Picture This!
September 2025
Recent Releases
Sleepytime by Joe Brumm
Sleepytime
by Joe Brumm

Deciding it's time for a Big Girl sleep, Bingo drifts off to dreamland with Flopsy, but will she make it through the night and wake up in her own bed? 

Want more?: The library has lots of books for your little Bluey fan! Search "Bluey" in the catalog to find more. 
A little more beautiful by Sarah Mackenzie
A Little More Beautiful
by Sarah Mackenzie; illustrated by Breezy Brookshire

Lou Alice is determined to leave each day a little more beautiful than she found it. But when she moves away from her little house, no one in town notices she's gone, except a little girl, who sets out to carry on Lou Alice's work. Can the girl find a way of her own to make the world a little more beautiful?"

Also available as: digital audiobook on Hoopla
Bear and the three Goldilocks by Patrick Horne
Bear and the Three Goldilocks
by Patrick Horne; illustrated by Dan Yaccarino

When the Goldilocks family leave their campsite to go on a hike, baby bear comes along and makes a mess of their food and belongings--because that is how bears roll.

Pair it with: Check out Goldilocks and the Three Bears if your little hasn't heard the original story yet.
It's corn picking time! by Jill Esbaum
It's Corn Picking Time!
by Jill Esbaum; illustrated Melissa Crowton

It's corn picking time, and the farmer has all her tools ready! The cornhead gobbles the stalks. The spreader spits out chaff. The grain wagon fills with corn! This is the farmer, whose happy heart leaps at the sight of those first golden, glorious heaps!

Described as: "A rhyming introduction to an essential but often-invisible agricultural process." (Kirkus)
The moving book by Lisa Brown
The Moving Book
by Lisa Brown

A boy reassures his little sister about an upcoming move, reminding her of past moves and talking her through the process.

Art alert: Brown's colorful and funny cartoon illustrations both complement the story and add details to help bring the characters to life. 
Learn Something New
Check out these books all about new skills, activities, and milestones! Then, stop by Handley Library on September 27th for How-To Fest, a whole-library program for all ages where you can learn all sorts of new things.
 
My First Book of Baby Signs
by Lane Rebelo; illustrated by Cait Brennan

Learn sign language alongside your baby with an adorable storybook designed to encourage you to learn new words and signs as you read together.

Look for: A note to caregivers in the front of the book gives advice for how to incorporate signing throughout the book and beyond.
When You Can Swim
by Jack Wong

A reverent celebration of learning to swim among a diverse cast of children and families who each experience the mysterious joys of water in nature.

Award winner: This book received the 2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the 2023 Governor General Literary Award for English-Language Children's Literature Illustrations, and the 2024 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award.
Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike
by Dashka Slater; illustrated by Laura Hughes

Using her boundless imagination, Kayla finds the courage to tame her new big-kid bike — despite falls, bumps and bruises — and the confidence to let go of her fear. 

Art alert: The beautiful and bright hand-drawn illustrations help to bring the comparison of bikes and horses to life.
How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? 
by Jane Yolen; illustrated by Mark Teague

Told in rhyming text, young dinosaurs learn to read, but only after many mishaps, like chewing their books and throwing them at the cat.
    Also available as: digital audiobook on Hoopla, digital audiobook on Libby, and read-along WonderBook
    Contact your librarian for more great books for ages 0-8!
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