793.73 WIC Wick, Walter. Can you see what I see? Once upon a time. New York : Scholastic, c2006. Readers are asked to find things in illustrations of scenes from famous fairy tales.
793.735 WIC Wick, Walter. I spy Christmas : a book of picture riddles. New York : Scholastic, c1992. Rhymes invite the reader to find hidden objects in photographs of Christmas items.
811 ROE Roemer, Heidi. Come to my party and other shape poems. 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2004. Poems that celebrate favorite things from different seasons of the year, each shaped like the subject at hand.
E AHL Ahlberg, Janet. The jolly Christmas postman. 1st U.S. ed. Boston : Little Brown, c1991. Follows the postman from door to door as he delivers Christmas cards and other surprises to familiar figures such as Red Riding Hood and Humpty Dumpty, and presents pockets holding the actual cards and other deliveries--including a puzzle--that shape the story.
E CHI Child, Lauren. I will never not ever eat a tomato. 1st U.S. pbk. ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003, c2000. A boy named Charlie dreams up inventive ways to get his fussy sister, Lola, to eat her vegetables and other foods she likes to refuse.
E ERI Ering, Timothy B. The story of Frog Belly Rat Bone. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2008, c2003. A boy finds a mysterious treasure in a junk pile and creates a monster to guard it.
E GRE Grey, Mini. The adventures of the dish and the spoon. 1st American ed. New York : Knopf, 2006. Having run away together, the Dish and the Spoon from the nursery rhyme "The Cat and the Fiddle" become vaudeville stars before turning to a life of crime.
E HAW Hawkins, Colin. Fairytale news. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004. The events of several familiar fairy tales get mixed up in the story of Jack, who takes a job delivering newspapers, until he finds his fortune at the top of a magic beanstalk.
E ISA Isadora, Rachel. Ben's trumpet. 1st Mulberry ed. New York : Mulberry, 1991. Ben wants to be a trumpeter, but plays only an imaginary instrument until one of the musicians in a neighborhood night club discovers his ambition.
E MCC McCarty, Peter. Hondo & Fabian. 1st ed. New York : Holt, 2002. Hondo the dog gets to go to the beach and play with his friend Fred, while Fabian the cat spends the day at home.
E WIL Willems, Mo. Knuffle Bunny too : a case of mistaken identity. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for Children, c2007. Trixie's first day of pre-kindergarten gets off to a bad start when she and Sonja discover they have the very same "one-of-a-kind" Knuffle Bunnies.
E WOO Wood, Audrey. Alphabet adventure. New York : Blue Sky Press, c2001. On their way to school, the little letters of the alphabet have to rescue little "i" and then find his dot before they can proceed.
E CAR Carr, Jan. Greedy Apostrophe : a cautionary tale. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2007.
Greedy Apostrophe runs all over town inserting himself in places where he does not belong and causing great confusion.
E DON Donohue, Moira Rose. Alfie the apostrophe. Morton Grove, Ill. : A. Whitman, 2006.
Alfie the Apostrophe feels unsure of himself until he shows off his abilities for possessives and making contractions at the Punctuation Talent Show.
E JOH Johnson, Angela, 1961-. When I am old with you. New York : Orchard, [1993], c1990.
A child imagines being old with Grandaddy and joining him in such activities as playing cards all day, visiting the ocean, and eating bacon on the porch.
E JUS Juster, Norton, 1929-. The hello, goodbye window. 1st ed. New York : Michael Di Capua Books/Hyperion Books for Children, 2005.
A little girl tells about the special kitchen window at her beloved Nanny and Poppy's house from which a person can see anyone or anything coming and going.
E PUL Pulver, Robin. Nouns and verbs have a field day. 1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2006.
When the children in Mr. Wright's class have a field day, nouns and verbs in the classroom make their own fun.
E PUL Pulver, Robin. Punctuation takes a vacation. New York : Holiday House, c2003.
When all the punctuation marks in Mr. Wright's class decide to take a vacation, the students discover just how difficult life can be without them.
E SCI Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales. New York : Viking, 1992.
Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales.
E SHA Shannon, David, 1959-. Duck on a bike. New York : Blue Sky Press, c2002.
A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.
E STE Stevens, Janet. The great fuzz frenzy. 1st ed. Orlando : Harcourt, c2005.
When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, the residents find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.
811 FLE Fleischman, Paul. Joyful noise : poems for two voices. [New York] : HarperTrophy, c1988.
A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.
811 LEW Lewis, J. Patrick. Heroes and she-roes : poems of amazing and everyday heroes. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c2005.
Twenty-one poems celebrate and chronicle the actions of real-life persons--and one dog--who have performed heroic acts in service to others.
821.009 WEB Webb, Steve. Tanka tanka skunk! New York : Orchard Books, 2004.
Meet Tanka and his friend Skunk. When you say their names together, they sound like drums.
E BAK Baker, Keith, 1953-. Hide and snake. San Diego : Harcourt, c1991.
A brightly colored snake challenges readers to a game of hide and seek as he hides among familiar objects.
E BRI Brinckloe, Julie. Fireflies! : story and pictures. 1st Aladdin ed. New York : Aladdin Books, 1986, c1985.
A young boy is proud of having caught a jar full of fireflies, which seems to him like owning a piece of moonlight, but as the light begins to dim he realizes he must set the insects free or they will die.
E FLE Fletcher, Ralph J. Hello, harvest moon. New York : Clarion Books, c2003.
Poetic prose describes a full autumn moon and the magical effect it has on the earth, plants, animals, and people around it.
E FOX Fox, Mem, 1946-. The magic hat. 1st ed. San Diego, CA : Harcourt, c2002.
A wizard's hat blows into town, changing people into different animals when it lands on their heads.
E FOX Fox, Mem, 1946-. Night noises. 1st U.S. ed. San Diego : Harcourt Brace, 1989.
Old Lily Laceby dozes by the fire with her faithful dog at her feet as strange night noises herald a surprising awakening.
E GAG Gág, Wanda, 1893-1946. Millions of cats. New York : Penguin Putnum Books for Young Readers, 1996.
An old man sets out in search of a pet for his lonely wife and returns with millions of cats, all claiming to be the most beautiful of the bunch.
E IRE Ireland, Karin. Don't take your snake for a stroll. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, c2003.
Mayhem ensues when a little boy takes unusual pets like a rhinoceros and a kangaroo to places usually reserved for people.
E MAC MC MacDonald, Amy. Little Beaver and the echo. New York : Putnam, 1990.
Unaware that the voice from across the pond telling him he's lonely is his echo, a little beaver sets out to make a friend of that voice, encountering real animal friends on the way.
E MCC MC McCloskey, Robert, 1914-. One morning in Maine. New York, : Viking Press, 1952.
It's a big day for a little girl when she discovers her first loose tooth and makes a trip to the grocery store on the mainland.
E RAS Rash, Andy. Agent A to Agent Z. 1st ed. New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2004.
A spy named Agent A inspects his fellow spies, all similarly named after letters of the alphabet.
E WIL Williams, Suzanne. Library Lil. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1997.
A formidable librarian makes readers not only out of the once resistant residents of her small town, but out of a tough-talking, television-watching motorcycle gang as well.
E WIL Williams, Vera B. A chair for my mother. New York : Greenwillow Books, c1982.
A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
428.1 KRA Krauss, Ruth. A hole is to dig : a first book of first definitions. 1st HarperTrophy ed. New York : HarperCollins, 1989, c1952.
Explanations and definitions of various things and actions, as a child sees them.
E BAN Bang, Molly. When Sophie gets angry-- : really, really angry-- 1st Bookshelf ed. New York : Scholastic, 2004, c1999.
When Sophie gets angry, she goes outside and runs, cries, climbs her favorite tree--and then, calmed by the breeze, she is soon ready to go back home.
E BAY Baylor, Byrd. Everybody needs a rock. 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1985, c1974.
Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for play and pleasure.
E BUL Buller, Jon, 1943-. Space rock. New York : Random House, c1988.
Bob helps a talking rock return to the planet Kal-dor.
E CHR Christian, Mary Blount. Two-ton secret. Chicago : A. Whitman, c1981.
Ace crime-solvers Deke and Snitch track down a bulldozer that is missing from a local construction site.
E COE Coerr, Eleanor, 1922-. Chang's paper pony. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c1988.
In San Francisco during the 1850's gold rush, Chang, the son of Chinese immigrants, wants a pony but cannot afford one until his friend Big Pete finds a solution.
E COL Give a dog a bone : stories, poems, jokes, and riddles about dogs. New York : Scholastic, [1999], c1996.
A collection of poems, stories, and humor with a dog theme.
E FRA Frazee, Marla. Roller coaster. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, c2003.
Twelve people set aside their fears and ride a roller coaster, including one who has never done so before.
E JOH Johnson, D. B. (Donald B.), 1944-. Henry works. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.
On a misty morning, Henry, a bear modeled after Henry David Thoreau, shows his awareness of nature as he helps neighbors during his walk to work.
E LIO Lionni, Leo, 1910-1999. Little blue and little yellow : a story for Pippo and Ann and other children. [New York] : HarperCollins, [1994], c1959.
A little blue spot and a little yellow spot are best friends, and when they hug each other they become green.
E MAY Mayer, Mercer, 1943-. Frog goes to dinner. New York : Dial Press, [1974].
Having stowed away in a pocket, Frog wreaks havoc and creates disgrace for the family at the posh restaurant where they are having dinner.
E PAL Palatini, Margie. The perfect pet. 1st ed. [New York] : HarperCollins Publishers, c2003.
After Elizabeth's parents do not agree with her various suggestions for the perfect pet, she discovers a solution.
E RYL Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge and the forever sea : the sixth book of their adventures. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1989.
Follows the seaside adventures of Henry, Henry's father, and Henry's big dog, Mudge.
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597.87 COW Cowley, Joy. Red-eyed tree frog. 1st Bookshelf ed. New York : Scholastic, 2006, c1999.
This frog found in the rain forest of Central America spends the night searching for food while also being careful not to become dinner for some other animal.
E BLO Blos, Joan W. Old Henry. 1st Mulberry ed. New York : Mulberry Paperback Book, 1990, c1987.
Henry's neighbors are scandalized that he ignores them and lets his property get run down, until they drive him away and find themselves missing him.
E JOH Johnson, Stephen, 1964-. Alphabet city. New York : Viking, 1995.
Illustrations of objects in an urban setting present the letters of the alphabet.
E LOV Lovell, Patty, 1964-. Stand tall, Molly Lou Melon. New York : G.P. Putnam's, c2001.
Even when the class bully at her new school makes fun of her, Molly remembers what her grandmother told her and she feels good about herself.
E MCK McKissack, Pat, 1944-. Goin' someplace special. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2001.
In segregated 1950s Nashville, a young African American girl braves a series of indignities and obstacles to get to one of the few integrated places in town: the public library.
E PIL Pilkey, Dav, 1966-. The paperboy. New York : Orchard Books, c1996.
A paperboy and his dog enjoy the quiet of the early morning as they go about their rounds.
E PUL Pulver, Robin. Author day for room 3T. New York : Clarion Books, c2005.
Mr. Topple's third grade class prepares for the arrival of author Harry Bookman, with unexpected results.
E SPI Spinelli, Eileen. The perfect Thanksgiving. 1st Square Fish ed. New York : Square Fish, 2007, c2003.
Two families--one that is perfect and one that is far from it--celebrate Thanksgiving in their own loving ways.
E WAT Watt, Melanie. Scaredy squirrel. Toronto ; : Kids Can Press, c2006.
Scaredy Squirrel is afraid to leave his nut tree, but when he is finally one day forced out of his home, he discovers some interesting things about the great unknown.
E WAT Watt, Melanie. Scaredy squirrel makes a friend. Toronto ; : Kids Can Press, c2007.
Scaredy Squirrel chooses not to have any friends because he thinks they bite, until he discovers the true meaning of friendship.
E WIL Williams, Vera B. Stringbean's trip to the shining sea. 1st ed. [New York] : Greenwillow Books, c1988.
Stringbean describes his trip to the west coast in a series of postcards.
E ZWE Zweibel, Alan. Our tree named Steve. New York : Puffin Books, 2007, c2005.
In a letter to his children, a father recounts memories of the role Steve, the tree in their front yard, has played in their lives.
782.421 HOR Hort, Lenny. The seals on the bus. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2000.
Different animals-- including seals, tigers, geese, rabbits, monkeys, and more-- make their own sounds as they ride all around the town on a bus.
E BRU Bruel, Nick. Who is Melvin Bubble? 1st ed. New Milford, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, 2006.
An introduction to six-year-old Melvin Bubble as presented by his family, friends, and others.
E CAN Cannon, Janell, 1957-. Little Yau : a Fuzzhead tale. 1st ed. San Diego : Harcourt, c2002.
When Trupp is poisoned, Little Yau and some of the other Fuzzheads don clothes and shoes and venture into the world of humans, searching for the herb they need to make a cure.
E CRO Cronin, Doreen. Diary of a worm. 1st ed. [New York] : Joanna Cotler Books, c2003.
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 FRA Frame, Jeron Ashford. Yesterday I had the blues. Berkley, CA : Tricycle Press, c2003.
A young boy ponders a variety of emotions and how different members of his family experience them, from his own blues to his father's grays and his grandmother's yellows.
E KIR Kirk, David, 1955-. Miss Spider's tea party. New York : Scholastic :, c1994.
When lonely Miss Spider tries to host a tea party, the other bugs refuse to come for fear of being eaten!.
E OMA O'Malley, Kevin, 1961-. Straight to the pole. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Walker, 2006, c2003.
A boy who is struggling through snow to get to school is about to give up but then hears some good news from his friends.
E OMA O'Malley, Kevin, 1961-. Velcome. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Walker, 1999, 1997.
An illustrated collection of scary stories with humorous endings, featuring such elements as a boy being followed home by a coffin, a rapping noise in a haunted house, and strange intruders at the front door.
E ORL Orloff, Karen Kaufman. I wanna iguana. New York : Putnam, c2004.
Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.
E PAL Palatini, Margie. Earthquack! 1st Aladdin Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2005, c2002.
Chucky Ducky feels the earth rumble beneath him and he runs to alert the other barnyard animals to the coming earthquake.
E REY Reynolds, Peter, 1961-. Ish. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004.
Ramon loses confidence in his ability to draw, but his sister gives him a new perspective on things.
E RYL Rylant, Cynthia. In November. 1st Voyager Books ed. Orlando, Fla. : Voyager Books, 2008, c2000.
Describes the autumn activities and traditions that November's cooling temperatures bring.
E SCI Scieszka, Jon. The true story of the 3 little pigs, by A. Wolf. 10th anniversary ed. New York : Viking, 1999.
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. Includes a letter, dated 1999, from A. Wolf, who has spent the last ten years in prison and still claims to be innocent.
E TEA Teague, Mark. Dear Mrs. Larue : letters from obedience school. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2002.
Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her dog Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy and come back home.
E WIN Winthrop, Elizabeth. Dumpy La Rue. 1st Owlet pbk. ed. New York : Holt, 2004, c2001.
Presents a rhyming story about a pig, Dumpy La Rue, whose passion for dancing becomes contagious to other animals on the farm.
523.7 BAN Bang, Molly. My light. New York : Blue Sky Press, [2004].
The sun explains the different ways in which its light is transformed into energy which powers the bulbs that illuminate the night.
621.384 MCL McLeese, Don. Cell phones. Vero Beach, FL : Rourke, c2009.
Presents an illustrated discussion of cell phones, covering their development, various components, similarity to both radios and telephones, usage etiquette, and future, and contains a time line and glossary.
811 SIN Singer, Marilyn. First food fight this fall : and other school poems. New York : Sterling, c2008.
An illustrated collection of children's poems about school related subjects that are written in the voices of the students, and covers spelling bees, sandwich trades, science fairs, and much more.
E BAN Banks, Kate, 1960-. Max's words. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
When Max cuts out words from magazines and newspapers, collecting them the way his brothers collect stamps and coins, they all learn about words, sentences, and storytelling.
E DIA Diakité, Penda. I lost my tooth in Africa. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic Press, 2006.
While visiting her father's family in Mali, a young girl loses a tooth, places it under a calabash, and receives a hen and a rooster from the African Tooth Fairy.
E GAL Gall, Chris. Dear fish. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2006.
One afternoon at the beach, a small boy puts an invitation to the fish to come for a visit in a bottle and throws it into the ocean, and the results are unprecedented.
E KET Ketteman, Helen. Armadillo tattletale. New York : Scholastic Press, c2000.
Armadillo's habit of eavesdropping and then misreporting what he hears makes the other animals so angry that they find a way to keep him from overhearing their private conversations.
E LAD Laden, Nina. The night I followed the dog. San Francisco : Chronicle Books ; Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books, 1994.
A boy follows his dog one night to see what exactly dogs do at night when they're on their own.
E LUN Lund, Deb. Dinosailors. 1st Voyager Books ed. Orlando, Fla. : Voyager Books, 2008, c2003.
After spending time sailing, some seasick dinosaurs decide they have had enough of the high seas.
E OCO O'Connor, Jane. Fancy Nancy. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins, c2006.
A young girl who loves fancy things helps her family to be fancy for one special night.
E RIN Ringgold, Faith. Cassie's word quilt. New York : Dell Dragonfly Books, [2004], c2002.
Names the people and objects that make a girl's New York City apartment, school, and neighborhood special.
E SCH Schotter, Roni. The boy who loved words. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2006.
Selig, who loves words and copies them on pieces of paper that he carries with him, goes on a trip to discover his purpose.
E SHU Shulman, Mark, 1962-. Mom and Dad are palindromes : a dilemma for words ... and backwards. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2006.
Introduces more than one hundred palindromes through the story of Bob, a boy who cannot figure out if he is coming or going after realizing he is surrounded by palindromes, from his mom and dad, to his dog Otto.