Up, Down, and Around
10 best books like Up, Down, and Around (Katherine Ayres): Snip Snap! What's That?, Orange Pear Apple Bear, The Busy Little Squirrel, Planting a Rainbow, Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors, I Spy on the Farm, My Garden, Ten Red Apples, Flower Garden, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
| Author | Mara Bergman |
| ISBN | 0060777540 |
This book is a great read aloud! My story time audience got up and gathered around the book to find out what happens when three children are stalked by a big mean alligator who comes "creeping...creeping...creeping up the stairs." The kids gathered around the book in order to point out all the wonderful...
| Author | Emily Gravett |
| ISBN | 1416939997 |
Yay! Finally an Emily Gravett book that I really like. (Thanks to my friends who encouraged me to read this one!) This one is so cute! The story is made up of four words (orange, pear, apple, bear) arranged in different ways to convey different meanings--the illustrations help a lot with conveying the...
| Author | Nancy Tafuri |
| ISBN | 0689873417 |
I was very confused as to why this book received the Colorin Colorado until I researched it a little more. I found that this book comes in many different languages which makes it very diverse. This book is great for young children because of the short sentences and the repetition of lines. The book tells...
| Author | Lois Ehlert |
| ISBN | 0152626107 |
Every year Mom and I plant a rainbow.
Each letter in the word 'rainbow' is a different color.
In the fall we buy some bulbs and plant them in the ground.
This book is a good book if you want to teach a child about plant names. Although the text is extremely simple, We have some red...
Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors
| Author | Petr Horáček |
| ISBN | 0763633437 |
Little ones will hover over this colorful look at insect critters as they peek through die-cuts and enjoy a final pop-up surprise.
Lucy sees a beautiful butterfly in the garden, along with a bright green beetle, a brilliant blue dragonfly, some red ladybugs, and many more flying and crawling...
| Author | Edward Gibbs |
| ISBN | 0763664316 |
Look through each eye-catching spy hole to spot a new farmyard animal!
Down on the farm there are many colorful and noisy animals to spy. Look through the spy hole and use the clues to guess which one is next. Then turn the page to reveal the animal. Watch as young children quickly become engaged...
| Author | Kevin Henkes |
| ISBN | 0061715174 |
I didn't know anything about the book and was surprised to discover it is not so much about actual gardening (though there is a real garden the mom and daughter plant) as imaginative gardening as the little girl dreams of having a garden with no weeds or dead plants, and wants to plant seashells (to grow...
| Author | Pat Hutchins |
| ISBN | 0688167977 |
Ten Red Apples, is a picturebook that can be read to and enjoyed by the nursery age group. It is about a farmer and his wife that have an apple tree. All of the farm animals continue to eat his apples which leaves none for his wife to make an apple pie, but then they find another one and all is well. It is a very cute,...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0152023720 |
“An urban African-American girl and her father buy plants, potting soil, and a window box at the supermarket, ride the bus to their apartment, and put together a colorful gift for the child’s mother. Rhyming verse carries the brief story, while wonderful, warm, full-color illustrations present...
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 1416909680 |
Tippy, tippy, tippy, Pat!
That's the sound three hungry bunnies make when the sun goes down and the moon comes up and Mr. McGreely's garden smells yum, yum, yummy. While's he's dreaming of his mouth-watering carrots, the bunnies are diving over fences and swimming trenches to get the veggies...
| 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 | 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 | 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 | John Lawrence |
| ISBN | 0763617164 |
Who says a little chick can’t make big, loud animal noises?
Most little chicks barely make a peep, but not this little chick! While his brothers and sisters nestle close to their mother hen, this little chick struts off on his own to make some new friends in the farmyard. And he has a wonderful...
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea
| Author | Jan Peck |
| ISBN | 0689851103 |
I also read Jan Peck's book Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea to my reception class while on placement. The book tells the story of a little boy who swims under the sea and meets different sea creatures. It has a regular rhyming pattern throughout the book, a perfect book to read aloud to a class. I feel that...
What Does Bunny See?: A Book of Colors and Flowers
| Author | Linda Sue Park |
| ISBN | 0618234853 |
The book What Does Bunny See? Is a great book for young students. I feel like this book keeps the attention of young children because they are able to most likely predict what will be coming next. The book is about a bunny who traveling through a garden path and discovers different things each time. In this...
| Author | Deb Lund |
| ISBN | 0152052372 |
They stoke the boiler, stow the luggage, and when hills are steep, they even get out and push. That's right, the thrill-seeking daredevil dinosaurs from Dinosailors are back, and now they're riding a train. But this train is more like a roller coaster--up, down, and faster and faster, until the dinos...
How Do You Make a Baby Smile?
| Author | Philemon Sturges |
| ISBN | 0060760729 |
Wiggle your ear!
Play peekaboo!
Make a face!
And join dozens of friendly animals--plus one very patient older sister--as they use their best tricks to make their babies smile, laugh, coo, and grin.
With a simple rhyming text by Philemon Sturges and bright, bold illustrations...
| Author | Keith Baker |
| ISBN | 0152062300 |
This fresh adaptation of the classic "One Potato, Two Potato" nursery rhyme is a counting adventure and rollicking good time rolled into one. Spunky leader Potato Joe and his nine spuds pals count up to ten and back down again, all while playing games and meeting up with other garden friends.
With...
| Author | Henry Cole |
| ISBN | 1442498978 |
I know all of my recent picture book reviews are going to make it sound like I'm obsessed with endpapers...well, it's true. I am. First I look at the cover, then I look at the endpapers. And this book does them nicely - the cover shows a ladybug just too big to fit, the front endpapers show dozens of tiny ladybugs,...
| Author | Leslie Patricelli |
| ISBN | 0763632414 |
The sky’s no limit in a witty picture book about a child on a swing and the wonders of the imagination.
One child. One swing. An obliging dad. The inevitable plea to go "Higher! Higher!" Add Leslie Patricelli’s wildly expressive illustrations, and an everyday pastime reaches new heights...
| Author | Christie Matheson |
| ISBN | 0062393391 |
How do you make a garden grow? In this companion to Tap the Magic Tree and Touch the Brightest Star, you will see how tiny seeds bloom into beautiful flowers.
Follows the seed through its entire life cycle, as it grows into a zinnia in a garden full of buzzing bees, curious hummingbirds, and colorful...
Nose to Toes, You Are Yummy!
| Author | Tim Harrington |
| ISBN | 0062328166 |
Perfect for fans of Eric Carle's From Head to Toe! Sing and dance along with tigers, pandas, giraffes, and more in this interactive picture book.
Wave your hands!
Tap your feet!
Tug your ears!
From the singer of Les Savy Fav, Tim Harrington, comes this joyful celebration...
