Kids Picture Books

Description: The story of how Joyce Chen, a girl born in Communist China, immigrated to the United States and popularized Chinese cooking.

Description: Ghastly ghouls count down to Halloween.

Description: Meet Ira Crumb. He's the new kid in town. He knows what that means: when the new school year starts, he'll play alone at recess, eat alone at lunch, and walk home alone at the end of the day. So Ira launches a whole-hearted campaign to befriend neighborhood kids before the first day. But his best-laid plans -- A sandwich stand! A dance-off! -- fall flat, and playing it cool doesn't seem to work either. ust as Ira decides school will be HORRIBLE, a comical misunderstanding connects him with Malcolm, who was the new kid last year and totally gets it -- and who, it turns out, will make a pretty good friend. Full of comedic touches, comics-style storytelling, and a diverse cast of quirky characters, this hilarious debut picture book puts an endearing spin on the anxiety that accompanies change and making friends.

Description: A young boy tracks down an elusive ghost in the hidden rooms of a fantastical magic shop.

Description: Max, a kitten, and Bird, a very young bird, want to be friends but Max also wants to eat Bird, so they strike a deal.

Description: Mama Penguin has hidden all the alphabet letters in the snow, with each letter marked by a clue, and her six little penguins must find them all and bring them home--to a big bowl of alphabet soup.

Description: Philomena needs new glasses. Her sister Audrey wants some, too. Pretty soon, Nora Jane is feeling the pressure to get a pair of specs, as well. The one-upmanship escalates from there with the three sisters learning that not everyone needs the same things.

Description: Pig is excited about Halloween but Pug loses his holiday spirit because of his uncomfortable costume.

Description: Sarabella spends so much time thinking that she has a hard time focusing in school until an understanding teacher finds a way to help.

Description: Pat the bat wants to be a superhero, but the trouble is he has no special powers, and the other bats just laugh at him--but when he hears a mouse in distress, he learns that sometimes you just have to use the abilities you already have to make a difference, and that makes you a superhero.

Description: This book features over a hundred lively rhymes of Mother Goose.

Description: This is the scariest book ever. Or so claims its melodramatic ghost narrator. You can go ahead and turn the page, but don't expect him to come with you. He is a big scaredy-cat.

Description: Etabo wants nothing more than to race camels, but when times are tough and his chances disappear, he must be content with dreaming about racing them, until his sister makes a herd of wooden camels to help him imagine.

Description: Trollbella, a young queen, throws herself the most wonderful birthday party imaginable, but does not begin to enjoy it until she hears a laugh coming from the Ferris wheel.