Books like Ladybug Girl and Bingo
By David Soman
For the kid who takes pet duty seriously — and the one who still gets distracted the second something more interesting wanders by — this one lands close to home. Sunny, outdoorsy, and warmly reassuring, with a little jolt of worry that resolves by the campfire.
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 pioneer girl and her family cross the wide-open Kansas prairie in search of a new home, playing with gophers and rabbits by day before settling into a cozy camp each night.
A time-traveling guide skydives into Sequoia National Park, leading young explorers through groves of giant trees to uncover the park's history, wildlife, and a hidden danger threatening its ancient giants.
A spirited older woman and her dog pack up their rattlebang car and drive province by province across Canada, discovering something special in each one, on their way to visit her sister in Newfoundland.
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.
A lighthouse keeper tends his light through storms, fog, and drifting icebergs, keeping careful watch and logging every detail as the seasons turn outside his round stone walls.
A girl in a red knit cap and her forest friends find a hollow tree and turn it into a shared library, each animal adding its own gift to the spot.
In the late 1930s, a New York mail carrier named Victor Hugo Green sets out to help Black Americans travel safely despite segregation, creating a guide that spreads from his city to the whole nation.
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 persistent pigeon really, really, REALLY wants a puppy and begs the reader directly, promising to take great care of it — but only the reader can decide if he's actually ready.
A boy with a lamb whose wool grows long trades chores and errands with family and neighbors to have the fleece carded, spun, dyed, and woven into cloth for a new suit.
A little girl named Little Miss plants a kiss in the ground, then tends and believes in it as it grows into something far bigger than she imagined.
