Books like The Bear's Song
By Benjamin Chaud
For the kid who bolts toward whatever catches their eye, this is the story of the parent racing right behind them. Sweeping, busy, warm, a little breathless
A big, friendly bear wanders through the woods noticing colors all around him — inviting little ones to spot matching colors of their own on every page.
A little girl and her mother pick blueberries on a Maine hillside, but when Sal wanders off she ends up trailing a mother bear while a hungry little bear follows her own mother instead.
A rhyming picture book invites young readers to imagine life as a penguin, from waddling walks to devoted parenting, paired with detailed illustrations throughout.
Two mice, Poppy Eyebright and Dusty Dogwood, fall in love during a scorching summer along Brambly Hedge and plan a wedding — one with a setting far more unusual than anyone expects.
A little bear gets ready for Christmas, and readers get to scratch and sniff six holiday scents along the way, from apple pie to a fresh-cut tree.
Three pigs build their familiar houses of straw, sticks, and bricks, but when the wolf huffs one pig right out of the story's pages, all three escape into a wild landscape of other tales entirely.
A tiny caterpillar hatches from an egg on a leaf and eats his way through days of the week and an amazing variety of foods, growing bigger as he prepares to become a butterfly.
A drowsy kitten chases a mouse right through a framed poster on the wall, tumbling into a chase across famous artworks and through history — and then must find his way back home.
Familiar nursery rhymes get an Alaskan makeover, swapping in snow geese, musk oxen, sea otters, and Arctic foxes as the North Country's wild critters take center stage.
A boy named George and his grandfather Mr. Jones set sail in search of a real dragon, hunting high and low through pages kids can touch and explore.
A cast of insects — damselflies, beetles, and a pill bug named Icky — watches a tiny shoot grow into a plant, builds a tree fort in its branches, and faces something horrible that swoops down from above.
An alphabet journey where each letter unfolds into a densely packed illustration, from Armored Armadillos Avoiding an Angry Alligator to Horrible Hairy Hogs Hurrying Homewards, hiding dozens of matching objects to hunt for.
