Sonderbooks Picture Book Reviews

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April 11, 2013

One Two That's My Shoe! by Alison Murray, is a rhyming counting book that's lovely in its simplicity. A perfect counting book for the youngest readers, but one that won't bore them as they grow older.

Happy reading!

Animal Characters

Penny and Her Marble

by Kevin Henkes

Chloe

by Peter McCarty

The Little Rabbit Who Liked to Say MOO

by Jonathan Allen

The Plot Chickens

by Mary Jane and Herm Auch

Quack and Count

by Keith Baker

A Visitor for Bear

by Bonny Becker
illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

A Birthday for Bear

by Bonny Becker
illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

A Bedtime for Bear

by Bonny Becker
illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

The Sniffles for Bear

by Bonny Becker
illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton

Z Is For Moose

by Kelly Bingham
pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky

Big Wolf and Little Wolf:
The Little Leaf That Wouldn't Fall

by Nadine Brun-Cosme
illustrated by Olivier Tallec

Another Brother

by Matthew Cordell

The Pout-Pout Fish

by Deborah Diesen
pictures by Dan Hanna

Knitty Kitty

by David Elliott
illustrated by Christopher Denise

Oh No!

by Candace Fleming
illustrated by Eric Rohmann

Oh No, George!

by Chris Haughton

Penny and Her Song

by Kevin Henkes

Penny and Her Doll

by Kevin Henkes

Katie Loves the Kittens

by John Himmelman

999 Tadpoles

by Ken Kimura
illustrated by Yasunari Murakami

I Want My Hat Back

by Jon Klassen

This Is Not My Hat

by Jon Klassen

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons

by Eric Litwin
created and illustrated by James Dean

Little Panda

by Renata Liwska

The Frogs and Toads All Sang

by Arnold Lobel
colored by Adrianne Lobel

Frog and Fly
Six Slurpy Stories

by Jeff Mack

The Lion and the Mouse

by Jerry Pinkney

A Ball for Daisy

by Chris Raschka

Toot Toot Zoom!

by Phyllis Root
illustrated by Matthew Cordell

Chicken Dance

by Tammi Sauer
illustrated by Dan Santat

Read It, Don't Eat It!

by Ian Schoenherr

The Three Ninja Pigs

by Corey Rosen Schwartz
illustrated by Dan Santat

Timothy and the Strong Pajamas

by Viviane Schwarz

Bear Has a Story to Tell

by Philip C. Stead
illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Pip's Trip

by Janet Morgan Stoeke

The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred

by Samantha R. Vamos
illustrated by Rafael Lopez

Balancing Act

by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Art and Max

by David Wiesner

Are You Ready to Play Outside?

by Mo Willems

City Dog, Country Frog

by Mo Willems
pictures by Jon J Muth

I Will Surprise My Friend!

by Mo Willems

Pigs Make Me Sneeze!

by Mo Willems

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

retold and illustrated by Helen Ward

Contemporary

One Two That's My Shoe!

by Alison Murray

Building Our House

by Jonathan Bean

In a Blue Room

by Jim Averbeck
illustrated by Tricia Tusa

Are You Awake?

by Sophie Blackall

Miss Brooks Loves Books! (and I don't)

by Barbara Bottner
illustrated by Michael Emberley

Our Librarian Won't Tell Us Anything!

by Toni Buzzeo
illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa

Thunder-Boomer!

by Shutta Crum
illustrated by Carol Thompson

Let the Whole Earth Sing Praise

by Tomie DePaola

Mitchell's License

by Hallie Durand
illustrated by Tony Facile

And Then It's Spring

written by Julie Fogliano
illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Hello Baby!

by Mem Fox
illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

If Rocks Could Sing

by Leslie McGuirk

Stars

by Mary Lyn Ray
illustrated by Marla Frazee

Green

by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Composer Is Dead

by Lemony Snicket
music by Nathaniel Stookey
illustrations by Carson Ellis

Ladybug Girl at the Beach

by David Soman and Jacky Davis

Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!

by Hyewon Yum

History

The Art of Miss Chew

by Patricia Polacco

A Walk in London

by Salvatore Rubbino

How I Learned Geography

by Uri Shulevitz

Delightfully Silly

Exclamation Mark!

by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
and Tom Lichtenheld

Chloe and the Lion

by Mac Barnett
pictures by Adam Rex

Orangutan Tongs

by Jon Agee

Stuck

by Oliver Jeffers

Monsters Eat Whiny Children

by Bruce Eric Kaplan

The Scrambled States of America Talent Show

by Laurie Keller

Knock, Knock!

The Boy Who Cried Ninja

by Alex Latimer

Bubble Trouble

by Margaret Mahy
illustrated by Polly Dunbar

The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot

by Margaret McNamara
illustrated by Mark Fearing

Maya Makes a Mess

by Rutu Modan

The Book That Eats People

by John Perry
illustrations by Mark Fearing

Patricia von Pleasantsquirrel

by James Proimos

What Animals Really Like

by Fiona Robinson

Grandpa for Sale

by Vicki Sansum and Dotti Enderle
illustrated by T. Kyle Gentry

Robot Zot!

by Jon Scieszka
illustrated by David Shannon

Oh, Daddy!

by Bob Shea

13 Words

by Lemony Snicket
illustrated by Maira Kalman

Millie in the Snow

by Alexander Steffensmeier

Millie Waits for the Mail

by Alexander Steffensmeier

Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?

by Audrey Vernick
illustrated by Daniel Jennewein

Scaredy Squirrel

by Melanie Watt

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!

by Mo Willems

The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!

by Mo Willems

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?

by Mo Willems

Fantasy

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk

by Colin Stimpson

Chalk

by Bill Thomson

The Odious Ogre

by Norton Juster
pictures by Jules Feiffer

Ghosts in the House!

by Kazuno Kohara

Jeremy Draws a Monster

by Peter McCarty