Reading Together
Animals
March 2016
Wild about us!
by Karen Beaumont

From Elephant's long nose to Kangaroo's huge feet to Monkey's prominent ears, everyone is worth celebrating, no matter what they look like!
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
All About Me - Beaumont, K.
Rakow Branch
Growing And Changing - Beaumont, K.
If all the animals came inside
by Eric Pinder

Illustrations and rhyming text explore the fun and mayhem that could ensue if elephants, kangaroos, bats and more were to come inside a little boy's house.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
All About Me - Pinder, E.
Pouch!
by David Ezra Stein

Joey the kangaroo leaves the pouch and begins to hop about the land where he makes new discoveries, sees buzzing bees, and makes new friends during one very eventful day before finally returning "home" to his Mama who waits nearby.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
All About Me - Stein, D.
The monkey and the bee
by C. P. Bloom

A follow-up to The Monkey Goes Bananas finds Monkey struggling to enjoy his banana in peace when a bee repeatedly asks for a share, a situation that is further complicated when their dispute awakens an angry lion.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Bloom, C.
Rakow Branch
I Like Animals - Bloom, C.
Please, open this book!
by Adam Lehrhaupt

The award-winning creators of Warning: Do Not Open This Book! present a new hazard-filled volume that explains how opening the book is the only way to save a zany monkey crew trapped between pages.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Lehrhaupt, A.
Go home Flash
by Ruth Paul

A follow-up to the award-winning Bad Dog Flash finds playful puppy Flash showing his human family how much he misses them whenever they are away from home.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Paul, R.
Murphy in the city
by Alice Provensen

Murphy, a small terrier, reluctantly leaves his farm for a trip to the city, where he finds many things to do--and bark at--but he is happy to return to his barn at the end of the day.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Provensen, A.
Rakow Branch
I Like Animals - Provensen, A.
A Tale of Two Beasts
by Fiona Roberton

There are two sides to every story. In part one, a little girl finds a strange beast in the woods and takes it home as a pet. She feeds it, shows it off to her friends and gives it a hat. But that night it escapes. Then, in part two, the beast tells the story of being kidnapped by the girl, who forcefed it squirrel food, scared it with a group of beasts and wrapped it in wool. Can the two beasts resolve their differences? An eye-opening story that makes you look at things from a different perspective.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Roberton, F.
Little Bird takes a bath
by Marisabina Russo

Searching for a "just right" puddle that is not too big, small or occupied, a little bird in a big city park endures numerous disappointments before finding a perfect puddle to call his own.
By the creator of A Very Big Bunny.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Russo, M.
Snow
by Sam Usher

Wanting to join his friends at the park during a rare snow day that closes his school, an impatient Sam waits for his grandfather to arrive before embarking on a fun-filled day of playing in the snow.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Usher, S.
Mama : a true story in which a baby hippo loses his mama during the tsunami, but finds a new home and a new mama
by Jeanette Winter

Offers the true story of a baby hippo who, after being torn away from his mother during the 2004 tsunami and left alone for several days, was rescued, brought to an animal refuge, and found a new mother-figure in a giant male tortoise who was more than happy to oblige.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books By Author - Winter, J.
Is Your Smile Like a Crocodile's?
by Scholastic Inc.
 
 
Compares children's smiles with the large, tooth-filled mouths of crocodiles.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books For Babies - Is
Black and white animals
by Scholastic

Introduces animals that are black and white, including zebras, panda bears, and penguins.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Books For Babies - Black
Black cat, white cat
by Silvia Borando

A black cat who only ever goes out during the day and a white cat who only goes out at night meet in the middle and start a beautiful relationship together.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Building Blocks - Borando, S.
Rakow Branch
Building Blocks - Borando, S.
Not all animals are blue : a big book of little differences
by Béatrice Boutignon

Presents animals in groups of five and asks young readers to spot differences among them for such things as color, shape, pose, attitude, behavior, and facial expression.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Building Blocks - Boutignon, B.
Rakow Branch
Building Blocks - Boutignon, B.
Big bear, little chair
by Lizi Boyd

Through pictures and simple text this delightful picture book presents unexpected opposites, like a big zebra sweeping with a little broom, or a big lion riding in a tiny wagon.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Building Blocks - Boyd, L.
Fibonacci Zoo
by Tom Robinson

When Eli and his father visit an unusual zoo, Eli keeps track of the numbers of animals and soon sees there is a pattern that will predict how many creatures are in the next exhibit. Includes an activity and facts about number sequences.
 
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Building Blocks - Robinson, T.
Oops, pounce, quick, run! : an alphabet caper
by Mike Twohy

A whimsically illustrated alphabet book by the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist incorporates a story about a little mouse whose nap is interrupted by a ball that bounces into his home, setting off an epic chase from A to Z.
 
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Building Blocks - Twohy, M.
Rakow Branch
Building Blocks - Twohy, M.
Suryia & Roscoe : the true story of an unlikely friendship
by Bhagavan Antle

Based on a true story, an orangutan living at a wildlife preserve in South Carolina forms an unlikely friendship with a lost dog who comes to live there.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Water, Earth, Sky - Antle, B.
Gorilla
by Suzi Eszterhas

Follows the life a gorilla family as a newborn gorilla baby grows, plays, and learns how to take care of itself.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Water, Earth, Sky - Eszterhas, S.
Cricket song
by Anne Hunter

As crickets sing in the breeze, hunting owls watch over the bay, and sea otters doze on the tide, two children on different continents go to bed.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Water, Earth, Sky - Hunter, A.
Jungle Animals
by Anton Poitier

"This book is filled with surprises! Lift each flap in turn to discover something unexpected!"
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Water, Earth, Sky - Poitier, A.
Beautiful birds
by Jean Roussen

Presents a rhyming, A to Z exploration of birds around the world, from albatross to zosteropidae.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Water, Earth, Sky - Roussen, J.
Rakow Branch
I Like Animals - Roussen, J.
A lion grows up
by Anastasia Suen

Explains the life cycle of the lion.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Water, Earth, Sky - Suen, A.
Go, Go Animals!
by The Monkey Doos

Go, Go Animals gets kids moving to 12 original songs in an up-on-your-feet, learning-to-the-beat workout inspired by the animal kingdom. Kids explore the movements and sounds of a variety of animals. Along the way, they imagine what it's like to be a frog, an elephant, a tiger, a flamingo, a crocodile, and more. Designed to help young children develop gross motor skills through guided activities, this CD will also help in a child's cognitive, physical, and social development. Contents Monkeydoos theme song -- Jungle frogs -- Tiger paws -- Flamingos -- I like bananas -- Go, go coconuts -- Elephant shuffle -- Bugs, bugs, bugs -- Crocodile hunt -- My spyglass -- Jungle walk -- Humming bird.
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Preschool CD (ZM/MONK/W11)
Rakow Branch
Tots Tunes CD (MUSIC/MONK/W11)
Wild About Animals
by Sharon, Lois & Bram.

Our elephant, deux elephants -- Grandpa's farm -- My dog Rags -- The farmer in the dell -- Going to the zoo -- Horsey horsey -- Noah's old ark -- The ants go marching -- Five little monkeys -- Five little fishies -- Les petits poissons -- Shoe a little horse -- Caballito blanco -- Terence McDiddler/Three little fishies/"Ishin' -- Three little kittens/Pussy cat pussy cat/Hickory dickory dock/Three blind pigs -- The cat came back -- Arabella Millet -- Bluebird, bluebird -- Two little blackbirds/Five little chickadees -- Three craw -- Mairzy doats -- A riddle -- Little rabbit Foo-Foo -- Susannah's a funny old man -- Tingalayo -- The smile on the crocodile -- Miss Muffet/Eensey weensey spider -- Chicken medley -- Don't bring an elephant (to a family meal).
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Preschool CD (ZM/SHAR/E63)
Animal Antics
by Hap Palmer

Songs about animals and how they move. Monkeys -- Hippo is heavy -- Hummingbird -- Floppy doggy -- Rabbit moves fast -- The turtle -- Chickens -- Cobra -- Butterfly -- Don't mess with gorilla -- Clip clip clop -- My kitty cat
 
Main Library Early Learning Center
Preschool CD (ZM/PALM/E05)
Math & Science in Early Childhood Education
Preschool & Kindergarten Educators Workshop: Creative Implementation of
Math & Science in Early Childhood Settings
 
This workshop is designed for Early Childhood Professionals who work with children ages birth to five.
 
Main Building
Thursday, March 10
6:30 pm
Meadows Community Rooms A-B-C

Learn the importance of math and science experiences in early childhood environments; how to implement the Illinois Early Learning Standards; and how to extend meaningful learning experiences.
 
Presented by U-46 Give Me Five! Community Liasions:
Amber Peters, Alexandra Schaefer and Tiffany Trewartha.
NOTE: This is Gateways approved. Professionals seeking Gateways credit, please bring your ID number.
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Main
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