Juv Picture Book BURTON V THE LITTLE HOUSE* The little house first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer.

Juv Picture Book FREEMAN D CORDUROY* A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him, he finds what he has al-ways wanted most of all.

BABIES & TODDLERS

Suggested Reading List

*Can also be found in Board Book

Juv Picture Book BAKER K BIG FAT HEN* Big Fat Hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chicks.

Juv Picture Book CAMPBELL R DEAR ZOO* Each animal arriving from the zoo as a possible pet fails to suit its pro-spective owner, until just the right one is found.

Juv Picture Book GHAHREMANI, S STACK THE CATS One cat sleeps. Two cats play. Three cats stack! Cats scamper, stretch and yawn across the pages of this adorable counting book.

Juv Board Book BARUZZI A LOOK, LOOK AGAIN Part counting game, part guessing game, this delightful book invites little ones to look at one thing, and guess what else it could be.

Juv Picture Book CARLE E THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR*

A hungry little caterpillar eats his way through a large quantity of food before building his cocoon.

Juv Picture Book GOETZ S OLD MACDONALD HAD A TRUCK Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O. And on that farm he had a...TRUCK?!

Juv Picture Book BEATON K KING BABY All hail King Baby! He greets his adoring public with giggles and wiggles and coos, posing for photos and allowing hugs and kisses.

Juv Picture Book CREWS D FREIGHT TRAIN* Traces the journey of a color-ful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

Juv Picture Book HARRINGTON T NOSE TO TOES, YOU ARE YUMMY! Sing and dance along with tigers, pandas, giraffes, and more in this interactive pic-ture book.

Juv Board Book BOYNTON S MOO BAA LA LA LA This raucous story about the sounds animals make—including three pigs who say "la la la!"—is just right for reading aloud.

Juv Picture Book CRONIN D WIGGLE For energetic toddlers, here’s a book told in rollicky, wiggly rhyme that invites them to wiggle along with the story.

Juv Picture Book HENKES K EGG

There are four eggs: blue, pink, yellow, and green. Three of the eggs hatch, re-vealing three baby birds. But the green egg does not hatch. Why not?

Juv Picture Book BROWN M GOODNIGHT MOON*

A little bunny bids goodnight to all the objects in his room, even a bowl of mush, before falling asleep.

Juv Picture Book EHLERT L PLANTING A RAINBOW* A mother and child plant a rain-bow of flowers in the family garden.

Juv Picture Book HILL E WHERE’S SPOT?* A mother dog finds eight other animals hiding around the house before finding her lost puppy.

Juv Picture Book JENKIN E A GREYHOUND, A GROUNDHOG When a greyhound meets a groundhog, wordplay and crazy an-tics ensue.

Juv Board Book PATRICELLI L TICKLE Here comes Tickle Monster! Good thing this baby is NOT ticklish. Well, maybe just the feet...and the tummy...and, oh no—not the armpits!

Juv Picture Book WENZAL B HELLO HELLO

From simple colors and shapes to more complex and abstract associations, each unexpected encounter celebrates the magnificent diversity of our world.

Juv Picture Book KRAUSS R THE CARROT SEED*

Everyone is certain it won't grow, but a little boy remains confident in his carrot seed's potential.

Juv Picture Book RATHMAN P GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

Juv Picture Book WILLEMS M KNUFFLE BUNNY Daddy and Trixie take a trip to the laundromat, but their adventure takes an unexpected turn when Trixie realizes something is missing.

Juv Picture Book LIONNI L A COLOR OF HIS OWN Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own.

Juv Picture Book ROSEN M WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT* Have you ever gone on a bear hunt? Come along on this one with a brave young family!

Juv Picture Book WOOD A THE NAPPING HOUSE A cozy bed, a snoring granny, a dreaming child, a dozing dog, a snoozing—WAIT! There's a surprise in store in this peaceful house.

Juv Picture Book MARTIN B BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE?* Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color.

Juv Picture Book SENDAK M WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE

Max, a naughty little boy sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things, where he becomes their king.

Juv Picture Book YANG J BUS! STOP! "Bus! Stop!" a boy yells, as his bus pulls away one early morning. He must wait for the next bus. But the next one does NOT look like his bus at all.

Juv Picture Book MARTIN B CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM* In this lively alphabet rhyme, letters race up the coconut tree.

Juv Picture Book TAMAKI J THEY SAY BLUE A young girl examines the colors in the world around her. Egg yolks are sunny orange as expected, yet water isn’t blue like they say.

Juv Picture Book YOLEN J HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT? Mother and child ponder the different ways a dinosaur can say good night.

Juv Picture Book MOTHER TOMIE DEPAOLA’s MOTHER GOOSE An illustrated collection of over two hundred Mother Goose nursery rhymes.

Juv Picture Book WALSH E MOUSE PAINT*

Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.

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