(Summaries are taken from School Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, and Amazon.com reviews and Library of Congress summaries.)

Read Myself:
Giant Pop-Out Vehicles, by Amelia Powers
This sturdy interactive book, with impressive pop-out trains, dump trucks, tractors, and fire engines, is sure to engage and entertain curious boys. Simple clues in words and pictures allow children to guess what hides behind each flap. Then they open the flap to reveal a large pop-out surprise!

Actual Size, by Steve Jenkins
Paper collages compare the sizes and weights of eighteen different animals. The saltwater crocodile, for example, grows to 23 feet, a length so tremendous that its head alone occupies a three-page foldout!

How Big Is It? by Ben Hillman
Wildly different objects are take out of their normal context and placed next to one another to allow for new and exciting perspectives. When you see a full-color illustration of a Giant Squid placed in front of the entire length of a farmhouse, you get a real idea of what 59.5 feet means!

Zoom, by Istvan Banyai
A wordless picture book presents a series of scenes, each one from farther away, showing, for example, a girl playing with toys which is actually a picture on a magazine cover, which is part of a sign on a bus, and so on.

Re-Zoom, by Istvan Banyai
A wordless picture book presents a series of scenes, each one from farther away, showing, for example, a boat which becomes the image on a magazine, which is held in a hand, which belongs to a boy, and so on.

Dogzilla, by Dave Pilkey
It's time for Mousopolis's First Annual Barbecue Cook-Off. But just when the fun is about to begin, the irresistible aroma of barbecue sauce awakens the most frightening creature known to mousekind: the dreaded Dogzilla. As her horrible doggy breath fills the streets, the residents of Mousopolis must run for their lives. Can they get rid of that big stinky dog before it's too late?

Would You Rather, by John Burningham
Would you rather be made to eat spider stew or taste slug dumplings? Be covered in jam or soaked with water? This book presents readers with a humorous look at some tough choices!

A Day in the Life of a Builder, by Linda Hayward
Jack Dale is building five new houses. One is for the Wilson family. Will the Wilsons like their new house?


Read with Me:
Terrific, by Jon Agee
Eugene wins a trip to Bermuda, but when his ship sinks and he ends up on a tiny island with only a parrot, he wonders how he will ever get back home.

Ballerino Nate, by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
After seeing a ballet performance, Nate decides he wants to learn ballet but he has doubts when his brother Ben tells him that only girls can be ballerinas.

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together, by Mary Ann Hoberman.
This title presents short retellings of familiar fairy tales, each told in two voices, designed especially for young children and adults to read together.

Nick Plays Baseball, by Rachel Isadora. The story of Nick and his
teammates’ championship baseball game provides an introduction to the aspects of the game of baseball including equipment, player positions, and rules.

Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks.
A clever spider is lonely and longs to become a family pet.

Gotta Go! Gotta Go! by Sam Swope.
Although she doesn’t know how or why, a small creepy-crawly bug is certain that she must make her way to Mexico.

Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger.
A tail-wagging dachshund and a multicolored stuffed bear star in three tales about friendship.

Frog and Toad Are Friends, by Arnold Lobel
Be entertained by the classic, short, delightful tales about best friends Frog and Toad. A series book.

17 Things I'm Not Allowed to Do Anymore, by Jenny Offill
A young girl lists the many things she is not allowed to do anymore, including not being able to make ice after freezing a fly in one of the cubes.

First the Egg, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
This is a book about transformations... from egg to chicken, seed to flower, and caterpillar to butterfly. But it's also a book about creativity as paint becomes picture, word becomes story... and commonplace becomes extraordinary.