Good Books for Little Friends

Pig, Horse, or Cow, Don’t Wake Me Now by Arlene Alda This rhymed story includes all the animal sounds as one wakes another on the farm. The last one, a cat, wakes Billy, who was dreaming of an ice-cream-loving dog, “And of a hippo in deep water, / And of a baboon with her daughter.” The illustrations are all beautiful photographs.

The Peter Rabbit and Friends Cook Book by Naia Bray-Moffat What do you make when rabbits, pigs, and frogs come to dinner? Lucie’s recipes include Mrs. Rabbit’s Currant Buns, Benjamin Bunny’s Biscuits, Peppermints for Pig-Wig, and Peter Rabbit’s Party Carrot Cake.

The Spinner’s Gift by Gail Radley As white as the snow, as gold as the midday sun, as red as roses, the threads the spinner spins for the queen are magnificent in color and texture. When the thread is carefully woven into fabric, its beauty delights everyone who sees it and who eventually has possession of it, including the queen, the princess, her maid, the jeweler’s wife, a peddler, even a thief!

Mowing by Jessie Haas While Gramp rides the mower behind the two huge horses, Nora keeps a watch out for trouble. She finds a woodchuck, a fawn, and two killdeers and their nest. The woodchuck escapes down its hole, and Gramp cuts around the fawn and the nest, so all are safe. Then Nora drives the mower home.