Clifford's Kitten

10 best books like Clifford's Kitten (Norman Bridwell): Curious George and the Pizza, Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever, Henry's Awful Mistake, The Berenstain Bears and Mama's New Job, The Night I Followed the Dog, What Moms Can't Do, The Truck Book, Froggy's First Kiss, Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash, A Very Special Critter (Look-Look)

Curious George and the Pizza

Author	Margret Rey
ISBN	0395390338

My son recently discovered the Curious George animated television show and is totally enamored. I decided it was time to show him that Curious George was originally a book character, so I grabbed this as his first Curious George book.
I know, I know, I should have gone with the classic Curious George...

Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever

Author	Richard Scarry
ISBN	1402772173

Willy Bunny has learned to count-and so will children, by the time they've finished Richard Scarry's fun-filled book.
When Willy's father suggests that he practice counting all the things he sees, he begins with ONE BUNNY (himself) and soon finds more numbers everywhere: TWO eggs on his daddy's...

Henry's Awful Mistake

Author	Robert M. Quackenbush
ISBN	0819310395

Henry the Duck sure gets himself into some sticky situations! Just when he thinks dinner is almost ready, he spots an ant in the house. Children and parents alike will love following disaster-prone Henry through his adventures in cooking, cleverly written and illustrated by Robert Quackenbush.

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The Berenstain Bears and Mama's New Job

Author	Stan Berenstain
ISBN	0394868811

This book was published in 1984 by Random House Publishers and is a book in the First Time Book series. The story starts out showing the different talents and hobbies each member of the Bear family has. Papa works as a businessman, selling furniture he makes and Mama takes care of the family, manages the...

The Night I Followed the Dog

Author	Nina Laden
ISBN	0811806472

"I have a dog. Nothing exotic or special, just an ordinary dog. In fact, I always thought he was a boring dog. What I mean is, he can fetch, roll over, and shake hands, but mostly he sleeps and eats."
Or so the little boy in this story thinks, until one morning when he opens the door a little early and sees...

What Moms Can't Do

Author

Douglas Wood

This is a humorous but also surprisingly thoughtful little read, ostensibly about all the things moms CAN'T do. Really, it is more about the ways the little dinosaur projects his fears/insecurities/interests onto his mom--for example, if it's something he doesn't like doing alone, then it's something...

The Truck Book

Author	Harry McNaught
ISBN	0394837037

Harry McNaught, The Truck Book (Random House, 1978)

I had initially thought, when we picked this one up at a garage sale, it might be a little too advanced for the bean, my construction-equipment-obsessed two-year-old. And he did have a few problems with attention span the first few times we...

Froggy's First Kiss

Author	Jonathan London
ISBN	0140565701

Does Froggy have a girlfriend?

He can't even think straight when she's around. When Frogilina smiles at him through the monkey bars, Froggy falls smack on his head-bonk! So with Valentine's Day just a week away, Froggy gets busy making an extra-special valentine. The fifth book about the irrepressible...

Jimmy's Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash

Author	Trinka Hakes Noble
ISBN	0140549218

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A Very Special Critter (Look-Look)

Author

Mercer Mayer

Basic Plot: Little Critter gets a new student in his class who is different from everyone else: he has to use a wheelchair.

In his typical style, Mayer makes his lessons accessible to children. The tone is a bit more serious in this one, as Critter is a bit confused about what it means to be handicapped....

The Grumpy Morning

Author	Pamela Duncan Edwards
ISBN	0786803312

When the farm animals don't get fed one morning they go looking for the farmer. They find her still in bed. I really like that the farmer is a lady, nice to see the author has created an equality aspect to this story. They animals all get fed and the owl finally gets to go to bed for the day.

Teaching...

Max's Chocolate Chicken

Author	Rosemary Wells
ISBN	0140566724

Max wants to eat the chocolate chicken that the Easter Bunny left in the birdbath, but Ruby insists they hunt for eggs first.

On Easter morning, Max discovers the Easter Bunny has left a chocolate chicken in the birdbath. But when he reaches for it, Ruby intervenes and insists that it's the prize...