New Book Alerts - Children's Books

A wonderfully yucky touch-and-feel book with a spectacularly smelly scratch-and-sniff ending! Readers will need to be very brave to enter the strange world of these weird and wonderful trolls. With their googly eyes, warty skin, scratchy feet, and matted hair, children won't forget them once they meet them. With fun text, delightful illustrations, and fantastic touch-and-feel elements on every page this is one adventure that will keep fearless readers coming back for more. More Info  

AnnaLaura Cantone teaches children's illustration. More Info  

Colorful pictures and simple rhyming texts help children guess what's peeking through the die-cut windows in these two fun board books. The anticipation of what's hiding on the next page and the bright, engaging illustrations will keep youngsters guessing and giggling all the way to the suprise endings. More Info  

Christiane Engel is a German freelance illustrator based in London. She has worked for a wide variety of clients on a wide variety of projects, including school books, picture books, a children's bible and an award-winning ad campaign. This is her first series for Campbell Books. More Info  

Roger Priddy left school at 16 with just one qualification—in art. He went to Berkshire College of Art and Design and trained as an illustrator.  His first job in children’s books was working with the publisher Peter Usborne, at Usborne Publishing, and then he worked with Peter Kindersley at Dorling Kindersley, where he spent 16 years. Priddy became Creative Director of DK’s Children’s Division and was Managing Director of the children’s mass market publisher Funfax when it was acquired by DK.  In 2000, he created Priddy Books with John Sargent at St Martin’s Press to create innovative and imaginative titles for children, from first books for babies through early reference titles for older children. More Info  

Ticktock Books Ltd publishes innovative books for children. More Info  

A witty introduction to animal lives, this series uses bold and bright colors to attract and engage young children. Simple facts accompanied by humorous illustrations provide an introduction to the everyday lives of animals, and pages with foil add sparkle to the colorful artwork. Answering such questions as What do tigers do? and How do tigers roar?, this exotic adventure is a first look for young chidren into the mysterious lives of these ferocious striped felines. More Info  

For many sports fans there's no such thing as too much baseball. In I Spy with My Little Eye: Baseball, readers get double the fun. Brad Herzog (H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet) teams up with photographer David Milne to create a visual puzzle book that challenges the deductive skills and sharp eyes of young readers.Dual look-alike photographs are filled with baseballs, bats, and memorabilia. But one of the scenes in each photo pair has been slightly altered. Can you see the changes? How many can you find? Poetic clues help young fans and seasoned veterans spot the differences.From the number of trophies in the case to the jerseys hanging in a locker room, baseball fans of all ages will enjoy this new way of spying the game! . More Info  

The irresistible Bird takes flight once again in this winning sequel to Jeremy Tankard's soaring spring 2007 debut, GRUMPY BIRD.Bird and Raccoon are playing ball, when Bird gets bonked on the head. "Boo hoo hoo!" he cries. What will make Bird feel better? A kiss? A cookie? A Band-Aid? Bird's friends Raccoon, Rabbit, Beaver, Sheep, and Fox are full of sweet and funny ideas.Perfectly pitched and hilariously imagined, this charming story about a universal experience will put a smile on the face of every child who has suffered a boo-boo and every parent who has struggled to come up with just the right way to give comfort. More Info