Noisy Nora

Author	Eric Pinder
ISBN	0316098833

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...

Author	Mem Fox
ISBN	0152004521

This is a throwback review from back when I had my dream job:


One of my duties as a librarian is to hold up the rights of academic freedom! Book banning will not be tolerated! I have already had several run-ins with parents who object to my carefully chosen selections and I am always articulate...

Author	Amy Reichert
ISBN	0689851707

Rrrring!
Rrrring!
While Mama has a quick chat with Uncle Fred, Rose is supposed to be getting ready for bed. And she tries. She really does. But downstairs someone's yoo-hooing, and the doorbell keeps ringing. Soon the house is full of wild guests and weird foods, magic and music. And Mama is...

Author	Denise Fleming
ISBN	0805081267

Baby animals are going to sleep one by one, but the tiny human baby is the most special of all. Denise Fleming's knack for understanding the preschool set shines through in this gentle good-night story, illustrated with her signature pulp paintings.

Take a colorful look at all the tired...

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

Joy Cowley

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Category: Nature
In a tropical rain forest in Central America, a red-eyed tree frog spends the...

Author

Sandra Boynton

Moving Out, Moving Up, Moving On
For new graduates, or for anyone facing imminent change, here is profound insight, bold inspiration, and truly ensloxifying advice. Also an occasional hippo. No wombats.
What's more, Yay,You! will not overstress the weary mind. It's nice and short, with...

Author	Diane Redfield Massie
ISBN	0060517840

There’s a new addition to the zoo: a baby beebee bird, who likes to stay awake at night when the rest of the zoo wants to sleep. The baby beebee bird keeps the other animals up with his incessant “beebeebobbibobbis”, before settling down to snooze when the sun comes up. The animals can’t take it!...

Author	Margaret Mahy
ISBN	0547074212

Another hilarious rhyming romp from the team who brought us the popular DOWN THE BACK OF THE CHAIR.

When little Mabel’s bubble gets away from her, it’s her baby brother who gets into trouble. Soon he’s floating out of the house, above the fence, and all over town! And it’s up to Mabel,...

Author	Barbara Bottner
ISBN	0375867082

Imagine a preschool classroom with 25 cranky kids and one beleaguered teacher.

It only takes one small annoying act from Adelaide to set off a chain reaction of bad behavior. Dexter is drooling, Flora is fuming, Jasper is jeering, Kirby is kicking . . . and before you know it, Stella is stumbling,...

Author	Robert Kraus
ISBN	1416903119

A lonely little mouse has to be resourceful to bring his family back together.

In a series of delightfully imaginary achievements, “nobody’s mouse” transforms himself into the beloved hero of his mother, father, sister, and brand-new baby brother.

In their very first collaboration,...

Author	Arnold Lobel
ISBN	0688109950

Ming Lo's wife is angry. The couple live beside a big mountain which causes them no end of trouble. Shadows fall over their garden. Rocks fall through their roof. And it is always raining. "Husband," says Ming Lo's wife, "you must move the mountain so that we may enjoy our house in peace." But how can a man...

Author	Nadine Bernard Westcott
ISBN	0316931284

Have you ever swallowed a fly? I know an old lady who swallowed a fly. ... She swallowed a spider to catch the fly!

But that is only the beginning, for the old lady soon abandons herself to more extraordinary measures, with the hilarious result that each new cure begets an ailment more preposterous...

Author	Lorinda Bryan Cauley
ISBN	0698114280

Clap Your Hands board book
“Full of reasons to get up and dance, Lorinda Bryan Cauley’s popular picture book, now available on board book format, has been delighting children for nearly a decade. Little ones will jump at the chance to join this menagerie of zany animals and children as they stomp,...

Author	Dick Gackenbach
ISBN	0899192238

I was so excited to find this at a library sale, some 20-ish years after the last time I read it.
This book fascinated me as a child! As the kid who always would pour over the illustrations long after the words on the page had been read, I was intrigued and engrossed by the Terrible Whatzit and every detail...

Author	Joan L. Nodset
ISBN	0064431746

The farmer had a hat, an old brown hat.
Oh, how her liked that old brown hat!

But then the wind came, and blew the hat away. And as fast as the farmer ran, the wind raced even faster. So the farmer went looking. Neither squirrel, nor Mouse, nor Duck, nor any of the other animals has seen the hat--though...

Author	Pat Hutchins
ISBN	0688131026

Pat Hutchins creates an adorable tale of a young boy who is given a short grocery list to remember: six farm eggs, a cake for tea, a pound of pears and bacon. He and his furry companion make the trek to the market, along the way trying to remember the items on the list. He runs into trouble when he mixes up the...

Author	Frank Asch
ISBN	0590440543

I used this with a kindergarten class that was studying shadows and reflections and it went fairly well. The story isn't the most exciting, but of the books I chose, this was the one that interacted best with what they were learning. There were lots of points where I could stop and ask the kids to observe...

Author	Freya Littledale
ISBN	0590411004

Very imaganative book. Good illustrations with meaning behind the story, where alot of books dont. A book that relates to human greed and how this demise can and will hurt people in the end. The story is about a grumpy old fisherman and his even grumpier and greedy wife. long story short, the man catches...

Author

Mirra Ginsburg

The Chick and the Duckling by Bladimir Suteev is about a chick and a duckling playing together. They can do just about anything and go just about everywhere together until they go for a swim.


I actually read this book to one of my daycare kids and I had her tell me what she thought was going to...

Author	Lois Ehlert
ISBN	0152009868

I love how Elhert blends information with a simple tale through her amazing art. This is a fun and simple exploration of various types of birds, as well as a delightful little tale of an escaped cat that is desperately trying to catch a wild treat for lunch! It was a joy to discuss types of birds seen in our...

Author	Randy Siegel
ISBN	1596435844

What's green, and slithery, and smooth, and ...smart? My snake Blake, that's who! When my dad brought him home, he curved and twisted his body and spelled out "hello."

And when my mom was worried he might bite, his response was "relax."

This hilarious story about the friendship between...

Author	Lori Mortensen
ISBN	0062043935

One night on the farm, the cows overhear a fantastic tale.

“Hey Diddle Diddle, the cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon!”

Inspired by this classic rhyme, a plucky cow named Cindy Moo sets out to prove that cows really can leap over the moon.

The other cows laugh...

Author	Stan Berenstain
ISBN	0394806697

Like the parent Beginner Books, Bright & Early Books feature the same affordable hardcover format, imaginative stories, and colorful pictures. Geared for a younger audience, these books use simple words, repetition, and pictures that act as clues to the text. Contributors include Dr. Seuss...

Author	Michelle Edwards
ISBN	0553497111

Here’s a heartwarming winter picture book that’s sure to appeal to families who love knitting.

Mrs. Goldman always knits hats for everyone in the neighborhood, and Sophia, who thinks knitting is too hard, helps by making the pom-poms. But now winter is here, and Mrs. Goldman herself doesn’t...