Award-winning author Jane Yolen goes back to school this fall with a picture book featuring kids' favorite animals -- dinosaurs. How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? (Scholastic) is the newest offering in a sequence of wildly successful books that began with How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and have sold more than 3 million copies. How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, with art by Mark Teague, features a rollicking, rhyming text and exuberant illustrations that follow dinosaurs into the classroom and onto the playground. There they learn a thing or two about how to behave -- and how not to behave -- in school.
This fall marks the 20th anniversary of Yolen's Caldecott-winning picture book Owl Moon (Philomel). To celebrate, the publisher has issued a special 20th anniversary edition of this classic story about a child and parent who embark on a snowy nighttime search for a great horned owl. Letters from Yolen and illustrator John Schoenherr and a silvery cover will entice longtime fans and introduce a whole new generation of readers to this timeless tale.
In Baby Bear's Big Dreams (Harcourt), illustrated by award-winning artist Melissa Sweet, an endearing young bear makes big plans for the future. His dreams are full of carousels and toy trains, honey cakes and tea, exploring in the woods and playing tag. And of course, when he's a BIG Bear, he'll make all the rules! Kids will flock to this third book about Baby Bear, which "centers on his wishes for what he will get to be when he grows up," according to Yolen. "I love these three little books, their gentle coziness that shows in full bloom the self-importance of a 2-3 year old (It's all about me!) And of course, the wonderful illustrations. Melissa Sweet is a genius."
Shape Me A Rhyme: Nature's Forms in Poetry (Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press) brings together twelve poems about the shapes and forms of the natural world with evocative photographs by award-winning photographer Jason Stemple. Poems and pictures celebrate circles, crescents, ovals, and other shapes found in nature, as well as the emotions they evoke. An author's note challenges readers to respond with their own poetry.
