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From Story Time: The Letter "W"

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Preschool Time
Dragons Are the Worst!
By Alex Willan
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2021. Picture Book.

Disgruntled Gilbert the goblin argues that dragons are terrible and not nearly as frightening as he is, but perspectives change when knights arrive to capture a dragon. --Editor

Preschool Time
My Name Is Wakawakaloch!
Written by Chana Stiefel
Illustrated by Mary Sullivan
Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2019. Picture Book.

 Angry that everyone bungles her name, Neanderthal Wakawakaloch speaks with her parents and Elder Mooch, who remind her that she was named for a brave, heroic ancestor. --Editor

Toddler Time
Don't Wash Winston
By Ashley Belote
New York: Feiwel and Friends, 2024. Picture Book.

When Liam's favorite teddy bear, Winston, gets muddy and needs to be washed, he plots to save his friend from the terrible fate of the big, loud, scary washing machine. --Editor

Book Babies
Gossie: A Gosling on the Go!
By Olivier Dunrea
Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2002. Board Book.

Gossie the gosling loves her bright red boots and wears them all of the time, every day. --Editor

Other Letter W Books
The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn
If You Run Out of Words
A Home Named Walter
Spider in the Well
When Rosie Walks George







 
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