In my position as a technical processing assistant at the DeWitt Community Library, I catalog a lot of new picture books. Unfortunately, I cannot review them all, but I do read them all and have assigned a 🙂 to my favorites. Finley Frog’s favorite is marked with a 8). Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

🙂 Jenny is feeling out of sorts.

8) When Peep visits Ducky on a rainy day, the little pals have no trouble finding things to do.

🙂 The only thing better than naptime is naptime with a friend.

🙂 There once was a bear, a moose and a beaver who loved adventure, though sometimes their competitive natures got in the way of the fun.

🙂 Celebrates all the things that make one’s home special, including the family that dwells there.

Follow the remarkable adventure of Belle and the bee as they meet every kind of plant and animal proud to call the countryside its home.

Clara is excited to be taking the bus to her grandmother’s house today–it’s the first time she’s going on her own.

With art newly restored and colorized by Peter Spier, a beloved Caldecott Honor Book regains its original glory with this hardcover reissue of Spier’s spirited take on a classic American folk song.

🙂 In a soft comfy nest in a safe warm place there snoozed a great big orange thing called the Yes.

🙂 Hungry for learning, Lizzie and her brother Paul attend a new school built for freed slaves.