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Preschool

Book cover Close Your Eyes

A mother tiger entices her child to sleep by telling of all that can been seen with one's eyes closed.

Book cover Move Over Rover!

When a storm comes, Rover expects to have his doghouse all to himself but finds that various other animals, including a skunk, come to join him.

Book cover On My Way to Buy Eggs

Shau-yu is simply on her way to buy eggs for dinner's fried rice, yet she takes the reader on a journey filled with adventure and imaginings.

Book cover Ella Sarah Gets Dressed

Despite the advice of others in her family, Ellah Sarah persists in wearing the striking and unusual outfit of her own choosing.

Book cover I Face the Wind

Introduces the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.

Book cover The Runaway Rice Cake

After chasing the special rice cake, Nian Gao, that their mother has made to celebrate the Chinese New Year, three poor brothers share it with an elderly woman and have their generosity richly rewarded.

Book cover Honey Baby Sugar Child

A mother expresses her everlasting love for her child.

Book cover Alphabet Under Construction

A mouse works his way through the alphabet as he folds the "F", measures the "M", and rolls the "R".

Book cover A Pig is Big

Rhyming text explains that cows are bigger than pigs, cars are bigger still, and the universe is the biggest of all.

Book cover Oscar's Half Birthday

To celebrate his half birthday, Oscar, his parents, and his sister go out for a picnic.

Book cover Easy Street

Relates, in rhyming verse, how dump trucks and paving machines layer and compact hot asphalt to make a street.

Book cover Kitten's First Full Moon

When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet, and hungry trying to reach it.

Book cover Mama, Do You Love Me?

A child living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional.

Book cover I Am Me

After being told how she resembles other members of her family, a young girl states positively and absolutely that she is "NO ONE ELSE BUT ME."

Book cover Henry's First-Moon Birthday

A young girl helps her grandmother with preparations for the traditional Chinese celebration to welcome her new baby brother.

Book cover I Stink!

A big city garbage truck makes its rounds, consuming everything from apple cores and banana peels to leftover ziti with zucchini.

Book cover Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Three bears return home from a walk to find a little girl asleep in baby bear's bed.

Book cover Building with Dad

A father and his young child watch the construction of the new school, from the bulldozing of earth and mixing of the concrete for the foundation to the hanging of the new sign.

Book cover If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

Book cover Shades of Black

Photographs and poetic text celebrate the beauty and diversity of African American children.

Book cover Not A Box

To an imaginative bunny, a box is not always just a box.

Book cover First the Egg

A book about transformations.

Book cover 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.

Book cover 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.

Book cover Fire Truck

Matt, who loves fire trucks, wakes up one morning to find that he has become a fire truck, with one driver, two ladders, three hoses, and ten boots. Features a gate-fold illustration that opens into a three-page spread.

Book cover The Bus Stop

Kindergartners gather for their exciting first ride on the school bus.

Book cover Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

When the bus driver decides to take a break from driving, a wild and wacky pigeon pleads and begs to take his place, capturing the antics of a preschooler's temper tantrum.

Book cover Trashy Town

Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.