Early Concepts

Caldecott Honor winner Jillian Tamaki's book They Say Blue is a playful, poetic exploration of color and point of view. A Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award Winner In captivating paintings full of movement and transformation, we follow a young...

Winner of the 2022 Ezra Jack Keats Illustrator Award!From debut author-illustrator Gracey Zhang comes a timeless and timely picture book that celebrates the unassuming power of kind words.Oh, there goes Lala! She carries a pot of water around the corner,...

The little pup chases the ball, introducing concepts and fun to young readers. A boy throws a ball for the puppy to fetch. It bounces past two brown cows, three green frogs, four pink pigs, and keeps right on going around the farm, taking the reader with...

First came a boy and his dog.Then they found a frog.Can a new turtle be a good friend too?

A boy and his dog go walking in the swamp.They spot a frog in the water.Can they use a net to catch him?

"I am the queen!" Lilly loves all sorts of things. She loves school, she loves dressing up, she even grows to love her stinky baby brother, Julius. In fact, Lilly loves everything! But when Lilly brings her purple plastic purse to school and can't wait...

This Caldecott Honor-winning book about a book is a delightful, wordless tale about the power of stories, perfect for fans of Brendan Wenzel and David Weisner. A red book is lying in the snow in the city. When you open it, you find a new kind of...

When Lawrence makes a new friend, Sophia feels left out . . . and then acts out. It's a scenario that so many kids can relate to, told here with loads of laughs and charm. Lawrence and Sophia do everything as a pair. Together, they are big and bold and...

New York Times bestselling author and Scripps National Spelling Bee champ Zaila Avant-garde encourages young readers to embrace what makes them different in this vibrant and uplifting new picture book. We are the weird. The wonderfully weird, that is...

An inspirational and empowering book about what mothers, especially Black mothers, want their daughters to know. This inspiring book gives girls permission to let their lights shine. They want all girls to know that there are no limits on what they can...

Explore what it means to share space and have fun on the playground with this sweetly funny picture book of playground rules based in social-emotional learning. There are so many reasons why our playground RULES! 1. Everyone gets a turn, no matter how...

Winner of a Schneider Family Honor! "A beautifully rendered and deeply inspiring book for everyone who has ever read slowly--myself included! Hudson shows us the beauty and magic that can come from taking our time. Brilliant."--Jacqueline Woodson Hudson...

Winner of the 2012 Randolph Caldecott Medal This New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Best Illustrated Book relates a story about love and loss as only Chris Rashcka can tell it. Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to...

"Completely relatable for all viewers, big or small."--The Horn Book (starred review)"Crews captures the joy of early childhood exploration in a book that adults and children can both enjoy."--ALA Booklist (starred review)"A nice addition to story hours...

From the Caldecott Honor winner and two-time Geisel-winning author of Mel Fell, Fox the Tiger, and Fox at Night, Corey R. Tabor!Fox and the Jumping Contest is a funny, surprising picture book starring Fox--a lovable modern-day trickster character--and...

A clever picture book about the fun of making new friends and building unlikely relationships--and playing in the snow! From the bestselling author of Nugget and Fang.Beaver is good at making just about everything...but not friends. One winter day,...

"A monstrously effective lid-dropper....Being all smiles, and more likely to elicit snorts of amusement than screams of terror, the monstrous marchers crawling, oozing, slithering, or strolling into and out of view with each page turn have the intended...

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Bitsy meets a new nonspeaking student at school and learns the importance of being a star teammate and friend in this sequel to the "darling" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) Bitsy Bat, School Star from Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning...

Dive into an ocean of fun with five magical mermaids! Swim along with five friendly mermaids as they guide kids on a whimsical singalong adventure through the world's oceans, counting down from 5 to 0. Along the way, they'll meet colorful sea creatures...