Minnesota author David LaRochelle and illustrator Mike Wohnoutka won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for “See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog.” This is a page from inside the book.

In new picture books, John Owens takes us up north for Minnesota canoeing, ... This Sheep Needs Your Help! and This Pirate Needs Your Help!, by David LaRochelle, Candlewick, 18 pages.

Go and Get With Rex, by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka. (Candlewick Press, $17.99, due May 7) A perfect book for kids who know the alphabet but aren’t yet strong readers — or ...