By: Sarah Martin Busse Jacqueline Martin
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Owen’s singing, banjo-playing Granny goes out “to cross one river, one mountain, and a desert” just to see her bluegrass-loving grandbaby.
By: Laurie Krebs
Stylized illustrations and rhyming text take readers on a counting journey led by three Masai children through their richly diverse east African country. Along the way, they count the animals (in English and Swahili) that live in the grasslands.
Mother with baby
By: Minfong Ho
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A loving mother asks animals from a water buffalo to a lizard to "hush" so her baby can sleep. Once the noises stop, the mother herself sleeps — and the baby is now awake!

Different people sleeping
By: Corinna Albaut
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This delightful bedtime story shares daytime activities and nighttime rituals from around the globe. Regardless of where they live, children play by day, laugh, and make lots of noise. At night, their eyes are closed. "Shh! Good night..."

On a cold morning, a little old lady decides to make pancakes for breakfast, but has a hard time finding all of the ingredients.

Rosie, a hen, takes a walk — oblivious to the fox that is following her. Rosie unwittingly leads the hungry fox from one disaster to the next until she returns safely home.

Photo of tiger cub
By: National Wildlife Federation

This animal-themed magazine from the National Wildlife Federation is designed for young children (and small hands) and features color illustrations of animals and simple language for read-alouds. Ages 0-4.

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