Maybe a Bear Ate It!

10 best books like Maybe a Bear Ate It! (Robie H. Harris): A Birthday for Cow!, The Cow That Went OINK, Uh-oh!, I Spy on the Farm, If All the Animals Came Inside, Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping, Hello, Day!, I'm The Best, Wild Boars Cook, The Thingamabob

A Birthday for Cow!
AuthorJan Thomas
ISBN0152060723
Pig and Mouse are hard at work baking the best birthday cake EVER for Cow. But it would be a lot easier if Duck weren't hanging around, yammering on about turnips or some nonsense. (Sheesh!) With all this silliness going on, how will they manage to throw Cow a spectacular birthday party? Well,...
AuthorBernard Most
ISBN0152047638
For Valentine's Day one year, I painted a big shipping box to look like a barn and put in it a plush cow and a pig and this book, and gave it to my then two-year-old son. Weird -- yeah, maybe. Smart -- yeah, definitely. He likes the toys and the book, and all of his farm animals are now housed in the barn box.

I...
Uh-oh!
AuthorRachel Isadora
For any toddler who's caused a bit of trouble by mistake, this book has a surprise with each page turn. Revealing a day in the life of a rambunctious child in bold, bright pastels, Rachel Isadora uses just one word to set the scene. Whether it's breakfast that ends up all over everything--Uh-oh!--or...
I Spy on the Farm
AuthorEdward Gibbs
ISBN0763664316
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...
If All the Animals Came Inside
AuthorEric Pinder
ISBN0316098833
The walls would tremble. The dishes would break.
Oh, what a terrible mess we would make!

If all the animals came inside, bears would run down the stairs, kangaroos would bounce on the couch, and hippos would play hide-and-seek through the halls! Join one family's wild romp as animals of...
Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping
AuthorJulie Markes
ISBN0060537906
Does the farmer sleep on a mattress of hay? Is the baker's bed made of soft, doughy bread? And is the grocer most comfortable resting on a bed of lettuce? No matter what the bed or walls look like, when the day's activities are done, it's time for everyone, big or small, to go to sleep.

With whimsy...
AuthorAnita Lobel
ISBN0060787651
Copyright- Anita Lobel
Number of page- 34
Book format- print
Reading level- Ages 2-4
Genre- fiction
Lit requirement- Board Book

Summary: Beginning with morning, when the sun rises, the author introduces many animals and the sound they make. Then the sun sets, but is...
AuthorLucy Cousins
ISBN1406323683
Boastful dog turns off his friends by claiming he is the best at...everything! They feel sad until they affirm their abilities. I have to say, the page where dog is crying because everyone has smacked him down esteem-wise (as he has done to them) is slightly heartbreaking. All's well that ends with a hug,...
AuthorMeg Rosoff
ISBN0805075232
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...
AuthorIl Sung Na
ISBN0375961062
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...
AuthorNatasha Wing
ISBN0152057757
Lucy DOES NOT want to go to bed. She wants to draw. But as she's working on her masterpiece, Lucy creates . . . Monster! Monster just wants to play. And play. And play some more--until even Lucy is exhausted. It's going to take some quick thinking (and drawing) to get this tireless monster to bed. . . .
       ...
AuthorUrsula Dubosarsky
ISBN0374374287
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,...
AuthorCraig Frazier
ISBN0811877159
Whimsical dots, dots for licking, dots for snacking and even dots on shirts. In every color and size dots make up many of the things in the world around us. There are dots everywhere, if only you know where to look.

In the recent past there have been numerous books based on how we interact with common...
AuthorLeonid Gore
ISBN0545085985
In this delightful story, a lost book transforms into whatever the finder needs it to be. An imaginative and original tale with all the elements of the best and most enduring children's book classics!

Deep in the woods, a rabbit finds a mysterious object. "What is this?" he asks. "It looks like...
AuthorSean Bryan
ISBN1559707259
I have finally read the prequel and sequel to A Girl and Her Gator by Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy. Having read the entire trilogy (perhaps with more to come), I feel like my life is complete. These are some of my most favorite picture books of all time.

The genius started in 2005 with A Boy and His Bunny...
AuthorScott M. Fischer
ISBN1416978844

When a bug sleeping on a jug is chased by a frog, he has to jump to get away. But then that frog (who’s sleeping on a log) is in for a similar surprise! He’s attacked by a cat…who needs to jump away from a dog…and on it goes, until not even a shark is free from getting a little fright! Building on repetition...
AuthorEmily Gravett
ISBN1405089490

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A little girl and her stuffed monkey pretend to be different animals... until they are a too sleepy to play any longer.

I found the drawings to be marvelous and worth owning this book for them alone! I love the sketchy...
AuthorEve Bunting
ISBN0152054103
This is an adorable and simple pattern picture book for children. The story begins with a rooster summoning the rest of the barn animals to be quickly get ready for some unknown event by yelling “Hurry! Hurry!”. A variety of barn animals including sheep, pigs, dogs, ducks, and cows, all gather, run,...
Roar of a Snore
AuthorMarsha Diane Arnold
ISBN0803729367
All the Huffles are fast asleep, except for Jack. He heard a noise that rocked the floor. He heard a noise that shook the door. Jack heard . . . a snore! Just who is making this racket? Unable to sleep, Jack and his dog go searching. It must be Mama Gwyn, whose huffs and puffs set her curlers spinning, but when...
AuthorMichael Hall
ISBN0061915106
A heart can be hopeful, or silly, or happy. A heart can be rugged, or snappy, or lonely. A heart holds every different feeling, and debut author-artist Michael Hall captures each one with a delicate touch.

For each feeling, the bold, graphic artwork creates an animal out of heart shapes, from...
AuthorJane Blatt


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Summer Reading Day 84: Hey there, friends! Today, we read Books Always Everywhere, written by Jane Blatt and illustrated by Sarah Massini. This is a cute little book of opposites...
AuthorDeborah Bruss
ISBN0439135257
2/23/2001 BOOK! BOOK! BOOK! by Deborah Bruss, Illustrated by Tiphanie Beeke, Arthur A. Levine Books May 2001

In those years when I'd do daily circle times with preschoolers and kindergarteners, I used to love to have the children act out stories from picture books they knew from repeated readings....
AuthorGreg E. Foley
ISBN0670061654
Early one morning, a little bear found a little box. He looked inside. Then he exclaimed,

"Why, it's the greatest thing ever! Mouse will love this."

Bear's friends aren't so sure of his newfound treasure, however. "That's not so great," says Monkey. "I've seen those before," says...
AuthorEmma Dodd
ISBN0545035708
A common kid question leads to uncommon results in this terrifically charming picture book!

Jack's mother says he can choose a pet . . . but what pet to get? An elephant? (So difficult to take on vacation.) A polar bear? (It wouldn’t like the central heating.) What about a Tyrannosaurus Rex?...
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