Little Johnny, almost four years old, would rather run around naked than keep his clothes on. Who can blame the active boy when he spends most of his day on a tropical island where the sun smiles down on him and the ocean waves from his... Read More

Parents, caregivers, and teachers will immediately warm to the plethora of concepts—from animals and seasons to rhymes and adjectives—that Slither Slide, What’s Outside? offers their young children. Preschoolers, however, will... Read More

Young Hazel and Tilly and their family enjoy a camping adventure full of discovery: “You can take a bath with fish when you are camping,” we learn. Visited by fireflies, deer, and crickets, the girls come to feel at one with their... Read More

These engaging close-up photographs of eighteen animals will make children and adults grin and quiver simultaneously. Each page or spread reveals a new creature, including a fox snake, an American bullfrog, an Eastern screech owl, an... Read More

A smart, sweet, and savvy meditation on form and function as well as a lesson in rhyming and alliteration that explores the many roles of a leaf: “Air Cleaner/Earth Greener. Wind rider/Lake Glider.” The inventive text and gentle,... Read More

All things nocturnal and furry come alive in this unusual story of a baby bat learning about his surroundings. After a fall from his customary perch, and with Pluribus the rat as his guide, the little bat encounters all of the other... Read More

Jealous–Accepting. Same–Different. Tricky–Truthful. So reads the provocatively spare text accompanying lush illustrations of all manner of animals doing extraordinary things. Why is a gerbil looking out a train window? Do hedgehogs... Read More

Fourth-grader Zack Zage is fairly busting his buttons, stuck as he is at the end of the alphabet on the day his teacher, Ms. Grundy, introduces the topic, “What I want to be.” Because Zack wants to be a little bit of... Read More