1. LITTLE PEAR TREE1.《小梨樹》(Little Pear Tree)By Rachel Williams蕾切爾·威廉姆斯(Rachel Williams)編寫Illustrated by Jenny Bowers詹妮·鮑爾斯(Jenny Bowers)插圖12 pp. Big Picture Press/Candlewick Press. $14.99. (Lift-the-flap book; ages 2 to 5)12頁。大圖出版社/燭芯出版社(Big Picture Press/Candlewick Press)。14.99美元。（摺頁書；2至5歲）
Bowers’s brilliantly colored, textile-like paintings of a pear tree in the changing seasons incorporate dozens of flaps, some so subtly placed that little hands will have to feel their way across the page to find them all. A simple verse tells the tree’s story: “As summer comes, the golden sun / arises in the east. / The little pear tree, filled with pride, puts on its glorious feast.” Behind leaves and fruit lurk surprises: a beetle, fledgling birds and a fawn nibbling at the ground near its mother.鮑爾斯以鮮豔的色彩和織物的質地，描繪了一顆經歷四季變幻的梨樹，書中有20多個摺頁畫，有些隱藏得很巧妙，孩子的小手必須沿着頁面摸索才能找到。一首簡單的詩講述了這棵樹的故事：“夏日來臨，金色的太陽 / 從東方升起。/小小梨樹，滿懷驕傲，上演璀璨的盛宴。”在樹葉和水果後面隱藏着很多驚喜：一隻甲殼蟲，幾隻雛鳥，一隻在媽媽身旁啃地的小鹿。
2. I AM SO BRAVE! 2.《我特別勇敢！》(I Am so Brave!) By Stephen Krensky 斯蒂芬·克蘭斯基(Stephen Krensky)編寫 Illustrated by Sara Gillingham 薩拉·吉林厄姆(Sara Gillingham)繪圖 12 pp. Abrams Appleseed. $6.95. (Board book; ages 2 to 5) 12頁。艾布拉姆斯·阿普爾西德出版社(Abrams Appleseed)。6.95美元。（硬紙板書；2至5歲）
In this continuation of the publisher’s confidence-inspiring series (“I Can Do It Myself!,” “I Know a Lot!”) Krensky and Gillingham follow a preschool boy who admits to having been afraid of dogs, swimming, loud horns and other common childhood anxieties, and then relates how he overcame those fears. Krensky’s simple declarative text is made more interesting by Gillingham’s eye-catchingly cute silk-screen illustrations, notable in having an African-American child as the main character, with plenty of diversity among the other children with whom he plays. 在該出版社的激發信心繫列（《我能自己做！》[I Can Do It Myself!]，《我知道很多事情！》[I Know a Lot!]）這個最新的續集裏，克蘭斯基和吉林厄姆講述了一個幼兒園小男孩的故事，他承認自己怕狗、怕游泳、怕響亮的喇叭聲，以及令大多數小孩子害怕的其他東西，然後講述了他如何克服這些恐懼。克蘭斯基簡單的宣言式文字，因爲吉林厄姆令人愛不釋手的絲印插圖而變得更有趣了。值得注意的是，這些插圖以一個非裔美國小孩爲主要人物，和他一起玩的孩子來自多個種族。 3. QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS 3.《問題，問題》(Questions, Questions) Written and illustrated by Marcus Pfister 馬庫斯·普菲斯特(Marcus Pfister)編寫、繪圖 22 pp. NorthSouth Books. $8.95. (Board book; ages 2 to 5) 22頁。北南圖書出版社(NorthSouth Books)。8.95美元。（硬紙板書；2至5歲）
Pfister, the Swiss author and illustrator of “The Rainbow Fish,” here ponders the great “whys” of the natural world. “Who teaches butterflies to fly, / splashing their colors through the sky?” and “Do apple seeds dream happily / of growing up to be a tree?” His illustrations have the tactile, wet look of sponge prints, but with careful details (claws, eyes, antennas) drawn in by hand to give the animals he pictures specificity. Previously published in picture-book format, “Questions, Questions” makes a poetic, calming read-aloud, just right for bedtime or a peaceful moment in the park. 瑞士作家、插畫師普菲斯特曾出版《彩虹魚》(The Rainbow Fish)。他借《問題，問題》一書思考自然界的很多重要“問題”。“誰教會蝴蝶飛翔，/在空中揮灑色彩？”“蘋果籽會幸福地夢想/長成大樹嗎？”他的海綿印畫插圖具有觸感和溼潤感，但也有精心手繪的細節（爪子、眼睛和觸角），讓這些動物更具特色。《問題，問題》之前曾以圖畫書的形式出版。它富有詩意，令人平靜，適合在睡前或在安靜的公園裏大聲朗讀。 4. THE LITTLE DUMP TRUCK 4.《小自卸車》(The Little Dump Truck) By Margery Cuyler 馬格麗·凱勒(Margery Cuyler)編寫 Illustrated by Bob Kolar 鮑勃·科拉爾(Bob Kolar)繪圖 22 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $7.99. (Board book; ages 2 to 5) 22頁。亨利·霍爾特出版公司(Henry Holt & Company)。7.99美元。（硬紙板書；2至5歲）
The cheerful, bouncing rhymes of Cuyler’s narrative are instantly endearing. You don’t have to be a construction-mad toddler to enjoy verses like “I’m a little dump truck / working hard each day. / Back and forth, back and forth, / I love my job — Hooray!” Older siblings may memorize this and “read” it aloud; babies should respond excitedly to the bold colors and simple shapes of Kolar’s child-friendly pictures. This board book deserves a place in the stroller or a car’s back seat, ready to roll past the excavations and building sites that inspired its creators. 凱勒的敘述節奏歡快、活躍，你很快就會喜歡上它。就連不懂建築的小孩也能欣賞裏面的詩句：“我是小自卸車/每天努力工作。/來來回回，來來回回，/我愛我的工作——耶耶！”大一點的孩子也許能記住並大聲“讀”出來；嬰兒們應該會爲科拉爾插圖的醒目色彩和簡單線條感到興奮，它們很適合小孩子。這本硬紙板書值得你買一本放在嬰兒車裏或汽車後座，你可以經過挖掘現場和建築工地，因爲正是這些地方啓發了這兩位作者。 5. B IS FOR BOX The Happy Little Yellow Box: A Pop-Up Book 5.《B是箱子：快樂小黃箱立體書》(B Is For Box: The Happy Little Yellow Box: A Pop-Up Book) Written and illustrated by David A. Carter 大衛·A·卡特(David A. Carter)編寫、繪圖 12 pp. Little Simon. $12.99. (Pop-up book; ages 3 to 6) 12頁。小西蒙出版社(Little Simon)。12.99美元。（立體書；3至6歲）
This sequel to “The Happy Little Yellow Box: A Pop-Up Book of Opposites” shares its predecessor’s bold black, white and bright yellow palette. An alphabet, written as if on a chalkboard, incorporates pull-tabs, flaps and, of course, pop-ups, in which the Happy Little Yellow Box appears unexpectedly, sliding down a slide, or hiding in the grass. Though some of Carter’s text is probably too sophisticated for lap-readers (“Oo is for an observatory in orbit”), it should keep their adults amused — always a good thing when children are likely to beg for repeated readings. 這本書是《快樂小黃箱：反義詞立體書》(The Happy Little Yellow Box: A Pop-Up Book of Opposites)的續集。和上本書一樣，它用的也是醒目的黑、白和亮黃色。它像是寫在黑板上的字母表，裏面有拉頁、摺頁和立體畫，快樂小黃箱會中意想不到地冒出來——從滑梯上滑下來或者藏在草叢中。雖然對小讀者們來說卡特的某些話可能太難懂了（“O是軌道上的瞭望臺”），但是大人們應該覺得很有趣——這是好事，因爲孩子們可能會懇求你反覆朗讀。
