Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm

10 best books like Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm (Joy Cowley): Cows in the Kitchen, Blue Goose, The Daddy Book, Farmyard Beat, Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring, Turtle Splash!: Countdown at the Pond, Old Macdonald Had A Woodshop, Be Good to Eddie Lee, This Little Chick, Miss Mary Mack

Cows in the Kitchen
AuthorJune Crebbin
ISBN0763621293
"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...
Blue Goose
AuthorNancy Tafuri
ISBN1416928340
When Farmer Gray takes a trip, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck decide to paint their black-and-white farm. Red Hen paints the barn red and White Duck paints the fence white. Then Blue Goose and Yellow Chick pour their paint together to make green for the grass and trees. By the time Farmer...
The Daddy Book
AuthorTodd Parr
ISBN0316607991
The Daddy Book celebrates all different kinds of dads and highlights the many reasons they are so special.
Whether your dad walks you to school or walks you to the bus, whether he wears suits or two different socks, whether he has a lot of hair or a little, Todd Parr assures readers that no matter what...
AuthorLindsey Craig
ISBN0375864555
Author Lindsey Craig teams up with Arthur creator and bestselling artist Marc Brown in a toe-tapping farmyard dance-a-thon—perfect for toddler and preschooler read-alouds. As soon as the sun goes down, the animals are up! ("Sheep can't sleep. Sheep can't sleep. Sheep can't sleep 'cause they got...
AuthorJan Greenberg
ISBN1596433388
A picture book about the making of Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring, her most famous dance performance

Martha Graham : trailblazing choreographer

Aaron Copland : distinguished American composer

Isamu Noguchi : artist, sculptor, craftsman

Award-winning...
AuthorCathryn Falwell
ISBN0060294620
Ten painted turtles on a log in the pond are disturbed by various forest creatures and one by one they return to the pond. Lovely blues and aqua colores in these illustrations. Added information includes details about each of the ten pond and forest creatures who disturb the turtles. The one very short...
AuthorLisa Shulman
ISBN0399235965
With a zztt zztt here, and a zztt zztt there,
here a zztt, there a zztt, everywhere a zztt zztt!

Together with the other farm animals, Old MacDonald is building a surprise for the babies on the farm. Saw, drill, chisel, file, screwdriver, paintbrush are operated by cat, goat, chicken, pig,...
AuthorVirginia Fleming
ISBN0399219935
Be Good to Eddie Lee is a book about a girl named Christy and a boy in her neighborhood named Eddie Lee. Eddie Lee is a child with down syndrome, who is not always well liked by Christy and her friend. One day Christy decides to go down to the river with her friend, and Eddie Lee tags along much to her disappointment....
AuthorJohn Lawrence
ISBN0763617164
Who says a little chick can’t make big, loud animal noises?

Most little chicks barely make a peep, but not this little chick! While his brothers and sisters nestle close to their mother hen, this little chick struts off on his own to make some new friends in the farmyard. And he has a wonderful...
AuthorMary Ann Hoberman
ISBN0316076147
A lively picture book adaptation of the well-known children's hand-clapping rhyme, perfect for the whole family.
Everyone knows some version of this popular children's hand-clapping rhyme, but in this adaptation, the elephant's fateful jump over the fence is just the beginning of the fun....
AuthorJ.C. Phillipps
ISBN0670010928
The happiest day of Wink's life was when he was accepted to the Summer Moon School for Young Ninjas. He is sure that he will be a great ninja. Silence is the fi rst lesson and everyone is very very silent . . . except for Wink. Stealth is the second lesson and everyone is very very stealthy . . . except for Wink....
AuthorJeanne Willis
ISBN0689865244
Not for the faint-at-heart adult, but great for every child with a sadistic side (and what child doesn't have a hidden or not-so-hidden sadistic side), including every first-grade boy in the world. I read with a high, squeaky voice for the caterpillar and a low, stopped-up-nose voice for the tadpole....
AuthorTomie dePaola
ISBN0399242597
This touching story about a young boy coping with his grandfather's disabilityhas long been one of Tomie dePaola's most popular picture books. Now, for the first time, it is available in a larger format, full-color edition—perfect for family sharing. Readers of all ages will love to watch Grandpa...
Chicken Little
AuthorRebecca Emberley
ISBN1596434643
BONK! An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way.
You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but youÕve never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration...
Mouse Shapes
AuthorEllen Stoll Walsh
Copyright-2007
Number of pages-40 pages
Book format-Hardcover
Reading level-Preschool-3rd grade
Genre- Fiction
Lit requirement- Concept
Summary-
Three mice are running away from a scary cat. When hiding, they run into a big pile of shapes. Shapes of all sorts....
What Does Bunny See?: A Book of Colors and Flowers
AuthorLinda Sue Park
ISBN0618234853
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...
April and Esme: Tooth Fairies
AuthorBob Graham
ISBN0763646830
Two young tooth fairies make their first lost-tooth collection in Bob Graham's warm, whimsical tale.

A Junior Library Guild Selection. April Underhill, seven-year-old tooth fairy, gets a call on her cell phone. This is it! Her first tooth collection. April and her little sister, Esme, must...
The Boy on Fairfield Street
AuthorKathleen Krull
ISBN0375822984
Award-winning author Kathleen Krull zeros in on the formative first 22 years of the life of Ted Geisel. This is the first picture book biography of Dr. Seuss, written especially for his young fans who want to know what made him tick. The animals in the zoo that his father ran and his fondness for drawing...
The Zoo
AuthorSuzy Lee
ISBN1933605286
This is my fourth and fave Suzy Lee picture book, and the first with words, though these are happily few, narrated by a little girl whose experience of the trip to the zoo with her parents is very different than theirs. Spoiler alert: she gets lost, which for her parents is of course terrifying, but for her...
My First Chinese New Year
AuthorKaren Katz
ISBN0805070761
Brief Review
This fictional story is told by a young girl experiencing her first Chinese New Year. She describes the different traditions and celebrations associated with this event. The illustrations are bright and colorful. I think this is a good choice for introducing youngsters to a different...
The Little School Bus
AuthorCarol Roth
Here comes the school bus, beep, beep, beep! Step right up and take a seat with a sleepy sheep, a squirmy worm, a hairy bear, a quick, quick chick, a fox with socks, a pig in a wig, and a goat in his coat, and ride the bus to school, to school, and ride the bus to school! The bouncy, rhyming text and the bright, witty...
There's Something in My Attic
AuthorMercer Mayer
ISBN0140548130
Summary: A little girl with a lasso bravely prepares to confront the scary nightmare living in her attic
Genre: Fictional Picture Book
Reading Level: Early Transitional, This book is early transitional because on most pages it only has one sentence per page. The font is medium sized but does...
Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure
AuthorDoreen Cronin
ISBN0689877161
1 farmer sleeping.
2 feet creeping
3 buckets piled high.
4 chickens standing by.

Duck is about to trick poor Farmer Brown once again. While the farmer is sleeping the afternoon away, Duck and the other animals are planning a most unusual fishing trip. Sneaking past Farmer Brown...
Russell the Sheep
AuthorRob Scotton
ISBN0060598484
I have had mixed feelings about Rob Scotton's Splat the Cat books - sometimes I enjoy them, and sometimes I am indifferent - so I was curious to see what I would make of his other picture-book hero, the ovine Russell. I'm glad to say that I found him to be an appealing character, and that I enjoyed this initial...
Mr. Peabody's Apples
AuthorMadonna
ISBN0670058831
This is a lovely retelling of a moral tale, inspired by a 300-year-old story about “feathers in the wind.” The story teaches, with a wonderful simplicity, the dangers of spreading gossip and rumors and the difficulty one might face with wanting to “take it back.”

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