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Preschool Picture BooksThe picture books on this list have been read to children between the age of 3 and 6. More selections at 5524539497000Poem-Mobiles Lewis, J. Patrick and Florian, Douglas Very witty poems about cars with extremely appropriate and imaginative pictures. You can tell that the three creators of the book really worked together. Boys may be especially interested.Pete and Pickles Breathed, Berkeley 3810019685 Pete is a perfectly predictable pig living alone. Pickles, an escaped circus elephant moves in, uninvited, to Pete's home. At first they don't get a long very well, but soon Pete realizes that he was lonely before. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Barrett, Judi 0102235Wouldn't it be great if food fell from the sky instead of rain or snow. For the most part, it would be great. But what happens when the weather turns crazy (Global Warming)? The people of the town of Chewandswallow find out when too much food starts falling from the sky. This is a rare book where not only is the story compelling, but the pictures of giant food falling from the sky are great. It teaches the lesson that too much of a good thing is not good.Violet the Pilot Breen, Steve 3810099695I am always amazed when a single person can both write a really good book and draw amazing pictures. Here, Breen does both. Violet is a girl who is also a mechanical genius. Her family owns a junk yard and she dreams of building an airplane; and she does. Unfortunately, pretty much like real life, she doesn't fit in in school, and is teased mercilessly: her only friend is her dog. Don't worry though, since this is a kids book there is a happy ending.Stellaluna Cannon, Janell left10731500 A young bat is separated from her mother and, for a short time, raised in a bird's nest. The bat has to learn to eat worms, fly during the day, and not sleep hanging upside down (the mother bird doesn't like the bad example it sets). This book teaches a valuable lesson: respect and appreciate differences of living beings. Verdi Cannon, Janell 03175A young snake doesn't want to grow up. He sees the mature snakes sitting around all day, living a boring life. He vows never to grow old like that. Well, he does grow old, but somehow, he stays young at heart. The pictures are wonderful. Cannon's more famous book is Stellaluna, but I think Verdi is much better. Gator Cecil, Randy left10287000Gator is a carousel animal. His amusement park as closed down and he is lonely and bored sitting around doing nothing. So he decides to leave his park, and see the world. When he leaves the carousel, there is a little hole in his heart where the the carousel pole was. As you might except, the story comes FULL CIRCLE (no pun intended) and he returns home to the park, though he does learn a few new things about the world. Duck Cecil, Randy 76201206500Duck is the continuation of Gator. Like Gator, Duck decides to leave the carousel and go exploring. Unlike Gator who explores the world, Duck explores his heart by adopting a lost, real baby duck, Duckling. Duck dreams to fly (but can't because he is not real) and tries to live his dream by teaching Duckling to fly. Of course, Duckling eventually learns to fly, and flies away, but in the end... Clever Cat Collington, Peter left30480 Clever Cat is ill treated. No one feeds him, unless he starts begging: then he is fed with a cold hand. Finally he has had enough, he starts to feed himself (he is clever), taking responsibility for himself. In the end, he realizes that it is easier to beg. It's a cute story with a strange, subtle lesson. Diary of a Worm Cronin, Doreen left10096500'June 15, My older sister thinks she's so pretty. I told her that no matter how much time she spends looking in the mirror, her face will always look just like her rear end.' The book is filled with clever, funny lines like that. This book will definitely make you laugh. See also; Diary of a Fly, and Diary of a Spider, by the same authors. The Gruffalo Donaldson, Julia 3810010350500 A clever little mouse escapes from various predators by convincing them that a creature (that Mouse invented), the Gruffalo, is nearby. What a surprise Mouse has when he actually meets a real Gruffalo. This book is one of the best rhyming books that I have read in a long time: when a good poetry tells an interesting story, you can't really go wrong reading this book.31750321310The Pout-Pout Fish Diesen, Deborah A very clever, sophisticated, rhythmic, non-annoying rhyming book. Let us face it, it is hard to combine big words, a story, a nice rhythm, and great pictures. But they do it. I love the refrain: I'm a pout-pout fish, With a pout-pout face, So I spread the dreary-wearies, All over the place. The Thunderstruck Stork Olson, David 0101600A stork gets knocked in the head and delivers the wrong baby animals to the wrong parents. Set it rhyme and telling a nice story, it compares to Dr. Seuss.One potato two potato Defelice, Cynthia 190501016000A poor old couple, on the verge of starving, find a magical pot that doubles whatever they put inside it. The story sneakily teaches the concept of two raised to the n-th power, doubling an doubling,... The book is funny and interesting.The Castle on Hester Street Heller, Linda 488951333500Julie's grandpa tells her about his experiences when he came to America. His enthusiasm for the Land Of The Free, where the streets are paved with gold, causes him to embellish his stories, a little. For example, he tells Julie that when he came to America, he received a castle on Hester street, so high that pigeons couldn't fly up it. Actually he shared an apartment with 3 others. The illustrations are wonderful.The Great Show-and-Tell Disaster Reiss, Mike left86360 A child inventor, desperate for a good show and tell item, invents a machine that converts an object to one of its anagrams. For example: his aunt turns into a tuna, peas turn into apes. The book is filled with clever anagrams that amazingly fit the story. ................
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