Kim Norman
Author
Language
English
Description
"A stormy night at sea has uncovered some long-buried secrets and surprises. Is that the mast of a shipwreck? A faded pirate hat? And what's that hiding in the sand? A mandible and a clavicle, phalanges and femurs, a tibia and a fibula -- could there be a set of bones scattered across the ocean floor? And who might they belong to? A jaunty rhyme takes readers on an underwater scavenger hunt as a comical skeleton tries to put itself back together piece...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A new spin on the classic song "Hush, Little Baby," this truck-themed lullaby follows a mother and child as they discover different vehicles, from a bulldozer to a front-end loader. Kim Norman's gentle rhyming text, paired with Toshiki Nakamura's imaginative illustrations, makes this picture book a great option for bedtime read-alouds"--
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"One-osaurus, two-Osaurus, three-Osaurus, four! Look there, in a child's bedroom, where some prehistoric pals are gathered in a counting game. Nine dinosaurs are playing a sing-song rendition of hide-and-seek-but something isn't adding up. Where is number ten? Stomp, stomp, stomp! CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP! Ready or not, here he comes, and he sounds . . . big! With big, bold numerals, an array of dinosaurs in comical poses, and a humorous twist at the end,...
7) Thunder pug
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Book
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Percy the Pug and Petunia the pig are the very best of pals . . . until Petunia wins a blue ribbon at the county fair. Suddenly, she has no time for hide-and-seek or lapping puddles, cheek-to-cheek. But when Percy finds a faded comic book in a puddle, the lonely pug dons a cape and takes on a new persona: THUNDER PUG! Even though being a superhero is exciting, Percy knows he's missing something. Only when "Pink Lightning" (aka Petunia) joins him,...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"When she gets here, she'll discover just how much we really love her . . . Welcome back the ten spirited pals from Ten on the Sled and If It's Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws! Author Kim Norman and illustrator Liza Woodruff have whipped up more frosty fun in a THIRD rollicking, jolly, snow-filled story, set to the tune of She'll Be Comin 'Round the Mountain When She Comes. In the land of the midnight sun, Polar Bear has bid farewell to her...
10) Ten on the sled
Author
Language
English
Description
Animals fall off a speeding sled one by one until only a lonely caribou is left, chasing a giant snowball that has engulfed the falling animals.
12) Puddle pug
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Language
English
Formats
Description
Percy the pug searches far and wide for the perfect puddle but when he finds it, Mama pig is unhappy about him joining her family there until a storm provides Percy the opportunity to prove himself to her.
13) Come next season
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the changing seasons as children swim in a lake in summer, collect pecans in autumn, play in snow in winter, and visit a farm in spring. --
14) Crocodaddy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy with a vivid imagination goes on a hunt for his crocodile dad.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Members of the Kibbleman family take on jobs training people to live with their pets, wallowing in mud like the Munson's pot-bellied pig or lying in front of the television and passing gas like Mrs. Philpott's dearly-departed boxer dog MacTavish.
17) This old van
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Vidal's soft pastel palette and comically inventive, Peter Max-inspired illustrations -- from the grinning, wide-eyed bulldozers to the hard-hat-wearing mountain goats -- are reminiscent of the Saturday-morning-cartoons of the 1960s... This intergenerational romp filled with sight gags and puns will keep readers humming as they pore over each detail-packed page." -- Kirkus Reviews
