Let's Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around!
10 best books like Let's Play in the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around! (Claudia Rueda): Cows in the Kitchen, Old Mikamba Had a Farm, Hi, Pizza Man!, Worms for Lunch?, A Dog Is a Dog, The Thingamabob, Big Bad Bunny, The Terrible Plop, If You're Hoppy, Little Bunny Foo Foo: Told And Sung By The Good Fairy
| Author | June Crebbin |
| ISBN | 0763621293 |
"The simple, bouncing repetitive chant and animal noises will have everyone joining in." - BOOKLIST
While Tom Farmer naps in the haystack, his animals take over the farmhouse. There are cows in the kitchen, ducks in the cupboard, hens on the hat stand, pigs in the pantry, and even sheep...
| Author | Rachel Isadora |
| ISBN | 0399257403 |
This fabulous version of the classic nursery song “Old MacDonald” introduces children to a menagerie of African animals and their sounds. It is beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora, with her signature collage-style artwork.
Old Mikamba had a farm, E-I-E-I-O....
| Author | Virginia Walter |
| ISBN | 0531071073 |
New release from Purple House Press, August 2017!
It all begins with a simple question posed by a patient mother when her impatient toddler shouts, 'I'm hungry!' 'What will you say when the doorbell rings and we open the door?' asks Mom. 'Hi, Pizza Man!' replies the thoughtful child. . . .(But)...
| 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 | Stephen Shaskan |
| ISBN | 0811878961 |
Beware the children’s librarian entrenched in the same old, same old. One of the risks of the profession is that when children’s librarians grow jaded, they start to rely upon the same five to eight books for all their storytimes. Toddlers today? Haul out The Noisy Counting Book. Preschoolers?...
| Author | Il Sung Na |
| ISBN | 0375961062 |
One day, he found the thingamabob.
He had no idea what it was or where it came from. . . .
So begins the story of a curious elephant and a mysterious red object. But what is it?! When none of his friends can tell him, the little elephant decides to experiment. He thinks: Maybe I can fly with...
| Author | Franny Billingsley |
| ISBN | 1416906010 |
At home,
in the Mouse House,
Baby Boo-Boo gets no respect.
Just look at her name:
Baby Boo-Boo.
She's no baby!
The word drives her wild in a big, bad way.
And here's Mama Mouse calling, always calling after her,
"Baby! Where are you, Baby?"
...
| Author | Ursula Dubosarsky |
| ISBN | 0374374287 |
In this uproarious update of a favorite story, an unexplained noise leads to pandemonium among the animals. The fox, the elephant, even the big brown bear prove no match for the Terrible Plop. Only the littlest bunny learns not to panic when the sky—or something else up there—is falling.
Bright,...
| Author | April Pulley Sayre |
| ISBN | 0061566349 |
This is a fun action filled book for kids that love animals and being goofy. The text takes the well-known song "If You're Happy and You Know It" and transforms it into a romp with rabbit, frog, bear, lion, butterfly and many other animals. It's especially fun to practice the different actions (hopping,...
| Author | Paul Brett Johnson |
| ISBN | 0439373018 |
Little Bunny Foo Foo / Hoppin' through the forest / Scoopin' up the field mice / And boppin' 'em on the head.... This kid pleasing, sing-along song is now a hilarious book.
In this irresistible book it's not just field mice that suffer Little Bunny Foo Foo's mischievous tricks, but woodchucks,...
| Author | Lydia Monks |
| ISBN | 0618432507 |
Don’t let this lonely spider frighten you! She just wants to be a family pet—and she thinks she would make a better pet than the typical dog or cat. But every time this clever spider tries to impress her chosen family, she scares them instead, until the day she unwittingly enchants them. Aaaarrgghh!...
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch
| Author | Mary Peterson |
| ISBN | 1570914613 |
Cute, but not spectacular. The text is fun and alliterative, the short length making it great for the youngest audiences. A lot of the story and action is contained in the pictures so that they work well with the text, especially with the fun round shapes which are echoed across the page. However, there's...
| Author | Jan Thomas |
| ISBN | 0152065334 |
Mouse, Pig, Cow, and Duck are playing a carefree game of ball when (horror of horrors!) their ball gets kicked into . . . THE DOGHOUSE. Who will risk a run-in with scary Dog to get it back? Hysterical high anxiety ensues as Mouse volunteers each animal to do the dirty work—but you’ll never believe what’s...
| Author | Joe Kulka |
| ISBN | 1575059304 |
As a distant howl echoes through the forest, animals quickly stop what they're doing and run for home. Look out--Wolf's coming! As the shadowy figure gets closer and closer and the day draws to a close, the animals shut the door, pull the shades, and turn out the lights. Soon the wolf's glowing eyes appear...
| Author | Meg Rosoff |
| ISBN | 0805074880 |
"If you share your treats with Morris he will stomp on them with his beastly feet. STOMP STOMP STOMP. Naughty Morris."
Are you daring enough to befriend this dastardly bunch of boars?
Meet Wild Boars! Or maybe you better not. After all, they are dirty and smelly, bad-tempered and rude. They might...
If You're Happy And You Know It: Jungle Edition
| Author | James Warhola |
| ISBN | 0439727669 |
Yeah! This is If You’re Happy and You Know It Jungle Edition! There have been several books written around this favorite kids’ song, but I particularly like this one because of the fun and colorful illustrations by James Warhola.
The book opens by welcoming two children and their mother to “Big...
| Author | Steve Webb |
| ISBN | 0439578442 |
Rhyming has never been so much fun as in Steve Webb's bold, new picture book, which encourages children to read aloud, following the easy and catchy rhythm of the text.
"Skunka Tanka
Skunka Tanka
Tanka Tanka Skunk!
They've got the beat, and so do their friends."
"Meet...
| Author | Keiko Kasza |
| ISBN | 0698113748 |
The wolf loves to eat more than anything in the world and one day he has a terrible craving for chicken stew. He spots a chicken who seems just right, but then he thinks how much more stew there will be if he fattens her up before dining himself. So he goes home and begins to cook all kinds of scrumptious food...
| Author | Ethan Long |
| ISBN | 0823422917 |
This groovy spin on the Hokey Pokey is sure to have the whole family on their feet!
In a zany variation on the beloved song and game, an unsuspecting fly suggests to a group of musical frogs that it's time to do the Croaky Pokey. Each goofy frog gets a chance to show off its dance moves, hopping and...
| Author | Lenny Hort |
| ISBN | 0805059520 |
This hilarious new version of the beloved children's song "The Wheels on the Bus" will have young readers errping and roaring and honking along.
"The seals on the bus go "errp, errp, errp"
All through the town."
Two children and their parents board a city bus on their way to a party....
Getting what you want can be tricky, especially if you don't ask in quite the right way. Follow one little monkey's journey through many emotions as he tries every trick in the book to get hold of his friend's banana, until he finally hits on the magic word - please! Using only two words, this is a fantastic...
| Author | John Himmelman |
| ISBN | 0805079513 |
Meet the most heroic chickens in town!
On Monday, Farmer Greenstalk dropped his watch down the well. . . .
On Tuesday, Mrs. Greenstalk was too tired to make dinner. . . .
Who will help the poor Greenstalk family? Chickens to the rescue! The amazing chickens on the Greenstalk farm...
