Pigs Love Potatoes

Author	Margaret Wild
ISBN	1416934405

I found this story to be absolutely adorable. It's about a baby hippo who started his morning off really fast. He ran out of the water eager to play. He was so preoccupied with starting the day that he left without giving his mama a kiss! He was wandering around the land and saw every little animal giving their...

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1423114361

Many readers of all ages already know and love Mo Willems from his series of books about Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and a few other animal characters. For St. Patrick’s Day we look at Willem’s book Big Frog Can't Fit In. It’s an oversized pop-up book featuring a bigger than life frog that has the problem...

Author	Karen Beaumont
ISBN	0152019790

Summary:
Rover hates the rainy day and goes into the doghouse to keep him dry. As the storm continues, one by one, different animals start looking for a place to stay as the storm passes. As the space in the doghouse begins to become limited little do the animals know that there is another friend in there...

Author	Doreen Cronin
ISBN	1416953418

Can you stretch to the ceiling? Can you stretch to the floor? You can stretch with a whisper, you can stretch with a roar! Doreen Cronin and Scott Menchin give new meaning to the yoga pose downward facing dog as publishing’s most energetic pooch explores the many, many ways a kid can get limber. More than...

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

Wendy Cheyette Lewison

One little raindrop,dark, dark sky.

Two little raindrops,

clouds go by...

How many ways can you have fun on a rainy day?  From one little raindrop to ten toes soaking in a warm bubble bath, there are lots of things to see and count until the sun comes out again.  In between,...

Author	Kim Norman
ISBN	0803737351

A clever, colorful read-aloud in the tradition of I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

A fun day at the fair becomes color chaos when one boy's energetic pig gets loose. Upside down, piggy wallows in brown, but that's only the beginning of this cumulative, rhyming text. Soon, he's adding a rinse...

Author	Mem Fox
ISBN	1442405988

I can see the airport goats and I can see their cases.

But can you count the pilot goats with goggles on their faces?

This hilarious count-to-ten book features goats of all shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions—and each spread gives readers a delightful opportunity to count the...

Author

John Butler

This adorable read-aloud features appealing baby animals and a rhyming text that is sure to please.
From trumpeting like an elephant to howling like a wolf, author-illustrator John Butler delights the very young with this simple, interactive look at different animals and the noises they make.
Butler's...

Author	Frances Barry
ISBN	0763620661

Turn the graduated pages of this unique shaped book to help Duckie find her way home — and you’ll marvel at the dazzling rainbow that appears when she gets there.

Duckie is in a hurry to get home. She walks through a red poppy field, hops under an orange bridge, waddles around a yellow cornfield,...

Author	Jennifer Ward
ISBN	0761455507

Spectacular illustrations rendered in oil paint, and a rhyming text that describes a tree’s activities from its roots to its branches, introduce young readers to the amazing activities that go on in a tree. Acorns nibbled by chipmunks, ants scurrying across a trunk, a spider spinning a web, leaves...

Author	Katherine Ayres
ISBN	0763623784

This garden is on the move! A good-time, rollicking celebration of things that grow.

PEPPERS GROW UP.
POTATOES GROW DOWN.
PUMPKINS VINE AROUND AND AROUND.

From seeds dropping into soil to corn bursting from its stalks, from children chasing butterflies to ants burrowing...

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

Danna Smith

Counting is always more fun when Grandpa helps! From one black bear to ten hairy warthogs, the young narrator and his grandpa count their way through a colorful and sometimes unusual zoo, encountering a wide assortment of friendly animals along the way. There are lions, zebras, and penguins, of course,...

Author	Ruth Galloway
ISBN	1589253779

Tiddler is a very fidgety fish. So much so, that when his mother has had
enough, she sends him out into the sea to swim, Watch out for the Big
Fish she warns. Tiddler flips and glides faster than a rocket. He comes
across several sea creatures before his curiosity gets the better of him
and...

Author	John Segal
ISBN	0689877021

Incredibly cute! It's Spring, Rabbit's favourite season and he's very excited because it's time to plant his favourite vegetables. Carrots! Soon he'll be able to enjoy his favourite meal of carrot soup.

Rabbit plows and plants and waits and waits and waits until finally it's time to pick the...

Author	Cathryn Falwell
ISBN	0060294620

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...

Author	Barbara Jean Hicks
ISBN	0375856862

What do monsters eat?

The waitress in this restaurant just doesn’t have a clue.
Monsters don’t eat broccoli!
How could she think we do?

In this rollicking picture book written by Barbara Jean Hicks and illustrated by Sue Hendra, monsters insist they don’t like broccoli....

Author	Mary Serfozo
ISBN	0689862776

Plumply, Dumply, Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo, tells the story of Peter and his search for the perfect plumply, dumply pumpkin. “Not a lumpy, bumpy pumpkin,” said Peter. He goes through a patch of pumpkins before he finds the perfect one. Once he does he takes it home to carve a dimply, dumply face with...

Author	Alison Jay
ISBN	0803731779

In this fanciful visit, Alison Jay summons her unique perspective and sense of humor to create a zoo like no other?where more than just the animals are on display. Children will delight in discovering small details and tracking narratives that play out bit by bit. Before the tour is over, kids will meet...

Author	Jennifer Sattler
ISBN	0375857087

Meet a flamingo of a different stripe!

"Mama, why are we pink?" asks an ever-curious young flamingo named Sylvie. Like Leo Lionni's chameleon in A Color of His Own, Sylvie comes to learn that being yourself is the best thing to be. When she learns that it's due to the little pink brine shrimp they...

Author	Candace Fleming
ISBN	1416954023

Seven bitty baby birds are hungry, hungry, hungry—and they’re letting Mama know. “Feed us! Feed us!” the little ones chant, and Mama calms them as only a mother can—before she frantically flies away to gather more delectable worms. Readers can count with Mama Bird as she zooms back and forth...

Author	David Martin
ISBN	0763623938

In this merry, multi-species story cooked up with folksy warmth and humor, everybody gets a piece of the pie — and then some.

Grandma Cat makes a delicious apple pie, and there's plenty for everyone — and even a piece left over. Grandma Mouse finds a piece of apple pie, and there's plenty for...

Author	Toni Morrison
ISBN	1416983325

Snuggle, snuggle.
Time to rest.
Nana joins us in her nest.

There is no one like Nana in the whole wide world. She is the best. Nana knows how to take an ordinary afternoon and make it extra special! Nap time, story time, and playtime are transformed by fairies, dragons, dancing, and...