Abbot Public Library
Recent Additions
Children's Picture Books
Alligator boy
Rylant, Cynthia.
J EASY RYLANT
A boy puts on an alligator head and tail and is transformed into an
alligator boy.
And the train
goes ..
Bee, William.
J EASY BEE
As assorted passengers comment on their train ride, and the train itself
goes "Clickerty click, clickerty clack," the station parrot is carefully
listening to every sound.
The apple doll
Kleven, Elisa.
J EASY KLEVEN
Lizzy is scared to start school, so she makes a doll out of an apple
from her favorite tree to take with her on the first day and keep her company.
Includes instructions for making an apple doll.
Baby Bear, Baby
Bear, what do you see?
Martin, Bill, 1916-2004.
J EASY MARTIN
Illustrations and rhyming text portray a young bear searching for its
mother and meeting many North American animals along the way.
Beatrice's goat
McBrier, Page.
J EASY PB McBRIER
A young girl's dream of attending school in her small Ugandan village
is fulfilled after her family is given an income-producing goat. Based
on a true story about the work of Project Heifer.
Big bad wolves
at school
Krensky, Stephen.
J EASY KRENSKY
Rufus, a young wolf, has a hard time fitting in at the Big Bad Wolf
Academy where he has been sent to learn to huff and puff until the day
he uses his true talent.
Big Brown Bear's
birthday surprise
McPhail, David, 1940-
J EASY MCPHAIL
An excited Bear mistakenly believes that Rat has given him a boat for
his birthday.
Bounce
Cronin, Doreen.
J EASY CRONIN
Rhyming text offers advice on the best ways for toddlers to bounce.
The boy who was
raised by librarians
Morris, Carla D.
J EASY MORRIS
Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can
find just about anything--including three librarians who help in his quest
for knowledge.
The bravest knight
Mayer, Mercer, 1943-
J EASY MAYER
A little boy imagines the adventures he would have if he lived a thousand
years ago and was the squire of a bold knight who fought dragons and trolls.
Dear Mrs. LaRue
: letters from obedience school
Teague, Mark.
J EASY PB TEAGUE
Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her
dog Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy
and come back home.
Dino pets
Plourde, Lynn.
J EASY PLOURDE
A boy brings home various dinosaurs from the pet store, but discovers
that neither the biggest nor the smallest, the softest nor the scariest,
makes an ideal pet. Includes facts about dinosaurs.
Edward in the
jungle
McPhail, David M., 1940-
J EASY McPHAIL
Edward loves to read about Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, and one afternoon
he becomes so absorbed in his book that he finds himself deep in Tarzan's
jungle.
Every year on
your birthday
Lewis, Rose A.
J EASY LEWIS
Each year on the birthday of her adopted Chinese daughter, a mother
recalls the moments they have shared, from the first toy to the friends
left behind in China.
Follow the line
through the house
Ljunkvist, Laura.
J EASY LJUNGKVIST
Rhyming text invites the reader to search different rooms of a house
to find hidden objects.
Fred stays with
me
Coffelt, Nancy.
J EASY COFFELT
A child describes how she lives sometimes with her mother and sometimes
with her father, but her dog is her constant companion.
The greatest place
on earth : a children's story : a history lesson : a scrapbook : a lifetime
keepsake
Mackin, Ilana.
J EASY MACKIN
The grouchy ladybug
Carle, Eric.
J EASY CARLE
A grouchy ladybug, looking for a fight, challenges everyone she meets
regardless of their size or strength.
Has anyone seen
my Emily Greene?
Mazer, Norma Fox, 1931-
J EASY MAZER
Emily decides to play hide and seek when her father calls her for lunch.
Heat wave
Spinelli, Eileen.
J EASY SPINELLI
Abigail, Ralphie, and the other citizens of Lumberville struggle to
endure a week-long heat wave.
Hello ocean =
Hola mar
Ryan, Pam Munoz.
J EASY PB RYAN
Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced
through each of her five senses.
How do you make
a baby smile?
Sturges, Philemon.
J EASY STURGES
Animal parents use their best tricks to make their babies smile, laugh,
coo, and grin.
Imagine Harry
Klise, Kate.
J EASY KLISE
After Little Rabbit starts school, he sees less and less of his invisible
friend, Harry, and finally tells his mother that Harry moved away.
The incredible
book eating boy
Jeffers, Oliver.
J EASY JEFFERS
Henry loves to eat books, until he begins to feel quite ill and decides
that maybe he could do something else with the books he has been devouring.
Kindergarten countdown
Hays, Anna Jane.
J EASY HAYS
Rhyming text follows an excited little girl as she counts down the
days before the start of kindergarten.
Little Bear and
the wishing tree
Landa, Norbert.
J EASY LANDA
When Bertie Bear gets angry and climbs his favorite tree for a good
sulk, he finds that it magically provides him with everything he needs.
May I pet your
dog? : the how-to guide for kids meeting dogs (and dogs meeting kids)
Calmenson, Stephanie.
J EASY CALEMNSON
Harry the dog explains how to safely meet him and his friends.
Midsummer knight
Rogers, Gregory.
J EASY ROGERS
A bear is rescued by a fairy in an enchanted wood and agrees to return
the favor by leading the battle against a usurper who has imprisoned the
king and queen, along with their loyal subjects, in the dungeon of their
castle.
Mr. Birthday
Hargreaves, Adam.
J EASY PB HARGREAVES
Mr. Skinny
Hargreaves, Roger.
J EASY PB HARGREAVES
My dog is as smelly
as dirty socks : and other funny family portraits
Piven, Hanokh, 1963-
J EASY PIVEN
A young girl draws a family portrait, then makes it more accurate by
adding common objects to show aspects of each member's personality, such
as her father's playfulness, her mother's sweetness, and her brother's
strength.
My first Ramadan
Katz, Karen.
J EASY KATZ
A boy observes the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with his family.
My life as a chicken
Kelley, Ellen A.
J EASY KELLEY
After escaping the frying pan, a chicken has an adventure that includes
pirates, a typhoon, and a balloon ride before landing happily in a petting
zoo.
Nini here and
there
Lobel, Anita.
J EASY LOBEL
Fearing at first that her family is going on vacation without her,
Nini the cat ends up traveling with her owners to their new home.
Oh!
Henkes, Kevin.
J EASY HENKES
The morning after a snowfall finds animals and children playing.
Olvina swims
Lin, Grace.
J EASY LIN
Olvina, a chicken in more ways than one, overcomes her fear of swimming
with help from her friend Hailey, a penguin, while on vacation in Hawaii.
On Meadowview
Street
Cole, Henry, 1955-
J EASY COLE
Upon moving to a new house, young Caroline and her parents encourage
wildflowers to grow and birds and animals to stay in their yard, which
soon has the whole suburban street living up to its name.
Pictures from
our vacation
Perkins, Lynne Rae.
J EASY PERKINS
Given a camera that takes and prints tiny pictures just before leaving
for the family farm in Canada, a young girl records a vacation that gets
off to a slow start, but winds up being a family reunion filled with good
memories.
Please is a good
word to say
Joosse, Barbara M.
J EASY JOOSSE
Harriet gives examples of polite words and expressions to use in various
social situations to make them more pleasant.
The police cloud
Niemann, Christoph.
J EASY NIEMANN
A small cloud that has always dreamed of becoming a police officer
discovers that he might not be suited to the job.
Slugs in love
Pearson, Susan.
J EASY PEARSON
Marylou and Herbie, two garden slugs, write love poems in slime to
one another but have trouble actually meeting.
Starring Miss
Darlene
Schwartz, Amy.
J EASY SCHWARTZ
Much to her surprise, a young girl's on-stage mishaps are reviewed
favorably by the theater critic.
Swamp Angel
Isaacs, Anne.
J EASY ISAACS
Along with other amazing feats, Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp
Angel, wrestles a huge bear, known as Thundering Tarnation, to save the
winter supplies of the settlers in Tennessee.
The Three Bears'
Halloween
Duval, Kathy.
J HALLOWEEN EASY DUVAL
Is it a witch or a blonde little girl hiding in the bushes of the spooky
house when the three bears go trick or treating?
The three little
fish and the big bad shark
Geist, Ken.
J EASY GEIST
In this spoof of The three little pigs, Mama tells her three little
fish that it's time to seek their fortunes. Jim builds a house of seaweed
and Tim builds a house of sand, but it's up to Kim to find the house that
will stop the big bad shark's munching and crunching.
Trains : steaming!
pulling! huffing!
Hubbell, Patricia.
J EASY HUBBELL
Rhyming text presents the characteristics of various kinds of trains.
Trucks roll!
Lyon, George Ella, 1949-
J EASY LYON
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text reveal many different--and sometimes
silly--items that trucks can haul.
Water boy
McPhail, David, 1940-
J EASY MCPHAIL
Fascinated by the fact that humans are made mostly of water, a boy
develops an unusual relationship with it once he stops being afraid.
Who is driving?
Timmers, Leo.
J EASY TIMMERS
Easy-to-read text invites the reader to guess which animal is driving
each of seven vehicles based on how they are dressed, then reveals their
destinations and the vehicles' sounds.