Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Creak, Pop-Pop, Moo

By: Jim Aylesworth
Illustrated by:
Brad Sneed
There's a lot going on around the farm from sun-up to sundown. It's described here with onomatopoeic sounds, jaunty rhymes, and illustrations reminiscent of times past.  Children are sure to join in and laugh with the sprightly telling.

Count Me In! A Parade of Mexican Folk Art

Ceramic folk art from Mexico
By: Cynthia Weill
Illustrated by:
The Aquilar Sisters

Join the parade and count from one to ten in Spanish and in English. Numbers and a one-sentence description of the ceramic figures in regional dress from Oaxaca, Mexico are presented in both languages, punctuated by lively folk art figures.

Extra Yarn

By: Mac Barnett
Illustrated by:
John Klassen
Annabelle finds a box with colorful yarn from which she makes sweater for all, adding color and life to a dull landscape. The box is empty when stolen by a greedy man but is yarn-filled when it returns to Annabelle.

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

By: Mo Willems
The author turns the familiar tale around in this funny take-off. Here, Goldilocks goes to the home of three dinosaurs who would like nothing more than a chocolate-filled little girl.

I Am So Handsome

By: Mario Ramos
The arrogant wolf's self-confidence is bolstered by his encounters with family characters from fairy tales, until he meets a small dragon whose father has taught the tiny lizard a very impressive skill.

Into the A, B, Sea

By: Deborah Lee Rose
Illustrated by:
Steve Jenkins
Readers are invited into the ocean to see some of its colorful inhabitants from A to Z. Arresting, textured collage illustrations enhance the rhyming couplets that move through the alphabet.

More

By: I.C. Springman
Illustrated by:
Brian Lies
When a downcast magpie is given a single marble by a mouse, it starts its accumulation of many more things until its nest crashes to the ground. Magpie and mouse determine that more isn't necessarily best.

Nighttime Ninja

By: Barbara DaCosta
Illustrated by:
Ed Young
As midnight strikes, he appears: "Hand over hand, the ninja climbed and clambered." Just as the ninja reaches his target, he's caught by his mother with ice cream and spoon in hand!  Textured collage illustrations and spare language dramatically evoke a s

Oh, No!

By: Candace Fleming
Illustrated by:
Eric Rohmann
"Ribbit-oops!" Frog falls into a deep hole, followed by other animals who try to help. Oh, no!

Olive and the Big Secret

By: Tor Freeman
Molly told Olive a secret which Olive promised not to tell anyone. Secrets have a way of bubbling out though and so Molly's secret comes back to her.

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