I Am Wriggly by Michael Rosen (author) and Robert Starling (illustrator) (Candlewick). “I am wriggly. REALLY wriggly. Wriggly, wriggly, wriggly. I’m SO wriggly…my whiskers wiggle, my ears jiggle…I wriggle around and around, I wriggle on the ground.” Indeed, the feisty bunny is squirmy. But if he doesn’t get all of his jumping, pumping, thumping energy out? Well, he just might burst!

Clouds in Space: Nebulae, Stardust, and Us by Teresa Robeson (author) and Diāna Renžina (illustrator) (MIT Kids Press). “WANT TO KNOW A SECRET? When you look up after sunset — to count the stars, glimpse a glancing meteor, or marvel at the moon — there are things you can’t clearly see suspended in the cosmos beyond the dark curtain of night.” And that’s where the spectral Nebula comes in. Her name means “cloud” in Latin, and she’s here to show us how we’re all made of stardust!

Sour Apple by Linda Liu (Henry Holt and Company). Have you ever had one of those days? The kind where nothing goes right? Well, apple is having one of them. Every other fruit got plucked from the orchard, but not him. “Why did they not pick me?” he wonders. “Am I the worst of the bunch? Am I not even good enough for your lunch?” Of course not! He’s plenty good enough, which he’ll soon discover in this clever tale ideal for anyone who’s ever been picked last.