One of Santa’s reindeers must take things into his own hooves when presents get left behind in Jim Benton’s Comet the Unstoppable Reindeer.
The Snow Dancer, written by Addie Boswell and illustrated by Mercè López, is a beautiful blend of imagination and movement.
Young readers say goodnight to woodland animals in Karen Jameson and Marc Boutavant’s picture book, Woodland Dreams.
Music brings a community together in artist Lucy Morris’ georgeous new picture book, The Song for Everyone.
Learn how to read and spell through poems and humor in The B on Your Thumb, by Colette Hiller and Tor Freeman.
Sometimes a Wall…, by Dianne White and Barroux, explores the physical and metaphorical walls we build within our communities.
A little car finds the courage to take to the open road in Sue Lowell Gallion and Lisa Manuzak’s All Except Axle.
You Might Find Yourself, by Tai Snaith, asks young readers to look at all the possibilities their imaginations offer.
What’s Worrying You? is a book about helping children understand worries, and teaching them what to do when they feel overwhelmed.
If you and your kids have had enough with “home school,” one, or all, of these books from Candlewick Press might be a good middle ground for your family.