Books
Quagmire Tiarello Couldn’t Be Better
Starred reviews in Booklist, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, The Bulletin Of The Center For Children’s Books, and The Horn Book. Chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.
A fiercely independent nonconformist, Quagmire must recalibrate his formidable survival skills when his mother’s unstable mental health forces him to build a new life and forge ties with found family.
Playing Through the Turnaround
Iowa Children’s Choice Award nominee
South Carolina Children’s Book Award nominee
Starred reviews in Kirkus and Publishers Weekly
Fifth period is hands down the best time of day in Connor U. Eubanks Middle School, because that’s when Mr. Lewis teaches Jazz Lab. So his students are devastated when their beloved teacher quits abruptly. Once they make a connection between budget cuts and Mr. Lewis’s disappearance, they hatch a plan: stop the cuts, save their class.
Soon, they become an unlikely band of crusaders, and their quest quickly snowballs into something much bigger—a movement involving the whole middle school. But the adults in charge seem determined to ignore their every protest. How can the kids make themselves heard?
All of Those Babies
Come meet babies across the animal kingdom and learn their names in this bouncy, rhyming picture book celebration of how—no matter what species—everyone grows!
Puffins have pufflings, porcupines have porcupettes, and echidnas have…puggles?! All these babies start out little, and then, just like humans, they grow and grow and grow. Featuring dozens of different animals, all adorably illustrated by Stephanie Laberis, this book is a vibrant celebration of little ones, growing, and love.
If I Were a Kangaroo
“If I were a giant whale,
I’d sing you songs—slow epic tales.
Fin to fin, down in the deep,
We’d drift together into sleep,”
Bound to appeal to young animal lovers, this brief survey of animal habits shows that chicks, squirrels, giraffes, bats, otters, spiders, and gorillas all have their own special sleep styles and habits, which are presented poetically in the text as well as in brief scientific detail at the book’s end.
How to Put Your Parents to Bed
No one likes going to bed. Especially when you're not even tired. You want to stay up and have all sorts of fun adventures! But take a look at your parents. They're really tired. They're exhausted. But they just won't go to bed! Help them put down the cell phones, turn off the TV, stop cleaning the dishes, and go to bed! You might be small, but you can handle this task. Follow the instructions in this book and you'll have them snoring in no time.
Mylisa Larsen teams up with Babette Cole, author-illustrator of Princess Smartypants and Dr. Dog, to present a bedtime story like you've never seen before! Larsen's tongue-in-cheek bedtime story about a role reversal between parents and a child pairs perfectly with Cole's hilarious and bright watercolor illustrations.
Ho Ho Homework
It's almost Christmas, and Jack's classroom has a new substitute teacher. There's something funny about Mr. Clausen--he seems awfully familiar....Is it his long, white beard? Is it the way his laugh sounds a lot like "Ho, ho, ho"? Or maybe it's his snack of milk and cookies--reindeer-shaped cookies!
Jack's classmates are convinced they know who Mr. Clausen really is, but Jack's not so sure...
Filled with beautiful pictures, humor, and lots of holiday cheer, this story captures all of the magic and mystery that children experience during the Christmas season. In the story, Mr. Clausen teaches Jack and his classmates how to make paper snowflake wishes--and the end of the book shows you how to make your very own!