Mary Ellen’s Picks

	Alborough, Jez
	Where’s my Teddy?
	When a small boy named Eddie goes searching for his lost teddy in the dark woods, he comes across a gigantic bear with a similar problem.

	Bruss, Deborah
	Book! Book! Book!
	When the children go back to school, the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the library in town looking for something to do.

	Edwards, Pamela Duncan
	Warthogs in the Kitchen
	Three warthogs count to ten as they bake cupcakes. However, they are not the neatest cooks and end up making quite the mess.

	Ehlert, Lois
	Growing Vegetable Soup
	A father and child plant a vegetable garden together and then watch as the garden grows. The final result is a nice big pot of soup.

	Falconer, Ian
	Olivia
	Whether at home getting ready for the day, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good. Of course, it’s another story for Olivia’s exhausted mother.

	Feiffer, Jules
	Bark George
	A lovable pup tries to bark, but all that comes out are other animals’ sounds, until a trip to the vet unleashes the problem.

	Fleming, Denise
	Barnyard Banter
	All the farm animals are where they should be and doing what they should be, clucking and mucking, mewing and cooing, except for the missing goose...

	Fox, Mem
	Whoever You Are
	Despite the differences between people around the world, there are similarities that join us together, such as pain, joy, and love.

	Grobler, Piet
	Hey, Frog
	On a very hot day, the animals are roaring mad when a frog drinks up all of the water on the savannah, but each animal has an idea of how to get the water back.

	Henkes, Kevin
	Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
	Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but is having trouble showing him.

	Holabird, Katharine
	Angelina Ballerina
	A pretty little mouse wants to become a ballerina more than anything else in the world.

	Jenkins, Steve
	Actual Size
	Just like the title suggests, this gorgeous volume compares animal sizes and attributes in a most engaging way.

	Kasza, Keiko
	The Wolf’s Chicken Stew
	A hungry wolf’s attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.

	Keats, Ezra Jack
	The Snowy Day
	A little boy tries to save a snowball in his pocket but finds out what happens to snow when you bring it into a nice warm apartment.

	Noble, Trina Hakes
	The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
	Jimmy’s boa constrictor wreaks havoc on a class field trip to a farm.

	Palatini, Maggie
	Piggie Pie
	Gritch the Witch flies to Old MacDonald’s farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but cannot find a single one.

	Rathman, Peggy
	Good Night Gorilla
	Thanks to one mischevious gorilla, an unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

	Robertus, Polly
	The Dog Who Had Kittens
	Baxter the Basset Hound comes to the aid of some kittens when their mother disappears one afternoon.

	Rosen, Michael
	We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.
	Brave bear hunters traverse grass, water, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat.

	Rylant, Cynthia
	The Relatives Came
	The relatives from Virginia come to visit and everyone has a wonderful, albeit a little crazy, time.

	Sierra, Judy
	Counting Crocodiles
	A clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana-laden island.

	Stoeke, Janet Morgen
	A Hat for Minerva Louise
	Minerva Louise, a snow-loving chicken, mistakes a pair of mittens for two hats to keep both ends warm.

	Tafuri, Nancy
	Silly Little Goose
	A goose tries out a few odd places to make her nest before finally settling on an old straw hat, and "hatches" a surprise for everyone.

	Tudor, Tasha
	1 is One
	Rhyming verse and old fashioned pictures introduce the numbers from one to twenty.

	Waddell, Martin
	Farmer Duck
	A bunch of barn animals chase their farmer out of town when he leaves all the work to kind, hardworking duck.

	Walton, Rick
	One More Bunny
	Bunnies frolicking at the playground introduce the numbers one through ten and the principles of simple addition.

	Weber Bernard
	Ira Sleeps Over
	A little boy is excited at the prospect of spending the night at his friend’s house, but worries how he’ll get along without his teddy bear.

	Wells, Rosemary
	Max’s Dragon Shirt
	On a shopping trip to the department store, Max’s determination to get a dragon shirt leads him away from his distracted sister and into trouble.

	Wilson, Karma
	Sakes Alive a Cattle Drive
	Two cows, Mabel and Molly, take the farmer’s truck and go for an eventful joyride into town.

	Wood, Don and Audrey
	The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear
	Who likes strawberries? The mouse does. The bear does. But what about the reader? You play the key role in this story.