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 | Look What I Can Do |
| by Jose Aruego |
| A friendly competition between two water buffaloes turns into
something neither of them expected. |
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| Home |
| by Jeannie Baker |
| This book shows how a neighborhood and its inhabitants change for
the better as a baby grows up. |
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| Window |
| by Jeannie Baker |
| This book is a contrast to Home. In it, the landscape is
destroyed as Sam grows up. |
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| The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher
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| by Molly Bang |
| The Grey Lady escapes the Strawberry Snatcher in a mysterious
forest. |
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| Tuba Lessons |
| by T.C. Bartlett and Monique Felix |
| A young man with a tuba goes off into the forest on his way to
his music lesson. Along the way he befriends the animals, but
ends up being late to music lesson. |
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| The Snowman |
| by Raymond Briggs |
| This books shows the adventures of a boy when his snowman comes to
life. |
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| Circle of Friends |
| by Giora Carmi |
| This books shows the kindness that comes full-circle to a little
boy leaves his muffin for a homeless man. |
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| Dylan's Day Out |
| by Peter Catalanotto |
| This book shows what happens when Dylan the Dalmation escapes from
home and ends up watching a soccer game between penguin and
skunks. |
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| The Tooth Fairy |
| by Peter Collington |
| What does the tooth fairy do with all the teeth she
collects? She makes piano keys with them. |
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| The Hunter and the Animals |
| by Tomie De Paola |
| Animals play a trick on a hunter when he falls asleep. |
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| Pancakes for Breakfast |
| by Tomie De Paola |
| A little old lady wants to make pancakes for breakfast, but most go
to great lengths to get the necessary ingredients. |
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| Sing, Pierrot, Sing |
| by Tomie De Paola |
| Peirrot is in love with Columbine, but she is in love with
Harlequin. He finds solace in the children who ask him to sing
with them. |
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| The Last Laugh |
| by Ariane Dewey |
| A snake scares everyone and laughs each time. However, his
scheme backfires on a duck, who ends up with the last laugh. |
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| The Adventures of Polo |
| by Regis Faller |
| A little dog, equipped with a backpack of supplies, travels the
world an beyond. |
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| The Alphabet |
| by Monique Felix |
| A mouse trapped in a book discovers the letters of the alphabet. |
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| The Boat |
| by Monique Felix |
| A mouse trapped in a book makes a boat out of paper and goes
sailing. |
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| The Colors |
| by Monique Felix |
| A mouse trapped in a book discovers color. |
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| The House |
| by Monique Felix |
| A mouse trapped in a book travels through a house. |
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| The Numbers |
| by Monique Felix |
| A mouse trapped in a book discovers the numbers from 1 to 10. |
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| The Opposites |
| by Monique Felix |
| Two mice trapped in a book discover opposites. |
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| The Plane |
| by Monique Felix |
| A mouse trapped in a book discovers a plane. |
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| The Wind |
| by Moniqe Felix |
| A mouse trapped in a book
discovers the wind. |
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| Sidewalk Circus |
| by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes |
| When a little girl sees posters advertising a circus, she begins
to see the circus of everyday life on her busy city block. |
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| Lights Out! |
| by Arthur Geisert |
| This book starts out with an introductory paragraph, but the rest
of the story is wordless. A pig must be in bed by 8:00, but he
has a hard time getting to sleep in his dark, scary room. The pig
devises a contraption to delay when the lights go out. |
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| Creepy Castle |
| by John S. Goodall |
| This book shows the adventures of a daring mouse and his wife as
they confront scary objects in a castle. |
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| The Midnight Adventures of Kelly, Dot, and Esmeralda |
| by John S. Goodall |
| This book shows the adventures of three toys-- a koala bear, a
doll, and a mouse--as they enter a picture at midnight. |
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| Naughty Nancy |
| by John S. Goodall |
| This book shows the misadventures of a mouse who was supposed to be
the flower girl at her sister's wedding but causes one crisis after
another. |
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| Naughty Nancy Goes to School |
| by John S. Goodall |
| Nancy gets into all sorts of trouble at school, but when another
student gets into trouble, Nancy is the one to save him. |
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| Shrewbettina's Birthday |
| by John S. Goodall |
| A gentleman who rescues Shrewbettina from a purse snatcher goes on
to help her with a birthday party. |
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| The Story of a Farm |
| by John S. Goodall |
| This books shows the evolution of an English farm from the Middle
Ages through modern time. |
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| The Story of a Main Street |
| by John S. Goodall |
| This book shows the evolution of an English street from medieval
times through modern time. |
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| One Scary Night |
| by Antoine Guilloppe |
| A boy walks through the snowy woods alone, seemingly stalked by a
wild animal. |
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| Rosie's Walk |
| by Pat Hutchins |
| Rosie, the chicken, goes on a seemingly uneventful walk.
This book shows the sly fox being outwitted by an unsuspected Rosie. |
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| Looking Down |
| by Steve Jenkins |
| This book uses aerial photography to show what an astronaut sees
when he/she looks down at the earth. |
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| Alphabet City |
| by Stephen T. Johnson |
| This book uses photo-realistic paintings to show the letters of
the alphabet in everyday city objects, from Times Square to Brooklyn
Bridge. |
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| City by Numbers (companion book to Alphabet City) |
| by Stephen T. Johnson |
| This book uses photo-realistic paintings to show the numbers 0-21
hidden in big city scenes. Students will have to study the
pictures to find the numbers. |
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| Clementina's Cactus |
| by Ezra Jack Keats |
| Clementina is out for a walk in the desert with her father when
she discovers a lone cactus. What she discovers inside the
cactus is beautiful. |
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| The Red Book |
| by Barbara Lehman |
| A magical book pulls children into its pages. |
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| Museum Trip (follow-up book to The Red Book) |
| by Barbara Lehman |
| A magical drawing of a maze pulls a boy into its labyrinth. |
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| Little Star |
| by Antonin Louchard |
| This book shows the adventures of a starfish as it travels from
the ocean to outer space and back again. |
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| The Flower Man |
| by Mark Ludy |
| This book shows how a mild, meek man changes a small town. |
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| Peep? |
| by Kevin Luthardt |
| A little boy watches a duckling hatch out of an egg, and when
it utters a "peep" at him, he peeps back. The little
duckling follows the boy home. When the duck grows up, he sees a
flock of ducks, and his "peep" changes to a
"quack." The boy soon realizes that it is time to say
goodbye. |
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| A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog |
| by Mercer Mayer |
| A boy and his dog go walking in the swamp and discover a frog.
There are five more books below from this series. |
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| A Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend |
| by Mercer Mayer |
| The boy, the dog, and the frog discover a turtle. |
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| Frog Goes to Dinner |
| by Mercer Mayer |
| The boys goes to dinner with his family, and the frog comes
along, too. |
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| Frog on His Own |
| by Mercer Mayer |
| Oh, no! Frog runs away from the boy and the dog. |
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| Frog, Where Are You? |
| by Mercer Mayer |
| Uh, oh! The boy has lost his frog. |
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| The Great Cat Chase |
| by Mercer Mayer |
| The cat does not like riding in the little girl's baby carriage,
so she runs away. The little girl tries to catch her, and even has
help, but the cat keeps getting away. |
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| One Frog Too Many |
| by Mercer Mayer |
| The boy, the dog, and the frog go walking in the woods and find a
new frog. |
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| First Snow |
| by Emily Arnold McCully |
| A mouse family climbs to the top of a hill to sled down.
The littlest one gets left at the top all alone and must sled down by
herself. There are two more books below from this series. |
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| Picnic |
| by Emily Arnold McCully |
| A large family of mice set out for a picnic. One of the
little mice falls out, but the family doesn't notice her
missing. She sits and waits until her family discovers her
absence and begin to search for her. |
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| Four Hungry Kittens |
| by Emily Arnold McCully |
| While their mother goes out searching for food, four little
kittens are watched after by the farm's dog. |
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| School |
| by Emily Arnold McCully |
| A mouse not old enough for school sneaks out and follows his
eight older siblings. She then sneaks into the classroom, where she
remains unseen until she raises her hand and is called upon to answer a
question. |
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| Why? |
| by Nikolai Popov |
| War breaks out when a mouse attacks a frog to steal his
flower. |
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| Polar Slumber/Sueno Polar |
| by Dennis Rockhill |
| This nearly wordless book shows the adventures of a little girl
when a snow polar bear she builds comes to life. |
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| The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, the Bard |
| by Gregory Rogers |
| A boy's soccer ball lands inside a theater and transports the boy
back to Shakespeare's time. Trouble soon ensues when the
Shakespeare slips on the ball. |
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| Breakfast for Jack |
| by Pat Schories |
| Getting breakfast is not easy for Jack, the dog, when everyone is
running behind. There are two more books below from this series. |
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| Jack and the Missing Piece |
| by Pat Schories |
| Jack, the dog, wants to play, but it isn't working out well for
him. |
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| Jack and the Night Visitors |
| by Pat Schories |
| Jack, the dog, and his boy see a spaceship land on their roof,
and tiny robot aliens come into the boy's room. |
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| Mouse Around |
| by Pat Schories |
| An inquisitive little mouse catches a ride in a plumber's coat
and travels via unusual means on a journey of the outside before
coming back home. |
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