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Author	Nancy Tafuri
ISBN	0439063043

In this book, goose is looking for a place to build her nest. She wanders around the farm, but keeps ending up in the wrong place and someone says "silly little goose!" Eventually, she finds the right place and builds her nest. The kids like answering "is that good place for her to build her nest?" Also, the...

Author	David Milgrim
ISBN	0140567216

Grade/ Interest Level: Primary (Kindergarten)
Reading Level: Lexile Level, 470 LAD
Genre: Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction

Main Characters: Young boy and his Father
Setting: House and neighborhood the boy lives in
POV: Young boy

Summary:
The nameless...

Author

Peggy Rathmann

What a lovely day at the fair. Children lining up for pony rides . . . moms and dads in a pie-eating contest . . . babies chasing butterflies . . . babies heading for the trees . . . I SAY! Where are those babies GOING? Only a small boy sees them leaving and follows as the babies chase butterflies in trees, frogs...

Author	Tomi Ungerer
ISBN	0064430448

I have read many books by Tomi Ungerer and I have just recently stumbled upon this book called “Crictor.” “Crictor” is a French story by Tomi Ungerer and it is about how an old friendly woman named Madame Louise Bodot gets a boa constrictor for a pet and the two of them become the best of...

Author	Karen Beaumont
ISBN	0803732228

Tommy's not himself today. He's lost his T-R-U-C-K! And no matter what Mom, Dad, sis, brother, and Grandma offer, it's just not as fun as his best red truck. The family dog isn't as picky, and sharp-eyed readers will wonder what happens to the cast-off toys Bowser gets his mouth around. Meanwhile, Tommy...

Author

Istvan Banyai

After reading Zoom, I was interested in looking at Re-zoom. I didn’t think another book could be made using the same idea and still be good. I’m glad I did! I liked the second book just as much as the first. I still think that it is such a great and creative concept for a children’s book. The illustrations...

Author	Bob Hartman
ISBN	0399246967

Little Wolf is tired of his mom's cooking! It's the same old thing night after night, Lamburgers and Sloppy Does. How he wishes his mother would serve up a nice platter of his favorite dish: Boy! But Boy is hard to come by these days. As Little Wolf trudges home from school one day, he decides to postpone his...

Author	Meg Rosoff
ISBN	0805075232

THE BOARS ARE BACK! But watch out, because this time they're not only bossy, selfish, and stinky, they're hungry, too! If you thought Boris, Morris, Horace, and Doris already had bad manners, wait until you see them concoct a Massive Pudding. And if this pudding sounds horrible, the ingredients will...

Author	Frank Tashlin
ISBN	0486287874

"A fable for grownups that will be fun for children. Sit down with the book and get your own bearings." — New York Herald Tribune
With the first signs of approaching winter, the Bear's thoughts naturally turn to a cozy cave and a long snooze till spring. But when he awakes a few months later, he is surprised...

Author	Chris Monroe
ISBN	0822576317

Whether you need a beebersaw or a chisel, Chico Bon Bon's your monkey. He can build or fix just about anything--from a dock for the ducks to a clock for the Clucks, even a small roller coaster for local chipmunks. But will his tools and his sharp wit save him when an organ grinder sets his sights on making Chico...

Author	Germano Zullo
ISBN	1592701183

A man drives his truck up to a cliff's edge. Unable to go any further, he opens the back door of his truck and a flock of birds flies out, but, as the man soon discovers, a small timid bird remains. Surprised and delighted, the man acts kindly towards the bird and an intimacy develops. After lunch, the man tries...

Author

Gilles Bachelet

A great book! It's all in the illustration. If you just read it out loud, it would be incredibly boring. But if you look at the pictures, it's amazing. Perhaps, as an illustrator, I'm biased. But this is a REALLY great book.

Okay, so you can tell by the cover that there's an elephant, not a cat, right?...

Author	Jack Kent
ISBN	0671662813

A proud caterpillar and a curious polliwog become unlikely friends in this delightful picture book by beloved author, illustrator, and cartoonist Jack Kent!

Told with Jack Kent’s signature bright, bold, and expressive illustrations, little ones are sure to love this transformative...

Author	Judi Barrett
ISBN	0689844492

Want to know what are the quietest, silliest, smelliest, wiggliest things in the world? Look no further for imaginative answers to these and other questions about superlatives. An ice-skating snake and a dragon eating pepperoni pizza are just two of the amazing “mosts” to ponder in this book that...

Author	Frank Viva
ISBN	0316129259

Well, this is a very creative book. Its illustrations are made up from one big illustration, which is shown on the inside front and back covers. It would be great for both beginning readers and for reading aloud.

However, neither the lackluster (lack of) story text or the pictures really appealed...

Author	Gaëtan Dorémus
ISBN	1592701256

Don't ever take a bear's teddy bear, no matter how cute you think it is. If you do, you'll be in for trouble. Big trouble. For a bear whose teddy has been stolen isn't simply heartbroken, but determined to get it back. So determined that he might just gobble up more than honey to do so! However, should he succeed...

Author	Mem Fox
ISBN	1416903089

One of my favorite picture books to use in a chicken or farm story time. Has been very well received. 5/9/11

Tonight one of my regular toddler attendees, had a grand time repeating the animals responses to Hattie's pronouncements. One of the older kids ran to get our fox puppet for the story. 4/10/12

My...

Author	Loreen Leedy
ISBN	0823418197

Have you heard the buzz?

Kids book experts Pat Street and Loreen Leedy worked like dogs (that is, they worked very hard) to pull a rabbit out of a hat (do something amazing) and create this hilarious, comprehensive introduction to similes, metaphors, and idioms.

Pairing hilariously...

Author	Sarah Perry
ISBN	0892363215

A diving board to creative wordplay, the fascinating picture book If... offers a surrealistic view of the natural world. The two-page spreads present artful watercolors paired with such strange possibilities as "If zebras had stars and stripes...," "If the moon were square...," and "If worms had...

Author	Janice N. Harrington
ISBN	0374312516

Meet one smart chicken chaser. She can catch any chicken on her grandmother's farm except one - the elusive Miss Hen. In a hilarious battle of wits, the spirited narrator regales readers with her campaign to catch Miss Hen, but this chicken is "fast as a mosquito buzzing and quick as a fleabite." Our chicken...

Author	Margery Cuyler
ISBN	0805029540

That's Good! That's Bad! by Margery Cuyler and illustrated by David Catrow is about a boy who goes to the zoo with his parents and gets into trouble. The story begins when his parents buy him a red balloon and when he grabs ahold of it, it lifts him up into the air and carries him toward the animals cages. The...

Author	Margaret Wise Brown
ISBN	0064432270

"Rekindles the sense of wonder we were born with. True poetry about perceiving the world around us."*

Margaret Wise Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of the perennial classics Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny, asks children to think deeply about the importance of everyday objects,...

Author	Colin McNaughton
ISBN	1842706217

A little pig is walking down the street, unaware of the hungry wolf waiting around the corner, when SUDDENLY the pig remembers he has left something behind and turns away at the last second, leaving the wolf to fall flat on his face. The wolf pursues the little pig throughout the day, but each time, quite...

Author	Jean Conder Soule
ISBN	0375834206

A funny, finger-wagging rhyme with some very good advice: never tease a weasel, because teasing isn't nice! Rather, kids should do nice things for animals, such as bake a drake a cake, or give a mule a pool, and much more. Long out of print, this new edition of Never Tease a Weasel with art by the great New...

Author	Fred Gwynne
ISBN	0689878273

I just recently learned that Fred Gwynne wrote picture books for children. I really wanted to read The King Who Rained but I’m unable to borrow a copy so I started with this book.

The idioms and homonyms are what make the book so humorous so it’s best enjoyed by readers who know how to read and...