2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

Picture Book

You Can Do It, Sam

Sam and Mrs. Bear wake up super-early to bake cakes for their neighbors.  When it's time to deliver them, Mrs. Bear encourages Sam to walk from the truck up to each house all by himself!  He's nervous, but he does it!!  And when the two of them get home, there are two cakes left, for two charming bears.

Kindness Makes the World Go Round

Elmo wakes up on World Kindness Day to discover that he's been in someone's thoughts, and that someone has left him a very thoughtful package!  Mommy has given him a camera and has challenged him to capture images of kindness all over Sesame Street.  With that, Elmo is visiting with Big Bird and Oscar, Rosita and Julia, Snuffy and Grover; and he learns that "Kindness take practice, but when you deliver, you may be surprised -- it's great being the GIVER!"

PAR-TAY!: Dance of the Veggies (and Their Friends)

Would it surprise you to come home with your family one night and discover that all the veggies in your fridge were party animals, uhm, vegetables?  Really, you can imagine a string bean showing off some rad hip-hop moves, right?  Or a band comprised of a tomato, eggplant, basil, and Swiss chard?  Families with even the pickiest eaters are guaranteed to enjoy these dance floor antics, and perhaps some young skeptics will even be convinced to try a nibble of asparagus.