T is for Terrible
10 best books like T is for Terrible (Peter McCarty): Feast for 10, Brontorina, The Snow Rabbit, One Duck Stuck, I'm The Best, Handel, Who Knew What He Liked, I'm Bad!, Are the Dinosaurs Dead, Dad?, Circle Dogs, Little Black Crow
| Author | Cathryn Falwell |
| ISBN | 0395620376 |
One of my favorites to use with younger children for food/Thanksgiving time programs. Very simple counting story about a family going shopping and cooking together and creating a feast. 11/21/12
Used in Lap Time this year. 11/29/13
Used for a PreK class doing grocery shopping.
Used...
| Author | James Howe |
| ISBN | 0763644374 |
From the sure-footed duo of James Howe and Randy Cecil comes a hugely endearing new character in a humorous, heart-warming tale about holding on to your dreams.
Brontorina has a dream. She wants to dance. But Brontorina is rather large too large to fit in Madame Lucille s dance studio. Brontorina...
| Author | Camille Garoche |
| ISBN | 1592701817 |
Two sisters look longingly through their window at the snowy sky. One goes out and sculpts a little rabbit, but when she brings it back inside to her wheelchair-bound sister, it begins to melt. So they take it outside and into the forest where enchanted things begin to happen. A follow up to her hauntingly...
| Author | Phyllis Root |
| ISBN | 0763603341 |
Exuberant rhythms and vibrant illustrations in a one-of-a-kind counting book!
One duck is stuck in the muck. Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Will four crickets, chirping in the thickets, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? With...
| Author | Lucy Cousins |
| ISBN | 1406323683 |
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,...
| Author | M.T. Anderson |
| ISBN | 0763625620 |
George Frideric Handel was not your everyday eighteenth-century composer. And in a manner befitting its subject, this witty, rigorously researched, and accessible biography captures Handel's essential spirit — from a child who smuggled a clavichord into the attic to make music against his father's...
| Author | Kate McMullan |
| ISBN | 0061229717 |
From Kate and Jim McMullan, the popular creators of I Stink! and I'm Dirty!—now a streaming animated series—comes a hilarious new picture book about one BAD dino who has just one thing on his mind: dinner.
Who’s big? Who’s bad? And who’s hungry? T-Rex, that’s who. He’s the...
Kids love to imagine what dinosaurs might have been like when they were alive. But when a trip to the museum turns into a real-life prehistoric encounter, Dave and his dad don't need to use their imagination. As they walk through the rooms of the exhibit, Dave keeps trying to get his dads attention. The...
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| ISBN | 0688154468 |
The circle dogs live in a big, square house with a big, square yard. See the dogs? See the circles? Mama calls them pooches. Papa calls them hounds. "I'm a dog!" says Big Sister. Baby is, too. And even the youngest reader will want to wiggle and bounce and dig through the day with the circle dogs....until...
| Author | Chris Raschka |
| ISBN | 0689846010 |
Picture a sky
as big as all outdoors,
a fence disappearing over a hill,
a crow then appearing,
a boy looking up,
watching, wondering.
Not much more than a moment
but the meeting
lofts a rush of childhood questions—
27 in all—inspiring answers
as big as...
| Author | Byron Barton |
| ISBN | 0690048254 |
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones by Byron Barton is a picture book for children ages 2-6. The book is illustrated with bright, primary color pages and drawings of men working to assemble the skeleton of a T-Rex. The pages have only a sentence each; the story being mainly told through the pictures. The tale...
| Author | Nancy E. Shaw |
| ISBN | 0395643767 |
Genre: poetry
Reading Level: lower elementary
Sheep on a ship is a poetry book. I️t tells the story of some sheep pirates and how they make it through their journey. The author uses words with similar sounds to make the story flow. This is smart especially when the audience is young readers....
| Author | Pat Hutchins |
| ISBN | 0689713711 |
Owl can’t get to sleep in Pat Hutchins’s beloved Good-Night, Owl!
How is Owl supposed to sleep the day away with the bees buzzing, the woodpecker pecking, the doves cooing, and the squirrels crunching? But when night falls and everything is finally quiet, suddenly there’s a new sound—and...
| Author | Paul Schmid |
| ISBN | 0061804347 |
This is Pearl.
Pearl loves to hug.
Hugs are nice . . . except when they come from a porcupine.
Pearl tries and tries to solve her problem and finally fixes it in her very own way.
From the author-artist of A Pet for Petunia comes a prickly new character with a great big heart....
| Author | Anthony Browne |
| ISBN | 0374349088 |
A small bear goes for a stroll in the park with his parents, leaving their bowls of porridge cooling on the kitchen table. Meanwhile, a girl with golden hair is hopelessly lost in a big, frightening city when she comes across a house with the door left invitingly open. Inside are three bowls of porridge...
| Author | Jerry Davis |
| ISBN | 1442414014 |
"I hear you cluckin', Big Chicken!" That's the simple refrain that Little Chicken repeats to his mama throughout a typical day. But Little Chicken can be distractable . . . and when he wanders off and gets lost, the day becomes anything but typical. With subtlety and humor, this sweet little story sweeps...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 0230704255 |
Wolf Won't Bite shows the three little pigs who have captured the big bad wolf and are parading him around a circus, forcing him to do various tricks. The pigs believe that "wolf won't bite" after every trick, but at the end, he escapes and does in fact attempt to bite them.
The illustrations in...
| Author | Carol Diggory Shields |
| ISBN | 0763606960 |
BOOMALACKA BOOMALACKA! WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!--in paperback! (ages 4-8)
What did the dinosaurs do for fun? What really happened when the Jurassic gang wanted to let off some steam? They danced, of course! They rocked and rolled; they twirled and tromped! They had themselves a Dinosaur Stomp!...
| Author | Rose A. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0316525383 |
As an adoptive parent, I am always on the search books to help reinforce or validate my children's experience with adoption.
My daughter loved the illustrations, and could really connect with the story as it was similar to her own in many ways.
Although we are a 2 parent family, I was pleased...
| Author | Betsy Franco |
| ISBN | 1582462496 |
It's easy to count three of something-- just add them up. But how do you count zero, a number that is best defined by what it's not?
Can you see it?
Can you hear it?
Can you feel it?
This important math concept is beautifully explored in a way that will inspire children to find zero...
| Author | Martin Waddell |
| ISBN | 0803734468 |
Here's a book that begs to be read aloud. From the very first "GRRRRRR!" and "ROAR!" of the Super Hungry Dinosaur, kids will be rooting for Hal to save his parents and his dog, Billy, from the huge beast. And Hal saves them in the most unusual way (hint: It involves spaghetti) in this delightful twist on the...
| 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 | Peter Sís |
| ISBN | 0374375259 |
World-renowned artist brings the magic of Prague and its legends to life
In this allegorical tale, a man in a hot-air ballon is thrown off course in a violent storm, landing him in the city of his youth. He finds the way to his old home, but the house is dark, with three rusty padlocks on the door....
