Lyons Regional Library

"Includes images representing opposing concepts like small and large, empty and full, hot and cold, and open and closed"--

Spend time with your child looking at pictures of various pieces of clothing--a winter sweater, striped socks, a summer dress. Babies can see the crisp black-and-white images with red details and patterns and start to explore their world.

In this wordless picture book, one little boy brings his community together with his love for plants and flowers.

A child from the city visits the countryside and discovers the joy and wonder of forests, lakes, stars, and sun.

"The shapes in these books are easy to recognize, thanks to the high contrast of the images in black, white, and red, the first three colors babies can perceive. In Follow Me, Little One! babies can follow the path on each spread that leads from an adult animal to its adorable baby."--Publisher marketing.

"On a gloomy, dripping, rain-boots-required kind of day, Kid is ready to stay inside, warm and dry, and play video games. But to Dog, Kid's arrival home means only one thing: it's time for WALKIES! Outside, rain means puddles to splash in, mud to splock in! Tiny ears perked up, tail a-waggling with joy, Dog bounds through the park, Kid in tow. Playful action sequences, bold facial expressions, and vivid illustrations all drive this wordless tale,...

"For as long as Saanvi can remember, she has been friends with her elderly neighbor Helen. They play cards and garden together and, especially, care for the wild birds that visit Helen's yard. When Helen dies suddenly, a "For Sale" sign goes up, and movers arrive, emptying the house of its furniture and stripping the yard of its birdfeeders. The sparrows and hummingbirds disappear. Soon a bulldozer tears down Helen's house. All winter, Saanvi walks...

"Noche antigua combina varios relatos de la tradición oral, como el del conejo y el tlacuache, así como una rivalidad inventada entre ambos que sirve para contar lo que sucede en la noche, tras la milpa: las andanzas de un afanoso conejo y un audaz tlacuache que van y vienen por el campo provocando que la luna cambie de apariencia y que la noche se transforme en día. Este álbum silente está inspirado en el complejo y monumental pensamiento mesoamericano...

"Bear, Staffan Gnosspelius's debut book, is a gorgeous visual meditation on depression. In this deeply affecting, wordless picture book for adults, a bear is maddeningly afflicted with a cone that covers his head and that he is unable to take off. He furiously stomps and yells and tears at the cone, he implores the skies and fate for relief, he is drawn to dark and wild and scary places. The depths of his sadness feel like a defeat. It's a battle...