🙂 🙂 🙂 Two sisters look longingly through their window at the snowy sky. One goes out and sculpts a little rabbit, but when she brings it back inside to her wheelchair-bound sister, it begins to melt. So they take it outside and into the forest where enchanted things begin to happen.

A young girl tells readers all about her unique family, comparing them to animals-her mother is tall and beautiful like a giraffe, her father is hairy and fierce like a lion, etc.

🙂 🙂 Rueben and Felix are best friends with one favorite activity-blowing bubbles, and the bigger, the better. But things start to go wrong after Rueben challenges Felix to a bubble-blowing contest and the two friends become each other’s competition.

Once upon a time, high atop the world, there lived a boy named Billy Hightower and the wind.  When a new neighbor appears-a girl in a red hat-Billy Hightower can hardly wait to meet her and introduce himself. But the wind has other ideas.

🙂 Rhyming text conveys the special moments that can be shared by just two people throughout the four seasons-playing in the snow, planting seeds, eating ice cream, carving pumpkins.

🙂 🙂 Tired of being asked only about the weather, a sensitive groundhog decides to take a vacation right before the big day in February.

🙂 Election season is here, and Monster is ready to vote! But why cast your ballot when you can run for president and take a stand on important issues.

In rhyming text, Noni the pony and her friends, Dave Dog and Coco the cat, spend the day at the beach.

🙂 One little bear shares his dreams for the future with his adoring parent.

Angelina and the other mouselings at Miss Lilly’s Ballet School perform Cinderella on tour, battling homesickness and bad luck to ensure the show will go on.

🙂 🙂 Groundhog wants to please all the animals, but half of them want spring to come quickly and the other half do not-and all of them think he controls the seasons.

🙂 The rhyming text invites the reader to come along with a loved one and share the simple wonders of the world.

🙂 🙂 When Love Monster receives a box of chocolates as a gift, he has second thoughts about sharing them with all of his friends.

🙂 Each time Willy walks through a particular set of ordinary-looking doors, he’s thrust straight into an adventure.

Hazel Nut wants to sing and dance, but Mama, Papa, and Wally Nut are too busy, so Hazel calls in a special family member to get everyone moving.

The words in this book are playing hide-n-seek and only you can find them!

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 try to read them all. Below are some I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a 🙂 to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

This is the story of a story that starts over the same way, every day–except when it rains. On rainy days, it is up to you to bring this fairytale forest to life…

🙂 Arriving at a farm with sore paws and an empty stomach, a dog tries to convince the farmer that he could be just as valuable as a cow, a horse, or a chicken.

Poppy J. Thistleberry decides she wants to be a writer, but she is struggling to come up with material for her class writing assignments–and annoyed that her best friend, Lavender, keeps getting picked to read her paper.

When Ice’s mother tells her that they’re going to move to an exciting new place, Ice isn’t so sure. She likes her home and her friends, and the fun they have together.

A little girl relates how she deals with all the things that scare her.

A sudden gust of wind takes the Queen’s favorite hat and blows it all over London, as the Queen’s men give chase.

🙂 A young girl visits an arboretum in the autumn to collect fallen leaves. She identifies various trees by the shapes of their leaves and pastes her collection into her own leaf book.

Aviva isn’t happy with her unusual name until she hears wonderful things about her great-grandmother, after whom she was named.

A girl reluctantly goes to the ocean with her family and discovers just how much she loves it.

Living high up in the rainforest canopy, sloths never, ever go down to the ground…except when they have to “go”. And Kyle has to go.

Inspired by the real-life childhood of Oscar Peterson, this is a tale of a little boy who is forced to give up an instrument he loves–and who finds his way back to a passion for music that would last a lifetime.

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 try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a 🙂 to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

A little pirate stages a mutiny to avoid bedtime.

In simple rhyming text, tells the story of a family’s day at their beach house by the sea.

In this mischievous, wordless picture book, join Walrus and Penguin on their breezy escapade in the big city as they find fun wherever they go.

A child provides insights, based on personal experience, into everything that can go wrong if one brings an alligator to school for show-and-tell.

🙂 Mia’s “far-away” grandmother leaves behind her sunny house with parrots and palm trees to come live with Mia and her parents in the city.

Join a little painter as he finds all sorts of surprises in a plain white wall.

In this take-off on the familiar nursery rhyme, black sheep graciously offers bag after bag of wool to Miss.

🙂 Unlike the other zombies in Quirkville, Reginald would rather eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich than brains, but getting his hands on one–and keeping the other zombies’ hands off the girl who is carrying the sandwich–will not be easy.

When a package arrives from Grandma with a notebook for Tulip and a new leash for Rex, these two friends gallop to the park for a very special kind of walk–a word walk!

One golden morning, twenty-six pigs leave their pen, race along a country road, and find a field of letters, where they play all day until Zeke pig falls asleep on a Z and they wearily return home by moonlight.

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 try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a 🙂 to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

🙂 Every day, when Oliver goes out, Troll tries to eat him, But catching an Oliver is not as easy as it looks!

From January through December, experience a world of wonder, fun and sheer delight.

🙂 What’s in the box that Meredith has carried into the living room? Buddy doesn’t know, but when the small, prickly creature inside says he is a pirate–and that Buddy is too–the mismatched friends are off on a grand adventure.

Four friendly shapes share their ideas about friendship.

This is the story of two cats: Black Cat, who only goes out in the day, White Cat, who only goes out at night…and what happens when they meet.

Minding his mother and playing with his father, this little lion can’t help chasing trouble and fun as he explores this small corner of our big blue planet.

🙂 Having missed out on the treats at a friend’s birthday party, a grumpy cat grabs all of the balloons and floats into the sky, where she sees that her problems are not so big, after all.

Austin grew up in a pet store, but he dreams of finding a real home…So one night he takes off with his trusty map and backpack to go in search of it.

When baby cries, her family and neighbors try unsuccessfully to stop her tears and get her back to sleep, but Roy, the old retriever, knows that baby needs her toy sheep for a good night.

A little boy tells his two dogs about all the things that scare him.

A very odd duck that refuses to quack shocks and flusters animals all over the farm with his clucking, honking, oinking, and neighing.

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 try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a 🙂 to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

Shh…What’s that? An imaginative girl hears a rumble in her stomach and decides there’s a beast in her belly.

Told in verse, a Chinese American girl and her little brother protest the idea of moving, until their grandmother teaches them a special trick to make the change easier.

A team of animal sleuths is hired to solve the mystery of a broken window.

Doctor Nice spends a busy morning helping his patients with various winter ailments, including Moose, who caught cold after falling through the ice, and the goat kids, who have headaches from head-butting while playing hockey.

Several animals, an elf, and a bird-watcher are searching for different things, but find each other–and a party–instead.

🙂 There’s only one chocolate chip cookie left, and Jack’s just about to eat it… But then his mom reminds him of his manners! He must offer it to everyone else first.

🙂 When Pippa, Pia, Poppy, Polly and Peg were born, they looked exactly the same. And they did everything the same. Everything. Until, one day, they could take it no more!

Tamar and her friends–each one a little older and bigger–join to decorate a sukkah that is just right!

🙂 Talia helps her grandmother prepare food for Yom Kippur, which she mishears as Yum Kippur, and learns the original meaning of break-fast.

🙂 A man sings and dances his way through the French Quarter in New Orleans, keeping his beloved city clean, until Hurricane Katrina’s devastation nearly causes him to lose is spirit.

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 try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a 🙂 to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

Sonya raises her three chickens from the time they are tiny chicks. She feeds them, shelters them and loves them.

Adam feels alone in a strange new city. He misses the colors and friendships of his faraway home. But when a teacher gives him a few seeds, it plants an idea in him–an idea that could transform his gray world forever.

A walrus, a whale, penguins, and others help Pete the dog get to Grandma’s house.

🙂 When Grandma and Grandpa get a very special invitation, off they race in their trusty hippie van.

In this update of the classic fable, City Mouse and his cousin, Country Mouse, exchange visits and, although they find many things to like in each other’s homes, they quickly learn that each prefers his own.

🙂 As imaginary superhero Bumblebee Boy, Sam rejects his pesky little brother’s help in defeating pirates, dragons, and saber-toothed lions, but when Sam comes up against some scary aliens, he discovers the advantage of having a sidekick.

Distracted by his friends, Pete the pig forgets to give Gert an invitation to Rose’s party.

Her pirate captain father reminds her to be bold and saucy and selfish, but Augusta can’t help being shy, polite, and helpful; in short, a bad pirate. But when a terrible storm puts the crew in danger, Augusta is bold enough to be true to herself and show that a good pirate can be selfless, too.

This is a tall tale and a quirky new take on the old story of Noah and the Ark.

Lulu is excited to have her friends Oliver and Charlie over for a rainy day party, but something goes wrong with her special treat and Lulu fears that her party is ruined, so her friends come to the rescue and save the day.

Brother Giovanni is a happy man and the best baker his monastery has every seen, but when he is tasked with preparing the children for the Bishop’s visit, he has no luck until he twists some bread dough into a special shape, sprinkles it with salt, and offers it as a reward for learning prayers.

Bear has no trouble selling his berries at the farmer’s market, but Mole and Skunk are less successful with their worms and perfume.

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 try to read them all. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. I have assigned a 🙂 to my favorites. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

🙂 There’s a surefire way to stop a tickle monster: tickle him right back!

Once there was a girl, a very little girl. And there was a dragon, a very biggle dragon. They were friends…

🙂 A big sister explains all there is to know about little sisters…

🙂 Daisy Marsha Martin’s dilly dallying makes her late for nearly everything, but if she cannot find a way to make it to her swimming lesson on time, her “mermaid training” will be at an end.

Do you ever feel as stubborn as a mule? Or as chicken as a chicken? Of course you do! Everyone does.

A monster tries to chomp any reader who wants to go past the first page of the book in order to keep his cakes safe.

In this outer space adaptation of the fairy tale in rhyme, Cinderella dreams of becoming a spaceship mechanic.

🙂 Illustrations and rhyming text portray a bear cub who understands that because Papa is a soldier, he sometimes must go, but imagines what it would be like to stay near by riding in Papa’s backpack.

In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a greedy, hungry dragon eventually learns moderation.

Everyone has fears, some silly, some twisted…And so begins this curious little collection–with a letter for every fear, and a fear for every reader.

🙂 When the Mikanikal Man gets zapped during a lightning storm and comes to life, Bucky and Stu must decide if he is friend or foe.

Sally and her brothers are walking along the dunes in their Maine town when they come upon an enormous whale stranded on the beach.

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. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

A simple, sweet picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you.

Rather than a lemonade stand, Rufus sets up a story stand one summer and makes a series of trades with his friends–a story for a shell, for a kitten, for a surprise, and one more as a special birthday gift for his sister.

A boy whose parents are preoccupied with preparations for a new baby imagines what life would be like if he could have new parents.

🙂 A father and daughter walk through their neighborhood, brimming with questions–such as What else? and How come?–as they explore their world.

🙂 As an elderly woman, Lillian recalls that her great-great-grandparents were sold as slaves in front of a courthouse where only rich white men were allowed to vote, then the long fight that led to her right–and determination– to cast her ballot since the Voting Rights Act gave every American the right to vote.

🙂 Michael and his grandfather make a special trip into town for a very important event–Granddaddy is going to vote for the first time! But as Michael soon discovers, there is still a long way to go on the road to justice.

🙂 You will be looking out your window when something wonderful comes your way. You will want to keep him.

🙂 A little girl rescues a strange beast in the woods and carries him safely home. But the beast is not happy and escapes!

🙂 Will Jessica find a friend on her first day of school? Watch closely as Jessica reveals the contents of her box. Could this be the answer to her dreams of friendship?

As the seasons change, a young boy shares the magic of his garden with a special friend.

🙂 Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa–and now she has new baby brothers! Her cousins warn her that boys are “Big Trouble”. But could Anna’s brothers really be Double Trouble?

🙂 Vincent’s animal friends disagree on how he should paint his house, so Vincent comes up with a colorful solution.

There was once a little gardener and his garden meant everything to him. He worked hard, very hard, but he was just too little (or at least he felt he was).

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. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

Relates how Barbad became the new musician and singer in the court of Persian King Khosrow. Adapted from a 1,000 year-old story originally found in the “Book of Kings”, which tells the story of the mystical past of ancient Persia.

Tired of just supporting her big brother in their activities, Megan Owlet tries to find something of her own to do and when she decides dancing is right for her, her brothers are there to help her succeed.

🙂 In a world dazzled by the latest gadgets, the humble book seems like the most ordinary thing that could be. And perhaps it is–until you learn to look closer…and closer…and closer…and you’re suddenly in a world that only you can imagine.

All the jungle animals have gathered to hear Seth, the baby snake, say his first word. When he only manages “shhh” they burst into laughter. That’s not the noise a snake makes! What is Seth trying to tell them?

When Yeti, the school bus driver, takes the class on a surprise trip, everyone wants to know…are we there, Yeti?

Little Bird learned a new word! He loves it so much, he’s bursting to share it with all of his friends. The only problem is, this isn’t a very nice word.

Edmond is quite happy making colorful pompoms, cooking nut jam, and going to sleep early, but sometimes he feels quite lonely too.

Mummy Cat prowls his pyramid home, longing for his beloved owner. As he roams the tomb, lavish murals above his head display scenes of the cat with his young Egyptian queen, creating a story-within-a-story about the events of centuries past.

🙂 One snowy winter’s day, Kikko sets out to bring a pie to Grandma. When she happens upon a strange house in the woods, the most surprising guests invite her inside for a tea party. Kikko can hardly believe her eyes…

🙂 Pepper loves taking long naps, pestering the family dog, and being the only cat in the house. That is, until Poe arrives.

🙂 Have you ever visited a crocodile’s house? Or a squirrel’s? Or a mountain goat’s? No? Then you’ll want to follow Mr. Postmouse on his delivery route!

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. Below are a few I’ve cataloged recently. (Whenever possible, summaries have been taken directly from the books.)

Sun and Moon have always held their own places in the sky, but after a lifetime of darkness Moon wants to trade.

A worm is not a very suitable pet. Neither is an elephant…or a giraffe…or an octopus. But what is the most unsuitable pet of all? Here’s a clue–it has very sharp teeth.

Most animals long to get out of the zoo. Roscoe, however, is set on getting in.

🙂 Fudge and Einstein are a ferret duo. They’re going on a vacation adventure out west, to Arizona.

If your grandma flips upside down in slow motion…she might be a ninja!

“The perfect spot is this way!” says Boom. “The perfect spot is that way!” tweets Twitty. Snot is smartly silent. How will these three friends decide which way to go to find the perfect spot?

A young girl learns much about her mother as she reads a collection of poems written before she was born that capture her mother’s memories of living around the world and growing up as a child of an Air Force serviceperson.

🙂 Buckley and his mother cope with the loss of their father/husband by sending small wooden boats, built by Buckley, off into the ocean.

🙂 The little mouse Santi idolizes the cats on the farm. He practices his meows and kitty struts even when the other mice laugh at him. When Santi finally works up the courage to approach a cat for friendship, he is surprised by what happens.

Pedro and George are fed up with the children of the world getting them confused. Pedro is a crocodile, and George is an alligator. There’s a difference, you know. This determined pair decides to go on a mission to prove who’s who, once and for all.

Hurray! It’s summer vacation. Now Freddy the Frogcaster has even more time to spend weather-watching with his friends at the Frog News Network. And with a family beach vacation just weeks away, Freddy is taking no chances when it comes to watching for hurricanes.

Learn your ABCs with Rocket, the dog who loves to read and write.

Princess Pinecone would like a real war horse for her birthday, instead of which she gets a plump, cute pony–but sometimes cuteness can be a kind of weapon, especially in a fight with dodgeballs and spitballs and hairballs and squareballs.

🙂 Anna Banana’s stuffed animal friends are hungry, and she has just the solution: it’s time to bake a chocolate cake!

Sadie is a small girl with a big imagination. She likes to make and do and be lots of different things. Maybe you’re a bit like her?

Decades before Alaska became a state, a young boy followed his father into the wilderness on a journey of adventure, imagination, and inspiration.

A pirate is sleeping snug in his bed, dreaming pirate dreams, when a great storm comes up at sea. …the ship finally crashes, sending the pirate to a tropical island and his bed to drift on the ocean all alone.

Hot summer days. Deliciously cold pools. Friends. And swimming. All of these come together in this wonderful celebratory book that brings the song “Swimming, Swimming” to life.

🙂 A gust of wind has blown Frog’s hat off of her head–and now it’s stuck under Elephant’s bottom. Elephant is hungry and won’t budge until Frog feeds him all kinds of delicious foods with unusual shapes.

🙂 The moon follows Addy all over the city before finally settling in at her house for bedtime.

When Oliver the squid transforms himself into Squid Kid the Magnificent, Master of Illusion, his older sister Stella is not impressed.

Friends Bear and Hare are going fishing! While Hare is putting together a picnic, Bear enthusiastically fishes…a hat. Will Bear ever hook an actual fish?

In a village by the sea, a family awaits the return of a beloved family member.

Tired of his own home, a bear goes exploring, visiting animals around the world in their various habitats.

🙂 Have you ever bitten into a jelly doughnut and thought, this needs more jam? Imagine Sam’s surprise when he discovers that his favorite treat has been sucked dry!

When one of Mrs. Hen’s eggs rolls away from its nest and down a hole, little Pakkun the Wolf dashes after it. The hole, however, is no ordinary hole in the ground–it leads both the egg and Pakkun to the Land of Dinosaurs.

Every Sunday night a young girl and her grandmother go on an imaginary shopping trip using play money and the advertisements in the newspaper as a guide for their “purchases”.

A conscientious mouse tries to locate the owner of a single unclaimed shoe.

🙂 …Inspired by the true story of two sister, Cadence and Emi, who cleverly convinced their dad to adopt a puppy for their family.

🙂 Confusion abounds when a poorly spoken donkey says to a grammarian yam, “I yam a donkey!”

Why are all the chickens dancing around after an acorn hit Chicken Little on the head? What do Rabbit, Squirrel, and Cat have to say about all this? And what is sneaky Fox planning?

🙂 All Sophie wants for her birthday is a pet giraffe, but as she tries to convince different members of her rather complicated family to support her cause, each tells her she is using too many words until she finally hits on the perfect one.

A little boy wants his wishes to come true.

Best friends B. Bear and Lolly are working on their invention, a Porridge Perfecter, when the Gingerbread man wrecks the machine and keeps running without apologizing or offering to help.

🙂 There are four mice brothers: Rick, Mick, Vick…and Nick! Nick is the youngest, and while his brothers each know exactly what they want, Nick is never quite sure. But he might be waiting for the right moment to bloom.

Maya’s family is preparing for a new baby and she wants to help, so she draws on her interest in birds’ nests to create a very special quilt.

🙂 Wordless picture book about a boy who loses his paper boat in the rain.

🙂 Monkey lives a quiet life, all alone in the jungle. That is, until a visitor arrives and makes himself right at home. Now Monkey’s life is anything but peaceful.

When I met you, you were small and trembling, and I thought you might be a little bunny. I held you close so you were warm…

A young rabbit who loves playing dress-up ruins the special dress her Mama just finished making, then uses her craft supplies to fix it and become her mother’s “lovey bunny” again.

Not so long ago, in a galaxy fairly far away, Moose and his crew have finally found the Lost Nuts of Legend! Now all they have to do is bring them home. What could possibly go wrong?

Polar bear has lost his underwear! Quick! Help him find it!

Celebrate the universal joy of undies with this tribute to briefs in all shapes and sizes!

🙂 Caterina, a very organized brown bird, thinks she has the perfect plan to make sure she and her little brother, Leo, see a whale on their day at the beach.

Here comes the ambulance! It’s on its way. Who’s had an accident in Storyland today?

🙂 When Duncan reads a story, his imagination catches fire. Unfortunately…so does his book!

Based on a classic nursery rhyme, four mice brothers attempt to catch animals, only to lose track of their sister, Flo, in the process.

Audrey is bigger than she was yesterday. Now she needs a bigger house. So she tells her dad to build her one. At the top of a tree.

It’s just a regular old day at the beach for Fergus and his brother, Dink. Then they see something off in the distance… Wait…it’s not a something. It’s a someone!

🙂 A little boy identifies what makes his dog so special.

Illustrations and easy-to-read text relate a trip to the beach that features a man in a funny hat–or hat on a funny man, a sandy lunch and swimsuit, and a high-flying kite.

🙂 Duck is finally going on vacation. He has a beach chair, a book, and peace and quiet. Well, almost.

🙂 A little crab is in a bad mood, but his mother assures him that everyone feels a bit crabby at times, and that when his mood changes they will have all sorts of fun.

Part-dinosaur, part-truck monsters called Dinotrux take a vacation to cool off at the beach, where they have to work together to build a sand castle and to rescue a friend.

Billy’s wild imagination gets him into trouble at school, but a creative writing contest could be the perfect opportunity for him to shine.

🙂 Hello! It’s me–the housefly. Open my book and take a look inside. There’s never a dull moment!

A family can be many things, in this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten.

Fox and her friends are building a playhouse. Everything goes smoothly until bossy Moose tromps in and tries to be in charge. When Moose’s bossing causes the project to go awry, can the friends work as a team to come up with a solution?

🙂 Fergus is only a little puppy, but he wants to know what he should be when he grows up. His friends all have different ideas and it seems there’s a lot more to being a dog than he first thought!

Cordelia spends a day at the beach with her dinosaur friends.

🙂 Find your own spirit and take a journey with Ally-saurus as she learns to navigate the wild world of school.

What happens when becoming an older brother is not quite what you expected?

Every day, the dad who had 10 children counted 10 little t-shirts, 10 cups on the table, 10 bowls of spaghetti and 10 goodnight kisses…until one day he finally needed a rest!

Bear is an extraordinary, genius bear, who can do anything except ride a bike. Can Bear figure out how to get on two wheels?

Phoebe draws the planets on the sidewalk outside her father’s store. She can hardly wait. The telescopes are ready. Soon Saturn and Mars are going to appear together up in the sky. But will Phoebe be able to see them with all the city lights?

🙂 From winter hunts to picnic foraging, Coyote makes his deliberate way through the seasons in his urban habitat.

When young Daisy Dobbs starts as a scullery maid in a grand house, she works as hard as she can to please her employers. But her greatest day comes when disaster strikes and only Daisy can save the day.

The Tweedles are back and ready to take another exuberant swing at going modern. When their neighbors the Hamms announce that they’ve “gone online” by buying a telephone, Mama excitedly follows suit. But not all the Tweedles are convinced.

What is a lighthouse of souls? It’s the light that guides Leo and his grandpa over distant seas, to discover those who wait every night for a gentle word to help them fall asleep with a smile on their lips.

Pig, meet Pug. Pug, meet Pig. World, meet Pig and Pug.

🙂 A young girl discovers signs of wild beasts all around her house, always when her daddy is near.

“This is my rock!” says a little goat, “Not your rock!” And he won’t let anyone else share his mountaintop. But before long he’s feeling cold and lonely–and wants to have fun again.

Abukacha finally throws away his worn-out shoes and gets himself a new pair. But the old shoes, somehow, keep finding their way back to him.

…the squirmy wormy just won’t budge–until, that is, a group of chooky chicks comes together with a little aid from a rooster to get the worm unstuck…

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Little Miss as she learns to be a wonderful big sister.

Lloyd Llama loves many things, especially things spelled with a double L! Will he ever get along with Al Alpaca, who adores all things beginning with the letter A?

Drive will take you on a road trip into a big, wide world and into a small, narrow one, too. …Drive is a show-stopping exploration of opposites.

🙂 Tony Baroni only wanted to eat his favorite food… Nonna Sophia tried and tried to introduce other foods… But Tony’s response was always the same: “No, Nonna, please! Just macaroni and cheese!”

🙂 Pat-a-Cake Baby wants to bake a special gooey sticky yummy creamy magic moonlight dreamy cake!

🙂 A little girl ignores her best friend James after she hears rumors that he has been talking about her, but soon realizes that she misses his friendship.

🙂 Tim, a boy, and Sam, a blue whale lost in the city, both feel unnoticed until they meet, and they become best friends as Tim tries to help Sam get back home.

Arthur really needs his daddy today! When Arthur’s castle falls down, and when there’s a monster in the moat, there’s only one special someone who can help.

When a little girl moves to a new town, she finds a place called Butterfly Park. But when she opens the gate, there are no butterflies.

🙂 A little boy wakes up with the dawn and eagerly embraces his day.

🙂 There, in the crowd, is…a friend. Young, old, short, tall, feisty, funny, or even furry. Friends come in all shapes and sizes.

🙂 Depicting twenty-three different places, some of which are named, while others are represented through clues only, the book invites us into routines, habits, cultures, and landscapes that reflect our diversity as well as our similarities.

🙂 A peddler’s heart is moved by the kindness of a little man who cares more about the peddler’s comfort and well-being than winning a brand new bed, even one that’s guaranteed to never squeak.

An A to Z introduction to the world’s most beautiful birds.

Percival Priggs wants to be the perfect child in order to please his seemingly perfect parents.

Here is a dream caught on paper. As sleep starts the journey into the blue, marvelous threads unravel dreamy images out of the blue.

A child imagines what lessons are taught at Mom School, which cover everything from baiting a fishing hook to tucking you into bed.

Meet butterflies such as the pink-tipped clearwing satyr, the green cloudless sulphur, and the blue morpho. Count from zero to twenty-five, review your colors, learn fun butterfly facts, and say the word “butterfly” in more than twenty languages!

With a myriad of stripes and spots, tails and wings, you’ll have to search hard to find the twins!

🙂 A curious bunny looks for signs of the arrival of spring, in a story that celebrates the five senses.

Where are 1 fish truck, 1 apple truck, and 1 dairy truck headed? Follow 8 vehicles through 11 intricate mazes to find out, and along the way look for surprises hidden in the pictures.

Combining the features of a map, a pop-up and a picture book, this one-of-a-kind interactive experience invites the child reader to explore, enjoy, and find her own way through the jolly maze of an Indian village carnival.

🙂 A young Latina girl accidentally breaks her grandfather’s vihuela and searches for someone in the community to fix the instrument, which leads her to discover her grandfather’s legacy as a mariachi.

Follow one little mouse on her search for a best friend to stay by her side…

A big wave takes Toto away. He needs help.

At the end of summer, a girl’s mother wants to put away her favorite beach hat but the girl asks to keep it out, then decorates it for each holiday and season from autumn through spring.

🙂 Henry the pig is excited to spot the Great Pig in the Sky one starry night, but when he shows the other farm animals, he gets frustrated because they each see something different.

🙂 Through a series of amusing examples, a young boy learns how to get ready for a good night’s sleep–and bedtime should not include dinosaurs and sharks.

Tommy has worn out his parents and sister with his bouncing, clomping, and leaping but when they convince him to try tap dancing, he finds it the perfect outlet for his energy.

🙂 After bedtime a house comes alive as a lamp in the shape of a bird solves an array of problems including a leaky faucet, a creaking chair, and sneezing broom, all while the family sleeps.

After his teacher says anything can be in an art exhibition, and his fellow students give myriad reasons why something might belong in a museum, a child offers his special grandmother as an exhibit but when the curator cites a rule against accepting grandmas, the child has a better idea.

Today is the perfect day to stay in. To stay warm and snug in pajamas. To put marmalade in hot popovers. To ride in a basket-shaped rocket ship to space…innerspace.

A reassuring and hilarious look at a child’s trepidation about meeting his first babysitter then realizing he adores her!

Little Tom Drum loves strawberry pie so much that he creeps down to the kitchen at night to get just one more small slice of that sweet, delicious, flaky pie resting on the windowsill in the golden moonlight…

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.)

🙂 Spencer loves books and reads one every night, sometimes aloud, then puts the book back in its place, but one morning his favorite book is missing, and the next day another, each replaced by a different object.

Templeton the cat makes a wish for his family to disappear, but quickly learns that being alone isn’t as great as he had thought it would be.

🙂 Troto is a happy little car who likes to go places until he drives all the way to Cactusville and meets some big trucks that tease him for being so small.

As friends Bear and Mouse share a day together, Bear counts various objects, from one to five, and the reader is invited to do the same.

🙂 Cat tries to trick the Tooth Fairy, but he meets his match in a mischievous mouse.

As the circus train rolls into town, excited children and their parents get in line for their chance to experience the Big Top.

Children are taught when and where to “say the magic words.” But what do expressions such as please, thank you, I’m sorry, and I love you really mean?

🙂 As his friends Bird, Mouse, and Bear celebrate the arrival of spring, Rabbit finds more and more things to dislike about the change of seasons until, at last, he admits that spring can be full of pleasant surprises.

🙂 Kitten loves to explore, pretend, and get into trouble!

Follows a family of puffins from the time the parents greet one another off the coat of Alaska and prepare to raise a family, through the care of their fragile egg and ravenous chick , to Little Puffin’s first flight across and into the sea.

When school lets out for the summer, Rufus Leroy Williams III, a determined pig who loves to read, decides to become a pirate.

Turtle and me. We’re never lonely or sad when we’re together. But we’re getting older…Do I still need Turtle? Does Turtle still need me?