Books like The Umbrella
By Jan Brett
For the kid obsessed with animals piling on top of each other, this is a jungle-sized game of squeeze-in-if-you-can. lush, cheerful, and steadily building toward a tumble
Two scarecrows, Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay, fall in love and plan a wedding in the fields, gathering the farm's animals and birds to help them celebrate.
A curious fox named Marco joins a ship captained by a deer and crewed by pigeons, sailing off in search of a wondrous island and answers to his endless questions.
A boy who loves stars decides to catch one for himself, trying a tall tree and a paper rocket ship before finding an answer in an unexpected place.
A curious fox sets out just to watch a mysterious parade of animals heading somewhere unknown, freeing a caged pair of doves along the way, until he finds his reason for joining them waiting by a great wooden ship.
Familiar nursery rhymes get an Alaskan makeover, swapping in snow geese, musk oxen, sea otters, and Arctic foxes as the North Country's wild critters take center stage.
A rhyming tour through the jungle introduces elephants, tigers, giraffes, hippos, leopards, and chimpanzees, each with their own playful verse and a hidden animal to spot on every page.
Two young mice sneak off to the dusty attics of the Old Oak Palace to rehearse a poem for the Midwinter's Eve celebration, and stumble upon a hidden staircase instead.
A tiny snail longing to see the world hitches a ride on a humpback whale's tail, and together they sail to icebergs and volcanoes — until the whale gets stranded and needs the smallest friend to save her.
A determined sheep grabs his Super-Duper Treasure Seeker and hunts high, low, in, and out for the legendary Lost Treasure of Frogsbottom — until an old chest changes everything.
A cow, a donkey, a sheep, a pig, and a tiny mouse — good friends all — climb into a boat for a row in the bay, and the boat tips more precariously with each one who climbs aboard.
Eight little ballerinas practice plié, relevé, and jeté together in perfect step until Miss Lina introduces a ninth dancer, Regina, and their tidy rows suddenly fall into disarray.
A small boy is invited to tea at the palace and always asks the same question — may he bring a friend? — and each time, a surprising animal guest shows up beautifully behaved.
