EARLYLIGHT PUBLISHING
(BookMasters, dist.)
Animal Colors: A Rainbow of Colors from Animals Around the World ($14.95) by Beth Fielding. Photos of animals display various colors. (3—up)
Bug Butts ($14.95) by Dawn Cusick, illus. by Haude Levesque, reveals how animals use their derrières. (5—up)
Animal Tongues ($14.95) by Dawn Cusick examines the function of various species' tongues. (5—up)
Animal Baths: Wild and Wonderful Ways Animals Get Clean! ($14.95) by Beth Fielding, illus. by Susan Greenelsh, describes animals' hygiene routines. (5—up)
EDC/USBORNE
Series
Baby's Very First Board Books adds Baby's Very First Getting Dressed Book, Baby's Very First Mealtime Book and Baby's Very First Bedtime Book by Jenny Tyler ($6.99 each, 1—4). New Baby Board Books with CD are Go to Sleep Little Baby by Fiona Watt and Sing-Along Nursery Rhymes by Watt and Chiara Bordoni ($15.99 each, 1—4); and Baby's First Christmas by Watt ($14.99, 6 mos.—up). Noisy Touchy-Feely Board Books gains This Is My Digger by Jessica Greenwell and This Is My Tractor by Felicity Brooks and Dimitri Simona ($16.99 each, 6 mos.—up). Stroller Books has four additions by Watt ($7.99 each, 6 mos.—up). And five titles join Touchy-Feely Board Books, including This Is My Car by Greenwell and That's Not My Angel by Watt ($7.99—$9.99, 6 mos.—up).
First Words Board Books releases Very First Numbers by Felicity Brooks and Very First Words by Hazell Maskell ($6.99 each, 9 mos.—up). Busy Sounds Board Books welcomes Noisy Zoo by Lee Wildish ($18.99, 2—up). There are three new Magnet Books ($19.99 each, 3—up). Picture Books presents How High Is the Sky? by Anna Milbourne and Serena Riglietti ($10.99, 3—up). Wind-Up Books continues with Wind-Up Plane by Heather Amery ($29.99, 3—up). 1001 Things to Spot has five additions ($9.99 each, 6—up). Beginner's Science releases Planes, Level 2 by Fiona Watt ($4.99, 6—up) and Ships by Emily Bone and Colin King ($4.99, 7—up). And 50 Things to Make and Do adds four volumes ($9.99 each, 6—up).
Beginner's Nature issues Bats by Watt ($4.99, 6—up), and Penguins by Emily Bone and Reptiles by Catriona Clarke ($4.99 each, 7—up). Nine new First Reading titles include Three Wishes by Lesley Sims and Elisa Squillace and Owls by Sarah Courtauld and Lorna Hussey ($6.99 each, 7—up). And Children's Cooking releases Christmas Baking for Children by Fiona Patchett ($14.99, 7—up).
Seven titles join Young Reading, including Stories of Mermaids by Susanna Davidson and Three Musketeers by Rebecca Levene and Victor Tavares ($6.99, 7—up). See Inside Board Books gains See Inside Famous Buildings by Rob Lloyd Jones and Barry Ablett ($13.99, 7—up). Discovery Nature adds Birds by Gillian Doherty and Whales and Dolphins by Davidson ($8.99 each, 8—up) and Mummies and Pyramids by Kirsteen Rogers ($6.99, 8—up). Joining Kid Kits is Children's Picture Atlas by Ruth Brocklehurst ($19.99, 8—up). And Nature Encyclopedias offers World of Animals by Davidson and Mike Unwin ($16.99, 8—up).
Illustrated Stories continues with Illustrated Classics for Girls by Lesley Sims and Conrad Mason ($19.99, 8—up). Little Book of Cats and Kittens by Sarah Kahn and Little Book of Dogs and Puppies by Phillip Clarke are new Miniature Editions ($6.99 each, 8—up). Science Stories adds Story of Astronomy and Space by Louie Stowell and Peter Allen ($10.99, 8—up). Famous Paintings welcomes The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings by Rosie Dickens ($16.99, 9—up). Encyclopedia of Planet Earth by Russell Punter and Gil Harvey ($9.99, 9—up) and Weather and Climate Change by Laura Howell ($10.99, 9—up) are new Geography titles. Young Scientist greets What's Biology All About? by Heather Amery ($10.99, 11—up). And Library of Science gains Science Encyclopedia by Angela Wilkes and Verindr Bhachu ($39.99, 12—up).
Paperback Series
Farmyard Tales gains Christmas Sticker Storybook by LauraHowell and Heather Amery ($6.99, 4-up). Animal Things to Make & Do by Rebecca Gilpin and Magic Tricks to Make and Do by Ben Denne are new Activity Books ($6.99 each, 6-up). Explainers continues with Wild Places by Angela Wilkes ($12.99, 7-up). And Kid Kits gains How to Draw Robots and Aliens by J. Cook ($10.99, 8-up).
EDC/KANE MILLER
Sun and Star by Natalie Jane Prior and Anna Pignataro ($7.99 each) are board books about waking up and going to sleep. (1—4)
When Coco Was a Kitten ($7.99) by Deborah Niland. What will a cuddly kitten be like when she grows up? (1—4)
Funny Face ($7.99) by Anna Walker shows various faces kids can make. (1—4)
Waiting for Winter ($15.99) by Sebastian Meschenmoser. This book introduces a squirrel determined not to miss his first snowfall. (5—8)
Dancing Through the Snow ($15.99) by Jean Little. An abandoned dog helps an abandoned girl to open her heart. (9—13)
Wild Stories ($16.99) by Colin Thompson. A family discovers its house has been overrun by animals. (9—13)
Museum of Mary Child ($16.99) by Cassandra Golds. A girl must return to the house where the devastating secret of her past awaits her. (11—up)
Series
Shadow of the Dragon by Kate O'Hearn launches a fantasy series of the same name ($16.99, 10—up).
Paperbacks
13 Ghosts of Halloween ($7.99) presents a twist on “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” (3—8)
Paperback Series
Jack Russell: Dog Detective issues The Blue Stealer by Darrel Odgers and Sally Odgers ($4.99, 7—11). Pet Vet adds Motorbike Bob by Darrel Odgers and Sally Odgers ($4.99, 7—11). And The Wickit Chronicles continues with Witch Bell by Joan Lennon ($5.99, 7—12).
EERDMANS
I See the Moon ($8) by Kathi Appelt, illus. by Debra Reid Jenkins. In this board book, a girl dreams that the moon, sun and wind lead her boat back to shore. (1—4)
Sleepy Time Blessings ($8) by Sally Anne Conan, illus. by Nicole Rutten. A bunny stars in this bedtime board book. (1—4)
Not Yet, Rose ($16.50) by Susanna Leonard Hill, illus. by Nicole Rutten. Rose isn't sure what her new role as big sister will entail. (3—7)
Brown Bear, White Bear ($17) by Svetlana Petrovic, illus. by Vincent Hardy. Two teddy bears fight for Alice's attention. (4—8)
The Elevator Man ($18) by Stanley Trachtenberg, illus. by Paul Cox. A boy dreams of being an elevator man when he grows up. (4—8)
My Name Is Sangoel ($17) by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed, illus. by Catherine Stock. A boy from Sudan adjusts to life in America. (6—10)
Paperback
Joe Rat ($9) by Mark Barratt. A boy struggles to survive on the streets of Victorian London. (11—up)
EGMONT USA
Sir Charlie Stinky Socks and the Really Big Adventure ($16.99) by Kristina Stephenson. A young knight takes on beasties and dragons in this gatefold tale. (3—up)
Looking Like Me ($17.99) by Walter Dean Myers, illus. by Christopher Myers. In this hip-hop poem, a boy identifies who he is and dreams of what he'll become. (5—9)
Callie's Rules ($15.99) by Naomi Zucker. Callie navigates growing up in an unconventional family while living in a conventional town. (8—12)
Leaving the Bellweathers ($15.99) by Kristin Clark Venuti. A butler tells of his attempt to escape from the mayhem of life with the Bellweather family. (8—12)
Violet Wings ($15.99) by Victoria Hanley. An orphaned fairy challenges the powers-that-be to save her fairy and human friends. (10—14)
Candle Man: The Society of Unrelenting Vigilance ($15.99) by Glenn Dakin launches a series about a teen who learns he's descended from a Victorian crime fighter. (10—up)
Invisible Lines ($15.99) by Mary Amato, illus. by Antonio Caparo. The study of fungi inspires a boy who wants to be accepted at school and on an elite soccer team. (10—up)
Back Home ($15.99) by Julia Keller. In this novel, a girl recounts her family's ordeal after her father returns from the Iraq War with a traumatic brain injury. (10—up)
Candor ($16.99) by Pam Bachorz. A teen who has found a way to fight his father's subliminal “Messages” faces a dilemma when he falls in love. (12—up)
Mirrorscape ($16.99) by Mike Wilks launches a fantasy series about entering another world by stepping into a painting. (12—up)
Riot ($16.99) by Walter Dean Myers. Written in screenplay format, this novel reveals a girl's courage during the New York draft riots, Civil War—era race riots. (12—up)
Stealing Death ($16.99) by Janet Lee Carey. A young farmer steals the Soul Sack and tries to outrun the Death Catcher to save the girl he loves. (12—up)
Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have ($16.99) by Allen Zadoff. In this novel addressing teen obesity, a boy emerges a winner without losing a single pound. (14—up)
Little Black Lies ($16.99) by Tish Cohen. A teen tries to hide the fact that her father is the janitor of her elite high school. (14—up)
Wish You Were Dead ($16.99) by Todd Strasser. High school students mysteriously disappear after being mentioned in a blog. (14—up)
EGMONT BOOKS
(Trafalgar Square, dist.)
The Fabulous Fairy Feast ($17.99, paper $8.99) by Sue Heap. Magic is unleashed when the queen drops her wand at a midnight fairy feast. (3—5)
EGMONT BOOKS/BANANAS
(Trafalgar Square, dist.)
Paperback
Coconut Jack ($5.99) by Jill Lewis, illus. by Erica-Jane Water. After Jack makes a jungle display for his school project, the pipes burst. (5—7)
ENCHANTED LION
(FSG, dist.)
Flying High ($16.95) by Jørgen Stamp. A turtle saves his giraffe pal after a plane built by the giraffe crashes. (3—7)
Pigeon and Pigeonette ($16.95) by Dirk Derom, illus. by Sarah Verroken, tells of the friendship between an old blind pigeon and a young pigeon unable to fly. (4—7)
Big Wolf & Little Wolf: The Little Leaf That Wouldn't Fall ($16.95) by Nadine Brun-Cosme, illus. by Olivier Tallec, is a sequel to Big Wolf & Little Wolf. (4—7)
Jin Jin and the Rain Wizard ($16.95) by Grace Chang, illus. by Chong Chang, is a tale that reveals rice's role in Chinese culture since ancient times. (4—8)
