From Story Time: The Letter "C"

Read in Book Babies

By Sergio Ruzzier

Chronicle Books, 2016. Picture Book.

"A book with no pictures?! What good is a book with no pictures?! What's that, you say? Words can make fantastic pictures in your imagination? Well, okay. I'll give it a try." Duck finds a book and is surprised to discover that there are books with words and no pictures--and that even without pictures a book can interest and excite you.

Read in Toddler Time

Carrot & Pea: An Unlikely Friendship

By Morag Hood

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016. Picture Book.

Colin is tall. He's orange. He's nothing like Lee. He can't do any of the things Lee and his pals can do. How can they ever be friends?

Read in Preschool Time

Cows to the Rescue

By John Himmelman

Henry Holt and Company, 2011. Picture Book.

The Greenstalks are going to the county fair! Three-legged races, a Handsomest Duck Contest, the Ferris wheel--what could be more fun? But the Greenstalks' car won't start, so they'll need some help getting there....

Read in Preschool Time

RACE!

Written by Sue Fliess

Illustrated by Edwardian Taylor

Little Bee Books, 2017. Picture Book.

All the cars are lining up for the race, but one car is smaller than the rest. As it squeezes in between all of them, the cars rev their engines...and they're off! Down mountains and by waterfalls, through tunnels and past landslides, the cars race through places that somehow look oddly familiar.... Will the small car be able to take the Winner's Cup?

Read in Monday Cuentos

Sopa de Zanahoria

By John Segal

Lectorum Publications, 2006. Spanish Picture Book.

Llega la primavera y con ella…¡la oportunidad de tomar una deliciosa sopa de zanahoria! Pero la cosecha de Conejo ha desaparecido misteriosamente. ¿Qué hará Conejo para preparer su plato favorito sin el ingrediente principal?

Read in Friday Cuentos

¡Cerdos a Montones, Cerdos a Granel!

By David McPhail

Puffin Unicorn, 1996. Spanish Picture Book.

Un momento antes, el narrador de esta ingeniosa travesura rimada se encuentra tranquilamente leyendo. Un momento después cerdos descienden sobre su casa en todos los atavíos imaginables, por todos los medios disponibles, de todos los lugares posibles—incluso “Cerdos de francia” y “Cerdos en tan sólo sus interiors”. Lo que resulta de todo esto es una simpática confusión porcina y un banquete de piza.

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Review: The Factory

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National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry

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Review: Fowl Play

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