Books like Apple Farmer Annie
By Monica Wellington
For the kid who loves knowing exactly how things get made, from tree to table, Apple Farmer Annie turns one everyday fruit into a whole satisfying process. Cozy, orderly, and warm with the smell of baking.
Five little puppies dig a hole under the fence to explore the wide world, but the pokiest, slowest puppy keeps falling behind — and keeps missing out on dessert.
A hands-on introduction inviting babies to pat a soft bunny, play peek-a-boo with cloth, smell powdery flowers, and feel Daddy's scratchy beard on every page.
A little pea faces every kid's nightmare in reverse: his parents won't let him have his beloved vegetables for dessert until he finishes five pieces of candy for dinner.
A father and child gather tools and seeds, then plant, weed, and harvest a garden full of vegetables — beans, peas, corn, carrots — before washing, chopping, and cooking it all into a pot of soup.
Two dog best friends, one big and one little, do everything differently — different beds, different chairs, different everything — until a bedtime mix-up puts their opposite ways to the test.
A bossy big sister bunny plans an angel surprise cake with raspberry-fluff icing for Grandma's birthday, but her little brother Max keeps trying to add his own messy touches instead.
A girl balances a basket of seven delicious fruits on her head, walking to surprise her friend Akeyo, while hungry animals secretly help themselves along the way.
A tiny hedgehog named Bean spends her days with Grandma, in ten small stories full of ordinary magic — losing a bad mood in a meadow, giant strawberries, and a ghost that's really just Bean in a sheet.
A big, friendly bear wanders through the woods noticing colors all around him — inviting little ones to spot matching colors of their own on every page.
A little fur child spends a day exploring the wild woods near home, meeting other creatures and visiting his grandfather, before heading back for supper and a bedtime song.
