Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Busy little mouse | by Fernandes, Eugenie

A playful little mouse races out of the house to play on the farm. He comes across many different animals out on the farm. The animals talk in their animal sounds. At the end of a busy day of play, he returns home to go to sleep.

Keywords: animals, bedtime, cat, cow, dog, duck, exercise, farm, feelings, happiness, horse, jumping, mouse, pig, rhyme, running, sheep, sounds

I like me! | by Carlson, Nancy

A very fine pig lists all the good qualities she sees in herself, along with what helps her cope when she's feeling low. She points out that nothing is better than being yourself. She paints, rides her bike, reads good books, and takes care of herself.

Zoopa: An animal alphabet | by Marino, Gianna

Check out this alphabet book surrounding a bowl of soup. Each page brings two more letters to the soup bowl accompanied by animals beginning with those letters. In the end, the bowl is full of letters and the table is covered in animals.

Keywords: alphabet, animals, ant, birds, butterfly, chipmunk, dog, elephant, food, frog, grasshopper, hedgehog, iguana, insects, koala, ladybug, monkey, nutrition, ostrich, pig, quail, rabbit, sequence, snake, turtle, unicorns, vulture, worm, yak, zebra

April foolishness | by Bateman, Teresa

The grandkids are excited to visit grandma and grandpa's farm. Today is April Fool's and they want to trick grandpa. The grandkids can't understand why grandpa remains so calm when they tell him all the animals have escaped. Grandma lends a hand to help trick grandpa.

Keywords: animals, april fools, confusion, cooking, cow, family, farm, food, garden, goat, grandparents, humor, nutrition, pig, rhyme, rhythm, sheep, trick

Oliver the mighty pig | by Van Leeuwen, Jean

Oliver gets a new cape for his birthday and becomes Mighty Pig to the rescue in four short stories adout his adventures. Oliver fights fires and braves dragons during his quest to save everyone from danger until he has to conquer the hardest task of all which is to have patience while his cape is being washed.

Keywords: adventures, baby, birthday, bravery, celebration, clothing, disguise, dreams, family, feelings, fire, identity, imagination, jumping, parents, patience, pig, pretend, rescue

Zoopa, an animal alphabet | by Marino, Gianna

Have you eer had alphabet soup? Take an inviting journey through the alphabet as various animals and insects appear with their corresponding letters in a bowl of soup. As the pages begin to fill, the challenge of finding the corresponding animals becomes more difficult in this wordless alphabet adventure

Keywords: alphabet, animals, ant, birds, butterfly, chipmunk, dog, elephant, food, frog, goat, grasshopper, hedgehog, iguana, insects, jellyfish, koala, ladybug, monkey, ostrich, pig, quail, rabbit, sequence, snake, turtle, unicorns, vocabulary, vulture, worm, yak, zebra

Oh say can you say? | by Seuss, Dr.

Oh say can you say is filled with tongue twisters to make the reading fun yet challenging. The story features pages of rhymes ranging from animals to people.

Keywords: beach, birds, boat, bones, books, christmas, colors, dinosaur, dog, duck, family, fish, island, money, monkey, music, parrot, pig, poetry, rain, reading, storm, travel, umbrella, water, whale

Please say please! | by Cuyler, Margery

When Penguin invites his friends for dinner, they all seem to have forgotten their manners. The animals need help to remember the right way to act at a friend's house.

Keywords: animals, bear, birds, chimpanzee, elephant, food, friendship, giraffe, hippopotamus, lion, manners, nutrition, parrot, penguin, pig, rhinoceros, sounds

Mung-mung | by Park, Linda Sue

Animal sounds in different languages such as Turkish, Chinese and Hindu are shared. Open the flap to find out what animal it is.

Keywords: animals, arabic, birds, cat, chicken, chinese, conflict resolution, dog, duck, english, filipino, french, frog, german, hindu, horse, italian, japanese, korean, language, norwegian, pig, polish, russian, spanish, swedish, turkish, verbal communication, vietnamese

A spree in paree | by Stock, Catherine

Monsieur Monmouton has never been to Paris, France so he decides to take a vacation with all of his farm animals. Once there, they shop, eat in restaurants, and go to a museum. But there is much more they have to do!

Keywords: animals, bodies of water, car, chicken, cow, dog, farm, france, goat, goose, multicultural, museum, nonverbal communication, pig, pigeon, restaurant, river, seasons, shopping, summer, transportation, vacation, verbal communication

Q is for duck | by Elting, Mary // Folsom, Michael

A zoo filled with a wide variety of animals, their behaviors, and the noises that they make creates a fun-filled atmosphere for an exciting riddle using all twenty-six letters of the alphabet. This alphabet guessing game keeps children anticipating what is on the next page as they are learning they connections between animals and letters.

Keywords: alphabet, amphibians, animals, birds, camel, cat, chameleon, cow, coyote, dinosaur, dog, elephant, horse, insects, kangaroo, lion, mole, mosquito, mule, owl, pig, prairie dog, reptiles, riddle, snake, sounds, zoo

Mooove over! | by Beil, Karen Magnuson

A trolley driver has a set system that he always uses to keep track of the number of passengers: he counts by twos. One day, everything is going right on schedule, until a big, bossy cow comes on the trolley. The driver loses count and the cow forces the other passengers onto the roof. Finally, the driver realizes there is only one passenger, gets everyone back inside the trolley, and pushes the cow off to the streets.

Keywords: animals, author's note, chaos, conflict, confusion, counting, cow, duck, feelings, games, goose, horse, manners, numbers, pig, safety, selfishness, sheep, teaching, transportation, trolley, verbal communication

Animals should definitely not wear clothing | by Barrett, Judi

Take a quirky look at what might happen if animals decide to wear clothes. These amusing pictures illuminate the problems and silliness of clothing for animals.

Keywords: animals, camel, clothing, elephant, embarrassment, feelings, giraffe, goat, humor, kangaroo, mouse, nonverbal communication, opossum, pig, porcupine, snake, walrus

Nora's ark | by Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie

As the rain keeps coming, the flood gros larger. Everyone in town goes to Grandma's house because it sits high on a hill. Along with many animals, everyone, except Grandpa, is there. Grandma and Wren are worried about Grandpa so they head out to try and save him from the flood.

Keywords: animals, cat, chicken, cow, critical thinking, decision making, duck, family, farm, flood, goal setting, grandparents, horse, pig, rain, rescue, stress management, verbal communication, weather

Do not open this book! | by Muntean, Michaela

A pig tries to dissuade the readers from opening the book because it is not finished yet. However, as the reader turns the pages, a frustrated pig realizes the book is being written after all.

Keywords: accidents, animals, books, conflict, conflict resolution, disobedience, feelings, frustration, pig, reading, writing

Tallulah in the Kitchen | by Wolff, Nancy

Tallulah the cat loves to make pancakes for her friends. She describes the process of cooking pancakes from buying the ingredients to eating them! And the step by step she goes through her recipe.

Keywords: animals, cat, cooking, decision making, dog, food, friendship, nutrition, pig, recipe, verbal communication

Chicks and Salsa | by Reynolds, Aaron

The barnyard animals of Nuthatcher Farm are discontent as they grow weary of the same old slop and feed. Their worries are laid to rest when the rooster devises a plan that leads to the first ever barnyard fiesta, complete with chips and salsa, guacamole and nachos. Their celebration is halted however, when they can find no more supplies on the farm. Is someone else on the farm planning a fiesta of their own?

Keywords: animals, barn, celebration, chicken, cooking, critical thinking, dancing, duck, exercise, fair, food, nutrition, pig, smell

Animals should definitely not wear clothing | by Barett, Judi

Wouldn't it be silly if animals wore clothing? It would probably make the lives of animals much more difficult. Enjoy exactly why clothes for animals are completely unnecessary. Would you want your new dress ruined by your porcupine quills?

Keywords: animals, birds, camel, chicken, clothing, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, elephant, feelings, frustration, giraffe, goat, kangaroo, mischief, moose, mouse, nonverbal communication, opossum, pig, porcupine, refusal skills, reptiles, self esteem, sheep, snake, stress management, walrus

Island-style alphabet | by Yee, Tammy

Learn the alphabet from a diverse perspective through the Hawaiian, Japanese and Chinese cultures. Learn more about these different cultures through the ethnic words and colorful illustrations.

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, birthday, butterfly, cat, celebration, chicken, cockroach, decision making, dog, dolphin, family, fish, food, gecko, goose, guilt, hawaiian, japanese, jellyfish, multicultural, nonverbal communication, octopus, pig, self esteem, shrimp, verbal communication, wedding

Beyond old MacDonald | by Hoce, Charley

Visit all the animals on old MacDonald's Farm and and learn how they really acted while learning language skills. Through rhyming poems, see all the silly moments and experiences the animals had living down on the farm!

Keywords: animals, assertiveness, birds, cow, critical thinking, donkey, family, farm, goat, grandparents, hockey, horse, language, nonverbal communication, parents, pig, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, self esteem, sheep, sports, swan, verbal communication

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