In 1916, Nell Richardson and Alice Burke set off to tour the country in their tiny yellow car, with rallying shouts of “Votes For Women!”

In this story that incorporates Spanish words, Marta explores the world of opposites and animals.

A little boy can’t choose which instrument to play, so he decides to try them all.

A mother takes her son to the zoo to answer his science question.

A young inventor accidentally creates a group of tiny robots that employ their unique abilities and teamwork to become incredibly useful and maybe even change the world.

With dogs and cats, horses and chickens, hamsters and chinchillas–and many, many more–this book celebrates animal companions of all shapes and sizes.

It seems that giraffes will misbehave whether attending a birthday party, going to the movies, playing in the park, or just about anything else.

The Uncorker of Ocean Bottles has a job of the utmost importance, to open any bottle found at sea and make sure that the message found inside is delivered to its intended recipient.

A steamship makes a journey across time from luxury and exclusivity to stewardship and inclusion.

Six little ninjas sneak into Dojo Daycare to surprise their master on his birthday.

No hair is too unruly for Maxwell the monkey barber. Whether his neighbors need their manes styled or mustaches trimmed, Maxwell gets them into shipshape.

Aberdeen is a little mouse with a lot of curiosity, so when a balloon floats by, he can’t help but follow it.

A boy wonders what happened to his dad to change him from cool to just plain normal.

Imagined in the form of a secret agent’s set of instructions, Mason and other children negotiate the first day of school.

Danny will sit anywhere except on the toilet. So the toilet does what any self-respecting toilet would do, he leaves home.

Anya awakens to discover she has grown a tiger tail, and it just happens to be her very first day of school.

Imagines the bedtime rituals of different types of trains.

Buddy does his best to explain to Earl what a baby is, but neither are prepared for the havoc Mrs. Cunningham’s baby wreaks.

Toby likes being a cat more than a boy. When it’s time to go to school, he becomes a timid kitten.

Like most everyone around him, a young boy mocks the strange man with bright red hair, who hauled a paint-splattered easel through the French countryside.

Monsters don’t have friends, but one day, Zander meets Bird and a strange thing happens.

Ned is a pirate whose fondness for knitting annoys his captain–until one of Ned’s knitted blankets saves the ship from a sea monster.

A furry, purple monster named Floyd is annoyed because he doesn’t like being called a monster.

Groovy Joe is a fun-loving dog with a tub full of ice cream–which he shares with his unexpected dinosaur guests.

The king, the knights, and the villagers are desperate to take down an especially terrible dragon.

Bedtime means brushing your teeth, putting on pajamas, and kissing your family good night–but little Monsters like to do things differently.

A young girl witnesses how the seasons change from summer to autumn.

Henry McHenry is one messy rhino. But today is a very important day. Today, Henry is going to avoid spills.

I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.)

Goon is the monster hiding in Gabe’s closet, but the trouble is he is a lot more afraid of children than Gabe is afraid of monsters.

Wally the sheep does not want to get the haircut he really needs, even after all the other farm animals get new hairdos.

A young boy who thinks baths are dumb, dangerous, and a complete waste of time, changes his mind after finally getting into the tub.

Your thumb is always there for you through the good times and the bad, like a friend you can carry around in your pocket (or your mouth).

Poppy has the most incredible imagination, and she can make the most extraordinary things happen. But her imagination has a way of getting completely out of control.

There are lots of monsters in this book! But every single one is fast asleep…for now.

Anouk, Ben, and Cara dream of a fabulous treasure buried on an island across the harbor. A mysterious man offers them passage if they can solve seven vexing riddles.

Paula and Maggie are best friends until Paula starts playing with some new friends instead, but when her new playmates turn on her, it’s Maggie who rushes to Paula’s defense.

Saturdays make Ada cranky because that’s the day she has ballet class. And Ada hates ballet.

Dewey Dew does not want to go to school–especially not on Planet Earth.

A little girl who’s always being mistaken for a boy is not afraid to be herself.

The kids in classroom 2-D are excited about their new class pet, a cute, cuddly hamster, until she’s let out of her cage.

From ten little ninjas sneaking out of bed to one cuddlebug asleep on the spread, rhyming text provides a countdown to bedtime.

A new baby elephant is born and the entire herd celebrates the little one’s arrival.

A boy tells us all the amazing things that happen on a Saturday, his favorite day of the week.

This book is a celebration of teachers and all that they do to change the world.

Bear starts his first day of school without his best friend Floppy.

Ooko the fox has a stick, a rock, and a leaf, but he doesn’t have a friend.

Otter starts her own school for Teddy, Giraffe, and Pig. And guess who gets to be the teacher?

Maggi’s mother persuades her to go to the park and make new friends, even though her best friend, Milo, cannot join her because he’s a dog.

I catalog hundreds of new picture books each year, and I read as many of them as I can. Unfortunately, I can’t review them all, but I can share them. Below are a few recent titles. (Summaries have been taken directly from the books whenever possible.)

Octicorn, who is half octopus, half unicorn, has trouble fitting in.

Little bird must fly south with his family, but he doesn’t want to leave behind his favorite things.

The tale of Lucy, a small homeless dog; Eleanor, the girl who loves her; and Eleanor’s father, a would-be vaudevillian with stage fright, unfolds in four acts.

Grandpa seems to have forgotten how to do the things that he and Noah love. Does he even know who Noah is?

There are lots of animals on every page of this book, but you’ll have to look very closely. Sometimes you see them and sometimes you don’t.

When the sun sets, a young boy prepares for his greatest adventure…bedtime!

What better thing to do on a gray day than collect some colors? Cat decides to do just that, but where will she find them?

Poor mouse tries all kinds of tactics to move that pesky bear out of his chair.

Big, brave Captain Crave can check off most items on the Be Your Best Buccaneer handy checklist. Only one thing is missing…he doesn’t have a pet.

There’s yellow goop on the floor, an unfamiliar smell, and Daddy shaved! Armed with these clues, Mitzi is on her way to discovering what on earth is happening right under her nose.

Yoshio delights in the sounds of Tokyo, but when a  musician tells him her favorite sound is silence, Yoshio sets out to hear this sound for himself, among the hustle and bustle of the city.

Cowpoke Clyde gets a bike and sets right off, wibblin’, wobblin’ down the road. Learning to ride a bike is a tad bit harder than he thought.

A girl and her canine best friend have a blast playing together, until she forgets that her dog can’t climb a tree and doesn’t like being bossed around.

After a full day of evil schemes, fairy tale baddies return home to spend time with friends and get ready for bed.

Penny is thrilled to get her invitation to a slumber under the stars party, but then she realizes that no pets are allowed and she’ll have to leave her beloved dog Jelly home.

When sand shark twins Flip and Fin try to rescue people and save the day like the heroes of their favorite cartoon, there is a misunderstanding.

A girl ventures back into the realm of kings and emperors, castles and canals, exotic creatures and enchanting landscapes.

No matter how hard Little Wing tries to fly, it’s always flip, flap, flop, until one day when his fluttering takes off and he finds himself high above the clouds.

Expecting a dog for her birthday, a girl is upset when she gets a tortoise instead.

A little girl desperately wants a beautiful unicorn as a pet, but what she gets is a little different.

Twenty young students, some eager, some nervous, some grumpy, prepare for their very first day of kindergarten.

It’s the cement mixers first day on the job, but he gets “mixed up” and instead of mixing cement, he mixes flour to make a cake and sugar to make frosting.

Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who’s a real pro.

Willy the Gorilla imitates the other animals at the zoo, but despite pretending he remains always a gorilla.

Yelfred and Omek from the planet Boborp are best frints. Sometimes they fight. And sometimes they bite. But they always make up.

When Nick decides to teach his cats to read, Verne is interested, especially in books about mice and fish, but Stevenson is not. Maybe Nick just hasn’t found him the right book.

In his homework assignment about his favorite pet, Gus tells all about his sheep and how they’ve gotten him into trouble.

Bear and Hare are enjoying a walk, but Hare wants everything he sees for himself.

When the life preserver her new friend Claude is napping on drifts out to sea, Bella the lighthouse cat finds the adventure she is seeking–and makes another new friend along the way.

Animal toddlers arrive for storytime with Miss Bingo the flamingo.

Oskar and his bear Theodore must save the day when an angry monster barges into the library and thinks it’s an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Count one by one as one little finger points to cake, two little fingers tap a plate, and so on until you reach ten.

An energetic toddler has a busy, busy day painting pictures, cooking lunch, hunting for treasure, and more.

The shapes in this book get mixed up, moved around, and reshaped into all kinds of animals.

Rod the dog isn’t the best racer in town. But that has never stopped him from competing each and every year in the Pickleberry Grand Prix.

Join Frankentruck, Zombie Truck, Ghost Truck, and more as they race to the finish line. Who will win the monster truck race?

A forgetful narrator tries to tell the tale of a knight’s duel with a dragon, and remembers a very important thing along the way.

When Martha gets a moose for a pet, she’s delighted by all the fun they have together. If one moose is marvelous, then more must be better.

Bear doesn’t mean to be rude, he’s just curious, but nobody likes being stared at, and it soon gets Bear into trouble.

When bullies try to stop the extremely cute animals from building their sand castle, they band together to build something bigger and better.

A little girl takes a dream journey that includes floating along with the moon, meeting new friends, an underwater adventure, and finally floating home with the sun.

Izzie just loves when her mama blows her kisses to catch, but even though she runs and leaps for it, Izzie misses a kiss!

On a long, lazy summer day, Pinny searches for a wishing rock, watches the clouds, picks wild blueberries, feeds a seagull, and bakes a cake.

In this cumulative rhyme, a tiny island in the middle of the sea rapidly becomes very crowded with increasingly larger groups of animals.

Goblin’s best friend Skeleton is stolen by adventurers, and Goblin must travel through a town full of people who don’t like goblins in order to get his friend back.

Monsters and sons fill their days with rough and rowdy fun.

A tiny insect king demands a rock with which to build his throne.

Count from one to ten with the mice who are all dressed up and ready for the ball.

Explore all the ways and places that the wild exists in our world.

Magnolia insists on taking the piano to the beach, but she quickly learns that a piano does not mix well with sand, sun, and seagulls.

In 1943, ten-year-old Diana Hopkins lived in the White House with her father who was the chief advisor to FDR. 

When Isabel’s best friend moves away, she decides being by herself is better, until she meets someone new.

Guess the animals on each page as the perspective zooms right in, then zooms back out.

When Darcy’s friend cancels their play date, she’s sure her day is ruined, until Daddy suggests a Darcy-Daddy day.

A boy and his dog find a newly hatched bird in a nest, on a branch, in a tree, on a hill, in a magical little valley.

On a cold night under a pale moon, a brother and sister explore a dark, dark cave.

When Hee Jun’s family moves from Korea to West Virginia, he struggles to adjust to his new home, school, and language.

When the girl called Silence is sent by the trees who raised her to save Yesterday, she doesn’t know what her task is, only that it’s important.

A boy and his dog learn about each other, go to school to learn more, then explore the world around them as they study science, geography and even foreign languages together.

Wanting to be more like his father, a young boy spends all of his money on a product that will supposedly let him grow a beard almost instantly.

Learn to count from one to ten with the help of vegetables turned animals that practically jump into your salad bowl.

In 1847 St. Louis, Missouri, when a new law against educating African Americans forces Reverend John to close his school, he finds an ingenious solution to the law by moving his school to a steamboat in the Mississippi River.

It’s bath time for Bruno, but there’s a whale in the bathtub–a huge, tub-hogging, bubble-bath-squirting, flipper-scrubbing, barnacle-rinsing whale.

Follow an assortment of creatures as they make their way to a nest, the shore, or a porch while the day comes to an end, and the moon begins to rise.

Discover what goes on beneath the surface at a puppy pool party.

Imagine Louise’s delight when a new neighbor moves in and she loves art too. But liking the same thing doesn’t always mean you agree on it.

Maxwell is a strong, courageous, silent ninja who wants somebody to play with, but it seems Mama, Papa, and little sister Cassy are all too busy.

Soon after Porcupine and Moose arrive at Rabbit’s birthday party, the cake goes missing.

This guidebook will show you how to become a superhero in seven easy steps.

What do you do when you’re so tiny that the big ocean creatures think you’d taste adorable?

A rhinoceros tours Europe in the mid-18th century and becomes a sensation.