Published by Boxer Books 
Summary: “10 ants weigh the same as 1 ladybug. 9 ladybugs weigh the same as 1 grasshopper.” And so this book goes, counting down from 10 to 1, with each page showing a progressively larger animal that weighs the same as that number of the animal from the preceding page. The final, largest animal is a swan, which weighs the same as 362,880 ladybugs. The last page shows all the animals with each one’s weight shown in ounces or pounds. 32 pages; ages 3-6.
Pros: A fun introduction to weight and relative sizes for the youngest readers. The simple, cute animal illustrations will make this an easy sell.
Cons: You’ll need to look elsewhere for an introduction to units of measure and other information about weight.
Summary: A girl and her dog go for a walk through the fields and forests on a late summer day. As they go, she greets everything she sees: “Hello, trees. Hello walking sticks and butterflies. Hello, puddles.” Each item responds to tell her how it is changing as summer turns into fall. The trees are swaying in the breeze, the animals are looking for food, and the sun is setting earlier each evening. After watching it set, the girl says goodbye to summer and goes into her house. A wordless two-page spread shows a peaceful nighttime scene. On the final page, the girl sits on her front step, the sun back in the sky, and greets the new season: “Hello, autumn!” 32 pages, ages 4-7.
Summary: Ten haiku poems are offered as riddles for the reader to guess: “new day on the farm/muffled mooing announces/a fresh pail of milk”. The next page shows the cow, who has her own haiku to offer. So it goes, until the final poem, “two hands hold a book/guessing animals’ puzzles/written in haiku…It’s YOU!” The final page explains a little about haiku, including defining what a syllable is, and invites readers to explore the playfulness of the form. 24 pages; ages 4-8.
Summary: Poor Douglas. When he and Nancy, his owner, are chasing squirrels, Douglas ends up chasing a leaf instead. He blissfully ignores signs like “Wet Cement” and “No Dogs” at the skateboard park. He’s even gone into the wrong house. But when he mistakes a beehive for a ball during a game of fetch, it’s the last straw for Nancy. She hustles him off to the eye doctor, where he fails the eye test and gets a prescription for glasses. After enthusiastically trying many different frames, Douglas is all set with his new specs. Like anyone who has experienced glasses for the first time, Douglas is amazed by all that he’s been missing. The last two-page spread shows photos of real kids with glasses, and invites readers to post their own photos at #douglasyouneedglasses.
