Barrington Area Library

Kids' Catalog |  Stories & Fingerplays

Spring 2008

Two-Year-Olds | Three-Year-Olds | Three- through Five-Year-Olds | Four- and Five-Year-Olds

Two-Year-Olds

Stories | Fingerplays

Stories

Alborough, Jez.  Duck's Key, Where Can It Be?
Baillie, Marilyn.  Nose to Toes.
Barner, Bob.  Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
Barry, Frances.  Duckie's Ducklings.
Cartwright, Reg.  What We Do.
Crews, Donald.  Freight Train.
Hudson, Cheryl Willis.  Hands Can.
Hutchins, Pat.  Rosie's Walk.
Ives, Penny.  Five Little Ducks.
Kuklin, Susan.  All Aboard! A True Train Story.
Lavis, Steve.  Cock-a-Doodle-Doo: A Farmyard Counting Book.
London, Jonathan.  Crunch Munch.
McGee, Marni.  Wake up, Me!
Morris, Jackie.  Bears, Bears, and More Bears.
Rathmann, Jackie.  Good Night, Gorilla!
Riley, Linnea Asplind.  Mouse Mess.
Sturges, Philemon.  How Do You Make a Baby Smile?
Tafuri, Nancy.  Five Little Chicks.
Thompson, Lauren.  Mouse's First Spring.

Fingerplays

Animal Sounds
Big and Small
Choo-Choo Train
Falling Raindrops
Here Is a Beehive
I Saw a Little Rabbit
Open, Shut Them
Petting Zoo
Ten Little Fingers

Three-Year-Olds

Stories | Fingerplays

Stories

Alborough, Jez.  Duck in the Truck.
Barrett, Judi.  Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing.
Butler, John.  Can You Cuddle Like a Koala?
Cowen-Fletcher, Jane.  Farmer Will.
Cowley, Joy.  Chameleon, Chameleon.
Dahl, Michael.  One Giant Splash: A Counting Book about the Ocean.
Dale, Penny.  Boy on the Bus.  
Dewdney, Anna.  Llama, Llama, Mad at Mama.
Gorbachev, Valeri. The Big Trip.
Ives, Penny.  Five Little Ducks.
Lyon, George Ella.  Trucks Roll!
Kuklin, Susan.  All Aboard! A True Train Story.
Mayo, Margaret.  Roar!
McDonnell, Flora.  Sparky.
Miller, Margaret.  Can You Guess?
Monks, Lydia.  The Cat Barked?
Patricelli, Leslie.  The Birthday Box: Happy Birthday to Me!
Schertle, Alice.  Very Hairy Bear.
Shaw, Nancy.  Sheep in a Jeep.
Steig, William.  Pete's a Pizza.
Thomas, Jan.  What Will Fat Cat Sit On?  
Walsh, Ellen Stoll.  Mouse Shapes.
Yolen, Jane.  Hoptoad.

Fingerplays

Baby Mice
The Birds
Can You Jump Like a Frog?
Choo-Choo Train
Clap Hands
Five Little Monkeys
Honey Bear
Ten Little Fingers
There's a Spider on the Floor
Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle

Three- to Five-Year-Olds

Stories | Fingerplays

Stories

Anderson, Derek.  Gladys Goes out to Lunch.
Cain, Sheridan.  The Crunching Munching Caterpillar.
Casanova, Mary.  One-Dog Canoe.
Dunbar, Polly.  Penguin.   
Friend, Catherine.  The Perfect Nest.
Hearn, Diane Dawson.  Dad's Dinosaur Day.
Kelley, Ellen A.  My Life as a Chicken.
Kroll, Steven.  Oh, Tucker!
Lakin, Patricia.  Rainy Day!
LaRochelle, David.  The Best Pet of All.
Lewin, Betsy.  Chubbo's Pool.
Lionni, Leo.  A Color of His Own.
McFarland, Lyn Rossiter.  Mouse Went out to Get a Snack.
Ormerod, Jan.  If You're Happy and You Know It!
Rathmann, Peggy.  Good Night, Gorilla!
Shields, Carol Diggory.  Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp.
Steffensmeier, Alexander.  Millie Waits for the Mail.
Wilson, Karma.  Whopper Cake.
Wood, Audrey.  A Dog Needs a Bone.
Wood, Audrey.  King Bidgood's in the Bathtub.
Yolen, Jane.  How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

Fingerplays

A Ram Sam Sam
Crocodile Pie
Dance Your Fingers Up
Five Little Monkeys
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
If You're Wearing Red Today
Little Turtle
My Hands Say Thank You
The Puppy
With a Cock-a-Doodle-Doo

Four-to-Five-Year-Olds

Stories | Fingerplays

Stories

Bachelet, Giles.  When the Silliest Cat Was Small.
Bateman, Teresa.  Farm Flu.
Bennett, Kelly.  Not Norman: A Goldfish Story.
Calmenson, Stephanie.  Birthday at the Panda Palace.
Dunbar, Polly.  Penguin.
Emberley, Ed.  Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug!
Emmett, Jonathan.  Bringing down the Moon.
Kennedy, Kim.  Pirate Pete's Talk like a Pirate.
Kimmel, Eric A.  Anansi and the Magic Stick. 
Korchek, Lori.  Adventures of Cow, Too!
Kraft, Erik.  Chocolatina.
Laird, Elizabeth.  Beautiful Bananas.
Lester, Helen.  Tacky the Penguin. 
MacDonald, Alan.  Beware of the Bears!
Milgrim, David.  Cows Can't Fly.
Rathmann, Peggy.  Good Night, Gorilla!
Ross, Tony.  Centipede's 100 Shoes.
Shields, Carol Diggory.  Martian Rock.
Stoeke, Janet Morgan.  A Friend for Minerva Louise.
Sykes, Julie.  That Pesky Dragon.
Tompert, Ann.  Just a Little Bit.
Willems, Mo.  Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late!
Wood, Audrey.  A Dog Needs a Bone.
Wood, Audrey.  King Bidgood's in the Bathtub. 

Fingerplays

A Ram Sam Sam
Crocodile Pie
Dance Your Fingers Up
Five Little Monkeys
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
If You're Wearing Red Today
Little Turtle
My Hands Say Thank You
The Puppy
With a Cock-a-Doodle-Doo