Poor Socksquatch. All he wants is two warm feet, but things aren't going his way. Even his friends can't help. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! What's a monster to do? Frank Dormer's sweet, funny monster story will charm the socks off young readers.

Somebody Took My Socks is a book about a boy and his missing socks. Who took his socks? Was it that silly Socktopus? We're going to get to the bottom of this sock mystery!

Little Sock is tired of his routine. Day after day, it's the same old thing. He gets worn, he gets dirty, and he gets washed. Nothing ever changes. The other socks in the drawer don't seem to mind but Little Sock wants something different. He has heard of a place, Sock City, where everything is new and exciting, so one night he makes his escape from his drawer. Will Little Sock reach his destination? And what will he find there?

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.

Dormer, author of "Sasquatch" and illustrator of numerous children's book, delivers the story of a pen that has a mind of its own. Who knows what to do with a pen that has a free will? Young Horace has an idea. Full color.

"Fourth-grade superhero Jo Schmo and her drooling dog Raymond go back in time to stop the infamous and stinky outlaw Wyatt Burp."--

An endearing little girl becomes a superhero for her family in this fresh take on a new-sibling story.