Picture Books

Gr 3—8—An enjoyable introduction to Lear, accompanied by whimsical art...

PreS—A clutch of birds perches on a tree, all piping their various songs in this cumulative picture book...

PreS-Gr 2—In a story that doubles as a barely disguised primer on the dos and don'ts of handling a cat, a winsome but finicky feline lists all of the things he wants and does not want from a best friend: privacy when using the litter box—good; shouting in his ear-bad; an ability to read tails—excellent; dropping him to see if he lands on his feet—don't even try it...

PreS-Gr 1—Betty Bunny is, according to her parents, a handful...

PreS-K—Because he is not yet sleepy, Baby Hippo takes a walk through the jungle...

K-Gr 3—Bandana Bear and Tuxedo Teddy, two very different cousins, take a world tour of well-known natural and cultural sites...

PreS-Gr 3—Similar in style to McGrath's Teddy Bear Counting (Charlesbridge, 2010), this picture book uses a rainbow of bears to explore sorting, graphing, addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, and ordinal numbers...

PreS-Gr 2—Berkes incorporates some of Australia's unique animals in her latest variant of the familiar song, "Over in the Meadow...

K-Gr 2—In this turnabout fairy tale, a princess saves princes who were turned into frogs, kidnapped by an ogre, locked in a dungeon, or buried in a cave...