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Book Reviews: Children's Picture Books: Ages 12 to 24 Months

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

ABC Book by CB Falls
ABC I Like Me by Nancy Carlson
An Adventure with Morris Mouse by Maurice Pledger
Alice the Cat Who Was Hounded by Jules Rosenthal
Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel
Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
Animal Kisses by Barney Saltzberg
Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
Ask Mr. Bear by Marjorie Flack

Babies on the Go by Linda Ashman
Baby Angels by Jane Cowen-Fletcher
Baby Dance by Ann Taylor and Marjorie van Heerden
Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
Banana by Ed Vere
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom and Bruce Degen
Birds & Other Animals with Pablo Picasso by Pablo Picasso
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Boats: Speeding! Sailing! Cruising! by Patricia Hubbell
Bringing Down the Moon by Jonathan Emmett and Vanessa Cabban (Illustrator)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. (with Eric Carle)
The Bunnies' Counting Book by Elizabeth B. Rogers
Busy Horsies by John Schindel and Casi Lark
But Not the Hippopotamus by Sandra Boynton
The Butterfly Alphabet Book by Brian Cassie
Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug! by Ed Emberley

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss and Crockett Johnson
The Cat Barked? by Lydia Monks
Cat and Canary by Michael Foreman
Cat Dreams by Urusla K. Le Guin and S. D. Schindler (illustrator)
Cat Skidoo by Bethany Roberts and RW Alley
Charley Harper's Book of Colors by Zoe Burke
The Chick and the Duckling by Mirra Ginsburg
Chicka Chicka 123 by Bill Martin Jr. and Lois Ehlert
Chicka Chicka ABC by Bill Martin Jr. and Lois Ehlert
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr and and John Archambault
Circus by Lois Ehlert
City Colors by Zoran Milich
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Click, Clack, Splish, Splash by Doreen Cronin
A Color Clown Comes to Town by Jane Belk Moncure
The Conductor by Laëtitia Devernay
Count to Ten Piggy Wigg by Christyan and Diane Fox
A Country Mouse in the Town House by Henrietta
Cowboy and Octopus by Jon Scieszka

The Daddy Book by Todd Parr
Daddy and Me by Neil Ricklen
Daisy Says Coo! by Jane Simmons
A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown
Dinosaur Roar! by Henrietta and Paul Stickland
Do Not Open This Book! by Michaela Muntean
Do You Want to be My Friend? by Eric Carle
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? by Eric Carle
Doggies by Sandra Boynton
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late by Mo Willems
Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter
Dot by Patricia Intriago
Duck in a Truck by Jez Alborough
Ducks in Muck by Lori Haskins and Valeria Petrone (Illustrator)

E-mergency by Tom Lichtenheld
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Edible Colors by Jennifer Vogel Bass
Egg by Kevin Henkes
The Elephant Who Liked to Smash Small Cars by Jean Merrill
Emily Waits for Her Family by Carol Zelaya
Eric Carle's Opposites by Eric Carle

The Falling Raindrop by Neil Johnson
Five Little Ducks by Dan Yaccarino
Flip and Flop by Dawn Apperley
Flotsam by David Wiesner
Fortunately by Remy Charlip
Frog Goes to Dinner by Mercer Mayer
Frog on His Own by Mercer Mayer
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Gallop by Rufus Butler Seder
Gem by Holly Hobbie
Ginger by Charlotte Voake
Glad Monster, Sad Monster by Anne Miranda
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley
The Going to Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
Good Night California by Adam Gamble
Goodnight Goon by Michael Rex
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup

Hairy Maclary From Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd
Happy Birthday, Frankie by Sarah Weeks
Happy Halloween Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
Harold's ABC by Crocket Johnson
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Harold's Fairy Tale by Crockett Johnson
Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle
Hello Kitty, Hello Numbers by Sanrio
Hello Piglet! by Muff Singer
Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr.
Hide and Seek Duck by Cyndy Szekeres
Hippopposites by Janik Coat
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Horns to Toes and in Between by Sandra Boynton
How Many Cats? by Lauren Thompson

I am the Dog, I am the Cat by Donald Hall and Barry Moser
I Am Invited to a Party by Mo Willems
I Don't Want to Take a Bath by Julie Sykes
I Love You, Mama, Any Time of the Year by Nancy Whilte Carlstrom
I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
I'm a Shark by Bob Shea
If Rocks Could Sing by Leslie McGuirk
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw

Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty
Just Like Bossy Bear by David Horvath

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Kitten's Autumn by Eugenie Fernandes
A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny Too by Mo Willems

Last Night by Hyewon Yum
Little Ballet Star by Adèle Geras
The Little Band by James Sage
Little Bea by Daniel Roode
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
Little Cricket's Song by Reader's Digest Books
The Little Green Caterpillar by Yvonne Hooker
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan
Little Pea by Amy Krause Rosenthal
Little Quack's Hide and Seek by Lauren Thompson
Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes
Llamaphones by Janik Coat
Llamas in Pajamas by Teddy Slater
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline and the Cats of Rome by John Bemelmans Marciano
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
Mañana Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul
Marmelade's Yellow Leaf by Cindy Wheeler
Max's Christmas Stocking by Rosemary Wells
Max Versus The Cube by Hanne Türk
Meeow and the Pots and Pans by Sebastien Braun
Melanie Mouse's Moving Day by Cyndy Szekeres
Moby-Dick: An Ocean Primer by Jennifer Adams
Mommy Hugs by Anne Gutman and Georg Hallensleben
Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton
Mr. Bounce by Roger Hargreaves
Mr. Funny by Roger Hargreaves
Mr McGratt and the Ornery Cat by Marilyn Helmer
Mr. Meebles by Jack Kent
Mr. Noisy by Roger Hargreaves
Mr. Pingle and Mr. Buttonhouse by Ellen MacGregor with Paul Galdone
Mr. Small by Roger Hargreaves
Mr. Sneeze by Roger Hargreaves
Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats by Joan Rankin and Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Mrs. Muffly's Monster by Sarah Dyer
My Big Dog by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet
My Day by George Siede and Donna Preis (Illustrator)
My First Pets Board Book by Mariza O'Keefee
My First Time Board Book by Elizabeth Hester
My Little Book of Opposites by Bob Staake
My Very First Book of Shapes by Eric Carle
My Yard by Heinz Kluetmeier

The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood
Navajo ABC by Lucy Tapahonso
Night-Night Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton
No, David! by David Shannon
The Noisy Way to Bed by Ian Whybrow
Numbers by DK Publishing

Olivia by Ian Falconer
Olivia Counts by Ian Falconer
Olivia Forms a Band by Ian Falconer
Olivia Goes to Venice by Ian Falconer
Olivia Helps with Christmas by Ian Falconer
Olivia... and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer
Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer
One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
One Stuck Duck by Phyllis Root
One Yellow Lion by Matthew Van Fleet
Oops-a-Daisy by Claire Freedman
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Park by Pierre Pratt
Peekaboo Baby by Rachel Isadora
Peek-a-Boo Monsters by Charles Reasoner
Peek-a-Who by Nina Laden
Perfect Square by Michael Hall
Picture Me Colors by Deborah D'Andrea and Leigh A. Hughes
Picture Me Numbers by Deborah D'Andrea and Kaycee Hoffman
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems
The Pigeon Loves Thing That Go by Mo Willems
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by Mo Willems
Poor Puppy by Nick Bruel
Press Here by Hervé Tullet

Raindrop, Plop! by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Rhymoceros by Janik Coat
Round Like a Ball by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Sail Away by Donald Crews
Sailaway Home by Bryce Degen
The Secret Box by Barbara Lehman
Shadow by Suzy Lee
Shape Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen and Jason Stemple
Shapes by DK Publishing
Sheep on a Ship by Nancy E. Shaw
Sheep Take a Hike by Nancy E. Shaw
Shoes by Debbie Bailey and Susan Huszar
The Sleepy Owl by Marcus Pfister
Slide 'N' Seek Shapes by Chuck Murphy
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth by Eric Carle
Smash Trash by Laura Driscoll
Spot Visits His Grandparents by Eric Hill

Tall by Jez Alborough
Teeth, Tails & Tentacles by Christopher Wormell
Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss
Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood
Ten Little Lady Bugs by Melanie Girth
Ten Little Mummies by Philip Yates
Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'Connell
Ten Tiny Babies by Karen Katz
That's Not My Dinosaur by Fionna Watt
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carles
The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Ken Geist
Thump Quack Moo by Doreen Cronin (with Betsy Lewin)
Touch and Feel Baby Animals by DK Publishing
Touch and Feel on the Farm by DK Publishers
Trains by Byron Barton
Trucks by Byron Barton
Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown and Leo Dillon

Uh-oh! by Rachel Isadora
Uh-oh, Calico! by Karma Wilson
Up, Tall and High by Ethan Long

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

What Makes a Rainbow by Betty Ann Schwartz
Where Are Maisy's Friends? by Lucy Cousins
Where's the Big Red Doggie? by Norman Bridwell
Where Is the Green Sheep by Mem Fox
Who Said Boo? by Anne Miranda
The Wing on a Flea by Ed Emberley
Winter Walk by Ann Burg
Woo! The Not-So-Scary Ghost by Ana Martin Larranaga

Yo, Jo! by Rachel Isadora

The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Zak: The One-of-a-Kind Dog by Jane Lidz
Za-Za's Baby Brother by Lucy Cousins

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