“Everyone’s Awake”
By Colin Meloy;
illustrated by Shawn Harris
In this house, when everyone stays awake at night, things get very strange, what with Mom on the roof, and Grandma playing cards with the ghost of long-dead Grandpa Paul, and even the dog and cat are acting weird. What will happen when morning finally comes? Chronicle Books
“Green on Green”
A child is on a colorful journey through the seasons, filled with yellow flowers and blue coral in spring and summer and orange pumpkins and green pine forests in fall and winter. All the while, there is another colorful change on the horizon: the birth of a new sibling. Simon & Schuster
“The Nest That Wren Built”
By Randi Sonenshine;
illustrated by Anne Hunter
In the rhyming style of “The House That Jack Built,” this poem about the care and specificity that Carolina wrens put into building a nest is at once tender and true to life. Candlewick Press