Books like The Little Train
By Lois Lenski
For the toddler who points at every train that rumbles by, this puts them right in the engineer's seat for a full run down the line. Gentle, steady, and matter-of-fact — the calm chug of a routine done right.
When the alarm bell rings, a small town firefighter suits up, roars off in his shiny red fire engine, and races to put out a fire and rescue a young girl.
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 toddler named Izzy rides through the big city in her stroller with her dad, taking in tall buildings, bright lights, and crowds of people with pure wide-eyed wonder.
A parade of baby animals learns words for everyday things — a ball, a dog, a moon — but every single one insists on calling it all MAMA instead.
A rhyming celebration of toddler hands moving through a day — holding, molding, catching, throwing, waving hello and goodbye, clapping, and even tying a shoe.
A crew of astronauts blasts into orbit aboard a space shuttle, eating ready-to-eat food, floating in zero gravity, taking space walks, and fixing a satellite before returning to Earth.
A wacky crew of hippos, cats, pigs, and cows count from a quiet One all the way up to a LOUD LOUD LOUD Ten — then back down to quiet One again.
A curious kid heads outside to explore wind firsthand — feeling it push and pull, chasing hats, and figuring out why something you can't see is so easy to feel.
A curious cub spends a day exploring the forest with his mama, noticing green leaves, blue jays, and brown trout along the way, until he finds a patch of red strawberries.
A tiny caterpillar hatches from an egg on a leaf and eats his way through days of the week and an amazing variety of foods, growing bigger as he prepares to become a butterfly.
A delivery boy and his dog crisscross a bustling Mexican-American border town market, dropping off supplies to vendors selling sweets, sombreros, piñatas, and more.
A curious cat and his worm friend spend a day exploring their community, visiting the school, farm, post office, and Main Street to see how everyone's job keeps the town running.
