Mop-mop-swoosh-plop it's rug-washing day in 'Bábo'
Little Tato sneaks a few cherry plums before grabbing a mop and a hose to help Bábo — her grandmother — with a favorite chore.
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Still shopping for the little ones? Here are 10 kids' books we loved this year
If you've found yourself reading the same picture book over and over (and over and over) to a small but determined audience we see you and salute you! Is it time to add a few new titles to the mix?
Inquiring minds want to know: 'How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?'
"How does he do it?" Author Mac Barnett and illustrator Jon Klassen squeeze, squash and generally put Santa through the wringer while trying to answer an age-old Christmas mystery.
Beware! 'The Baddies' are here to scare your kids — and make them laugh
From the author and illustrator of The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom now comes The Baddies: a witch, a troll and a ghost like being bad so much they compete to see who can be the very worst.
Rabbit and Opossum come to life in 'Ancient Night' — a new twist on an old legend
David Álvarez's twist on traditional myths from Mesoamerica is about rivalry, jealousy and making amends. What started as a wordless picture book now has text by author David Bowles.
Hop in the minivan: 'Summer Is for Cousins' invites you on a family vacation
Summer is for swimming, playing cards and talking all night. Summer is for ice cream and doing nothing. And, in this new picture book from Rajani LaRocca and Abhi Alwar, summer is also for cousins.
Trumpet was too loud, clarinet was too soft — here's 'The Story of the Saxophone'
A shared love of jazz led author Lesa Cline-Ransome and illustrator James Ransome to discover inventor Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax and the instrument named after him.
After 30+ years, 'The Stinky Cheese Man' is aging well
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith created The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales in 1992. They remember their work on the classic children's book and how their partnership began.
'I Don't Care' is a book about what matters in friendship, illustrated by best friends
When illustrator Molly Idle read the text of Julie Fogliano's children's book, she immediately thought of her buddy Juana Martinez-Neal — and in true friend form — she volunteered her for the job.
Kids want to know: 'Will It Be Okay?' — this book answers that question
Crescent Dragonwagon was in her 20s when she wrote a story told entirely in dialogue between a mother and her child. Now, she's updating her 1977 text with new illustrations by Jessica Love.