Who says that little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice? Or that boys are made of frogs and snails and puppy dog tails ? What if girls were made of boats and snails and dinosaur tails? And little boys of flowers and swings and bumblebee wings?
This rhyming board book features piggledy-wiggledy digits in all their delightful glory. Toesy Toes head to the beach, jump around, take a bath and delight in being one of a baby's most adorable parts. Sarah Tsiang's clever couplets will have little ones reaching for this book come story time, perhaps even with their toes.
What happens when the sun goes down at the end of the day? When the streets are empty and kids are called home for dinner and put to bed, the world becomes a magical place. It’s only then that the night children emerge from the shadows, ready to play. In this evocative and lyrical picture book, it is the night children who rule, taking over the world that the day children have left behind.
When Ally’s mom dies, Ally is left with no family, no friends and no future. Put into foster care at the age of fifteen, she has less than $200 to her name and nothing left to lose. When Ally meets Tate, a busking fire breather, she starts to see a new life for herself as a street performer. Ally decides to run away from her foster home, but her problems follow her.
Whether it’s advice on turning regular people into parents, learning how to go — and stop — or figuring out the most important words (Mama! Dada! Up!), DOGS DON’T EAT JAM is filled with useful tips and lessons from an experienced older sibling that will help newborns navigate the uncertainties of their new world.
A fact-filled introduction, index, and timeline make this book—the sixth in the series—perfect for research projects, while the humorous illustrations keep it fun. “Filled with facts and pithy observations, each vignette is personalized, using a tongue-in-cheek tone for maximum accessibility.”– Library Media Connection, *starred review*, April 1, 2013
When Abby finds two warm, round stones in the backyard, she “adopts” them, pretending they’re unhatched birds. She lovingly builds them a cozy nest and watches over them constantly until one day she imagines that with a crick and a crack, the stones hatch to reveal two gray chicks. With a flourish of her paintbrush, Abby colors the birds yellow, blue, and green, and proceeds to take excellent care of them.
Abby loves her pink and brown sandals with the lime green trim, and she wears them wherever she goes. But as summer draws to a close, Abby’s mom announces that it’s time for the sandals to go. Abby is determined to keep them on — until one day, while swinging at the park, her sandals flip off and fly away.