Lionel and Molly, Colors: Joanna Lake

Lionel and Molly, Colors is a new touch-and-feel book from little bee books. Joanna Lake's two characters explore color, weather, and texture together. Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft, with a touch of sophistication in the simplicity, text and imagery are a nice balance. The inserted textures are an added bonus for little readers' fingers.

Introduce your totz to multiple concepts with Colors. Look for more from Lionel and Molly.



Lionel and Molly, Colors
By Joanna Lake
illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
little bee books, 2015

Lionel and Molly, Opposites: Joanna Lake

Lionel and Molly are the best of friends, even though they are quite opposite. Comparing the mouse and lion, along with textured inserts, makes a fun read for your smallest readertotz.

Lionel and Molly, Opposites shows how two friends can be different: loud and quiet, big and small, with varied interests. However, they both enjoy tea parties.

Jess Racklyeft's textured but simple shapes read easily with Joanna Lake's words. The added bonus of texture is an enjoyable surprise.

Lionel and Molly, Opposites
By Joanna Lake
Illustrated by Jess Racklyeft
Little Bee Books, 2015

Shark Bite! by Beatrice Costamagna, Little Bee Books

Shark Bite! is a fun read for your readertotz, helping them to see maybe the fearsome can be friendly after all. On each spread, Mark the shark shows his teeth, and a pull tab allows the reader to chomp through the book.

Scary, then angry, then laughing, thanks to the tickling octopus, Mark finds friendship in the sea. Beatrice Costamagna's illustrations are bright and inviting. Look for Shark Bite! for your readertotz and take a bite out of this board book this summer.

Shark Bite!
illustrated by Beatrice Costamagna
Little Bee Books, 2015

Giveaway from Little Bee Books!

As hinted, here's the rafflecopter from Little Bee! Have fun playing everyone! All the rules and regs can be found here for your readertotz. Best to you!

Introducing little bee books, a new US division of Bonnier Publishing! We are a small and passionate team dedicated to making beautiful and innovative books for children ages 0-12. Our debut list is now available, in bookstores and online. You can view all of our upcoming books here: http://www.simonandschuster.com/search/books/Imprint-little-bee-books/_/N-1z113mz/Ne-ph4.

In honor of the release of our very first books, we are running 3 exclusive giveaways from January 14^th to February 4^th, 2015: readertotz was kind enough to host our giveaway for a full set of the My First books! My First is a new series of board books (4 in total) that introduces children to basic concepts through simple yet bold graphic artwork.

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Welcome, little bee books!

In this fresh new year, Joan and I are happy to welcome little bee books to the world. With a firm grasp of writing the very best for the very youngest, their line has launched. Take a look:



Adorable, yes? Jedda Robaard's text has just the right amount of weight with perfect pacing. Your readertotz will love the tension as Little Fox looks for his tail, and Little Mouse seeks her squeak. Robaard's illustrations appear to be light pencil and watercolor with much white space for a font with its own personality.

We applaud little bee for joining the effort to promote literacy in the youngest reader with quality board, novelty, picture, and activity books. Watch for more reviews from Joan and an upcoming give-away. Further info soon!

Happy new year from readertotz and little bee books!



the little MOUSE who LOST her SQUEAK
the little FOX who LOST his TAIL
by Jedda Robaard
little bee books, 2014