Seven Hungry Babies
10 best books like Seven Hungry Babies (Candace Fleming): Beaver Is Lost, Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?, Pierre the Penguin: A True Story, Flip, Flap, Fly!: A Book for Babies Everywhere, Mommy, Carry Me Please!, Pigs to the Rescue: A Picture Book, Pigs Love Potatoes, The Thingamabob, I Don't Want a Cool Cat!, Just How Long Can A Long String Be?!
| Author | Elisha Cooper |
| ISBN | 0375857656 |
Oh, no—Beaver is lost! Will he ever find his way back home?
In this nearly wordless picture book by Elisha Cooper, winner of a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book award, a young beaver is accidentally separated from his family. Follow Beaver as he's chased by a dog, visits a zoo,...
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks?
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0547752679 |
“I have lost my new blue socks. Did I put them in my box?” Simple rhymes—including socks, box, fox, and ox!—spin the tale of a small duck who waddles through the countryside, forlornly searching for his blue socks. “I’m trying not to be depressed. / Without my socks I feel undressed.” Finally,...
Pierre the Penguin: A True Story
| Author | Jean Marzollo |
| ISBN | 1585364851 |
This is a lovely book for penguin lovers and those interested in aquatic biology, but it’s not ideal for those who get too upset about captive animals.
Oh, I’ve rarely been so torn about a book.
I’ve seen Pierre the penguin and his 19 fellow penguins at the Academy of Sciences....
Flip, Flap, Fly!: A Book for Babies Everywhere
| Author | Phyllis Root |
| ISBN | 0763631094 |
Infectious rhymes, sunny illustrations, and an array of baby animals make an irresistible page-turner for the youngest of listeners.
Little readers are invited to join these baby animals as they fly, swim, wiggle, and slide, all with the help of their mamas. But what these babies like best,...
| Author | Jane Cabrera |
| ISBN | 0823419355 |
If time permits read this story about how animal mothers carry their babies. You might ask the children what the magic word is (please). The kangaroo page says…
• Mommy kangaroo, carry me please
safe and snug inside your pouch
You may prefer to “read the pictures” instead of the...
Pigs to the Rescue: A Picture Book
| Author | John Himmelman |
| ISBN | 0805086838 |
Farmer Greenstalk and his family have the darnedest luck. Broken-down tractors, kites stuck in trees--they're always having problems! It's a good thing they have such helpful farm animals on hand.
This time around, the pigs want to pitch in, and boy, do they ever! The Greenstalks soon find,...
| Author | Anika Aldamuy Denise |
| ISBN | 0399240365 |
One pig wants potatoes . . . then so does his brother . . . his sister makes it three pigs, and Papa makes four. Then there are the neighbors! Now all the piggies want potatoes, and soon it's one big potato party! Anika and Christopher Denise have teamed up to create this most charming, classic counting book,...
| 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 | Emma Dodd |
| ISBN | 0316036749 |
In this hilarious, heartfelt picture book, one little girl discovers just how difficult it can be to find the perfect pet. Along the way, she meets a zany mix of cats with distinct personalities, but none of them are right for her! After a comical cat chase, she finally finds a special one to call her very...
| Author | Keith Baker |
| ISBN | 0545086612 |
Top picture book author and artist Keith Baker presents a classic book about problem solving for the very young.
One day Ant encounters a great big ball of string, and can't see his way over or through it. Fortunately, when he asks his friend Bird "How long is a string?" Bird wisely shows him all...
| Author | Jean Van Leeuwen |
| ISBN | 0810983265 |
Rumor has it that Mrs. Farmer is making chicken soup, so the chickens are on the run—except for poor Little Chickie, who has a bad cold. No matter where she hides—the hayloft, a milk pail, or the sheep pen—her sneezes give her away. She is sure to be found soon!
The unbeatable mother-son...
| Author | Jackie French |
| ISBN | 0207200750 |
From the award-winning duo of Diary of a Wombat comes another hilarious tale of a bush animal you'll never forget.
Josephine is a kangaroo - who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don't dance, they hop - but Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through...
| Author | Mark Kimball Moulton |
| ISBN | 1416982884 |
Growing up on Mimi and Papa’s farm, Peter knows a lot about caring for pumpkins. One summer Peter finds a lonely pumpkin all by itself in the field, and with his tender care, the pumpkin flourishes. By autumn, it’s the very best pumpkin of all, and Peter wants to keep it for himself. But when a young girl...
| Author | Kate McMullan |
| ISBN | 0525428321 |
It took me a bit to get to this one in my stack, I think because of the soft color palette which didn't initially attract me, but once inside I fell in love. 4 jungle mamas decide to round up their sleepy babies for bedtime but they can't find them. Their sleepy babies are anything but sleepy, still full of play...
| Author | Lucy Cousins |
| ISBN | 0763692654 |
In an exuberant display of color, Lucy Cousins invites little ones to imagine themselves as brilliant birds.
Birds of all feathers flock together in a fun, rhyme-filled offering by the creator of Maisy. From the rooster s "cock-a-doodle-doo" at dawn to the owl s nighttime "tuwit, tuwoo," the cheeps...
| Author | Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen |
| ISBN | 1442406739 |
When Mama Hen kisses her kids goodnight, she expects them to stay in bed. But those chicks...run...wild! They jump around and do cartwheels until Mama comes in and scolds them. But when she turns out the lights, the chicks start a pillow fight! Finally, Mama gets her chickies settled—but it turns...
| Author | Carin Berger |
| ISBN | 0061915289 |
This is the story of the little blue bird and the little brown bunny and how they became best friends one spring. All through the spring, summer and fall they played together. But when winter comes, the bird has to fly south. The bird and bunny miss one another--but come spring, bird returns and he and bunny...
| 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...
The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book
| Author | Nancy Tafuri |
| ISBN | 1416967958 |
As clouds amass overhead and rain starts to pour, ten little woodland animals hurry to find shelter. The text counts up as Bird, Mouse, Squirrel, Rabbit, Chipmunk, Woodchuck, Raccoon, Possum, and Red Fox all run for cover--then Skunk squeezes in and makes it 10! All night, they huddle together in the...
Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie
| Author | Jennifer Berne |
| ISBN | 1402773234 |
Calvin is one unusual starling! While his siblings and cousins learn to fly, this rare bird lets his imagination soar while reading about pirates, dinosaurs, and other fascinating things. The other birds call him “geeky beaky,” but Calvin just ruffles his feathers and buries his beak in a book....
| Author | Maureen Wright |
| ISBN | 0761455604 |
It’s time for Big Bear to hibernate, so Old Man Winter keeps telling him: "Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep." But Big Bear doesn’t hear very well. He thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap. Big Bear just can’t seem to hear what Old Man Winter is saying. Finally, Old Man Winter...
| Author | Mem Fox |
| ISBN | 1760158518 |
DUCKS AWAY starts off with a mama duck and her five little ducklings crossing the bridge. One by one, the babies fall into the water and the mom doesn't know what to do. The mom is divided until the last one falls.
DUCKS AWAY teaches children counting and counts up to five multiple times: as the ducklings...
| Author | Helen Ward |
| ISBN | 0763675970 |
One bird searches for the perfect print for his plumage in this original story.
A young guinea fowl concerned by his lack of spots sends off for some in the mail. When the box arrives, the spots aren’t quite what he was expecting. After trying on big spots, small spots, striped spots, and even...
| Author | Charise Mericle Harper |
| ISBN | 0375869247 |
One day Little Green rolls into town and says his first word: "Go!" The town is building a bridge, and now everyone has a job to do, from dump truck to forklift. Little Green helps them do their jobs with gusto. Until . . . there is a little too much gusto. They can go, go, go . . . but how will they stop?
This...
