All titles may be found in Picture Books (E), except as noted.

Ziggy Piggy and the Three Little Pigs
Asch, Frank
Unlike his brothers, Ziggy Piggy would rather camp out than build a house, and prefers swimming to worrying about a wolf. When the wolf targets his brother’s houses, he proves there is more than one way to deal with the beast.

Wolf!
Bloom, Becky
A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard animals he has met.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
J398.21
Brett, Jan
A little girl wanders by the home of three bears, and, seeing no one at home, goes inside, helps herself to food, and falls asleep.

Stellaluna
Cannon, Janell
After she falls headfirst into a bird’s nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
La Oruga Muy Hambrienta
Carle, Eric
Follow the progress of a hungry caterpillar as he eats his way through a large quantity of food.

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Cronin, Doreen
Farmer Brown is no match for his cows, as they type notes demanding electric blankets.

Market Day
Ehlert, Lois
On Market Day, a farm family experiences the excitement of going to the farmer’s market.

Go Away, Big Green Monster
Emberley, Ed
Die-cut pages reveal bits of a monster, helping a child overcome nighttime fear of monsters.

Mean Soup
Everitt, Betsy
Horace and his mother make Mean Soup to chase away a bad day.

Olivia
Falconer, Ian
Whether at home, enjoying the beach, or at bedtime, Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.

Bark, George
Feiffer, Jules
George makes a hilarious trip to the vet after his mother discovers that he meows, oinks, quacks, and moos instead of barking.

Sleepy Bears
Fox, Mem
When winter comes, six sleepy bears are rhymed to sleep by Mother Bear.

Corduroy
Freeman, Don
Corduroy, a department store stuffed bear, longs for a real home. One day a little girl empties her piggybank to buy Corduroy. She even sews the missing button on his overalls!

Max
Graham, Bob
Max has no interest in following the lead of his super-hero parents, but, when a baby bird is in peril, he leaps to the rescue!

Cowboy Baby / Pequeno Cowboy
Heap, Sue
Sheriff Pa finds an unusual way to get Cowboy Baby and his pals to go to bed.

Wake up House!: Rooms Full of Poems
J811.54
Lillegard, Dee
Ordinary household objects take on personalities and creative artwork provides the fun in these thirty-four poems. Watch a bedroom window greet the sun’s morning rays or a nightlight that watches over sleeping dreamers.

Look Whooo’s Counting
MacDonald, Suse
Readers are asked to find numbers that have been transformed into animal shapes and hidden in the illustrations.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Martin, Bill Jr.
An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Si Le Das Una Gallelita a Un Raton
Numeroff, Laura Joffe
A boy describes what might happen if you give a mouse a cookie: he will want milk, a straw… and finally the boy is back where he began.

10 Minutes to Bedtime
Rathmann, Peggy
A boy’s hamster leads an increasingly large group of hamsters on a tour of the house, while his father counts down the minutes to bedtime.

Where The Wild Things Are
Sendak, Maurice
When he is sent to bed without any supper, Max sails off on an imaginary adventure to the place "where the wild things are."

The Rain Came Down
Shannon, David
An unexpected rain shower causes quarreling among the members of a small community.

Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!
Stevens, Janet
With the questionable help of his friends, Big Brown Rooster manages to bake a strawberry shortcake which would have pleased his great-grandmother, Little Red Hen.

Minerva Louise at the Fair
Stoeke, Janet Morgan
Minerva Louise thinks the fair is a rather remarkable farm.

Serendipity
Tobias, Tobi
A child ponders the pleasant results of serendipity: having a peanut in your pocket when you meet a squirrel, getting extra pieces from the gumball machine, or finding a five dollar bill.

Max Cleans Up
Wells, Rosemary
Max’s big sister Ruby is determined to help him clean up his messy room, but he keeps rescuing things she wants to throw away.

Buzz
Wong, Janet S.
As Mommy and Daddy begin their day and get ready for work, a child observes this morning routine at home as well as the buzzing of a busy bee outside the window.

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
Yolen, Jane
Human parents tuck huge dinosaurs under the covers while the young dinosaurs try their own stalling tactics.

Seven Blind Mice
Young, Ed
One by one, seven blind mice try to discover the identity of the strange something by the pond. The seven days of the week and seven colors are introduced.

Clara Ann Cookie
Ziefert, Harriet
When Clara does not want to get dressed, her mother encourages her to make the meanest, ugliest, scariest faces in the mirror while she assists the girl in putting on her clothes.

Trashy Town
Zimmerman, Andrea
Little by little, can by can, Mr. Gillie, the trash man, cleans up his town.

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