The style of this book reminds me of an old silent movie. A hungry fox meets a lovely duck and convinces her to take a walk with her. Each invitation takes them farther into the woods and closer to her being eaten. Little chicks in the pictures cry out at each invitation that it is…
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Kate & Pippin by Martin Springett
Who doesn’t love a good unlikely animal friends story? Kate & Pippin by Martin Springett is a true story, complete with adorable photographs! Kate is a Great Dane. When a fawn who has been abandoned by her mother wanders onto Kate’s farm, she cares for her. Though Pippin can’t stay with Kate forever, they will…
Me…Jane by Patrick McDonnell
This author/illustrator also writes the MUTTS comic strip. The book is about a little girl named Jane who loves nature. She has a stuffed chimpanzee named Jubilee. Every day, she enjoys finding out about the animals around her and dreams of one day going to Africa to study and help animals. At the end of…
Creepy Carrots! By Aaron Reynolds
Jasper Rabbit took the best carrots from Crackenhopper Field every time he passed by. That is until he thought he was being followed by the CREEPY CARROTS! Or so he thought. Will he be able to stop them?
Water is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle by Miranda Paul
In Water is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle, the illustrator, Jason Chin, emphasizes the importance of water and its ever changing and evolving forms using expressive full page illustrations. In these illustrations, we follow children as they experience water in all its forms including snow, rain, fog, running in a stream, and more.…
If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
The illustrations are AMAZING in this sweet story of two animal friends who are planting and caring for seeds and then decide to share with others. The book also talks about what you reap if you sow seeds of kindness versus seeds of selfishness. …
The New Small Person by Lauren Child
Life is good when you are an only child! That is until a small person arrives at your house. This is a great picture book about the struggles of adjusting to a younger sibling. In the end the siblings become great friends. …
The Numberlys by William Joyce
Once upon a time, there was no alphabet. Only numbers. Everyone liked numbers, but there weren’t any books or colors or jellybeans or pizza. Then five friends started wondering if they could so something… MORE. In The Numberlys, most of the book is read sideways, and the illustrations (though mostly in only gray tones) are vibrant…
The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett
This is so fun! Find out what happens when a baby princess gets mixed up with a pig! It is full of unexpected twists and has connections to familiar fairy tales. …
Mix it Up by Herve Tullet
This French author first got my attention with Press Here, which came out in the U.S. a few years ago. He has several interactive books. They look very simple…and yet are so ingenious! Tullet takes the idea of a touch screen and puts it in a book. Readers are invited to push, rub, tilt, and otherwise…
