Duckie's Rainbow

Author

Mike Austin

An explosively bright and colorful picture book with lots of kid appeal

Did you know that monsters love to scribble, scribble, mix, dance, and wiggle?!

Why? Because monsters love to make new colors!

Celebrate along with the hilarious monsters in this wild and energetic...

Author	Emma Dodd
ISBN	0525465286

At last, here is a concept book with a sense of humor and a satisfying story.Poor Dog. Somehow he always manages to be underfoot when someone makes a mess. Red jam, blue paint, pink ice cream, orange juice -- the history of his day is splattered on his bright, white coat. And by evening, there are ten colorful...

Author	Laura Vaccaro Seeger
ISBN	1596431954

Lemons are not Red. Apples are red. Lemons are yellow. . . .

Clever cutouts in the pages make a simple, original, and utterly beguiling introduction to color.

Laura Vaccaro Seeger, whose The Hidden Alphabet dazzled critics and readers alike, introduces young children to color in...

Author	Jane Cabrera
ISBN	0803720904

I'm a huge fan of all Jane Cabrera's books because they work so well with library-story-time groups of the pre-school-age persuasion. In this story a tiger-like kitten wants you to guess its favorite color.

We have two story time performers so one asked the question featured on each double-page...

Author	Petr Horáček
ISBN	0763633437

Little ones will hover over this colorful look at insect critters as they peek through die-cuts and enjoy a final pop-up surprise.

Lucy sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden, along with a bright green beetle, a brilliant blue dragonfly, some red ladybugs, and many more flying and crawling...

Author	Emma Garcia
ISBN	1906250219

Colorful cars beep-beep, toot-toot, vroom-vroom, and whoosh across these collage-like pages, inviting kids along on an entertaining trip. Little ones will love joining in with the sounds, reading them aloud as they watch a little red jeep, big blue van, sleek black sports car, long pink limousine,...

Author	Edward Gibbs
ISBN	0763664316

Look through each eye-catching spy hole to spot a new farmyard animal!

Down on the farm there are many colorful and noisy animals to spy. Look through the spy hole and use the clues to guess which one is next. Then turn the page to reveal the animal. Watch as young children quickly become engaged...

Author

Airlie Anderson

Bored one cloudy gray day, a white cat wanders about finding colorful experiences, and incorporating them into her being. From the green of the trees to the red of the roses, the blue of water to the purple of a butterfly, the cat takes everything in, developing a colorful spot for each new experience....

Author	Leonid Gore
ISBN	0545243386

In the vein of THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR, Leonid Gore follows a curious worm through die-cut pages to discover what different animals like to eat for lunch.

"Who on earth would eat worms for lunch?" the curious little leaf-loving worm wants to know....
Not the mouse who likes cheese....

Author	Nicola Smee
ISBN	1905417098

Every child adores getting twirled and tossed by Mommy and Daddy. Again! Again, they squeal. That’s the rapturous joy Nicola Smee captures, in simple rhythmic text and charming pictures. One after the other, a group of barnyard friends climb aboard Mr. Horse for a ride. Faster, they beg…, faster!...

Author	Sam Lloyd
ISBN	0439576768

Briefly speaking, this lift-the-flap book is laugh-out-loud fun, and educational, too!

This hilarious lift-the-flap features animals and the underwear they wear! Kids will roar with laughter as they lift each flap and reveal boxers on a horse, furry undies on a crocodile, leafy green bloomers...

Author

Wendy Cheyette Lewison

One little raindrop,dark, dark sky.

Two little raindrops,

clouds go by...

How many ways can you have fun on a rainy day?  From one little raindrop to ten toes soaking in a warm bubble bath, there are lots of things to see and count until the sun comes out again.  In between,...

Author	Audrey Wood
ISBN	0439753821

Bestselling author Audrey Wood and artist son Bruce create a cumulative concept book about colors, with more of the vivid imagery that has made their alphabet books so successful!

Readers will love learning their colors with this brightly illustrated, cumulative picture book by bestselling...

Author	Sebastien Braun
ISBN	1906250855

After reading and enjoying Sebastien Braun's On Our Way Home - a reassurance tale in which a father and child enjoy a homeward stroll - I thought I would take a look at some of his other books, and stumbled across this new series devoted to the games of Meeow, a clever little cat. In Meeow and the Big Box,...

Author	Tim Hopgood
ISBN	0374385181

Here's the story of a curious little owl determined to see what the world looks like during the day. And what does she discover? A wow-worthy symphony of colors—from red butterflies to orange flowers, from white clouds to green leaves.

This boisterous and bright book is the perfect read-aloud...

Author	Linda Sue Park
ISBN	0618234853

The book What Does Bunny See? Is a great book for young students. I feel like this book keeps the attention of young children because they are able to most likely predict what will be coming next. The book is about a bunny who traveling through a garden path and discovers different things each time. In this...

Author	Ami Rubinger
ISBN	0789210584

From the author–illustrator of Abbeville's Big Cat, Small Cat comes another rhyme–completion concept book, teaching children about colors through bright landscapes of loveable elephants.

I Dream of an Elephant takes readers through a wondrous world where they will encounter elephants...

Author	Nancy Tafuri
ISBN	0688075363

What has spots? A cow has spots. What has feathers? A chicken has feathers. Nancy Tafuri, a Caldecott Honor artist and the award-winning creator of many books for young children, including Have You Seen My Duckling?, knows just what questions preschoolers will love to hear—and answer!

This...

Author	Kersten Hamilton
ISBN	0670062758

Can Red Truck make it
up the hill?
Red Truck can!
Red Truck will!ZOOOM!

 

 

Truck fans of all ages but especially the littlest ones will love cheering on the hardworking red tow truck that stars in this high energy picture book. Mighty Red Truck splashes and zooms...

Author	Emily Gravett
ISBN	0230704247

He can turn himself into anything and appear to fit in anywhere, but it seems that neither the swirly snail, the green grasshopper nor the stripy sock want to be friends. Will he ever find someone to talk to? Someone just like him? With a subtle and witty interplay between words and illustrations this introduction...

Author	Philemon Sturges
ISBN	0060289007

This was the perfect book to introduce our "train" themed story time for pre-schoolers. The sparse text has elements of rhyme and just enough story to hold little one's attention.

The performer began by saying "I love hotdogs", anticipating some in the crowd to correct her by saying "trains!",...