Lois Ehlert
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1989.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
A vibrant and sturdy word book featuring fruits and vegetables from around the world from Caldecott Honor—winning author-illustrator Lois Ehlert featuring upper- and lowercase letters for preschoolers just learning language.
Apple to Zucchini,
come take a look.
Start eating your way
through this alphabet book.
Each turn of the page reveals a mouth-watering arrangement of foods: Indian corn, jalapeno, jicama, kumquat, kiwifruit and kohlrabi....
3) Rrralph
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The narrator describes discovering how Ralph the dog can talk, appropriately saying words such as "roof," "rough," "bark," and "wolf."
4) Top cat
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace
Pub. Date
c1998.
Language
English
Description
The top cat in a household is reluctant to accept the arrival of a new kitten but decides to share various survival secrets with it.
5) Color zoo
Author
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
c1989.
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed Caldecott Honor Book is a visually exciting introduction to colors, shapes, and animals for preschoolers.
6) Leaf Man
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
A man made of leaves blows away, traveling wherever the wind may take him. On die-cut pages.
8) Circus
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1992.
Language
English
Description
Leaping lizards, marching snakes, a bear on the high wire and others perform in an ususual circus.
10) Pie in the sky
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
Description
A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie.
12) Nuts to you!
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1993.
Language
English
Description
A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment.
14) Rain fish
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Through rhyme and mixed-media collage illustrations, 'rain fish'--the varied, colorful, and unique little collections of materials that float along on streams of rain water during storms--come to life"--
15) Color farm
Author
Publisher
Lippincott
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle.
16) Boo to you!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
When the neighborhood cat tries to crash the mice's harvest party, the mice have a plan to scare the intruder away.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
c1992.
Language
English
Description
El Zorro quiere ir a la luna pero el Topo no; al menos hasta que oye que allí hay grandes gusanos que le esperan como merienda. Entonces se ponen ambos en camino, ayudados por un lazo de hierba y por sus amigos, los pájaros.
Fox wants to go to the moon. Mole does ot. At least not until he hears what's waiting up there for him to eat! So the two set off--with a little help from a rope of grass and their friends the birds.
18) Holey Moley
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After digging holes and munching on crawly bugs, a chubby mole settles in her cozy burrow for winter. Includes glossary identifying all of the different worms, caterpillars, moths, and butterflies included in the illustrations.
20) Snowballs
Author
Publisher
Red Wagon Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Some children create a family out of snow. Includes labeled pictures of all the items they use, as well as information about how snow is formed.