La Porte County Public Library System

Four-year-old Sal cannot find a gift she recieved from Santa, her new baby sister still does not have a name and takes up all of Mama's attention, and her brother Billy is annoying, but Sal finds her own strengths over an eventful Christmas season with her family.

Helping her parents with the new twins, JoJo must figure out a way to tell the identical babies apart.

"I am not sleepy. I am not sleepy because I am a baby. Mommy is sleepy. Mommy is sleepy because I am a baby. With humor and sympathy, Bob Shea looks at the chaos of life with a baby as amiably narrated by the new arrival. Repeating the mantra (and blithe explanation) "because I am a baby," the tiny narrator leads us through scenes of exhaustion, grumpiness, squishy diapers, spilled milk, cowering kittens, and chubby overfed pups (oopsie!). Playing...

Every morning Bongo walks downstairs to get his food, passing his potted plant, his old chair, and his stinky carpet. Until one morning... something is different! Something monstrous is in his way! Bongo is beside himself with worry. Will it take his walks? What if it eats his food? Or even worse... what if it takes his family?! This charmingly funny new-baby story, told from the perspective of a dog, explores the fears and joys that come with change....

Babies from all over the world get ready for bed, and say "good night" in fifteen of the world's most spoken languges.

"I love your face, I really do! Nobody has a face like you. Your eyes, your ears, your button nose, your chubby cheeks, I just love those. You take me to my happy place. Little one, I love your face. From the top of their heads to the tip of their chins, there's no better way to let your little one know how much you love everything about them -- especially those beautiful faces! I Love Your Face combines a warm and playful message of love from bestelling...

A baby imagines all the reasons why mommies never seem to sleep, failing to understand that it is often because babies need so much attention.

"A loving, timeless ode to how the moon remembers each of us as babies and watches over all of us too-whether human, furred, feathered, or finned"--

Fifth-grader Adam Fine thinks that his two llamas will be a hit at the grand reopening of the town's library.

The Adventures of Finn Wilder series is written for a new baby in our family and will follow him with imagined stories throughout the years. The series is focused on outdoor adventures, bringing the beauty and importance of nature into children's lives while also educating and inspiring them. The second book is Taco, Avocado, Cow! When Finn goes on his first hiking trip to Turkey Run State Park, he is amazed at the beauty of the trees, Sugar Creek,...