Washoe County Library System

A second entry in the interactive board book series that began with Little Big Nate Draws a Blank finds Little Big Nate resisting his nap before finally drifting off to sleep and discovering that his imagination can take him to fascinating places in his dreams. "Big Nate doesn't want to take a nap. But once he does drift off to sleep, he's delighted to find his imagination can take him to some fascinating places. The second book in the Little Big...

A young boy imagines how he will use his digger to make a park where he and his little brother can play. "A picture book for the very young that celebrates a child's excitement for construction vehicles 'Honk the horn! Flash the lights! Scoop the rocks! Push the mud!' A little boy imagines driving a great big digger-scooping and pushing mud to make a playground for his baby brother. Children are fascinated with bulldozers, backhoes, payloaders-diggers...

Ellie Mae's mind swirls with ideas when her teacher asks, What do you want to be when you grow up? ""What do you want to be when you grow up?" At the teacher's all-important question, Ellie Mae's mind swirls with ideas. An astronaut or a chef? Better yet, why not an astronaut-chef? Since the moon is made of cheese, her galactic grilled-cheese sandwiches could be known throughout the universe! Or . . . she could be a 'ballerina-painter,' creating...

"It's bedtime already? But I don't feel like going to sleep. There's so much to think about. I have so many questions! What happened to my other sock? Why is dad losing his hair? What does the sun do at night? And most of all: why am I so sleepy? The everyday questions of a little girl are visualized in the pictures with a lot of imagination"-- "This is a classic “I don’t want to go to bed” quirky bedtime story about curiosity, imagination,...

''An ode to parent-child bonding, imagination, the ocean, and bath time! Perfectly pitched for even the youngest readers, Merdaddy is a sweet young picture book with a gentle, genuinely surprising twist that will charm fans of Oona and Julián Is a Mermaid. Deep down under the sea live Merbaby and Merdaddy. They talk to the fish, have seaweed picnics, float with the jellyfish, hide with the otters, surf with the turtles, and save any hapless sailors...

"Three kittens speculate on what might be in a wrapped gift before them: a harmless cake, or an array of increasingly vicious predators"-- "When an adorable kitten receives a mysterious beribboned package, he’s pretty sure it’s a cake. But his two nervous friends have other ideas in this hilarious guessing game. “Hey, bud. What’s in the box?” “I don’t know. I think it’s a cake.” “But what if it’s not a cake?” Three kittens,...

Young Milo and his mother go for the same walk around their neighborhood every morning, but with Milo's imagination, there are always new things to see, old things to see in new ways, and the possibilities of what they will see tomorrow. ''From James Howe, the bestselling author of Bunnicula, comes a beautiful picture book story about looking, observing, and finding wonder in the things that we walk right past every day-featuring full-color illustrations...

"Ser parte de un rebaño es fácil, solo hay que hacer lo que hace el resto. Pero la oveja Cuatro se aburre y decide no seguir a las demás. ¿Podrá dormir Miguel, el niño que las cuenta al irse a la cama? *Libro seleccionado por New York Public Library dentro de la lista de "Los mejores libros para pequeños 2023". A Miguel le cuesta dormir. Cada noche cuenta ovejas que saltan una valla. Primero salta la oveja Una, luego Dos, Tres y así hasta...

Andy and Terry travel through time trying to save their treehouse from highly talented, angry ants and Inspector Bubblewrap the building inspector while rushing to meet their publisher's deadline.

Dory's separation anxiety from her mother turns into a ghostly, goofy escapade.