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Bauer,
Marion Dane. Frog's Best Friend.
Illustrated by Diane Dawson Hearn. Holiday House. Ages 5-7.
In six short chapters just right for emergent readers, Frog learns that even best
friends can be shared.
Cohn, Diana. Dream
Carver. Illustrated by Amy Córdova. Chronicle Books. Ages 5-8. ISBN
0-8118-1244-8.
$15.95.
Mateo, a young Mexican wood carver, dreams of carving brightly colored,
fanciful animals rather than the traditional
animals his father carves.
Cotten, Cynthia. At the Edge
of the Woods: A Counting Book. Illustrated by Reg Cartwright. Henry
Holt and Company. Ages 2-4. ISBN 0-8050-6354-4. $16.95.
Count up to ten and back again with animals as they frolic at the edge
of the woods.
Elliott,
Laura Malone. Hunter's Best Friend
at School. Illustrated
by Lynn Munsinger. HarperCollins Publishers. Ages 4-7. Trade: ISBN
0-06-000230-1. $15.89. Library Binding: 0-06-000231-X. $17.89.
Raccoon friends, Hunter and Stripe, learn important lessons about
friendship.
Fleming, Denise. Alphabet
Under Construction. Henry
Holt and Company. Ages 3-5. ISBN: 0-8050-6848-1. $16.95.
A hard working mouse constructs his way through the alphabet.
Fox,
Mem. The Magic Hat. Illustrated by Tricia Tusa. Harcourt, Inc.
Ages 3-7. ISBN 0-15-201025-4.
$16.00.
A
magical hat blows into town and transforms people into animals.
Gauch, Patricia Lee. Tanya
and the Red Shoes. Illustrated
by Satomi Ichikawa. Philomel Books. Ages 4-8. ISBN 0-399-23314-8. $ 16.99.
Tanya
learns that perseverance is the key to learning ballet.
Haseley,
Dennis. A Story for Bear.
Illustrated by Jim LaMarche. Silver Whistle/Harcourt, Inc. Ages 5-8. ISBN
0-15-200239-1. $16.00.
Magic
and imagination abound in this fantasy in which a young woman introduces a
bear to the joys of reading.
Isadora, Rachel. Peekaboo
Morning. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Ages 2-3. ISBN 0-399-23602-3. $
Simple repetitive phrases and exuberant illustrations
from a child’s eye-view show a toddler’s joy in the game of “Peekaboo.”
McMullan,
Kate. I Stink!
Illustrated by Jim McMullan. Joanna Cotler Books.Ages 3-7.
Trade:
ISBN 0-06-029848-0. $15.95. Library Binding: 0-06-029849-9. $16.89.
This
feisty, confident garbage truck knows his importance. Illustrations shout
out the personality of this worker,
and his lively words (sound effects) make this a fun read- aloud.
Minshull, Evelyn. Eaglet's
World. Illustrated by Andrea Gabriel. Albert Whitman & Company. Ages
4-7. ISBN 0-8075-8929-2. $15.95.
Naturalistic illustrations and gentle prose show Eaglet’s scary, but exciting journey from the cozy egg to first flight.
Nakamura,
Katherine Riley. Song of Night:
It’s Time to Go to Bed. Illustrated by Linnea Riley. The Blue SkyPress/Scholastic.
Ages 2-4. ISBN
0-439-26678-5. $15.95.
Soft
impish illustrations reflect human bedtime rituals, as little bunnies,
bears, cats, etc. get ready for bed
to warm and fuzzy rhymes.
Nolen, Jerdine. Max
and Jax in Second Grade. Illustrated by
Karen Lee Schmidt. SilverWhistle/Harcourt, Inc. Ages 5-8. ISBN 0-15-201668-6.
$14.00.
Both second grade twins love to fish, but Jax has a
fishing secret that allows her to always catch more fish than Max.
Pinkney,
Sandra L. A Rainbow All Around Me.
Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney. Cartwheel Books/
Root,
Phyllis. Oliver Finds His Way.
Illustrated by Christopher Denise. Candlewick Press. Ages 3-5.
A
bear cub chases a leaf into the woods and becomes lost. He is frightened,
but comes up with a resourceful plan on how to find his way home.
Schaefer,
Lola M. What’s Up, What’s Down?
Pictures by Barbara
Bash. Greenwillow
Books. Ages 4-7. Trade: ISBN 0-06-029757-3.$15.99. Library Binding: 0-06-029758-1. $17.89.
Take
a journey and see the world from underground, all the way to the moon, and
back down to the deepest
part
of the ocean.
Shannon,
David. Duck on a Bike. The Blue Sky
Press/Scholastic. Ages
4-6. ISBN 0-439-05023-5. $15.95.
One
day down on the farm, Duck gets the idea to ride a bike. As he rides,
each animal he encounters has
its
own thoughts about Duck.
Swanson, Susan Marie. The
First Thing My Mama Told Me. Illustrated by Christine Davenier.
Harcourt, Inc.
Ages 5-7. ISBN
0-15-201075-0. $16.00.
Lucy
has a special name, and she celebrates it in many unique ways.
Wheeler,
Lisa. Sixteen Cows. Illustrated
by Kurt Cyrus. Harcourt, Inc.
Ages 4-7. ISBN 0-15-202676-2. $16.00.
The
Biddle cows and the Waddle cows get all mixed together when a wind blows
down the fences between
their
ranches.
Wong,
Janet S. Apple Pie 4th of July. Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine.
Harcourt, Inc. Ages 4-7.
A young Chinese-American girl
learns that in America people do eat Chinese food on the 4th of
July.
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