Agee, Jon. Terrific.
"Terrific," says Eugene when he wins an all-expenses-paid cruise to Bermuda. "I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." But Eugene's luck is much worse than that. His ship sinks, and he ends up stranded on a giny island. E AGE

Alborough, Jez. Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming!
The rumor of big bro coming spreads rapidly through the jungle.  In the end, reality is a big surprise!  E ALB

Blundell, Tony. Beware of Boys.
A small boy is captured by a wolf in the woods and suggests some recipes for the wolf to follow in cooking him. E BLU  

Brett, Jan. The Mitten.
Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes. E BRE  

Brown, M. Wise. The Runaway Bunny.
A little rabbit tells his mother how he will run away; she assures him she will always be right behind him. E BRO  

Burton, Virginia. Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.  E BUR

Cannon, Janell. Stellaluna.  
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother. E CAN

Carle, Eric.  Mister Seahorse.
After Mrs. Seahorse lays her eggs on Mr. Seahorse's belly, he drifts through the water, greeting other fish fathers who are taking care of their eggs. E CAR  

Cherry, Lynne.  The Great Kapok Tree.
The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rain forest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home. E CHE

Child, Lauren.  I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato.
A fussy eater decides to sample the carrots after her brother convinces her that they are orange twiglets from Jupiter. E CHI

Cronin, Doreen. Duck for President.
When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President. E CRO  

Demi.  The Empty Pot.
When Ping admits that he is the only child in China unable to grow a flower from the seeds distributed by the Emperor, he is rewarded for his honesty. E 398.2 DEM

Egielski, Richard. Gingerbread Boy. 
A freshly baked gingerbread boy escapes when he is taken out of an oven in New York City and eludes his pursuers until he meets a clever fox. E 398.2 EGI  

Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow.
A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden. E EHL

Fleming, Denise. Mama Cat Has Three Kittens.  
While two kittens copy everything their mother does, their brother naps. E FLE  

Floca, Brian. Lightship.
Lightships once served where lighthouses could not be built. They helped to guide sailors through the fog. E 387.28 FLO

Fox, Mem. Whoever You Are.
A beautiful picture book that shows the common experiences that unites people all around the world. E FOX  

Frazee, Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever.
Friends James and EAmon enjoy a wonderful week at the home of Eamon's grandparents during summer vacation. E FRA

Henkes, Kevin. Lilly's Big Day.
When her teacher announces that he is getting married, Lilly the mouse sets her heart on being the flower girl at his wedding. E HEN  

Hirst, Robin.  My Place in Space.
Henry tells the bus driver exactly where he lives, positioning himself precisely in the universe. E 520 HIR 

Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace.
Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do. E HOF  

Howard, Arthur. When I Was Five. 
A six-year-old boy describes the things he liked when he was five and compares them to the things he likes now. E HOW  

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

Kellogg, Steven. Paul Bunyan: A Tall Tale.
Recounts the life of the extraordinary lumberjack whose unusual size and strength brought him many fantastic adventures. E 398.2 KEL  

Kimmel, Eric. Anansi and the Talking Melon.
A clever spider tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking the melon in which he is hiding can talk. E 398.2 KIM   

Koller, Jackie French.  One Monkey Too Many.
Adventurous monkeys have a series of mishaps and escapades involving a bike, a canoe, a restaurant, and a hotel.  E KOL  

Lear, Edward. The Owl and the Pussycat.
After a courtship voyage of a year and a day, Owl and Pussy finally buy a ring from Piggy and are blissfully married. E 821 LEA

Lester, Helen.  Tacky the Penguin.
Tacky the penguin does not fit in with his sleek and graceful companions, but his odd behavior comes in handy when hunters come with maps and traps. E LES

McBratney, Sam. Guess How Much I Love You? 
During a bedtime game, every time Little Nutbrown Hare demonstrates how much he loves his father, Big Nutbrown Hare gently shows him that the love is returned even more. E MCB  

McKee, David. Elmer Takes Off.
On an extremely breezy day, Elmer the elephant tries to reassure his friends that he will not blow away. E MCK  

Meddaugh, Susan. Martha Blah Blah.
When the current owner of the soup company breaks the founder's promise to have every letter of the alphabet in every can of soup, Martha, the talking dog, takes action. E MED   

Munsch, Robert. Thomas' Snowsuit.
Little Thomas creates a big commotion when he refuses to wear his snowsuit despite the pleas from his mother, teacher, and principal.  E MUN

Neitzel, Shirley. The Jacket I Wear in the Snow.
A young girl names all the clothes that she must wear to play in the snow. E NEI  

Palatini, Margie. Piggie Pie.
Gritch the witch flies to Old MacDonald's farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker. E PAL  

Paul, Ann Whitford.  Manana, Iguana. 
Iguana, Conejo, Tortuga, and Culebra are excited about having a spring party, but only Iguana is willing to do any of the work. E PAU

Perkins, Lynne Rae. Pictures from Our Vacation.
Given a camera that takes and prints tiny pictures just before leaving for the family farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion filled with good memories. E PER

Pinkney, Jerry. The Ugly Duckling.
An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. E 398.2 PIN   

Polacco, Patricia. The Keeping Quilt.
A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remaining a symbol of their enduring love and faith. E POL  

Rockwell, Anne. Show and Tell Day.
It's show and tell day at Mrs. Madoff's class and each of ten students brings in something special to share.   E ROC

Rylant, Cynthia. The Relatives Came.
The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time. E RYL

Sayre, April Pulley. Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust.
Explains the origins of dust, what dust is, and how dust shows up in the world. E 551.51 SAY  

Seuss, Dr. Horton Hears A Who!
A city of Whos on a speck of dust are threatened with destruction until the smallest Who of all helps convince Horton's friends that Whos really exist. E SEU   

Shannon, David.  A Bad Case of Stripes.
Camilla is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she’s so worried that she's about to break out in a bad case of stripes! E SHA

Shannon, David. Duck on a Bike.
A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too. E SHA  

Sharmat, Mitchell.  Gregory the Terrible Eater.
A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual goat diet staples of shoes and tin cans in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs, and orange juice E SHA

Sierra, Judy. Wild About Books .
A librarian named Mavis McGrew introduces the animals in the zoo to the joy of reading when she drives her bookmobile to the zoo by mistake.   E SIE 

Simont, Marc. The Stray Dog.
A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him. E SIM  

Slate, Joseph. Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten.
Miss Bindergarten plans a wonderful celebration for the students in recognition of the 100th day of school. E SLA  

Stadler, Alexander. Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book.
Beverly is thrilled to finally check out a book with her own library card, but when she accidentally keeps the book too long she worries that she'll have to pay a huge fine or go to jail. E STA  

Taback, Simms. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.
A very old overcoat is recycled numerous times into a variety of garments. E TAB  

Teague, Mark. Pigsty.
When Wendell doesn't clean up his room, a whole herd of pigs comes to live with him. E-AV KIT TEA 

Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji. 
Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game. GOLDSTAR VAN

Waber, Bernard.  Ira Says Goodbye.
Ira is surprised to discover that his best friend Reggie feels happy about having to move to a new town. E WAB  

Waring, Richard. Hungry Hen.  
A greedy fox watches a hungry hen growing bigger every day, knowing that the longer he waits to eat her, the bigger she will be. E WAR   

Wells, Rosemary. My Kindergarten.
Through a month-by-month review of a year in kindergarten, Emily shares the stories of the many happy experiences she has at her school with her new classmates. E WEL

Wells, Rosemary. Yoko.
When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats--until one of them tries it for himself. E WEL  

Wheeler, Lisa. One Dark Night. 
Mouse and Mole feel afraid one dark night crossing a mush-mucky swamp and a marsh-misty wood. E WHE  

Wiesner, David. The Three Pigs.
The three pigs escape the wolf by going into another world where they meet the cat and the fiddle, the cow that jumped over the moon, and a dragon. GOLDSTAR WIE

Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon.  
On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. E YOL  

Zelinsky, Paul O. Rapunzel.
A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. J 398.2 ZEL