Frances Gilbert

Celebrate the beauty of the natural world in this meditative picture book encouraging mindfulness, gratitude, and love for the environment—featuring illustrations painted on actual wood.Can you hug a forest? Of course you can. First you hug the air: open your arms, lift up your chin, and breathe in all the way down to your toes. Then you hug a leaf and a flower and a trail and a stream and all the other wondrous natural elements that make up a forest. Take every chance to soak in your natural surroundings and be grateful for nature.

It’s coming! SPLORCH! IT’S COMING! What happens when slime shows up on your doorstep? BLERB. Should you let it in?FLERK. Nope. Never open the door, or else…OH NO! The kids in this book opened the door

Who doesn’t love cake?! This Step 1 reader is the latest in the I Love Pink! series, this time following the little girl and her grandma as they bake a cake.Cake is simply the best! The star of I Love

Perfect for Teacher Appreciation Week! This Step 1 reader is the latest in the I Love…series that started with I Love Pink! This story is all about how wonderful school is when you have a great teacher.Teachers are simply the best! The star of I Love Pink! and I Love My Tutu! absolutely loves her teacher! There’s so much to learn, and her teacher makes it fun. So fun that our little pink lover enjoys pretending to be a teacher when she gets home. Emergent readers will relate to this story while bolstering their reading skills in this heartwarming celebration of teachers.Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.Young readers will LOVE the other I LOVE books in this series!I Love My Pink!I Love My Tutu!I Love Cake!I Love My Teacher!Series Overview: Since 1984, Step Into Reading has set the standard. Random House was the first trade publ

Inspired by The Velveteen Rabbit, this adorable gift book celebrates friendship, loyalty, and everlasting love. It’s the perfect present for both children and adults, a warm read-aloud for those who e

Come along for a rollicking ride in this picture book celebration of vehicles that puts girls in the driver’s seat!Girls can race…and girls can fly. Girls can rocket way up high!Piloting fire trucks,

A girl shares her love for all things PINK—pink clothes, pink pillows, pink pets?—in this imaginative early reader. Fans of Pinkalicious will relate! A little girl wishes everything in her world co

A retelling of the beloved classic for the youngest readers, in honor of the 75th anniversary of Little Golden Books! “A key!” cried Mary. “Is it the key to the secret garden?” This story of