Rainstorm

By: Barbara Lehman
Become the storyteller when examining the inventive illustrations that start with a boy who looks out the window on a rainy day. He finds a mysterious key, which leads to an imaginative adventure with other children on a sunny beach. Could it be real?

I Spy Colors in Art

A familiar game focuses the reader's eye on fine art, ranging from Picasso to Velaszquez — with much in between. A note entitled "I spied with my little eye," provides the name of the piece and the collection from which it comes.

Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity

By: Mo Willems
What's worse than finding out that Sonja has a Knuffle Bunny just like Trixie? Learning that there has been a Knuffle Bunny mix-up in the wee hours of the morning when most preschoolers are sleeping!

A Little Peace

By: Barbara Kerley
"All it takes is…one hand/One smile/A single voice…" to achieve it; and children everywhere can "spread a little peace". Full color photographs taken around the world (and sourced at the end) along with a concluding note from the president of the U.S.

City Lullaby

Illustration of city traffic
By: Marilyn Singer
Illustrated by:
Carll Cneut

From "10 horns beeping" to "2 bikes growling" a baby sleeps on. But when "… 1 bird begins to twitter," a smiling baby awakens! City sounds and sights abound in stylized illustrations and satisfying, rhythmic language of this cumulative rhyme.

Once Around the Sun

By: Bobbi Katz
Illustrated by:
LeUyen Pham

Every month of the year is cause for celebration – from sledding to holidays. Each poem and accompanying illustration (reminiscent of Ezra Jack Keats) for each month of the year reflects a child's joy and interests.

Whose Knees Are These?

Baby's brown knees
By: Jabari Asim
Illustrated by:
LeUyen Pham

Lilting language and bold shapes in flat colors encourage response as the narration asks who do these knees belong to?

Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo
Soon after India Opal and her father, a preacher, move to a small Florida town, Opal meets an ugly stray mutt in the local grocery store, and names him after it.

Mercy Watson Fights Crime

By: Kate DiCamillo
Illustrated by:
Chris Van Dusen
Mercy loves buttered toast, so she assumes someone is making it when she hears the noise in the kitchen. What she finds, however, is a thief trying to steal the toaster! What follows is funny, fast, and very much in keeping for Mercy Watson.

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