Good Books for Little Friends

A Day with Alice and Sam by Sally Grindley Except for going to a street fair, the day is typical for Alice and Sam. They play with their toys, draw, and play an animal card game. What is not typical is the way the stories are shown, with pictures that help children read the stories by themselves. There are labels, too, that help children who are learning to sight read. And all is done attractively.

Little Mo by Martin Waddell Little Mo Polar Bear is trying to learn how to slide on the ice. When her big friends come to help her keep from going bump all the time, they start having such a good time with each other that they forget about her. When they leave, Little Mo practices and is soon sliding as well as her friends ever did.

Albie the Lifeguard by Louise Borden Albie’s friends signed up to be on the swim team. While they practiced, he stayed home and played “lifeguard.” He played at the pool with them after practice, and he cheered for them at swim meets, even though they always lost.

Flying Firefighters by Gary Hines This short book tells what a helicopter firefighting crew do from the first alert until the ground crew arrive and take over. Then the helicopter crew prepare their equipment and tools so that they’re ready when the next alert comes.