Eric Carle meets Chicken Soup with Rice in this joyful dance through the year one month at a time, sure to whirl young readers right along with it. Time never passed so happily! From sledding and snowman-crafting in January to the New Year’s countdown in December, childlike drawings and jolly text describe each month of the year with all the fun that each one promises. This book works like a song: each month is a new verse, and readers transition into each new season by a chorus with a recurring refrain, which is riffed on throughout the year. Beloved author-illustrator Carter Higgins is back with all her quirky warmth in Round and Round the Year We Go, a book as fun to read aloud as it is to listen to and learn from. Story time is sure to provoke giggles, games, and ideas for your own seasonal escapades. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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- 2024
- 2023
Press Here meets Eric Carle in a concept book that makes familiar ideas exciting and surprising.From the creative mind behind Circle Under Berry comes this deceptively simple concept book exploring sorting, comparatives, and quantifiers that teases the brain, twists expectations, and teaches basic concepts in unusual ways. Read it once, read it ten times-see something new every time. With an elegant and simple approach, this enigmatic, thought-provoking concept book shows young readers that everything in the world can be seen from infinite perspectives.
- 2022
The extraordinarily told, one-of-a-kind story of legendary author and children’s book icon Ruth KraussBorna babylate at nightthere’s no paradejust crashing rainShe listens listenswrites and drawsstitches pagessews a bookShe finds another wayto tell a tale This unique picture book biography provides a mesmerizing look at the life of children’s writer Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), best known for books such as The Carrot Seed, A Hole is to Dig, and A Very Special House. With an imaginative, spontaneous text from Carter Higgins that pays homage to Krauss’s distinctive voice, and Isabelle Arsenault’s exquisite illustrations that evoke a childlike sense of wonder, A Story Is to Share is a tribute to storytelling and creativity of all kinds.
- 2022
Big and Small and In-Between
- 98 pages
- 4 hours of reading
A tribute to all the special things in the world, whether big, small or somewhere in-between, from the hole in the donut to the way the Moon looks through a telescope, and a boat below the sky and above the waves
- 2022
For lovers of Ivy + Bean, Clementine, and Dory Fantasmagory, this adorable chapter book series is about the adventures of two best friends with the same name. There's a lot going on in Room 19. A sleepover? A talent show? And worst of all, new table groups?! Audrey L and Audrey W were destined to be friends. They both love purple, they have the same stationery, and they have the same name--so of course! But this month, all of Audrey L's joy at finding her first best friend feels a little wobbly. When Room 19 switches seating order, she and Audrey W are separated by a whole classroom--and from where Audrey L's sitting, it looks like Audrey W is having a grand old time with...Bettina! Now Bettina's coming with Audrey W to the treehouse. Bettina's joining the Audreys' Talent Show act. Gosh, what ISN'T Bettina involved in these days? Can Audrey L welcome change into her newfound classroom calm? Or is this the beginning of the end? This bighearted, laugh-out-loud chapter book will resonate with any young reader who's ever felt overlooked or second best. Book two in the Audrey L and Audrey W series, True Creative Talents breathes great gusto into the joys and traumas of elementary school drama
- 2021
Part Sandra Boynton, part EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM; part CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM, part HIPPOPPOSITES - a treat for the brain and the tongue.
- 2021
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish
- 184 pages
- 7 hours of reading
The unique writing of Ivy + Bean meets the pep of Clementine and the authentic humor of DORY FANTASMAGORY in this chapter book series about two girls with the same name and nothing else in common.
- 2019
Bikes for Sale
- 40 pages
- 2 hours of reading
You've Got Mail meets Leo in this testament to unusual friendships and taking a chance on something different.
- 2018
"Delightful!" —BookRiot "One magical, impossible treehouse after another." —The Wall Street Journal Treehouses are for wonder. Treehouses are for snacks. Treehouses are for whispers and snickers and echoes. Treehouses are for everyone. This magical work of art from acclaimed picture book creators Carter Higgins and Emily Hughes celebrates the universal wonder of treehouses and all the adventure that live among branches.
- 2017
A Rambler Steals Home
- 224 pages
- 8 hours of reading
The story follows Garland, Derby, and Triple Clark as they travel in their Rambler, returning to Ridge Creek, Virginia, each summer. There, they run Garland's Grill, serving burgers after minor-league baseball games. Derby's connection to the town deepens, but her return brings unexpected challenges, particularly regarding someone she loves. As she seeks to help, Derby uncovers hidden stories and secrets that may change her understanding of home and relationships.
