Margaret Anastas.  Mommy's Best Kisses

Animal mommies lovingly kiss their animal babies.

Linda Ashman.  Babies on the Go

Illustrations and rhyming text show how different animals carry their babies when they are on the move.

Ashley Bryan.  Beautiful Blackbird

In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to decorate them with some of his "blackening brew."

Trish Cooke.  Full, Full, Full of Love

For young Jay Jay, Sunday dinner at Gran's house is full of hugs and kisses, tasty dishes, all kinds of fishes, happy faces, and love.

Doreen Cronin.  Diary of a Worm

A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.

Olivier Dunrea.  Ollie

Ollie is an egg that does not want to hatch until Gossie and Gertie sit on him and use reverse psychology.

Douglas Florian.  bow wow meow meow:  it's rhyming cats and

dogs   A collection of twenty-one original poems about our favorite animal friends.

Amy Hest.  You Can Do It, Sam

When Mrs. Bear and little Sam deliver the cakes they have made for their friends in the neighborhood, Sam carries the cakes all by himself, through the snow and up to the front doors.

Cheryl Willis Hudson.  Hands Can

Photographs and simple, rhyming text present different things that hands can do, such as hold things, mix things, and wave goodbye.

Susan Jeffers.  My Pony

A child creates her dream pony by drawing it on paper and imagining the adventures they would go on.

Pio Peep!:  Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes

A collection of more than two dozen nursery rhymes in Spanish, from Spain and Latin America, with English translations.

Lola M. Schaefer.  Pick, Pull, Snap!  Where Once a Flower

Bloomed   Describes how raspberries, peanuts, corn, and other foods are produced as various plants flower, create seeds, and finally bear fruit.

Alice Schertle.  When the Moon is High

A father takes his sleepless child out in the night to see the moon and the animals.

George Shannon.  Tippy-Toe Chick, GO!

When a mean dog blocks the path to the garden where a delicious breakfast awaits, Little Chick shows her family how brave and clever she is.

Cathryn Sill.  About Arachnids:  A Guide for Children

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of arachnids.

Laya Steinberg.  Thesaurus Rex

Thesaurus Rex is a playful young dinosaur with a way with words. He especially likes trying out synonyms as he plays all day.

Nancy Van Laan.  scrubba dub

Mama Bunny tries to bathe her energetic toddler.

Lisa Wheeler.  One Dark Night

Mouse and Mole feel afraid one dark night crossing a mush-mucky swamp and a marsh-misty wood.

Karma Wilson.  A Frog in a Bog

A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.