New Picture Books

Night Light - Nicholas BlechmanCount the lights and, through die-cut pages, find out which vehicle they belong to.
Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas!: A Toon Book - Philippe Coudray
Benjamin Bear, accompanied by his faithful rabbit friend, continues to share his observations and questions about the world around him.

Saturday is Dadurday - Robin Pulver
"For Mimi, the best day of the week is always Saturday, the day she gets to spend with just her Dad. But when Dad's work takes him away from Mimi one Saturday, 'Dadurday' is ruined. Can Mimi find a way to save 'Dadurday' and still make it special for her and her Dad?"-- Provided by publisher

Sailing the Unknown: Around the World with Captain Cook - Michael J. Rosen
"A sailor boy named Nick travels the uncharted world of the late 1700s in this illustrated account of the historic three-year voyage of the British vessel Endeavour and its captain, James Cook."--Provided by publisher


Martin & Mahalia: His Words, Her Song - Andrea Davis Pinkney
Explores the intersecting lives of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and gospel singer Mahalia Jackson at the historic moment when their joined voices inspired landmark changes.

Is It Big or Is It Little? - Claudia Rueda
A cat and mouse chase demonstrates such concepts as deep and shallow, scary and scared, and beginning and end.

Bluebird - Bob Staake
"A wordless picture book about the inspiring friendship that develops between a bluebird and a young boy."--Provided by publisher

Ol' Mama Squirrel - David Ezra Stein
Ol' Mama Squirrel has raised many babies and kept them all safe from predators, but she may have met her match when a determined grizzly bear threatens to eat her entire family tree.

The Very Big Carrot - Satoe Tone
Six imaginative rabbits consider what they might make from an unusually large carrot they have found.