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The Cat Sat on the Mat

Alice Cameron

As youngsters follow a cat through the activities of its day, try to guess where it will go next, and search for a mouse in each illustration, they learn simple vocabulary, in a colorful, peep-through-the-hole book featuring repetitive refrains.
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The Big Book of Happy

Natalie Marshall - Little Bee Books
Format: Hardcover

Introducing The Big Book of Happy--an adorable book about all the little things that make us smile."Birds are happy when they are singing. Monkeys are happy when they are swinging. I am happy when I am splashing ... " Happiness can mean something different for everyone. The Happy...
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It Looked Like Spilt Milk

Charles G. Shaw - HarperCollins
Format: Library Binding

The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? In this childhood classic, kids are kept guessing until the surprise ending and they're encouraged to improvise similar games of their own. This beloved classic picture...
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Mice on Ice

Rebecca Emberley - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Thought-provoking visual illusions and characters that are bright, bold, and original accompany a text that is pleasing to the ear yet just right for the newest reader. Mice skate on ice. As they skate, their blades leave lines that depict a cat. Magically, the cat appears, colorful, graphic,...
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Billy and Milly, Short and Silly!

Tuesday Mourning - Putnam Juvenile
Format: Book

Follow Billy and Milly through thirteen adventures in these funny and simple short stories. Through very basic storytelling, these brief narratives are told in only three or four words apiece. For example, ?Stoops (Billy and Milly sit on their front stoops as the ice cream truck drives...
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Where Is the Green Sheep?/Donde esta la oveja verde? Board Book: Bilingual English-Spanish

Mem Fox - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover

Little ones are sure to be lulled off to a peaceful, sheep-filled sleep by this cozy book from acclaimed author Mem Fox - now available in a bilingual English/Spanish edition.There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but where is the green...
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Truck Duck

Michael Rex - G.P. Putnam
Format: Print book

Toddlers love things that go, and even better if animals are doing the driving!The secret is out--animals don't just walk, waddle, and swim. Their names give you clues to how they really like to get around, and now you can see what vehicles they love to pilot, skipper, and drive!A clever...
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I Went Walking

Sue Williams - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Format: Audiobook

I went walking.What did you see?I saw a black catLooking at me. These catchy stanzas frolic through the Australian author Sue Williams's simple, funny read-aloud picture book that tracks a crazy-haired boy's stroll through the countryside. The boy sees a black cat, then a brown...
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I Have a Garden

Bob Barner - Holiday House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

"I have a garden," a frisky dog announces. In simple sentences the dog guides new readers through a bright and lush garden, which is home to a chipmunk, a bird, a bug, and all sorts of other creatures."This garden is for me," the dog continues."No. This garden is for all of us. We have...
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Cat Traps

Molly Coxe - Turtleback Books
Format: School & Library Binding

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A hungry cat, wanting a snack, tries to catch different animals without much success.
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Big Egg

Molly Coxe - Random House Books for Young Readers; 1 edition

One morning Hen wakes up and finds a gigantic egg in her nest. Whose ege can it be? Heres a hint, Hen--it doesnt belong to that wily Fox!,
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Tick Tock Clock

Margery Cuyler - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Tick tock, nine oclock. The twins are here to run amok!Meet a pair of spirited siblings who show Grandma an afternoon like no other! Filled with lively illustrations and simple text, this rhyming I Can Read book reinforces time-of-day concepts with humor, warmth, and a touch of mischief.,
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Pig and Cat Are Pals

Douglas Florian - Holiday House
Format: Hardcover

Pig and Cat are pals who like to bike, swim, read, and make art together. One day Pig notices Dog, who has a very interesting kite. Pig and Dog play, and Cat feels neglected and lonely. But Pig and Dog are generous souls after all; and now Pig, Cat and Dog are pals . . . who skateboard...
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Pig Is Big on Books: An I Like to Read Book

Douglas Florian - Holiday House
Format: Print book

Book-loving Pig comes up with a creative solution when he runs out of reading material in this easy reader by acclaimed poet and visual artist Douglas Florian. Pig loves to read. He's never without a big stack of books! He reads them one after another. His friends know they'll find...
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Hog and Dog

Diane Wright Landolf

Hog and Dogplay tag.Hog zigs.Dog zags.Two friends, a hog and a dog, are good at some sports and bad at others. They cheer each other on no matter what, and they finally find a game they can both enjoy together!From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Big Cat

Ethan Long - Holiday House
Format: Print book

Geisel-medalist Ethan Long s newest easy reader is for true beginners, offering laughs, a lovable and patient cat, and the simplest vocabulary possible. Two rowdy siblings love playing with their oversized kitty. They wake him up from a nap so he can fly and dance around the room while...
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? My First Reader

Bill Martin - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? beginning readers:These beloved children's stories are now available in beginning reader format. With the important pre-reading concepts of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, these picture books...
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Big Pig and Little Pig (Green Light Readers Level 1)

David McPhail - Harcourt Children's Books; 1-Simul edition
Format: Hardcover

Despite their differences, Big Pig and Little Pig are great friends. When they get together, these piggy pals have nothing but fun--and so does the reader.
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Jack and Rick

David McPhail - Harcourt Children's Books; 1 edition
Format: Print book

Jack wants to play with Rick, and Rick wants to play with Jack--but there's a river between them. David McPhail reveals that friendship can bridge any river--and that when it comes to having fun, two is always better than one!
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See Me Run

Paul Meisel - Holiday House
Format: Paperback

An energetic pack of dogs has a glorious adventure digging and running in the park. A carefree day takes a turn when they discover a mother lode of bones--dinosaur bones!
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Big Dog and Little Dog

Dav Pilkey - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

Big Dog and Little Dog are canine companions who stick together through thick and thin. In this, their first adventure, Big Dog and Little Dog are hungry! And as any good dog knows, friends who chow down together nap together. With simple text, graphic illustrations, and tongue-in-cheek...
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Pie for Chuck: An I Like to Read Book

Pat Schories - Holiday House,
Format: Print book

When tempted by his favorite dessert, Pat Schories's lovable Chuck recruits his friends to help him sneak a taste.Big Chuck is a woodchuck with a taste for pie. He daydreams about warm, flaky pastries and their fruity filling. When he spots a freshly baked blueberry pie cooling on the windowsill,...
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Hop on Pop

Dr. Seuss - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

This classic Beginner Book makes an ideal gift for Seuss fans and is an especially good way to show Pop some love! Loved by generations, this "simplest Seuss for youngest use" is a Beginner Book classic. See Red and Ned and Ted and Ed in a bed. And giggle as Pat sits on a hat and on a cat and on a bat . . . but a cactus?...
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Todd's Box

Paula Sullivan - Green Light Readers
Format: Hardcover

Todd's mom is in a hurry, so she can't stop every time Todd sees something interesting. But Todd has a wonderful surprise for her--a box full of treasures that he's collected along the way.
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Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill: A Phonics Reader

Martha Weston - Random House
Format: Paperback

Jack and Jill and big dog Bill go sledding one snowy winter day. When big dog Bill notices a rabbit on the hill, mayhem ensues. This fun phonics reader helps early readers with the use of alliteration and rhyming.
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Time to Sleep, Sheep the Sheep!

Mo Willems - Balzer & Bray
Format: Book

Join spunky Cat the Cat as she introduces the very youngest readers to her world, where a surprise is waiting in every book.
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