picture books for children

This book imagines a day in the boyhood of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi, while wandering through an outdoor market, through the forest, and then by the ocean, seeing things Isamu sees through the eyes of a young artist.

Each summer, a young girl and her family travel to remote Egegik, Alaska, where they join a salmon fishing crew.

Renata and her father halt work on their new bathroom when a pair of wrens builds a nest over the bathtub, allowing Renata to see their chicks hatch and begin to fly.

"A young worm dresses her family up for a photo, but ultimately comes to appreciate them for who they are"--Provided by the publisher.

"It's punny. It's spooky. It's a meta picture book that puts a fresh spin on an old joke and elevates chicken comedy to ghastly new levels. A little spring chicken crosses the road but quickly gets flattened under a semitruck. The barnyard beasts who've gone before break the news: now that Chicken's fried--dispatched to the Other Side--Chicken has a job, an unwanted job, as a noisy troublemaking ghost. This fowl may be weak in the beak, but Chicken knows that scaring people isn't nice. There is such a thing as a friendly ghost, after all--isn't there? Loaded with laughs and shivers, this Halloween-ready treat features ghoulishly funny art by the illustrator of the #1 New York Times best-selling Bad Seed series. Let the haunting begin!"--Provided by the publisher.

Monkey is stuck on an island made of desserts, and Fox on one made of dirt and rocks, but as time passes, fortunes change and they learn about sharing and caring.

Fergus the bear wants to play hide and seek with the reader, but will need help--and practice--to hide well.

"A boy makes a connection with a plum tree after moving to a new home"--Provided by the publisher.

"A mouse helps his fish friend escape the terror of three fearsome housecats"--Provided by the publisher.

"Artist Claude Monet's porcelain sculpture of a cat, named Chika, springs to life and runs through all of Monet's most famous paintings"--Provided by the publisher.