New Releases by Alice Schertle

It's a fun day on the farm with the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Blue Truck and friends--until Toad goes missing! Toad helps prepare for a hayride by loading piles of hay into Little Blue's truck bed. But when they're ready for a ride, Toad is nowhere to be found! Can Blue and his farm animal friends find Toad in time for him to join the fun? This seventh picture book in the beloved and bestselling Little Blue Truck series features all the rhyme, rhythm, animal sounds, and good old-fashioned fun and friendship that Blue is known for. Join Blue and friends for another adventure on the farm! Check out the other exciting stories and formats in the Little Blue Truck series and celebrate all year 'round with Blue and friends! Little Blue Truck Little Blue Truck Leads the Way Good Night, Little Blue Truck Time for School, Little Blue Truck Little Blue Truck Makes a Friend Little Blue Truck and Racer Red Little Blue Truck's Christmas Little Blue Truck's Halloween Little Blue Truck's Springtime Little Blue Truck's Valentine Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy What Do You Say, Little Blue Truck? Little Blue Truck's Beep-Along Book Little Blue Truck Farm Sticker Fun

The #1 bestselling Little Blue Truck meets a zippy red race car with a need for speed. Little Blue Truck and good friend Toad are out for a drive when a flash of red whizzes by--then whizzes back to stop and say hi. Sleek and low, Racer Red is made for speed and loves to go fast! When she challenges Blue to a race, Blue knows that win or lose, it's fun to try! Beep! Beep! Zooooom!

Welcome a new friend to the farm with the #1 New York Times bestselling Little Blue Truck! Beep! Beep! Have you heard the news? There is someone new on the farm! All the animals are curious and cautious about the newcomer—what will he be like? Does he neigh like a horse or oink like a pig? Does he have fur or feathers? Does he swim? Does he fly? Luckily, Blue knows just the thing to help his friends, old and new, feel at home!

Ride along to school with the #1 New York Times best-selling Little Blue Truck and meet Blue''s new friend: a bright yellow school bus. Beep-beep! This oversized paperback is just right for classroom sharing.

Blue gives a friend a ride to school.

Spread the love with Little Blue Truck—a perfect Valentine's Day read-aloud in this best-selling series! "Beep!" said Blue. "Happy Valentine's Day!" Join Little Blue Truck as he delivers Valentine's Day cards to all his farm animal friends. But as Blue beeps along, he starts to wonder: will he get any cards of his own?

Blue and Toad offer shelter from a storm to other farm animals. (Ages 4 to 7)

Did you actually think shoes, jackets, and hats didn''t have personalitites? Think again! The outfits in this book are brought to vivid life by Alice Schertle''s wry poetry and Petra Mathers''s exuberant cast of young animal characters. From Joshua''s cozy jammies to Emily''s frilly undies, the duds on display in this perfectly stitched poetry collection are as unique as the critters who wear them.

A small blue truck finds his way out of a jam, with a little help from his friends.

Teddy bears of every kind, Bears with pull strings, Bears you wind, Bears that roller-skate, Bears that sing, Bears that don''t do anything. Get ready to cuddle up with your favorite furry friend, & meet the cast of utterly captivating teddies that inhabit Christopher Award-winning author Alice Schertle''s cozy verse & Linda Hill Griffith''s irresistible paintings. If you have ever loved a teddy bear, this is the book for you!

In an old barn, a girl sits at a table & writes poems. She writes about writing poetry. It''s not easy! Finally, in the late-night silence, a small gray verse runs squeaking down one of the rafters/just as the moon floats in through the double barn door.Ó With inspired honesty & acute observation, poet Alice Schertle gives us insight into the natural world & into the creative process. By showing us a piece of paper carried in a bird''s beak or floating on a lily pond, a pencil alongside a mole, a pen tucked into the overalls of a scarecrow, painter Wendell Minor suggests that the observing mind of the poet is everywhere. The colorful, dreamlike images reflect the power & intimacy of these marvelous poems. A Children''s Book-of-the-Month Club Selection.

In this counting rhyme, an affectionate elephant family plays together.

There''s nothing quite like a day at the beach! And Alice Schertle and Barbara Lavallee''s clever companion to All You Need for a Snowman is the perfect recipe for fun in the sun. Plant a yellow umbrella in the sand, roll out a beach towel, and pour a glass of frosty lemonade. . . . But wait! What''s the most important part of a beach? A surprise ending will inspire young adventurers everywhere to don their shades and head for the beach.

A father takes his sleepless child out in the night to see the moon and the animals.

Lists everything that one needs to build the perfect snowman, from the very first snowflake that falls.

A series of humorous and serious poems about cats.

A collection of poems including Last Patch of Snow, A Frog in a Well Explains the World, and My Old Dog.

Hetty is very careful with the eggs she has bought on her very first trip to the store, but she forgets to be careful when she stops to pick apples.

A young boy uses a witch hazel branch to make a scarecrow and has a mysterious encounter on the night of the harvest moon.

William and Grandpa enjoy doing the things Grandpa did when he was a little boy, such as trying to jump on their shadows, watching the stars from the roof of the house, and drinking hot chocolate.

Andy''s cat Olive always hides when he calls her but one day Andy turns the tables and hides from Olive.

A young girl describes the adventures she has with her two feet, shod and unshod, year round.

A child describes the pleasures offered by a tree house and the real and imaginary adventures to be enjoyed in one.