From Good Morning, Chick to Goodnight Moon
The best in books for preschool children!
Selected by the children's staff at the Berkeley Public Library.
Traditional Classics |
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| Author | Title | |
| Barrett, Judi | Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing (1970) | |
| Pictures of animals wearing clothes show why this would be a ridiculous custom for them to adopt. | ||
| Bemelmans, Ludwig | Madeline (1967) | |
The littlest girl in a Paris boarding school regularly bumps into trouble. Also available in audio, both in English and Spanish. Several sequels. |
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| Brown, Margaret Wise | Goodnight Moon (1947) | |
| As day changes to night, a little bunny says goodnight to familiar things in his world. Also available in audio. |
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| Brunhoff, Jean de | The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant (1933) | |
| Babar, the baby elephant, grows up to be crowned king of the elephants. Also available in French. Sequels. |
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| Burton, Virginia Lee | Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939) | |
| Mike Mulligan and an old-fashioned steam shovel, Mary Anne, prove their worth to Popperville. Also available in audio. |
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| Carle, Eric | The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1979) | |
| Color, counting, and days of the week are introduced in this story of a caterpillar who becomes a butterfly. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Freeman, Don | Corduroy (1968) | |
| If Corduroy, a toy bear in a store, can replace the missing button on his overalls perhaps a little girl will purchase him. Also available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Gag, Wanda | Millions of Cats (1956) | |
| Hundreds of cats, Thousands of cats, Millions and billions and trillions of cats! | ||
| Hoban, Lillian | Bread and Jam for Frances (1964) | |
| Frances loves bread and jam more than anything else - until she has to eat it for every meal. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Johnson, Crockett | Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) | |
| With his purple crayon, Harold draws his way into an imaginary world. | ||
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Whistle for Willie (1964) | |
| Peter wants to learn how to whistle so he can call his dog, Willie. Also available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Leaf, Munro | Story of Ferdinand (1936) | |
| When the quiet Ferdinand is stung by a bee, his reaction makes everyone think he is the fiercest of bulls. Also available in audio, both in English and Spanish. | ||
| Lionni, Leo | Little Blue and Little Yellow (1959) | |
| Two friends, one blue and one yellow, hug so hard that they turn green. | ||
| Martin, Bill Jr. | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (1970) | |
| When asked "What do you see?" each child sees a variety of animals, each in a different color. | ||
| Martin, Bill Jr. & Archambault, John | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (1989) | |
| Will there be enough room for the alphabet in the coconut tree? | ||
| Mayer, Mercer | There's a Nightmare In My Closet (1968) | |
| A young boy confronts his fear of darkness by asking the creature in his closet to share his bed. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| McCloskey, Robert | Make Way for Ducklings (1941) | |
| Mr. and Mrs. Mallard set out to raise a family of ducklings in the middle of Boston. Also available in audio, and in Japanese and in Spanish. | ||
| Numeroff, Laura Joffe | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1985) | |
| When a boy offers a cookie to a mouse, it sets off a chain of funny events. | ||
| Potter, Beatrix | Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902) | |
| Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught. | ||
| Rey, H.A. | Curious George (1969) | |
| The irrepressible little monkey gets into a series of mischievous scrapes. Also available in audio and in Spanish. Sequels. | ||
| Sendak, Maurice | Where the Wild Things Are (1963) | |
| Sent to his room without supper, Max imagines a voyage to the land of the wild things. Also available in audio. | ||
| Shaw, Charles G. | It Looked Like Spilt Milk | |
| Are these white shapes on a blue background spilt milk or are they a cloud? | ||
| Slobodkina, Esphyr | Caps for Sale (1947 ) | |
| A peddler wakes from a nap to discover monkeys have taken the caps he sells. Also available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Ungerer, Tomi | Crictor (1958) | |
| Madame Louise Bodot receives a marvelous pet snake from her son in Africa. Also available in Spanish and Japanese. | ||
| Yashima, Taro | Umbrella (1958) | |
| Momo's first umbrella creates a special memory for her on a rainy day. Also available in audio. | ||
| Zion, Gene | Harry the Dirty Dog (1956) | |
When Harry, a white dog with black spots, runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn't recognize him. There's only one solution! Sequels. Also available in audio and in Japanese. |
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| Dr. Seuss | The Cat in the Hat (1957) | |
| Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat, who shows them some tricks and games. Also available in audio. | ||
More Favorites |
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| Asch, Frank | Happy Birthday, Moon (1982) | |
| A mountain echo helps Bear communicate with the moon as they celebrate a mutual birthday. | ||
| Barracca, Debra & Saul | The Adventures of Taxi Dog | |
| A stray dog in New York City is adopted by a taxi driver, with whom he shares adventures each day. | ||
| Bornstein, Ruth | Little Gorilla (1976) | |
| No matter what his size is, Little Gorilla is loved by a community of friends in the jungle. | ||
| Caines, Jeannette | I Need a Lunch Box (1988) | |
| Jealous of all of his sister's school supplies, a preschooler dreams about having a different colored lunch box for each day of the week and of all the things (and food) he would put in them. | ||
| Cauley, Lorinda Bryan | Clap Your Hands (1992) | |
| Rhyming text instructs the listener to find something yellow, roar like a lion, give a kiss, tell a secret, spin in a circle, and perform other playful activities along with the human and animal characters pictured. | ||
| Chen, Chih-Yuan | Guji Guji (2004) | |
| Guji Guji is a crocodile who has been raised by a duck. When three bad crocodiles tell Guji Guji he is a crocodile and must help them eat the ducks, Guji Guji must decide who he really is. | ||
| Cole, Brock | Alpha and the Dirty Baby (1991) | |
| Alpha fights back against two imps who take over her family and demand she dirty everything up. | ||
| Crews, Donald (1978) | Freight Train (1978) | |
| Train cars of various colors and types move along the tracks. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Cronin, Doreen | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (2000) | |
| When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. Also available in audio. | ||
| Dodd, Emma | Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story About Colors and Counting (2001) | |
| In this colorful story of a sloppy dog, you can count on a happy ending. | ||
| Dorros, Arthur | Abuela (1991) | |
| While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Falconer, Ian | Olivia (2000) | |
| Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good. | ||
| Fleming, Denise | Lunch (1992) | |
| A very hungry mouse eats a large lunch comprised of colorful foods. | ||
| Ginsburg, Mirra | Good Morning, Chick (1980) | |
| A fluffy yellow chick hatches out of his shell and learns about life in the barnyard from his mother. | ||
| Henkes, Kevin | Kitten's First Full Moon (2004) | |
| When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Minfong, Ho | Hush!: A Thai Lullaby (1996) | |
| A lullaby which asks animals such as a lizard, monkey, and water-buffalo to be quiet and not distrub the sleeping baby. | ||
| Holabird, Katherine | Angelina Ballerina (1983) | |
| When Angelina Mouse's passion for dancing is channeled into ballet lessons, she no longer dances at inappropriate times or forgets her responsibilities. | ||
| Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald | Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) (1990) | |
| For Sara and Susan, nothing in the world tastes as good as crab cakes. But crab cakes taste even better after stories about Aunt Flossie's hats! Also available in audio. | ||
| Hurd, Thacher | Art Dog (1996) | |
| When the Mona Woofa is stolen from the Dogopolis Museum of Art, a mysterious character calling himself Art Dog tracks down and captures the thieves. Also available in audio. | ||
| Jonas, Ann | The Quilt (1984) | |
| A new patchwork quilt made of her old things brings back memories for a little girl and becomes the setting in her dream. | ||
| Joosse, Barbara M. | Mama, Do You Love Me? (1991) | |
| A child living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional. Also available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Kasza, Keiko | A Mother For Choco (1992) | |
| A lonely bird named Choco searches for a mother who looks just like him until Mrs. Bear and her unlikely children show him what really counts. | ||
| Kleven, Elisa | The Paper Princess (1994) | |
| A little girl makes a picture of a princess that comes to life and is carried off by the wind. | ||
| Aruego, Jose | Whose Mouse Are You? (1970) | |
| A lonely little mouse has to be resourceful in order to bring his family back together. | ||
| Lin, Grace | The Ugly Vegetables (1999) | |
| A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might be pretty but a garden that produces Chinese vegetable soup is the best of all. Includes a recipe. | ||
| Marshall, James | George and Martha (1972) | |
| Five funny stories about two hippos who are great friends. Several sequels. Also available in audio. | ||
| Miller, Margaret | Who Uses This? (1990) | |
| A guessing game with accompanying photographs introduces a variety of objects, their purpose, and who uses them. | ||
| Moss, Lloyd | Zin! Zin! Zin!: A Violin (1995) | |
| A trombone is joined by a trumpet and then, one by one, by eight more instruments until the sound and rhythm of classical music swells to a full chamber orchestra. Bravo! Also available in audio. | ||
| Noble, Trinka Hakes | The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash (1980) | |
| Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm. Also available in audio and Spanish. | ||
| Park, Linda Sue | Bee-Bim Bop! (2005) | |
| A child, eager for a favorite meal, helps with shopping, food preparation, and table setting. | ||
| Raschka, Chris | Yo! Yes? (1993) | |
| The exhilarating feeling of finding a new friend is simply presented in a story with just two characters. Also available in audio. | ||
| Rathmann, Peggy | Good Night, Gorilla (1994) | |
| An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Rice, Eve | Sam Who Never Forgets (1977) | |
| Zookeeper Sam brings food to the animals but the elephant thinks he has been forgotten. | ||
| Richardson, Justin & Parnell, Peter | And Tango Makes Three | |
| At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins hatch an egg together at the zoo. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Shaw, Nancy | Sheep in a Jeep (1986) | |
| Rhyming text tells the misadventures of a jeepload of sheep with poor driving skills. Also available in audio. | ||
| Soto, Gary | Chato's Kitchen (1995) | |
| Chato, a cat in the barrio, prepares a Spanish dinner to entice the mice next door into his cooking pot. Also available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Waddell, Martin | Owl Babies (1992) | |
| Two owls comfort their younger brother one night when their mother is off hunting in the dark. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Walsh, Ellen Stoll | Mouse Paint (1989) | |
| Three white mice playfully mix red, blue and yellow paint. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Wells, Rosemary | Bunny Cakes (1997) | |
| Max and Ruby each bake very different cakes for their grandmother. | ||
| Williams, Vera B. | "More More More" Said the Baby (1990) | |
| Three toddlers of different ethnicities are playfully showered with affection from a mother, father and grandmother. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Wood, Audrey | The Napping House (1984) | |
| A pile of animals are all sleeping on grandma's bed until a fea causes them to wake up. Also available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Yolen, Jane | How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? (2005) | |
| Rhyming text asks if dinosaurs eat with a variety of rude noises and then gives instructions on the proper way to eat. | ||
| Aardema, Verna | 398.2 Aa72w3 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (1975 |
| In this cumulative tale from West Africa, a mosquito sets off a chain of misunderstandings that results in Mother Owl not waking the sun up so that the day can come. Available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Bonning, Tony | 398.2 B641f | Fox Tale Soup (2002) |
| In this version of the familiar tale, a hungry fox tricks some barnyard animals into contributing the necessary ingredients for making his delicious stone soup. | ||
| Adapted by McDermott, Gerald | 398.2 M143a | Anansi the Spider: A Tale From the Ashanti (1972) |
| Each of six sons uses a talent to help save Anansi the Spider's life, but then they argue over which of them should get the prize for saving him. | ||
| McDonald, Margaret Read | 398.2 M145g2 | Go to Sleep, Gecko! : A Balinese Folktale (2006) |
| A gecko who complains to the village chief that the fireflies keep him awake at night but then learns that in nature all things are connected. | ||
| Retold by Marshall, James | 398.2 M356g | Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1988) |
| A humorous retelling of the classic tale of unwanted guest Goldilocks who enters the house of the three bears, eats their porridge, sits in their chairs, and is found sleeping in baby bear's bed. Available in audio and in Spanish. | ||
| Musgrove, Margaret | 398.2 M972s | The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth (2001) |
| In this retelling of a tale from Ghana, a wonderous spider shows two Ashanti weavers how to make intricate, colorful patters in the cloth that they weave. | ||
Alphabet and Counting Books |
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| Bang, Molly | Ten, Nine, Eight (1983) | |
| Starting with "10 small toes all washed and warm," a little girl counts down what she sees in her bedroom as she goes to sleep. Also available in Spanish. | ||
| Ehlert, Lois | Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables From A to Z (1989) | |
| From apple to zucchini, large watercolor illustrations portray a range of fruits and vegetables. More information is given in the ending glossary. | ||
| Elya, Susan Middleton | F is for Fiesta (2006) | |
| Feliz cumpleanos! The Spanish alphabet is explored for English speakers as a family puts on a birthday party. Opens with a glossary and pronunciation guide. | ||
| Ernst, Lisa Campbell | The Turn-Around Upside-Down Alphabet Book (2004) | |
| The author suggests imaginative ways to view each letter of the alphabet as the reader turns the book around. | ||
| Evans, Lezlie | Can You Count Ten Toes? : Count to 10 in 10 Different Languages (1999) | |
| Rhyming verses instruct the reader to count different objects in each of ten languages, including Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Tagalog, and Hebrew. | ||
| Franco, Betsy | Bird Songs (2007) | |
| Throughout the day and into the night various birds sing their songs, beginning with the woodpecker who taps a pole ten times, counting down to the hummingbird who calls once. | ||
| Freymann, Saxton | Food for Thought (2005) | |
| Bright photographs of fruits and vegetables are amusingly carved into people, animals, and objects that make up our world. They teach toddlers shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites. | ||
| Hutchins, Pat | Ten Red Apples (2000) | |
| With a yippee fiddle-dee-fee and various animal sounds, farm animals claim a red apple from the tree as the farmer cries, "Save some for me." | ||
| Jay, Alison | 1 2 3 : A Child's First Counting Book (2007) | |
| A little girl awakens to a wondrous fairy tale world that lets her count familiar characters from one to ten and back again. | ||
| Kellogg, Steven | Give the Dog a Bone (2000) | |
| Ten new verses for the song, "This Old Man," will make you laugh at the antics of dogs and their old men. | ||
| Lee, Huy Voun | 1, 2, 3 Go! (2000) | |
| Chinese characters and papercuts illustrate children at play and the numbers from one to ten. | ||
| Ljungkvist, Laura | Follow the Line (2006) | |
| Follow a line to visit a wide variety of places and count different objects throughout the day, from fire hydrants in a big city, to babies sleeping in a country village. | ||
| Lobel, Anita and Arnold | On Market Street (1980) | |
| Shop along Market Street and find items for 26 letters. Brilliant paintings depict shopkeepers whose costumes are composed entirely of their wares. | ||
| Dillon, Leo and Diane | Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose (2007) | |
| An illustrated collection of twenty-four counting rhymes, from "Baa, baa black sheep" to "Wash the dishes, wipe the dishes." | ||
| Munari, Bruno | ABC (2003) | |
| Beginning with and "Ant on an Apple," simple objects, text, and a pesky fly introduce the letters of the alphabet. | ||
| Olson, K.C. | Construction Countdown (2004) | |
| A countdown from ten to one of construction equipment such as bulldozers and dump trucks. | ||
| Rankin, Laura | The Handmade Alphabet (1991) | |
| Colored pencil drawings depicting hands and objects present the alphabet in American Sign Language. | ||
| Rose, Deborah Lee | One Nighttime Sea : An Ocean Counting Rhyme | |
| A beautifully illustrated counting book depicting sea creatures at night, from one blue whale calf to ten turtle hatchlings and back again. | ||
| Sloat, Teri | From One to One Hundred (1991) | |
| Count the numbers one through ten, and then, counting by tens, from ten to one hundred. Search for and count special objects on a page. | ||
Songs, Rhymes, and Poems |
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| Crews, Nina | The Neighborhood Mother Goose (2000) | |
| Nursery rhymes are illustrated with brightly enhanced photographs of city scenes. | ||
| Beaton, Clare | Mother Goose Remembers (2000) | |
| Felt cut-outs sewn onto flannel, muslin and felt charmingly illustrate these rhymes. | ||
| Brown, Marc | 372.2 B814f | Finger Rhymes (1980) |
| Brown's fun illustrations dress up fourteen well-known nursery rhymes. | ||
| Cole, Joanna & Stephanie Calmenson | 372.2 C674e | The Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes (1991) |
| Cole's amusing line drawings show the motions that go with classic fingerplays and rhymes. | ||
| Guthrie, Woody and Marjorie | 784 G948w | Woody's 20 Grow Big Songs (1992) |
| Features the best of Guthrie's highly original children's songs. Includes "Cleano," "Bling Blang" and "Riding In My Car." | ||
| Hudson, Wade and Cheryl | 784 H83 | How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children (1995) |
| Presents music, lyrics and background notes for twenty-three contemporary and traditional African-American songs. Includes "Kumbaya," "Take the 'A' Train," "We Shall Not Be Moved" and Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday." | ||
| Orozco, José Luis | 784 Ord2 | Diez Deditos = Ten Little Fingers and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America (1997) |
| Bright, spirited issustrations by elisa Kleven accompany traditional and original songs and fingerplays collected by a renowned bilingual educator / performer. | ||
| Hart, Jane | 784 Si64h | Singing Bee: A Collection of Favorite Children's Songs (1982) |
| Contains fingerplay songs, nursery rhyme songs, bedtime songs and rounds of the Anglo-American tradition. | ||
| Delacre, Lulu | 784.4 AR69 | Arroz Con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America - English lyrics by Elena Paz; musical arrangements by Ana-Maria Rosado (1989) |
| A collection of traditional Latin American songs and rhymes in Spanish and English, with music included. | ||
| Hudson, Wade | 808.81 P265 | Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children (1983) |
| An illustrated collection of poetry by African-American poets including Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Eloise Greenfield and Lucille Clifton. | ||
| Calmenson, Stephanie | 811 C136 | Good For You! : Toddler Rhymes for Toddler Times (2001) |
| Simple rhymes introduce colorsm and many of the early experiences of childhood. | ||
| Greenfield, Eloise | 811 G837n1 | Night on Neighborhood Street (1991) |
| A collection of poems exploring the sounds, sights and emotions enlivening a black neighborhood during the course of one evening. | ||
| Peters, Frank Fusek and Yolen, Jane | 811.008 H421 | Here's A Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry (2007) |
| Very first poems for children with familiar themes such as self, family, going outside, and time for bed. | ||
| Prelutsky, Jack | 811.08 Re22 | Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young (1986) |
| A collection of poems loosely arranged around themes such as insects, ducks and rain. | ||
The World Around Us |
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| Author | Title | |
| Aliki | 152.4 AL44f | Feelings (1984) |
| Pictures, dialogs, poems, and stories portray various emotions we all feel such as jealousy, sadness, fear, anger, joy and love. | ||
| Rogers, Fred | 362.4 R631e | Extraordinary Friends (2000) |
| Our friend, Mr. Rogers, celebrates children with special needs and suggests ways to interact and have fun together. Though people might use equipment such as wheelchairs or special computers, we are all more alike than we might think. | ||
| Branley, Franklyn M. | 523.7 B734s |
The Sun: Our Nearest Star (2002) |
| Colorful pictures and simple text give us information about the sun and describe its importance to our planet. Includes some simple experiments. | ||
| Martin, Bill Jr. and Sampson, Michael | 525 M363i | I Love Our Earth (2006) |
Lyrical text and stunning color photographs celebrate our earth's colors, climates, and seasons. |
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| Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner | 530.4 Z72w | What is the World Made Of? (1998) |
| A brief introduction to the three states of matter — solid, liquid, and gas — in easy language and with many examples. | ||
| Fauteux, Nicole | 533 Si55L | Let's Try It Out In The Air: Hands-On Early-Learning Science Activities (2001) |
Encourages young children to make observations about the world around them by presenting simple activities and experiments that demonstrate the properties of air. |
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| Cobb, Vicki | 546 C634i | I Get Wet (2002) |
| Easy hands-on activities and appealing illustrations explain the basic properties of water to preschoolers in a fun and interesting way. | ||
| Davis, Lee | 567.9 D294d | Dinosaur Dinners (1998) |
| A visit to a museum of natural history provides a little boy with an introduction to the habits, characteristics, and habitats of fourteen kinds of dinosaurs. | ||
| Jordan, Helene J. | 582 J763h | How a Seed Grows (1992) |
This simple and charming introduction to plant growth uses bean seeds planted in eggshells to demonstrate how a seed grows into a plant. |
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| Rose, Deborah Lee | 591.77 R72o | Ocean Babies (2005) |
| Describes baby animals that live in the ocean, pointing out their many differences as well as their most important similarities. | ||
| Rockwell, Anne | 597.3 R593L | Little Shark (2005) |
Swim through the seas with Little Shark and discover fascinating shark facts! |
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| Butterworth, Chris | 1597.67 B982s | Sea Horse: The Shyest fish in the Sea (2006) |
| Readers will discover the secrets of the endangered sea horse, one of nature's most mysterious fish, through clear, engaging text and intricate engravings done by an award winning illustrator. | ||
| Cowley, Joy | 597.8 C839r | Red-Eyed Tree Frog (1999) |
| Big, colorful photographs and simple text shows how this tiny frog, found in the rain forest of Central America, spends the night searching for food. | ||
| French, Vivian | 597.8 F889g | Growing Frogs (2000) |
| In this vibrantly illustrated book, a mother and child observe tadpoles develop and grow into frogs. | ||
| Winer, Yvonne | 598 W725b | Birds Build Nests (2002) |
Short poems describe how, where, why, and when birds around the world build nests. Realistic, detailed watercolor illustrations show different birds in their habitats and their unique nests. |
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| Lunde, Darrin | 599.4 L972h | Hello, Bumblebee Bat (2007) |
Simple text and illustrations introduce the endangered bumblebee bat of Thailand, the world’s smallest bat. |
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| Tatham, Betty | 599.769 T187b | Baby Sea Otter (2005) |
Beautiful paper collage illustrations and an engaging narrative explore the lives of sea otters. The clear, informative text describes how sea otters care for their young and what their daily lives are like in the ocean. |
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| Barner, Bob | 611 B26d | Dem Bones (1996) |
Words of the traditional African American spiritual are accompanied by factual information on bones and skeletons and are illustrated by colorful drawings. |
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| Aliki | 612 AL44ir | I'm Growing! (1993) |
| A young boy who has outgrown his clothing looks at how different parts of the body change as it grows. | ||
| Aliki | 612 B733m | My Five Senses (1989) |
| A young boy introduces the five senses and describes how he uses them. | ||
| Baptiste, Baron | 613.7 B229m | My Daddy is a Pretzel : Yoga for Parents and Kids |
While other children's parents are veterinarians, gardeners, and builders, one father is able to become a dog, a tree, and a bridge using various yoga poses. |
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| Rogers, Fred | 616 R631g | Going to the Doctor (1986) |
| Photographs and reassuring, straightforward language explain to children what they can expect on a visit to the doctor’s office. | ||
| Gibbons, Gail | 628.9 G352f | Fire! Fire! (1984) |
| The exciting drama of fighting fires is played out in different environments. Fire fighters bravely put out fires in the city, in the country, in the forest, and on the waterfront. | ||
| Maass, Robert | 629.224 M112L | Little Trucks With Big Jobs (2007) |
| A tow truck, forklift, plane tug, and a mail truck are just a few of the little trucks that have big jobs. Photographs and short descriptions show that size doesn’t matter when it comes to getting the work done! | ||
| Mora, Pat | 633 M79y | Yum! mmmm! qué rico! : Americas' Sproutings (2007) |
| From blueberries to vanilla, indigenous foods of the Americas are celebrated in this collection of haiku. It also includes information about each food's origins. | ||
| Murkoff, Heidi | 649.6 M946w | What to Expect When You Use the Potty (2000) |
| Angus the dog answers common questions children may have about toilet training. “Where do pee-pee and poop come from?” and “How do I know when to go to the potty?” are among the questions answered in this child-friendly, informative guide. | ||
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