New Picture Books

This is My Home, This is My School - Jonathan Bean
The boy from Building our house takes us through a typically boisterous homeschooling day with his big family.-- Provided by publisher

Where's Walrus? And Penguin? - Stephen Savage
Walrus and Penguin have escaped from the zoo! Will the zookeeper find them? Or will these clever runaways stay one step ahead disguised as subway riders, baseball players, and even grand opera performers? 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.

I Used to Be Afraid - Laura Vaccaro Seeger
A novelty picture book exploring the many forms fear can take and the importance of overcoming it.-- Provided by publisher

The Little Shop of Monsters - R.L. Stine
An illustrated, interactive story with a narrator who invites the reader to meet a vast array of pet monsters, such as the Yucky Mucky twins, and choose one to take home.


My Many Colored Days - Dr. Seuss
This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.

What Pet Should I Get? - Dr. Seuss
What happens when a brother and sister visit a pet store to pick a pet? Naturally, they can't choose just one! The tale captures a classic childhood moment--choosing a pet--and uses it to illuminate a life lesson: that it is hard to make up your mind, but sometimes you just have to do it!

My Leaf Book - Monica Wellington
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. -- Provided by publisher

I Really Like Slop! - Mo Willems
Piggie really likes slop. She likes it so much, she wants Gerald to try some! But can Gerald find the courage to do it? Or will the smell alone be too much to handle?-- Provided by publisher


The Full Moon at the Napping House - Audrey Wood
In this cumulative tale, a chirping cricket calms a worried mouse, a prowling cat, and other restless creatures, helping them to finally fall asleep.

My Autumn Book - Wong Herbert Yee
A young girl rushes outside when the air is crisp and the sky turns gray to observe all of the changes that autumn brings.

New Picture Books

Goodnight Songs: A Celebration of the Seasons - Margaret Wise Brown
Twelve seasonal lullabies are illustrated by contemporary artists, including Floyd Cooper, Leo Espinosa, and Dadu Shin.

I Am a Bear - Jean François Dumont
A homeless bear living in a city has a hard time getting by, but when a little girl makes friends with him, his life becomes brighter.


I'm Right Here - Constance Ørbeck-Nilssen
Even as William's grandmother soothes him with the knowledge that his fears will lessen as he grows up, he reassures her that she need not fear losing the things she loves.



The Moon is Going to Addy's House - Ida Pearle
The moon follows Addy all over the city before finally settling in at her house for bedtime.

Wait - Antoinette Portis
A ... picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you.-- Provided by publisher


Animal Beauty - Kirstin Roskift
Zoo animals find a fashion magazine, pass it around, and start to follow its advice.


Brother Giovanni's Little Reward: How the Pretzel Was Born - Anna Egan Smucker
Brother Giovanni is a happy man and the best baker his monastery has ever 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.

Lenny & Lucy - Philip C. Stead
A picture book about moving to a new house and making new friends.-- Provided by publisher


The Dog That Nino Didn't Have - Edward Van de Vendel
Nino has a wonderful time playing with his imaginary dog until he gets a real one, and although the new dog does not always behave as he expects, Nino is still content.




I Will Take a Nap! - Mo Willems
Gerald is tired and cranky and wants to take a nap, but Piggie is not helping.

Picture Books

Seasonal Books:

Otter Loves Halloween! - Sam Garton

Halloween is Otter's favorite holiday. It's also a very busy time for her and Teddy. With so much to do, it's a good thing she's a Halloween expert!

 

From Apple Tree to Cider, Please! - Felicia Sanzari Chernesky

"Grab the wagon, it's a bright autumn day and the trees are full of ripe, red apples! There's an apple festival underway at the farm and lots of work to do making cider. This visit finishes with a cider doughnut and a cup of freshly pressed cider. DELICIOUS! Told in crisp, action-driven rhymes from a young child's point of view, From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! is a realistic account of how apple cider is pressed, flavored with the charm and vigor of a harvest celebration.-- Provided by the publisher

 

Picture Books:

Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad - Liz Climo
Rory lives with his father on an island and one day, when his father needs some quiet time, Rory decides to go on an adventure by himself for the first time, unaware that his father's following behind to help.

If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't! - Elise Parsley
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.

Board Book:

Red Light, Green Light - Yumi Heo
This board book features 10 lift-the flap traffic signs.

Teacher Resources

The Day the Crayons Quit: A Guide for the Book - Drew Daywalt
Explore the fun and quirky ways in which the crayons quit with this instructional guide for literature. Students will love analyzing the crayons' struggles and complaints by completing age-appropriate, rigorous yet fun activities and lessons provided in this guide. Readers will enjoy figuring out how Duncan convinces his crayons to come back to work. Analyzing story elements in multiple ways, close reading and text-based vocabulary practice, and determining meaning through text-dependent questions are just a few of the many skills students will walk away with after interacting with the rigorous and appealing cross-curricular lessons and activities in this resource. Written to support this playful, well-known book, each activity and lesson work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend literature while using their imagination.

Books in Bloom: Discovering the Plant Biology in Great Children's Literature
- Valerie Bang-Jensen and Mark Lubkowitz
Books in Bloom invites children to learn about science while experiencing a great story. Each chapter features an outstanding children's book that is grounded in plant biology and provides engaging activities and lesson plans related to curricular standards. Books in Bloom provides an opportunity for everyone who reads and gardens with children to teach science through literature.

The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals
Young people's literature through the ages is given new life by the best comics artists and illustrators. Fairy tales, fables, fantastical adventures, young adult novels, swashbuckling yarns, your favorite stories from childhood and your teenage years are adapted as short graphic stories. They're all here, in all their original complexity and strangeness, before they were censored or sanitized (including Red Riding Hood drinking her grandmother's blood).

Nonfiction

Elementary Grades
Your Healthy Body series (grades K-3):

Eat a Balanced Diet!

Get a  Good Night's Sleep!

Exercise!

Practice Good Hygiene!

Visit the Dentist!

Visit the Doctor!


Brands We Know series (grades 3-6) 

Disney

Hershey's

Kellogg's

LEGO

McDonald's

Nike

 

 Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla - Katherine Applegate
"The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta."-- Provided by publisher

Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust - Loïc Dauvillier.
"A grandmother shares the story of her experiences in WWII with her grandchild in this graphic novel for young readers."-- Provided by publisher


The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale - Nathan Hale
Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north without being caught or killed, she'd be free. Facing enormous danger, Araminta made it, and once free, she changed her name to Harriet Tubman. Tubman spent the rest of her life helping slaves run away like she did, every time taking her life in her hands.

When the Slave Esperanca Garcia Wrote a Letter - Sonia Rosa
 Translation of: Quando a escrava Esperança Garcia escreveu uma carta. Esperanca Garcia, a literate slave, was moved from a Jesuit cotton farm in Brazil to be a cook, away from her husband and some of her children and wrote a letter to the governor asking to be returned to the cotton farm.

Bird and Diz - Ed Young
Presents a rhythmic tribute to Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, and their creation of bebop.



Grades 5-8

Everything World War I - Karen L. Kenney
A one hundredth anniversary tribute introduces World War I's key events, major battles, and most prominent players, incorporating informative photography, maps, and an interactive glossary.



How to Babysit a Leopard: And Other True Stories From Our Travels Across Six Continents
- Ted and Betsy Lewin
From Africa to Asia Pacific, from Europe to the United States of America, acclaimed authors/illustrators Ted and Betsy Lewin have roamed the earth taking on snakes, tracking mountain gorillas, and generally trying to avoid being eaten by various jungle creatures. Packed with pencil drawings, full-color illustrations, and captivating photographs, there is not a single dull moment as Ted and Betsy take the reader through their dramatic, funny, and often poignant stories...all true!"
-- Provided by publisher

Picture Books

Boats for Papa - Jessixa Bagley
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 Monkey and the Bee - C.P. Bloom
"The monkey has finally gotten his banana, but now a bumble bee wants a bite. The monkey tries to swat away the bee, but in the process finds himself with a bigger problem on his hands. Will the monkey and the bee be able to work together and become friends?"-- Provided by publisher

Bow-Wow Wiggle, Wiggle - Mary Newell DePalma
Simple, rhyming text follows a rambunctious dog throughout a day of fun.

And What if I Won't? - Maureen Fergus
A young boy's question about what his mother would do if he didn't put his plate in the sink turns into an imaginative adventure for both of them.

What Forest Knows - George Ella Lyon
Follows the changing seasons in a forest as trees and animals are nourished and are dependent on each other.

The Potato King - Christoph Niemann
King Fritz, aka Frederick the Great of Prussia, tricks his citizens into enjoying potatoes when he plants a field and has an army of men guard the perimeter.


Gingerbread for Liberty! How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution - Mara Rockliff
"A stirring picture book biography about a forgotten hero of the American Revolution who rose to the occasion and served his country, not with muskets or canons, but with gingerbread!"-- Provided by publisher

Ask Me - Bernard Waber
A father and daughter explore their neighborhood, talking and asking questions as they go.

Science & Nature Picture Books

The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea - Brenda Z. Guiberson
"Fascinating facts and spectacular illustrations will inspire young readers to choose their own favorite sea creature.s"-- Provided by publisher
 
 Egg: Nature's Perfect Package - Steve Jenkins & Robin Page
"Explore how a simple, often colorful, sometimes surprisingly shaped package, reveals nature's life cycle, unusual animal defensive strategies, parenting behavior, evolution, and more, in this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book."-- provided by publisher

Little Puffin's First Flight - Jonathan London
Follows a family of puffins from the time the parents greet one another off the coast 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. Includes facts about puffins.

Fur, Fins, and Feathers: Abraham Dee Bartlett and the Invention of the Modern Zoo - Cassandre Maxwell
Abraham Dee Bartlett knew from a young age that he wanted to spend his life working with animals. But in Victorian London, there weren't many jobs that provided an opportunity to do that. Still, Abraham spent years gaining knowledge and pursuing his dream until he eventually became superintendent in the London Zoo. Driven by his compassion for the animals, Abraham dramatically improved the conditions of the zoo to ensure that the animals could be happy and healthy.With engaging back matter and charming illustrations, Cassandre Maxwell's book brings to life the little-known story of the man who helped to create the modern zoo.

Plants Feed Me - Lizzy Rockwell
"Watermelons are fruits. Cabbages are leaves. Walnuts are seeds. Carrots are roots. People eat many parts of plants. Even flowers!" -- Provided by publisher


 Changes: A Child's First Poetry Collection - Charlotte Zolotow
"Published in time to mark what would have been the 100th birthday of acclaimed author/editor Zolotow, this collection of 28 seasonally organized poems celebrates the delightful, unexpected moments that arise as the months pass, temperatures change, and the Earth transforms itself."-- Provided by publisher