New Picture Books
Jungle drums by Graeme Base.
Synopsis: "Tired of being teased, Ngiri, the smallest warthog in Africa, uses a set of magic drums to make wishes, but he is not careful enough and makes the rift between the Warthogs and the beautiful Other Beasts even worse."
Knock knock by Jan Wahl.
Synopsis: "A little witch sitting alone at her spinning wheel hears a knock at her door, but the various body parts that enter are not much company."
On the launch pad: a counting book about rockets by Michael Dahl.
Synopsis: "A countdown from twelve to one as a space shuttle awaits liftoff."
One giant splash: a counting book about the ocean by Michael Dahl.
Synopsis: "Uses marine animals, such as twelve jellyfish and two seals, to count down from twelve to one."
The toughest cowboy: or how the wild west was tamed by John Frank.
Why Epossumondas has no hair on his tail by Coleen Salley.
Synopsis: "Epossumondas's mother tells him a story about how his great-great-grandfather became the first possum to have a hairless tail."
Wild about books by Judy Sierra.
Synopsis: "A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake."