Helen Plum Library

"Full-color photographs show trains and related noise-making features including brakes, engines horns, crossings, and door chimes. Repeating text identifies the machine and presents rhythmic onomatopoeia for the sound it produces. A final spread directed at caregivers shares age-appropriate enrichment activities for toddlers learning to identify sounds, rhyme, rhythm, and related language structures."-- Provided by publisher

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control

Mother Duck is on the run trying to keep her ducklings safe

"A photographic board book that celebrates words made up to express love and joy."-- Provided by publisher

A hefty feline puts up with all kinds of indignities from the children in her loving but rambunctious family

Children count from one jumping flea to twelve frisky animals until, at last, they reach one too many

A little girl collects wildflowers while on a walk with her distracted father. Each flower becomes a gift, and whether the gift is noticed or ignored, both giver and recipient are transformed by their encounter. This wordless picture book, conceived by award-winning poet JonArno Lawson and beautifully brought to life by illustrator Sydney Smith, is an ode to the importance of small things, small people and small gestures

"Ring! The alarm sounds and firefighters from across the station rush to get ready. This fun title offers a peek into bustling fire stations, from the kitchen where firefighters eat to the bays that hold the fire trucks. Simple, predictable sentences and clear photos support students just beginning to read independently, while features reinforce the text. Young readers will love this inside look at what happens in a fire station!" -- Publisher's website...

In this wordless story, four kittens share adventures while their mother is away hunting for food

A wordless picture book in which a little girl takes a bath, brushes her teeth, shows her father the monster under the bed, and otherwise gets ready to go to sleep