New Releases by Deborah Hembrook

Got the graduation groove in my kindergarten feet.I'm zipping up my gown to a first-grade beat. Graduate from kindergarten in style, dancing all the way to first grade! It's time to graduate from kindergarten! This book celebrates all of the things that make kindergarten great. From classmates to projects, teachers to pets, kindergarten is full of amazing experiences. Graduating from kindergarten and starting first grade is an important milestone in every kid's life. Whether you're excited or nervous, this book is perfect for your special day and will help you dance to first grade!

Celebrate your individuality with this picture book that honors all the wonderful things that make you . . . you. “A picture-book celebration of individuality and diversity. . . . Affirming and welcome.” —Kirkus “In all the world over, this much is true: You’re somebody special. There’s only one YOU.” This feel-good book reassures kids that, whoever and whatever they are, it’s awesome being YOU! Expertly written to include all kinds of children and families, it embraces the beauty in a range of physical types, personalities, and abilities. Kids will love discovering and recognizing themselves in these pages—and they’ll feel proud to see their special qualities acknowledged. Adorable illustrations by Rosie Butcher show a diverse community that many will find similar to their own.

This sweet picture book perfect for ages three to six comes ready to read with catchy rhymes and visual cues for people students encounter as they embark on their first day of school. Preschoolers and kindergarteners will love to get ready to go back to school by spotting Spot A+ clues on the clothesline to identify all the people who make starting school so much fun! As you walk to school, can you tell who needs what to get ready for the first day of school? What does your teacher, the crossing guard, and your new friend have hanging on the line? Use your clothesline clues to figure out who wears what. A fun follow-up to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do and Clothesline Clues to Sports People Play, the clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines, causing new students and seasoned friends alike to guess who items belong to with every page turn.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Get in the game and use clues on the clotheslines to identify a slew of sports. Catchy rhymes and visual cues introduce young readers to sports in this companion to Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do. The clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines. What athlete wears those items? Turn the page to discover the sport at hand—and the athlete in full gear! From baseball and soccer, to fencing and archery, there's something for everyone—including a surprise ending. A perfect choice for reading aloud and encouraging kids to join in the guessing and reveal. Andy Robert Davies's quirky illustrations build a separate story from the text. Close attention to the details will help young readers build their own storytelling skills and help them make visual connections.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Who wears oven mitts, an apron, and a puffy hat? Who uses safety glasses and a saw? Clothes and special gear associated with an array of different professions appear on a clothesline, with an accompanying four line stanza asking the reader to guess what job that person does. Turn the page, and the worker wearing and using the featured items is revealed.

Fiddle-de-fizz, 'tis magic, it is!When leprechauns find each other.Count from one to ten as one little leprechaun looking for treasure magically becomes ten silly leprechaun friends at the end of the rainbow! A humorous, rhyming celebration of St. Patrick's Day!

How far will girls go to be like their best friend? Rosa and Abby grow to appreciate their own uniqueness. Two boys books and two girls books in this I Wish series.

How far will boys go to be like their best friend? Willie and Manuel grow to appreciate their own uniqueness. Two boys books and two girls books in this I Wish series.

Willie goes to elaborate and comical lengths to be strong like his friend, then realizes that he might have something that is just as desirable.

How far will girls go to be like their best friend? Rosa and Abby grow to appreciate their own uniqueness. Two boys books and two girls books in this I Wish series.

Ten groundhog friends eat, play, and work in their crowded den until one by one they surface to see their shadow, in a book introducing both Groundhog Day and the numbers one through ten.

Learning how to tell time has never been spookier! A die-cut hole in the cover of this inventive paperback book reveals a colorful clock with movable hands. Readers move the hands of the clock to match the hour on each page. With the excitement of Halloween as a backdrop, children will enjoy this frightfully festive twist on learning to tell time.

Bear and his friends learn how to make fishing easy when they are hungry.

Mouse makes word play fun!Readers will delight in finding small word hidden within bigger words; for example, when Mouse trips, his pants rip! Silly Mouse! A Step 1 book.

By dropping the first letter of a variety of words and adding a new letter, Mouse makes several rhyming words.

By changing their middle vowels, Mouse magically transforms words into totally new ones.