High Top: Sole Mates
by Tom Lacey
High Top is a shoe in Shoe Town. He loves to show his friends how much he cares for them. He does them favors, gives thoughtful gifts, helps them out, and gives hugs and high fives all the time. But he wants to do something REALLY BIG to show them how big his love is. He designs a HUGE sign to show the whole town how he really feels, but disaster strikes and High Top is discouraged…. until his friends show up to help!
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Just One More Story
by Perry Emerson, Sean Julian (illustrator)
Two bunny siblings have very different tastes when it comes to stories. Pip loves to sit quietly and read about sunflowers and love and sunshine picnics. Bun wants stories about bag guys, pirates, and spies with plenty of action… and cake! Can these two siblings find a way to enjoy reading stories together?
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The Armadillo Who Came for Dinner
by Steve Smallman, Joëlle Dreidemy (illustrator)
When an Armadillo comes rolling into their lives, the animal friends aren’t quite sure how to befriend him. Little Lamb tries to give him a hug, but the Armadillo is too tough for hugs. Wolf is worried that the Armadillo will destroy every vase in the house when he rolls around smashing things. They go to visit the fair, but the Armadillo trips and starts rolling and knocks over everything in sight! He scares all the animals and destroys the ice cream cart and bouncy castle. But when Little Lamb is in trouble, they will be grateful for Armadillo’s tough hide.
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At the Top of the World: The greatest mountains on Earth (and how to climb them)
by Robin Jacobs
This book tells all about the tallest and most dangerous mountains in the world, including Mount Everest, The Mattherhorn, Chimborazo, Mount Fuji, Kilimanjaro, Denali, Puncak Jaya, and Vinson Massif. From Nepal to Tanzania to Antarctica, we learn all about these famous mountains and the people who climb them.
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Teeth: You Only Get Two Sets
by Magda Garguláková
This book is perfect to teach young children about how to care for their teeth and why it is so important to brush and floss regularly. We also learn about the dentist and how we lose our baby teeth. There is a whole section about enamel and cavities and the roots of the teeth. There is a section all about how our teeth form when we are tiny unborn babies and then start to grow out when we are about 6 months old. Incisors, molars, wisdom teeth, and dentures – this book covers all the bases when it comes to teeth!
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How to Avoid Being Eaten by Sharks . . .: And Other Advice
by John Larkin (Goodreads Author), Chrissie Krebs (illustrator)
The author gives humorous and silly advice on various topics such as avoiding sharks and aliens, deciphering your parents grammatically incorrect threats, and answering questions such as whether or not the earth is really flat. There is also a section about writing that will help you with your creative writing assignments… if you happen to be writing about zombies.
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Losing the Plot (Losing the Plot #1)
by Annaleise Byrd
4 out of 5 stars
Bookish Basil has to help his sporty neighbor Terry with his reading skills, and the two sit down to read the Grimm’s Fairy Tales. When Basil starts fiddling with a special bookmark that matches the book cover, Gretel jumps out of the book pages! She begs them to return with her to the fairy tale world to rescue her brother Hansel, who has been kidnapped. If they can’t return Hansel to his story, the whole fairy tale world might collapse under the plot hole.
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Epic FACTopia!: Follow the trail of 400 extreme facts (FACTopia!, 8)
by Rose Davidson (Goodreads Author)
4 out of 5 stars
Did you know that the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, is deeper than Mount Everest is tall? There is a rare plant that only blooms every 100 years. The largest candy bar ever made was 9 feet long! The world’s longest bridge is 102 miles long.
This book gives amazing facts about everything under the sun (and beyond) with colorful artwork and photos on every page. Each fact connects in some way with the previous fact, leading you around in a trail of random information that is sure to grab your attention.
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Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch
by Derek Keilty, Magda Brol (Illustrator)
4 out of 5 stars
Ivy is distraught when her royal witchy parents disappear during a terrible storm. She goes searching for them with the help of her “familiar”, a shapeshifting wolf boy. A friendly witch examines dust left behind from the disappearance and discovers that there are traces of “taint”, a cursed ingredient. They travel to the land of the Cunning Folk, and get help from a boy with a flying carpet. But can they discover who cursed their parents before it’s too late and more people start to disappear?
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The Smallest Kitten (Holly Webb Animal Stories Book 53)
by Holly Webb, Sophy Williams (Illustrator)
4 out of 5 stars
Zara and Amina are twins who have just moved to a new home and they are about to start at a new school. Quiet Zara is worried about trying to make new friends, but Amina is confident and talkative. They get a new kitten named Pixie, and are excited to show her to their new school friends. But when a disagreement arises, Pixie gets scared and runs off to hide. The twins are desperate to find her and are blaming themselves. Can they put aside their differences and work together to find their lost kitten?
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