A Creature Was Stirring: One Boy's Night Before Christmas
Simon & Schuster, 2006 (2006)
Hardcover
Offers two contrasting perspectives on the classic - the original and that of a little boy who is stirring - and watching. (HW)
Inga Moore
Captain Cat
Candlewick, 2013 (2013)
Hardcover
This picture book is about a ship captain who loves cats. After he discovers a remote island overrun by rats, he leaves his pets there to deal with their rodent problem, but then misses his feline friends ... (BW)
Julianne Moore & LeUyen Pham
Freckleface Strawberry and the Dodgeball Bully: A Freckleface Strawberry Story
Bloomsbury, 2009 (2009)
Hardcover
This 2nd in a series about the adventures of a little girl with red hair and freckles shows how the indomitable youngster tackles a classmate who loves to intimidate his fellow students during a dodgeball game. (BW)
Pat Mora & Doug Cushman
¡Marimba!: Animales from A to Z
Clarion, 2006 (2006)
Hardcover
This alphabet picture book features animals dancing to the marimba's ting-tong beat. (HD)
Pat Mora & Raul Colon
Dona Flor: a Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart
Knopf, 2005 (2005)
Hardcover
Neighbors in a 'tiny village in the American Southwest' love Dona Flor, a giantess who reaches up to mountain snowcaps. (JL)