Raising Readers
Animal Picture Books
All Together Now
Anita Jeram
E/J
Little Duckling and Miss Mouse come to live with Mommy Rabbit and her bunny and enjoy playing all sorts of games with them.
The baby beebee bird
Diane Redfield Massie ; pictures by Steven Kellogg
E/M
The zoo animals find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You
See?
Bill Martin
E/M
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them. Sequals are Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? . All books illustrated by Eric Carle.
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
Doreen Cronin
E/C
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. Read more in the book's sequel: Giggle, Giggle , Quack.
Edward the Emu
Sheena Knowles
E/K
Tired of being an emu, Edward decides to try to be like other animals at the zoo, but he soon discovers that being himself is the best of all.
Horton Hatches the Egg
Dr. Seuss
E/S
When a lazy bird hatches an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg-which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.
Koala Lou
Mem Fox
E/F
A young koala, longing to hear her mother speak lovingly to her as she did before other babies came along, plans to win her distracted parent's attention.
Leo the Late Bloomer
Robert Kraus
BB
Leo, a young tiger, finally blooms under the anxious eyes of his parents.
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
Bernard Waber
E/W
Lyle is perfectly happy living with the Primms on East 88th Street until irritable Mr. Grumps next door changes all of that.
Owl Babies
Martin Waddell
BB
Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.
The Story of Babar, the Little
Elephant
Jean de Brunoff
E/B
An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants, but eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
X 398.2 Potter
Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.
Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister
E/P
The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.