Mo Willems 'engaging Elephant and Piggie series continues with Can I Play, Too? in which the two friends learn how to play with someone who's different. Willems brings out an important message with humor, spare drawings, and simple text. Cat the Cat, a new series by this award winning author/illustrator uses brightly colored drawings with repetative phrases that are sure to delight young children and support emerging readers. City Dog and Country Frog, richly illustrated by Jon Muth, poignantly portrays a friendship across the seasons.
Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl by Tedd Arnold: Fly Guy and his boy Buzz are smitten with Fly girl and her girl Liz. Don't worry boys, there's plenty of gross humor to balance out the romance ("Wuzzle, wuzzle").
Funny Lunch by David Catrow. Max the dog comes from a long line of chefs, but falls short when confronted by a large group at his restaraunt (a panting dog with a fan is served up as a hot dog). Catrow's clever watercolors are full of humorous details that kids will delight in pouring over.
