New Picture Books
Angel coming by Heather Henson.
A family makes preparations, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the angel who will come up the mountain bringing a new baby.
Great blue house by Kate Banks.
My daddy is a giant by Carl Norac.
A little boy's father seems so large to him that he needs a ladder to cuddle him and birds nest in his father's hair.
Shoe baby by Joyce Dunbar.
A baby takes a journey in a shoe and after visiting the zoo, flying, and inviting the Queen to tea, he falls asleep and awakens to two very big surprises.
Summertime waltz by Nina Payne.
Illustrations and rhythmic text describe the delights of a summer evening. A poetic interpretation of the summer evenings of childhood Lovely the lateness in summertime darkening. Dinner is over. The grownups are talking. Seizing their moment, the children steal away from the dinner table to play out of doors, until it's too dark to see the ball and their mothers call them home. Finely wrought oil paintings, beguiling and dreamlike in their detail, give a free-spirited interpretation of the poem. Together, words and pictures evoke the lush scents, sounds, and feel of the full lingering days of summer, when outside and inside is lost in the doorways.
Wet dog! by Elise Broach.
A dog's attempts to cool off on a hot day get him into trouble with a series of people and finally lead him to interrupt a country wedding.
When Charlie McButton lost power by Suzanne Collins.
A boy who likes nothing but playing computer games is in trouble when the power goes out and his little sister has all of the batteries in the house.