Wasatch County Library

"A dog with a ball is one of the most relentlessly hopeful creatures on Earth. After his best little-girl pal leaves for school, this dog hits up yoga mom, baby, and even the angry cat for a quick throw. No luck. Forced to go solo, the dog begins a hilarious one-sided game of fetch until naptime's wild, ball-centric dream sequence. The pictures speak a thousand words in this comic book-style ode to canine monomania. Ball? Ball"--Www.barnesandnoble.com....

Spring is due anytime, but the snowman Irene makes during an unseasonable snow storm says it won't arrive while he's around.

A book about friendship, new beginnings and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog.

Kepley, a young ballerina, gets to play a flower doll in a professional production of "The Nutcracker."

Mole and Rat become lost in a snowstorm after leaving the river bank to visit Badger in the Wild Wood.

Everyone can see Bob is not a unicorn--except Bob.

This "sublime picture book" (Kirkus STARRED Review) offers a hilarious and insightful guide to making new friends at your own pace. Ways to Make Friends will bolster compassion and make kids laugh on their way back to school. What's the best way to make friends? Toad has the most magnificent ideas! Sometimes they don't go according to plan but that's okay. Eventually Toad tires of making new friends, but comes to a marvelous conclusion: sometimes...

"Rosie can't wait to start kindergarten--she's had her pencils sharpened and her backpack ready for weeks. But suddenly, on the night before the big day, her tummy hurts. Rosie's mom reassures her that it's just butterflies in her belly, and she'll feel better soon. Much to Rosie's surprise, when she says hello to a new friend on the bus, a butterfly flies out of her mouth! As the day goes on, Rosie frees all her butterflies, and even helps another...

Three cowboys, Dwight, Darryl, and Dub, are stuck on the range with the cows at Christmas time. Along with the cook, they try decorating a cactus, frying up molasses cookies, and making the cows look like reindeer. They are rescued by Santa himself on Christmas Day.