Provo Library Children's Book Blog

  Cuentos ¡Deslízate, serpiente! Por Shelby Alinsky Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2019. Fácil. "¡Conoce a distintos tipos de serpientes! Descubre dónde viven y qué hacen. Usando herramientas interactivas, como el árbol de vocabulario y la actividad final, los niños aprenden vocabulario en grupos conceptuales - lo cual les ayuda a encontrar conexiones entre palabras y ampliar su comprensión del mundo." --Editor Cuentitos Bebé Beluga Por Ashley Wolff   New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025. Pequeño libro ilustrado. "Acompaña a esta adorable ballenita en uno de sus divertidos días en el mar, que culmina cuando madre y bebé se unen en un cálido arrullo a la hora de dormir. Bellamente ilustrada, ésta es la canción ideal para toda una generación de nuevos lectores. El canto refuerza las destrezas del habla y la audición aún en los niños más pequeños, lo que hace de Bebé beluga un instrumento perfecto para un temprano aprendizaje. Esta nueva edición bilingüe da vida a una ...

Preschool Time Sleepy Sheepy Written by Lucy Ruth Cummins Illustrated by Pete Oswald New York: Flamingo Books, 2023. Picture Book. Illustrations and simple, rhyming text follow Sleepy Sheepy, who despite his name is not sleepy. --Editor Preschool Time The Silver Shadow Written by Mariesa Dulak Illustrated by Alea Marley Somerville, MA: Walker Books, 2025. Picture Book. While searching for wonders in the tide pools, a little girl discovers a silver shark, stranded in the shallows--sleek and quick, but still just a baby. The sun is high and the tide is out. How will the shark find its way home? --Editor Toddler Time Silly Sally By Audrey Wood San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Picture Book. A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who makes many friends as she travels to town--backwards and upside down. --Editor Book Babies Birds By Jill McDonald New York: Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2017. Board Book Explores the types of birds that can be found in everyda...

Books that highlight characters with disabilities help young readers see the world through many different perspectives. They affirm that there is no single “right” way to move, think, communicate, or experience life. These stories center the disabled characters as full, complex people—friends, family members, and problem-solvers—rather than focusing only on challenges. By sharing everyday moments, emotions, and relationships, these books build empathy and understanding for all readers. Most importantly, they offer representation that allows disabled children to see themselves reflected with respect, joy, and possibility. Signs of Friendship By Annie Silvestro New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025 Signs of Friendship explores how friendships change when new people are introduced. Two close friends who communicate using sign language must work through feelings of jealousy and misunderstanding when a new neighbor joins their world. With patience and honest communi...

The Lions' Run By Sara Pennypacker New York: Balzer + Bray, 2026. Fiction. 288 pgs. 13-year-old Lucas Dubois grew up in the abbey orphanage in the French village of Lamorlaye. Even as a young boy, Lucas never had a lot of friends. Called petit éclair by the other abbey boys for his soft disposition, Lucas rescues a litter of kittens from being drowned at the beginning of the novel. It's World War II, Lamorlaye is under Nazi occupation and food is scarce. But still, Lucas can't bear to see the kittens killed so he sneaks them away to a deserted stable where he meets Alice, a wealthy British girl who is hiding her racehorse from the Nazis. Meeting Alice, who is defiant of the Nazi orders, and Lucas' own small act of resistance, saving the kittens, emboldens him to take another risk -- Lucas becomes a messenger for the French resistance. His job as a greengrocer delivery boy enables him to move through the village freely, including accessing the Lebensborn clinic where tee...

Sharks Unhooked: The Adventures of Cristina Zenato, Underwater Ranger Written by Patricia Newman Illustrated by Becca Hall Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, 2025. Informational.  From childhood into adulthood, Cristina Zenato loved the ocean and wanted to befriend sharks. When she moved to the Bahamas, her dream finally became a reality as she begins diving with, studying, and ultimating helping sharks by removing fishing hooks from their bodies.  Cristina began saving the hooks she removed to serve as a visual aid for the people she spoke to about shark conservation.  Cristina Zenato's bravery and passion for shark conservation inspired me—not to jump in the ocean, swim with sharks, and pull hooks from their live bodies—but to search for ways I can help the world.  What little changes can I make?  What causes can I donate to?  How can I help champion important issues and help educate others?  A short but impactful tale of shark awesomeness, the power peo...

  Bunny Slopes By Claudia Rueda San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2016. Picture Book.  " In this interactive picture book, the reader must help Bunny stay on course as he skies down the slope. " -- Publisher Amazing Hockey Records By Thom Storden North Mankato, MN: Capstone Press, 2015. Informational.  " Provides information on the most stunning records in the sport of professional hockey" -- Publisher Peasprout Chen: Future Legend of Skate and Sword By Henry Lien New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2018. Fiction. 330 pages.  "Peasprout Chen dreams of becoming a legend of wu liu, the deadly and beautiful art of martial arts figure skating. As the first students from the rural country of Shin to attend Pearl Famous Academy of Skate and Sword, Peasprout and her little brother, Cricket, have some pretty big skates to fill. They soon find themselves in a heated competition for top ranking." -- Publisher Great Moments in Olympic Snowboarding By Brian Howell Minneap...