Karen Kaufman Orloff

Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.

I Wanna Iguana

Imagine what might happen if your mother had more than two arms and could shake hands with an octopus or flip numerous pancakes at the same time.

If Mom Had Three Arms

Some Days

This is truly "The Essential List for Choosing the Perfect Name for Your Baby." It contains more than 4,000 names, variations, and nicknames, with origins and meanings. Grouped by gender, including a section of unisex names, this book is the parents' A-list of names for newborns!

The Essential Guide for Choosing the Perfect Name for Your Baby

The Little Book of Baby Names

"Some days are chocolate pudding pie days. Kites up in the sky days. Jumping super high days." This rhyming picture book--from the author of the bestselling I Wanna Iguana series and Miles of Smiles--is a moving, powerful, delightful exploration of a child's shifting feelings. Come along and follow a year in the life of a young boy and girl as they discover their many different and ever-changing emotions, including joy, fear, anger, jealousy, excitement, pride, disappointment, loneliness, and contentment. As children read about "angels in the snow days" as well as "need my mommy now days," they'll begin to understand how to cope with both positive and negative feelings.

Renee Andriani

“What does Dudley do all day while we’re away?” Sam wonders. Mom explains that Dudley does ordinary dog things: he eats, naps, guards the house, and plays. But in Sam’s mind, Dudley’s day at home is anything but ordinary. Delightful digital paintings depict the human activities Sam imagines Dudley is doing – which don’t quite match Mom’s explanations. Dudley’s Day at Home is a funny, fetching picture book that uses minimal text and maximal visual storytelling to share a day in a dog’s life.

Dudley's Day at Home

Through a series of letters and e-mails, Alex tries to convince his parents that he should not be staying with his grandparents while they are away. Alex slowly comes to realize that he can have fun, even at Happy Hills Retirement Community. Full color.

I Wanna Go Home

Jamie Smith

Readers are asked to help Sergeant Sally find who stole Frankie the clown's shoes, using paper flashlights, with transparencies between pages.

Big Top Circus Mystery

Nightlight Detective

Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing. He promises that she won't have to feed it or clean its cage or even see it if she doesn't want to. Of course Mom imagines life with a six-foot-long iguana eating them out of house and home. Alex's reassurances: It takes fifteen years for an iguana to get that big. I'll be married by then and probably living in my own house. and his mom's replies: How are you going to get a girl to marry you when you own a giant reptile? will have kids in hysterics as the negotiations go back and forth through notes. And the lively, imaginative illustrations show their polar opposite dreams of life with an iguana.

Karen Kaufman Orloff

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