A silly story with bright, engaging illustrations and expressive, rhyming text that children will want to read—and giggle through—again and again.A departing tortoise has his bags packed and is almost ready to set out on an adventure, but he can’t leave until he says good-bye to each of his animal friends. The tortoise stops for every last timid mouse and bumblebee, shouting his rhyming good-byes, making you wonder if, perhaps, he’s stalling the start of his trip.His animal friends appear startled as he suddenly pops up on each page to say adieu—especially the perplexed rhinoceros the tortoise mistakes for a unicorn! With each farewell, the tortoise’s good-byes get sillier and more creative. When will the good-byes end and the adventure begin? Read more

This laugh-out-loud funny pop-up book takes on a traditional American tale about a wide-mouth frog and is sure to delight, with each spread featuring a different animal From the Okefenokee Swamp comes a frog with a wide mouth that he just loves to use. He's particularly interested in the eating habits of other creatures found in the great outdoors, from the blue-feathere bird to a furry brown mouse. Until one day, he meets a big green animal with lots of teeth who finds wide-mouthed frogs simply delicious. Read more

With perfect comic pacing, Greg Pizzoli introduces us to one funny crocodile who has one big fear: swallowing a watermelon seed. What will he do when his greatest fear is realized? Will vines sprout out his ears? Will his skin turn pink? This crocodile has a wild imagination that kids will love.With bold color and beautiful sense of design, Greg Pizzoli's picture book debut takes this familiar childhood worry and gives us a true gem in the vein of I Want My Hat Back and Not a Box. Read more

King Chameleon DEMANDS to be seen! After all, he’s your king!…but can you find him?If your family enjoys interactive stories like There’s a Monster At The End Of This Book or search-and-find books like the New York Times best-selling series Where’s Waldo, they’ll DEMAND King Chameleonover and over again."This book has a THOUSAND times more personality than any other search-and-find book I’ve read!"“King Chameleon is a MASTERPIECE of creativity. It has a hilarious story, stunning illustrations, and an empowering message about friendship, humility, and self-love. The search-and-find game is just the icing on the cake!”King Chameleon thinks he's your king. There’s only one problem: how can he command a king’s respect if his camouflage makes him invisible? Follow his hilarious antics through vivid landscapes as he angrily tries everything he can think of to be seen by you, until an exciting twist ending teaches him that he might be better off in his own color-changing skin.You'll LOVE this book if you love...✓ Hilarious, interactive stories about friendship inspired by popular titles like Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter and Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems✓ Unique search-and-find features reminiscent of Where’s Waldo and I Spy✓ Wacky main characters that will bring out all of your emotions!✓ Fantastic bedtime bribes that kids will want to read again and again (with a re-readable ~3-5 minute read time!)✓ A wide range of vocabulary to help both younger and older readers expand their language skills✓ Sparking a love of reading in even the most hesitant children!✓ A strong lesson about the importance of friendship, treating others nicely, and loving yourself for who you are.✓ Crafted with purpose: Co-developed as part of a new innovation lab concept run with a 6th grade class, and endorsed by educators✓ Colorful, immersive, and detailed art that will awe you on each page✓ A heartwarming, twist ending that will warm your heart✓ A great experience for adults too! A perfect ~3-5 minute read-aloud time that is FUN to act out loud!Don’t just blend into the background! Hit that "add to cart" button and get the laughter started today!…you’re still here? Great! If you need MORE reasons to love this book,King Chameleon was developed as part of a first-of-its-kind innovation lab with BCHA’s Mrs. Miller and her 6th grade class, and designed to stretch their creative capabilities, teamwork skills, analytical rigor, and resilience leveraging the education concepts from the popular Younger Me Academy children’s book series. Learn more about “The Lab” in the back of the book!Perfect for boys and girls ages 2-8 as a read-along book or for boys and girls ages 5+ for independent reading. No affiliation claimed with any named title or author including Don’t Push The Button, Where’s Waldo, or Don’t Let The Pidgeon Drive The Bus, I Spy, or other works listed. Read more

Alfie loves cookies - how can he get one? A sweet, funny book about manners in the bestselling Scholastic Level 1 reader format!Alfie loves his mommy's cookies, and he wants one more than anything! But grabbing for one, fishing for one, and dressing up as a cookie inspector don't seem to work. His mommy says there is a better way. What is it?Scholastic Readers encourage the joy and fun of reading with topics that kids love -- perfect for children beginning to read on their own! Read more

Everyone in the neighborhood loves Lyle the crocodile—except for a cranky neighbor and his nervous cat! Can lovable Lyle make everything right with his grumpy neighbors? A beloved classic read-aloud—now a major motion picture!Lyle the crocodile lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. Lyle enjoys helping the Primm family with everyday chores, and playing with the neighborhood kids.He’s the happiest crocodile any home ever had…until one neighbor insists that Lyle belongs in a zoo! Mr. Grumps and his cat, Loretta, don't like crocodiles, and everything Lyle does to win them over seems to go wrong.It will take all of Lyle’s charm—and courage—to reveal the hero, and friend, behind the big, crocodile smile. Read more

The nightmare's gone, but what about that alligator? You have to be so careful getting in and out of bed! Maybe a midnight snack to lure him into the garage will do the trick. In this funny and beloved follow-up, Mercer Mayer faces another nighttime fear head-on. Read more

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“A perfect book.” –Sandra Boynton, bestselling author From the hilarious author of Who Wet My Pants?, Unicorn Thinks He's Pretty Great, and the Dinosaur Vs. series comes a kid pleasing favorite about a devious alligator who learns to love! Welcome to Chez Bob, which seems like a real restaurant...until you realize...it's on an alligator's NOSE! Bob's got a hidden plan for his customers: "Birds will come to eat, but I will eat the birds!" As they fly in from all over the world to dine on Bob's face, something starts to happen that takes the lazy, hungry reptile by surprise—the birds stay. "More yummy birds!" he rejoices—he'll want for nothing! But when the time is right, will Bob make the right choice? Comic genius Bob Shea cooks up a tasty tale that proves anyone, even hungry alligators, can have a change of heart and learn to be a good friend.Don’t miss some of these favorite Bob Shea titles:Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty GreatDinosaur Vs. BedtimeThe Scariest Book EverWho Wet My Pants?   Read more

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG, featuring a full-color interior! The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly hungry—and incredibly greedy. His favorite meal is a plump, juicy little child, and he intends to gobble up as many of them as he can! His is sure that his “secret plans and clever tricks” cannot be foiled. But when the other animals in the jungle join together to put an end to his wicked schemes, the Enormous Crocodile learns a lesson he won’t soon forget. Read more

A tactile silicone touch-and-feel book filled with wild animals!You must Never Touch a Crocodile . . . except in this book! This wild-animal-themed touch-and-feel book is perfect for young kids. They will love reading the funny rhyme about not touching the animals . . . and then doing it anyway!Innovative silicone touches feature throughout the book, with a different texture for children to explore on every spread. Great for babies and toddlers. Durable and interactive.Perfect road trip gift, stocking stuffer and Easter goody basket. Read more

From the team that brought you I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home comes another funny and sweet lyrical lullaby, celebrating boundless family love. I’ll Love You Till the Crocodiles Smile is a cozy bedtime read-aloud guaranteed to have both you and your little one smiling.Tender and gently humorous, this story of unconditional love will become a household favorite to be read over and over.I will love you till forever and forever and more, till my love shakes the jungle with a lion-size ROAR, as night blankets the forest near a soothing waterfall and the chimpanzees sleep in trees, two hundred feet tall….I’ll Love You Till the Crocodiles Smile is perfect for giving, whether it be for a baby shower, birthday, or Valentine’s Day. The storystands beautifully on its own or can be paired with its companion story, I’ll Love You Till the Cows Come Home, whichALA Booklist described as a bedtime read-aloud that is “both hilarious and comforting." Read more

Tomie dePaola has created two memorable friends in this wonderfully funny picture book. Bill, the crocodile, and Pete, his "toothbrush" bird friend, were inspired by the Egyptian plover, which does indeed act as a crocodile toothbrush. Their adventures together along the banks of the River Nile, which include Bill's first day at crocodile school and an encounter with the Bad Guy from Cairo, are filled with the originality and offbeat humor of this favorite author-artist. Read more

When Bridget the alligator arrives in the mail, she's only the size of a key chain. But after Zack soaks her in water, she grows into a real live alligator!Bridget wrestles the garden hose and swings from the monkey bars. And what other alligator can do cartwheels? Bridget the alligator is the silly, sassy star of this funny Level Two I Can Read, geared toward kids who can read on their own but still need a little help. Read more

Welcome to Florida! Follow parent and child alligators as they explore the wonders of the Sunshine State together. From the panhandle to the Florida keys and from the gulf coast to the Atlantic Ocean, the pair enjoys the sun, the sand, and the surf. They visit amusement parks, water ski, and cheer on nine sports teams! Whether gliding through the Everglades or enjoying fresh oranges, our scaly tour guides will remind children and their parents of their own great visit to Florida.Bestselling author Martha Day Zschock is an artist and former elementary teacher with a passion for helping children explore new places. The Hello! series illustrates how exploring real places yields new discoveries. Through these journeys, kids can explore and become experts on the world they see inside and outside the book, through the engaging, bright, and detailed illustrations. For ages 0-3. Made in the USA. Read more

A telling-time adventure for ages 3 to 8Mr. Crocodile has big plans for finally catching--and eating--five pesky monkeys, but those little rascals dupe him again and again. By the time the clock strikes six, those mischievous monkeys actually teach Mr. Crocodile a thing or two about friendship . . . and about having fun! Read more

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I believe in me.There’s nothing I can’t do.That’s what you have taught me,and I believe in you!I Believe in Me by Emma Dodd is a heartwarming and uplifting book with a message about having faith in oneself. The story features a baby crocodile who discovers all the things they’re capable of when they have someone cheering them on. Read more

A scrawny little crocodile wants the opportunity to bite off more than he can chew. He's tired of bananas; today he'd like to eat a child. But he's smaller than he thinks, and the little girl he chooses for his first meal puts him in his place—she picks him up and tickles his tummy! The little crocodile is going to have to eat a lot of bananas and grow a lot bigger before he can add children to his menu! Simple yet hilarious artwork brings this droll story to life. Read more

Two siblings battle stormy weather and a hungry crocodile when they’re trapped overnight in the branches of a tree. From bestselling authors Juliet Fry and Scott Peters comes a gripping tale of survival for young readers.On a stormy night in Australia's Northern Territory, teen siblings Jade and Noah find themselves in a harrowing predicament. High up in a tree, they huddle together as the wind howls and the rain pours down. Below them, lurking in the river, a hungry crocodile patiently waits for an opportunity.Jade and Noah may know a lot about crocs and the bush, but right now, they're just scared kids. With no phone service to call for help and the relentless rainstorm making their situation worse, survival seems like a distant hope. Will they make it through the night and out of this dangerous encounter with the cunning crocodile?This is the 15th children's book in the I Escaped Series about brave boys and girls who face real-world challenges and find ways to escape disaster. The short chapters make for easy wins, and the kids’ gripping situation keeps even reluctant readers turning pages to find out what will happen next.Great for kids book clubs and classrooms. A study guide is available at scottpetersbooks.com/worksheetsBonus:Contains a fascinating fact section about saltwater crocodilesB&W illustrations bring every chapter to lifeFlesch Reading Ease: 85.6Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level 3.2An important, relevant read about bravery, kindness, and courage.Collect the whole I Escaped Series"a must for every reading list"Can the siblings survive disaster? Read it and find out! Read more