Bestselling author Jerry Pallotta reveals how and why Santa Claus selected the perfect animals--reindeer--to pull his sleigh on Christmas Eve. 
Santa Claus has a big job to do on Christmas Eve, and he needs a team to help with the sleigh. He tries out a myriad of thirteen different kinds of animals, including tigers (but they almost eat him), mice (too weak), kangaroos (too jumpy), turtles (too slow), cheetahs (too fast), rhinos (too rough), and even monkeys (too playful). But what about... reindeer? Perfect! 
This humorous peek behind the scenes at the North Pole is told in Jerry Pallotta's kid-friendly style and beautifully illustrated in glorious color by David Biedrzycki.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Experience the magic of Christmas Eve with Bluey and the Heeler family in this picture book retelling of a classic Christmas tale that's perfect for fans of the hit animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+!

‘Twas the night before Chrissie, when inside their home, not a Heeler was stirring, not even a gnome.

It's Christmas Eve, and Bluey and Bingo are sleeping peacefully in their beds when they're suddenly woken up by a noise outside. Who could it be?

Eager to see Santa and unable to go back to sleep, the Heeler sisters use their active imaginations to plan a train ride up to the veranda to get a sneak peek! Gathering Mum and Dad from the couch, the family embarks on an exciting Christmas Eve adventure throughout the house. But when they reach the veranda, will they be able to spot Santa before he leaves? 

Charming and lyrical, this holiday celebration makes the perfect gift for Bluey fans of all ages, and is a wonderful story to read on a cozy winter night.

"This holiday winner about friendship and cooperation is...a cheery charmer for truck aficionados and anyone who loves Christmas."--Kirkus

A festive holiday readaloud from the bestselling Digger series by Joseph Kuefler. For fans of big trucks, this is the ideal next book for readers of Construction Site on Christmas Night.

It's Christmas Eve and Digger and the other big trucks are hanging tinsel, stringing lights, and decking the halls. But when there are no decorations left for the tree, Digger and his friends seek out the help of a few curious critters. Together, they forage and craft in the hopes they'll be ready before Santa arrives . . . and discover the best gift of all along the way.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of the Food Group series comes a Christmas picture book featuring the ever-popular character the Big Cheese. Perfect for holiday promotions, this book includes a tear sheet of twelve holiday cards and festive foil on the cover.

Every December, the Big Cheese hosts a gigantic jamboree with flashy decorations, sparkling outfits, extravagant gifts, ear-bursting music, and jaw-dropping entertainment. It's the #1 party in town and it can't be beat!

But this holiday season, mere hours before the festivities, disaster strikes! With no backup plan in place, the Big Cheese must call in a big favor to help save the big day. But will Christmas still be Christmas if it's not quite so grand

You don't want to miss this hilarious, charming, and thought-provoking continuation of Jory John and Pete Oswald's bestselling Food Group series.

Check out Jory John and Pete Oswald's funny, bestselling books for kids 4-8 and anyone who wants a laugh:

• The Bad Seed
• The Good Egg
• The Cool Bean
• The Couch Potato
• The Smart Cookie
• The Sour Grape
• The Big Cheese
• The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape!
• The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky!
• The Cool Bean Presents: As Cool as It Gets
• The Bad Seed Goes to the Library
• The Good Egg and the Talent Show
• The Cool Bean Makes a Splash
• That's What Dinosaurs Do

Celebrate Christmas with the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Blue Truck in a light-up novelty book that's the perfect gift for the holiday season.

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Little Blue Truck is spreading cheer by delivering Christmas trees to his animal friends. Can you help count each green tree from one to five and back again? Don't forget to save one for Blue! Beep! Beep!

With the gentle rhythm and signature illustration style that made Little Blue Truck a household name, Blue's snowy adventure is full of holiday warmth. Sturdy cardstock pages, a compact and child-friendly text, and flashing colored Christmas lights on the final page come together in a novelty gift book that's sure to be the favorite treat of the season.

The next ride might be their last. . . . The Morris family got lost trying to find Zoo Gardens Theme Park. But that's okay. They found another amusement park instead. It's called HorrorLand. In HorrorLand there are no crowds. No lines. And the admission is free. It seems like a pretty cool place. But that was before that heart-stopping ride on the deadly Doom Slide. And that terrifying experience in the House of Mirrors. Because there's something weird about the rides in HorrorLand. Something a little too creepy. A little too real . . .

The family cat has a LOT to get off her chest. Because, well, living with children can be...challenging.

Between attempted-bathing incidents and the children stealing her yarn, this feline has had ENOUGH!!!

Will Cat find that there are sweet moments to be cherished amidst the chaos?

A heartwarming and hilarious story celebrating the bond between our furry friends and their humans that's sure to leave you with the "warm and fuzzies". (And a new appreciation for your four-legged family member.)

From award-winning team of Katie Weaver and Caner Soylu who created The Trouble with Children (According to Dog), Uh-OH! My Dragon's Hungry, and Uh-OH! My Dragon's Smelly, this is the perfect gift for any cat lover (and ideal for children ages 3-8).
 

Zackie Beauchamp wants to be a famous horror writer. He's writing a story about a giant pink slimy blob monster who eats up an entire town. Zackie finds a typewriter in a burned down antique store, takes it home and begins to type, but now every scary word he writes is starting to come true.

"Just as we once screamed at a pigeon not to drive the bus, we now, with similar glee, take on Salmon as he commands us not to count past one." 

--Amy Alznauer, New York Times

Outsmart this bossy and hilarious picture book about counting!

You know how to count, right? GREAT! There are LOTS of fun things to count in this book: whales, baboons, rainbows, pyramids . . . There's just one rule. You must ONLY ever count to ONE.

So don't even about THINK bigger numbers. OK?!

Get ready to show off your skills in this fun new counting book! But all is not as it seems . . . is this book really only about counting to "ONE?" Because there are SO MANY fun things that you could count. But wait --maybe there's a way to outsmart the book . . . and count all the way up to 100!

Featuring Stories Aloud audio-- scan the QR code on the back cover to listen to the book read aloud!

In this lively picture book, children discover a world of shapes all around them: rectangles are ice-cream carts and stone metates, triangles are slices of watermelon and quesadillas. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the shapes found in every child's day!

1990s culture is back in fashion! Children will get to know the decade that started trends while reading about Barbie in the '90s. Text on the decade's popular and inspiring Barbie dolls is paired with a brief history of '90s culture and womens' changing roles. QR codes and bright, exciting photographs keep readers engaged through the whole book. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. DiscoverRoo is an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO.

The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body meets Hamilton in this hilarious picture book about the most basic process of the human body: digesting food!

Candy's made it. She's finally here: the human body! This intrepid sweet treat meets each of the human body's organs as she approaches her "big break": being successfully digested! Here is the scientific process of digestion as you've never seen it before--told through a musical, with Candy in the role of the small-town kid who wants to make it big, the baby carrots as the Greek chorus narrating all the action, and cameos from every body part that plays an important role in transforming food from ingredients to nutrition.

From beloved duo Adam Rex and Laura Park comes a genuinely educational, laugh-out-loud Broadway musical of a book about an epic adventure through the human body, from bite to bottom.



REAL SCIENCE PRESENTED IN A FUN WAY: The text has countless facts about the human body, teaches readers how the body works, and includes all kinds of "teachable moments."



GLOSSARY: A glossary in the back explains the function of all organs we encounter in the book.



ENCOURAGES CREATIVITY: The book is an invented fable and will make kids excited to write their own fables or musicals.



OUTRAGEOUSLY FUNNY: The over-the-top humor is perfect for fans of Goodnight Already!, The Day the Crayons Quit, and the Mother Bruce series.



POPULAR AUTHOR: Acclaimed kids book creator Adam Rex is known for his funny and smart books. The winner of countless state list awards, Rex is the author of beloved books including, On Account of The Gum, Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, School's First Day of School, and many more.



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