Jen Corace
1) Growl
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English
Description
Celebrate generosity, resourcefulness, and midnight snacks in this unexpected bedtime story from acclaimed artist Jen Corace
GROOOOOOWL!
A grumbling tummy sends a little girl downstairs for a midnight snack. She decides to make toast, but gets stuck on what to top it with. Butter and jam? Peanut butter and bananas? Cinnamon sugar? The possibilities are endless!
Before she can make a choice, new faces arrive. A cat wanders in. Two bunnies...
2) Telephone
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Language
English
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Description
In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.
3) Little Hoot
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Series
Language
English
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Little Hoot wants to go to bed early, like all of his friends do, and he is hopping mad when Mama and Papa Owl insist that he stay up late and play.
4) Sweet dreams
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English
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Rhyming text depicts a mother preparing her child for bed by telling her about the different animals that live nearby and their nighttime activities.
8) Little Pea
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Description
If Little Pea doesn't eat all of his sweets, there will be no vegetables for dessert! What's a young pea to do? Children who have trouble swallowing their veggies will love the way this pea-size picture book serves up a playful story they can relate to.
9) Little Oink
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Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
From the creators of Little Pea and Little Hoot comes this tidy tale of a decidedly different pig. Little Oink is a neat little fellow. Clean, clean, clean, that's all he wants to do. But Mama and Papa won't have it! They say in order to be a proper pig, he has to learn to make a proper mess. 'Don't come out until your room is a pigsty,' says Papa Pig. 'I won't have any child of mine going out looking so neat and clean. It's just
...10) Night Wishes
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Language
English
Description
How would a clock, nightlight, or teddy bear say good night? In this enchanting poetry collection, Lee Bennett Hopkins and thirteen other poets imagine the wishes whispering through a young girl's bedroom as she falls asleep. The bookshelf's stories curl through her head, the pillow transforms into a hot air balloon, the rocking horse waits expectantly for tomorrow's adventures. Stunning gouache illustrations by Jen Corace offer new details to discover...
11) Mud!
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Language
English
Description
An energetic picture book ode to rainy days, outdoor play, and siblings, all about oozy, smoozy, squishy mud!
Gloopy, gloppy, gorgeous mud.
Ooozy, smoozy, soupy mud.
Stomp it, poke it, squeeze it, whack it,
Pack it into bricks and stack it.
This very young picture book from author Annie Bailey and illustrator Jen Corace celebrates all things mud! The rhyming text is full of onomatopoeia and humor, and follows a brother and sister as they...
12) Small World
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Nanda is born, the whole of her world is the circle of her mother's arms. But as she grows, the world grows too. It expands outward-from her family, to her friends, to the city, to the countryside. And as it expands, so does Nanda's wonder in the underlying shapes and structures patterning it: cogs and wheels, fractals in snowflakes. Eventually, Nanda's studies lead her to become an astronaut and see the small, round shape of Earth far away....
13) Little Pea
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Series
Language
English
Description
If Little Pea doesn't eat all of his sweets, there will be no vegetables for dessert! What's a young pea to do? Children who have trouble swallowing their veggies will love the way this pea-size picture book serves up a playful story they can relate to.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The Baby Wren and the Great Gift, written by bestselling author Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jen Corace, is a celebration of all the wonderful gifts God has given us. The tiny wren marvels at the incredible creatures around her, all the while wishing she had a special gift to share. As she takes in the beauty of the world around her, she discovers a unique talent that's been inside her all along.