Synopsis: Jane Yolen's Emily Writes is an imagined and evocative picture book account of Emily Dickinson’s childhood poetic beginnings, featuring illustrations by Christine Davenier.As a young girl, Emily Dickinson loved to scribble curlicues and circles, imagine new rhymes, and connect with the natural world around her. The sounds, sights, and smells of home swirled through her mind, and Emily began to explore writing and rhyming her thoughts and…

Synopsis: Dog lovers and kids anxious about going back to school will be delighted by this photographic Step 2 reader with school-themed poems!From the bus stop to the last bell, the school day is covered. The easy-to-read poems were chosen and adapted from the delightful hardcover picture books Loose Leashes and Dog-Gone School, by husband-and-wife team Ron and Amy Schmidt. Plus there are a few new poems and photos, too! Which dog is your favorite?Step 2…

Synopsis: Hush, Little Bunny is a heartwarming, lyrical love letter from a papa bunny to his little one—from David Ezra Stein, Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Interrupting Chicken and Leaves. Fans of Kevin Henkes and Beatrix Potter will adore this gorgeous book.Come, little bunny, don’t be shy . . . “Hush Little Baby” is a lullaby that parents have sung to their children for generations. Now Caldecott Honor winner David Ezra Stein has reimagined the…

Synopsis: A young boy creates a summer playhouse by planting sunflowers and saves the seeds to make another house the next year.

Synopsis: "There's a curious commotion at the bottom of the ocean. I think we ought to go…

Synopsis: Beautiful poems in English and Spanish celebrate a wide variety of animals in this bilingual kids book Flutter & Hum / Aleteo y ZumbidoAll sorts of animals flutter and hum, dance and stretch, and slither and leap their way through this joyful collection of poems in English and Spanish. Julie Paschkis's poems and art sing in both languages, bringing out the beauty and playfulness of the animal world.

Synopsis: This spirited collection of poems introduces young readers to Danitra Brown, the most splendiferous girl in town, and her best friend, Zuri Jackson. "The poignant text and lovely pictures are an excellent collaboration, resulting in a look at touching moments of universal appeal."--School Library Journal.

Synopsis: A 2018 Notable Poetry Book for Children (National Council of Teachers of English) Discover the poetry of Carl Sandburg in Poetry for Kids: Carl Sandburg. Carefully chosen for kids, these 35 poems are presented, illustrated, and explained by an expert. There is no better time to introduce children to poetry and literature than during their formative years. That is why professor and scholar Kate Benzel has used her wealth of experience to …

Synopsis: Celebrate Thanksgiving with a collection of festive poems from the author of Kindergarten, Here I Come! It's Thanksgiving time and everyone is getting into the holiday spirit! From making stuffing with Grandma to playing Plymouth Rock in a school skit, these poems from author D. J. Steinberg cover the heartwarming and hilarious moments families share on this special occasion. Readers are sure to be thankful for this book!

Synopsis: A celebration of the magic and wonder of Christmas Eve, and the perfect family story for the holiday season, The Night Before Christmas is ideal for parent-child sharing, and brings the wonder of Christmas to life. Includes a page of Christmas celebrations from around the world.

Synopsis: The narrator of this tall tale is sure to astound readers with his little sister's choice of cuisine. She goes through snakes, ants, shrews and bats as if they were yodels. Everyone's convinced she won't keep them down, but she just keeps on stuffin'--all the way up to ten, that is, when she's faced with ten tiny peas. Full color.

Synopsis: There's a monster in my closet, with claws and teeth and hair. And tonight I'm going to scare him! He lives just right through there... Is there a monster living in your closet? Are you brave enough to catch him? Parents and children will love sharing this fun and inventive picture book, which reminds us that things aren't always as scary as they seem. In the end, maybe the monster is just looking for a friend!

Synopsis: When a bug goes for a walk, he might meet a cat and a crocodile and a bee and ... well, all kinds of creatures. They could sing and dance and do all sorts of things. To find out who this bug meets and what they do, you'll have to join them. But ready for anything and be ready for fun, because this is a tumble bumble story and you just never know what's going to happen!

Synopsis: All the animals are in a panic. The elephant's sneeze would blow the monkeys out of the trees, the feathers off the birds, the stripes off the zebra. Even the fish and the fly, the crocodile and the kangaroo, know what a catastrophe that sneeze would be. "Please don't sneeze!" they beg. . . . The classic story of an enormous sneeze in the marking, told in sprightly nonsense verse, has been newly illustrated in full color to delight a new…

Synopsis: The billy-goat's going 'quack' and the hen's going 'oink'. The sow's going 'cluck', the cow's going 'baa', and the farmer has laid an egg. All the animals have gone completely quackers in this classic nonsense rhyme

Synopsis: Come along and follow me Around the town we will go Seeing sights both high and low...Everything you love about Cedar Key, all in one wonderful book! ABCedar Key is a fun alphabet adventure through the small community and teaches children and adults alike about island life. The magic of Cedar Key comes alive as the reader travels around the town by way of the alphabet.Readers will be delighted with the colorful illustrations of their favorite…

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic poem about summer bedtime hours relates how children must go to bed while the sun is still up.

Synopsis: See the beauty and magic of the everyday world through the eyes of Emily Dickinson, one of America's best-loved and most renowned poets. Flowers, birds, sunrises, sunsets, the moon, and even her own existence take on surprising meanings and colorful illustrations accompany more than thirty-five of her best-loved poems. An ideal way to introduce young readers to the marvels of prose, the Poetry for Young People series opens up the world of…