![Name That Dog!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803733224.jpg?itok=cITtkTIF)
Happy puppies,/scrappy puppies … each one needs a name … and ideal names from A to Z are presented in 26 descriptive poems. Aspen is the color of leaves in fall, Melody likes to sing, and Zipper loves to run, zipping everywhere. These poems are wonderful to read aloud to one child or a whole group.
Name That Dog!
![Ocean Soup: Tide-Pool Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580892000.jpg?itok=Kla2SK4B)
Meet a sea anemone, sea urchin, a sculpin and other inhabitants of a tide pool through poems (in each creature’s voice) and an informative paragraph (in a different typeface). Cartoon-like illustrations complete the engaging animal introductions while additional information is provided.
Ocean Soup: Tide-Pool Poems
![Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0525479015.jpg?itok=_la89cJt)
Everyone knows that there are two sides to every story. Read a cleverly illustrated poem one way for one side; read the same poem in reverse and learn the other. Well known fairy tales are presented through reversible poems sure to intrigue sophisticated readers of all ages. Each book comes with a CD, so pop it in and follow along!
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
![Everybody Was a Baby Once and Other Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763646822.jpg?itok=gKbYCB9t)
Enjoy short, lively, and varied poems for different occasions and from Monday (“…Washday,/sloshday…”) to Friday which is “…fishday in out town/Fat-fish, flat-fish/Cod- and cat-fish…” Line drawings on richly hued pages make an attractive and engaging collection to be read cover-to-cover or to dipped into for a special treat.
Everybody Was a Baby Once and Other Poems
![!Muu, Moo! Rimas de animales/Animal Nursery Rhymes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061346136.jpg?itok=R8z_xsuS)
Both traditional and original nursery rhymes featuring animals are presented in this attractively illustrated collection. An introduction is likely to inspire adults and lays a foundation for sharing the rhymes in one or the other language.
!Muu, Moo! Rimas de animales/Animal Nursery Rhymes
![Let's Say Hi to Friends Who Fly!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/006172842X.jpg?itok=OvpQexQf)
Cat the Cat asks Bee the Bee and other flying animals if they can fly then cheers them on as they do what comes naturally. When Rhino the Rhino goes up in a plane, all of the playground friends join him! Strong, simple forms enhance the deadpan humor in this new and series about the endlessly friendly feline.
See also: Cat the Cat, Who Is That? (opens in a new window)
Let’s Say Hi to Friends Who Fly!
![Hip Hop Dog](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061239631.jpg?itok=qWyeRwDg)
A mutt tells reveals a “doggy allegory” and how he went from “the saddest and the baddest” to being a hip hop dog. Jazzy language swirls around and with fresh, loose art to create a sense of music in many forms. While rappers may just call it ‘freestyle,’ this zippy book is howling good fun.
Hip Hop Dog
![Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0689851138.jpg?itok=d65ETluQ)
If anyone is looking for a new pet, they may want to consider a rhinoceros. In this amusing book, there’s one for sale “cheap.” Black line drawings with an occasional splash of color and a straightforward text reveal the unique strengths of an unlikely friendship with characteristic Silverstein flair.
Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?
![Where the Sidewalk Ends](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060572345.jpg?itok=VJc1MXPy)
Young readers (or listeners) are invited to share whimsical, imaginative, sometimes head-turning, always laugh-inducing poems in this classic collection.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
![The Missing Piece Meets the Big O](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060256575.jpg?itok=ZFtdA8b2)
The creature with the missing piece (in the book of the same title) is back. Here it searches for a friend and meets the Big O, learning what it means to have a buddy that suits you well. Simple black line drawings and unadorned language make this a powerful tale that works on many levels.
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O
![The Missing Piece](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060256710.jpg?itok=fXU1GhNj)
Its gentle journey begins with melancholy: “It was missing a piece and it was not happy” but concludes with greater self-awareness. The main character is depicted as a Pac-Man-like creature who strives to find what it thinks it’s missing. Simple text and line drawings ideally complement each other in this many-leveled tale.
The Missing Piece
![A Giraffe and a Half](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060256559.jpg?itok=iAv7FC44)
Laugh out loud things happen when one has a giraffe who has stretched to become a giraffe and a half. Absurdity and humor build as a boy adds more silly (but rhyming) things to the long-necked animal. Line illustrations build to bring the satisfying tale full circle.
A Giraffe and a Half
![Falling Up](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0060248025.jpg?itok=7V42pzOY)
As he did in his earlier collections, Silverstein presents the world with shrewd humor, a bit of rebellion, loads of lively language, and endless reader appeal. His signature line drawings add to the comic appeal of the classic poems presented in this collection.
Falling Up
![Don't Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061493384.jpg?itok=qKMCR-VC)
Meet the Pointy-Peaked Pavarius, a Quick-Disguising Ginnit, and other amazing imaginary critters in this poetic bestiary. Delight in the pages of Silverstein’s only collection illustrated in full color. Wordplay and humor are the hallmarks of this engaging collection.
Don’t Bump the Glump! and Other Fantasies
![My Name Is Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral / Me llamo Gabriela: la vida de Gabriela Mistral](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0873588592.jpg?itok=m7fVDqOr)
“My name is Gabriela Mistral. It is a name I chose myself because I like the sound of it.” With these words, Monica Brown introduces us to the Chilean poet and author who, in 1945, became the first Latin American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. The lyrical text and exquisite illustrations bring Gabriela’s childhood and talent to life for young readers.
My Name Is Gabriela: The Life of Gabriela Mistral / Me llamo Gabriela: la vida de Gabriela Mistral
![The Tooth Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375810390.jpg?itok=JhXqKZjm)
Who has teeth? Everyone from people to the zebra! And so opens this book of questions and answers designed to engage and provide readers with information revealed in lively rhythm and rhyme with Seussian humor. (LeSieg is Geisel spelled backwards, Dr. Seuss’ real name.) Cartoon-like illustrations complement the lightheartedness of the book.
The Tooth Book
![My Love Will Be with You](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0061552607.jpg?itok=xSRVYd0f)
The special place in fathers’ hearts for their children is celebrated in this warmly illustrated, wise book. Rich language describes each animal dad’s prediction of their child’s growing up until a human father is pictured embracing an infant. This is as appealing as the author/illustrator’s I Love You as Much.
My Love Will Be with You
![The Tree that Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science and Imagination](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1402225172.jpg?itok=uAq043b4)
Clearly organized with lucid introductions to each section as well as for select poems, this handsome anthology includes a range of poems and poets for an evocative, informative, and often inspiring look at science and nature.
The Tree that Time Built: A Celebration of Nature, Science and Imagination
![Truckery Rhymes](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1416941355.jpg?itok=vO9SagYK)
Move over Mother Goose! These cheerfully illustrated ditties not only take off from the earlier rhymes, but add a decidedly contemporary feel with likely appeal especially for truck and grit lovers. The rhymes can be shared aloud or even read aloud with more traditional offerings.
Truckery Rhymes
![One, Two, Buckle My Shoe](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823422305.jpg?itok=HSUugwbm)
The familiar rhyme continues all the way to 20 as a rabbit helps the farm animals get ready for a party. A small chick on each page encourages young readers to look closely as chicks are hidden on each spread. Bright, boldly lined illustrations are appealing and child-like.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
![Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375843965.jpg?itok=8uxJvwoY)
Short rhymes introduce out-of-the ordinary animals and invite readers to touch a part of the illustration to feel such things as an octopus’ textured tentacles. This could be a colorful companion to the much-loved classic, Pat the Bunny.
Have You Ever Tickled a Tiger?
![The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0375840028.jpg?itok=SxTiAyIm)
From A to Z, the 26 lowercase letters rowdily get ready for bed. Told in verse and illustrated with slightly eccentric but appealing mixed-media illustrations the letters bounce and cavort until the uppercase “parent” letters put their kids to bed.
The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town
![Every Second Something Happens: Poems for the Mind & Senses](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/159078622X.jpg?itok=beDrUJfm)
A feast for the eye as well as the ear, this collection is just right for sharing. The poetry and rhymes include work by known poets as well as by children. Different sections are sure to appeal to different interests and tastes but all are imaginative. A note for adults helps demystify sharing poetry with children.
Every Second Something Happens: Poems for the Mind & Senses
![Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0811846687.jpg?itok=KgBPuH4-)
Short rhymes are riddles, asking readers to figure which books are being described while additional clues are presented in animated illustrations. From Click, Clack, Moo to traditional folktales, young readers (and their adults) will enjoy this interactive book.