Ball

In this energetic addition to the Baby Unplugged line (a reworking of a 2012 book of the same name, illustrated by Andrea Kang), Hutton deploys an appropriately bouncy series of rhymes to celebrate balls of every shape, size, and type: “Big ball. Tiny ball./ Round ball. Shiny ball./ Snowball, clay ball,/ game ball, play ball!” Jones’s carefully detailed, warmly appealing images switch up the settings from page to page, bringing readers from the beach to the playground and a backyard as kids of different ethnic backgrounds toss balls to each other, play fetch, and try different sports. Up to age 3. (Apr.)