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Ages 2-6 • First Books<br />
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MoSS, MIRIAM<br />
DON’T FORGET I LOVE YOU<br />
Illustrated by Anna Currey<br />
“one crazy weekday morning, billy<br />
and his mama get a late start that sets in<br />
motion a series of events familiar to any<br />
family trying to balance hectic schedules<br />
with loving, familial interactions. Moss<br />
weaves a note of modern-day authenticity<br />
into the story as a late-for-work<br />
mother bear unsuccessfully tries to hurry<br />
her dawdling cub.’’ —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, K, SLJH<br />
10 x 10 32 pp. 2005<br />
978-0-14-240548-2 $5.99<br />
MURPHY, JILL<br />
FIVE MINUTES’ PEACE<br />
All Mrs. Large wants is five minutes’<br />
peace from her energetic children, but<br />
chaos follows her all the way from the<br />
kitchen to the bath and back again.<br />
“A hearty chuckle can be experienced<br />
during a shared reading time between a<br />
mother and her children—perhaps eliciting<br />
a bit of understanding.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, C, E, NYT, PW, SLJ<br />
7 1/2 x 9 32 pp. 1999<br />
978-0-698-11787-7 $6.99<br />
PEACE AT LAST<br />
bedtime is just the beginning of Mr.<br />
bear’s struggles in this cozy late-night<br />
tale. “A good bedtime read-aloud....<br />
Rich, warm illustrations create a properly<br />
somnambulant mood.’’<br />
Rec: BLH, C, CR, IN, PW, R, SLJ, TE, W<br />
—BooklistH<br />
8 3/8 x 10 1/2 32 pp. 1982<br />
978-0-14-054685-9 $6.99<br />
PoTTeR, beATRIX<br />
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF<br />
PETER RABBIT<br />
beatrix Potter’s four stories that feature<br />
Peter Rabbit are brought together in<br />
one volume, so that Peter’s escapades<br />
can be read as a continuous saga.<br />
10 1/4 x 11 80 pp. 1984<br />
978-0-14-050444-6 $7.99<br />
10<br />
THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT<br />
“As he has done before, Hague lends his<br />
own style to a classic title in the canon of<br />
children’s literature. enlarging the original<br />
size of Potter’s book and decreasing<br />
the length to standard picture-book size,<br />
he brings the famous story to a new<br />
audience.” —Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, SLJ<br />
10 1/4 x 11 32 pp. 1992<br />
978-0-14-054295-0 $3.99<br />
RATHMAnn, PeGGY<br />
10 MINUTES TILL BEDTIME<br />
“Caldecott Medalist Rathmann builds<br />
a captivating series of mini-plots from<br />
a basic countdown premise with few<br />
words and abundant action. A child…<br />
plays with an energetic hamster family<br />
with just 10 minutes to go before she’s<br />
tucked into bed…every engrossing illustration<br />
provides an exercise in numerals<br />
and Where’s Waldo?-style concentration…”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: BL, K, PW<br />
9 3/8 x 11 48 pp. 2004<br />
978-0-14-240024-1 $6.99<br />
GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA<br />
“In a book economical in text and<br />
simple in illustrations, the many amusing,<br />
small details—the matching animal<br />
toys in the cages, the mouse who follows<br />
Gorilla dragging a banana on string, and<br />
the houses with surprised looks—as well<br />
as the tranquil tone of the story make<br />
this an outstanding picture book.”<br />
—The Horn Book<br />
Rec: BKL, BL, C, H, KH, SLJ, TK<br />
8 1/2 x 7 40 pp. 2000<br />
978-0-698-11649-8 $5.99<br />
See index for more titles by Peggy Rathmann.<br />
SHAPIRo, ARnoLD L.<br />
MICE SQUEAK, WE SPEAK<br />
Illustrated by Tomie dePaola<br />
Three children describe a menagerie<br />
of animals and the sounds they make.<br />
This is a perfect read-along book for<br />
the younger set. “DePaola’s exuberant<br />
illustrations in his best folk-art style will<br />
have kids joining in and shouting out the<br />
words.” —BooklistH<br />
Rec: BLH, MBP, RT, SLJ<br />
8 x 10 32 pp. 2000<br />
978-0-698-11873-7 $5.99<br />
See index for more titles by Tomie dePaola.<br />
STICkLAnD,<br />
PAUL & HenRIeTTA<br />
DINOSAUR ROAR!<br />
Dinosaurs of every size, shape and color<br />
fill this book. “These prehistoric monsters<br />
are just perfect for the preshcool<br />
crowd. A natural for story time.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BKL, HG, RT<br />
11 x 8 7/8 32 pp. 2001<br />
978-0-14-056808-0 $6.99<br />
See index for more titles by Paul & Henrietta Stickland.<br />
STICkLAnD, PAUL<br />
TEN TERRIBLE DINOSAURS<br />
“In this countdown concept book,<br />
whimsically drawn dinosaurs engage in<br />
childlike activities as they push and shove<br />
one another, dance, throw tomatoes,<br />
stomp on the floor, swing from a tree,<br />
and so on. The rhyming text is lively to<br />
read aloud and young children will enjoy<br />
the boisterous characters.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: SLJ<br />
11 3/4 x 8 1/4 48 pp. 2000<br />
978-0-14-056770-0 $7.99<br />
SToeke, JAneT MoRGAn<br />
A HAT FOR MINERVA LOUISE<br />
“Here, the intrepid Minerva Louise<br />
ventures out of the hen house on a crisp<br />
winter morning....The search for suitable<br />
gear leads to several amusing cases of<br />
mistaken identity, until a pair of mittens<br />
is put to an ingenious use....Hats off!”<br />
—Publishers Weekly<br />
Rec: AN, HH, PW, SLJ<br />
10 x 8 24 pp. 1997<br />
978-0-14-055666-7 $5.99<br />
See index for more titles by Janet Morgan Stoeke.