New Picture Books
The bake shop ghost by Jacqueline K. Ogburn.
Miss Cora Lee Meriweather haunts her bake shop after her death, until the new shop owner makes a deal with her.
In the snow by Sharon Phillips Denslow.
Forest animals come out after a fresh snow to eat the seeds a thoughtful child has scattered on the ground.
The perfect pumpkin pie by Denys Cazet.
Mr. Wilkerson, lover of pie, returns as a ghost on Halloween to demand some good pie from Jack and his grandmother.
The problem with chickens by Bruce McMillan.
When women in an Icelandic village buy chickens to lay eggs for them to use, the chickens follow them, adopting human ways and forgetting their barnyard roots, until the ladies hatch a clever plan.
Sleep tight, Little Bear by Martin Waddell.
Little Bear finds a cave that is just the right size for him, but at bedtime he starts thinking about Big Bear, all alone in their big Bear Cave.
A truck goes rattley-bumpa by Jonathan London.
Describes trucks of all sizes, shapes, and colors doing a variety of tasks.
An undone fairy tale by Ian Lendler.
A story about a selfish, pie-loving king takes numerous silly detours when its illustrator cannot keep up with its reader.
Ziggy's blue-ribbon day by Claudia Mills.
Ziggy does not do well on the school track and field day events, but he feels much better after his classmates recognize his drawing talent.