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One Starry Night
By Christina M. Butler
Illustrated by Tina Macnaughton
Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2012. Picture book.

Woodland friends gather to watch shooting stars, and help each other through dangers along the way.

A Fox Found a Box
By Ged Adamson
New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2019. Picture book.

When a little fox finds a radio, he shares the songs and music with his animal friends, but after it goes quiet, the little fox begins to hear the music found in nature.

Pokko and the Drum
By Matthew Forsythe
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2019. Picture book.

When Pokko plays her drum in the forest she suddenly finds herself surrounded by an entire band of animal musicians.

The Midnight Fair
By Gideon Sterer
Illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio
Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2021. Picture book.

A fairground in the evening is a glowing beacon of treats and delights. Bright lights paint the midway in cotton-candy pink, lemon yellow, and candy-apple red. Alluring prizes invite folks to try a game of skill or chance. The aromas of spun sugar, warm popcorn, and baking pretzels fill the air. It is any wonder, then, that after the lights go out and the people go home, the creatures in the nearby forest want to take their turn in this color-soaked fantasyland? Join them as they take a wild joyride through the magical, marvelous midnight fair!

The Poet of Piney Woods
By Bob Raczka
Illustrated by Kevin & Kristen Howdeshell
Petaluma, CA: Cameron Kids, 2021. Picture book.

The Poet Wolf loves to write pithy verse in the pine forest, but his forest friends see not a poet, but a hungry wolf. That is, until they listen to his lovely poems about life in the woods and discover that behind this apex predator is a sensitive soul who prefers to eat not his furry fellow creatures, but crisp pears.

Bear Has a Story to Tell
By Philip Christian Stead
Illustrated by Erin E. Stead
New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2012. Picture book.

Bear, with the help of his animal friends, remembers the story he had hoped to tell before the onset of winter.

The Great Paper Caper
By Oliver Jeffers
New York: Philomel Books, 2009. Picture book.

When tree branches begin disappearing and paper airplanes are left in their place, the creatures that live in the forest carry out an investigation to find the culprit who has been stealing their homes.

Lost and Found
By Kate Banks & Galia Bernstein
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2022. Picture book.

A story of woodland creatures discovering a lost doll is transformed into the perfect parable of love in this sweet, timeless picture book for fans of Corduroy and The Velveteen Rabbit. The wood mouse and the rabbit find a rag doll in the woods. Nothing about it is familiar: it doesn't smell like the fresh air of spring or feel like the rough bark of a tree. As the group of animals grows and searches for a clue to where the doll came from, they encounter more mysteries--and discover the one thing their hearts know to be true.

Shhh ... Good Night
By Nicky Benson
Illustrated by Thomas Elliott
Wilton, CT: Tiger Tales, 2021. Picture book.

Time for bed, little deer; quiet sounds and mind ... Settle down, snuggled near; dreams are what you'll find. Follow along as the forest animals settle down to sleep in this gentle bedtime story. With peek-through pages throughout.

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