Category: Books

Valentine’s Day is almost here! If your little ones are getting excited for the holiday, why not add a few Valentine’s Day themed book to your reading list? We’ve picked out six new releases about Valentine’s Day, love, and friendship! Swing by your local library or favorite bookstore to check them out! 

The Goodnight Train Valentine

Great for toddlers & preschoolers!

X O! X O! Choo! Choo!

Love is in the air! Cozy up with someone special and take a Valentine’s Eve ride on the Goodnight Train in this sturdy board book with heart-shaped peekaboo die-cuts on every page. Little ones who love cars, trucks, and things that go will love all of the Goodnight Train books!

A Crankenstein Valentine

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

An ordinary kid becomes Crankenstein on the most lovey-dovey, yuckiest day of the year: Valentine’s Day. Cheesy cards, allergy-inducing bouquets, and heart-shaped everything? YECHHHH! It’s enough to turn anyone into a monster!

I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home

Great for toddlers & preschoolers!

I will love you till the cows come home from a trip to Mars through skies unknown, in a rocket ship made of glass and stone… I will love you till the cows come home.

Love knows no bounds in this tender tribute to the depths of family love. For fans of Guess How Much I Love You—only funnier! This board book edition features sturdy pages and is just right for little ones. Makes a good stocking stuffer, baby shower, or Valentine’s Day gift.

This book extends the saying, “I’ll love you till the cows come home” to the humorous extreme. Along the way there are yaks in cadillacs, sheep setting sail, frogs on big-wheeled bikes, and more, in this great read-aloud.

Valentine’s Day in the Village

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

A girl notices that not everyone is looking forward to Valentine’s Day. Some people are new to the community, some are lonely, others are missing loved ones. But then she comes up with a brilliant idea! With the support of her baker grandfather and her classmates, she organizes a town square hunt for valentine cards that people can exchange for a cookie. Soon everyone wants to help, and a new town festival is born. Food trucks, bingo, and live music bring it all together for a fabulous Valentine’s Day in the village.

Don’t Push the Button: Tons of Love

Great for toddlers & preschoolers!

Larry the monster has spotted a heart-shaped button. You probably shouldn’t push it…

Well, okay, go ahead and push it once.

Oh, no! Larry’s turned pink! Push it again.

Now Larry’s covered in HEARTS!

Next push…and the room is filled with heart-shaped balloons, Tap them and make them pop!

Whew! Everything’s almost back to normal. But what happens if you push that button again, just one last time?

Happy Valentine’s Day, Curious George!

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

George and his friends celebrate Valentine’s Day with decorating, baking, card making, and some unexpected hilarity along the way!

Just how much mischief can a curious little monkey get into when balloons, frosting, and glitter are involved? Fun flaps to lift in each scene reveal lively surprises in this humorous celebration of friendship. Curious readers will love the tactile interactive elements of this holiday storybook.

Summertime is right around the corner! Get your little ones excited for the change of season and all of the fun things that come along with summer by reading a summer-themed book! We’ve picked eight of our many favorite books about Summertime! Swing by your local library or favorite bookstore to check them out!

A Mermaid Girl

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

Summer is here and Heba is so excited to wear her new, yellow burkini to the community pool for the first time! She can’t wait to look like the other mermaid girls in her family and sparkle like the sun.

But when Heba arrives at the pool and her friends start asking her questions about her new special swimsuit, she feels like she’s standing out too much. Suddenly her burkini seems like a bad idea.

Hello, World! Garden Time: A Book of Plants and Gardening for Kids

Great for toddlers!

This cheerful and informative Hello, World! board book teaches toddlers all about gardens—with easy-to-understand facts about how plants grow and how gardening puts food on our tables.

Hello, World! is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction concepts to babies and toddlers. Told in clear and easy terms (“Roots spread into the soil below, and then a shoot pushes up out of the earth”) and featuring bright, cheerful illustrations, Hello, World! makes learning fun for young children. And each sturdy page offers helpful prompts for engaging with your child. It’s a perfect way to bring science and nature into the busy world of a toddler, where learning never stops.

If You Spot a Shell

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

A warm summer breeze and the gentle waves of the ocean wash ashore many different types of shells. In this story a girl collects shells and thinks of all the magnificent things they can be turned into with a little creativity. She imagines one shell as a swimming cap for diving into the crashing waves, another as a magical kaleidoscope, one as a rocket ship to take her way up high and another as a submarine for exploring the wonders of the world below. The girl draws inspiration from the unique beauty of each and every shell.

In this joyous celebration of a day at the beach, artist Aimee Sicuro uses real shells she’s hand selected to make her oh-so-charming illustrations. Any young reader who turns the pages of this beautiful book will be inspired to use their own imagination as they comb the beach for shells this summer.

On the Beach: A Push-and-Pull Adventure

Great for toddlers!

Curious minds will love to have fun on the beach as they play the role of lifeguard in this installment of Allison Black’s Little World series. Young readers can raise flags, patrol the beach, and even build a sandcastle in this bright and colorful casebound board book, complete with gentle narrative text and tabs to slide, push, or pull on every spread.

It Began with Lemonade

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

One scorching hot summer day, a spunky young girl decides to sell lemonade . . . only to find there are too many other young entrepreneurs on her street with the same idea. So she sets off with her lemonade stand and ends up at the river’s edge, where she discovers a most unexpected, quirky, and very thirsty clientele.

The Nice Dream Truck

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

When bedtime is near, you might be in luck. You might get a visit from the Nice Dream Truck!

Sample your choice of sweet dreams—from astronaut to making-the-shot and more—all served by a truck that flies on moonbeams. You may choose to swim; you may want to fly, there’s an endless assortment of flavors to try!

New York Times bestselling creators Beth Ferry and Brigette Barrager serve up a delightful twist on the lyrical bedtime romp, reminding us that there are as many ways to dream as ice cream flavors to taste. 

Hello, World! Let’s Go Camping

Great for toddlers!

Kids can learn all about the joys of camping in this cheerful and informative board book—with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts. (“Stars look brighter when you are camping because there are no other lights around.”)

Told in easy-to-understand terms alongside bright illustrations of tents, camper vans, gear, marshmallow roasts, and stargazing, this sturdy book makes learning easy for little ones and offers useful prompts to help adults engage with the reader on each page.

It’s a perfect way to bring the outside world of nature into the busy world of babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, where learning never stops.

Rani’s Remarkable Day

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

Rani lives in a luxurious palace full of busy adults, but she’s lonely. Being the only princess in the kingdom is boring, tedious, dull. She has no one to play with—except her baby brother, who doesn’t count!

So one morning, Rani decides to leave for the beach in search of adventure. She’s sure it will be the opposite of her life in the palace: wonderful, marvelous, fun! But in the world outside the palace walls, Rani isn’t a princess anymore, she’s just a kid who’s not so great at building sandcastles. And what she finds there is something she didn’t even know she was looking for: a friend.

Set in a vibrant South Asian–inspired world, this story of a strong-willed princess from two award-winning picture book creators is full of wordplay, heart, and humor.

Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Share the love of reading with your little ones and get them excited for the holiday with a Valentine’s Day themed book! We’ve picked out seven of our many favorite books about Valentine’s Day, love, and friendship! Swing by your local library or favorite bookstore to check them out! 

I Love You Because I Love You

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

What are all the big and small reasons why we love the people we do? And what does it look like when we voice it out loud?

To be read aloud by one or even two people, this affirming prose demonstrates that love is a dialogue. Love is complex. Love is utterly simple.

This is what love looks like.

Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day Is Cool

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

At first, Pete thinks Valentine’s Day isn’t cool…until he realizes all the special cats there are in his life. Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day Is Cool comes complete with a poster, stickers, and twelve punch-out Valentine’s Day cards.

Once Pete the Cat realizes how much fun Valentine’s Day can be, he decides to make valentine cards for his family and friends. But what happens when he realizes he’s forgotten to make a card for a very important cat?

What’s Sweeter

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

This extraordinary book focuses on the everyday moments that slow the world down for us: a hug from someone we haven’t seen in a long time, the soft spot behind a cat’s ear, a ladybug landing on your arm.

And in the end, the answer to the question of what’s sweeter rings truest of all.

Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

Gilbert is all set to write fifteen friendly valentine cards to his classmates. But how can he write a nice poem for the boy who tweaked his nose, or the girl who made fun of his glasses? Instead, Gilbert writes two not-so-nice valentines…and signs the wrong name on both!

When his classmates read his poems, their feelings are hurt, and Gilbert’s prank quickly turns into pandemonium. But with the help of a friend and an honest apology, there’s always time for a change of heart on Valentine’s Day.

How to Catch a Loveosaurus: A Valentine’s Day Adventure

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

Can you catch the magical Loveosaurus? The How to Catch Kids are on the chase again, this time to trap a dinosaur that escaped from the museum and wants to spread love and kindness. Blending exciting traps and STEAM concepts with hilarity and chaos to encourage reading, learning, and imagination, this charming adventure will delight young readers, families, and educators alike―and maybe inspire spreading some kindness too!

Little Blue Truck’s Valentine

Great for toddlers & preschoolers!

“Beep!” said Blue. “Happy Valentine’s Day!”

Join Little Blue Truck as he delivers Valentine’s Day cards to all his farm animal friends. But as Blue beeps along, he starts to wonder: will he get any cards of his own?

Tiny T. Rex and the Perfect Valentine

Great for toddlers & preschoolers!

Valentine’s Day is coming, which means showing the ones you love how much they mean to you, so Tiny has decided to make the perfect Valentine for his best friend Pointy. But as Tiny discovers, making a Valentine isn’t easy. It might take a few tries—until Tiny realizes the best Valentine might have been there all along.

Tiny may be a small dino in a big world, but that won’t stop him from making friends, conquering his fears, and stomping his way into your heart.

Winter is almost here! So now is the time to start reading some fun snowy books with your little ones! If your little ones are already excited for snow, or you want to help them learn about the change in seasons, add a few wintery books to your reading list! We’ve got a list of six fun snowy and wintery books out of our many, many favorites!

The Snowy Nap

Great for toddlers, preschoolers, & kindergarteners!

A chill is in the air, and as Hedgie trundles around the farm all his friends tell him of the winter-time fun he will miss as he hibernates: Icicles decorating the chicken coop! Lisa making snowmen! The pond turned to slippery ice!

It sounds so amazing that Hedgie decides to stay awake instead of going to his burrow. But then, a snowstorm starts. Luckily, Lisa finds him and brings him to her home, so Hedgie gets to see the wonders of winter from inside the cozy house.

Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter

Great for preschoolers & kindergarteners!

Join a brother and sister as they explore nature and take a stroll through their twinkling town, greeting all the signs of the coming season. In a series of conversations with everything from the setting sun to curious deer, they say goodbye to autumn and welcome the glorious first snow of winter in Kenar Pak’s Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter.

Ten Sparkly Snowflakes: Twinkly Countdown Fun!

Great for toddlers & preschoolers!

Join the woodland animals as they get ready to play snowy games in this peek-through counting book. Little ones will love to watch as the number of snowflakes decreases from 10 to 1 with each turn of the page.

The Giving Snowman: A Children’s Bedtime Story About Gratitude

Great for toddlers, preschoolers, & kindergarteners!

On a snowy night, Snowman lends a helping hand to Bird, Rabbit, Farmer, and Traveler when they are in need. The next day when the sun comes out and melts Snowman, Bird, Rabbit, Farmer, and Traveler work together as a team to rebuild Snowman.

The Giving Snowman is a book about kindness and gratitude. Children can learn through the story that giving to others is a virtue that connects all of us and makes our lives more beautiful.

Babies in the Snow Chunky Lift-a-Flap Board Book

Great for toddlers!

Introduce your little one to arctic animals including polar bears, whales, caribou, walruses, seals, and more in this adorable lift-a-flap board book. Take a journey with polar bears Pearl and Puff explore the artic and meet new friends hiding beneath the snow and ice. Packed with cute illustrations of all types of snow animals, this sturdy lift-a-flaps board book is perfect for babies and toddlers and enjoying the cold weather together! Simple sentences reinforce future language structure while grasping and lifting the sturdy flaps helps develop fine motor skills. A perfect first book!

How to Catch a Snowman

Great for toddlers, preschoolers, & kindergarteners!

Our heroes’ entry for the snowman contest has magically come to life―and ran away! Can YOU help catch it? Get ready for snow much fun as you travel through a winter wonderland with running, skating, and bouncing through trap after trap to catch the snowman and claim the winning prize. Will the snowman teach our heroes a lesson they’ll never forget? Who snows! This delightful picture book for ages 4-10 is filled with silly rhymes, fun art, and STEAM connections perfect for families and educators to enjoy this winter or as a holiday stocking stuffer.

I don’t thumpity-thump or give warm hugs―that’s for my snowman friends to do.

Clever kids will try to trap me, but who will catch me…YOU?