juvenile fiction

When a bluebird comes upon a dinosaur who's down in the dumps, he asks what's wrong. "?Tengo hambre!" says the dinosaur. I'm hungry! Does the dinosaur want a banana? "?Pla?tano? No." Fish? "?Pescado? No, gracias." Nothing seems to do the trick! What does dinosaur want to eat? This delightful bilingual picture book is about finding just the right food--and just the right friend.

In a 5 Day Gratitude Challenge, Grateful Ninja focuses on being thankful for the simple things in life, both big and small.

Even an ordinary day is full of little challenges, especially when you're a kid. Like when you're learning to ride a bike and you still need training wheels ... so the other kids ride past you. Or when you jump in a mud puddle...but you fall in and get your pants wet. Luckily you can learn to be kind to yourself with a bit of practice.

Meditative and enchanting, this beautifully illustrated picture book encourages us to explore, connect, and find wonder in nature.

Gaga days are the best! That's when this eccentric, mischievous grandma babysits her delighted granddaughter. These Gaga days are always full of the silliest "mistakes," like swapping eyeglasses and walking backwards to the park. Like making the house safe by eating all the marshmallow goblins, filling the tub to bursting with bubbles, and then reading a bedtime story all the way through upside down.

Jenny Chow struggles with chopsticks-aiya, those slippery, oh-so-tricky chopsticks! But cousin Victor's birthday party is just around the corner, along with her family's annual chopsticks challenge. Jenny doesn't want to be the only Chow who never learns how to use the utensils. She'll do whatever it takes to prove she can hold her own in her family's long-held tradition-no matter how many experiments she wobbles and fumbles through.

The little girl in this picture book would love to dance, sing, and play with her friends, but she is struggling with anxious feelings that get in the way. Sometimes she feels scared and sometimes she feels shy. Sometimes the world seems too loud, too fast, and everything is so overwhelming she could just scream. There is no easy fix for feeling anxious, but by the end of this story she learns to ask for help and finds small ways to feel better.

This warm and joyful picture book blends family tradition and creativity as Noor puts an awesome spin on her Dadijaan's yummy but ingredient-specific samosa recipe.

What's in the bathroom when you close the door? This hilarious picture book in rhyme follows a narrator as he opens the bathroom door to find bugs everywhere! However, they aren't just crawling around. A beetle sings in the shower, a butterfly puts on makeup, and a caterpillar clips its many nails. Brilliant illustrations are paired with clever rhyme to delight young readers in this funny, engaging book about bugs.

Faraway Valley is a special, hard-to-find place full of wild and wonderful creatures. A place where the air smells of pine needles. A place Grandpa and the little bear have only seen on a postcard. What will the determined pair find at the end of their journey? Does Faraway Valley even exist anymore?.