An invitation to find joy in the simple things that are all around, if you know how to notice them.

A mouse is taking a stroll through the deep, dark wood when along comes a hungry fox, then an owl, and then a snake. The mouse is good enough to eat but smart enough to know this, so he invents ... the gruffalo! As Mouse explains, the gruffalo is a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in its terrible jaws, and knobbly knees and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of its nose. But Mouse has no worry to show. After all, there...

Toddlers can search, point, and match, make comparisons, and discover concepts such as rhyming, shapes, and counting. They learn follow simple directions and explore a book on their own!

An Election Day reader finds the Cat in the Hat outlining laugh-out-loud campaign promises if he is elected president, including giving the Oval Office a more pronounced shape, replanting the Rose Garden with Seussian shrubbery and painting smiles on the somber portraits of historical leaders.

When Dad forgets to check on Bunny one night, Bunny gets up to check on Dad.

"Soft and wooly, shiny and smooth, this Little Blue Truck book for the youngest fan provides fun and sensory exploration, while gently sharing that we don't have to be the same to be the best of ourselves--and the best of friends. The touch-and-feel for Little Blue's youngest fans features touchable elements for little fingers to explore in a large, sturdy board book. With a different texture on each spread, young readers can learn to associate touch...

Big Bear and Little Bear pull on baggy blue pants for fishing. And boots. They stuff their feet into tall black boots. Their coats are yellow with pockets and hoods. Now they are ready for fishing. Almost.

Eight-year-old David and his family gather at Grandma's house in Galveston, Texas, for a cherished family tradition--Grandma's annual retelling of the story of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.