Little Blue Truck’s Valentine by Alice Schertle

Little Blue Truck delivers Valentine’s Day cards to all his farm animal friends. (Ages 4 and up)

Feliz Navidad! Little Blue Truck is spreading cheer by delivering Christmas trees to his animal friends. Can you help count each green tree from one to five and back again? Don’t forget to save one for El camioncito Azul! Now available in Spanish, Little Blue Truck”s Christmas adventure is full of holiday warmth. Compact and child-friendly text and beautiful images come together in a book that’s sure to be the favorite treat of the season.

In every season, a little mouse pops out of his hole in the meadow and explores his world, gathering the food and supplies he will need when winter comes.

Giggles galore are guaranteed in this collection of humorous poems about treasured articles of clothing owned by adorable animals. Full color.

Librarians will welcome the return of this popular character. Kirkus Reviews, starred review Readers who love Martin Bridge and Nate the Great will find a new easy-to-read friend in Jeremy Bean. The Horn Book Magazine A fine choice for beginning-chapter-book collections. School Library Journal

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

All through the year, this shaggy, raggy, rumbly, bumbly bear faces down whatever comes his way: bee stings and scolding squirrels, cold rushing rivers and prickly bushes. And he does it all with a spring in his step and a smile on his face. There’s just one thing he can”t abide. Luckily, he knows exactly what to do about it. Season by season, Alice Schertle and Matt Phelan lead us through a year in the life of a charming, resourceful, and quite hairy bear.

In this counting rhyme, an affectionate elephant family plays together.

Teddy bears of every kind, Bears with pull strings, Bears you wind, Bears that roller-skate, Bears that sing, Bears that don”t do anything. Get ready to cuddle up with your favorite furry friend, and meet the cast of utterly captivating teddies that inhabit Christopher Award-winning author Alice Schertle”s cozy verse and Linda Hill Griffith”s irresistible paintings. If you have ever loved a teddy bear, this is the book for you!

El sol es de oro la luna es de plata y las estrellitas son de hoja de lata. The sun”s a gold medallion. The moon”s a silver ball. The little stars are only tin; I love them best of all. Here is a groundbreaking bilingual collection of traditional rhymes that celebrates childhood and Spanish and Latin American heritage. From playing dress up to making tortillas, and from rising at daybreak to falling asleep, these joyful rhymes are sure to delight young readers. Passed down from generation to generation, the twenty-nine rhymes included have been lovingly selected by distinguished authors Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy. English adaptations by Alice Schertle capture the spirit of each rhyme and have a charm all their own. Accompanied by enchanting illustrations by Spanish artist Viví Escrivá, this collection is destined to become a beloved classic for children already familiar with the rhymes as well as those encountering them for the first time.

After following her ten toys in a parade through the house, Hattie explains why each of them needs to sleep with her in her bed, in a bedtime tale first published in 1985.

Lists everything that one needs to build the perfect snowman, from the very first snowflake that falls.

Hetty is very careful with the eggs she has bought on her very first trip to the store, but she forgets to be careful when she stops to pick apples.

Summary: A book of poems about cows.

A young boy uses a witch hazel branch to make a scarecrow and has a mysterious encounter on the night of the harvest moon.

Bim becomes the hero of the hour when evil Weevil Sneekins makes off with the moving van which holds all the Dooley family”s earthly possesions.

Searching for a human slave to take the place of his skeleton friend, Hob Goblin visits a town on Halloween.

Many fools try to take the king”s mind off his aching feet but only the April Fool succeeds in finding a remedy that helps the king”s feet and his disposition.