picture books

"There's an invisible creature in the waves around Sarichef. It is altering the lives of the ... people who call the island home. A young girl and her family are forced to move to the center of the island for refuge from the rising sea level. Soon the entire village will have to relocate to the mainland. Heartbroken, the young girl and her grandfather worry: what else will be lost when they are forced to abandon their homes and their community?"--Provided by publisher.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text tell the story of a year in the life of a tree.

"Wanting a pet pig more than anything, two siblings siblings finally convince their mother that they are ready for the responsibility before tackling the realities of pet care that prove to be more than they bargained for"--OCLC.

"... [A] picture book memoir about NASA astronaut Scott Kelly [that] takes readers on a journey through his childhood as an average student to his record-breaking year among the stars"-- Provided by publisher.

"When Duck and Hippo join their friends for a picnic, Hippo forgets to bring anything to share and heads off into the forest to find some berries"--OCLC.

A Bunny and dog live next to each other, but never say hello to one another until one night they see a shooting star at the same time.

"Illustrations and onomatopoeic text capture a busy day in the life of two young siblings as they pick berries, help make a pie, and 'thumpety-thump' their way to bed"--Provided by publisher.

"After being uprooted by his mother's new job, Milo, at the age of eight and a half, has retired from having fun. His young sister, Georgie, doesn't feel the same way; she wants to explore their new city. So Milo proposes a compromise. He takes the biggest ball of yarn he can find and ties one end of the string around Georgie's middle. Milo won't leave the apartment, but Georgie is free to wander, as long as she returns when Milo gives the string two short tugs. At first, this arrangement seems to work. Georgie is delighted to explore. Their elderly babysitter (blissfully unaware) sleeps all day. And Milo is happy to keep being miserable--despite all the stories Georgie tells him about the neighbourhood dogs, 'gelato,' and all the people she's befriended. But one day, when Milo tugs the string, Georgie doesn't come back. Which means Milo might just have to step outside and discover everything he's been missing..."--Provided by publisher.

A girl who cannot sleep decides to count sheep and other woolly animals by ones, twos, fives, and tens.

"As they take a nighttime walk around their neighborhood looking for the elusive moon, a little boy asks his mother simple questions about it, and she patiently answers every one"--OCLC.