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From Story Time: The Letter "L"

Toddler Time
By Tadgh Bentley
New York: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2017. Picture Book.

Little Penguin has a problem ... his friend Kenneth is upset! And it's all because Little Penguin ate Kenneth's deliciously yummy razzle dazzle seaweed lollipop! Little Penguin's tried everything he can think of to make it up to Kenneth but nothing seems to help--not even a hug! Can YOU help him save the day? --Editor

Preschool Time
Written by Angela Woolfe
Illustrated by Duncan Beedie
Wilton, CT: Tiger Tales, 2021. Picture Book.

Charlie Palmer, super spy has been summoned for a top-secret mission: to find the president's underpants! She gets herself geared up. Gadgets ready? Check! Sunglasses on? Check! But who could have taken the underpants? Could it be Greta Grimm and her goons? Watch out, bad guys! Villains are no match for this AWESOME llama! --Editor

Preschool Time 
Written by Jonathan Stutzman
Illustrated by Heather Fox
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2019. Picture Book.

Eating too much pie causes Llama to rip his dancing pants, opening a black hole and threatening the entire universe. --Editor

Book Babies
By Rebecca Purcell
London: Tiny Seed Publishing, 2020.

Cat has a new pink hat! After the wind blows the hat away, will he ever find it? --Editor

Monday Cuentos
By Anna Dewdney
New York : Penguin Young Readers, 2022. Libro Illustrado.

En este hermoso cuento bilingüe, Llama Llama y MamÔ Llama estÔn terminando de decorar todo para las fiestas, así que Llama decide ir a ayudar a sus amigos: a colgar guirnaldas, decorar Ôrboles y hornear galletas. Únete a Llama, Gilroy, Nelly, Euclid y Luna para celebrar con ellos su época favorita del año. --Publisher

Friday Cuentos
Written by Natasha Wing
Illustrated by Mike Lester
Nueva York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2023. Libro Illustrado.

Era la nocha antes de Nochebuena. TenĆ­amos tanto que hacer. AĆŗn sin Ć”rbol, y mamĆ” no dejaba de toser. ¡Oh, no! ¡Es la noche antes de Nochebuena y parece que todo va mal! ¡MamĆ” estĆ” enferma, todos los calcetines navideƱos estĆ”n rotos, las filas en el centro comercial son de millas de largo! ¿EstarĆ” todo listo para Nochebuena? ¡El tic-tac del reloj no se detiene! --Publisher

Cuentitos
By Guido van Genechten
New York: Clavis Publishing Inc., 2022. Libro de Cartón.

Copito, el osito polar, ya sabe mucho: dónde nadan los deliciosos peces, a qué sabe un copito de nieve, que el viento puede abrazar y también morder, y cuÔndo el sol y la luna estÔn en el cielo. También sabe cuÔnto se puede alejar de mamÔ y aún estar a salvo. Por supuesto, hay cosas que Copito aún no comprende del todo, pero sabe la respuesta a la pregunta mÔs importante ... Una conmovedora historia de un osito polar, sobre el amor y el cariño, para todas las edades. --Publisher

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