Lauren Castillo
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A young boy is frightened by how busy and noisy the city is when he goes there to visit his Nana, but she makes him a fancy red cape that keeps him from being scared as she shows him how wonderful a place it is.
Author
Series
Our friend Hedgehog volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When a storm separates Hedgehog from her lifelong friend, Mutty, she bravely sets out to find him and makes some very good new friends in the process.
Author
Series
Our friend Hedgehog volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Hedgehog and her friends discover that home can be found in unexpected places"--
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"When a young girl and her mother move to an apartment in a new city, the girl feels fine on her own. She would rather play by herself than meet new kids at the park or have a playdate with the other children in her building. And when her mom takes her to story time at the bookstore, she breaks down in tears. But things start to change when she meets Millie, a rescue dog who is not too big, not too small. On their daily walks, Millie isn't afraid...
9) City Cat
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
An easy-to-read book about a globe-trotting cat that crosses paths with a vacationing family in the great cities of Europe. Includes facts about the cities.
10) The reader
Author
Publisher
Amazon Children's Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A boy and his dog hike to the top of a very tall, snowy hill where they play, enjoy a snack, and then share their favorite book before sledding home.
12) Yard sale
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Callie and her family are moving from their house to an apartment, so they're having a yard sale. It can be hard to let things go, but in the end, it's who you have - not what you have - that counts.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When young Elwyn White lay in bed as a sickly child, a bold house mouse befriended him. When the time came for kindergarten, an anxious Elwyn longed for the farm, where animal friends awaited him at the end of each day. Propelled by his fascination with the outside world, he began to jot down his reflections in a journal. Writing filled him with joy, and words became his world. Today, Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web are beloved classics of children's...
15) Twenty yawns
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off. But later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and everything looks mysterious. How will she ever get back to sleep?
16) This is a story
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Children's literacy advocate John Schu and Caldecott Honor recipient Lauren Castillo celebrate the power of finding the perfect book--in a story that's more relevant than ever. With a sea-horse kite in hand, a child heads out with Dad to the library. On the way they stop at a park, joining lots of people, some of whom are flying kites, too. At the library, a person toting a big pile of books hands over a story on a favorite subject: the sea horse....
17) Alfie runs away
Author
Publisher
Frances Foster Books/Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Told he must give up his favorite, now too-small, shoes, Alfie leaves home, but not before his mother persuades him to take all of the things he might need while he is gone.
18) Imagine
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Have you ever imagined what you might be when you grow up? When he was very young, Juan Felipe Herrera picked chamomile flowers in windy fields and let tadpoles swim across his hands in a creek. He slept outside and learned to say good-bye to his amiguitos each time his family moved to a new town. He went to school and taught himself to read and write English and filled paper pads with rivers of ink as he walked down the street after school. And...
Series
Publisher
Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen children's book artists, including Lauren Castillo, Frann Preston-Gannon, and Melissa Sweet, share their favorite colors and explain why they love them. This personal collection will inspire readers to create favorite-color drawings and stories of their own.