LibraryAware June 2017

PICTURE BOOKS

Count the monkeys
by Mac Barnett

Children are invited to practice their counting skills while giggling at the antics of a group of elusive monkeys who are frightened away by a whimsical series of animals. By the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award-winning author of Extra Yarn.

Last Stop on Market Street
by Matt De La Pena

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things. By the author of the celebrated picture book A Nation's Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis.

Stick and Stone
by Beth Ferry

Stick and Stone are both lonely until Pinecone's teasing causes one to stick up for the other, and a solid friendship is formed.

Lightship
by Brian Floca

Experience life aboard a lightship, a lighthouse built on a ship and anchored out to sea, and feel what it was like to ride out a storm while doing the important job that helped bring other ships safely to port, complete with a diagram of a lightship and historical background.

Roller coaster
by Marla Frazee

Twelve people set aside their fears and ride a roller coaster, including one who has never done so before

Waiting
by Kevin Henkes

Five toy animal friends sit happily together on a windowsill, patiently waiting for anticipated weather changes that are orchestrated by their young human companion. By the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of Kitten's First Full Moon.

Actual size
by Steve Jenkins

Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals

It's a tiger!
by David LaRochelle

A child imagines that he is in a story where he encounters a tiger at every turn

Tap the magic tree
by Christie Matheson

A celebration of the changing seasons invites children to observe striking watercolor and collage illustrations while exploring interactive elements that demonstrate how a tree wondrously blossoms in the spring and produces apples in the summer before its leaves swirl away in the autumn. A first picture book.

The Book With No Pictures
by B. J. Novak

The Emmy Award-winning actor best known for his performances in The Office presents a silly read-aloud book that combines a deliberately image-free format with wacky nonsense text, goofy song lyrics and more. By the author of One More Thing.

11 experiments that failed
by Jenny Offill

An imaginative youngster provides step-by-step instructions for 12 not-so-scientific experiments that are unlikely to produce favorable results, from ketchup-doused snowballs to dishes washed in a clothes washing machine. By the creators of 17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore.

I don't want to be a frog
by Dev Petty

Wanting to be anything but his slimy, wet self, a reluctant young frog aspires to be a cat, rabbit or owl until a hungry but frog-disdaining wolf arrives.

Good night owl
by Greg Pizzoli

Hearing a strange noise as he settles in for bedtime, Owl looks everywhere, from the cupboard to beneath the floorboards, for the source of the noise before spotting a tiny, squeaky, mouse-shaped detail.

Creepy carrots!
by Aaron Reynolds

The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch in a clever and hilarious picture book parable about a rabbit that fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Illustrations by the celebrated creator of Children Make Terrible Pets.

Goodnight, goodnight, construction site
by Sherri Duskey Rinker

When their work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep

The bear ate your sandwich
by Julia Sarcone-Roach

A guilty dog relates how a bear wandered out of the forest, became lost in the city and consumed an unattended sandwich before returning home, in a whimsical tall tale by the award-winning author of Subway Story.

Press here
by Hervé Tullet

Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, a series of dots multiplies, grows, or changes color by pressing, tilting, or blowing on the previous page

They all saw a cat
by Brendan Wenzel

An ordinary housecat is seen from the different perspectives of a child and various animals

BEGINNING READERS

Up, tall and high
by Ethan Long

Through illustrations, fold-outs and simple text, colorful birds--including a penguin and a peacock--demonstrate the meanings of the words up, tall and high in three laugh-out-loud situations.

The cookie fiasco
by Dan Santat

The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of The Adventures of Beekle and the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Knuffle Bunny present the story of four wacky animal friends who struggle to share three cookies.

Good night, Knight
by Betsy Lewin

After a tantalizing dream about golden cookies, Knight and his horse embark on a quest for baked goods

Rhyming dust bunnies
by Jan Thomas

As three dust bunnies, Ed, Ned, and Ted, are demonstrating how much they love to rhyme, a fourth, Bob, is trying to warn them of approaching danger

Oops, pounce, quick, run! : an alphabet caper
by Mike Twohy

A whimsically illustrated alphabet book by the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist incorporates a story about a little mouse whose nap is interrupted by a ball that bounces into his home, setting off an epic chase from A to Z.

Who is that, Cat the cat?
by Mo Willems

The Emmy Award-winning Sesame Street animator and three-time Caldecott Honor-winning creator of the Pigeon tales presents a board book adaptation of a lighthearted entry in the Cat the Cat series that introduces essential concepts while building up to a surprising twist ending.

Crab cab
by Harriet Ziefert

Combines simple whimsical rhymes by the award-winning author of A New Coat for Anna with colorful anime-style illustrations in a series of skill-building stories that invites young children to peruse die-cut spreads while becoming familiar with word families that share similar long- and short-vowel sounds.