The Teddy Bears' Picnic

Author	Mary Ann Hoberman
ISBN	0140503943

In a rollicking rhyme, the author introduces us to all types of homes for both people and animals. The poem engages in flights of fancy - what about a husk being a house for an ear of corn, or a throat being a house for a hum? "And once you get started in thinking this way,/ It seems that whatever you see/ Is either...

Author	Barbara Helen Berger
ISBN	0613004108

When day is done, and shadows begin to deepen, it is time for Grandfather Twilight to close his book, put on his jacket, and go for a walk through the forest. Little birds hush as he walks by, and the rabbits and other small woodland creatures watch in silence as he performs his very special evening task and...

Author

A.A. Milne

I came across an audio version of Eeyore has a birthday when my Daughter was looking through a box of cd's that had been free with newspapers over the years. I put it on my ipod just for fun and listened to it in the kitchen whilst cooking tea. It turned out to be a dramatised version with some fantastic voices...

Author	Jack Kent
ISBN	0009780375

A personal favorite from my own childhood - and actually, one of the few picture books I remember with total clarity. It has stayed with me over the years. There's something so endearing about this story...the small dragon that befriends the little boy. And then in defiance of all who keep saying he can't...

Author	Marjorie Flack
ISBN	0020430906

A sweet picture book where Danny teams up with the animals to find his mother the perfect gift.

Trying to find the perfect birthday present for his mother isn’t easy for Danny. The hen offers eggs, the goose feathers, and the sheep wool. But mother already has those things. Then the cow suggests...

Author	Lucy Cousins
ISBN	0763609080

Category: Paperback

Age: 1-3+ years

Synopsis: The Maisy the Mouse book series hails from England and features cutesy drawings in primary colors with simple, straightforward text chronicling the adventures of Maisy and her animal friends. This particular book...

Author

Shirley Parenteau

Can five bears share four chairs? The infectious rhymes and easy charm of this winsome read-aloud will make young listeners sit up and take notice.

Four happy bears
on four small chairs.

Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up -- what a stare!...

Author	John Langstaff
ISBN	0156705001

"Over in the meadow in the sands in the sun ..." begins John Langstaff's endearing version of an old counting song for children, a favorite for many generations. But never has it been presented in such gay and happy form. Feodor Rojankovsky's pictures are filled with the beauty of meadow life from morning...

Author	Peggy Parish
ISBN	0064440370

I loved the pronunciation guide. That is this book's strength. The problem with it is that it's dated- we've learned rather a lot about dinosaurs and their extinction since 1974. It was fun to read with a five year old dino maven-

I read "Dinosaurs lived everywhere for a long time. Then they died....

Author	Pam Conrad
ISBN	0064433064

The Tub People is a story of six little people that live in the bathtub, along with their dog. They play in the water and like to rescue each other and at night they line up on the edge of the bathtub. One night when the bath water began rushing down the drain before the tub people could get to the edge the tub child...

Author	Greg E. Foley
ISBN	0670062456

The star of Thank You Bear returns to make a new friend, as well as a wonderful discovery. When Caterpillar tells Bear that he is making a cocoon, Bear is worried. Will Caterpillar be safe? Will he be warm? Will he stay dry? Throughout the long winter, Caterpillar reassures him that all is fine. But the day...

Author	Joanna Cole
ISBN	0394886682

This book follows the story of a lively kangaroo named Norma Jean who enjoys jumping any time she can. However, Norma Jean's consistent jumping gets her in trouble at school and with her friends, because she doesn't know when are appropriate times to jump (sitting in class, playing on the seesaw, etc)....

Author	Raffi Cavoukian
ISBN	0517800578

First published in 1989, this charming Raffi Songs to Read/reg/ has fresh appeal as a board book that the youngest child can hold. With sweet illustrations by veteran children's book artists Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey, this lovely counting song will invoke squeals of delight from babies and toddlers....

Author	Paul Brett Johnson
ISBN	0439749441

This favorite children's song, belted out around campfires for over forty years, is now a rollicking, sing-along book!

On top of spaghetti, All covered with cheese, I lost my poor meatball, When somebody SNEEZED . . .

This well-known song is a hilarious reminder that when events don't...

Author

John Himmelman

The acclaimed author and illustrator of Chickens to the Rescue has created a sweet, funny, and entirely irresistible new character--a little dog just bursting with good intentions.

Katie is so excited when Sara Ann brings home three little kittens that she can't stop herself from howling...

Author	Adam Relf
ISBN	1402727569

Poor little Fox! He's all alone in his room, with no friends at all. So when Mama suggests that he make some, Fox sets out to do that...literally. "What can I make a friend out of?" he wonders. Soon, he's gathered all the materials he things he needs--sticks, stones, fruit, and more--and built his first...

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	Lisa Shulman
ISBN	0399235965

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,...

Author	Will Hillenbrand
ISBN	0152167900

I think Luke, who is obsessed with trains, has watched a dozen versions of this song on various YouTube Kids channels. So when I saw this book at the library, I snatched it quickly.

Hillenbrand's interpretation is a children's zoo train. The engineer makes stops along the way to the zoo and picks...

Author	Joy Cowley
ISBN	0142402990

Uh-oh. Mrs. Wishy-Washy is at it again. Rubbing and scrubbing all the animals on the farm. But this time they aren't standing for it. Duck, Cow, and Pig are leaving mean old Mrs. Wishy-Washy for good!

They run away to the big city. But they get lost, wander into a restaurant, and even stumble into...

Author	Joan Walsh Anglund
ISBN	0152296786

Joan Walsh Anglund became successful with her first book, A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You, in 1958. She's been making books featuring these same round-faced mouthless characters ever since, and her popularity continues to grow. There's something ineffably sweet about her creations, which are...

Author	Bonnie Lass
ISBN	0316820164

This is a truly fun book to read to young children. It would be wonderful to read to a group, or even just one sleepy child at bedtime or naptime. This book keeps children guessing as to who took the cookies from the cookie jar. Children love to try to guess who the culprit was and to follow the crumbs in the book....

Author	John Lithgow
ISBN	0689835426

Perhaps better known to adults for his stage and screen work, actor John Lithgow has an amazing body of work for children. His picture books are some of my (and my children’s) absolute favorites!

Topping the list for me is The Remarkable Farkle McBride. The story centers around a young boy...

Author	Tomi Ungerer
ISBN	1570982082

Children will sympathize with bad-kitty Piper Paw when he refuses to wear the clothes his mother sets out, squirms from her when she smothers him in kisses, and won't eat when she desperately tries to please him with his favorite foods.Through every disruptive means available to him -- slingshots,...