Susan Rose Simms – författare

Let’s Explore the Neighborhood!

Start Your Engines for a Neighborhood Adventure! is a fun and engaging board book that invites young explorers on a ride through a lively neighborhood filled with cozy homes, friendly faces, and everyday discoveries. With bright, eye-catching illustrations and simple text, this book encourages kids to observe, imagine, and learn about the world around them—right from the comfort of their reading nook!

Perfect for tiny hands and curious minds, this sturdy board book helps build vocabulary, sharpen observation skills, and spark early learning in a joyful and relatable way. It’s the ideal introduction to community awareness and interactive storytelling.

What’s Inside: Bold, simple text to help toddlers identify places and objects in their surroundings Colorful and lively illustrations that capture the energy of a neighborhood Durable board book pages made for repeated use by little hands Why Parents & Educators Will Appreciate It: Helps develop early literacy and language skills Encourages environmental awareness and curiosity Ideal for read-aloud sessions, early classrooms, or gifting Why Kids Will Love It: Interactive and relatable scenes from their everyday world Fun way to learn new words and build confidence Bright, joyful pictures that keep them engaged and entertained Product Features: Sturdy board book format perfect for toddlers Colorful artwork that stimulates visual development Compact and ideal for travel, home, or school Perfect For: Toddlers learning about places, people, and their environment Building vocabulary and observation skills Everyday storytime, gifting, or preschool shelves

Hop on the Counting Bus for a journey through numbers! With cheerful illustrations, every stop in this board book turns counting into an exciting adventure for young learners.All aboard the Counting Bus—where numbers, rhymes, and fun come together for an unforgettable ride! Journey through the neighborhood, meeting friendly faces and playful pets along the way. Each stop brings a new opportunity to count, discover, and learn. Filled with vibrant illustrations and engaging rhymes, this delightful book transforms early math learning into a joyful adventure. Perfect for preschoolers and early learners, it helps build number recognition, observation, and vocabulary skills while keeping little readers entertained from start to finish.

I Love You, Sweet Baby is a beautifully illustrated and inclusive board book celebrating unconditional love and bonding, honoring parents’ and grandparents’ affection for every child, across all cultures and families.This is a tender, beautifully illustrated board book that celebrates the boundless love between babies, parents, and grandparents. Through gentle, rhythmic verse and heartwarming illustrations, it captures the joy, laughter, and deep connection that begin from the very start of life. Inclusive and comforting, this book honors every child—across cultures, families, and backgrounds—reminding little ones that they are cherished in every possible way. Perfect for snuggly story times, bedtime reading, and gifting, it’s a timeless expression of unconditional love and belonging.

This gripping book explores the problems that cane toads cause and what people are trying to do about them. Large photos and short paragraphs of easy-to-read text make the book accessible and engaging, and it also includes informative sidebars, a key locations map, comprehension questions, a glossary, an index, and a list of resources for further reading. This book is part of the Apex Honors imprint, which has a reading level of grades 3–4. However, the imprint is specifically designed for older readers, with interest levels of grades 3–9.