Preprimary:  2007
Recently-published children's books that received high marks in one or more reputable book review sources. 
  • Association of Library Service for Children
  • Booklist 
  • Horn Book Magazine
  • New York Times Book Review
  • Reading Teacher
  • School Library Journal
  • Science and Children
Bachelet, Gilles
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World
An artist describes his cat, who can usually be found either sleeping or eating.
Beaumont, Karen
Move Over, Rover!
When a storm comes, Rover expects to have his doghouse all to himself but finds that various other animals, including a skunk, come to join him.
Bunting, Eve
Hurry !  Hurry!
Rooster is spreading the word: Hurry! Hurry! All the animals rush to the barn--and arrive just in time to greet the tiniest member of the farm family, hatching out of his egg.
Chodos-Irvine, Margaret
Best Best Friends
Mary and Clare do everything together at preschool, but Mary's birthday celebration puts a strain on the girls' friendship.
Crews, Nina
Below
Jack has adventures with his action-figure, Guy.
Faller, Regis
Adventures of Polo, The
Polo the dog sets out from his home and enjoys many adventures, including sailing his boat on top of a whale, roasting hot dogs over a volcano, and taking a ride in a spaceship built from a mushroom.
Faller, Regis
Polo:  The Runaway Book
While trying to retrieve his new book from a thieving alien, Polo has a series of adventures and eventually helps the alien and his people.
Fleming, Denise
Cow Who Clucked, The
When a cow loses her moo, she searches to see if another animal in the barn has it.
Floca, Brian
Lightship
Lightships once served where lighthouses could not be built. They helped to guide sailors safely through the fog.
Henkes, Kevin
Good Day, A
A bird, a fox, a dog, and a squirrel overcome minor setbacks to have a very good day.
Hills, Tad
Duck & Goose
Duck and Goose learn to work together to take care of a ball, which they think is an egg.
Hutchins, Hazel
Second Is a Hiccup:  A Child's Book of Time
Hutchins explains the lengths of various time units in original, child-centered terms. A second is how long it takes to hiccup or "to kiss your mom / Or jump a rope / Or turn around."
Isaacs, Anne
Pancakes for Supper!
In the backwoods of New England, a young girl cleverly fends off the threats of wild animals by trading her clothes for her safety.
Jenkins, Steve & Robin Page
Move!
Introduces children to a collection of wild animals and, through detailed illustrations, shows how and why the slithering, hopping, and crawling creatures move as they do.
Landström, Lena
Boo and Baa Have Company
It's autumn and Boo and Baa are raking leaves when they hear meowing. They discover a cat that has climbed up a tree and can't get down. What should they do to help?.
Manushkin, Fran
Shivers in the Fridge, The
One by one, the members of the Shivers family disappear from the inside of their chilly refrigerator home. 
McCarty, Peter
Moon Plane
A young boy looks at a plane in the sky and imagines flying one all the way to the moon.
McMullan, Kate
I'm Dirty!  
A busy backhoe loader describes all the items it hauls off a lot and all the fun it has getting dirty while doing so.
Pinkney, Jerry
Little Red Hen, The
A newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a lesson from it.
Pitzer, Susanna
Not Afraid of Dogs
Young Daniel must confront his fear of dogs when his mom dogsits his aunt's pet.
Portis, Antoinette
Not a Box
To an imaginative bunny, a box is not always just a box.
Reiser, Lynn
Hardworking Puppies
One by one, ten energetic puppies find important jobs as dogs who help people in different ways, including by pulling sleds and saving swimmers.
Reiss, Mike
Merry Un-Christmas
For Noelle and her friends Holly, Carol, and Claus, the most wonderful day of the year is Un-Christmas. It's the only day of the year that they actually go to school.  But the best thing about Un-Christmas Day is that they don't have to open any presents!
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
Black? White! Day? Night!
Readers can see a word and its meaning expressed through a picture, then lift the flap to see the opposite word and its meaning.
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
Dog and Bear
Three easy-to-read stories reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.
Shulevitz, Uri
So Sleepy Story
In the quiet of the night, a sleepy sleepy boy awakes to find the dishes, chairs, and clocks enjoying themselves. 
Sierra, Judy 
Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Fly Pie
A good-natured monster thinks a pie made out of flies would be a good dessert, and invites all his friends and relatives over to try it.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Moon, The
Pictures of a father and child out in the moonlight illustrate Stevenson's poem from A child's garden of verses.
Wells, Rosemary
Max's ABC
Max is in trouble.  The Ants are taking Bites of his sandwich and drinking his Cranberry juice. Children will enjoy learning the alphabet with Max and Ruby in this charming concept book.
 
arlene.mcdace@pinecrest.edu 2007 Pine Crest Preparatory School, Inc.