“A delightfully silly story with a sweet heart.” —Booklist 
“Capybara is simply a hoot.” —BCCB 
Learn what lengths you do and DON’T need to go to in order to be a good friend! This hilarious picture book from Maddie Frost is perfect for social emotional learning! 
Hi, hello. My name is Capybara and I think it’s important to be a great friend. Take it from me, I have 4,382 friends! 
Capybara will do anything for his friends. But it’s exhausting—and when Capybara meets a potential new friend who doesn’t seem to be responding to his advances, Capybara learns a valuable lesson. His friends like him just for who he is! 
From the creator of Smug Seagull and Just be Jelly and illustrator of Shine Like a Unicorn comes a funny, heartwarming story about friendship. 
This book is an excellent teaching tool for lessons on friendship and creating boundaries within those relationships. It is a funny story for families to share, and a great read-aloud at home or in the classroom!

Capybara Is Friends with Everyone

Children's Books

Frost, Maddie

Animals

Harpercollins

"An entertaining way for youngsters to practice their artistic skills." —School Library Journal 
This is NO ORDINARY how-to-draw book! It’s simple (only 7 steps) and so much FUN! Includes drawing tips, animal facts, and bonus drawing activities! 
Are you ready to go on a wild and crazy drawing journey of EPIC PROPORTIONS? Just kidding. Well, it could be a little wild—we’re drawing fun animals. ROAR! 
Learn how to draw 92 different animals! Follow the 7 simple stepsfor each animal to become a SUPER-FUN-ANIMAL-DRAWING-EXPERT. 
You’ll draw: Pets Farm Animals Rainforest Animals Savanna Animals Woodland Animals Ocean Animals Baby Animals 
There’s lots of extra fun included inside: Cool drawing tips: Did you know the letter “T” shape is the perfect nose for lambs and llamas? Fun facts about animals: Did you know that the little hop that guinea pigs make is called popcorning? PLUS bonus drawing activities throughout the book: draw party animals, create a comic, take your pet to the pet resort, make faces in the photo booth, and tons more! And a Certificate of Awesome Drawing 
Now go grab a pen and pencil and LET’S DRAW!\nFrom School Library Journal\nGr 2-4-Here's an entertaining way for youngsters to practice their artistic skills. Eight chapters demonstrate drawing a wide variety of animals. With an informal, humorous tone, Frost takes children through seven steps to replicate 92 simple, but recognizable, animals. An empty square is offered at the end of each of the seven horizontal steps, allowing kids to produce their drawing directly in the book-and here's where librarians and educators may want to provide blank sheets of paper. Every animal begins with a basic shape-oval, circle, rectangle-and each of the seven steps adds one element to the drawing: beak, nose, ears, wing, etc. Pages include a "Fun Fact" or a "Drawing Tip," such as "The letter T is a perfect nose for lambs, llamas, and goats." Some pages offer readers more chances to add drawings and decorate specified items: embellishing several umbrellas, drawing a farm comic, or adding various birds to the branches of a tree. Except for the brightly colored front and back covers, the book is in black and white. VERDICT This title is not suitable for libraries due to its "fill in the blank" aspect, but it is a fun method for young children, or anyone else interested in learning the basics, to produce drawings of identifiable animals.-Maryann H. Owenα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Let’s Draw Fun Animals: In 7 Simple Steps

Shared Space

In this laugh-out-loud illustrated adventure, the sneakiest seagull on the beach meets his match when a plucky crab makes a grab for the tastiest snacks. Get a good look, because Smug Seagull just so happens to be the best snack swiper from shore to shore. That's a fact! Sandwiches. Pretzels. French Fries. You bring 'em to the beach, he's going to swipe 'em. But when a crab with even better swiping skills comes along, this seagull will have to decide if there are enough treats on the beach for everyone . . . Maddie Frost's unforgettable characters and bright, kid-friendly illustrations combine in this humorous story about patience, sharing, and wicked good snacks.

Smug Seagull

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

A groovy jellyfish helps a scared-of-everything sardine learn to take its problems in stride in this humorous picture book about wiggling your worries away. <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>When a sardine who's scared of everything loses its handbook for staying safe in the sea, it goes into total panic mode. But right as big, scary shadows are surrounding it, the sardine runs into a jellyfish preaching the wisdom of wiggling your worries away. Try it! Wiggle up...wiggle down ...wiggle all around! When you're done, your problems might not seem so enormous--and those scary shadows might turn out to be friends!</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>From the creator of Smug Seagull comes a funny, feel-good story about facing your fears (with the help of a few awesome dance moves).</div>

Just Be Jelly

Camping or Glamping?\nAlbert and Pickles are an unlikely pair of besties and they’re ready to explore the great outdoors for the first time. Albert is ready to camp the old-fashioned way while Pickles thinks he’s going to a five-star resort under the stars. Pickles is going to have to find a way to cope in the wilderness for one whole night, but luckily, Albert is there to assist in pitching a tent, cooking by the fire, and embracing the great outdoors.\nWhile navigating their way through the rest of this camping trip, Albert and Pickles run into their old friend, Platters, who is in search of the Woolly Moon Beast—a legendary ferocious creature. Together, they must reunite a lost baby koala with its mama while this potentially dangerous predator looms large in the woods.\nWOMBATS! is a brand new graphic novel series that is perfect for fans of Jack books, Baloney and Friends and Narwhal and Jelly.

Go Camping (WOMBATS!)

Humor

Viking Books for Young Readers

Albert and Pickles--a lovable yet unlikely pair of besties--return in the second installment of Maddie Frost's early reader graphic novel series, Wombats!; perfect for fans who laughed out loud reading Baloney and Friends, Narwhal and Jelly, and Cookie and Broccoli! Pickles decides it's time to make good on an IOU that Albert forgot he gave him four years ago and requests that they take a trip to Wizard's Wharf! Albert begrudingly agrees to accompany his best friend, but amusement parks aren't really his thing. Pickles is determined to make Albert feel the magic around him, but even after exploring all the rides, games, mazes, and prizes that Wizard's Wharf has to offer, Albert still isn't as wowed by this environment as his friend is.&nbsp; Albert doesn't want his practicality to ruin his friend's IOU day, so they continue exploring the park and run into their friend and neighbor, Platters, who's working as a ride mechanic. Platters offers to take them on a tour of a top secret ride that's still under construction, but when the ride has a slight malfunction and the three of them are separated, Albert and Pickles will have to rely on how well they know each other, and maybe even a little magic, to help them find their way out.

Go to Wizard's Wharf (WOMBATS!)

Bear in a Bathrobe

Once upon a time, an author took a snooze and an illustrator took the reins telling the storyexactly the way she wants! Featuring a llama princess, a scheming penguin, space travel, and maybe even a ninjaor, wait, a dragon!this rambunctious, clever, no-holds-barred "meta" story will have young readers giggling from start to finish.

Once Upon a Zzzz

Albert Whitman & Company

Introduce children to the natural world with this fresh, bold, and bright nonfiction book!Discover the seasons, from bright spring blossoms to sparkling winter snow, and everything in between. Children have lots of questions about the world around them, and this book helps them discover many amazing and wonderful scientific facts about nature. The charming collage-effect illustrations are inspired by farms and scenery that the illustrator sees around her home in New Hampshire. Lively texts engage children and make this book a favorite to return to again and again. There are also Notes to Parents and Teachers at the end to encourage further exploration and learning.

A Stroll Through the Seasons (Look and Wonder)

Barnham, Kay

Science, Nature & How It Works

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