New Releases by Steve Metzger

Featuring vibrant full-color photos and easy-to-read text, "I'm a Reader" board books promote: Increased vocabulary, beginning reading, parent-child conversations, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and thought-provoking questions. A lifetime of FUN learning starts here!

Featuring vibrant full-color photos and easy-to-read text, "I'm a Reader" board books promote: Increased vocabulary, beginning reading, parent-child conversations, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and thought-provoking questions. A lifetime of FUN learning starts here!

Featuring vibrant full-color photos and easy-to-read text, "I'm a Reader" board books promote: Increased vocabulary, beginning reading, parent-child conversations, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and thought-provoking questions. A lifetime of FUN learning starts here!

Featuring vibrant full-color photos and easy-to-read text, "I'm a Reader" board books promote: Increased vocabulary, beginning reading, parent-child conversations, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and thought-provoking questions. A lifetime of FUN learning starts here!

Blueberry the Carousel Horse and the other carousel animals are tired of doing the same thing every day - just going around and around in circles. Will anything ever change? Delightful illustrations enrich this engaging tale of how young children's questions spark the curiosity of Blueberry and her carousel companions, bringing excitement and joy to their day . "Curious Blueberry the Carousel Horse" will be an essential addition to your family library, one that promotes your children's love of questions and growing sense of wonder about the world. When you let wonder lead, learning will follow!

To nine-year-old twins Walter and Christopher, "Swampland" is the best video game ever! But when the boys start arguing over whose turn it is to play, Mama and Papa Bumble banish them to the great outdoors. In the scary outside world full of nature and girls, the twins must find a place for a secret clubhouse and come up with a set of rules for their new, ultra exclusive club. The laughs and adventures continue in this second part of the Bumble Brothers graphic novel saga.

The first year of a baby's life is the most essential for establishing a strong parent-child bond. This sturdy board book, which focuses on physical development, shows a diverse range of parents and caregivers positively interacting with their babies by waving bye-bye, clapping hands, rolling over, crawling, starting to walk, holding a favorite toy. Additional suggestions for parents are included.

The first year of a baby's life is the most essential for establishing a strong parent-child bond. This sturdy bi-lingual board book, which focuses on physical development, shows a diverse range of parents and caregivers positively interacting with their babies by waving bye-bye, clapping hands, rolling over, crawling, starting to walk, holding a favorite toy. Additional suggestions for parents are included.

The first year of a baby's life is the most essential for establishing a strong parent-child bond. This sturdy board book, which focuses on emotional development, shows a diverse range of parents and caregivers positively interacting with their babies bymaking loving contact throughout the day, playing together, sharing books, snuggling. Additional suggestions for parents are included.

The first year of a baby's life is the most essential for establishing a strong parent-child bond. This sturdy board book, which focuses on emotional development, shows a diverse range of parents and caregivers positively interacting with their babies bymaking loving contact throughout the day, playing together, sharing books, snuggling. Additional suggestions for parents are included.

The first year of a baby's life is the most essential for establishing a strong parent-child bond. This sturdy bi-lingual board book, which focuses on cognitive development, shows a diverse range of parents and caregivers positively interacting with their babies by sharing books, playing in the bathtub, making music, playing with toys. Additional suggestions for parents are included.

A bug is thankful for a leaf, A sea star for its coral reef. A hawk is thankful for the sky, A piglet for a muddy sty. In this colorful board book, animals are the perfect examples of gratitude for the simple things, from the open sea to a safe barn stall. With adorable, brightly colored drawings and rhyming couplets, Thankful Animals, Thankful Me will teach your child about a multitude of animals, all while showing them how to be thankful. A life full of gratitude has never been so easy—or cute!

Meet Walter and Christopher: the Bumble Brothers. These nine-year-old twins MUST have the latest comic book featuring their favorite superhero, Frabbit (1/2 frog & 1/2 rabbit). But Harold the neighborhood bully stands in their way. Featuring wacky misunderstandings, riddles that nobody gets, goofy puns, and silly fantasy sequences, this graphic novel series will have early elementary school kids laughing non-stop!

Brilliant full-color photos enhance the simple, easy-to-read text in this educational series of five photographic board books -- available in English and bilingual (Spanish and English) versions.

Brilliant full-color photos enhance the simple, easy-to-read text in this educational series of five photographic board books -- available in English and bilingual (Spanish and English) versions.

Brilliant full-color photos enhance the simple, easy-to-read text in this educational series of five photographic board books -- available in English and bilingual (Spanish and English) versions.

Brilliant full-color photos enhance the simple, easy-to-read text in this educational series of five photographic board books -- available in English and bilingual (Spanish and English) versions.

Brilliant full-color photos enhance the simple, easy-to-read text in this educational series of five photographic board books -- available in English and bilingual (Spanish and English) versions.

Brilliant full-color photos enhance the simple, easy-to-read text in this educational series of five photographic board books -- available in English and bilingual (Spanish and English) versions.

Brilliant full-color photos enhance the simple, easy-to-read text in this educational series of five photographic board books -- available in English and bilingual (Spanish and English) versions.

手機為我們帶來更便利生活，卻也在無形中阻絕了親子間面對面溝通的機會 一不留神，可能就錯過和孩子建立親密關係的機會 「放下你的笨手機！」我抬頭看著大人這麼說。 不過，只說一次好像不太夠。因為不論什麼時候、什麼場合，爸爸媽媽總是盯著手機看，不停地滑呀滑，明明我就在他們旁邊，我也可以和他們分享有趣好玩的事情，但是，他們似乎覺得，對著小小的螢幕和別人傳訊息更開心。 明明已經特地出門來公園玩了，大人還是只想坐在椅子上繼續滑手機，根本不想陪我玩，一切都是笨手機害的！我雖然很生氣，但是也覺得有點難過，我只是希望，和爸爸媽媽在一起的時候，他們可以認真地和我聊天、唱一首兒歌給我聽、跟我玩拋接球的遊戲……不管做什麼都好，只要他們願意放下手機，好好看我一下。 人與人之間的情感，可貴在面對面的眼神交流，這是文字訊息、視訊通話無法取代的，科技的發展大幅地改變了人們的生活習慣，我們頻繁地使用手機，有時是為了工作，不只是娛樂；可是在孩子的眼裡，專注使用手機的爸爸媽媽好像一點也不在乎自己，這是很令人傷心的。孩子成長的每一刻都是如此寶貴，不再重來，別讓小小年紀的他們承受科技帶來的冷漠，孤單地長大。這本繪本除了說出孩子的心聲，也提醒了我們，別輕忽孩子渴望分享生活的心情，因為在他們的世界裡，爸爸媽媽是無可取代的溫暖陪伴！ ★ 彎下腰來，看著孩子的眼睛，仔細地聽聽他們想對大人說的話！ ★ 生動描繪親子間的相聚時光，充滿童趣的故事情節亦發人省思！

The places that you've shown me, Are all I've ever known.But now I'd like to see much more, Turn off your silly phone! Laugh-out-loud rhymes and delightful illustrations show how children really feel when parents and caregivers spend too much time on their phones. The perfect read-aloud for our times!

Introducing baby animals through questions and answers.

Introducing farm animals through questions and answers.

A picture book that explains all the different ways listening to the world can help children at home and at school.

Follow the journeys of five seeds through rhyming text, that may be recited to the counting song 'Five green and speckled frogs'.

Princess Kitty is in for a royal treat! Her palace attendants are throwing a surprise party in her honor. At least, that’s what she thinks! There will be games, presents, cake, and more. But when the guests start arriving, no one is paying attention to the kitty of honor! What’s a princess to do? From award-winning children’s book author Steve Metzger, and accompanied by colorful, vibrant illustrations by Ella Okstad, comes Princess Kitty, a sweet and silly story about a kitty who learns to share the spotlight. Perfect for fans of They All Saw a Cat and Bad Kitty!

"Skeleton can't wait to put on a jaw-dropping performance at the Halloween talent show! There's only one problem...she can't stop sneezing! Will she be able to keep her act together?" -- Back cover.

This spooky spoof on "This Is the House That Jack Built" is perfect Halloween fun! "This is the skeleton who nailed down the floor,That upset the werewolf who put in a door,That stopped the spider who started to crawl,That shocked the mummy who raised the wall,Inside the house that monsters built."This Is the House That Monsters Built uses the building verse characteristic of the original nursery rhyme "This Is the House That Jack Built." A vampire, a ghost, a zombie, a mummy, and more all contribute to the spooky fun in the house that monsters built.Young children will love the zany artwork featuring all the different monsters from bestselling illustrator Jared Lee!