Animal Fare Redux

A PIECE OF CAKE by LeUyen Pham. Balzer and Bray, 2014.

Mouse has made a cake
For Bird's birthday. But the cake
Does not quite make it.

I AM COW, HEAR ME MOO! by Jill Esbaum and Gus Gordon. Dial, 2014.

Is Nadine afraid
Of anything? It turns out
That the dark scares her.

HICKORY DICKORY DOG by Alison Murray. Candlewick Press, 2014.

Rufus goes to school
To join his master Zack
Wreaking some havoc.

Animal Fare Week

MOGIE, THE HEART OF THE HOUSE by Kathi Appelt with illustrations by Marc Rosenthal. Aladdin, 2014.

Mogie helps sick kids
Just by being there for them
The heart of the house.

Animal Fare Week

GOATILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS by Erica S. Perl with illustrations by Arthur Howard. Beach Lane, 2014.

Goatilocks devours
Porridge, chair, and bed but wants
To make her amends.

Animal Fare Week

MY NEW FRIEND IS SO FUN! by Mo Willems. Hyperion, 2014.

Elephant and Snake
Are worried Piggie and Bat
Are now new best friends.

Animal Fare Week

PARDON ME! by Daniel Miyares. Simon and Schuster, 2014.

How irritating
To be crowded on his pad
Or is it a pad?

Animal Fare Week

MISTER BUD WEARS THE CONE by Carter Goodrich. Simon and Schuster, 2014.

Mister Bud's cone makes
It hard for him to see or
Play with friend Zorro.

Animal Fare Week

FROODLE by Antoinette Portis. Roaring Brook, 2014.

Brown bird doesn't cheep
The other birds think he's strange
Until they try it.

Charlie and the New Baby

CHARLIE AND THE NEW BABY by Ree Drummond with illustrations by Diane DeGroat. Harper, 2014.

Charlie's life is changed
When the new baby arrives
Takes over the house.

Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too

NELLY GNU AND DADDY TOO by Anna Dewdney. Viking, 2014.

Nelly and Dad build
A little house that needs
To become a home.

Boom Snot Twitty

BOOM SNOT TWITTY by Doreen Cronin with illustrations by Renata Liwska. Viking, 2014.

Boom, Snot, and Twitty
Are the best of friends. What can
They agree to do?

It is Night

IT IS NIGHT by Phyllis Rowland with illustrations by Laura Dronzek. Greenwillow, 2014.


Where to sleep at night?
Each animal has its place
All curled up safely.

Animal Fare take 3

THE ALMOST FEARLESS HAMILTON SQUIDLEGGER by Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick Press, 2014.

Squidlegger is brave
By day, but at night, he is
Afraid of the dark.

Animal Fare take 2

BABAR ON PARADISE ILAND by Laurent De Brunhoff. Abrams, 2014.


Babar, family
Are stranded on an island
Who comes to rescue?

Animal Fare

SHOE DOG by Megan McDonald with illustrations by Katherine Tillotson. Atheneum, 2014.

Shoe dog chews all shoes
They are just so darned tasty
How can he be stopped?

Stripes/ Rayas

STRIPES OF ALL TYPES/RAYAS DE TODAS LAS TALLAS by Susan Stockdate. Peachtree, 2014.

Animals with stripes
Use their stripes in many ways
Come learn about stripes.

Potpourri of Picture Books Reduz

BIG PIGS by Leslie Helakoski. Boyds Mills Press, 2014.

Big pigs in contest
To see who is the biggest
Surprising results

THE GREAT BIG GREEN by Peggy Gifford with illustrations by Lisa Desimini. Boyds Mills Press, 2014.

What is big and green?
It is the Earth which is green
Except where it's blue

LOVE MONSTER by Rachel Bright. FSG, 2014.

Who loves a monster
When there are puppies, kitties
And more cuddly things?

LOST FOR WORDS by Natalie Russell. Peachtree, 2014.

Tapir can't find words
Like all of his friends. How can
He tell a story?

Animal Fare

LET'S DANCE, GRANDMA by Nigel McMullen. Harper, 2014.

Why won't grandma dance?
She's lots of fun otherwise.
Just a cuddle, then?

EARLY BIRD by Toni Yuli. Feiwel and Friends, 2014.

Does the early bird
Catch the worm? Then is
Worm so unlucky?

MAMA BUILT A LITTLE NEST by Jennifer Ward with illustrations by Steve Jenkins. Beach Lane, 2014.

Birds build nests for eggs
Lots of different birds and eggs
Take a look and see.

MATILDA'S CAT by Emily Gravett. Simon & Schuster, 2014.

Matilda's cat does
NOT like boxes, bikes, climbing
But loves Matilda.

Animal Fare

CLARK THE SHARK by Bruce Hale with illustrations by Guy Francis. Harper, 2014.

Clark the Shark loves school
He does not always fit in
But he does his best.

THE CROCODILE WHO DIDN'T LIKE WATER by Gemma Merino. North/South, 2014.

Corcodile hating
Water? How could that happen?
Perhaps he's not croc?

CUCKOO by Fiona Robertson. Putnam, 2014.

Cuckoo's different
From the others in his flock
Can he find a friend?

DONKEYS by Adelheid Dahimene and Heide Stollinger. North/South, 214.

Stubborn donkeys split
Seeking someone new to love
Only to find none.

GOLDI ROCKS AND THE THREE BEARS by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Beth Coulton with illustrations by Nate Wragg. Putnam, 2014.

Three bears seek songstress
For their band. Will Goldilocks
Create harmony?

Tippy and the Night Animals

TIPPY AND THE NIGHT ANIMALS by Lilla Carre. Toon Books, 2014.

How does her room get
Messy each night? Does Tippy
Wander in her sleep?

Peek a Boo!

PEEK A BOO BUNNY by Holly Surplice. Balzer and Bray, 2014.

Gentle rhymes, spare text, and swaths of color combine to create a magical hide and go seek story with lots of animals joining bunny.