Here's a spiffy plush cow book with a squeeze-it moo, a vividpink terry cloth tongue, dazzling satin teeth, and four paddedcloth pages of jaunty rhyming text. Sort of a book, sort off a toy, sort of a blankie, Boynton's MooCow Book is an absurdly soft companion for the smallest of booklovers -- for car rides, for quiet times, for right thismoment. Perfect for babies, toddlers, and sensitive high-powered

A Parents Best Book of the Year! Celebrated illustrator Petr Horácek offers a pop-up introduction to opposites with the help of a variety of creatures. Turn the pages, lift the flaps, and see animals of all shapes and sizes bring the world of opposites to life. From slow snail to fast cheetah, heavy hippo to light butterfly, smooth frog to prickly porcupine, Petr Horácek’s brightly colored pop-up animals and interactive flaps make early learning irresistible and fun.

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not. Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can. Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to. Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In Happy Pig Day! Piggie celebrates her favorite day of the year!But will Gerald the Elephant be included in the festivities?

Enter into the world of reading with My Very First I Can Read! This comprehensive emergent reading program addresses all the components of reading mastery based on the latest early literacy research. Written by educator and reading specialist Dr. Julie M. Wood, with lively illustrations by Sebastien Braun, this Common Core–aligned program stars Tug the Pup and an endearing group of characters who will lead beginners through the proven steps for successful reading.

Little readers can love the Nutbrown Hares from spring tosummer to fall to winter--and back--with this gorgeous collectionof four sweet stories. Little Nutbrown Hare has lots of questions when growing thingsstart to sprout in the spring--and wonders what he will turn intoone day. By summer, he notices colors everywhere, but there's onethat he's sure he likes best. The autumn wind inspires hiding andchasing--and a funny surprise for Big Nutbrown Hare. And whenwintertime comes, playing "I Spy" games is especially fun in thesnow. These simple, endearing tales starring two of the world'smost beloved characters are perfect for sharing with little haresany time of year.

My Curious World is a super-soft accordion-style cloth book forbabies. One word per panel text celebrates the creativity andcuriosity of kids and monkeys everywhere

One day, Emily gets a balloon. By the end of the afternoon, the balloon is no longer just a plaything. Emily and the balloon are friends. But when the balloon blows away, what will Emily do? The beautifully evocative illustrations and the timeless innocence of the story make this deceptively simple book a sure classicsweet, compelling, and filled with the wonder and discovery of friendship.

In I Am Invited to a Party! Piggie is invited to herfirst party. She doesn't know what to wear, though, so she asks her bestfriend Elephant for help. Elephant's advice is odd to say theleast, so Piggie will try on all sorts of zany outfits beforefinally arriving at the party for a hilarious surprise.

The Pig family takes a road trip to the beach for a picnic.The road is packed with hundreds of cars and trucks, vans andmotorcycles, tractors and buses. The Pigs find chaos and adventureon the way to the beach and the opportunity to see vehicles theyhave never seen before. It's an exciting day!

If your little one is an Igglepiggle fan then this is theperfect book to enjoy together. Igglepiggle has lost his blanket,follow him around the Night Garden and lift the flaps to help himfind it. On his journey he encounters Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka andthe Tombiloos. Do they know where Igglepiggle's blanket is? Full offlaps to lift and lovely soft tactiles to feel, this will keep yourlittle In the Night Garden fan happy.

Identifying different parts of the body is one of the firstthings young children learn to do. This book reinforces and expandsthis vital skill. Sharing it will help children understand thesimilarities and differences between themselves and their favouritecharacters. The simple text is enhanced by a variety of differenttouch and feel materials. With plenty to look at and talk about onevery page, this book is a real delight. The attractive Potterartwork of Peter Rabbit and his friends is loved by all ages. Eachspread features a favourite character with simple rhythmic wordsreflecting the charm of Potter's stories. Children will clamour toread this book again and again, and parents will be happy toagree.

Willy Bunny has learned to count-and so will children, by thetime they've finished Richard Scarry's fun-filled book. When Willy'sfather suggests that he practice counting all the things he sees,he begins with oNE BUNNY (himself) and soon finds more numberseverywhere: TWo eggs on his daddy's plate, THREE wheels on atricycle, a FoUR-wheeled wagon with apples for Willy and hisfriends to share. By the end of the day, Willy's gone all the wayup to 100! Action-packed andfeaturing Scarry's always-appealing art, this really is the bestcounting book ever!

Eileen Christelow's five little monkeys have been entertainingchildren with their antics for more than twenty years. Nowthey bring their unique blend of curiosity and ingenuity to theworld oflearning to make monkeying around with math andscience fun for every-one. Jump-start a child's learning as youcount, observe, explore, and experiment together with thisadventurous crew of monkeys as your guides!

Mice, a rottweiler, an arachnid and a few other assorted critters make sturdy reappearances in five board book versions of picture books. In Ellen Stoll Walsh's Mouse Paint, "three white mice on a white piece of paper" enjoy a colorful romp, while in Walsh's Mouse Count a similar gaggle narrowly escapes being served for dinner (Harcourt/Red Wagon, $6 each, 28p, ages 1-3 ISBN 0-15-200265-0; -200266-9 Sept.). Yet another mouse searches the animal kingdom for companionship?and finds an unexpected respondent?in Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend? (HarperFestival, $6.95, 32p, ages 2-6, ISBN 0-694-00709-9 Sept.). The rewards of industriousness are celebrated in a second Carle title, The Very Busy Spider; its embossed web brings a tactile dimension to his familiar collage artwork (Philomel, $9.95, 26p, ages 2-up ISBN 0-399-22919-1 Aug.). Finally, the canine in question is Alexandra Day's beloved Carl, who takes charge of a crew of toddlers in Carl Goes to Day Care (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $5.95, ages 1-3 ISBN

Eric Carle's wonderful new book,The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse. "I am an artist..." begins Eric Carle's vibrant tribute to the creative life.And just like an imaginative child,this is one artist who paints the world as he sees it- a red crocodile,an orange elephant,a purple fox,a black polar bear (!) and a wonderful polka-dotted donkey.Filled with some of the most magnificently colourful animals of Eric Carle's career,this is a book that celebrates imagination and the artist within us all. Inspired by the work of the great Expressionist painter Franz Marc,a founder of the artists' group known as Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider),who famously used abstract blue horses in his paintings.Marc's vibrantly colourful paintings influenced generations of artists,and fired the imaginations of children's book artists far and wide.Examples of Marc's paintings and a short biography are included at the end of the book.

《亲爱的动物园》一书，入选美国纽约图书馆网站推荐的每个人都应该知道的100本图画书。作家罗德．坎贝尔（RodCampbell）已经创作了100多本幼儿图画书，每一本都是针对幼儿学习过程而设计的。这本《亲爱的动物园》已经成为玩具翻翻书的经典之作，还名列为「美国国家课程阅读书单」的选书。 你要选择什么动物当宠物呢？是凶猛的狮子？是桀骜不驯的骆驼？还是奸诈狡猾的蛇？栩栩如生的动物、浅显易懂的文字、诙谐有趣的内容，让小读者彷佛置身可爱的动物王国。故事中的小朋友想要养宠物，于是写信向动物园要，没想到，动物园寄来各式各样的宠物，就是没有他要的，直到动物园寄来一只狗，小朋友终于找到刚刚好适合他的宠物。 在这一本书里，每一页上都有一个小翻页，里面隐藏许多形状大小不一的动物。孩子们可以经由翻开小翻页的游戏，认识许

This book and outfit package includes a board book andsix-month-size all-cotton snapsuit for babies, making it theperfect baby shower or new arrival gift. The snapsuit features animage of George at his most adorable, silkscreened onto the front.The board book is a refreshed version of our First Words at theZoo--updated with our Curious Baby colors and a new cover. Thepackaging will include new parent tips on sharing books and a loveof reading with their new baby.