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Booklists

Baths

Two to five:

Arnold, Tedd. No More Water in the Tub! New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1995.
Ashman, Linda. Rub-a-Dub Sub. San Diego : Harcourt, c2003.
Beck, Andrea. Elliot’s Bath. Toronto : Kids Can Press, c2001.
Bell, Cece. Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood: A Star is Bathed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003.
Carle, Eric. Ten Little Rubber Ducks. New York : HarperCollins, c2005.
Ehrlich, Fred. Does An Elephant Take a Bath? Maplewood, NJ : Blue Apple Books, c2005.
Goodman, Joan E. Bernard’s Bath. Honesdale, PA. : Boyds Mills Press, c1996.
Johnson, Jane. Little Bunny’s Bathtime! Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2004.
Krosoczka, Jarrett. Bubble Bath Pirates. New York : Viking, c2003.
Neubecker, Robert. Beasty Bath. New York : Orchard Books, 2005.
Pelletier, Andrew Thomas. The Amazing Adventures of Bathman. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2005.
Puttock, Simon. Squeaky Clean. New York : Little Brown and Company, c2002.
Ross, Tony. Wash Your Hands! Brooklyn, N.Y. : Kane/Miller, 2000.
Schotter, Roni. Captain Bob Sets Sail. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2000.
Shannon, Terri Miller. Tub Toys. Berkley, CA : Tricycle Press, 2002.
Spinelli, Eileen. Bath Time. New York : Marshall Cavendish , c2003.
Stewart, Amber. Rabbit Ears. New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2006.
Teckentrup, Britta. Big Smelly Bear. New York : Sterling Publishing Co., 2007.
Timberlake, Amy. The Dirty Cowboy. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003.
Thompson, Kay. Eloise Takes a Bawth. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2002.
Van Laan, Nancy. Scrubba Dub. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Winburn, William B. Ten Rubber Duckies. New York : Sterling, c2005.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Brown, Margaret Wise. The Dirty Little Boy. Delray Beach, FL : Winslow Press, 2001.
Hamsa, Bobbie. Dirty Larry. New York : Children's Press, c2002.
Kinerk, Robert. Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005.

Baseball

Two to five years old:

Alborough, Jez. Hit the Ball Duck. La Jolla, CA : Kane/Miller, 2006, c2005.
Cooper, Elisha. Ballpark. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1998.
Driscoll, Laura. Curious George at the Baseball Game. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Dunrea, Olivier. Peedie. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2004.
Egan, Tim. Roasted Peanuts. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Latimer, Jim. Fox Under First Base. New York : Scribner, c1991.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Anderson, Joan. Batboy: An Inside Look at Spring Training. New York : Lodestar Books, c1996.
Bernstein, Joanne E. Grand-Slam Riddles. Niles, Ill. : A. Whitman, 1988.
Blackstone, Margaret. This Is Baseball. New York : Holt, c1993.
Corey, Shana. Players in Pigtails. New York : Scholastic Press, 2003.
Christensen, Joe. Alex Rodriguez. Edina, Minn. : Abdo Pub., c2004.
Gelsey, James. Scooby-Doo and the Spooky Strikeout. New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., c2000.
Isadora, Rachel. Nick Plays Baseball. New York : Putnam, 2001.
Kelley, James. Baseball. New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000.
Kessler, Leonard P. Here Comes the Strikeout. New York, NY : HarperCollins, c1992.
Krasner, Steven. Play like the Pros: Tips for Kids from 20 Big League Stars. Atlanta, Ga. : Peachtree Publishers, c2002.
Kraus, Robert. Mort the Sport. New York : Orchard Books, 2000.
McIntosh, Ned. The Little League Guide to Teeball. Chicago : Contemporary Books, c1993.
Monteleone, John J. The Little League Guide to Correcting the 25 Most Common Mistakes. Chicago : Contemporary Books, c2003.
Morrison, Lillian. At the Crack of a Bat: Baseball Poems. New York : Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, c1994.
Murphy, Stewart J. Slugger’s Car Wash. New York : HarperCollins, 2002.
Norworth, Jack. Take Me Out to the Ballgame. New York : Four Winds Press, c1993.
Parish, Peggy. Play Ball Amelia Bedelia. New York, NY : Harper Children's Audio, p1985.
Sullivan, George. Big League Spring Training. New York : Holt, c1989.
Sullivan, George. Sluggers: Twenty Seven of Baseball’s Greatest. New York : Atheneum, c1991.

Bears

Wilson, Gina. Grandma's Bears When Nat spends the night at his grandmother's house for the first time, he and the bears who live there have fun.
Newman, Lesléa. Where is Bear? The animals in the forest are playing hide-and-seek, but none of them can find Bear anywhere.
Murray, Marjorie Dennis. Don't Wake Up The Bear! On a cold, snowy evening, several animals snuggle up to a hibernating bear in order to keep warm.
Wilson, Karma. Bear Snores On On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.
Waddell, Martin. Snow Bears When three little bears play in the snow, they pretend to be "snow bears" and their mother goes along with the game.
Freedman, Claire. One Magical Morning Mommy and Little Bear go out early one morning to see the day dawn and find other woodland creatures awakening as they go by.
Krauss, Ruth. Bears First published in 1948, Krauss's 27-word poem created a charming little universe. Now, Maurice Sendak turns her bears into a troupe of players in a slapstick comedy starring a familiar boy in a wolf suit.
Jennings, Sharon. Bearcub and Mama Mamma teaches Bearcub how to catch a fish, dig for grubs, climb a tree, and find honey. One day Bearcub is exploring when the sky darkens and a storm blows in, but Mama is not there. Frightened and alone, Bearcub must rely on himself—and all that his mama has taught him—to weather the winter storm.
Joosse, Barbara M. Nikolai, The Only Bear Nikolai, a bear who lives in the orphanage in Russia, does not seem to fit in until the day some visitors arrive from America.
Petty, Kate. PUPPET + BOOK Bear puppet [kit]
Thompson, Lauren. Polar Bear Night After wandering out at night to watch a magical star shower, a polar bear cub returns home to snuggle with her mother in their warm den.

Birds - Tweet!

E Napoli, Donna Jo. Albert One day when Albert is at his window, two cardinals come to build a nest in his hand, an event that changes his life.
E Ray, Mary Lyn. Welcome, Brown Bird While a boy in North America urges his father not to cut down the trees where the wood thrush lives, a boy in South America awaits the return of the bird that he calls "la flauta" for its flute-like song.
E Ryder, Joanne. Wild Birds The birds that glide through the sky, hop through the grass, and sing on the fence gradually come to feed from a child's hand.
E Tafuri, Nancy. Where did Bunny go? Bird cannot find Bunny during a game of hide-and-seek and worries that Bunny has run away.
J398 HALL Hall, Amanda. Prince Of The Birds
E Dunbar, Joyce. A Chick Called Saturday A curious chick is disappointed at all the things his mother says he can’t do, such as swim like a duck, until he discovers one thing he can do very well.
E Giganti, Paul. How Many Blue Birds Flew Away? Throughout the day, a child notices, counts, and compares things, such as how many boys and girls are on the playground and how many more girls there are than boys, until there is finally something that cannot be counted.
E Haas, Irene. Bess and Bella Bess is feeling terribly lonely when out of the sky tumbles a bird named Bella, her tiny suitcases packed with all manner of wonderful things.
E Kaczman, James. A Bird And His Worm A bird who doesn't like to flap his wings and the worm he has befriended learn the dangers of trusting strangers as they travel south together for the winter.
E Keller, Holly. Sophie's Window When Caruso, a bird who is afraid to fly, is blown out of his home one windy night, he must rely on a new friend, a dog named Sophie, to take him back to his parents.

Snuggle up: Blankets

Cates, Karin. A Far-Fetched Story With a hard winter on the way, Grandmother uses her family's rags and stories to create a cozy quilt.
Gliori, Debi. Flora's Blanket Flora, a little rabbit, does not want to sleep without her missing blanket, so her family helps her look for it.
Henkes, Kevin. Owen Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Show Way The making of "Show ways," or quilts which once served as secret maps for freedom-seeking slaves, is a tradition passed from mother to daughter in the author's family.
Yolen, Jane. Soft House On a rainy afternoon, a little brother and big sister make a cozy house from blankets and cushions with the help of Mr. Cat.

Books:

Barroux, Stephane Mr. Katapat's incredible adventures Each day, an ordinary man becomes a great adventurer when he goes to the library and reads about the Wild West, pirates, or a visit to the pyramids.
Hennessy, B. G Claire and the unicorn happy ever after One night, Claire and her toy unicorn, Capricorn, journey to a magical land filled with characters from fairy tales to find out what makes someone live "happy ever after."
Garland, Michael. Miss Smith's incredible storybook When the new teacher, Miss Smith, reads to her class, Zack and his classmates are amazed to find that the storybook characters come to life.
Rowe, John A. Tommy DoLittle Tommy is so lazy that his dog takes him for walks instead of the other way around, but all that changes when he gets lost inside a book.
Chesworth, Michael Alphaboat Rhyming text full of puns tells the story of the letters of the alphabet sailing off to look for a buried treasure.

Two to five years:

Bertram, Debbie. The Best Place to Read. New York : Random House, Inc. [etc.], 2003.
Bertram, Debbie. The Best Time to Read. New York : Random House, c2005.
Brown, Marc. D.W.’s Library Card. Boston : Little, Brown, c2001.
Bruss, Deborah. Book, Book, Book. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001.
Burleigh, Robert. I Love Going Through This Book. New York : HarperCollins, c2001.
Charlip, Remy. Why I Will Never Ever Ever Ever Have Enough Time to Read This Book. Berkeley, Calif. : Tricycle Press, 2000.
Child, Lauren. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book? New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2003, c2002.
Cousins, Lucy. Maisy Goes to the Library. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2005.
George, Kristine O’Connell. Book! New York : Clarion Books, c2001.
Harris, Robie H. Maybe a Bear Ate It. New York : Orchard Books, 2008.
Hillenbrand, Willard. My Book Box. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Jeffers, Oliver. The Incredible Book Eating Boy. New York : Philomel Books, 2007.
Kirk, Daniel. Library Mouse. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007.
McQuinn, Anna. Lola at the Library. Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2006.
Muntean, Michaela. Do Not Open This Book. New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
Parish, Herman. Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm. New York : Greenwillow Books, etc., c2003.
Sierra, Judy. Wild About Books. New York : Knopf, c2004.
Stadler, Alexander. Beverly Billingsly Borrow a Book. San Diego : Silver Whistle/Harcourt, c2002.
Walker, Kate. I Hate Books. Chicago : Cricket Books, 2007, c1995.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Deedee, Carmen Agra. The Library Dragon. Atlanta : Peachtree, 1994.
Knudson, Michelle. Library Lion. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2006.
McDonald, Megan. When the Library Lights Go Out. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Morris, Carla D. The Boy Who Was Raised By Librarians. Atlanta, GA : Peachtree, c2007.
Stewart, Sara. The Library. Pine Plains, NY : Live Oak Media, p1996.
Williams, Suzanne. Library Lil. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1997.

Brave Heroes

E Thompson, Lauren. Little Quack One by one, four ducklings find the courage to jump into the pond and paddle with Mama Duck, until only Little Quack is left in the nest, trying to be brave.
E Waber, Bernard. Courage Provides examples of the many kinds of courage found in everyday life and in unusual circumstances, from tasting the vegetable before making a face to being a firefighter or police officer.
E Cocca-Leffler, Maryann. Bravery Soup Carlin, who is frightened by everything, wants to try some of Big Bear's bravery soup, but first he must travel through a dark forest to a monster's cave to retrieve an important ingredient.
E Dierssen, Andreas. Timid Timmy Although Timid Timmy longs to be like his daredevil friend Rocket, he learns that being honest takes real courage.
E Greene, Rhonda Gowler. Firebears : The Rescue Team Always ready to fight fires, the Firebears of Fire Station Number Eight slide down poles, rescue cats, and save people from burning houses.
E McKissack, Pat. Precious And The Boo Hag Home alone with a stomachache while the family works in the fields, a young girl faces up to the horrifying Boo Hag that her brother warned her about.
E Martin, Bill. "Fire! Fire!" Said Mrs. McGuire In this version of the old rhyme the fire turns out to be the smoke from the candles of a birthday cake.

Hop Along with Bunnies!

E Park, Linda Sue. What Does Bunny See? : A book of colors and flowers A rabbit wanders through the various flowers and colors of a cottage garden.
E Bryan, Sean. A Boy And His Bunny One morning, a boy wakes up with a rabbit on his head and, although his mother is skeptical, he soon discovers that he can be fed, ride a bobsled, and even look cool with a rabbit on his head.
E Willems, Mo. Knuffle Bunny Trixie has lost her bunny! A true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddy's in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.
E Novak, Matt. Too Many Bunnies Because their hole is so crowded, one by one a bunch of bunnies hop across a field to a new hole--and then back again.

What a mess! Cleaning up!

Anderson, Peggy Perry. Let's Clean Up. When Joe messes up his room after his mother has cleaned it, his method of cleaning it up again does not meet with her approval.
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. This Is The Van That Dad Cleaned In the style of a classic cumulative rhyme, the children undo all of Dad's hard work cleaning the family car.
Lichtenheld, Tom. What's With This Room? A discussion between a boy and his parents about a bedroom, that is so dirty he would "have to clean up just to call it a mess," ends with a blast.
Parnell, Robyn. My Closet Threw A Party In fun and fanciful verse and wacky, colorful pictures, a quite unusual party comes brightly to life in a little girl's cluttered closet and messy room, as clean clothes play with stinky ones until they all become entangled together.
Sloat, Teri. This Is The House That Was Tidy And Neat After a series of mishaps involving crumbs, drips, splatters, and spills, the neat and tidy house that Mom left is a mess.
Teague, Mark. Pigsty When Wendell doesn't clean up his room, a whole herd of pigs comes to live with him.
Wells, Rosemary. Max Cleans Up Max's big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things that she wants to throw away.

Clouds

Carle, Eric. Little Cloud A little cloud becomes all sorts of things—sheep, an airplane, trees, a hat—before joining other clouds and raining.
Henley, Claire. Stormy Day Children see clouds gather, wind blow, rain fall, cats scamper inside, and swans swim as they watch a passing thunderstorm.
Locker, Thomas Cloud Dance Clouds of many shapes and sizes drift and dance across the sky. Includes factual information on the formation and different kinds of clouds.
Walker, Rob D. Once Upon A Cloud Rhyming text about the origin and nature of clouds.
Wiesner, David. Sector 7 While on a school trip to the Empire State Building, a boy is taken by a friendly cloud to visit Sector 7, where he discovers how clouds are shaped and channeled throughout the country.
J551.576 DEPA De Paola, Tomie. The Cloud Book : Words And Pictures Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.

Colors

0-24 months:

Arnosky, Jim. Mouse Colors: a Very First Book. New York : Clarion Books, c2001.
Carle, Eric. My Very First Book of Colors. New York : Harvest House Publishers, 2005, c1974.
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Lemons Are Not Red. Brookfield, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, c2004.

Two to five years:

Barry, Francis. Duckie’s Rainbow. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004.
Benfanti, Russell. Hide, Clyde! New York : ipicturebooks, c2002.
Cousins, Lucy. Maisy’s Rainbow Dream. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003.
Davis, Katie. Party Animals. San Diego : Harcourt, Inc., 2002.
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Warthog’s Paint: a Messy Color Book. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2001.
Eliasen, Lorena. The Chameleon and the Dragonfly. New York : Orchard Books, c2004.
Freymann, Saxton. Gus and Button. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001.
Godwin, Laura. Little White Dog. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c1998.
Holm, Sharon Lane. Zoe’s Hats. Honesdale, PA : Boyds Mills Press, 2003.
Rusch, Elizabeth. A Day With No Crayons. Flagstaff, Ariz. : Rising Moon, 2007.
Watt, Melanie. Leon the Chameleon. Toronto : Kids Can Press, 2001.
Wilson-Max, Ken. Max Paints His House. New York : Jump at the Sun/Hyperion Books for Children, c2000.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Carle, Eric. Hello, Red Fox. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Carle, Eric. The Mixed Up Chameleon. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1984.
Jenkins, Steve. Living Color. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Lillegard, Dee. Balloons, Balloons, Balloons. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2007.
Pirotta, Saviour. Patrick Paints a Picture. London : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2007.
Porto, Tony. Get Red! : An Adventure in Color. Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.
Romain, Trevor. The Boy Who Swallowed a Rainbow. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2000, c1993.
Senisi, Ellen B. Berry Smudges and Leaf Prints. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2001.
Wilson, April. Magpie Magic. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1999.

Cows

Two to five years:

Balan, Bruce. Cows Going Past. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Beaton, Clare. There’s a Cow in the Cabbage Patch. Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, c2001.
Ditchfield, Christin. Cowlick! New York, NY : Random House Children's Books, 2007.
Fleming, Denise. The Cow Who Clucked. New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2006.
Korcheck, Lori. Adventures of Cow. Berkeley, Calif. : Tricycle Press, 2005.
Mercer, Peggy. Ten Cows to Texas. Brooklyn, NY : Handprint Books, c2005.
Palatini, Margie. Moo Who? New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2004.
Pederson, Janet. Millie Wants to Play. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004.
Phillips, Mildred. And the Cow Said, “Moo!” New York : Greenwillow, 2000.
Steffensmeier, Alexander. Millie Waits for the Mail. New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers, 2007.
Wood, Jakki. Moo Moo, Brown Cow. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1992.
Woodworth, Viki. Daisy the Dancing Cow. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2003.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Arnold, Marsha Diane. Prancing, Dancing Lily. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2004.
Beil, Karen Magnuson. Mooove Over! : A Book About Counting By Twos. New York : Holiday House, c2004.
Berger, Melvin. Sink or Swim. New York : Scholastic, [c2004]
Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2000.
Egan, Tim. Metropolitan Cow. Boston, Mass. : Houghton, c1996.
Fox, Mem. A Particular Cow. Orlando : Harcourt, c2006.
Hume, Lachie. Clancy the Courageous Cow. New York : Greenwillow Books, 2007, c2006.
Hurd, Thatcher. Moo Cow Kaboom. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2003.
Kinerk, Robert. Clorinda. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Lindbergh, Reeve. There’s a Cow in the Road! New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1993.
Newman, Marlene. Myron’s Magic Cow. Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2005.
Shannon, George. The Secret Chicken Club. Brooklyn, NY : Handprint Books, 2005.
Willis, Jeanne. Misery Moo. New York : Henry Holt, 2005.

Crafts

J646.48 HAUS Hauser, Elizabeth Ingrid. Crafty Bags for Stylish Girls Create uniquely chic purses, pouches & pocketbooks.
J746 WARW Warwick, Ellen. In-Jean-uity Funkify those old jeans or turn them into something new; Ellen shows you how.
646.404 MEYR Meyrich, Elissa K. Rip It! A how to guide foe deconstructing and reconstructing the clothes of your dreams.
J745.582 STUL Stull, Katherine. 20-Minute Crafts: Beading
J745.582 BHAT Bhatt, Sonal. Totally Beads More beading crafts from the brilliant crafter.
J745.582 BHAT Bhatt, Sonal. Beaded Critters Learn to make charming animal bead crafts.
J745.5942 DISA Di Salle, Rachel. Junk Drawer Jewelry Make gorgeous jewelry with what you already have.
J745.592 PINC Pinchuck, Amy Ruth. Make Cool Gadgets for Your Room Advanced gadget making for teens.
J745.592 PINC Pinchuck, Amy Ruth. Make Amazing Toy and Game Gadgets More advanced gadget making for teens.
J745.5 SCHW Schwartz, Renée. Funky Junk Cool stuff to make with hardware.
Crafts for Kids J745.5 CREA Dickinson, Gill. Creative Crafts for Kids Over 100 fun projects for kids age two to ten.
J745.5 BETT Better Homes and Gardens. Crafts for Little Kids One hundred and one really, really, really fun ideas!
J745.5 ALDE Alder, Holly. Storytime Crafts for Kids Two volumes of brilliantly creative crafts for kids.
J745.5 WALL Wallace, Mary. I Can Make That! Fantastic Crafts for Kids
J745.5 BULL Bull, Jane. The Crafty Art Book
J745.5 DIEH Diehn, Gwen. Nature Crafts for Kids Provides instructions for using leaves, flowers, twigs, and shells to make fifty craft projects, including kites, kaleidoscopes, and clocks.
Origami J736.982 BOUR Boursin, Didier. Folding for Fun This book contains 16 simple origami projects including a sailboat , a diary, a puzzle, an airplane, blow-up balls, a somersault toy.
J736.982 SMOL Smolinski, Jill. 50 Nifty Super Animal Origami Crafts
J736.982 KASA Kasahara, Kunihiko. Extreme Origami Not for the easily confused.
J745.592 ROBI Robinson, Nick. Super Simple Paper Airplanes

Crazy Crayons

E Porto, Tony. Get Red! : An Adventure In Color A boy's red crayon is very helpful at school, providing him with interesting facts about red things in the world, but as it gets stubbier with use it stops cooperating and starts hiding.
E Hubbard, Patricia. My Crayons Talk Brown crayon sings "Play, Mud pie day," and Blue crayon calls "Sky, Swing so high" in this story about talking crayons.
E Gilliland, Judith Heide. Not In The House, Newton! Everything Newton draws with his magic red crayon becomes real, and heeding his mother's admonition he flies the airplane he draws right out the window.

Crocodiles

0-24 months:

An Alphabet of Animal Signs. Eugene, OR : Garlic Press, c2002.
Brown, Jo. Where’s My Mommy? Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2006, c2002.

Two to five years:

Bergman, Mara. Snip Snap! : What’s That? New York : Greenwillow Books, c2005.
Bryan, Sean. A Girl and Her Gator. New York : Arcade Pub., 2006.
Gralley, Jean. The Very Boring Alligator. New York : Henry Holt & Co., 2001.
Palatini, Margie. No Biting, Louise New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2007.
Walsh, Ellen Stoll. For Pete’s Sake. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1998.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Baker, Keith. Meet Mr. and Mrs. Green. San Diego : Harcourt, 2002.
Childress, Mark. Joshua and Bigtooth. Boston : Little, Brown, c1992.
Waring, Richard. Alberto the Dancing Alligator. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2002.
Freedman, Claire. Where’s Your Smile, Crocodile? Atlanta : Peachtree, c2001.
Sierra, Judy. What Time is It, Mr. Crocodile? Orlando : Gulliver Books, 2004.

Dirt worms - Getting Down And Dirty With Worms!

J631.4 TOME Tomecek, Steve. Dirt Brief text explores how soil is formed, its layers, and its importance as a natural resource that living things need to survive.
E Beck, Scott. A Mud Pie For Mother Pig is having a hard time finding the perfect present for his mother, until he is rewarded for his selflessness.
E Cronin, Doreen Diary Of A Worm A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.
E Kaczman, James. A Bird And His Worm A bird who doesn't like to flap his wings and the worm he has befriended learn the dangers of trusting strangers as they travel south together for the winter.

Eggs - How “Egg”citing!

E Dunbar, Joyce. Eggday Dora the duck involves the other barnyard animals in a contest to find out who can lay the best egg.
E Waddell, Martin. It's Quacking Time! A duckling and all his family happily await the hatching of his parents' new egg.
E Weeks, Sarah. Two Eggs, Please A look at the many different ways to prepare the very same food, as everyone in a diner orders eggs.
E Dunrea, Olivier Ollie Ollie is an egg that does not want to hatch until Gossie and Gertie sit on him and use reverse psychology.
E Montes, Marisa. Egg-napped! Gabbler and his wife are thrilled with their first egg and horrified when it disappears.
E Simmons, Jane. Daisy And The Egg Daisy the duckling eagerly awaits the arrival of a new brother or sister, even helping Mama Duck sit on the egg while they wait for it to hatch.

Farm Animals

0-24 months:

An Alphabet of Animal Signs. Eugene, OR : Garlic Press, c2002.
Carle, Eric. My Very First Book of Animal Homes. New York : Philomel Books, 2006, c1986.
Carle, Eric. My Very First Book of Animal Sounds. New York : Philomel Books, 2006, c1986.
Ziefert, Harriet. Noisy Barn! Maplewood, N.J. : Blue Apple Books : Distributed in the U.S. by Chronicle Books, c2003.

Two to five years:

Brown, Margaret Wise. Big Red Barn. New York : HarperFestival, 1995, c1989.
Buzzeo, Toni. Dawdle, Duckling. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2003.
Gammell, Stephen. Once Upon MacDonald’s Farm. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2000.
Garelli, Cristina. Farm Friends Clean Up. New York : Crown Publishers, 2000.
Gunson, Christopher. Over on the Farm. New York : Scholastic Press, 1997, c1995.
Hills, Tad. Duck, Duck, Goose. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2007.
Himmelman, John. Chickens to the Rescue. New York : H. Holt, 2006.
Lewison, Wendy Cheyette. Going to Sleep on the Farm. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1992.
Milgram, David. Young MacDonald. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2006.
Perl, Erica S. Chicken Bedtime is Really Early. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2005.
Ransom, Candace. Tractor Day. New York : Walker & Co., 2007.
Ward, Nick. Farmer George and the New Piglet. London : Pavilion, 2001.
Waring, Richard. Hungry Hen. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
Wild, Margaret. Piglet and Papa. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007.
Williams, Linda. Horse in the Pigpen. New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c2002.
Winnick, Karen B. Barn Sneeze. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2002.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Baddiel, Ivor. Cock-a-doodle quack! Quack! New York : David Fickling Books, c2007.
Chae, In Seon. How Do You Count a Dozen Ducklings? Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2006.
Madsen, Gunnar. Old Mr. Mackle Hackle. New York : Little, Brown, c2005.

Feelings - How are you Feeling?

Anholt, Catherine. What Makes Me Happy? Children describe in rhyming verse their feelings and what makes them feel different ways.
Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry A young girl is upset and learns how to manage her anger.
Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug. A ladybug who is looking for a fight challenges everyone she meets.
Freymann, Saxton. How Are You Peeling? : Brief text and photographs of carvings made from vegetables introduce the world of emotions.
Henkes, Kevin. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. When Lilly’s teacher asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
McBratney, Sam. Guess How Much I Love You. A bedtime game where every time little hare shows how much he loves his father, his dad gently shows him that the love is returned.
Parr, Todd. The Feelings Book. Children express different moods, including "I feel very mad," and "I feel like wearing funny underwear."
Seuss, Dr. My Many Colored Days. This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions.
Steig, William, Pete's A Pizza. What do you do when Pete's in a bad mood? Turn him into a pizza, of course!
Viorst, Judith. Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. The events of a day when everything goes wrong.
J152.4 ALIK Aliki. Feelings Pictures, dialogs, poems, and stories portray various emotions we all feel: jealousy, sadness, fear, anger joy, love, and others.
J811.008 OH Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? And Other Disasters : Poems. From worm-in-the-apple days to friends-moving-away days, these funny and touching poems offer a look at the "worst moments" in a child's everyday life.

Groundhog Day

Two to Five Years:

Charlip, Remy. Mother, Mother, I Feel Sick. Berkeley : Tricycle Press, 2001.
Chorao, Kay. Shadow Night. New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2001.
Cox, Judy. Go to Sleep, Groundhog! New York : Holiday House, c2004.
Cuyler, Margery. Groundhog Stays Up Late. New York : Walker & Co. : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Pub., 2005.
Gershator, Phillis. This is the Day! Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2007.
Gibbons, Gail. Groundhog Day! New York : Holiday House, c2007.
Hiskey, Iris. The Secret of the First One Up. Chanhassen, Minn. : NorthWord Press, c2003.
Holabird, Katherine. Alexander and the Dragon. New York : C.N. Potter : Distributed by Crown
Publishers, 1988.
Levine, Abby. Gretchen Groundhog, It’s Your Day! Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, c1998.
Pumphrey, Jerome. Creepy Things Are Scaring Me. New York : HarperCollins, c2003.

Kindergarten to Second Grade:

Almoznino, Albert. The Art of Hand Shadows. [New York] : Stravon Educational Press, [1970]
Freeman, Don. Gregory’s Shadow. New York : Viking, 2000.
Glass, Marvin. What Happened Today, Freddy Groundhog? New York : Crown Publishers, 1989.
Koscielniak, Bruce. Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1995.
Swallow, Pamela Curtis. Groundhog Gets a Say. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005.

HAPPY HAIR

Johnson, Lindsay Lee Hurricane Henrietta Henrietta's incredibly long hair causes her nothing but trouble until Francine the hairdresser saves the day.
Krosoczka, Jarrett. Baghead Josh hides the bad haircut he gave himself by wearing a bag on his head, until his sister has a better idea.
Lerner, Harriet Goldhor Franny B. Kranny, There's A Bird In Your Hair! Franny B. Kranny refuses to cut her wild hair, despite her family's insistence, and wears a bird in her hair to a family reunion.
Palatini, Margie Moosetache A moose's moostache is too big to control until he meets Ms. Moose, who has her own hair problem. They conquer each other's heart and their hair problems.
Savadier, Elivia. No Haircut Today Dominic refuses to get his hair cut, no matter how much his mother wants him to or how bad it looks.
Tarpley, Natasha I Love My Hair! A young African American girl describes the different, wonderful ways she can wear her hair.
Wilcox, Leah. Falling For Rapunzel A prince tries to get Rapunzel to throw down her hair so he can rescue her, but she mishears him and throws down random objects from her room instead.

Jungle Madness!

E Banks, Kate. The Bird, The Monkey, And The Snake In The Jungle A bird, a monkey, and a snake lose their home in a tree and go looking for a new home, meeting various jungle animals on the way. Features rebuses, which are identified with labels in the margins of the pages.
E Harter, Debbie. Walking Through The Jungle A young explorer discovers the different animals and terrains of the world before making it home, safe and sound, for supper.
E Laird, Elizabeth. Beautiful Bananas On her way to her grandfather's house with a bunch of bananas, Beatrice has a series of mishaps with jungle animals who each substitute something new for what she is carrying.
E Lodge, Alison. Clever Chameleon Jungle animals play hide-and-seek to teach children about how animals hide in the wild.
E Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
E Wild, Margaret. Kiss Kiss Baby Hippo is in such a rush to play one morning he forgets to kiss his mama, but strangely all the jungle noises seem to remind him.
E Yaccarino, Dan. Deep In The Jungle After being tricked into joining the circus, an arrogant lion escapes and returns to the jungle where he lives peacefully with the animals he used to terrorize.

Kangaroos

Two to five years:

Blackstone, Stella. Who Are You, Baby Kangaroo? Cambridge, MA : Barefoot Books, 2004.
Carle, Eric. Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? New York : Scholastic Inc., 2002, c2000.
Clark, Emma Chichester. It Was You, Blue Kangaroo! New York : Random House Children's Books, 2002, c2001.
Clark, Emma Chichester. Where Are You, Blue Kangaroo? New York : Doubleday Book for Young Readers, c2000.
Harper, Anita. It’s Not Fair! New York : Holiday House, 2007.
Maccarone, Grace. Mother, May I? New York : Scholastic, 2006.
Payne, Emmy. Katy No-Pocket. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c1944.
Perle, Ruth Lerner. Katy’s Surprise. Danbury, Conn. : Grolier, c1991.
Riddell, Chris. Platypus and the Birthday Party. Orlando : Harcourt, 2003.
Riddell, Chris. Platypus and the Lucky Day. San Diego : Harcourt, 2002.
Siomades, Lorianne. Kangaroo and Cricket. Honesdale, Penn. : Boyds Mills Press, 1999.
Wise, William. Zany Zoo. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, c2006.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Amazing Animals of Australia. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c1984.
Arnold, Caroline. Australian Animals. New York : HarperCollins, c2000.
Blume, Judy. The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1991, c1981.
Drescher, Henrik. Whose Furry Nose? : Australian Animals You’d Like to Meet. New York : Lippincott, c1987.
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. McGillycuddy Could! New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2005.
Feeney, Kathy. Koalas : Koala Magic for Kids. Milwaukee, Wis. : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2000.
Harman, Amanda. Platypus. Danbury, Conn. : Grolier Educational, c2001.
Horton, Joan. Hippopotamus Stew. New York : Henry Holt, 2006.
Lennon, Joan. There’s a Kangaroo in My Soup! Chicago, Ill : Front Street/Cricket Books, 2000.
Lever, E. Melanie. Koalas. Milwaukee, WI : Gareth Stevens Pub., 2000.
McKee, David. Elmer and the Kangaroo. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c2000.
Parish, Steve. Australian Rainforest Animals. Broomall, PA : Mason Crest Publishers, 2003.
Prelutsky, Jack. Ride a Purple Pelican. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1986.
Wexo, John Bonnett. Koalas and Other Australian Animals. San Diego, CA : Wildlife Education, Ltd., c1997.

Lions and Tigers!

Two to five years:

Arnosky, Jim. Little Lions. New York : Putnam's, c1998.
Blackford, Harriet. Tiger’s Story. New York : Boxer Books, c2007.
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Roar! A Noisy Counting Book. New York : HarperCollins, 2000.
Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise. I’m a Tiger Too. Brookfield, CT : Roaring Brook Press, c2001.
Fore, S. J. Tiger Can’t Sleep. New York : Viking, 2006.
Freedman, Claire. Snuggle Up, Sleepy Ones. Intercourse, PA : Good Books, c2007.
French, Vivian. Tiger and the New Baby. New York : Kingfisher, 1999.
French, Vivian. Tiger and the Temper Tantrum. New York : Kingfisher, 1999.
Kasza, Keiko. The Mightiest. New York : Putnam's, c2001.
Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer. New York, Windmill Books : HarperFestival, 1998, c1971.
Kraus, Robert. Little Louie the Baby Bloomer. New York : HarperCollins, c1998.
Lachner, Dorothea. Danny, the Angry Lion. New York : North South Books, 2000.
Taylor, Thomas. The Loudest Roar! New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003, c2002.
Yaccarino, Dan. Deep in the Jungle. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2000.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Abercrombie, Barbara. The Show-and-Tell Lion. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2006.
Bright, Paul. Nobody Laughs at a Lion. Intercourse, PA : Good Books, c2005.
Daugherty, James Henry. Andy and the Lion. New York : Viking, c1966.
Knudson, Michelle. The Library Lion. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2006.
Weeks, Sarah. If I Were a Lion. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2004.

Mittens

Alter, Anna. The three little kittens Three little kittens lose and find their mittens.
Brett, Jan. The mitten : a Ukrainian folktale Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.
Galdone, Paul. Three little kittens Three little kittens lose, find, soil, and wash their mittens.
George, Kristine O'Connell. One mitten One mitten can do many things, but when the second mitten is found, it is time to go outside and have fun.
Greenstein, Elaine. One little lamb Describes how a lamb's coat is made into yarn, which is made into mittens worn by a little girl when she visits the lamb on the farm.
Kellogg, Steven. The missing mitten mystery Annie searches the neighborhood for her red mitten, the fifth she's lost this winter.
J811 QUAT Quattlebaum, Mary. Winter friends Sixteen brief poems describing the perfect winter day.

Monkey Shines

Two to five years old:

Alborough, Jez. Tall. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2005.
Bell, Cece. Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywood: A Star is Bathed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003.
Chistelow, Eileen. Ten Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree. New York : Clarion Books, c1991.
Koller, Jackie French. Seven Spunky Monkeys. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2005.
Krosoczka, Jarett J. Good Night, Monkey Boy! New York : Alfred A Knopf, 2001.
LaReau, Kara. Rocko and Spanky Go to a Party. Orlando : Harcourt, 2004.
Lewis, Paeony. No More Cookies! New York : Chicken House/Scholastic, 2005.
Paul, Ann Whitford. Little Monkey Says Goodnight. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2006.
Prap, Lila. Daddies. New York : NorthSouth Books, 2007.
Rey, Margret. Curious George Goes Sledding. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
Rey, Margret. Curious George Goes to a Costume Party. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2001.
Ruhmann, Karl. Who Will Go to School Today? New York : North-South Books, 2002.
Schwartz, Amy. Oscar: The Big Adventure of a Little Sock Monkey. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2006.
Williams, Suzanne. Ten Naughty Little Monkeys. New York : HarperCollins, 2007.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Allsburg, Chris Van. Jumanji. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c1981.
Banks, Kate. The Bird, The Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c1999.
Chistelow, Eileen. Ten Little Monkeys Go Shopping. New York : Clarion Books, c2007.
Cushman, Doug. The Mystery of the Monkey’s Maze. New York : HarperCollinsPublishers, c1999.
Durango, Julia. Cha-cha Chimps. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Morozumi, Atsuko. My Friend Gorilla. New York : Farrar, Strauss Giroux, 1998, c1997.
Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale. [New York, N.Y.] : [distributed by] Scholastic, c2002.

Morning, Noon, and Night

Anderson, Derek. Gladys Goes Out To Lunch
Gladys the gorilla is tired of eating nothing but bananas, then she smells something wonderful that lures her from the zoo.
Carlstrom, Nancy White. Giggle-Wiggle Wake-Up!
Follows a preschooler's busy day.
Cousins, Lucy. Sweet Dreams, Maisy
At the end of a satisfying day, Maisy prepares for bedtime.
Freedman, Claire. One Magical Morning
Mummy and Little Bear go out early one morning to see the day dawn and find other woodland creatures awakening as they pass by.
Gray, Kes. Cluck O'clock
A group of chickens has a full day on the farm, from eating breakfast early in the morning to avoiding a fox late at night.
Harris, Lee. Never Let Your Cat Make Lunch For You
Pebbles the cat is great at cooking breakfast, but a disaster when it comes to fixing lunch.
Scotton, Rob. Russell The Sheep
Russell the sheep tries all different ways to get to sleep

Oh Boy! Opposites!

Bernhard, Durga. To & Fro, Fast & Slow A girl who is shuttled between the homes of her divorced parents observes such opposites as "over, under," "rainy, sunny," and "full & empty."
Crews, Nina A High, Low, Near, Far, Loud, Quiet Story Photographs present opposites such as fast and slow, large and small, and rough and smooth.
Milgrim, David My Friend Lucky A dog named Lucky demonstrates opposites such as slow and fast, dry and wet, and cold and warm.
Minters, Frances. Too Big, Too Small, Just Right Two rabbits searching for a new home encounter such opposites as big and small, short and tall, and heavy and light.
Hoban, Tana Exactly The Opposite Photographs illustrate pairs of opposites.
Siomades, Lorianne. Kangaroo And Cricket A book of opposites designed to show pre-schoolers that they have something in common with everyone.
Wallace, John The Twins Twins Lil and Nelly, who are total opposites in their likes and dislikes, get a surprise when Nelly secretly makes some additions to Lil's school writing project.

Pancakes

Carle, Eric. Pancakes, Pancakes! By cutting and grinding the wheat for flour, Jack starts from scratch to help make his breakfast pancake.
Lane, Lindsey. Snuggle Mountain In the morning, Emma climbs Snuggle Mountain, trying to rouse the two-headed Sleeping Giant to make pancakes for breakfast.
Many, Paul. The Great Pancake Escape When a magician accidentally uses the wrong book to make pancakes, his children are led on a merry chase through town trying to catch their breakfast.
Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If You Give A Pig A Pancake One thing leads to another if you give a pig a pancake.
Weston, Tamson. Hey, Pancakes! The day gets off to a rough start, but soon the smell of pancakes fills the air and a family gathers for breakfast.
Wise, William. Perfect Pancakes, If You Please King Felix loves pancakes so much that he offers his daughter's hand in marriage to the man who can make the perfect pancake.

Penguins

0-24 months:

Murphy, Mary. I Like It When... [S.l.] : Harcourt, 2002.
Murphy, Mary. Please Be Quiet! Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, 1998.

Two to five years:

Apperley, Dawn. Flip and Flop. New York : Orchard Books 2001.
Barner, Bob. Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2007.
Benson, Patrick. Little Penguin. New York : Philomel Books, 1991, c1990.
Dunbar, Polly. Penguin. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
Jeffers, Oliver. Lost and Found. New York : Philomel Books, 2006, c2005.
Jenkins, Martin. The Emperor’s Egg. New York : Scholastic Inc., 2001, c1999.
Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. My Penguin Osbert. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004.
Pfister, Marcus. Penguin Pete. New York : North-South Books, c1997.
Ruhmann, Karl. Filbert Flies. New York : North-South Books, c2003.
Watt, Melanie. Augustine. Toronto : Kids Can Press c2006.
Weiss, Leatie. Funny Feet. New York : F. Watts, 1978.
Wood, A. J. The Little Penguin. New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2002, c2001.
Wood, Audrey. Little Penguin’s Tale. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Gliori, Debi. Penguin Post. San Diego : Harcourt, 2002.
Ichikawa, Satomi. I Am Pangoo the Penguin. New York : Philomel Books, c2006.
Kellogg, Steven. A Penguin Pup for Pinkerton. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2001.
Lester, Helen. Tackylocks and the Three Bears. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2002.
Perlman, Janet. Cinderella Penguin, or, the Glass Flipper. New York, NY : Viking, 1993, c1992.
Rey, H.A. Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World. Boston, Mass : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
Vase, Catherine. The Penguin Who Wanted to Fly. New York : Scholastic Inc., 2007, c2005.

Pigs - OINK! OINK!

Two to five years:

Ashman, Linda. Can You Make a Piggy Giggle? New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2002.
Beaton, Clare. How Big is a Pig? New York : Barefoot Books, 2000.
Brown, Margaret Wise. The Good Little Bad Pig. New York : Hyperion Books For Children, 2002.
Dewan, Ted. Crispin and the 3 Little Piglets. New York : Doubleday Book for Young Readers, 2003, c2002.
Fox, Christyan. Fire Fighter Piggywiggy. Brooklyn, NY : Handprint Books, 2001.
Hobbie, Holly. Toot & Puddle: Top of the World. Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.
Hobbie, Holly. Toot & Puddle: The New Friend. New York : Little, Brown, c2004.
Kasza, Keiko. My Lucky Day. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2003.
Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Pig a Pancake. New York : Laura Geringer Book, c1998.
Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Pig a Party. New York : Laura Geringer Books, c2005.
Saltzberg, Barney. Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready for School? Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
Santore, Charles. Three Hungry Pigs and the Wolf Who Came to Dinner. New York : Random House, c2005.
Weeks, Sarah. I’m a Pig. New York : Laura Geringer Books, c2005.
Wild, Margaret. Piglet and Papa. New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2007.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Laskey, Kathryn. Porkenstein. New York : Blue Sky Press, 2002.
Chistelow, Eileen. The Great Little Pig Search. New York : Clarion Books, c2001.
Davis, Donald. The Pig Who Went Home on Sunday: An Appalachian Tale. Little Rock, AR : August House, 2004.
Falconer, Ian. Olivia. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2000.
Falconer, Ian. Olivia Forms a Band. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Jones, Melanie Davis. Pigs Rock! New York : Viking, c2003.
Oxenbury, Helen. Pig Tale. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2005.
Polacco, Patricia. Ginger and Petunia. New York : Philomel Books, c2007.
Sciezka, Jon. True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. New York : Viking , c1989.
Sillifant, Alec. Farmer Ham. New York : NorthSouth Books, 2007.
Weeks, Sarah. Ella, Of Course. Orlando : Harcourt, 2007.

ARR MATEY! PIRATES!

Funke, Cornelia Caroline Pirate girl Captain Firebeard and his band of ruthless pirates believe they rule the high seas until they kidnap a small girl named Molly, who has a surprise in store for them.
Kimmel, Eric A. The Erie Canal pirates A boat captain and his men battle Bill McGrew and his pirate crew on the Erie Canal in a rhyming tale inspired by a folksong.
Krosoczka, Jarrett Bubble bath pirates When pirate mommy announces bath time, it is yo ho ho and to the bath we go for her little pirates.
Long, Melinda. How I became a pirate Jeremy Jacob joins Braid Beard and his pirate crew and finds out about pirate language, pirate manners, and other aspects of their life.
McFarland, Lyn Rossiter The pirate's parrot Filling in for Captain Cur's dead parrot, Barr the teddy bear proves herself to be a brave and useful companion to the pirate.
McKay, Hilary Pirates ahoy! Simon and Peter spend some time with their grandmother. Peter finds that he still enjoys playing with stuffed animals, and Simon discovers Peter's most favorite thing.
McPhail, David Edward and the pirates Once Edward has learned to read, books and his vivid imagination provide him with great adventures.
J910.45 GIBB Gibbons, Gail. Pirates : robbers of the high seas Describes, in simple text and illustrations, the lives of pirates, the ships they sailed, and the type of treasure they stole.
J910.45 LICH Lichtenheld, Tom Everything I know about pirates : a collection of made-up facts, A collection of made-up facts, educated guesses, and silly pictures about pirates.

Pizza

E Sturges, Philemon. The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat refuse to help the Little Red Hen make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it.
E Steig, William. Pete's A Pizza What do you do when Pete's in a bad mood? When it is raining and he cannot go out and play? Turn him into a pizza, of course!
E Auch, Mary Jane. The Princess And The Pizza An out-of-work princess applies to become the bride of Prince Drupert, but first she must pass several tests, including a cooking contest.
J513.211 DOBS Dobson, Christina. Pizza Counting Decorated pizzas are used to introduce counting and fractions. Includes facts about pizza.
QJ641.824 PILL Pillar, Marjorie. Pizza Man Black and white photographs highlight the steps in making a pizza pie, from the moment the pizza man starts mixing the dough until he serves a slice to a hungry customer.

Shadows

Freeman, Don. Gregory's shadow
Gregory Groundhog and his shadow desperately look for each other after they become separated from one another just before their annual appearance on Groundhog Day.
Berger, Barbara. The jewel heart
When her musical accompanist, Gemino the doll, has a terrible accident, Pavelle the dancer and the surrounding shadows come to his aid.
J507.8 GORE Gore, Sheila. My shadow
Uses simple activities to introduce basic concepts about shadows.
Charlip, Remy. Mother Mother I feel sick, send for the doctor quick quick quick
An extraordinary stomachache is cured when a doctor removes a large number of strange objects from the victim's stomach. Includes instructions for performing the story as a shadow play.
Chorao, Kay. Shadow Night
A scary dark room turns into a fun and fanciful theater with the shadow pictures that James's parents project on the wall

Shapes

Reidy, Hannah. All sorts of shapes
Compares a variety of objects to others with the same shape, such as bubbles and scoops of ice cream, bricks and ice cubes, and bicycle wheels and pizza.
Murphy, Stuart J. Captain Invincible and the space shapes
While piloting his spaceship through the skies, Captain Invincible encounters three-dimensional shapes, including cubes, cylinders, and pyramids.
Dotlich, Rebecca Kai What is round? AND What is Square
Series of books on shapes
Ehlert, Lois. Color farm
The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle. Features die-cut pages.

Spring

0-24 months:

Berger, Samantha. It’s Spring! New York : Scholastic, 2003,c2000
Greenstein, Elaine. One Little Seed. New York : Viking, 2004.
Peter Rabbit’s Springtime. London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Frederick Warne, published by the Penguin Group, 2005.
Peters, Lisa Westberg. Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck. New York : Greenwillow Books, 2005, c2000.
Yoon, Salina. Duckling’s First Spring. New York : Price Stern Sloan, c2006.

Two to five years:

Carr, Jan. Splish, Splash, Spring. New York : Holiday House, c2001.
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Wake Up, It’s Spring! New York : HarperCollins, c2004.
Glaser, Linda. It’s Spring! Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, c2002.
Moran, Erin. Colorful Spring. Boulder, CO : Seal Rock Pub., c2005.
Newman, Leslea. Skunk’s Spring Surprise. San Diego : Harcourt, c2007.
Plourde, Lynn. Spring’s Sprung. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2002.
Pfister, Marcus. Hopper Hunts for Spring. New York : North-South Books, c1998.
Pitcher, Caroline. Are You Spring? New York : Dorling Kindersley Pub., 2000.
Raczka, Bob. Spring Things. Morton Grove, Ill. : Albert Whitman, 2007.
Seuling, Barbara. Spring Song. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 2001.
Thompson, Lauren. Mouse’s First Spring. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Walters, Catherine. When Will It Be Spring? New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2001.
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner. Pooh’s Favorite Thing About Spring. New York : Disney Press, c2000.

Kindergarten to second grade:

Burton, Jane. The Nature and Science of Spring. Milwaukee : Gareth Stevens Pub., 1999.
Shannon, George. Spring: a Haiku Story. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1996.
Schweniger, Ann. Springtime. New York : Viking, 1993.
Krensky, Stephen. Lionel in the Spring. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1990.
Minarik, Else Holmelund. It’s Spring! New York : Greenwillow Books, c1989.
Kalman, Bobbie. We Celebrate Spring. Toronto ; New York : Crabtree Pub. Co., c1985.

Teeth

Two to five years:

Bate, Lucy. Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, c1975.
Bowen, Anne. Tooth Fairy’s First Night. Minneapolis, MN : Carolrhoda Books, 2005.
Cousins, Lucy. Maisy, Charley, and the Wobbly Tooth. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2006.
Edwards, Pamela Duncan. Dear Tooth Fairy. New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2003.
Moss, Miriam. Wibble Wobble. Wilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2001.
Olson, Mary W. Nice Try, Tooth Fairy. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999.
Palatini, Margie. Sweet Tooth. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004.
Rosenberry, Vera. Vera Goes to the Dentist. New York : Henry Holt, 2002.
Vrombaut, An.