Kathryn Durst

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text portray animals of all kinds enjoying a picnic.

Grandude brightens a dreary weekend for his visiting grandchildren, Lucy, Tom, Em, and Bob, by using his magic compass and postcards to take them on adventures around the world.

Mary Christmas wants to love Christmas as much as her family does, but their over-the-top preparations embarrass her until she comes up with a way to share their enthusiasm.

"Celeste is a cockroach, and everyone knows that cockroaches are survivors, so who better to give advice on surviving an encounter with a polite predator? Everyone also knows that taking a moonlit promenade with a deadly reticulated python (named Frank) is a very bad idea. Using her superior pythonine knowledge, Celeste comes up with various strategies and solutions -- many dangerous, most absurd, but all based on the biology of pythons"--

A girl's pug is missing. But, hey, he's just chasing a wild adventure! A girl races all over the neighborhood looking for her lost pug, Kirby. As she asks one dog owner after another if they've seen him, readers are treated to poetically succinct depictions of the breeds of dogs she comes across in her search. "Golden retrievers are pleasers. Poodles are overachievers. Border collies are always on the job." Each alternating spread reveals the story...

The library is a special place! Whimsical animal characters teach kids how to behave in their school libraries through uplifting lyrics and a catchy song, which are reinforced by colorful, modern illustrations. This hardcover book comes with a CD and online music access.

The online world is a big place, and kids need to know what is safe and what isn't. Friendly animal characters teach kids the basics of online safety through catchy lyrics, supported by colorful, contemporary illustrations.