Books for 2017 (© 2016)

This humorous conclusion to Caldecott medalist Klassen's hat trilogy ends with a surprising twist as two turtles figure out what to do with the hat they have found.

Snail and Worm are best friends who support each other during a silly game of tag, through Snail's adventure up a flower stalk, and when Worm's pet goes missing.

Shy loves birds, but he's only ever read about them in books. When a real bird finally comes along, he's too afraid to leave the gutter of the book to meet her.

This visually stunning picture book documents the life of modern art phenomenon Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose unique, collage-style paintings catapulted him to fame in the 1980s.

Quackers has always believed that he is a duck, but when he meets new friends who look like him and call themselves cats, he has to find a way to combine the best of both worlds.

A crew of pirate dinosaurs sails the open sea, looks for treasure, and inducts a new recruit, who is having some trouble feeling like part of a team, but when a rival group of pirate dinosaurs attacks, it is up to the newest pirasaur to save the day.

A penguin levels with human readers about what penguin life is really like--and it isn't all fun and games.

This board book goes through the process of getting ready for bed.

Mira lives in a gray and hopeless urban community until a muralist arrives and, along with his paints and brushes, brings color, joy and togetherness to Mira and her neighbors.

Sisters Maple and Willow get their first real Christmas tree, only to discover that Maple is allergic to it.

A small dog without a home, a little girl who feeds her and the girl's father, a juggler with stage fright, converge in three overlapping stories that offer different perspectives into shared experiences.

At the pet show, there are so many different types of pets.

Dude, who is bored by reading, can't understand why Bro would delay surfing to finish his book. When they finally get to the beach, Dude realizes that he, too, would like to know how the story ends.

There are only three cookies and four hungry friends to share them with.

Walt is not the tallest or the curliest or the pointiest or even the crunchiest, but this blade of grass is searching for his 'est' in this hilarious story about growing up.

As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off, but later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and everything looks mysterious.

Best friends Tiger and Badger work through their disagreements over a toy, a chair and sharing.

Duck finds a book and is surprised to discover that there are books with words and no pictures, and that even without pictures, a book can interest and excite you.

_In simple, rhythmic prose and stylized pictures, the book follows a curious cat as it observes the many creatures in its world, and they observe it in turn.

Piggie wants to thank everyone she knows, but careful Gerald is worried Piggy will forget someone really important.

Everyone on Grimloch Lane enjoys the trees and shrubs clipped into animal masterpieces after dark by the Night Gardener; but William, a lonely boy, spots the artist, follows him, and helps with his special work.

In a rhyming bedtime story created by an American Library Association award-winning author-illustrator team, various creatures make their way to a nest, the shore, or a porch as the day comes to an end.

A little cement mixer learns that making mistakes is not always a bad thing.

Silly emergencies ensue when the characters from familiar nursery rhymes suffer unexpected accidents, from tripping over the moon to getting one's nose pecked by a blackbird.

Elliot the little elephant is terrified when his friend Mouse introduces him to the carnival, but Mouse helps him to have fun.

In this picture-book debut, Babymouse is glad she ate all the Christmas cookies her mom made for Santa, because now she can bake him something he REALLY wants--cupcakes!

A lively yellow dot leads the reader on a journey through color, shape and a child's imagination.

Cupcake discovers the perils of trying too hard to please everyone, including Donut, Brownie and Muffin.

Combines playful artwork and whimsical invented language in the story of friendly insects who enjoy building a tree fort together, until a hungry predator swoops in to disrupt their fun.

When you're a preciously small canine with a big and bold personality, how do you show your doting owners that you want to be treated like an ordinary dog?_

As a school project, George and Blaise become pen pals, writing rhyming letters about their favorite things to do, unaware that one is human and the other a dragon.

Through puns and poetry, Chicken Lily overcomes her fears and reads a poem onstage at her school poetry jam.

Barnacle is bored by the monotony of the tides, and envies the fish who swim freely, until an eel comes along.

On a long car trip, a young boy feels time is passing so slowly that it actually goes backward, and turns into an imaginative time-travel adventure.

Surreal, elaborately rendered letters of the alphabet, shaped from flora, fauna and other natural elements, evoke the styles of famous artists or create fantastical associations.

Deep in the jungle lurks Alan the alligator, descended from a long line of very scary alligators, but after a long day of scaring, Alan likes nothing better than to enjoy the crossword, run a warm mud bath, and take out his teeth, which nobody else knows are false.

In this lyrical picture book, a little girl sails her raft across a sea of words, arriving at the house of a small boy who joins her on a fantastical adventure that unlocks his imagination and starts him on a lifetime of reading.

A lonely fox roams the forest where he grew up, searching for his family and finding only strange creatures who stand on their hind legs, until, at last, he finds himself at home.

A poetic tribute to a lesser-known event in African-American history describes how after working relentlessly for more than six days, slaves in 19th-century New Orleans were permitted to congregate in Congo Square to sing, dance, and put aside their troubles for a few hours.

When Grandpa's false teeth fall down a well, a recycled hambone which has flavored the bean dinners of many families in his poor farm community, is used to retrieve his dentures.

A young boy wants to read his favorite books without interruption, but the creatures around him keep spoiling the ending.

Grandmother wants so desperately to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family, journeying to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet in which to perform her work.

Features a collection of classic nursery rhymes, presented with a Spanish twist.

_Introduces animals that live in the jungle, discussing how they move, find food, and their different physical characteristics.

Bedtime is near--but as the day approaches its end, a little boy becomes more and more convinced that it won't be time for sleeping until he gets his special good night wish.

A board book that explores why Grumpy Cloud is grumpy. Series: My First Comics

Little Frog does not want to grow up, and he gives his father all sorts of reasons why being small is best.

When the moon is up, so is Owl, wide awake and ready to play--but everyone else is sleeping. Owl's play day becomes lonely fast, until she discovers a friendly surprise

_Leo isn't just a stuffed toy, he is Henry's best friend and brother.

This board book shows the different colors of Halloween.

Drawings of creatures and natural wonders introduce numbers from one to 10. Includes a search-and-find activity.