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.