writer: Annie Auerbach artist: Kyle Beckett FC | 24 pages | Children’s Humor | Hardcover Picture Book | $14.99 | Ages 3 to 7
Ready for a tour of the North Pole? Then join your tour guide — Yanni the Yeti!
Yanni’s tour moves along swimmingly until the penguins show up. Silly and playful, the penguins are always where they shouldn’t be. And Yanni doesn’t like it one bit!
Will Yanni be able to do his job, or will the penguins cause too much pandemonium? There’s only one way to find out!
writer: Annie Auerbach artist: Laura Catrinella cover: Laura Catrinella FC | 20 pages, 8″ x 7″ | Children’s Humor | Hardcover | $10.99 | Ages 2 to 5
Young readers will love the interactive lift-the-flap elements as they join Mr. ZIP for one windy adventure! Mr. ZIP and his trusty sidekick B. Franklin start their day in the mail room. Then it’s time to begin the mail route. We accompany Mr. ZIP as he makes his deliveries. Suddenly a huge gust of wind blows the letters away. Mr. ZIP and Franklin have to track them down. Will they be able to find every last letter — and deliver them all before the end of the day?
writer: Annie Auerbach artists: David Molena and Terry Shakespeare FC | 32 pages | Action Adventure | Hardcover | $16.99 | Ages 3 to 8
It’s Christmas and the train yard is busy! There are lots of trains with lots of packages to deliver. Baldwin, a switcher train, does his best to get all the big trains ready. But when he discovers one Christmas package that’s been left behind, Baldwin decides he must deliver the package himself — no matter what!
Baldwin is a simple Switcher Train whose job is to move trains, cars, and cabooses around the train yard, readying them for their long-haul journeys. In reality, he aspires to be like his father, Big Al, the most famous of the world’s steam engines-but new and powerful diesel engines are now replacing the older steam engines. After Big Al doesn’t return from a long journey, Baldwin sets out along the wide-open rails in search of his father, along with his best friend Bobber the caboose. Baldwin’s Big Adventure is the story of the relationship between a son and father, friendship in the face of the unknown, and learning how to grow into who you want to become. This is a tale that continues to chug around every bend toward the horizon and ultimate goal-even if it starts with just a small, unassuming switcher train with a giant heart!