Wake Up! Wake Up!

by Nancy Davis

Summary: When a little ladybug awakens from its long sleep and discovers that it is spring, it goes about waking all the other sleeping animals.

This fun book is excellent for print motivation in young children. Children may lift flaps in the book that reveal sleeping animals. Additionally, there are few words on each page making it ideal for young children

Interest Level: ages 2-4
Reading Level: grade 1

Tiny Little Fly

Tiny Little Fly

by Michael Rosen

Summary: With a tramp and a roll and a swat, Great Big Elephant, Great Big Hippo, and Great Big Tiger try to capture Tiny Little Fly as he teases each one in turn.

This is an adorable book appropriate for very young listeners. This book can be used for an interactive audience. The text is repetitive and has many fun sounds to make, and a guessing game of which animal is on the next page can be played.

Interest Level: birth-age 2, ages 2-4

Reading Level: grade 2

Librarianjk recommends How to Eat Fried Worms

How to Eat Fried Worms

by Thomas Rockwell

Summary: A small boy is challenged by a friend to eat fifteen worms in fifteen days for fifty dollars.

I recommend this book to anyone of any age with a sense of humor! My teacher read this book to my class in third grade. We were all laughing but thoroughly grossed out.

Interest Level: grades 4-6
Reading Level: grade 4

Librarianjk recommends What the Ladybug Heard

What the Ladybug Heard

Julia Donaldson

Summary: Although much quieter than the farm animals that moo, cluck, or oink, a gentle ladybug is instrumental in foiling a plan to steal the farm's prize-winning cow.

This book is not especially remarkable but is entertaining. I recommend it to farm animal and ladybug lovers.

Interest Level: ages 2-4, grades k-3
Reading Level: grade 2