New Releases by Karma Wilson

It’s Halloween, and Calico is trick or treating! Young readers will love lifting the large sturdy flaps to find out who is hiding under each costume. Join this sweet and curious kitten as she and her friends dress up and have fun! This lift-the-flap board book has rounded corners and 8 sturdy flaps.

Here are more than 120 hysterical, philosophical, rhetorical, and commonsensical poems and pictures that explore the perfectly not-so-perfect world of picky kids, Miss Muffet''s revenge, magic homework wands, yellow snow, and Sunday''s sundaes! New York Times bestselling author Karma Wilson and renowned New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt have created a brilliantly entertaining poetry collection sure to be a source of pleasure and inspiration to kids everywhere.

It’s springtime on the farm and all the baby animals are out for a day in the sun! From little chicks that like to peep to a tiny puppy hiding in a boot, these beautiful babies are sure to thrill even the smallest readers. Children will love to touch and feel the 7 textures in this adorable photographic board book. The final spread includes a mylar mirror. Photographic board book includes 7 touch-and-feel elements embedded in the cover and interior pages, as well as a mylar mirror on the last spread. Pages have rounded corners. Safety tested for all ages.

When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.

Bear and his friends persuade a bashful owl to play with them.

When Bear is too sick to play, his animal friends go to his cave to make him soup and tea and keep him company.

Karma Wilson''s debut book Bear Snores On has received rave reviews, won numerous awards, and has been a New York Time''s and Publishers Weekly Bestseller in the children''s picture book category. Bear is back for more adventures with his friends in this endearing series illustrated by Jane Chapman.

Rhyming text depicts the chaos caused by shouting at the zoo.

Two cows, Mabel and Molly, take the farmer''s truck and go for an eventful joyride into town.

From the best-selling author/illustrator team, Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman, comes a brand new Bear story - and this time Bear''s got a cold.

Swisha-swisha Clap! Clap! Jump, Jump, Jump! "Hilda must be dancing!" Hilda Hippo loves to dance! But there''s just one problem. When Hilda dances, it sounds like this: Ka-bump! Ka-bump! Crash! Crash! Crash! Thumpity-bump! Thumpity-bump! Boom! Bang! Bash! The other animals beg her to find a quieter hobby. Knitting? Singing? For Hilda, nothing else will do. What could possible be as fun as dancing?

Calico, a cat, always seems to get into trouble, from spilling her milk to crushing the flowers in the garden, but Mama reminds Calico what really matters.

The sun is setting and it''s getting chilly, but Bear is not home and his friends are wondering if Bear has lost his way. Well friends don''t let friends stay lost, so out into the cold march all the usual suspects. Wren, Owl and Raven take to the skies while Badger, Mole, and Mouse search on the ground. Pretty soon Bear is found, and once he''s back in his cave, he feels quite safe with his friends all around.

SImple text in both English and Spanish help young readers learn about life in the Atartic.

Meet Calico -- a fluffy, puffy, itty-bitty kitten who can''t wait to discover the world around her. Follow Calico as she jumps, climbs, and frolics her way through a very adventurous day!

Today is Grandma''s birthday, and Granddad has an ichin'', to bake a WHOPPER chocolate cake and traumatize the kitchen! Join the madcap frenzy of making the biggest cake in the world! And the biggest...mess!

Rhyming text and illustrations present a recipe for how to bake a pie from all the things that make America great.

The Moonbeam Award Silver Medal Winner in the religion category, I Will Rejoice allows parents and teachers to share wonderful ways children can rejoice in the simple pleasures of everyday life. Based on Psalm 118:24, I Will Rejoice brings Scripture to a child''s level of understanding. Children six and under will easily relate to how they can rejoice in the day the Lord has made. Using rhyme, author Karma Wilson captures the essence of this well-known verse and offers true teachable moments. Whether it be a good morning kiss, lunch shared with a teddy bear, a cozy lap, or time with the family, children will easily grasp the concept of rejoicing with the meaningful things that make up their day.

A boy gives thanks to the Lord for all that he has in this illustrated interpretation of Psalm XCII.

Poor Bear is not feeling well, he''s achy, sneezy and has a stuffed up nose. Lucky Bear''s friends are there to make him feel better.

On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.

There''s an animal strike at the zoo! oh no, oh my! What''s a zookeeper to do when the lions and tigers and bears refuse to roar and prowl and growl? And when little Sue, who has been waiting all year for this trip to the zoo, enters the gate, will the animals decide to give their strike a break? Karma Wilson''s fun, playful text paired with Margaret Spengler''s bright and lively pastels create an unforgettable, irresistible zoo of chaos and fun!

There are moose tracks on the back porch . . . in the kitchen . . . in the den . . . There are moose tracks EVERYWHERE! Who left all these moose tracks?

When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends. One track of sound disc has page-turn signals.

In a cave in the woods, in his deep, dark lair, through the long, cold winter sleeps a great brown bear.

From Mama Bird to Mama Cat, mothers of all kinds come home to their children.