Underwear!
10 best books like Underwear! (Mary Elise Monsell): "Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!", The Cow That Laid an Egg, Little Bear's Trousers, Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?, The Wolf Who Cried Boy, The Little Duck, A Frog in the Bog, The Squeaky Door, Millie Waits for the Mail, Chicky Chicky Chook Chook
"Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!"
| Author | Patricia Thomas |
| ISBN | 0688093388 |
Oh my goodness. So funny, I truly did laugh out loud. The pictures are funny enough for toddlers to enjoy, the rollicking rhyme will encourage an independent reader to read this over and over, the pictures of the animals reacting to the elephant's announcement are vividly both true to the animals and...
| Author | Andy Cutbill |
| ISBN | 0061372951 |
Oh, how I love this. Cows are naturally funny, but when you get a barnful of cows who do handstands and ride bikes, a flock of conspiring chickens, a gossip rag called "Moos of the World" and a "Horton Hatches the Egg" inspired ending, you get a real rib tickler. The illustrations are bold, wild and creative,...
| Author | Jane Hissey |
| ISBN | 0099265435 |
Little Bear’s Trousers by Jane Hissey
One morning, Little Bear wakes to find his trousers missing, so he goes from one stuffed-animal friend to another in search of them. Each time, he's one step behind, finding that his trousers has been used and passed along to different toys. Sailor tried them...
Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?
| Author | Karen Beaumont |
| ISBN | 0805082670 |
Kanga wants to make cookies, but someone has eaten all the cookie dough.Who could it be? Join in the fun and find out! This rollicking whodunit begs to be read aloud. The refrain will remind teachers and kids of the preschool game Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar, making Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?...
| Author | Bob Hartman |
| ISBN | 0399246967 |
Little Wolf is tired of his mom's cooking! It's the same old thing night after night, Lamburgers and Sloppy Does. How he wishes his mother would serve up a nice platter of his favorite dish: Boy! But Boy is hard to come by these days. As Little Wolf trudges home from school one day, he decides to postpone his...
| Author | Judy Dunn |
| ISBN | 0394832477 |
The Little Duck by Judy Dunn photos by Phoebe Dunn is a heartwarming story about a young boy who finds a duck egg and takes it back to his house. He put the egg in an incubator until 28 days later and it hatches into Henry a baby boy duck. The book talks about how Henry can’t swim until he begins to produce oil,...
| Author | Karma Wilson |
| ISBN | 1416927271 |
A Frog in the Bog is a great book for young children. It follows a Frog who can't quite get enough to eat. He searches the bog to find everything he can eat. He eats worms, bugs, and other critters you would find in a bog. When the Frog is almost completely full and continuing to grow from all of the bugs he has...
| Author | Margaret Read MacDonald |
| ISBN | 0060283734 |
THE SQUEAKY DOOR
It's time for bed! Granny tucks Little Boy in tight. She kisses him good night. She turns out the light. And he's not scared! No, not him! But when Granny shuts that door... SQUEEEEAK!
How can a granny keep that spooky, squeaky door from scaring her little boy awake at...
Millie Waits for the Mail
| Author | Alexander Steffensmeier |
| ISBN | 0802796621 |
Millie is unlike most other cows. She chews her cud and grazes in the fields with the others, but she doesn't enjoy that nearly as much as she loves scaring the mail carrier. It's too bad the mail carrier doesn't have as much fun each time Millie comes up with a new way to surprise him. Who knew delivering...
Chicky Chicky Chook Chook
| Author | Cathy MacLennan |
| ISBN | 1905417403 |
What a great read-aloud, sing-aloud, shout-aloud book this is, with its fun-to-imitate animal sounds and rhythmic rhyme. Bright yellow chicks, golden bees, and striped kitty-cats play in the warm sunshine, clucking and buzzing and skitty-scatting. Then they rest, snoozy-woozy. But what is this?...
| Author | Paul Galdone |
| ISBN | 0899192254 |
I’m not quite sure why I picked up this book from the new arrivals shelf at the public library to share with my nearly 13 year old daughter, except for the fact that I grab all the new arrival books. We have a different version of Henny Penny that we would read again and again when my daughter was younger that...
My Monster Mama Loves Me So
| Author | Laura Leuck |
| ISBN | 0060088605 |
"She tucks me tightly into bed, then asks me if my spider's fed and hangs my favorite bat above me. That's how I know my mama loves me!"
This book is the perfect example that not all monsters are scary! It follows a monster mama and her baby as they do things throughout the day. Incredibly cute...
The Principal's New Clothes
| Author | Stephanie Calmenson |
| ISBN | 0590447785 |
I love when an author and illustrator can update a traditional fairy tale and make it connect better with contemporary children. Calmenson and Brunkus have succeeded beautifully. Instead of a vain emperor, we have a clothes crazy principal. The two con artists, Ivy and Mo, appeal to the principle’s...
Under My Hood I Have a Hat
| Author | Karla Kuskin |
| ISBN | 0060572426 |
I thought that this was a very simple and cute book. The short sentences and small words are great for beginning readers. I love how the story progresses and the little girl describes how she gets ready to go play in the snow.
In the classroom I think that this would be a good read aloud to discuss...
My Teacher Sleeps in School
| Author | Leatie Weiss |
| ISBN | 0140505598 |
The children think their teacher lives in their classroom at school. And throughout the day they begin finding clues that lead them to believe she really does. A funny tale!
Ages: 4 - 8
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| Author | Jonathan London |
| ISBN | 0140549919 |
It's a beautiful morning, and Froggy can't wait to go on a picnic with his dad. But first he needs his bicycle helmet, butterfly net, and trading cards--will Froggy get on the road before sunset? With kid-pleasing effects and punchy illustrations, this sequel to Froggy Gets Dressed is "a fun-for-all,...
| Author | Jane Cabrera |
| ISBN | 0823420272 |
Ten in the bed by Jane Cabrera is a story about a boy who is trying to sleep with ten cuddly animals in his bed, he is tired and wants more room so he can sleep. As he rolls over each animal falls out until eventually he is left alone in the bed. Cold and lonely he gets them all to get back into the bed before he goes...
| Author | Janet Stevens |
| ISBN | 0152056580 |
Big Brown Rooster is sick of chicken feed. So along with his friends--Turtle, Iguana, and Potbellied Pig--he sets out to make the most magnificent strawberry shortcake in the whole wide world. But there’s one problem: none of his friends knows how to cook! The team bravely forges ahead, and with Rooster’s...
No More Water in the Tub!
| Author | Tedd Arnold |
| ISBN | 0140564306 |
William is getting ready for his bath when the faucet breaks, sending him and his tub surfing through the building! On his wet ride, he collects a strange fleet in his wake -- from Uncle Nash, who sits in the trash, to Little Dottie, who sails the potty. Who will William carry off next? Bath-lovers and bath-haters...
| Author | Helen Lester |
| ISBN | 0395520185 |
Should Mr. and Mrs. Porcupine name their baby Lance? Needleroozer? Quillian? Perhaps they should, but they don't. Instead they decide on the unlikely name of Fluffy. Fluffy's name is a source of sorrow to the sharp-quilled youngster, until he meets and befriends a rhinoceros named . . . Hippo! Munsinger's...
| Author | Douglas Wood |
| ISBN | 0689826206 |
What Dads Can't Do by Douglas Wood, illustrated by Doug Cushman is a humorous commentary, from a child's point of view, of all the things a Dad can't (or can he?) do.
Cushman's illustrations are rendered in pen and ink, and watercolor. The humorous details feature the disconnect between text...
| Author | Jane Bayer |
| ISBN | 0140546685 |
The antic never quite quit as a parade of animals sell their wares in this wildly illustrated version of the familiar alphabet ditty and ball-bouncing game. Young readers will delight in meeting such characters as Barbara, the bear with balloons for sale in Brazil; New York Ned, the newt who owns a noodle...
