This interactive retelling of the Three Little Pigs story allows the reader to play the part of the big bad wolf. Three interior die-cut holes invite readers to huff, puff, and blow the pigs’ houses down! This fractured fairy tale ends sweetly when, rather than blowing down the third pig’s brick home, the wolf/reader blows out the candles on a cake baked by the pigs! A satisfying and engaging read for every young Three Little Pigs fan. Praise for Huff &amp; Puff "Simple but wonderfully expressive, the illustrations are ink drawings with pale washes of tan, pink, yellow, and blue. A beautifully designed and wholly engaging picture book for young children." –Booklist "Sure to be a family favorite."–Shelf-Awareness “A good chance for youngsters to relish enacting the wicked role while still getting a friendly reconciliation at the end.” –Kirkus Reviews "Very young readers will get a kick out of taking the wolf’s part, and their parents will appreciate that the scariest bits of the original tale have been omitted." –School Library Journal "Like her repetitive text, Rueda’s illustrations are gently funny and elegantly simple." –Horn Book "The reader is encouraged to follow the pigs into the book." –Library Media Connection

Huff & Puff: Can You Blow Down the Houses of the Three Little Pigs?

RUEDA, Claudia

Children's Books

Abrams Appleseed

Little Pim: Animals showcases a host of favorite animals interwoven in a playful farmyard story. Lift the flaps and pull the tabs to discover cows, ducks, frogs, pigs, and more! A new title in the Little Pim interactive language-learning series, featuring English, Spanish, and French.

Little Pim: Animals

Little Pim Corporation

Animals

Numbers features a hungry Little Pim attempting to build a gigantic sandwich. Lift the flaps and pull the tabs to discover one carrot, three apples, eight pickles, and more (from one to ten)! A new title in the Little Pim interactive language-learning series, featuring English, Spanish, and French.

Little Pim: Numbers

Education & Reference

This artful first colors book introduces children to 9 basic colors and 20 shades of each. Readers will immerse themselves in the concept that one color name actually refers to a variety of dark, light, and in-between tones. Young children will begin by simply naming the colors of the monochromatic images and will soon grow to select their favorite and least-favorite shades. Pantone: Colors is a visually pleasing way to expand the colors conversation and develop a child’s sense of visual discrimination. Praise for Pantone: Colors "It’s an evocative exploration of the nuances of color, in a polished, eye-catching package." —Publishers Weekly "Your kiddos will be tickled pink by Pantone’s extraordinary primer with nine basic colors in twenty glorious shades each. It’s almost too hard to choose one favorite from the rainbow." —Daily Candy "Beautifully designed from cover to cover." —Booklist

Pantone: Colors: A Board Book

Arts & Photography

Pantone

Graphic Design

Apple: A Board Book

Apple follows the life of an apple throughout the year, demonstrating the cyclical patterns in nature. The youngest readers will delight in following the journey of the bright red apple—the only splash of color in the otherwise black-and-white illustrations—as it travels from tree, to harvest, to snack, to compost, and finally to sprout. A single word complements each illustration, urging early readers to reflect on each stage in the apple’s life. Apple is acclaimed cut-paper artist Nikki McClure’s very first book, originally self-published and sold in a limited edition of just 200 copies. Now, 16 years later, it is available in wide release, and fans will relish the chance to own the book that launched McClure’s signature style. Praise for Apple STARRED REVIEW "Run your fingers across this satisfyingly square book’s cover and feel the subtle, smooth outlines of a ripe apple and simple letters. You’ll immediately sense the solid, soothing storytelling at work inside, achieved through astute manipulations of paper." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review "The art is gorgeous, the text is one-word-per-page minimal and the “story” is sprinkled with welcome surprises." —The New York Times Book Review "The emphasis on the cycle of life makes this a useful classroom and library addition." —School Library Journal

Apple

McClure, Nikki

Literature & Fiction

Dressing Hello Kitty has never been more fun! This supercute set of shaped lacing cards features Hello Kitty in a variety of outfits. This unique kit encourages creativity with an assortment of seams to “stitch” and decorative add-ons to “sew” onto Hello Kitty’s jumpers and dresses.

Hello Kitty Stitch & Sew Lacing Cards

SANRIO

Activities, Crafts & Games

Children and parents alike will delight in this joyous declaration of toddler independence. This book celebrates the feats of growing out of babyhood and starting to embrace the world on your own terms. Whether it’s being tall enough to reach a high shelf or brave enough to splash in the waves, Krensky and Gillingham address the small victories that come with growing just a little bit older. Energentic text and retro-fresh illustrations celebrate this important developmental stage with charm and relevance. Note: illustrations are in the style of vintage screen prints, with imperfect variations in color and texture. Praise for I Can Do It Myself "Short and satisfying, these 'empowering celebrations' of burgeoning independence will encourage small children to see how far they've already come." ―The Wall Street Journal "Krensky celebrates the increasing independence of toddlers and their pride of accomplishment." ―The Horn Book Awards The Canadian Children's Book Centre's Best Books for Kids &amp; Teens - Spring 2013 Toronto Public Library system’s “First &amp; Best” Reading Program

I Can Do It Myself!: A Board Book (Empowerment Series)

KRENSKY, STEPHEN

These unique board books bring the popular Montessori pedagogy to trade book form for the first time. Using materials and methods common to Montessori classrooms, these interactive board books immerse young children in an aesthetically rich learning experience, while providing parents and caregivers with carefully crafted language to encourage understanding. This book follows the Montessori method by introducing the numbers 1 to 10 first as quantities to count before showing them as numerals. Cumulative red and blue tabs based on the counting rods found in Montessori classrooms help readers conceptualize quantities. Groupings of beautifully stylized illustrations provide objects to count before readers encounter textured numerals to trace with their fingers. Praise for Montessori: Number Work “Nicely illustrated, this tall, distinctive board book is a useful resource for parents and teachers.” —Booklist "The combination of phonetics and simple retro illustration makes for an excellent entree into pre-literacy." —The Wall Street Journal

Montessori: Number Work

George, Bobby

George, June

This beautiful box is brimming with gorgeous PANTONE colors and surprises. With a volume for each color of the rainbow—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple—these six chunky board books feature simple peek-through cutouts that transform as you turn the pages. Simple text prompts parents and children to label objects and observe lighter and darker shades of the same color family, promoting a new way of noticing the colorful—and surprising—world around us. Praise for Pantone: Box of Color "Pleasingly tactile variations of six colors…" —The Wall Street Journal "The books, which are smart and well-designed, showcase subtle shades of six colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple), while die-cuts do double duty as they introduce basic objects." — Publishers Weekly

Pantone: Box of Color: 6 Mini Board Books!

Arts, Music & Photography

It’s a busy day on the construction site, and these industrious mice are up to something big! But what are they working on? Bold, colorful illustrations and recognizable vehicles with moving parts add to the fun, with hidden clues for the careful observer. Is that red paint . . . or red sauce? Is that a construction pit . . . or a drain? Children will delight in guessing their way to the end, when the final spread reveals a carefully constructed surprise. It’s favorite vehicles meet lunchtime and bathtime in these novelty board books with interactive mechanisms. Praise for Dig In "Young readers will enjoy sinking their teeth into..." ―Kirkus Reviews "As the pages turn, readers will undoubtedly grow curious about the round, flat, red object the mice are assembling―and they'll get a kick out of the answer." ―Publishers Weekly

Dig In!

Prince, April Jones

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

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