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Read in Book Babies

Written by Eric Pinder
Illustrated by Stephanie Graegin
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015.  Picture Book.

The perfect thing to do on a chilly day is to make a cave.  But, of course, a comfy cave never stays empty for too long...  What's a boy to do when a bear takes over his cave?  Try to distract him with a trail of blueberries?  Some honey?  A nice long back scratch?  How to Share with a Bear is a story about how sharing is sometimes the sweetest with a loving sibling.




Read in Toddler Time

Written by Cynthia Rylant
Illustrated by Diane Goode
Harcourt, Inc., 2007.  Picture Book.

A little boy decides he's tired of being a boy, so his aunt sends him a box that contains a head and tail that turns him into...an alligator!  Even though Mom is worried and calls for the doctor, the vet says all will be well, but the alligator must still go to school.  Alligator Boy loves every bit of his school experience and is as happy as an alligator can be.




Read in Preschool Time

By Michael Hall
Greenwillow Books, 2014.  Picture Book.

BOOM!  Rumble, rumble.  Did you hear that?  The five carpenter ants who star in this book did.  One ant is convinced there's an aardvark outside their stump, ready to eat them up!  Three ants aren't so sure.  One ant decides to drill a peephole and investigate.  Wrrrr...  THUNK!  Uh-oh!




Read in Preschool Time

Written by Claire Freedman
Illustrated by Ben Cort
Aladdin, 2009.  Picture Book.

Aliens love underpants.  It's lucky that they do.  For underpants saved our universe.  Sounds crazy, but it's true!  Aliens in underpants are back and on a mission to save the Earth from a meteor that is plummeting toward it!  What will happen to their supply of underpants?




Read in Friday Cuentos

By Doreen Cronin
Lectorum Publications, Inc., 2006.  Spanish Picture Book.

Mientras el granjero Brown duerme una siesta, Pato y los otros animales planean una excursión muy especial.  ¡Lograr que el granjero no se dé cuenta de lo que están tramando será tan fácil como contar 1-2-3!

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