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Babies and Toddlers
Books for the youngest listeners
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- Big fat hen by Keith Baker
- Choo chooby Petr Horacek
- Diggers go by Steve Light
- Global Babies
- Goodnight moon by Margaret Wise Brown
- Here is the baby by Polly Kanevsky
- I kissed the baby! by Mary Murphy
- Llama Llama hoppity-hop by Anna Dewdney
- Leo loves baby time by Anna McQuinn
- My car by Byron Barton
- My very first Mother Gooser
- Ten little fingers and ten little toes by Mem Fox
- This little piggy : lap songs, finger plays, clapping games, and pantomime rhymesby Jane Yolen
- Time for bed by Mem Fox
- Where's Spot? by Eric Hill
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Ages 3 and 4
Books for the preschool set
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- Ah ha! by Jeff Mack
- Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
- Bear wants more by Karma Wilson
- Caps for saleby Esphyr Slobodkina
- Chalk by Bill Thomson
- Creepy carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
- I ain't gonna paint no more! by Karen Beaumont
- If you give a moose a muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
- Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary tale by Mo Willems
- Mr. Tiger goes wild by Peter Brown
- Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner
- No, David! by David Shannon
- Pete the cat by Eric Litwin
- The seven silly eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman
- The snowy dayby Ezra Jack Keats
- There was an old monster by Rebecca Emberley
- Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak
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Picture Books
Every child should know these picture books.
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- A chair for my mother / by Williams, Vera B.
- Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. by Viorst, Judith.
- Bear snores on / by Wilson, Karma.
- Bedtime for Frances / by Hoban, Russell.
- Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? / by Martin, Bill,
- Caps for sale; by Slobodkina, Esphyr,
- Chicka chicka boom boom / by Martin, Bill,
- Color zoo / by Ehlert, Lois.
- Come along, Daisy! / by Simmons, Jane.
- Corduroy / by Freeman, Don.
- Curious George / by Rey, H. A.
- Don't let the pigeon drive the bus / by Willems, Mo.
- Freight train / by Crews, Donald.
- Froggy gets dressed / by London, Jonathan,
- George and Martha / by Marshall, James,
- Go away, big green monster! / by Emberley, Ed.
- Good night, Gorilla / by Rathmann, Peggy.
- Goodnight moon / by Brown, Margaret Wise,
- Harold and the purple crayon / by Johnson, Crockett,
- Harry, the dirty dog / by Zion, Gene.
- Horton hatches the egg, by Seuss,
- If you give a mouse a cookie / by Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
- Ira sleeps over / by Waber, Bernard.
- Knuffle Bunny : a cautionary tale / by Willems, Mo.
- Lilly's purple plastic purse / by Henkes, Kevin.
- Madeline / by Bemelmans, Ludwig,
- Make way for ducklings, by McCloskey, Robert,
- Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel; by Burton, Virginia Lee,
- Millions of cats, by Gag, Wanda,
- Miss Nelson is missing! / by Allard, Harry,
- Miss Rumphius / by Cooney, Barbara,
- Mr. Gumpy's outing / by Burningham, John.
- Olivia / by Falconer, Ian,
- Puss in boots by Perrault, Charles,
- Rosie's walk / by Hutchins, Pat,
- Rumpelstiltskin / by Zelinsky, Paul O.
- Strega Nona : by De Paola, Tomie.
- Swimmy by Lionni, Leo,
- Sylvester and the magic pebble. by Steig, William,
- Ten, nine, eight / by Bang, Molly.
- The carrot seed / by Krauss, Ruth.
- The lion & the mouse / by Pinkney, Jerry.
- The little engine that could / by Piper, Watty,
- The napping house / by Wood, Audrey.
- The Polar Express / by Van Allsburg, Chris.
- The Random House book of Mother Goose / by
- The snowy day. by Keats, Ezra Jack.
- The story of Babar, the little elephant. by Brunhoff, Jean de,
- The tale of Peter Rabbit. by Potter, Beatrix,
- The three billy goats Gruff / by Galdone, Paul.
- The very hungry caterpillar / by Carle, Eric.
- There was an old lady who swallowed a fly / by Taback, Simms.
- Tikki Tikki Tembo, by Mosel, Arlene.
- We're going on a bear hunt / by Rosen, Michael,
- Where the wild things are / by Sendak, Maurice.
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Ladybug Picture Book Award
Books nominated for 2015-2016
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- As an oak tree grows / by Karas, G. Brian,
- Blizzard / by Rocco, John,
- Flight school / by Judge, Lita,
- Mama built a little nest / by Ward, Jennifer.
- Maple / by Nichols, Lori,
- Sleepover with Beatrice & Bear / by Carnesi, Monica.
- The day the crayons quit / by Daywalt, Drew.
- The invisible boy / by Ludwig, Trudy.
- This Orq : (he cave boy) / by Elliott, David,
- Three bears in a boat / by Soman, David.
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Going to School
Get ready for the first day of school.
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- First day jitters /by Danneberg, Julie,
- Bernard goes to school /by Goodman, Joan E.
- Splat the cat /by Scotton, Rob.
- Will I have a friend? /by Cohen, Miriam,
- Foxy /by Dodd, Emma,
- Tom goes to kindergarten /by Wild, Margaret,
- Don't go! /by Zalben, Jane Breskin.
- Brand-new pencils, brand-new books /by De Groat, Diane.
- I am too absolutely small for school /by Child, Lauren.
- I don't want to go to school /by Blake, Stephanie.
- Birdie's first day of school /by Rim, Sujean,
- Chu's first day of school /by Gaiman, Neil.
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Adoption
Show the beauty of adoption to your young child
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- Jin Woo by Eve Bunting
- How I was adopted by Joanna Cole
- Tell me again about the night I was born by Jamie Lee Curtis
- Star of the Week by Darlene Friedman
- You're not my real mother! by Molly Friedrich
- I love you like crazy cakes by Rose A Lewis
- My real family by Emily Arnold McCully
- Happy Adoption Day! by John McCutcheon
- Goyangi means cat by Christine McDonnell
- Mommy far, Mommy near by Carol Antoinette Peacock
- I wished for you by Marianne R Richmond
- We wanted you by Liz Rosenberg
- Allison by Allen Say
- The red blanket by Eliza Thomas
- My Mei Mei by Ed Young
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New Baby
If you've a new baby in the house, try these books.
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- Angel coming / by Henson, Heather.
- Benny and beautiful baby Delilah / by Van Leeuwen, Jean.
- Bittle / by MacLachlan, Patricia.
- Brand-new baby blues / by Appelt, Kathi,
- Little Rabbit's new baby / by Horse, Harry.
- Sophie and the new baby / by Anholt, Laurence.
- That new animal / by Jenkins, Emily,
- The new small person / by Child, Lauren,
- Vera's baby sister / by Rosenberry, Vera.
- Will it be a baby brother? / by Bunting, Eve,
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Bilingual - Spanish
Put your bilingual hat on for these books.
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- Arrorro mi nino : by
- Cinderella = by Boada, Francesc.
- Fernando's gift = by Keister, Douglas.
- Goldilocks and the three bears = by Mata i Garriga, Marta.
- Jack and the beanstalk = by Bofill, Francesc.
- Just a minute : by Morales, Yuyi,
- Little Red Riding Hood = by Grimm, Jacob,
- Mediopollito = by Ada, Alma Flor.
- Rubia and the three osos / by Elya, Susan Middleton,
- Spicy hot colors = by Shahan, Sherry.
- The little mermaid = by Izquierdo, Oriol.
- The princess and the pea = by Boada, Francesc.
- The woman who outshone the sun : by Cruz, Alejandro Martinez.
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Counting Books
One, Two, Three - Go!.
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- 1 2 3 : by Jay, Alison.
- 1, 2, buckle my shoe / by Hines, Anna Grossnickle.
- Blast-off! : by Cole, Norma.
- Chicka chicka 1, 2, 3 / by Martin, Bill,
- Fish eyes : by Ehlert, Lois.
- Let's count it out, Jesse Bear / by Carlstrom, Nancy White.
- Mouse count / by Walsh, Ellen Stoll.
- One gorilla : by Browne, Anthony,
- Ten black dots / by Crews, Donald.