Polly's Picture Book Picks

Storytime! That's all the little barnyard animals need to hear to send them flocking to their librarian, who has some rip-roaring, song-singing, nursery-rhyming, snack-timing fun in store for them! You've never seen a storytime quite like this...and reading has never been such fun!. Set to the tune of 'She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes.

When Fox dies, the rest of his family are distraught. How will Mole, Otter and Hare go on without their beloved friend? But months later, Squirrel reminds them all of how funny Fox used to be, and they all realize that Fox is still there in their hearts and memories. A lovley story about death and moving on with happy memories.

Dave is a cat stuck in a cat flap. The animals in the garden try various ways to free him -- Dog tries to scare him out, the birds try and tempt him out with worms, and the other animals even try to tickle him out! But then someone has an idea -- they decide to feed him out with baked beans. Dave eats beans, and more beans, and more beans until...the ground shakes, Dave shakes, and he blasts off out of the cat flap!!.

A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too. Another great read by David Shannon.

Die-cut pages through which bits of a monster are revealed are designed to help a child control nighttime fears of monsters.

Hester asks everyone to help her find a remedy for the pesky blister on her tongue, but her journey has an unexpected result

In the rhythm of a familiar folk song, a child cannot resist adding one more dab of paint in surprising places. An excellent book full of fun.

Even though she is not allowed to join in the caveman games with her brother and his friends, she soon shows everyone that girls can be just as brave as boys!

Melvin discovers that the public library is the place where he can find just about anything--including three librarians who help in his quest for knowledge.

After they all agree to ignore the story of "The Farmer in the Dell," the rat, cat, dog, child, farmer, and his wife have a party featuring the tempting hunk of cheese.

"When an old pirate tells a tavern full of salty sea dogs about hidden treasure, the motley pirate crew decide to set sail for the mysterious island, guarded by the terrible Pirate Cruncher. When they finally find it, a hilarious fold-down flap shows that the island itself is the Pirate Cruncher, and it swallows their little boat whole" -Global Books in print.

A bad case of hiccups in the library leads to a series of outlandish experiences and a set of rules related to library books, hippopotamuses, and little sisters

Presents a humorous song about a donkey. Such a funny book that has a CD full of music and story.The illustrations are superb