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Picture Books: Ages 2-7

Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka Con La Papa - To Be Autographed 3/22
Sara Andrea Fajardo and Juana Martinez-Neal

What can a potato do? To Peruvian scientist Alberto Salas, they have the power to change the world. Go on the hunt with Alberto for for wild potatoes before they go extinct in this playful picture book biography, gorgeously illustrated by Caldecott-honoree Juana Martinez-Neal.

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Item No. 9781250838612
$19.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name PB
Martinez-Neal, Juana

"A beautifully illustrated, tender story to be shared with all children, sure to evoke conversations about their names." --School Library Journal (starred review)

If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura Candela has way too many names: six! How did such a small...

Item No. 9781536220438
$8.99
Alma and How She Got Her Name
Martinez-Neal, Juana

A 2019 Caldecott Honor Book

"A beautifully illustrated, tender story to be shared with all children, sure to evoke conversations about their names." --School Library Journal (starred review)

If you ask her, Alma Sofia Esperanza José Pura...

Item No. 9780763693558
$17.99
Swashby and the Sea - To Be Autographed 2/10
Beth Ferry and Juana Martinez-Neal

★ "An exceptionally satisfying picture book." --Booklist (starred review)

★ "This readaloud is sweetly told as Swashby overcomes his bitter habits to welcome new, friendly, and energetic people into his quiet life." --The Bulletin of the...

Item No. 9780544707375
$19.99
Zonia's Rainforest-Autographed Hardcover

A heartfelt, visually stunning picture book from Caldecott Honor and Robert F. Sibert Medal winner Juana Martinez-Neal illuminates a young girl’s day of play and adventure in the lush rain forest of Peru.

Zonia’...

Item No. 99033287
$18.99
Sukey and the Mermaid
San Souci, Robert D

Sukey's new step-pa is a mean, bossy man. Every day Sukey wakes at dawn to work in the garden. All her step-pa ever does is watch her and yell if she so much as stops to fan herself. Sukey's ma calls him Mister Jones. Sukey prefers the name "Mister Hard-Times".

One day, Sukey runs away to...

Item No. 9780689807183
$8.99
The Peanut Man - To Be Autographed 4/26
Carmen Agra Deedy and Raúl Colón

The story of a Cuban refugee and her joy in an unexpected encounter that connects her beloved home in Havana with her new home in Atlanta

Each evening Coqui waits for the familiar cry of the Peanut Man--"¡Mani! Peanuts!"--and watches for him to appear on the street...

Item No. 9781682635681
$18.99
Already a Butterfly: A Meditation Story - Autographed
Alvarez, Julia

Already a Butterfly is a gentle picture book tale about self-soothing practices and self-confidence beliefs.

With so much to do in so little time, Mari is constantly on the move, flitting from flower to flower, practicing her camouflage poses, and planning for migration. She's...

Item No. 9781627799324
$30.00
Bookjoy, Wordjoy
Pat Mora and Raúl Colón

An inspiring collection of Pat Mora's own glorious poems celebrating a love of words and all the ways we use and interact with them: reading, speaking, writing, and singing.

Whether we are collecting words, reading favorite books in the library, celebrating holidays, writing poems,...

Item No. 9781620142868
$19.95
Child of the Universe
Ray Jayawardhana and Raúl Colón

Perfect for fans of The Wonderful Things You Will Be and That's Me Loving You, this picture book by a renowned astrophysicist is a lyrical meditation on the preciousness of one child and the vastness of the universe.

Just like the sun gives shine to the moon...

Item No. 9781524717544
$17.99
Dona Flor
Pat Mora and Raúl Colón

Doña Flor is a giant lady who lives in a tiny village in the American Southwest. Popular with her neighbors, she lets the children use her flowers as trumpets and her leftover tortillas as rafts. Flor loves to read, too, and she can often be found reading aloud to the children.

One...

Item No. 9780375861444
$8.99
Draw!
Colón, Raúl

"A wordless picture book celebrates the power of art and imagination." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"Young artists will love this book, as will all children who know the joy of exploring their own imaginations." --School Library Journal (starred...

Item No. 9781442494923
$19.99
Imagine
Colón, Raúl

An ALA Notable Book
A New York Public Library Best Book for Kids
A Bookpage Best Book

"This fine book provides not only exposure to art...but also an example of a boy--a boy of color, a boy in America--with a passion for fine art." --The New...

Item No. 9781481462730
$17.99
Light for All (with Autographed Bookplate)
Margarita Engel and Raúl Colón

A lyrical and unifying picture book that "will inspire young readers" and "magnificently showcases the immigrant experience" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) in America from Newbery Honoree Margarita Engle and award-winning illustrator Raúl Colón.

Discover the myriad...

Item No. 9781534457270
$17.99
Miguel's Brave Knight
Margarita Engel and Raúl Colón

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra finds refuge from his difficult childhood by imagining the adventures of a brave but clumsy knight.

This fictionalized first-person biography in verse of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra follows the early years of the child who grows up to pen Don...

Item No. 9781561458561
$17.99
Little House of Hope - To Be Autographed 1/18
Terry Catasús Jennings and Raúl Colón

When Esperanza and her family arrive in the United States from Cuba, they rent a little house, una casita. It may be small, but they soon prove that there's room enough to share with a whole community.

It was a little house. Una casita . . .
It was small....

Item No. 9780823447169
$18.99
Tomas And The Library Lady PB-Autographed
Pat Mora and Raúl Colón

A Common Core Exemplar Text by an award-winning author-illustrator team

Tomás is a son of migrant workers. Every summer he and his family follow the crops north from Texas to Iowa, spending long, arduous days in the fields. At night they gather around to hear Grandfather's...

Item No. 9780375803499
$8.99
A Place Inside of Me
Elliott, Zetta

2021 Caldecott Honor Book

Caldecott Honor Book
Today Show Best Book for the Holidays
ALA Notable Book for All Ages

ALSC Notable Children's Book
NCTE Notable Poetry Book

Evanston Public Library's Top 100 Great Book for Kids
Nerdy Award Winner for Single Poem Picture...

Item No. 9780374307417
$17.99
All Because You Matter (with Autographed Bookplate)
Charles, Tami

Receive an exclusive signed bookplate autographed by author Tami Charles and illustrator Bryan Collier free with purchase.

Instant New York Times bestseller!

A lyrical, heart-lifting love letter to Black and brown children everywhere: reminding them how much they matter, that they have always mattered, and they always will, from powerhouse rising star author Tami Charles and esteemed, award-...

Item No. 9781338574852
$17.99
Big (with Autographed Print)
Harrison, Vashti

2024 Randolph Caldecott Award Winner

Winner of the Caldecott Medal! A Coretta Scott King Award Author and Illustrator Honor book, a National Book Award finalist, and a New York Times bestseller! This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of joyful acceptance, from...
Item No. 9780316353229
$19.99
Free to Be...You And Me (35th Anniversary Edition
Marlo Thomas and Friends
This is the book we all know and love by Marlo Thomas and her friends-brought to new life with brand new illustrations to captivate and inspire a new generation of readers on a journey of the heart. Whether you are opening Free to Be . . . You and Me for the first time or the one...
Item No. 9780762430604
$22.00
My Rainy Day Rocket Ship
Sheppard, Markette


Rainy summer days are no match for a little astronaut who builds the perfect rocket ship for an indoor space adventure to another galaxy, where the sky is his only limit!

A stormy afternoon and an order from Mom to stay inside are no match for this little dreamer, who uses everyday...

Item No. 9781534461772
$17.99
Mermaid in the Bathtub
Zarchi, Nurit

The Mermaid in the Bathtub is a charming, gorgeously retro retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic story "The Little Mermaid," by beloved Israeli author and illustrator duo Nurit Zarchi and Rutu Modan.

One day, a resolutely ordinary young man named Mr....

Item No. 9781632062116
$22.99
Watercress
Wang, Andrea
Caldecott Medal Winner
Newbery Honor Book
APALA Award Winner

A story about the power of sharing memories--including the painful ones--and the way our heritage stays with and shapes us, even when we don't see it.

New England Book Award Winner
A New York Times Best...

Item No. 9780823446247
$18.99
13 Words (Hardcover)
Snicket, Lemony

From bestselling author Lemony Snicket and celebrated illustrator Maira Kalman comes an uproarious, whimsical word book like no other.

Together, Snicket and Kalman present a strikingly beautiful journey woven from a practical introduction to thirteen wonderful words, featuring such marvels...

Item No. 9780061664656
$16.99