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The Bear Ate Your Sandwich by Julia Sarcone-Roach Hardcover, 40 pages Published January 6th 2015 by Knopf Books for Young Readers Bear meets sandwich, adventure ensues. . . . A sly classic-in-the-making for fans of Jon Klassen, Peter Brown, and Mo Willems. By now I think you know what happened to your sandwich. But you may not know how it happened. So let me tell you. It all started with the bear . . .

Toucan Can! by Juliette MacIver, Sarah Davis (Illustrations) Hardcover, 32 pages Published March 1st 2014 by Gecko Press (first published February 1st 2014) A mad-cap, wacky picture book frolic with Toucan as he demonstrates all the things he can do! A tongue-twisting, high-energy, ludicrous rhyme full of hilarity and off-the-wall characters. Toucan can do lots of things. Toucan dances, Toucan sings. Toucan bangs a frying pan. Can YOU do what Toucan can?

Z Is for Moose (Moose #1) by Kelly Bingham, Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator) Hardcover, 32 pages Published February 28th 2012 by Greenwillow Books Caldecott Medalist Zelinsky illustrates an outrageously funny and boundary-breaking story for fans of Jon Scieszka and David Weisner. Zebra wants to put on a show as simple as A-B-C, but Zebra's friend Moose has other (unexpected and hilarious) ideas. Full color.

Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore Hardcover, 48 pages Published October 20th 2013 by Lee & Low (first published September 1st 2013) Above the treetops of Puerto Rico flies a flock of parrots as green as their island home. . . . These are Puerto Rican parrots. They lived on this island for millions of years, and then they nearly vanished from the earth forever.

Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner Hardcover, 32 pages Published October 1st 2013 by Clarion Books A 2014 Caldecott Honor Book In a near wordless masterpiece that could only have been devised by David Wiesner, a cat named Mr. Wuffles doesn't care about toy mice or toy goldfish. He’s much more interested in playing with a little spaceship full of actual aliens—but the ship wasn't designed for this kind of rough treatment. Between motion sickness and damaged equipment, the aliens are in deep trouble.When the space visitors dodge the cat and take shelter behind the radiator to repair the damage, they make a host of insect friends. The result? A humorous exploration of cooperation between aliens and insects, and of the universal nature of communication involving symbols, “cave” paintings, and gestures of friendship.

I Don't Want to Be a Frog story by Dev Petty, illustrations by Mike Boldt   Hardcover, 32 pages Published February 10th 2015 by Doubleday Books for Young Readers Fans of Mo Willems’s Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! and Jon Klassen’s I Want My Hat Back will love meeting this willful young frog with a serious identity crisis.  Frog wants to be anything but a slimy, wet frog. A cat, perhaps. Or a rabbit. An owl? But when a hungry wolf arrives—a wolf who HATES eating frogs—our hero decides that maybe being himself isn’t so bad after all. In this very silly story with a sly message, told in hilarious dialogue between a feisty young frog and his heard-it-all-before father, young readers will identify with little Frog’s desire to be something different, while laughing along at his stubborn yet endearing schemes to prove himself right.