Workshops
Baby Loves the Fives Senses:Smell! by Ruth Spiro (author) and Irene Chan (illustrator)
Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of smell. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby’s sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two as well.
Read MoreBaby Loves The Five Senses: Taste! by Ruth Spiro (author) and Irene Chance (illustrator)
Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of taste. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby’s sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two as well.
Read MoreBaby Loves the Five Senses: Touch! by Ruth Spiro (author) and Irene Chan (illustrator)
Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of touch. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby’s sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two as well.
Read MoreBaby Loves the Five Senses: Hearing! by Ruth Spiro (author) and Irene Chan (illustrator)
Baby loves the five senses! Accurate enough for experts, yet simple enough for baby, this clever board book explores the science of sound and hearing. Beautiful, visually stimulating illustrations complement age-appropriate language to encourage baby’s sense of wonder. Parents and caregivers may learn a thing or two as well.
Read MoreHip, Hop, Hooray It’s Monsoon Day by Roni Capin Rivera- Ashford (author) and Richard Johnsen (illustrator)
Brought to life in this delightful story are some of nature’s most spectacular phenomena. There are few things more exciting than a monsoon storm, with its dramatic lightning, thunder, wind, and cloudbursts. “Hip Hip Hooray, It’s Monsoon Day!” is a story of how many people anticipate and celebrate the coming of the monsoon season, which…
Read MorePop! The Invention of Bubble Gum by Megan McCarthy
Gum. It’s been around for centuries; from the ancient Greeks to the American Indians, everyone’s chewed it. But the best kind of gum; bubble gum! wasn’t invented until 1928, when an enterprising young accountant at Fleer Gum and Candy used his spare time to experiment with different recipes. Bubble-blowing kids everywhere will be delighted with…
Read MoreHouse of Robots by James Patterson (author) and Chris Grabenstein (illustrator)
It was never easy for Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez to fit in, so he’s dreading the day when his genius mom insists he bring her newest invention to school: a walking, talking robot he calls E-for “Error”. Sammy’s no stranger to robots; his house is full of a colorful cast of them. But this one not…
Read MoreHouse of Robots Robot Revolution by James Patterson (author) and Chris Grabenstein (illustrator)
After a few early glitches in their relationship, Sammy and his “bro-bot” E are now fast friends. In fact, E is such a valued member of the family that the other electronic occupants of the House of Robots are feeling sorely unappreciated. And when Sammy’s inventor mom becomes distracted by a top-secret project, the robots…
Read MoreZora’s Zucchini by Katherine Pryor (author) and Anna Raff (illustrator)
A YOUNG GARDENER LEARNS ABOUT SHARING FOOD AND THE REWARDS OF GROWING A COMMUNITY THROUGH FOOD.” The first zucchini of a summer garden is always exciting, but what happens when the plants just keep growing…and growing…and growing? Zora soon finds herself with more zucchini than her family can bake, saute, or barbecue. Fortunately the ever-resourceful girl…
Read MoreHouse of Robots: Robots Gone Wild by James Patterson (author) and Chris Grabenstein (illustrator)
Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez and his ‘bro-bot’ E are making new friends every day as E works as his bedridden sister Maddie’s school proxy. But disaster strikes when E malfunctions just in time to be upstaged by the super-cool new robot on the block – and loses his ability to help Maddie. Now it’s up to Sammy…
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