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Harris, Trudy.
The Clock Struck One : A Time-Telling Tale
Rhyming text expands on the nursery rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock, as a cat chases the mouse up the clock, followed by other animals, until midnight arrives and the tired creatures fall asleep. Includes facts about clocks and basic information about telling time.
added Nov 18, 2009
Skills featured:
Narrative Skills, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: Here’s a new twist on a familiar Mother Goose story filled with rhyming words and a funny narrative. Follow along from one o’clock when the mouse runs up the clock to twelve o’c... read more
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Smith, Lane
The Big Pets
A little girl explores the mysterious dreamworld where small children play with their big pets, which range from cats and dogs to snakes and crickets.
added Nov 6, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Motivation, Vocabulary
Presentation Notes: In our dreams, anything is possible, and children love to enter that realm of make-believe. Fortunately for them, Lane Smith writes and illustrates unapologetically of the fantastical. This story... read more
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Whitman, Candace
Lines That Wiggle
A variety of monsters and other creatures demonstrate some of the different things that lines can do, from curve and curl to zig-zag.
Appears on the following book lists:
 New Picture Books 2009 07-08
added Nov 5, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Awareness, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: Have you ever noticed the myriad lines surrounding you? You will now! Check out Candace Whitman's wild new blue glitter line as it runs from the garden to the sea and up into... read more
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Rylant, Cynthia
Long Night Moon
Text and illustrations depict the varied seasonal full moons that change and assume personalities of their own throughout the year.
added Oct 30, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Motivation, Vocabulary
Presentation Notes: As with the seasons, the moon is ever-changing, continually bringing new life and meaning. In Cynthia Rylant's hauntingly poetic book, twelve moons are given names and crystallized with delic... read more
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Berger, Joe, 1970-
Bridget Fidget and the Most Perfect Pet!
Bridget has always wanted a pet unicorn named Thunderhooves, so when a box is delivered to her door she is sure that is what is inside.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 07-08
added Oct 22, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Awareness, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: Bridget wants a pet, specifically a unicorn. When a surprise box arrives at her front door she guesses that her perfect pet has finally arrived. But has it? The box is awfully small for a unicorn... read more
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Hamilton, K. R. (Kersten R.)
Red Truck
When a school bus gets stuck in the mud, Red Truck the tow truck saves the day by pulling it out.
Appears on the following book lists:
Things That Go
added Oct 14, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Awareness, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: What do you love to do in the winter? Make snowmen? Yay! Drink hot cocoa? Yay! Getting stuck in the melting snow while riding in a school bus? NO! But don't worry, help is on its way in the f... read more
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Bradley, MaryChris.
Knock! Knock!
Each door is a different color and each door hides a surprise.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 07-08
added Oct 9, 2009
Skills featured:
Phonological Sensitivity, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: Get children involved in the repeated “Knock! Knock!” in this story, for print motivation. Behind each of the different colored doors (great for reinforcing color vocabulary), a different surprise is... read more
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MacDonald, Suse.
Shape By Shape
Turn the die-cut pages to discover colorful shapes, which come together to reveal a creature from long ago.
Appears on the following book lists:
Favorites for Toddlers
New Picture Books 2009 07-08
added Oct 9, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Motivation, Vocabulary
Presentation Notes: Reminiscent of Go Away, Big Green Monster!, the die-cut pages in this book reveal, step-by-step, a surprise ending. Children will love guessing what animal is being created with basic shapes and ... read more
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McAllister, Angela
Brave Bitsy and the Bear
A small toy rabbit and a large woodland bear come to each other's rescue during the winter.
added Oct 6, 2009
Skills featured:
Narrative Skills, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: Toy mouse Bitsy and her friend Bear become unlikely allies in Angela McAllister's lovely tale of loyalty and friendship. Bear brings Bitsy back to her home and Bitsy makes sure that Bear is w... read more
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Thomas, Jan
Can You Make a Scary Face?
A ladybug invites the reader to play a game of let's pretend.
Appears on the following book lists:
Word Awareness
New Picture Books 2009 07-08
added Oct 1, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Awareness, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: This book, about a ladybug and a giant, hungry frog, is a great storytime read. The book offers plenty of opportunities for the kids to get up and act silly. The interactive nature of the book pr... read more
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Andreasen, Dan
The Treasure Bath
A wordless picture book in which a young boy explores a creature-filled world beneath the bubbles in his bathtub.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books
added Sep 30, 2009
Skills featured:
Narrative Skills, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: Making a cake can get messy. The unnamed boy in this book splatters batter all over himself and his mom gives him a bath. The adventure begins when this little boy imagines what happens underwater. Th... read more
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Prap, Lila
Animal Lullabies
Rhyming text shows what kinds of lullabies animal parents, such as an elephant, a fish, or a snake, might sing to their young.
added Sep 22, 2009
Skills featured:
Phonological Sensitivity, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: A vibrant, colorful book featuring bedtime poems told by mother animals to their babies. The rhyming text and animal sounds help build phonological awareness while moving fluidly from one animal ... read more
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Hubery, Julia
A Friend for All Seasons
Robbie the Raccoon and his friends love Father Oak and worry that he is sick when his leaves begin to turn color and fall off, but Robbie's mother explains what the change means and helps him plant some acorns as a sign of hope for spring.
added Sep 17, 2009
Skills featured:
Narrative Skills, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: Old Father Oak's leaves are falling. Is he crying? Robbie the Raccoon enlists the help of his friends to "hug our hugest hug and sing our happiest song!" Julia Hubery's story fo... read more
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Numberman, Neil.
Do Not Build a Frankenstein!
A boy warns his new neighbors of the trouble that comes with building a monster, including having to move to a different town in hopes of escaping his creation.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 07-08
added Sep 2, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Motivation, Vocabulary
Presentation Notes: The title says it all! Building a Frankenstein causes one young boy to lose all of his friends, pets, toys, even his privacy. This book is an excellent choice for developing early literacy skills beca... read more
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Fitzkee, Jeremy.
One Two Three Me
Unexpected rhymes such as half/giraffe and towel/owl show the silly sounds of everyday words.
added Aug 20, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Motivation, Vocabulary
Presentation Notes: With its quirky illustrations, simple text and clever wordplay, this book is a surefire storytime hit. Children love to guess the “punchlines” in this story, and the rhymes and pictures will help the... read more
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Rueda, Claudia
Let's Play in the Forest While the Wolf is Not Around
In this adaptation of the traditional French and Latin American song, animals play in the forest while a scary wolf slowly dresses and becomes hungrier and hungrier.
Appears on the following book lists:
Word Patterns
added Aug 14, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Motivation, Vocabulary
Presentation Notes: Even though the wolf gets bigger, hungrier and scarier on every page in this story, children will find out that the scary wolf is not so scary, after all. With its clean pages, simple drawings an... read more
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De Muth, Roger,
Dinner for Eight
An octopus prepares dinner for eight of his animal friends, including Sergio Squirellini and Yukiko Kitty.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 05-06
added Aug 11, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Motivation, Vocabulary
Presentation Notes: It is time for a dinner party, but what do you serve when your guests are a kangaroo, a squirrel, and other wild animals? Octopus knows what to do! His eight tentacles are able to whip-up eight v... read more
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Ransom, Candice F., 1952-
The Old Blue Pickup Truck
As a girl and her father run errands in their old blue pickup, she discovers how many different ways they can use their truck.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 05-06
added Aug 7, 2009
Skills featured:
Narrative Skills, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: In this story of a girl and her father running errands in their pickup truck, dialogical reading is a great way to get children involved. Although this quiet book has simple prose, there is a lot... read more
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Docherty, Thomas
Little Boat
Follow the little boat as it sails on the big ocean.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 05-06
added Jul 31, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Awareness, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: In this story, the little boat sails past giant sea monsters, around icebergs and through the dangerous sea. Children are motivated to read by experiencing books to which they can relate. Be... read more
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Ziefert, Harriet
You and Me: We're Opposites
Simple text reveals differences between zoo animals, from their behavior to their coloring.
Appears on the following book lists:
New Picture Books 2009 05-06
added Jul 1, 2009
Skills featured:
Print Awareness, Print Motivation
Presentation Notes: How are the animals in the zoo different from one another? In this simple, accessible picture book, author Harriet Ziefert showcases the basic answers to these questions while also maintain... read more
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