Salina Yoon, Running Press Kids, $9.95 (10p) ISBN 978-0-7624-3886-0
In this interactive board book about emotions, readers can place the lemon-shaped cardboard head of a toddler (attached by ribbon) into die-cut spaces atop children's torsos. Each page offers a different scenario that invites reader response. For...
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Salina Yoon. Bloomsbury, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-68119-155-3
Spending time with friends and loved ones is a big part of what makes the holidays special; when one of those friends is a pine tree, so much the better. This fifth Penguin picture book sees the return of Pinecone, whom Penguin befriended in his...
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Salina Yoon. Bloomsbury, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3832-5
Bear, previously seen in Found and Stormy Night, considers himself to be a “big bear” now, and he’s ready to leave his much-loved stuffed rabbit, Floppy, at home when he goes to school. Or is he? “Bear thought school would be lots of fun,” writes...
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Salina Yoon. Bloomsbury, $9.99 (64p) ISBN 978-1-61963-723-8
Three friends—Big Duck, Little Duck, and Porcupine—star in a trio of stories that blend elements of picture books, chapter books, and comics. Told entirely through dialogue between Big Duck and Porcupine (Little Duck never speaks, though his beady...
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Salina Yoon. Bloomsbury, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-61963-951-5
Yoon’s school-age hero, Dennis, is an aspiring mime whose closet is full of striped leotards and top hats like those worn by his idol, Marcel Marceau. Dennis declines to speak; for classroom show-and-tell, he mimes the metamorphosis of a caterpillar
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Salina Yoon. Bloomsbury, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3780-9
Bear and his stuffed rabbit Floppy, introduced in the emotionally nuanced Found, are dealing with a very dark and stormy night: “The wind was whirring, the trees were crackling, and the rain was pounding against the windows.” Bear sings Floppy a...
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Salina Yoon. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-228684-0
In a book channeling the aesthetic and interactivity of an app (the glossy pages are even suggestive of a touch screen), Yoon introduces Blip, a red dot with eyes and legs who asks readers for help. “I need to reach that bar to win the game,” he...
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Salina Yoon. Walker, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3732-8
In Yoon’s fourth book about Penguin, the affable bird and his posse travel onboard a piece of ice to see what fall looks like away from the cold and snow. But Penguin’s younger brother, Pumpkin, is too young to come along: “I’m sorry, Pumpkin. But...
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Salina Yoon. Walker, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3559-1
This story will undoubtedly be celebrated for its lessons on honesty and responsibility, but that’s not giving Yoon (Penguin in Love) enough credit: it’s also a thoughtful, flawlessly executed exploration of theory of mind and emotional intelligence.
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Salina Yoon. Little, Brown/LB Kids, $12.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-316-22176-4
Yoon follows Kaleidoscope (2012) with another well-executed interactive book, building her scenes around turn-wheels embedded within the pages as she takes readers across land, sea, and sky. “Field of flowers gently swaying,/ Bees a-buzzing,...
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Salina Yoon. Walker, $12.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-80272-843-2
Readers familiar with Frank Asch’s Happy Birthday, Moon may think they are in for a similar story: a bighearted animal bonds with an inanimate object and endearingly projects a host of feelings onto it. But in Yoon’s story, the object—a pinecone—actu
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Salina Yoon. Little, Brown, $12.99 (18p) ISBN 978-0-316-18641-4
A cover flap with an embedded kaleidoscopic lens and turning wheel cleverly transforms this lyrical tour of the seasons into an actual kaleidoscope. By positioning the flap above the die-cut right-hand pages and turning the lens, readers can view...
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Salina Yoon. Feiwel and Friends, $5.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-312-66298-1
This diminutive board book uses die-cut shapes and sparkly foil to introduce readers to common objects in a park, which are accompanied by simple labels. Green foil shines through a v-shaped die-cut on a sailboat's sail; on the next page, the same...
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Salina Yoon. Random/Corey, $6.99 (20p) ISBN 978-0-375-87309-6
This guess-the-animal book contains circular die-cut windows that offer a peek at bright animal prints adorned with shimmery holographic foil. Prompts encourage readers to guess what animal appears on the next page: "Whose orange and black stripes...
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Salina Yoon, Author . S&S/Little Simon $9.99 (16p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7875-6
This clever book about opposites stars a cast of eclectic snakes. One kind of snake stretches across a spread (a pink “Skinny snake” wears a leotard as she feverishly exercises on a treadmill), and its opposite is unveiled by unfolding a
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Salina Yoon, Little Simon, $6.99 (14p) ISBN 978-1-4424-0655-1
Page-sized flaps with a die-cut heart unveil objects of affection for a bee, butterfly, fish, and bear. The butterfly loves sunshine; the bear loves honey, which is pictured oozing out of a big, yellow honeycomb. And what does mama love? "You!"...
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Salina Yoon, Author Intervisual Books $10.95 (8p) ISBN 978-1-58117-185-3
For a slightly older audience, Let's Go Play: An Interactive First Words Book by Salina Yoon similarly explores a child's surroundings with pull tabs, flaps and foil touches. On a spread of the playground, for instance, readers can look under a...
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Salina Yoon, Random/Corey, $6.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-375-86479-7
Square die-cut windows offer clues about what comes next in this Big Top twist on the classic nursery rhyme. The opening spread places one purple square opposite a die-cut that frames two yellow circles. Turning the page reveals a polka-dotted clown'
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Salina Yoon, Author . Running Press Kids $15.95 (20p) ISBN 978-0-7624-3737-5
Using flaps and textures, Yoon's smart counting book also introduces some common animals and emphasizes asking questions. The book's title serves as its opening line, appearing opposite a number one imbued with sufficient elephantine...
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Salina Yoon, Author, Salina Yoon, Illustrator Little Simon $5.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-689-85393-7
A pair of novelty board books by Salina Yoon features cuddly, plush covers befitting their subjects: Spooky Pumpkin and Black Cat. In the first, the titular jack-o'-lantern narrates: ""Watch me glow in the dark of night./ Boys and girls shriek with...
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Salina Yoon, Author, Salina Yoon, Illustrator Little Simon $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-689-86185-7
Sliding panels add fun to the concept of 1, 2, 3 in Animal Count by Salina Yoon. The sturdy corrugated pages feature windows that ease across the picture to reveal hidden animals, as the poem counts to 10: ""I see three turtles on the farm./ Add one
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Salina Yoon, Author, Salina Yoon, Illustrator Little Simon $5.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-689-85392-0
A pair of novelty board books by Salina Yoon features cuddly, plush covers befitting their subjects: Spooky Pumpkin and Black Cat. In the first, the titular jack-o'-lantern narrates: ""Watch me glow in the dark of night./ Boys and girls shriek with...
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Salina Yoon. Walker, $14.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3600-0
In this companion to Penguin and Pinecone and Penguin on Vacation, Penguin spies a lonely mitten that someone dropped on the ground while he’s out “looking for love” in the ice and snow. Abandoning his first mission, he decides to track down the...
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Salina Yoon, Author, Salina Yoon, Illustrator Little Simon $5.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-689-86382-0
Little Chick and Fuzzy Bunny by Salina Yoon look just like they sound; these two hand-size, shaped board books sport a plush character on their cover. In the first, the downy yellow chick celebrates spring with a blue flower, a spring shower and...
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Salina Yoon, Author, Salina Yoon, Illustrator Little Simon $5.99 (10p) ISBN 978-0-689-86383-7
Little Chick and Fuzzy Bunny by Salina Yoon look just like they sound; these two hand-size, shaped board books sport a plush character on their cover. In the first, the downy yellow chick celebrates spring with a blue flower, a spring shower and...
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Salina Yoon, Author, Salina Yoon, Illustrator S&S/Little Simon $8.99 (12p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8958-5
A ladybug’s wings open and close via a button on the cover of this simple, tactile board book, which uses a call-and-response pattern (“What kind of wings do ducklings have? Fuzzy orange wings!”). The duckling has a soft fabric...
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Salina Yoon, Author, Salina Yoon, Illustrator . S&S/Little Simon $10.99 (10p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8957-8
This sturdy, interactive book comes with eight shiny gold pieces of cardboard gelt, which can be removed from a tray in the cover via a ribbon pulley. As the minimal, accessible text describes the history of the holiday (the victory of the...
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Salina Yoon, Illustrator, Salina Yoon, Author Piggy Toes Press $7.95 (10p) ISBN 978-1-58117-157-0
Simple clues (""I am woolly and soft""; ""I chirp and sing all day long"") are the name of the game in Farm Animals and Wild Animals: A Peek-A-Boo Guess Who illus. by Salina Yoon. Divided into thirds sometimes quarters each spread of the oblong ...
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Salina Yoon, Illustrator, Salina Yoon, Author Piggy Toes Press $8.95 (1p) ISBN 978-1-58117-045-0
Salina Yoon's oversize board book, My Shimmery Christmas Book, is a picture dictionary of sorts; she labels each colorful illustration of traditional Christmas treats and toys, accented with decorative foil. (Aug.)
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