Author: Alan Madison
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Keywords: butterfly, cool, way, gratch, velma
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2007-10-09
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0375835970
ISBN-13: 9780375835971

IT’S HARD TO BE VELMA entering first grade. That’s because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders, and no one even notices Velma. But all that changes on a class trip to the butterfly conservatory, a place neither of her sisters has been. When a monarch roosts on Velma’s finger and won’t budge for days - no one will ever forget it . . . or her!Kids will enjoy reading about everything butterflies, from migration to metamorphosis, as they follow Velma’s own transformation.

Author: Roni Schotter
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Keywords: words, loved
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2006-03-28
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0375836012
ISBN-13: 9780375836015

Words. Selig collects them, ones that stir his heart (Mama!) and ones that make him laugh (giggle). But what to do with so many luscious words? After helping a poet find the perfect words for his poem (lozenge, lemon, and licorice), he figures it out: His purpose is to spread the word to others. And so he begins to sprinkle, disburse, and broadcast them to people in need.

Author: Jonah Winter
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Keywords: barge, garbage, comes
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2010-02-09
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0375852182
ISBN-13: 9780375852183

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Teaching environmental awareness has become a national priority, and this hilarious book (subtly) drives home the message that we can’t produce unlimited trash without consequences. Based on incredible true events, Jonah Winter brings us the flavorful story that starts in a little town on Long Island that has a big problem: 3,168 tons of garbage and nowhere to put it! Enter the garbage barge, who hauls the junk down the coast of North America looking for a place to dump it. . . .Humorous language and amazing art built out of junk, toys, and found objects by Red Nose

Author: Tad Hills
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Keywords: feeling, goose, amp, duck
Number of Pages: 22
Published: 2009-01-13
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0375846298
ISBN-13: 9780375846298

Preschoolers, rejoice! Duck and Goose are back in their third board book appearance. All the favorite characters, including Bluebird and Thistle, return—this time to help toddlers learn about their feelings. Following on the heels of the hugely successful What’s Up, Duck? and Duck & Goose 1,2,3, this charming board book uses simple text and colorful illustrations to help preschoolers identify familiar feelings like happy, sad, scared, and proud.

Author: Tad Hills
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Keywords: goose, duck
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2006-01-24
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 037583611X
ISBN-13: 9780375836114

"That egg is mine! I saw it first," says Goose. "I touched it first. It’s mine," declares Duck. Like James Marshall’s George and Martha, and Rosemary Wells’s Benjamin and Tulip, Duck and Goose have to work at getting along. You see, Duck doesn’t much care for Goose at first–and Goose isn’t fond of Duck–but both want the egg that each claims to be his. As the two tend to their egg, and make plans for the future, they come to appreciate one another’s strengths. And when a bluebird points out that it isn’t really an egg–it’s a polka dot ball–the two are not dismayed. Aft

Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Keywords: poem, christmas, peace, amazing
Number of Pages: 40
Published: 2008-09-23
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0375841504
ISBN-13: 9780375841507

“ANGELS AND Mortals, Believers and Nonbelievers, look heavenward,” Maya Angelou writes, “and speak the word aloud. Peace.” Angelou’s moving poem is a radiant affirmation of the goodness of humanity. First read at the 2005 White House tree-lighting ceremony, it comes alive again as a fully illustrated children’s book, celebrating the promise of peace in the holiday season. In this simple story, a family joins with their community—rich and poor, black and white, Muslim and Jew—to celebrate the holidays.

Author: Tad Hills
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
Keywords: opposites, book, duck
Number of Pages: 22
Published: 2008-01-08
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0375847383
ISBN-13: 9780375847387

Little siblings of Duck and Goose fans rejoice! The stars of the bestselling Duck & Goose and Duck, Duck, Goose return in this board book for preschoolers, this time, to introduce basic opposites. Goose carries an ohso-heavy log, while duck easily balances a light-as-a-feather feather. Thistle is one fast bird, but Goose is slooo-w. And when Duck is sound asleep, Goose is wide awake. With a simple text and colorful illustrations–plus the inimitable characters, of course–here’s a wonderful, and humorous, introduction to an important concept.