Judy Sierra

This picture book about the first day of school, featuring a frog, a duck, a mouse, and a snail, combines a story in rhyme with colorful graphic rebuses, making it a fun book for parent and child to share in the reading. Children about to enter kindergarten or first grade who long to be able to read will get a sense of accomplishment by "reading" the little rebus pictures in the story. Judy Sierra, author of Wild About Books, uses bouncy rhyme...

The Little Red Hen gives Old MacDonald some pointers on composting-- and a legendary farm is born-- in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud.

When B.B. Wolf, who now lives in the Villain Villa Retirement Residence, is invited to the library for a storybook tea, he is careful to follow the advice of his crocodile friend and impresses everyone with how polite he can be.

A boy sends off for "Professor Swami's Super Slime" to use as his science fair project and then has to cope with the funny disaster that follows.

Presents an account of the early career of Ted Geisel, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss, describing how he adhered to strict literary guidelines while writing "The Cat in the Hat."

Joining the new baby animals at the zoo are the much-loved pengaroo and the pandacat.

In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.

A little boy named Sam discovers the many unexpected ways in which a love of reading can come in handy, and sometimes even save the day.

When a little mouse accidentally tickles a dragon's snout during a winter night in a haunted house, it sets off a series of cumulative actions which throw all of the creatures into a frenzy.

When the owner of the circus where they work replaces them with robot dogs, Coco and Cavendish set out to find a new job--but it is not as easy as they thought it would be.