a look at the fun bits of design
Tom Angleberger | John Hendrix | c2015
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Every Thursday, as a break from mowing Big Island, McToad and his tractor make their way to Tiny Island, using various modes of transportation and types of machinery to get there and back.
David R. Preston | Roy Doty | c.1951
Dodd, Mead & Company
Antonio Frasconi | c.1964
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
Jan Le Witt | c.1956
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
The story of Yorick who turns from a bull into a vegetabull.
compiled by Kathleen Lines | Harold Jones | c.1954
Franklin Watts
A collection of nursery rhymes and games. An index of first lines makes it easy to find your favorites, such as Old King Cole, The Three Little Kittens, Pat-a-Cake, and many more.
illus. Aurelius Battaglia | c.1952
Simon and Schuster
A songbook of favorite American tunes with a description of the musical period.
Jannie Ho | c.2017
Running Press Kids
Is Bear friend or foe? When Bear finds a chicken frozen in the winter snow, he brings her home to defrost her. As Chicken thaws–um, awakens–she fears that Bear is actually preparing to eat her. Oh no! Will Chicken become Bear’s lunch? Or does Bear have a different plan in mind?
Barbara Jean Hicks | Alexis Deacon | c.2004
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Grandpa Boo-Dad not only believes that Bobo has seen a pink-skinned boy with orange fur on his head hiding under the bed, he knows exactly how a little monster can scare off such a horrible creature.
Petr Horáček | c.2009
Candlewick Press
What to do when Grandpa and Grandma are too busy to play? Ask the elephant, of course! He’s loads of fun, even if he squashes the flower bed and breaks a few things around the house. Grandpa and Grandma will understand– really. In an intergenerational story that is both funny and sweet, Petr Horáček illuminates the power of one boy’s boundless imagination — and how truly infectious it can be!
Rebecca Ashdown | c.2015 (originally UK, c.2014)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
On her first day of preschool, penguin Flo loses her lunch bucket–and finds a funny new friend.
