretta Scott King Illustrator HonorKirkus Best Books of the YearChicago Public Library Best Books of the YearNew York Public Library Best Books of the YearALSC Notable Children's BooksHorn Book FanfareBolognaRazzi Award: Braw...

Skip right into this joyful, diverse, alphabetic picture book celebrating girls around the world. A, my name is ALBA and my sister's name is AYELÉN. We come from ARGENTINA and we are ADVENTUROUS. Girls from 26 different countries--Argentina to...

This playful counting book shares the colorful highlights of the four seasons in charming illustrations. Count your way through the seasons! In spring, the tree's leaves appear, one by one. By summer, there's a glorious canopy. And when autumn winds...

The bestselling Otis the tractor series created by Loren Long, the illustrator of Matt de la Pena's Love and Watty Piper's classic The Little Engine that Could! Otis and his farm friends love to play hide-and-seek. Otis especially loves to be "It,"...

THE ALL-TIME CLASSIC, RE-ILLUSTRATED BY THE CREATOR OF OTIS! Everyone loves The Little Engine That Could, that classic tale of the determined little engine that, despite its size, triumphantly pulls a train full of toys to the waiting children on the...

Travel the world thanks to the one and only Richard Scarry! Little explorers can travel the world thanks to Richard Scarry! With 33 stories featuring fun-filled stops in New York, Paris, Tokyo, Egypt, Australia, and more, this worldwide adventure of...

A monkey hides in a game room. A mitten hides in a garden. A hammer hides in a kitchen. Do you see the dragonfly on the sewing table? Can you find them in this fun book of photo puzzles?

An elephant hides on the beach. A strawberry hides at a campsite. A ghost hides in the snow. Do you see the giraffe on the mountain? Can you find them in this fun book of photo puzzles?

Send kids on an out-of-this-world seek-and-find adventure. Planets, moons, shooting stars, and countless other celestial objects make finding the hidden items in the full-color photo puzzles a blast. Pictographs and word labels are included in each...

Treat kids to a seek-and-find field trip to the farm. Kids will discover the different animals, machines, and buildings found on a farm in these full-color photo puzzles. Pictographs and word labels are included in each to-find list.

Another year of learning is in the books, and it's time to celebrate! Dragon loves parties and picnics and playgrounds and is ready to celebrate too. But is it smart to bring a dragon to the last day of school? Find out if Dragon gets to join in the fun...

Who says oink and who says moo? Nine animals, including a bike-riding dog, a book-loving mouse, and a dancing pig, introduce animal sounds for little readers. Noisy fun for everyone! In this new board book series, little readers will learn sounds,...

With a cast of characters including a zebra, toucan, and a hippo, everyday concepts such as up/down and in/out are hilariously demonstrated by animal friends on a playground. A new board book series by artist Jennifer Sattler.

One curious birdie playing in a mud puddle leads to four new friends, all getting into trouble. Toddlers learn to count from 1 to 5 with Dirty Birdies, where birds of all feathers get down and dirty and then all clean again. A new board book series by...

Even the forest has to sleep! This sweet walk through the forest says good night to flora and fauna alike, from the quiet bunny to the howling coyote. With silly, colorful illustrations and soft rhyme that is sure to lull littles ones off to sleep, this...

For 108 years, fans of Chicago Cubs baseball suffered every playofff season, with mishap after mishap each being traced back to 1945 when a friendly goat was kicked out of a World Series game. But the 2016 season felt different. Would this finally be the...