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A Cat like That! by Wendy Wahman JP WAH
A cat shares the characteristics of a perfect human friend.
Recommended for ages 3-5
Theme: Friendship
Bee and Bird by Craig Frazier JR FRA
In this wordless book, a bee and a bird embark on a travel adventure.
Recommended for ages 2-5
Themes: Travel, Adventure, Stories without words
Elmer and the Rainbow by David McKee JP MCK
Elmer the elephant enlists his animal friends to help him find the end
of a strange, colorless rainbow so that he can share some of his
patchwork colors and make it right. Recommended for ages
4-5
Themes: Rainfall, Rainbows
Froggy Goes to Hawaii by Jonathan London JP LON
When Froggy goes on vacation to Hawaii, he is too excited to pay much
attention to his parents. Recommended for ages 4-5
Themes: Behavior, Vacations
I Slightly Want to Go Home by Lauren Child JP CHI
Lola is going to her first sleepover at Lotta's house, but she is
scared that she will not be able to fall asleep there. Recommended
for ages 3-5
Theme: Sleepovers
In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb by Marion Dane Bauer JP
BAU
This story describes in verse the lion that is March weather, which
finally gives way to the lamb of spring. Recommended for ages
3-5
Themes: Spring, Stories in rhyme
Interrupting Chicken by Ezra Jack Stein JP STE
Little Red Chicken wants Papa to read her a bedtime story, but
interrupts him almost as soon as he begins each tale. Recommended
for ages 4-5
Themes: Storytelling, Bedtime
Jam and Honey by Malita Morales JP MOR
This book tells the story of a young girl and a honeybee who learn to
coexist peacefully in the same garden as they go about their respective
tasks. Recommended for ages 3-5
Themes: Bees, Honey, Stories in rhyme
Mudkin by Stephen Gammell JP GAM
While playing outside on a rainy day, a little girl peers into a
puddle and sees Mudkin, who invites her to become his queen.
Recommended for ages 2-5
Themes: Play, Imagination, Rain
Suki, The Very Loud Bunny by Carmela D'Amico JP
DAM
Unlike most bunnies, Suki loves shouting and playing in the mud. When
she disobeys her mother and leaves the burrow one day, her loud voice
saves her. Recommended for ages 4-5|
Themes: Rabbits, Behavior
You're Finally Here! by Melanie Watt JP WAT
A rabbit has many questions involving where a friend has been and why
it took so much time for the friend to appear. Recommended for ages
4-5
Themes: Rabbits, Patience
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