Books for Two’s

The following books are in the Picture Book section in alphabetical order by the author’s last name:

E/Baek                        Five Little Ducks  

When her five little ducks disappear one by one, Mother Duck sets out to find them.

E/Barton                    My Car

In loving detail Sam describes his car and tells exactly how he drives it.

E/Bornstein                Little Gorilla   

Little Gorilla's family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains as he grows from little to big.

E/Burton (123)           One Gray Mouse

This counting book has a variety of animals, each in a different color, with a rhyming text.

E/Cabrera                  Ten in the Bed

In this charming and colorful book, when the little one says "Move over,” sleepers fall, leap, bounce, and wobble out of bed dressed as cooks, ballerinas, pilots, doctors, and even pirates.

E/Carle                       From Head to Toe

This book, presented in a question and answer format, encourages the reader to exercise by following the movements of various animals.

E/Cimarust                Peek-a-Moo!

Young readers must lift the flaps to find out which animals are playing peek-a-boo in  the barnyard.

E/Martin                    Here Are My Hands

Parts of the body are proudly introduced as the reader is told what each can do, from "hands for catching and throwing" to the "skin that bundles me in."

E/Martin                    We’ve All Got Bellybuttons!

Various animals invite the reader to experience what their different body parts can do, including their tickly belly buttons.

E/Peek                        Mary Wore Her Red Dress

Each of her animal friends wears a different color of clothing to Katy Bear’s  birthday party.

The following books are in the Picture Book section in alphabetical order by the author’s last name:

E/Dunbar                   Dog Blue

Bertie, who loves the color blue and really wants a dog, finally gets his wish even though the dog he meets is white with black spots

E/Gorbachev              Chicken Chickens Go To School

Two little chickens are worried about their first day of school and hope they will make new friends.

E/Henkes                    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.

E/LaRochelle             Best Pet of All

In this comical and appealing story, a boy's mother won't let him have a dog because they’re too messy and loud; however, she says he can have a dragon for a pet, if he can find one (which, of course, he does!)

E/Milan                      Annie’s Chair

Little Annie gets upset when the dog sleeps on her chair.

E/Rathmann              Good Night, Gorilla

An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

E/Smee                       Clip Clop

When Mr. Horse gives a ride to his friends, Cat, Dog, Pig, and Duck, they urge him to go faster and faster.

E/Ziefert                     Buzzy Had a Little Lamb 

Buzzy is not allowed to take his toy lamb with him on the first day of school, but he makes new friends who happily play and pretend with him.

E/Zimmerman                       Digger Man

A young boy imagines how he will use his digger to make a park where he and his little brother can play.

E/Usui                         The Fantastic Mr. Wani

When Mr. Wani, a crocodile, hurries to get to a party, he quite literally runs into a number of other animals headed in the same direction.