What Will Fat Cat Sit On?by Jan Thomas
The animals are afraid that Fat Cat may sit on them.
What Will Fat Cat Sit On?
What Will Fat Cat Sit On?by Jan Thomas
The animals are afraid that Fat Cat may sit on them.
The Doghouse
The Doghouseby Jan Thomas
The animals are scared to retrieve their lost ball in the doghouse, but are pleasantly surprised.
Birdie' Big-Girl Shoes
Birdie's Big-Girl Shoesby Sujean Rim
Birdies loves her mother's shes, but when she is finally granted permission to wear some for a little while, she discovers that her "barefoot shoes" are the best.
Even Monsters Need Haircuts
Even Monsters Need Haircutsby Matthew McElligott
At night under the moon, a child operates a barber shop full of monsters clientele.
Goodnight, Little Monster
Goodnight, Little Monsterby Helen Ketterman
Illustrated by Bonnie Leick
Rhyming text describes a mother guiding her young monster through bedtime preparations.
I Love Bugs!
I Love Bugs!by Emma Dodd
Talks about the many different kinds of bugs that can be found in a backyard.
I Don't Want a Cool Cat!
I Don't Want a Cool Cat!by Emma Dodd
In her search for the perfect kitty, a little girl finds that the perfect pet is hard to find.
Don't Need Friends
Don't Need Friendsby Carolyn Crimi
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
After his best friend moves away, Rat tells everyone he doesn't need friends until he and a gouchy old dog decide they need each other.
Fred Stays with Me!
Fred Stays with Me!by Nancy Coffelt
Illustrated by Tricia Tusa
A child describes how she sometimes lives her mother and sometimes her father, but her dog always stays with her.
Children Make Terrible Pets
Children Make Terrible Petsby Peter Brown
When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy lost in the forest, she asks her mom if she can have him as a pet, only to find him impossible to train
Clifford the Firehouse Dog
Clifford the Firehouse Dogby Norman Bridwell
Clifford the dog helps the firemen in his town.
Clifford at the Circus
Clifford at the Circusby Norman Bridwell
The circus is in trouble until Clifford steps in to help.
Be Brown
Be Brownby Barbara Bottner
Illustrated by Barry Gott
A little boy is frustrated when his dog refuses to obey.
Doggone Dogs!
Doggone Dogs!by Karen Beaumont
Illustrated by David Catrow
Ten unruly dogs get loose at obedience school, and when they are captured by the dog-catcher, they work together to escape.
The Big Fib
The Big Fibby Melissa Anderson
A little girl who breaks her mom's cookie jar learns that it is always better to tell the truth and face the consequences than deal with a tiny lie that keeps on getting bigger and bigger.
Peanut
Peanutby Linas Alsenas
Mildred is very lonely until she finds a stray animal in the park and takes him home as her pet dog, but Peanut is very different from other animals in the park.
I Dream of an Elephant
I Dream of an Elephantby Ami Rubinger
Elephants of many colorful shades are described in couplets that invite the reader to complete the rhyme using color-themed clues.
1 Zany Zoo
1 Zany Zooby Lori Degman
When one fearless fox grabs the zookeeper's keys and opens all the cages, increasing numbers of animals behave in most unusual ways.
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath
Bad Kitty Gets A Bathby Nick Bruel
Takes a humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of giving a real cat a bath with soap and water.
Jellaby
Jellabyby Kean Soo
Not long after Portia and her mother move to a new town, she discovers a huge purple monster she calls Jellaby and enlists the help of a fellow student to find him a home.
These is My Words
These is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Anges Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territoriesby Nancy Turner
Inspired by the author's family memoirs, Sarah Prine's diary portrays the joys and hardships of living out west at the end of the 1800's. Includes accounts of Indian attacks, marriages, births, and death.
Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs
Never Glue Your Friends to ChairsRoscoe Riley Rules series
by Katherine Applegate
When the first graders' bee antennae would not stay on their heads and the drummers would not stay in their seats for the open house play, Roscoe decides to help by using "don't-you-dare" glue.
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figgby Rodman Philbrick
Twelve-year-old Homer, a poor but clever orphan, has extraordinary adventures after running away from his evil uncle to rescue his brother, who has been sold into service in the Civil War.
The Strange Case of the Missing Sheep
The Strange Case of the Missing Sheepby Mircea Catusanu
When ten sheep go missing in the Dark Forest, Super Sheep Dog Doug comes to the rescue.
The Contest Between the Sun and Wind
The Contest Between the Sun and WindRetold by Heather Forest
Illustrated by Susan Gaber
The sun and the wind test their strength by seeing which of them can cause a man to remove his coat, demonstrating the value of using gentle persuasion rather than force as a means of achieving a goal.
All the World
All the Worldby Liz Garton Scanlon
Illustrated by Marla Frazee
Follow a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night as they discover the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky.
The Tear Thief
The Tear Thiefby Carol Ann Duffy
Illustrated by Nicoletta Ceccoli
In the evening, between supper and bedtime, an invisible fairy slips into homes to steal tears of shame, fear, pain, and sadness, then climbs to the moon where she transforms the sackful of droplets into something wonderful.
The Birthday Pet
The Birthday Petby Ellen Javernick
Illustrated by Kevin O'Malley
Danny can have a pet for his birthday and he knows exactly what he wants, but the other members of his family think differently.
Magic Pickle
Magic Pickleby Scott Morse
Magic Pickle tries to save the day against other vegetables that were a result of a government experiment gone wrong.
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problemby Mac Barnett
Illustrated by Adam Rex
A blue whale is longer than thirty dogs lined up nose to tail. Its tongue weighs as much as four hundred cats. Blue whales make terrible pets .... just ask Billy Twitters.
In Memory of Gorfman T. Frog
In Memory of Gorfman T. Frogby Gail Donovan
When irrepressible fifth-grader Josh finds a five-legged frog in his backyard pond, it leads to him learning a lot about amphibians--and himself.
Pirates Drive Buses
Pirates Drive Busesby Christopher Morgan
Illustrated by Neil Curtis
While conducting a tour of the "landlubbers' world" for a bus load of sea creatures, Pirate intercepts school-bound siblings Billy and Heidi and enlists their aid in recovering his hijacked ship from a troupe of mischievous monkey-crabs.
I Need My Monster
I Need My Monsterby Amanda Noll
Illustrated by Howard McWilliam
When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds a note saying that Gabe has gone fishing and will be back in a week. He tries out several substitute monsters, but finds that none are as perfect as Gabe.
The World is Your Oyster
The World Is Your Oysterby Tamara James
Illustrated by Emma SanCartier
What do you do when your world is raining cats and dogs, you're up to your neck in alligators, and all you want to do is bury your head in the sand? A playful book of animal idioms.
Lunch Lady and the League of Librarians
Lunch Lady and the League of Librariansby Jarrett J. Krosoczka
The school lunch lady, a secret crime fighter, sets out to stop a group of librarians bent on destroying a shipment of video games, while a group of students known as the Breakfast Bunch provides back-up.
The Seeing Stick
The Seeing Stickby Jane Yolen
Illustrated by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini
Hwei Min, the only daughter of the emperor of China, cannot see, and it seems that no one can help her ... until one day a wise old man with a mysterious seeing stick visits the princess. Will he be able to teach Hwei Min that there is more than one way to see the world?
One Weighs a Ton
One Weighs a Tonby Salina Yoon
Rhymes for the numbers one to ten plus factual information about certain animals.
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting
Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fightingby Jim Murphy
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