New Releases by Corey Rosen Schwartz

"A bundled-up turkey gives away pieces of its own winter clothing to chilly animal friends"--

Join these two tough trucks on their second picture book adventure! Two tough trucks -- the fastest of friends -- love racing and chasing and zipping ''round bends. But when they chase and zip without paying attention... Mack and Rig get separated! Will they find their way back to each other, and to their parents?In this sequel to Two Tough Trucks, we join preschool vehicles on an action-packed playdate that goes a little off the rails. Kids will love imagining themselves as Mack and Rig zipping around Hilary Leung''s beautiful American Southwestern landscapes, and parents will enjoy reading the easy, bouncing rhymes.Get ready to vroom and zoom your way to fun and friendship with these two lovable and tough trucks!

“I’m in a bad MOOOOOOD!” Mootilda’s in a bad mooood! She visits her friends on the farm to try to change her tune, but one bad thing after another keeps happening. She skips and trips and spills milk everywhere. She tries to alley-oop but misses the hoop, and there’s a big crash at the chicken coop. Her day has been a cow-tastrophe! Is there any way Mootilda can turn her bad mooood around?

A clever twist on Hansel and Gretel that proves ninja chicks are anything but chicken! Illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Dan Santat. When Hensel and Gretel’s dad gets snatched by a fox, the sisters put their ninja skills to work to track him down before he can be stir-fried. But are these two little chicks ready to take on a dark tangled forest, a tricky house made of corn bread, and an even trickier fox? This plucky pair isn’t giving up without a fight! Kiya! Kids will fight over this new offering from the team behind The Three Ninja Pigs and Ninja Red Riding Hood.

It takes a team to build a tree house—but what if that team includes one very bossy moose? When Fox, Toad, Bear, Porcupine, and Skunk set out to build a tree house, they know just what to do: they’ll follow a plan and they’ll work as a team. But when bossy Moose barges in and upends their plans with some of his own, his friends become more and more frustrated…until things go hilariously awry! This lively rhyming picture book is pure, bouncy fun even as it imparts a subtle lesson about teamwork. Young readers will love to chant along: “But what about you, Moose!”

Can a ninja-fied Little Red Riding Hood end with everyone happy? Find out in this fractured fairy tale that''s sure to be a storytime hit. Illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Dan Santat. Wolf just can’t catch a break! Ever since the three little pigs started teaching everyone Ninja skills, huffing and puffing just hasn’t been enough to scare up a good meal. His craving for meat sends Wolf to classes at the dojo, and soon he’s ready to try out his new moves. A little girl and her tiny granny should be easy targets—right? Not if Little Red has anything to say about it! Kiya! Kids will be sure to fight over this companion to the hits The Three Ninja Pigs and Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks!

A rockin'' twist on Goldilocks and the Three Bears that shows how being yourself can get you out of a tight spot. Papa Bear, Mama Bear, and Baby Bear know how to rock! But they need a new singer, so they audition everyone—the Three Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and more. To their dismay, no one seems just right. Could the perfect lead singer be the mysterious girl sleeping on Baby Bear’s keyboard? This mash up of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Voice is a surefire storytime hit. From the author of The Three Ninja Pigs.

Practice makes perfect in this kick-butt fractured fairy tale, illustrated by Caldecott Medal winner Dan Santat. Why does this wolf think he can come to town and blow all the houses down? These three little pigs just aren''t going to take it from that bully anymore! The first starts aikido lessons—he''ll make mincemeat out of that wolf! His brother learns a little jujitsu—he''ll chop that guy to pieces! But when the wolf actually appears, it turs out these two pigs aren''t quite ready after all. Good thing their sister has been training every day to master some serious karate moves that save the day. KIYA! Corey Rosen Schwartz serves up a fun combination of smart-aleck dialogue and tongue-in-cheek rhymes that''ll have kids howling, and rising star Dan Santat''s spunky illustrations are sure to pack a punch! Be sure to look for just-as-clever companion books Ninja Red Riding Hood and Hensel & Gretel: Ninja Chicks!

When Mouse and Elephant go to the playground together, it seems as if everything they try to play on together is broken, until they finally find the piece of equipment that is just right for them.

Fox and her friends are building a playhouse. Everything goes smoothly until bossy Moose tromps in and tries to be in charge of everything. When Moose''s bossing causes the project to go awry, can the friends work as a team to come up with a solution?