Literature Ambassador's Book Picks
The beloved story of one boy's magical Christmas Eve adventure to the North Pole. Twenty-five years after its publication, this holiday classic has enchanted millions of readers around the world.
Simply told and grandly shown for a new generation of readers and explorers, Moonshot tells the extraordinary story of Apollo 11.
The rhyming text in Mac Barnett's debut picture book asks readers to fill in the obvious blank to guess what the obvious picture is - but when the page is turned, what's revealed is anything but obvious! You can't help but laugh at the wonderfully absurd and hilarious result of this book that makes plays on words and pictures.
When it comes to wild animals, everyone knows there are certain things you just don't do -- tease a tiger, pull a python's tail or bother a black widow. But do you know how dangerous it can be to pet a platypus, collect a cone shell, or touch a tang fish? A fascinating look at creature that are more dangerous than you would expect.
Little Oink is a neat little fellow. All he wants to do is clean, but Mama and Papa won't have it. They say in order to be a proper pig, he has to learn to make a proper mess. Readers who hate clean up will love this humorous twist on a universal dilemma.