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Favorites for Preschoolers
Preschoolers are ready for books with short stories about almost anything. You can start reading together with these favorites.
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Search the Library Catalog for this title 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.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list Silly Stories
Staff-created book list Word Play
Staff-created book list Letter Sounds - D
Search the Library Catalog for this title Cronin, Doreen
Diary of a Fly
A young fly discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being an insect, including the dangers of flypaper and that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.
Other formats available
Search the Library Catalog for this title Donaldson, Julia
The Gruffalo
A mouse invents stories of the Gruffalo in order to scare other animals away from eating him. When a real Gruffalo shows up, what will he do?
Search the Library Catalog for this title Donofrio, Beverly
Mary and the Mouse the Mouse and Mary
While Mary, a girl whose family lives in a big house, is learning things at school, a young mouse whose family lives in a small house within the big one is learning the same things at her school, and when the two eventually meet they become friends.
Search the Library Catalog for this title LaRochelle, David.
The Best Pet of All
A young boy enlists the help of a dragon to persuade his mother to let him have a dog as a pet.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list Minnesota - picture books
Search the Library Catalog for this title London, Jonathan
Froggy Eats Out
After Froggy misbehaves at a fancy restaurant, his parents take him to a fast flies restaurant to celebrate their anniversary.
Other formats available
Search the Library Catalog for this title Pinto, Sara
Apples and Oranges : Going Bananas with Pairs
Presents pairs of related items, such as an apple and an orange or a bicycle and a motorcycle, and asks why they are similar, while offering unexpected answers.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list Librarian Favorites 2008
Search the Library Catalog for this title Portis, Antoinette
A Penguin Story
Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list New Picture Books 2009 01-02
Search the Library Catalog for this title Portis, Antoinette
Not a Box
To an imaginative bunny, a box is not always just a box.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list Concepts - Colors and more
Staff-created book list Dr. Seuss Award Honor Books
Staff-created book list The Perfect Holiday Gift: Books
Search the Library Catalog for this title Rosenthal, Amy Krouse
Little Pea
Little Pea hates eating candy for dinner, but his parents will not let him have his spinach dessert until he cleans his plate.
Search the Library Catalog for this title Rumford, James
Don't Touch My Hat!
A sheriff in the Old West fights crime with the help of his lucky ten-gallon hat.
Search the Library Catalog for this title Sharratt, Nick
Shark in the Park
Through his telescope a little boy keeps seeing what seems to be a shark in the park, but by turning the page the reader can see and identify the whole object.
Appears on the following book lists:
• A Few of Our Favorites
• Books for Nate the Great
Search the Library Catalog for this title Sharratt, Nick
The Foggy Foggy Forest
A unicorn playing a horn? An ogre doing yoga? Peek through each foggy vellum page to guess what lies beyond in the foggy, foggy forest.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list New Picture Books 2009 01-02
Staff-created book list Fairy Tales with New Twists - picture books
Staff-created book list Letter Sounds - F
Staff-created book list Books for Holiday Giving
Search the Library Catalog for this title Shaw, Charles Green
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Describes various shapes which are instead a cloud.
Other formats available
Search the Library Catalog for this title Tankard, Jeremy
Boo Hoo Bird
When Bird gets hit on the head while playing ball, his friends have many suggestions to try to make him feel better.
Search the Library Catalog for this title Wilcox, Leah.
Falling for Rapunzel
To rescue Rapunzel from her tower, a prince yells for her to throw down her hair; but being too far away to hear clearly, she tosses out various items from her room, including her maid.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list Librarian Favorites
Search the Library Catalog for this title Willems, Mo
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Wilbur, a naked mole rat who likes to wear clothes, is forced to go before the wise community elder, who surprises the other naked mole rats with his pronouncement.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list New Picture Books 2009 01-02
Search the Library Catalog for this title Willems, Mo
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
The pigeon really, really wants a puppy, but when a puppy arrives the pigeon changes its mind.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list Silly Stories
Search the Library Catalog for this title Wilson, Karma
A Frog in the Bog
A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.
Appears on the following book lists:
Staff-created book list Word Play
Search the Library Catalog for this title York, Sarah Mountbatten-Windsor, Duchess of
Tea for Ruby
As Ruby tells everyone about her invitation to tea with the Queen, family and friends remind her about how she should conduct herself.
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