NCW Libraries

"Readers are challenged not to laugh in a series of increasingly hilarious prompts and jokes that lead to a serious message about the pleasures of laughter"--

"A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too"--

"Este libro es ideal para todos los pequenos curiosos que se hacen preguntas sobre el cuerpo humano, como por que hacemos pipi?, como nacen los bebes?, por que nos da fiebre? Los ninos encontraran respuestas que les expliquen las cosas de manera sencilla y certera. A traves de un diseno comodo y ludico, que incluye solapas que revelan datos curiosos sobre el tema e ilustraciones atractivas, el nino podra aprender de forma dinamica, didactica y divertida."--From...

Mama Bear starts a campaign to convince her family that they are eating too much junk food.

¿Sabes quiénes son Odín, San Nicolás, Jack Frost o Nievecilla? Búscalos en este libro y descubre con ellos la magia de Papá Noel.

"Stars and planets! The astronomer knows a lot about them. With telescopes, computers, and a lot of patience, she studies the universe. Sometimes, she even travels to an observatory in the mountains, because up there, she can see space even better through the telescopes!"-- Publisher's website

"Raise the sails and follow the wind across the green sea in this captivating marriage of lyrical prose and intricate illustrations from a renowned West Coast artist. Old wood boat remembers the wind. Dilapidated and parted from the sea, she remembers and waits as her mast cracks and blackberry vines creep across her deck. But one day, a family tows her home. Scraped, scrubbed, sanded, and varnished, she is made beautiful and seaworthy again. After...

In the hills above Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a young girl is eager to learn how to carry a panye, a large woven basket, to market like her Manman.

Over multiple generations, different families make changes to a house in order to make it a home.

"An introductory tale about the impact plastic waste has on the ocean is told through a lighthouse keeper's friendship with a whale named Blue"--