Startup! First 100 Words by Roger Priddy
Science tells us that babies begin to remember and sock away images in their memories from their first day, with Mom or the caretaker being one of the first to become familiar--baby's first chance to build a categories of remembrances.
In the new board book edition of his First 100 Words
Things that Go shows both tractors and trains, and Myself catches babies crawling and crying, and all the other things little ones do. This one also deserves some time beyond babyhood on the preschool shelf, because, with each item labeled in bold lower-case letters, this book also functions as a photo glossary of common words that can be recycled for emergent and beginning readers. Inexpensive and very sturdy, this one is a real bargain for babies and baby's first teachers.
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(Hyperion Books, 2016). In this sequel to his hit, 
Higgins brings back his bad-tempered bear in another picture book filled with illustrations loaded with sight gags and the sweet silliness of a grumpy bear who finds his den as full as the old woman who lived in a shoe. "A merry, witty celebration of chaos and grumpiness," rejoices Kirkus Reviews.
(Atheneum Books, 2016). Artist Betsy Lewin carries most of the load in this continuing collaborative surprise party tale, with her humorous illustrations fleshing out this simple down-on-the farm story with clever wit and the familiar comic characters who have delighted youngsters for a couple of decades. Says School Library Journal, "Readers are likely to get caught up in the onomatopoetic fun and may be inspired by Lewin's energetic watercolors to wiggle, shake, and strut along with the animals."
and since that time have turned out many kid-pleasing stories of Farmer Brown and friends (see more reviews 
(Grosset and Dunlap, 2016), a different look at the life of crayons outside the box. 
and 
(Random House, 2016), as our petulant penguin bucks up and determines to try to appreciate his ecological niche--just as his pretty little snowflakes morph into yet another below-zero blizzard. 
the laments of the extinct dino, 
and 
and for kids a bit old for alphabet books but just right for wry wit, 
(Houghton Mifflin Clarion, 2016). 
(Little, Brown, 2016).
(Viking, 2016), as the involuntary little runaway takes an unexpected excursion into the wilds. All ends well, with Mama's worried calls filtering through the twilight woods to where Aberdeen is sitting forlornly, and he's all too happy to explain earnestly that he didn't mean to make Mama worry.
takes on the nebulous subject of opposites, a non-concrete concept, in which the differences are, well, all relative. Author-illustrator Border pulls out his peanut people, first seen in his 2014 picture book, 
in a second concept book for preschoolers that takes on the idea of ways things can be opposites. Border's artistic style is a truly tongue-in-cheek, with all tastebuds engaged, in his photographically-rendered Peanut, Jelly Sandwich, Cupcake, and French Fries with little twisted metal legs, demonstrating the concepts in his companion board book to 
and his back-to-school hit, 
parodies the popular countdown song about five little monkeys and a bed, using the author-illustrator's cutesy little peanuts taking their licks as each leaps one by one on the forbidden bread and land on its head. With this bouncy meter and repeated rhyme, kids will crave to join the countdown, learning their numbers as they sing along. 
(Philomel Books, 2016). There's plenty of punning and funning in store for youngsters until they are ready for arithmetical liftoff with the numbers from one to ten, along with Border's jolly peanut people artfully set in spot-art style against their bright-white pages. 
to set the stage for a comparison lesson (What's the same, and what is different?) with twice the counting practice along with double the barrel-of-monkeys snickers.
(reviewed 
(Candlewick Press, 2016), in a comic treatise on truck-keeping that benefits hugely from noted artist John Rocco's bold and bright multi-perspective illustrations of all sorts of trucks and all sorts of kids successfully on safari to park trucks in their own homes. Each truck comes across with its own personality, yet all come together to cooperate in all sorts of truck-ish activities. As author Eaton promises, "You'll be good to GO!" And that is just what kid truck lovers love to hear.
(Priddy Books/St. Martin's Press, 2016) Priddy gives us a different way to see Tyrannosaurus Rex, That traditional reptilian bad guy is seen as a proud mother of twins. Other dinosaurs appear in short order. Baronyx, Diplodicus, Tricerotops, Ankylosaurus, and Pterodactyl also make cameo appearances, all represented in raised fingerprint shapes, the tactile star of their own two-page spreads in bright colors, with pronunciation guides, each one doing his own thing, from eating starfish to playing soccer. 
(Scholastic Press, 2016), an eye-pleasing paean to the old proverb the "All things come to those who wait." The companion book to Anthony's wise and wry little parable, 
this timely tribute to the virtue of patience for preschoolers goes down easy and doesn't belabor its premise, with a gentle example (patient Little Penguin gets to choose the glaze and the topping and says his proper thank you, too), with delightfully and tidily stylized illustrations that youngsters will love.
(Scholastic Press, 2016), is great for the youngest ones in the house, a book which sparkles like the Christmas lights that this little deer gets tangled in his antlers, as it introduces wordplay between the words "dear" and "deer.".jpg)
(Disney Enterprises, 2015). Perfect for the preschool set, pair this one with Disney's 
for a Frozen fest!
her just published 
(Beach Lane Books, 2016) will have the gross sales chart heading on up.
