Kids - Pre-Readers

A little yellow dog wants ever one more thing before he'll go to sleep.

A story for beginning readers about busy dogs of all sizes and colors, engaged in all manner of silly activities.

Combines engaging facts with colorful mixed-media artwork in an introduction to the world of sharks that challenges popular misconceptions, reveals the shark's powerful sixth sense and describes ongoing conservation efforts. --Publisher's description.

When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs to the gasoline, electric, and diesel motor shovels, they go to a little country town where they find that one new job leads to another.

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.

In simple, powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the rolling wheels of that childhood favorite: a train. This Caldecott Honor Book features bright colors and bold shapes. Even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he or she has watched a freight train passing after reading Freight Train.

Anxious that he hasn't eaten his supper, Spot's mother finds seven other, more exotic, animals hiding in the house before she finds Spot.

As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.