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Tellers of Tales
Picture Book Tales By Virtue, Trait, Topic, Theme, Teller, Publisher & Profession
Dream Themed Storytelling
VIRTUES
Beauty, Creativity, Expressive, Idealism, Imaginative, Independence, Optimism, Passionate, Peace, Visionary
TRAITS
Artistic, Fashionable, Individualistic, Self Expression, Uniqueness
TOPICS
Dance, Dreams, Fantasy World, Perspective, Sleep
TOPICS
Dance
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
by Kristy Dempsey.Illus. by Floyd Cooper - 2014
Penguin/Philomel
Janet Collins an African-American ballerina dreams come true.
Karla Scott
Angelina Ballerina
by Helen Craig, Katharine Holabird - 2008
Viking
A rebellious young girl mouse who loves to dance, learns how to express herself.
StoryZone Zone
Ballerina Dreams: A True Story
by Lauren Thompson, Illus. by James Estrin - 2007
Feiwel & Friends
Dreams come true for girls with physical disabilities.
Global Rascals Inc.
Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret
by Bob Shea. (written & Illustrated) - 2015
Disney/Hyperion
A secret between friends about different interests bond them closer.
PV Storytime
Flora and the Flamingo
by Molly Schaar Idle, (written & illustrated) - 2013
Chronicle Books
This interactive flapped book is wordless as a girl mirrors the flamingo in a dance.
Chronicle Books
The Human Alphabet
by Pilobolus, John Kane & Pilobolus Dance Theatre - 2005
Roaring Brook Press
A dance company poses to form 26 A - Z photographs.
John Kane
I Got the Rhythm
by Connie Schofield-Morrison - 2014
Bloomsbury
A girl hears the beat of the street everywhere she goes so naturally she starts to dance.
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I'm a Little Teapot!
Illus. by Annie Kubler- 2007
Child's Play International
Kids act out the motions from nursery rhymes that make them sing, move and dance.
Mervita TV
Miss Tutu's Star
by Leslea Newman - 2010
Harry N. Abrams
A rhyming going for your dreams tale showing that encouragement can empower kids.
Ready Read Alouds
Not That TuTu!
by Michelle Sinclair - 2013
Robin Corey Books
A girl insists on one particular piece of clothing which starts with her pink tutu.
Reading with Arushi
Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles – Think of That!
by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon - 2002
Scholastic/Blue Sky
A bio of African American entertainer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson who tap danced into history.
Sankofa Read Aloud
Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
by Laurel Snyder.Illus. by Julie Morstad -2015
Chronicle
The daughter of a poor Russian laundress becomes a prima ballerina in the 19th century.
Tallulah Skya
Time for Ballet
by Adele Geras - 2004
Dial
The excitement that leads up to a performance of early ballerinas, and the trouble of putting on a leotard.
Twist with a Burger, Jitter with a Bug
by Linda Lowery, Illus. by Pat Dypold - 1995
Houghton Mifflin
Tongue twisting rhymes about dance, music, and culture.
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Dreams
A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina's Dream
by Kristy Dempsey.Illus. by Floyd Cooper - 2014
Penguin/Philomel
Janet Collins an African-American ballerina dreams come true.
Karla Scott
Aaaarrgghh! Spider!
by Lydia Monks - 2004
Houghton Mifflin,
A spiders clever webs makes its wish come true to be a family pet.
Sam Moser
An Awesome Book!
by Dallas Clayton - 2012
HarperCollins
An Awesome Book of Thanks by Dallas Clayton
A book of wonderful things for each kid to dream about, and to launch their dreams.
SomePage
Angelina Ballerina
by Helen Craig, Katharine Holabird - 2008
Viking
A rebellious young girl mouse who loves to dance, learns how to express herself.
StoryZone Zone
Ballerina Dreams: A True Story
by Lauren Thompson, Illus. by James Estrin - 2007
Feiwel & Friends
Dreams come true for girls with physical disabilities.
Global Rascals Inc.
Ballet Cat: The Totally Secret Secret
by Bob Shea. (written & Illustrated) - 2015
Disney/Hyperion
A secret between friends about different interests bond them closer.
PV Storytime
Basil of Baker Street
by Eve Titus - 1958
Aladdin Paperback
In the basement of the home of Sherlock Holmes' lives a mouse who also solves mysteries.
Oasis Audio
The Cow Who Climbed a Tree
by Gemma Merino - 2015
Albert Whitman & Company
A cow not only dreams but does something about it, showing others that anything is possible.
The Story Chair with Cris
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music
by Margarita Engle.Illus. by Rafael López - 2015
HMH Books
No ones musical dreams should be silenced, a cuban girl finds her beat.
Graham Elementary Music
Duck
by Randy Cecil - 2008
Candlewick Press
A wooden carousel duck befriends a real baby duckling & teaches it to fly.
Once Upon A Story
Firebird
by Misty Copeland- 2014
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Young girl follows her dreams.
Sankofa Read Aloud
Flop to the Top!
by Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing. (written & illustrated) - 2015
TOON
A girls celebrity obsession turns her siblings into her fans, and herself into a superstar.
George Shrinks
by William Joyce- 1987
HarperCollins
A dream about a small guy living in an oversized world.
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Grandma’s Gift
by Eric Velasquez. (written & illustrated) - 2010
Walker
A visit to the museum opens self-discovery for a Puerto Rican boy who wants to be an artist.
How to Catch a Star
by Oliver Jeffers - 2004
Philomel Books
Reaching for dreams and stars makes magic happen.
Dave Edgren
I'm a Little Teapot!
Illus. by Annie Kubler- 2007
Child's Play International
Kids act out the motions from nursery rhymes that make them sing, move and dance.
Mervita TV
Little White Rabbit
by Kevin Henkes, (written & illustrated) - 2011
Greenwillow Books
A rabbit that loves to pretend explores and changes nature using his imagination.
Space On The Spectrum
Louis the Fish
by Arthur Yorinks - 1980
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Nightmares of meat turn a butchers son into a fish lover and then into an actual fish.
Carl Vera
Maisy's Rainbow Dream
by Lucy Cousins - 2003
Candlewick
An unusual dream includes her friends, weird creatures and all the colors of the rainbow.
Malala Yousafzai: Warrior with Words
by Karen Leggett Abouraya - 2014
StarWalk Kids Media
Pakistani girl stands up for every child’s right to education.
KidTimeStoryTime
The Man in the Moon (The Guardians of Childhood)
by William Joyce - 2011
A shipwreck on the moon causes bad nightmares.
Happy Cultivated
Mighty Jackie: The Strike Out Queen
by Marissa Moss - 2004
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
True story about a 17 year-old girl who struck out both Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig.
Eliza Long
The Moon Over Star
by Dianna Hutts Aston, Jerry Pinkney 2008
Dial Books
This Apollo 11 tribute shows a girl that dreams can come true.
Stories That Build Character And More...
Moonpowder
by John Rocco - 2008
Hyperion
A boys nightmare comes true but his dream has fixed the Moonpowder Factory.
My Life with the Wave. Based on the story by Octavio Paz
by Catherine Cowan, Translator and adaptor.Illus. by Mark Buehner - 1997
HarperCollins /Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
A boy coexists with nature and his obsessions by taking waves and clouds as his pets.
My Name Is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel García Márquez/Me llamo Gabito: La vida de Gabriel García Márquez
by Monica Brown, Illus. by Raúl Colón - 2007
Rising Moon
A bilingual bio celebrating the life of an author who manifested imagination and dreams with his writting.
ELLTeacher09
Night Worker
by Kate Banks, Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben- 2000
Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Frances Foster
A kid who loves construction sites dreams of going to work at night with his dad.
Mary Ellen Thurow
Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of “Brave Bessie” Coleman
by Reeve Lindbergh - 1996
Candlewick
Dreaming big unleashed the first African American aviator.
PVES Patriots
Old Bear
by Kevin Henkes, (written & illustrated) - 2008
Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins
A hibernating old bear dreams of his antics as a young cub when he was curious and appreciative of nature.
Space On The Spectrum
Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Illus. by Mary Azarian- 1998
Houghton Mifflin
A bio of Wilson Bentley who studyed the shapes of crystalline snowflakes, book includes three of his snowflake photographs.
Dana Kilgore
The Snowman
by Raymond Briggs - 1978
Random House
A wordless tale of a magical fun adventure with a boys flying snowman whose scarf ends up in his pocket after he melts.
xBeps
The Subway Mouse
by Barbara Reid - 2003
Scholastic
Searching for his dream, a mouse runs away from his dirty crowded home through a endless tunnel.
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Tar Beach
by Faith Ringgold- 1991
Dragonfly Books
A starry Harlem night opens up a child's dreams to fighting social injustice.
Mt Bethel Art
Time for Bed, Spot
by Eric Hill - 2004
Warne
A untired dog dreams to be a pirate and a cowboy not to get ready for bed, but toys & imagination gets tiring.
Kid's Story Time
Trombone Shorty
by Troy Andrews.Illus. by Bryan Collier - 2015
Harry N. Abrams
Coming from just outside the French Quarter in New Orleans was a man whose trombone was twice as long as he was.
AHEV Library
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
by Jerry Pinkney - 2016
LB Kids
Chipmunks quest to reach the stars.
Stories That Build Character And More...
Fantasy World
An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns
by Betsy R. Rosenthal.Illus. by Jago - 2015
Lerner/Millbrook
Two shape-shifting tigers end up at a Texas sanctuary and try to learn to get along & be human.
April and Esme, Tooth Fairies
by Bob Graham. (written & Illustrated) - 2010
Candlewick
This fantasy about a tooth fairy family highlights the first mission of a young fairy.
Barn Dance!
by Bill Martin Jr - 1986
Square Fish
Fantasy about a boys imagination who discovers animals dancing till dawn in the barn.
Jeffrey Clark
Before You Were Mine
by Maribeth Boelts - 2007
G.P. Putnam's Sons
The past life of a dog from a shelter is imagined by a young child.
Chrissy C
Clara and Asha
by Eric Rohmann - 2005
Roaring Brook.
This bedtime book has a giant fish as a girls imaginary friend until the Alligator wakes her up.
Alphia Sauer
Dog Loves Books
by Louise Yates - 2010
Knopf Book
A bookstore is openned by a dog who recommends books to animal customers.
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The Farmer's Away! Baa! Neigh!
by Anne Vittur Kennedy. (written & illustrated) - 2014
Candlewick
Animal noises guide us through dances, picnics and just plain animal fun.
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FArTHER
by Grahame Baker-Smith - 2011
Templar Books
The dream to fly gets passes on to the son when his dad doesn't return from battle.
Flop to the Top!
by Eleanor Davis and Drew Weing. (written & illustrated) - 2015
TOON
A girls celebrity obsession turns her siblings into her fans, and herself into a superstar.
Butterfly Books
Free Fall
by David Wiesner - 1988
HarperCollins
A boy dreams of a faraway land full of dragons & castles.
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Jitterbug Jam: A Monster Tale
by Barbara Jean Hicks, Illus. by Alexis Deacon - 2004
Hutchinson Children's Books or Farrar
A monster is afraid of a young boy he thinks could be under his bed.
Little White Rabbit
by Kevin Henkes, (written & illustrated) - 2011
Greenwillow Books
A rabbit that loves to pretend explores and changes nature using his imagination.
Space On The Spectrum
Niño Wrestles the World
by Yuyi Morales, (written & illustrated) - 2013
Roaring Brook Pressk/Neal Porter
A bilingual boy incorporates his toys as tools for his Mexican wrestler imaginative playtime.
The SweetBerry Library
Saint George and the Dragon
by Margaret Hodges - 1984
Little, Brown Books
A Knight slays a dragon that has been terrorizing the locals.
Bedtime Stories Collection
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
by Evaline Ness - 1966
Square Fish
A smart imaginative young girl finds trouble for telling tall tales, fantasy & lies.
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Searching for Sasquatch
by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer - 2007
Sasquatch Books
A boy and his dad searching for Bigfoot finds giant footprints in the woods.
Shadow
by Blaise Cendrars & Marcia Brown- 1982
Aladdin
A scary African folklore poem about the shadow that follows you everwhere, morning, noon & night.
Jessica Dupiche
The Snowman
by Raymond Briggs - 1978
Random House
A wordless tale of a magical fun adventure with a boys flying snowman whose scarf ends up in his pocket after he melts.
xBeps
The Story of Fish & Snail
by Deborah Freedman - 2013
Viking Books
An extroverted Fish jumps into other books and tells an introverted Snail his adventures.
SAEBC1
Ted
by Tony DiTerlizzi - 2001
Simon & Schuster
The son of a distracted father gets into wild times with a pink imaginary friend who loves raspberries.
Mr. Paulson Reads
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea
by Jan Peck - 2014
Simon & Schuster
An imaginative adventure of a boy who meets different sea creatures while taking a swim in his bathtub.
Rockin Read Alouds
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
by Elise Broach, Illus. by David Small - 2007
Simon & Schuster/Atheneum
Dinosaurs replace the junky giveaways kids collect from different businesses doing chores with mom.
Auntie Lee Reads
Perspective
A Garden of Opposites
by Nancy Davis - 2009
Schwartz & Wade Books
Opposite concepts are taught using outdoor situations.
A Good Day
by Kevin Henkes - 2004
Greenwillow
Positive messages show that effort and random changes makes bad moments switch to overall good days.
Hipster Papa Storytime
A Lion in Paris
by Beatrice Alemagna
Tate
A lion must discover his identity when he becomes a stranger in the strange land of Paris.
KidTimeStoryTime
Actual Size
by Steve Jenkins - 2004
HMH Books
Humorous facts illustrate diversity in the animal world using sized body parts to base proportion.
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Baby Party
by Rebecca O'Connell - 2015
Albert Whitman & Company
A party helps babies with shape recognition.
Bad Day at Riverbend
by Chris Van Allsburg - 1995
Houghton/HMH
This crime solving western mystery solves a puzzle about a coloring book.
Pachion Carlson
Bea and Mr. Jones
by Amy Schwartz - 2006
HMH Books
A dad and daughter trade places, she goes to work and he heads back to school.
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Big and Small, Room for All
by Jo Ellen Bogart, Illus. by Gillian Newland - 2009
Tundra Books
This perspective books zooms in from space to microscopic life.
The Big Orange Splot
by Daniel Pinkwater - 1977
Scholastic
A family goes against the grain using artistic expression & diversity to solve a house color problem.
Jennifer Veneracion
Black? White! Day? Night! A Book of Opposites
by Laura Vaccaro Seegers - 2006
Roaring Brook/Neal Porter
Concepts of multiple perspectives fill its interactive flipbook pages.
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Blue Sky
by Audrey Wood - 2012
The Blue Sky Press
Kids learn & observe the sky in different cosmic moods.
Cowboy Baby
by Sue Heap - 2012
Walker
Bedtime imagination book that shows the fun of not wanting to go to bed.
Max Fun Zone
*Dear Primo: A Letter to My Cousin
by Duncan Tonatiuh. (written & illustrated) - 2010
Harry N. Abrams
Mexican & American cousins compare their existences.
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Dino Bites!
by Algy CraigHall - 2013
Boxer Books
A bug escapes after being eatten by a dino who is eatten by a bigger dino.
MDeMayo
Dinosaur Roar!
by Paul & Henrietta Stickland - 1994
Dutton Books
Rhymes illustrate the differences & emotions of various dinosaurs.
Maia's Playtime Adventures
Dinosaurs: A Giant Fold-Out Book
by Simms Taback - 2012
Blue Apple Books
This active book makes learning about different types of dinosaurs fun.
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs
by Byron Barton - 1989
HarperFestival
Characteristics of dinos personalities & forms are described.
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The Dumpster Diver
by Janet S. Wong - 2007
Candlewick Press
Trash transforms into treasures & inventions in this recycling adventure.
Kathie Glick
Eeeek, Mouse!
by Lydia Monks - 2009
Egmont
Different perspectives (even from the cat) show the freeing of a mouse family from a trap.
Fanny's Dream
by Caralyn Buehner, Illus. by Mark Buehner. - 1996
Puffin Books
Cinderella story goes contemporary without the help of her fairy godmother.
Paige Nohavitza
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear
by Lindsay Mattick. Illus. by Sophie Blackall - 2015
Little, Brown Books
This nonfiction tale shows how a bear named Winnipeg cheered up soldiers on the front.
Colleen Buck
Flashlight by Lizi Boyd xx
Green as a Bean
by Karla Kuskin - 2007
Laura Geringer Book
Readers use their imaginations to decide what objects they would like to be.
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Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia
by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert, Illus. by Julie Paschkis - 2002
Square Fish
Body parts divided come together & cooperate to get things accomplished.
Jennifer Tucker
Hello, Baby Beluga
by Darrin Lunde, Illus. by Patricia J. Wynne - 2011
Charlesbridge
A friendly baby whale answers the questions asked of it, treating readers to knowledge.
How Oliver Olson Changed the World
by Claudia Mills, IIlus. by Heather Maione - 2009
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
A kid with overprotective parents changes himself so he can change the world like his teacher wished.
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
by Marjorie Priceman - 1994
Knopf/RHUS
This travel book gathers ingredients from around the world to create a perfect pie.
ELFamilyAcademy
I Love Colors
by Margaret Miller - 1999
Little Simon
A book to help babies with size, shape and color recognition.
Butters' Autism Journey
It’s a Secret
by John Burningham - 2009
Candlewick Press
A girl gets small and hangs out all night on the town with her cat.
J Rouge
Ladybug Girl Dresses Up!
by David Soman - 2010
Grosset & Dunlap
A girl explores traits and identity by dressing up in costumes.
The Kidds
Lines that Wiggle
by Candace Whitman, Illustrated by Steve Wilson- 2009
Blue Apple Books
This rhyming art book shows different variations of lines to make kids explore concepts & develop imagination.
Rachael Astorga
The Little Red Hen Big Book
by Jerry Pinkney - 2006
Dial Books
Hungry animals on a farm expect bread after refusing to help grow, harvest, prepared or bake it.
Stories That Build Character And More...
Little White Rabbit
by Kevin Henkes, (written & illustrated) - 2011
Greenwillow Books
A rabbit that loves to pretend explores and changes nature using his imagination.
Space On The Spectrum
Llama Llama Mad at Mama
by Anna Dewdney - 2007
Viking Juvenile
An impatient llama is waiting for mama to finish shopping, and waiting and waiting.
Storytime with Ryan and Craig
Looking for a Moose
by Phyllis Root - 2006
Candlewick Press
A moose hides on different pages in this book for the readers to find.
Hannibal Ferret Story Books!
Many Moons
by James Thurber - 1943
HMH Book
The Court Jester does what the Kings wise men could not, get the Moon for the Princess.
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Martha Speaks
by Susan Meddaugh - 1992
HMH Books
A bowl of alphabet soup makes a smart dog converse and tell people what it really thinks.
Big Papa Scott
Meanwhile Back at the Ranch
by Trinka Hakes Noble - 2014
Schwartz & Wade
A farmer escapes the bordom of the ranch to go to town, meanwhile his wifes life changes with leaps & bounds.
Sean Rogers
Minnie and Moo go to the Moon
by Parisby Denys Cazet - 1998
DK
Cow friends take a drive to the moon on a tractor but crash into a pigsty.
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The Monster Who Ate My Peas
by Danny Schnitzlein - 2001
Peachtree Publishers
A boy gives his ball & bike to a monster who helped him eat, but refuses to give up his dog, so he eats his peas.
ReadForLife
The Moon Is Going to Addy’s House
by Ida Pearle. (written & illustrated) - 2015
Penguin/Dial.
A bedtime book about the moon following a girl home after a play date.
Rhapsody Rabbit
Mouse & Lion
by Rand Burkert, Illus. by Nancy Ekholm Burkert - 2011
Scholastic/Michael di Capua Books
Aesops fable where a mouse helps a lion after convincing the lion not to eat him.
Mr. Big
by Ed Vere - 2008
Puffin
A piano playing huge monkey struggles with inclusion because of other animals baseless fears.
JingJangJooJong - Children's Party Entertainers
Mr. Peek and the Misunderstanding at the Zoo
by Kevin Waldron - 2008
Templar
A muttering zookeeper upsets the animals who misunderstands him & believe he is talking about them.
Elizabeth Tornatore
Mr. Squirrel and the Moon
by Sebastian Meschenmoser. (written & illustrated). Tr. by David Henry Wilson - 2008
NorthSouth
When a cheese wheel falls into a squirrel's tree he fears jail for stealing the moon.
Mrs. Marlowe's Mice
by Frank Asch - 2007
Kids Can Press
Intimidating cat police check a kind hearted cat librarian who secretly harbors mice in her home.
My Beak, Your Beak
by Melanie Walsh - 2002
HMH Books
Using interactive elements kids can learn how various paired animals are similar and different.
My First Busy Home: Let's Look and Learn!
by Charlie Gardner - 2012
Dorling Kindersley
Objects often seen around a house with views of a playroom, the bedroom, and their backyard.
My House
by Delphine Durande - 2007
Wingedchariot Press
Rooms of the house are filled with strange characters whose names make them very interesting.
My Life with the Wave. Based on the story by Octavio Paz
by Catherine Cowan, Translator and adaptor. Illus. by Mark Buehner - 1997
HarperCollins /Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
A boy coexists with nature and his obsessions by taking waves and clouds as his pets.
My Many Colored Days
by Dr. Seuss, Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher - 1996
Knopf Books
The human life cycle is illustrated in colors & animals, that matches them with feelings, moods & emotions.
Kathleen Iu
My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I am Not)
by Peter Brown. (written & illustrated) - 2014
Little, Brown Books
Teacher has a roaring voice, dark green skin, and claws that hold chalk, but turns human when you get to know her.
Storytime with Ryan and Craig
New Shoes, Red Shoes
by Susan Rollings - 2000
Orchard Books
A girl with a love of shoes & rhyming, explores colors, patterns, opposites and similar things.
Nikolai, the Only Bear
by Barbara Joosse - 2005
Philomel
This adoption fable shows that an out of place or misunderstood kid can feel like an unwanted bear.
No Two Alike
by Keith Baker - 2010
Beach Lane Books
Similar paired things are shown to be individual, different & unique even though quite similar looking.
Bookbuddy
Old Black Fly
by Jim Aylesworth - 1992
Henry Holt and Co
A fly buzzes and annoys all with his mischievous acts as he goes from A-Z before meeting his messy end.
Scott Nagatani
The Old House
by Pamela Duncan Edwards - 2007
Dutton Books
A young family turns an old empty droopy house with low self-esteem into a happy historic home.
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On Earth
by G. Brian Karas - 2005
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books
Our planet keeps rotating and spinning in revolution to create days, nights and seasons.
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One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin
by Kathryn Lasky - 2006
Candlewick Pres
Charles Darwin discovered seashells on mountaintops & variations in plants and animals to start his theories.
Open This Little Book
by Jesse Klausmeier - 2012
Chronicle Books
Discover different levels in this book inside of book story which will help develop the joy of reading.
Amanda Kaiser
Orange Pear Apple Bear
by Emily Gravett - 2006
Simon & Schuster
Different combinations of 5 words influence wordplay by conveying different meanings.
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Otto Grows Down
by Michael Sussman - 2009
Sterling
The fuss over a new baby sister makes her older brother wish her away, he starts getting younger & grows down.
The Pencil
by Allan Ahlberg, Illustrated by Bruce Ingman - 2008
Candlewick Press
A lonely pencil creates a world with a boy and a dog, but they want changes & he almost loses control of the world he created.
Space On The Spectrum
Pictures from Our Vacation
by Lynne Rae Perkins - 2007
Greenwillow
Siblings are given cameras to highlight a vacation at their grandparents' farm.
Princess Me
by Karma Wilson - 2007
Margaret K. McElderry Books
A girls imagination turns her into a princess as she turns her bedroom into her kingdom.
Prudence Wants a Pet
by Cathleen Daly, Illus. by Stephen Michael King - 2011
Roaring Brook Press
A determined girl wants a pet so she uses her imagination to create some until her parents give in.
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Rhyming Dust Bunnies
by Jan Thomas - 2009
Beach Lane Books
A tale about some dust bunnies who always find words that rhyme until they meet a vacuum.
Story Time With Erin
Scaredy Squirrel
by Mélanie Watt - 2006
Kids Can Press
A worried squirrel never leaves its tree but changes its routine when it falls and starts flying.
StoryTime at Awnie's House
Seven Blind Mice
by Ed Young - 1992
Puffin Books
Mice teach colors, days of week, numbers and how to be patient & look at the whole picture to see the truth.
KIMME
Shadow
by Suzy Lee - 2010
Chronicle Books
A girls imagination is sparked by objects whose shadows are transformed into friends who help her with a wolf problem.
Shadow
by Blaise Cendrars & Marcia Brown- 1982
Aladdin
A scary African folklore poem about the shadow that follows you everwhere, morning, noon & night.
Jessica Dupiche
Shapes That Roll
by Karen Berman Nagel - 2009
Blue Apple Book
See shapes in real life with a rhyming verse and a unique way to teach geometry.
KIMME
The Shivers in the Fridge
by Fran Manushkin - 2006
Dutton Books
A family of magnets keep leaving the refrigerator leaving the youngest to search what happened to them.
Sidewalk Circus
by Paul Fleischman, Illus. by Kevin Hawkes - 2004
Candlewick
Signs about a circus coming to town, mirror the actual circus like activities of the town around the signs.
Sharon Hunt
Silly Suzy Goose
by Petr Horacek - 2006
Candlewick Press
A goose discovers that comformity is safer when a grumpy lion makes her feel vulnerable.
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Simon's Book
by Henrik Drescher - 1983
MacAdam/Cage Publishing
Art supplies take over a story of a boy that is threatened by a monster who is redrawn to be friendly.
Six by Seuss
by Dr. Seuss - 1991
Random House
A collection of 6 avant-garde stories by the master of rhymes and imagination.
Maria Perez
Smitten
by David Gordon - 2007
Atheneum Books
A sock and mitten seperated with their own pair become smitten with each other in this accessory love story.
Just One More Story
The Squiggle
by Carole Lexa Schaefer, Illus. by Pierr Morgan 1996
Dragonfly Books or Crown
A piece of string becomes a fun tool for a creative little girl's imagination.
Grandma "B" Reads with Me
Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust
by April Pulley Sayre, Illus. by Ann Jonas - 2005
Greenwillow
From pollen, to ancient asteroids or distant planets dust comes every day, stays in the air forever & is everywhere.
Janet Goodwin
Stephen Biesty's Castles
by Stephen Biesty - 2004
Enchanted Lion Books
What medieval life was like living inside of a castle, with lots of little details.
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*Stinky
by Eleanor Davis, (written & illustrated) - 2008
RAW Junior/TOON Books.
A smelly swamp monster who loves pickles becomes friends with what fears him most, a human boy.
TOONBooks
The Story of Fish & Snail
by Deborah Freedman - 2013
Viking Books
An extroverted Fish jumps into other books and tells an introverted Snail his adventures.
SAEBC1
The Surprise Family
by Lynn Reiser - 1994
Greenwillow
A boys gives his pet hen duck eggs to hatch, she treats them as family, even when she realizes they are different.
Yvette Dominguez
Tales for Very Picky Eaters
by Josh Schneider - 2011
Clarion Books
A dads lies, tricks, and uses humor to convince his picky eater son to try some new foods.
Big Papa Scott
Telephone
by Mac Barnett Illus. by Jen Corace - 2014
Chronicle Book
The message changes in this telephone line story for a mama bird trying to get a message to her little bird.
Chronicle Books
Tell Me the Day Backwards
by Albert Lamb, Illus. by David McPhail - 2011
Candlewick Press
A bedtime game that chronologically reverses the memory of each day ends where it begins.
Chris Troutman
There Was an Old Man Who Painted the Sky
by Teri Sloat - 2009
Henry Holt
A 9 year old discovers ceiling paintings of animals, people and planets in Spain's Altamira Cave.
The Things I Can Do
by Jeff Mack - 2013
Roaring Brook Press
A confident boy marks his accomplishments & feats by turning them into rhymes.
Shon's Stories
This Book Just Ate My Dog
by Richard Byrne - 2014
Henry Holt
A non-conventional book that eats a dog, and then eats anyone who starts searches for the missing dog.
Bonza Books
This Moose Belongs to Me
by Oliver Jeffers. (written & illustrated) - 2012
Philomel Books/Penguin.
Ownership of a pet Moose (who doesn't like rules) is in question after a walk in the woods.
Circle Up Stories
The Three Little Wolves and The Big Bad Pig
by Eugene Trivizas- 1993
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Wolfs search for friends & beauty.
Teach With Flair by Delightfully GiGi
The Three Pigs
by David Wiesner - 2001
Clarion Books
A surreal version where a pig is blown out of the story and into a happy ending, unless your a wolf fan.
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Tiny Little Fly
by Michael Rosen - 2010
Candlewick Press
A tiny fly enjoys annoying the biggest animals he can find and escapes to buzz another day.
Sarita Shetty
To Be a Kid
by Maya Ajmera and John Ivanko - 1999
Charlesbridge
Children share some commonalities no matter how different & diverse they seem.
Goga Elvy
Traction Man is Here!
by Mini Grey - 2005
Knopf Books
A ittle boy's imagination turns his toy into a superhero who makes chores a breeze.
Mr. Bragg's Library
The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book
by Lisa Campbell Ernst - 2004
Simon & Schuster Books
An optical illusion concept alphabet book that must be turned to discover the images from other perspectives.
Debbie Van Huffel
Verdi
by Janell Cannon - 1997
HMH Books
A playful young yellow snake wants to stay young at heart and stays determined forever not to be old & boring.
KTE Reading
Vulture View
by April Pulley Sayre, Illus. by Steve Jenkins - 2007
Holt
The majesty of the turkey vulture, nature’s clean-up crew who seeks any dead thing that reeks.
Holly Schoonover
Waiting
by Kevin Henkes. (written & illustrated) - 2015
HarperCollins/Greenwillow.
5 friends sit on a window, they are stuffed animals who wait patiently for what each of them has wished for.
SnuggleBug StoryTime
Warning: Do Not Open This Book!
by Adam Lehrhaupt, Illus. by Matthew Forsythe - 2013
Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
This example of reverse psychology keeps warning you as you encounter monkeys, toucans, alligators and a trap.
SevierCoLibraries
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea
by Jan Peck - 2014
Simon & Schuster
An imaginative adventure of a boy who meets different sea creatures while taking a swim in his bathtub.
Rockin Read Alouds
Way Up and Over Everything
by Alice McGill - 2007
HMH Books
When slaves mysteriously escape to the north, southerners imagine they had magical powers & flew to freedom.
We Are in a Book!
by Mo Willems, (written & illustrated) - 2010
Hyperion
When two friends realize they are in a book they try to get the readers to say the word Banana.
Susan M. Strayer
Wemberly Worried
by Kevin Henkes - 2000
Greenwillow.
A worry wart girl mouse meets another worried mousey who also brought a doll to her 1st day of school.
The Fable Fairy
What Can You Do with a Rebozo?
by Carmen Tafolla, Illus. by Amy Cordova - 2008
Tricycle Press/Ten Speed Press
A Mexican woven shawl is seen from multiple perspectives, imaginations & values.
The Teacher's Library
by Carmen Tafolla, Illus. by Amy Cordova - 2008
What Do Illustrators Do?
by Eileen Christelow - 1999
Clarion / HMH Books
A creative instructional graphic novel looking at how 2 illustrators redo Jack & the Beanstalk.
Listen to reading
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
by Steve & Page Jenkins - 2003
Houghton Mifflin.
This guessing and predicting book is about which nose, ear, tail, eyes, feet, and mouth goes with which animal.
firstgrade Smes
Where Once There Was a Wood
by Denise Fleming - 1996
Square FishHenry Holt
A poetry based portrait of our disappearing natural environment & how animal habitats and ecosystems adapt.
Phil Young - Hillside PS
White is for Blueberry
by George Shannon, Illus. by Laura Dronzek - 2005
Greenwillow Books
A critical thinking and perspective book using different ways to look at nature, animals & objects around them.
The Third Parent Academy
White Snow, Bright Snow
by Alvin Tresselt - 1947
HarperCollins
This nostalgic look at a 1940's town experiencing & preparing for a large snow storm shows the magic of snow.
Once Upon A Story
Who Done It?
by Olivier Tallec. (written & illustrated) - 2014
Chronicle
Observe expressions and positions to determine clues to mysteries about the guilty party in different situations.
Who Took the Farmer's Hat?
by Joan L Nodset - 1963
HarperCollins
A farmers favorite hat becomes gone with the wind and the search brings him to a bird who made it her nest.
Mrs. V's Favorite Poems and Stories!
Who Wants a Hug?
by Jeff Mack - 2015
HarperCollins
A skunk plans backfire after he uses smelly fish & rotting garbage to scare away a bear who loves to hug.
Faith's Toy Reviews
Why?
by Nikolai Popov - 1996
NorthSouth
The ravages of war as seen by mice and frogs, proving a resolution is always better than a conflict.
EYEducation
Work, An Occupational ABC
by Kellen Hatanaka - 2014
House of Anansi/Groundwood Books
26 careers from A - Z, from various possible jobs to less-than-traditional occupations.
The World Is Waiting for You
by Barbara Kerley - 2013
National Geographic Children's Books
Pictures of science and nature make kids eager to explore the world and figure what they want to grow up to be.
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Wow! Said the Owl
by Tim Hopgood - 2009
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
A symphony of colors is discovered by an owl who stays awake to see the world during the daylight hours.
Funlearn
You and Me Together: Moms, Dads, and Kids Around the World
by Barbara Kerley - 2005
National Geographic
This book shows that around the world, in all different cultures their is a universal bond between children & parents.
You Are (Not) Small
by Anna Kang.Illus. by Christopher Weyant - 2014
Two Lions
Introduce young children to different size comparisons, diversity, being different & looking at size by perspective.
Joshy's Storytime
Yum! Yuck! A Foldout Book of People Sounds
by Linda Sue Park and Julia Durango. Illus. by Sue Ramá - 2005
Charlesbridge
How sounds are expressed in different languages with fold out flaps with English words.
Zen Shorts
by Jon Muth - 2005
Scholastic Press
A giant panda tells children stories about material goods, good and bad boundaries & holding in frustration.
Can Cubs
Zoom
by Istvan Banyai - 1995
Puffin Books
A series of close ups in full zoom mode that is then seen in an un-zoomed perspective.
Caio Volcoff
Sleep
10 Minutes till Bedtime
by Peggy Rathmann - 1998
G. P. Putnam's Sons
A hamster family signs up for the 10 Minutes Til Bedtime Tour and act crazier as the minutes count down.
Yoon & Hee Happy
A Book of Sleep
by Il Sung Na - 2007
Meadowside Children's Book Publisher
Animals help this bedtime story by explaining how they sleep.
Story Time Pals
And If The Moon Could Talk
by Kate Banks, Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben - 1997
Farrar Straus & Giroux/Frances Foster
Bedtime story about what on Earth the Moon would say.
Celia Suraski
Baby Bedtime
by Mem Fox - 2013
Penguin
An elephant caregivers lullaby that is perfect for a bedtime read along.
The StoryTime Family
Baby Danced the Polka
by Karen Beaumont - 2004
Dial
A silly rhytum based baby book where dancing with animals is more fun than napping.
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The Baby Goes Beep
by Rebecca O'Connell, 2003
Roaring Brook Press
A great read aloud that amuses through repitition of noises.
Java Jive
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
by Todd Tarpley. Illus. by John Rocco - 2015
Little Brown
Rowdy robots are coaxed to bed by our young storyteller.
Ms. Perna's Class aka commax1969
Biscuit
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories - 2006
HarperCollins
Playing & snacking stops the bedtime routine for a puppy.
Julieanna Jackson "Matchbook"
Charley's First Night
by Amy Hest. Illus. by Helen Oxenbury - 2012
Candlewick
Puppy gets a tour of his new home on his first night but disagrees with the sleeping arrangements.
Counting Kisses
by Karen Katz; Illustrator-Karen Katz- 2003
Little Simon
Baby gets kisses and dog licks until fast asleep.
Faith's Toy Reviews
Eat Like a Bear
by April Pulley Sayre, Illus. by Steve Jenkins - 2013
Henry Holt
A hibernating brown bear wakes and eats, find out how he gathers foods.
H Whittenburg
Emily Brown and the Thing
by Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton - 2007
Orchard Books
An imaginative thing is crying outside Emily's window, she helps it fall asleep.
Miss Walker the Primary School Teacher
The Going to Bed Book
by Sandra Boynton - 1982
Little Simon
An ark full of animals gets ready for bed.
Alter Storytime
Good Night, Baby Ruby
by Rohan Henry - 2009
Harry N. Abrams
A baby girl who wants to do things by herself, avoids bedtime.
Keith Roberts
Good Night Gorilla
by Peggy Rathmann- 1994
Puffin Books
Mischievous gorilla follows the zookeeper on his night rounds and lets the other animals out of their cages.
Planet Shnars
Good Night, Sleep Tight
by Mem Fox - 2012
Scholastic
A babysitter tells nursery rhymes to get the kids to bed.
jan keaveny
Goodnight Already!
by Jory John - 2014
HarperCollins
A duck wants to stay up all night with his sleepy bear friend.
Read Along With Me
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site
by Sherri Duskey Rinker, Illus. by Tom Lichtenheld - 2011
Chronicle Books
Trucks are done for the day, goodnight Crane, Mixer, Dump, Bulldozer, and Excavator.
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Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Clement Hurd - 1947
HarperCollins
A rabbit says goodnight to everything around him before he goes to sleep.
Animated Children's Books
Hibernation Station
by Michelle Meadows - 2010
Simon & Schuster Books
A train goes through the forest picking up sleepy animals for their winter hibernation.
Ashley Lucas
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
by Jane Yolen - 2000
Scholastic
Dinosaurs are substituted for children.
Let's Read Kiddos
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
by Minfong Ho, Illus. by Holly Meade - 1996
Scholastic
A lullaby for animals so they won't wake up a moms sleeping baby.
Scott Nagatani
Llama Llama Red Pajama
by Anna Dewdney - 2005
Viking Books for Young Readers
Separation anxiety at bedtime.
Penguin Books USA
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
by Denise Fleming - 1998
Square Fish
One kitty likes to sleep when his siblings are playing, and wide awake and ready to go when they are sleepy.
Children's Library Hour - Books Read Aloud
Monkey and Me
by Emily Gravett - 2007
MacMillan UK
A girl and her toy monkey pretend to be as many animals as they can before bedtime.
Storytime
The Moon Is Going to Addy’s House
by Ida Pearle. (written & illustrated) - 2015
Penguin/Dial.
A bedtime book about the moon following a girl home after a play date.
Rhapsody Rabbit
Moonpowder
by John Rocco - 2008
Hyperion
A boys nightmare comes true but his dream has fixed the Moonpowder Factory.
The Napping House
by Audrey Wood - 1984
Harcourt Children's Books
Animals head to bed & guess what will happen when a flea joins them.
Storytime Now!
Night Worker
by Kate Banks, Illustrated by Georg Hallensleben - 2000
Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Frances Foster
A kid who loves construction sites dreams of going to work at night with his dad.
Mary Ellen Thurow
Nighttime Ninja
by Barbara DaCosta. Illus. by Ed Young - 2012
Little, Brown
A kid sneaks around the house on an ice cream eating mission, when everyone should be sleeping.
Big Papa Scott
Nighty-Night, Cooper
by Laura Numeroff - 2013
HMH Books
A mother kangaroo makes up lullabies to get her not so sleepy son to bed in her pouch.
Old Bear
by Kevin Henkes,(written & illustrated) - 2008
Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins
A hibernating old bear dreams of his antics as a young cub when he was curious and appreciative of nature.
Space On The Spectrum
Polar Bear Night
by Lauren Thompson, Illus. by Stephen Savage - 2004
Scholastic Press
A polar bear cub strolls outside her den passing sleeping animals and watching the stars until she gets tired.
Dad Reads a Book
Prayer for a Child
by Rachel Field - 1944
Simon & Schuster
This 1941 child's bedtime prayer was written about World War II, but works well at any bedtime.
Scott Nagatani
The Quiet Book
by Deborah Underwood.Illus. by Renata Liwska -2010
Houghton Mifflin
Over 2 dozen variations of quiet that children are familiar with in their daily lifes.
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Rhymes for Annie Rose
by Shirley Hughes - 2006
Candlewick
Poetry about an average toddlers favorite activities from playing with toys to bedtime.
Russell the Sheep
by Rob Scotton - 2015
HarperFestival
One wide-awake sheep.
Tom French
Sleep Like a Tiger
by Mary Logue. Illus. by Pamela Zagarenski - 2012
HMH Books
Getting a non sleepy girl to bed takes a story about how animals sleep and a bit of reverse psychology.
Big Papa Scott
Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy
by Denise Fleming - 2010
Henry Holt and Company
Babies of all kinds, whether humans or animals, will eventually get sleepy.
Claire Turck
Sleepytime Rhyme
by Remy Charlip - 1999
Greenwillow
This bed-time book is about parental love, body parts & opposites.
The Squeaky Door
by Margaret Read MacDonald - 2006
HarperCollins
This folktale has a boy sleeping over at Grandma's, but a squeaky door makes him need comfort, company & more.
GiraffeTales
Tell Me the Day Backwards
by Albert Lamb, Illus. by David McPhail - 2011
Candlewick Press
A bedtime game that chronologically reverses the memory of each day ends where it begins.
Chris Troutman
Ten in the Meadow
by John Butler - 2006
Orchard Books
A hide-and-seek game between woodland animals keeps the math and counting going until they all hit the bed.
Books, Bed and Beyond
Ten in the Bed
by Jane Cabrera - 2006
Holiday House
Specially skilled animals get nudged off a boys bed in this counting book.
Dave Edgren
Ten, Nine, Eight
by Molly Bang - 1983
GreenWilBk
Rhyming game countdown to sleep by dad to daughter.
Tamar Levi
Time For Bed
by Mem Fox - 1993
Red Wagon Books
Darkness brings that cozy feeling, snuggling under the covers.
StorytimeOnTheGo
Time for Bed, Spot
by Eric Hill - 2004
Warne
A untired dog dreams to be a pirate and a cowboy not to get ready for bed, but toys & imagination gets tiring.
Kid's Story Time
Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep!
by Mo Willems, (written & illustrated) - 2010
Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins
While owl is just getting started the other animals go through their bedtime routines.
Fun2Learn
Tuck Me In!
by Dean Hacohen. Illus. by Sherry Scharschmidt - 2010
Candlewick Press
A half page flap is used as a blanket to cover the sleepy animals on each page.
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by Sebastian Meschenmoser.(written & illustrated) - 2007
Kane/Miller
A squirrel, a hedgehog and a bear attempt to wait & keep awake for the 1st winter snow.
Melinda Fry
Waking Beauty
by Leah Wilcox - 2008
Putnam Juvenile
A fairy tale spoof has a germ obsessed prince trying silly things to wake the snoring princess before the kiss of life.
CHRISTINA ALVERSON
What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story
by Kate Lum, Illustrated by Adrian Johnson - 1998
Dial
A boy stays with his grandmother but can't sleep until she makes him a bed, pillow, blanket & teddy bear.
Space On The Spectrum
Yes!
by Jez Alborough - 2006
Candlewick Press
A mom is trying to get her gorilla baby whose playing with friends to get ready for bed.
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