A Select List of Brown County Library Children’s Books (Toddler-Elementary) Click on each title below to see the library's catalog record. Then click on the title in the record for details, current availability, or to place a hold. For additional books and items on this theme, ask your librarian or search the library’s online catalog.
* = toddler picks
Cluck for Chickens & Hens Bad Boys Get Henpecked! by Margie Palatini Bawk & Roll by Tammi Sauer
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker Chick’n’Pug by Jennifer Satler Chicken and Cat/Chicken and Cat Clean Up (wordless) by Sarah Varon
Chicken Bedtime is Really Early by Erica Perl Chicken Butt/Chicken Butt’s Back by Erica Perl Chicken Little by Ed Emberley Chicken, Pig, Cow by Ruth Ohi* The Chicken Thief/Fox and Hen Together by Beatrice Rodriguez Chickerella by Mary Jane Auch Chico the Brave by Dave Horowitz Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella by Jan Brett Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni First the Egg by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox A Hen for Izzy Pippik by Aubrey Davis Hen Hears Gossip by Megan McDonald Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein Little Chick by Amy Hest Little Chick and Mommy Cat by Marta Zafrilla Loopy Coop Hens (series) by Janet Stoeke Louise: The Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo ages 6+ Lulu the Big Little Chick by Paulette Bogan Mama Hen’s Big Day! by Jill Latter* Minerva Louise (series) by Janet Stoeke The Missing Chick by Valeri Gorbachev My Life as a Chicken by Ellen Kelley Page 1
Nora’s Chicks by Patricia MacLachlan One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Jane Cabrera* Peepsqueak Wants a Friend! by Leslie Ann Clark Peggy: A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure by Anna Walker Prairie Chicken Little by Jackie Hopkins The Red Hen by Rebecca Emberley Scary Mary by Paula Bowles Silly Chicken by Rukhsana Khan This Little Chick by John Lawrence* Tough Chicks by Cece Meng The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Delightful Ducks & Geese Are We There Yet? by Sam Williams* A Baby Duck Story (non-fiction) by Martha Rustad* Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri Clumsy Duck by Britta Teckentrup Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters* Do Like a Duck Does! by Judy Hindley Duck and Cover/Duck at the Door/Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic Duck and Goose (series) by Tad Hills Duck, Duck, Moose! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen Duck for President by Doreen Cronin Duck on a Bike by David Shannon Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Duck Sock Hop by Jane Kohuth* The Duckling Gets a Cookie?! by Mo Willems Ducks Don’t Wear Socks by John Nedwidek Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell Gideon/Gideon and Otto/Gossie and Gertie by Olivier Dunrea Guji Guji by Zhiyuan Chen Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting Hey, Duck! by Carin Bramsen I’m a Duck! by Teri Sloat The Little Duck (board book) by Judy Dunn* Little White Duck by Walt Whippo* Lucky Ducklings by Eva Moore Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Mr. Duck Means Business by Tammi Sauer Open Very Carefully by Nick Bromley Outfoxed by Michael Twohy
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The Perfect Present by Fiona Robertson Quack Like a Duck (board book) by Harriet Ziefert* Quick Duck! (board book) by Mary Murphy* Ready for Anything by Keiko Kasza Silly Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek Super Duck by Jez Alborough Suzanne Bloom’s Goose and Bear stories* That is not a Good Idea! by Mo Willems Toddle Waddle (board book) by Julia Donaldson The Ugly Duckling by Rachel Isadora We’re Going on a Picnic! by Pat Hutchins* Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri*
Nesting Tales (Eggs included) Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman* Basil’s Birds by Lynn Rowe Reed The Best Nest (beginning reader) by P.D. Eastman The Cow that was the Best Moo-ther by Andy Cutbill Duck & Goose by Tad Hills An Egg is Quiet (non-fiction) by Dianna Hutts Aston ages 6+ Eggs 1 2 3 by Janet Halfmann Eggs: Life on a Chicken Farm (non-fiction) by Ruth Owen Guess What is Growing Inside this Egg? (non-fiction) by Mia Posada Hank finds an Egg by Rebecca Dudley Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting* I Hatched! by Jill Esbaum In the Nest (non-fiction) by Anna Milbourne My Baby Blue Jays (non-fiction) by John Berendt The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett The Talking Eggs: A Folktale from the American South by Robert San Souci ages 6+ There’s a Bird on Your Head! (beginning reader) by Mo Willems Tom’s Tweet by Jill Esbaum Watch your Tongue, Cecily Beasley by Lane Fredrickson When Blue Met Egg by Lindsay Ward Whose Egg is This? (non-fiction) by Lisa Amstutz
Penguin & Puffin Party A Baby Penguin Story (non-fiction) by Martha Rustad* Baby Penguins Everywhere by Melissa Guion* Don’t Copy Me! by Jonathan Allen Page 3
Flight School by Lita Judge Fluff and Billy by Nicola Killen Go Jojo Go: A Little Penguin on a Big Swim by Tessa Bickford Lost and Found/Up and Down by Oliver Jeffers A Mountain of Friends by Kerstin Schoen Nothing Like a Puffin by Sue Soltis A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo Penguin and Pinecone: A Friend Story/Penguin on Vacation by Salina Yoon Penguins (non-fiction) by Kate Riggs Pierre the Penguin: A True Story (non-fiction) by Jean Marzollo Puffin Peter by Petr Horacek Puffling Patrol (non-fiction) by Ted Lewin ages 5+ Tacky the Penguin (series) by Helen Lester
Tropical Birds Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird (non-fiction) by Stephanie Spinner ages 8+ Ava and the Real Lucille by Cari Best Flamingos (non-fiction) by Cecilia McCarthy Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle Hey, Al by Arthur Yorinks ages 6+ A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza Parrots Over Puerto Rico (non-fiction) by Susan Roth Pirate Pete’s Talk Like a Pirate by Kim Kennedy Princess Penelope’s Parrot by Helen Lester Snack Time for Confetti by Kali Stileman* Thank You, Mama by Kate Banks* Those Darn Squirrels Fly South by Adam Rubin ages 6+
Wise Owls Bedtime in the Forest by Kazuo Iwamura Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel * “I’m Not Cute”/“I’m Not Reading”/“I’m Not Scared!”/”I’m Not Sleepy!” by Jonathan Allen* Little Hoot by Amy Krause Rosenthal Little Owl Lost by Chris Haughton* Little Owl’s Night by Divya Srinivasan Owl Babies by Martin Waddell Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Owls (non-fiction) by Adele Richardson Rocket Writes a Story by Tad Hills Page 4
Scowl by Steve Smallman Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler Too Tall Houses by Gianna Marino What Game Shall We Play? by Pat Hutchins Who’s Who? by Ken Geist Wow! said the Owl by Tim Hopgood*
…and the Best of the Rest The Bickleby’s Birdbath by Andrea Perry Bird & Birdie in a Fine Day/Up, Tall and High by Ethan Long Bird Talk: What Birds are Saying and Why (non-fiction) by Lita Judge ages 6+ Birds by Kevin Henkes Boo Hoo Bird/Grumpy Bird by Jeremy Tankard* Counting Birds (board book) by Jing Jing Tsong* The Eagles are Back by Jean Craighead George Early Bird by Toni Yuli* For the Birds: The Life of Roger Tory Peterson (non-fiction) by Peggy Thomas ages 8+ Froodle by Antoinette Portis The Girl who Drew a Phoenix by Demi ages 6+ A Good Day by Kevin Henkes* Hello, My Name is Ruby by Philip Stead* A Home for Bird by Philip Stead Honey, Honey - Lion! by Jan Brett How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham Just How Long Can a String Be?! by Keith Baker Let’s Go, Hugo! by Angela Dominguez The Lion and the Bird by Marianne Dubuc Little Bird by Germano Zullo ages 6+ Look Up: Bird Watching in Your Own Backyard (non-fiction) by Annette Cate ages 6+ Mo Willem’s Pigeon books More by I.C. Springman ages 5+ Purple Little Bird by Greg Foley* Robins: Songbirds of Spring (non-fiction) by Mia Posada Sparrow, Eagle, Penguin, and Seagull: What is a Bird? (non-fiction) by Brian Cleary ages 7+ Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni Wild about Northeastern Birds: a Youth’s Guide (non-fiction) by Adele Porter ages 7+ http://tinyurl.com/BCLReadsKids Page 5