New Children's Book

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid - Megan McDonald
The shortest kid in the second grade, James Moody, also known as Stink, learns all about the shortest president of the United States, James Madison, when they celebrate Presidents' Day at school.

New Picture Books

The Birthday Box: Happy Birthday to Me! - Leslie Patricelli
An imaginative young child has a wonderful time playing with a box he receives for his birthday. What's better than getting a brand-new toy as a birthday gift? Playing with the box it came in!

The Greatest Game Ever Played: A Football Story - Phil Bildner
When their beloved baseball team, the New York Giants, moves to California, Sam and Pop switch their loyalties to the other New York Giants and attend their championship game with the Baltimore Colts. Includes historical note.

Nini Here and There - Anita Lobel
Fearing at first that her family is going on vacation without her, Nini the cat ends up traveling with her owners to their new home.

The Growing Story - Ruth Krauss
A little boy worries throughout the summer that he's not getting bigger, but at the end of the season he tries on his winter clothes and realizes that he has grown.

Black? White! Day? Night! A Book of Opposites - Laura Vaccaro Seeger
A series of colorful die-cut pages that introduces a number of things that are opposites including black and white, big and little, and day and night.

Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair - Patricia Polacco
Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek, where everyone has forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television.

The Butterfly - Patricia Polacco
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom. Based on a true story, this picture book tells of a little girl growing up in France during World War II who becomes aware that her family is hiding a Jewish family in the cellar. Since the Tall Boots--the Nazis--have marched into Monique's small French village, terrorizing it, nothing surprises her. Until the night Monique encounters "the little ghost" sitting at the end of her bed. When she turns out to be--not a ghost at all--but a young girl named Sevrine, who has been hiding from the Nazis in Monique's own basement, how could Monique not be surprised! Playing upstairs after dark, the two become friends until, in a terrifying moment, they are discovered, sending both of their families into a nighttime flight.In the tradition of Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco once again dips into her own family's history to reveal her Aunt Monique's true story of friendship from the French Resistance.

Mr. Lincoln's Way - Patricia Polacco
When Mr. Lincoln, "the coolest principal in the whole world," discovers that Eugene, the school bully, knows a lot about birds, he uses this interest to help Eugene overcome his intolerance.

Oh, Look! - Patricia Polacco
Three goats escape from their pen and visit a fair, but they run back home after they seem to encounter an ogre.

When Lightning Comes in a Jar - Patricia Polacco
A young girl describes the family reunion at her grandmother's house, from the food and baseball and photos to the flickering fireflies on the lawn.

Something about Hensley's - Patricia Polacco
Hensley's, a neighborhood general store, always seems to have what Molly, Kate, and their mother need.

New Pop-Up Book

Dr. Seuss Pops Up! A Celebration of Seven Seuss Classics - Dr. Seuss
Cat in the hat -- Green eggs and ham -- Sneetches -- I can read with my eyes shut -- Cat in the hat comes back -- Fox in socks -- One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

New Board Books

Baby! Talk! - Penny Gentieu
Photographs and simple text present a group of babies finding their feet, playing patty-cake, eating, hugging, and more.

Baby Dance - Ann Taylor
For babies who are responding to music and movement, here's a playful poem that has father and child dancing lovingly across the pages.

Old MacDonald - Rosemary Wells
The inhabitants of Old MacDonald's farm are described, verse by verse.

The Itsy-Bitsy Spider - Rosemary Wells
A duck watches as the itsy-bitsy spider goes up and down the water spout.

I See - Helen Oxenbury
Shows all of the things that baby can see.

I Touch - Helen Oxenbury
Introduces toddlers to the words ball, beard, worm, cat, water, and blanket.

I Hear - Helen Oxenbury
Shows all of the things that baby can hear.

I Can - Helen Oxenbury
Shows all of the things that baby can do.

Booky - Mary Engelbreit
Different animals are shown in this colorfully illustrated board book.

Animal Noises - Stephen Cartwright
Introduces young children to animal sounds.

Baby Faces - Margaret Miller
Presents color photographs of various facial expressions.

Tickle, Tickle - Helen Oxenbury
Babies play in the mud and have to get cleaned up.

Say Goodnight - Helen Oxenbury
Babies play and then go to bed.

Clap Hands - Helen Oxenbury
Babies at play.

All Fall Down - Helen Oxenbury
Babies singing and playing.

Baby Colors
Baby's new world is full of bright, beautiful colors, and the curved tabs on this fun first colors book are made especially for little fingers.

Count with Me
One, two, three, four, five--this book makes numbers come alive ...

The Bear Went Over the Mountain - Helen Oxenbury
A bear goes over the mountain and all he could see was the other side.

Daddy Kisses - Anne Gutman
Animal and human fathers kiss in different ways, but they all show love.

Peek-a-Who? - Nina Laden
The reader can look through die-cut pages for a visual clue to complete a game of peek-a-boo.

New Picture Books

Lucky Jake - Sharon Hart Addy
While panning for gold with his Pa, Jake adopts a pig that he names Dog.

Fox - Kate Banks
A baby fox anticipates the time when he can go out alone, but first his parents must teach him the ways of the wilderness.

A Perfect Day - Remy Charlip
A parent and child spend a perfect day together, from sunrise to nightfall.

First Grade, Here I Come - Nancy Carlson
Henry tells his mother that he did not like his first day of first grade, but as he describes what he did and learned, he begins to realize that he might enjoy it after all.


That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown - Cressida Cowell
Emily defends her stuffed rabbit from the naughty queen who is determined to acquire it any way she can.

Orange Pear Apple Bear - Emily Gravett
Explores concepts of color, shape, and food using only five simple words, as a bear juggles and plays.

Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy - Jane O'Connor
Nancy wants to adopt a special puppy so that she is no longer the only fancy member of her family, but after a day of puppysitting a papillon, she realizes that being fancy is not always the most important thing.

17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore - Jenny Offill
A young girl lists the seventeen things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes.

Shelly - Margie Palatini
Shelly's older sisters wait impatiently for him to be ready for all sorts of activities, like they are, but he is determined to do things on his own schedule.

The Purple Balloon - Chris Raschka
Easy-to-read text reveals that dying is hard work, for the old and especially the young, and how good it is that so many people help when a person dies, from medical staff to clergy and friends to family members.

Little Moon Dog - Helen Ward
Little Moon Dog plays with the mischievous fairies who come to tour the moon, but he later realizes that the Man in the Moon is his true friend.

Scaredy Squirrel - Melanie Watt
Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.

How to Bake an American Pie - Karma Wilson
Rhyming text and illustrations present a recipe for how to bake a pie from all the things that make America great.

The 39 Apartments of Ludwig van Beethoven - Jonah Winter
Ludwig van Beethoven and his five legless pianos keep having to move from one apartment to another when his neighbors complain about the noise.

The Little Red Fish - Taeeun Yoo
A little boy named JeJe explores a magical library with his friend, a little red fish.

New Children's Books

Dimity Dumpty: The Story of Humpty's Little Sister - Bob Graham
Humpty Dumpty's little sister is too shy to be part of her family's circus act, but she finds courage when her brother needs her help.

The Story of Giraffe - Guido Pigni
After learning that he cannot board Noah's ark until he finds a girl giraffe to go with him, Giraffe asks other creatures for help but, while they teach him valuable lessons, none can help with the main problem.

New Professional Resources

Lessons for Extending Place Value - Maryann Wickett

Acting Out: Reader's Theatre Across the Curriculum - Chris Gustafson

New Christian Education Resource

Crafts from Your Favorite Bible Stories - Kathy Ross
Presents instructions for making twenty-nine craft projects related to Bible stories and characters including a Jonah in the whale puppet, a cardboard tube manger, and a hair-growing Samson.