Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox

"There was one little baby / who was born far away. / And another who was born / on the very next day. / And both of these babies, / as everyone knows, / had ten little fingers / and ten little toes." No matter which part of the world a baby comes from—born on the ice or in a tent—that baby has “ten little fingers / and ten little toes"

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas

Bug! Rug! Mug! Hug! These dust bunnies love to rhyme. Well, except for Bob. Much to the other bunnies’ frustration, Bob can never get the rhythm right. Then he saves everyone from a big, scary monster wielding—gasp!—a broom, and they all breathe a sigh of relief. But can Bob save them from the big, scary monster’s next attack? Vrrrrrroooommm . . .

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas

Chicken has some unexpected and exuberant cow visitors who have exciting plans for jumping, dancing, and wiggling on his teeny-tiny couch, and Chicken is none too happy about it.

Peekaboo! Look at me

What's hiding behind the holes? There's something new every time you turn the page! Part guessing game, part novelty, this book is sure to please young readers.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

5 Fat Peas

5 fat peas in a pea pod pressed.
1 grew 2 grew and so did all the rest
They grew and they grew and wouldn't stop
They grew so fast that the pea pod popped!
POP!
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Saturday, December 27, 2014

A Boy and his Bunny & A Girl and her Gator by Sean Bryan


How would you feel if one morning you woke up with a big-eared, wet-nosed bunny on your head?Would you be surprised? 
Claire—the sister of the “boy who one day woke up with a bunny on his head”—discovers that she too has a strange new condition: When she looks in the mirror, there is a gator in her hair! What is she to do? Panic? Run to Mother? Or, like her brother, learn to enjoy her new friend?

Rainbow Trucks by Roger Priddy

Bright colors, flaps to lift, and critters to find all combine to make this an ideal read-aloud.