Spectacles -- by Ellen Raskin (Author) (Book - Child)
"Nearsighted Iris Fogel says that she sees a fire-breathing dragon and a giant pygmy nuthatch. Iris finally gets glasses and sees things in a different--and clearer--eay! Four-Color and...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Anno's Counting Book -- by Mitsumasa Anno (Author) (Book - Child)
"What kind of a counting book is this? On the first page all we see is a barren winter landscape--a hazy, blue sky above a hazy, white hill. Nothing to count here. But wait, this is zero! On the next...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Follow Me -- by Mordicai Gerstein (Author) (Book - Child)
"A herd of hungry ducks along with two geese, become completely lost while trying to find their way home for dinner. Each bird is of a different color." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie -- by Laura Numeroff (Author) (Book - Child)
"Who would ever suspect that a tiny little mouse could wear out an energetic young boy? Well, if you're going to go around giving an exuberantly bossy rodent a cookie, you'd best be prepared to do one...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Lentil -- by Robert McCloskey (Author) (Book)
"Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile -- by Bernard Waber (Author) (Book - Child)
"Lyle the crocodile lives in a house on East 88th Street in New York City. He lives it there, and his hosts, the Primms, like having him around--he helps young Joshua with his homework, jumps-rope...
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
The Two of Them -- by Aliki Brandenberg (Author) (Book - Child)
"In this moving story of the love between generations, a grandfather and a little girl look after one another from the day she is born until the day he dies." From Publishers Weekly
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
More Alex and the Cat -- by Helen Griffith (Author) (Book - Child)
"The adventures of Alex the dog, who wants to be treated like the family cat, tries to restore a baby bird to a robin's nest, and attempts to migrate to avoid the winter snow." From Card Catalog
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday -- by Judith Viorst (Author) (Book - Child)
"Anthony has two dollars and three quarters and one dime and seven nickels and eighteen pennies. Nicholas has one dollar and two quarters and five dimes and five nickels and thirteen pennies....
All Ages
Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)
Potatoes, Potatoes -- by Anita Lobel (Author) (Book - Child)
"There was once an old woman who had a potato farm and two hardworking, loving sons. But one day one son ran away to the army of the east; the other son joined the army of the west. Caldecott...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)