Best of
Pre-K

2009

Silly Tilly


Eileen Spinelli - 2009
    She takes her baths in apple juice. She wears a pancake as a hat. She tries to ride the farmer’s cat."But the barnyard animals complain that she’s too silly. When she stops entertaining her friends with her antics, the farm becomes a quiet and unhappy place. David Slonim’s acrylic, pencil, and ballpoint pen illustrations add to the hilarity in this story about a one-of-a-kind silly goose.

Too Many Mangos: A Story about Sharing


Tammy Paikai - 2009
    They pick large, small, ripe, half-ripe, and even green mangos. But this time, they've picked too many, so it's time to load up the wagon and share the tasty treats with friends and family. Along the way, they show young readers the many ways to enjoy the treasured island fruit, and introduce their friendly neighbors around the block. Tammy Paikai's thoughtful text and Don Robinson's vibrant illustrations capture the joys of island living while teaching a valuable lesson about friendship and community.

Fancy Nancy: Explorer Extraordinaire!


Jane O'Connor - 2009
    Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, set out to explore the fascinating world of wildflowers, trees, leaves, birds, and, of course, butterflies in their exclusively glamorous Explorers' Club.With recipes for pinecone bird feeders and extra-fancy lemonade, an official club bird, and an exclusive map of the territory, this popular book shows Fancy Nancy as one explorer extraordinaire!Take a look at Nancy's very own enlightening discoveries and find out just how fancy the outdoors can be!

Itsy Bitsy Spider


Kate Toms - 2009
    It has a soft-to-touch cover with flocking and glitter and exquisite, hand-stitched illustrations throughout. The charming, rhyming text, loosely based on "Itsy Bitsy Spider," is a book to read again and again.

If You're Happy and You Know It! [With CD (Audio)]


Anna McQuinn - 2009
    The accompanying singalong CD continues the interactive fun! This title joins Barefoot's popular "Singalong Songs" series. Call-and-response text invites reader participation. Children from all over the world are joining in, and you will learn how to say hello in thirty-five different languages. This title features simple words from nine different languages for each action shown in the art. It is illustrated by Sophie Fatus, artist of the best-selling "Barefoot Books" yoga range, including "My Daddy is a Pretzel" (PB: 9781905236824), "Yoga Pretzels" (9781905236046) and "Yoga Planet" (9781846861819).

The ABC Field Guide to Faeries


Susanne Alexander-Heaton - 2009
    This 56 page lavishly illustrated book has lilting rhymes that contain a great deal of wisdom for the reader. It was nominated for the Alberta Best Book of the Year Award for Children and also obtained a Bronze Medal in the Summit Awards for its cover. "This book inspires children to learn, create and take responsibility for their own lives. What a positive and great teaching tool for ALL children!" Dr. Anne Marie Evers, Author, Doctor of Divinity, Minister and Radio Talk Show Host

It's Rainy Today (Lightning Bolt Books)


Kristin Sterling - 2009
    Sometimes rain comes down hard in a thunderstorm. What happens when the weather is rainy? Read this book to find out! Learn all about kinds of weather in the What's the Weather Like? series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books(TM) collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books(TM) bring nonfiction topics to life!

Goldilocks and the Three Bears


Sonia Sander - 2009
    Now Whyatt doesn?t know what to do. So the Super Readers fly into the story ?Goldilocks and the Three Bears? to see what Goldilocks does when she makes a mess in the Three Bears? house! Simple words and rebus pictures make learning to read easy and fun!

I Spy in the Texas Sky


Deborah Ousley Kadair - 2009
    She incorporates information on the adoption of the state symbols, including the monarch butterfly. This species of butterfly became the state's official insect in 1995 after the urging of local students. With fun facts about each state symbol, "I Spy in the Texas Sky" is a perfect way to invite children to learn about Texas.

A Is for Arrr!: A Pirate Alphabet (Alphabet Fun)


Laura Purdie Salas - 2009
    Fun topics like pirates and pom poms make these alphabet books stand out! Loaded with facts about kids' favorite things, these ABC's get an A+!

Why the Ocean Is Salty


Alice Leonhardt - 2009
    

We Like To Nurse Too


Mary Young - 2009
    Like its predecessor, We Like to Nurse Too draws attention to our kinship with all mammals, using simple text and showing delightful full-color illustrations of animal mothers naturally feeding their babies. The illustrations and text in We Like to Nurse Too focus on sea mammals living in the oceans of our shared planet home. Children learn about the nursing habits of animals they love from all parts of the worldsea lions, manatees, porpoises, whales, polar bears, walruses and others. This book serves a dual function. First, it is a celebration of the mother-infant bond that is naturally established through nursing. Because of its commitment to family health and the well-being of infants and children, Hohm Press is proud to present another title that stresses the benefits of human infant breastfeeding. This book joins We Like to Nurse, and Breastfeeding: Your Priceless Gift to Your Baby and Yourself in our Family Health Series, along with other titles like To Touch is To Live, and Conscious Parenting. Secondly, the book takes a stand for the health of the environment, honoring the Earth and all her creatures. Jacques Cousteau, the famed oceanographer, has said We protect what we love. Today, the ocean environment and its inhabitants is threatened by hunters, by the melting of polar ice caps, and by the pollution and debris dumped without conscience into our waters. However, careful decisions made by humans can save our planet. We believe that introducing young children to the nursing habits of sea mammals can foster a love and concern that will grow to protect the Earth we love.

Looking at Pictures: An Introduction to Art for Young People


Joy Richardson - 2009
    This revised edition has a fresh, contemporary design; all art has been re-scanned and separated; the specs and captions have been updated based on new information; and five new images resulting from technical and curatorial advances are included. Drawing on the incomparable collection of The National Gallery, London, the book features Leonardo, Rembrandt, Matisse, Seurat, Picasso, and many more. Watercolors by Charlotte Voake add humor and charm. The book includes an index of artists and subjects.

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! and Other Favorite Animal Stories


Jon Scieszka - 2009
    The true story of the 3 little pigs! / by Jon Scieszka ; narrated by Paul Giamatti --Doobie doobie moo / by Doreen Cronin ; narrated by Randy Travis --Bark, George / by Jules Feiffer ; narrated by John Lithgow --Crictor / by Tomi Ungerer ; narrated by Faith Stanfield.

Goldilocks


Melanie Joyce - 2009
    When the three bears return home, they discover that someone has been eating their porridge and sleeping in their beds. Startled, Goldilocks wakes up in baby bear's bed and runs away.

That's Not My Brother!


Peter Bently - 2009
    There are lots of tracks around the barnyard, but will they lead Dora to the pond? Read on to find out...A humorous story with fun fold-out flaps, and beautiful illustrations.

George and the Dragon


Ellie O'Ryan - 2009
    While in the book, they help George find the courage to save the princess.

Seven Skills for School Success: Activities to Develop Social and Emotional Intelligence in Young Children


Pam Schiller - 2009
    Best-selling author Pam Schiller provides information, activities, and experiences that develop the seven skills children need in order to become successful learners. These include social intelligence skills, such as relating to and playing with others, as well as emotional intelligence skills, such as expressing feelings and understanding how others feel. Strengthen the foundation children need to become successful learners with the seven skills in this practical, easy-to-use book!

Carry-Me - Diggers and Dumpers


Sarah Creese - 2009
    Carry-Me Diggers and Dumpers are packed full of interesting facts and fantastic pictures to satisfy any kid’s obsession with things that go! Using clear and colorful diagrams, simple text and fun vitalstatistics, these books are perfect for inquisitive minds.Touch-and-feel areas, along with a ‘find the hidden object’ feature,will encourage children to participate in learning about the differentvehicles.