This horizon-broadening bilingual picture book includes Hindi and translated Hindi text alongside its English-language explorations of a busy marketplace. Once at the bazaar, Meena is entranced by the variety of fruits and vegetables she... Read More

Mr. Felix has a lot of interests and hobbies, but his neighbors didn’t know bicycling was one. Still, with minimal prompting, he grabs a rusting, abandoned bike and joins the town’s race. His speed surprises everybody—as does his... Read More

In this interactive, rhyming picture book that plays snippets of classical music from composers including Gustav Holst, Johannes Brahms, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as it goes, a big mouse family in a cozy, tchotchke-packed den prepares... Read More

Santa’s Busy Christmas is indeed a busy picture book—filled with multicolor explosions, zany situations, and holiday delights. Evi Triantafyllides’s jovial picture book Santa’s Busy Christmas follows a wild and crazy Santa across... Read More

Delicate and detailed colored pencil illustrations enrich this meditative picture book that encourages appreciation of, and responsibility toward, nature. A child canoes down a jungle stream; shadowy deer trek through a misty forest.... Read More

About an avian community’s efforts to honor the dead, "Who Killed Cock Robin?" is a lovely picture book. Drawing on a classic nursery rhyme, Ron Charach’s mournful picture book "Who Killed Cock Robin?" follows as birds come together... Read More

This cosmic counting book is an inviting introduction to the solar system. Covering the sun and each of the nine planets—Pluto included—the book anthropomorphizes various elements of outer space as it walks children through numbers... Read More

Modeling effective, constructive problem-solving strategies for children, Little Ruth: Backpack Mishap is a vibrant picture book. In Dee Write’s educational picture book Little Ruth: Backpack Mishap, sisters take responsibility for... Read More