Picture Books
December 2025
 
Recent Releases
A Book of Maps for You by Lourdes Heuer
A Book of Maps for You
by Lourdes Heuer

Before moving away, a child creates a hand-drawn guidebook to his neighborhood and home to leave behind for the child moving in after him.
How to Be Brave Like a Snail by Naseem Hrab
How to Be Brave Like a Snail
by Naseem Hrab

Snail and Stump return in this sweetly humorous story about finding the courage to share your feelings Snail's not afraid of (certain) loud noises, exploring the glade, or lullaby karaoke. But he is afraid of asking for help, making mistakes, and believing in himself. And so, it's only with support from his best friend Stump that he finds the courage to enter a local paper airplane contest. However, after the contest, it's Stump who needs support when he becomes heated and upset after not winning a ribbon. Fortunately, Snail knows just what to do to help Stump work through his difficult feelings. Together, they find the courage to tell each other exactly how they feel--prickly thoughts and all!--and then they write their feelings down on paper airplanes and let them go. In their third laugh-out-loud adventure, Snail and Stump discover that the best kind of brave is finding the courage to share your feelings, even when your bravery is playing hide-and-seek.
Dasher and the Polar Bear by Matt Tavares
Dasher and the Polar Bear
by Matt Tavares

One bright night just before Christmas, Dasher the reindeer is out admiring the stunning colors of the northern lights when she meets George, a sweet polar bear. Astounded to see that Dasher can fly, George confides that he has dreamed of soaring through the sky himself. Dasher would like nothing more than to bestow some Christmas magic on her new friend, but their flying lesson turns out to be a disappointing failure. Even Dasher, an intrepid reindeer in the habit of giving-not giving up-begins to wonder if anyone can make George's dream take flight. In this sparkling new Christmas story, Matt Tavares, New York Times best-selling author of Dasher and its sequel, Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas, is back to remind us that sometimes the best gift we can receive is simply to bear witness to wonder-and that not all presents fit inside Santa's bag--
Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey R. Tabor
Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World)
by Corey R. Tabor

After rejecting invitations from Squirrel, Hummingbird, and several other critters with a caustic “KAW!”, big-eyed Crow seems like a loner. But as a dramatic twist reveals Crow’s secret, high-stakes heroism, rapt readers will be reminded that first impressions can be misleading. “Clever pacing, bone-dry humor, and visual surprises distinguish this wildly entertaining picture book,” says Publishers Weekly. 
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