New and Fun Picture Books

Two books recently crossed my desk that I thought were fun.

Never Trumpet with a Crumpet by Amy Gibson and Illustrated by Jenn Harney

A vocabulary rich rhyming book about manners. Zoo animals add to the fun with illustrations of them doing their best to follow the etiquette advice.

vocabulary, phonological awareness

social awareness, self management, relationship skills

  • Publisher: Boyds Mills Press (May 14, 2019)
  • ISBN-13: 978-1629793047

Like a Lizard by Amy Gibson and illustrated by Stephanie Laberis

28 different lizard species run, sun, swoop, scoop and more in this non-fiction book that could easily be adapted to a movement part of a storytime. Can you “do a pushup like a lizard?”

  • Publisher: Boyds Mills Press (March 12, 2019)
  • ISBN-13: 978-1629792118