Open Court

Grade 1

Animals

398.2 Gob

Goble, Paul. The girl who loved wild horses. Scarsdale, N.Y. :

Bradbury Press, c1978. Though she is fond of her people, a

girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is

truly happy and free.

591 Ban

Bancroft, Henrietta. Animals in winter,. New York, : Crowell,

[1963]. A simple introduction to the habits of birds, bats,

butterflies, and mammals in winter.

591 Chi

Chinery, Michael. Picture atlas of animals.

591 Chi

Chinery, Michael. Animals in the zoo.

591 Dav

Davies, Kay. Animals. Austin, TX : Steck Vaughn, c1992.

Discusses animal life cycles, habitats, and physiology and

examines physical similarities and differences in various

species.

591 Eug

Eugene, Toni. Creatures of the woods. Washington, D.C. :

National Geographic Society, c1985. Describes animals that

may be found in forests and some of their activities.

591 McC

McClung, Robert M. How animals hide,. [Washington] : National

Geographic Society, [1973]. Text and photographs

demonstrate how animals protect themselves through their

natural coloring or shape.

591 Nie

Neilsen, Sheilan. I Love Animals.

591 Sim

Simon, Seymour. Animal fact/animal fable. New York : Crown,

c1979. Describes common beliefs about animals, explaining

which are fact and which are false. Examples include the

belief that bats are blind (fable), and that some fish can

climb trees (fact).

591 Wex

Wexo, John Bonnett. Animal wonders. Hardbound ed. San Diego,

CA : Wildlife Education, Ltd., c1993. Describes a wide

variety of animal characteristics, including protective

coloration, modes of locomotion, methods of feeding, etc.

591.5 Fis

Fisher, Ronald M. Animals in winter. [Washington, D.C.] :

National Geographic Society, c1982. Describes how animals

face the rigors of winter by hibernating, migrating, storing

food, or changing colors to blend with the winter landscape.

591.56 Wal

Wallace, Karen. A bed for winter. 1st American ed. New York :

Dorling Kindersley Pub., c2000. A dormouse encounters many

different animals as she searches for a place to spend the

winter.

591.7 Ber

Berger, Melvin. Brrr! : a book about polar animals. New York :

Scholastic, c2000. Simple text and photographs present the

physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of a variety

of animals living near the North and South Poles, including

humpback whales, seals, polar bears, and penguins.

630 Fra

Francis, Sandy. At the farm. Chanhassen, Minn. : Child's World,

c2000. Explains what a farm is, what happens there, who

works there, and the various items and animals that can be

found there.

636 Nic

Nicholson, Sue. A day at Greenhill Farm. 1st American ed. New

York : DK Pub., 1998. Introduces the animals on a farm,

including the chickens, ducks, cows, and pigs.

636 Sch

Schwartz, David M. At the farm. Milwaukee : Gareth Stevens

Publishing, 1998. Introduces, in simple text and

photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals that

can be found on a farm. Includes a sheep, rooster, mouse,

goat, pig, horse, and duckling.

782 McN

McNally, Darcie. In a cabin in a wood. 1st ed. New York :

Cobblehill/Dutton, c1991. An adaptation of the familiar

song in which animals in the woods beg for shelter from the

hunter.

808.81 Car

Carle, Eric. Eric Carle's Animals, Animals. New York : Philomel

Books, 1989. An illustrated collection of poems by a

variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and

wild and domestic animals.

AV Kit

Brown, Marc Tolon. Arthur's pet business. Boston : Little,

Brown, c1990. Arthur's determination to prove he is

responsible enough to have a puppy brings him a menagerie of

animals to care for.

E Aru

Aruego, Jose. We hide, you seek. 1st ed. New York :

Greenwillow Books, c1979. The reader is invited to find

animals hidden in their natural habitat.

E Asc

Asch, Frank. Moongame. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for

Young Readers, 1988, c1984. During a game of hide-and-seek,

Moon hides behind a cloud, leaving his friend Bear very

worried.

E Bar

Barrett, Judi. Animals should definitely not act like people.

1st ed. New York : Atheneum, c1980. Depicts the

inconveniences animals would be burdened with if they

behaved like people.

E Bas

Base, Graeme. Animalia. New York : H.N. Abrams, 1993. An

alphabet book with fantastic and detailed pictures, bearing

such labels as "Lazy lions lounging in the local library.".

E Bre

Brett, Jan, 1949-. Annie and the wild animals. Boston :

Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985. When Annie's cat disappears,

she attempts friendship with a variety of unsuitable

woodland animals, but with the emergence of Spring,

everything comes right.

E Bre

Brett, Jan. The hat. When Lisa hangs her woolen clothes in the

sun to air them out for winter, the hedgehog, to the

amusement of the other animals ends up wearing a stocking on

his head.

E Bro

Brown, Ruth. The picnic. 1st American ed. New York : Dutton

Children's Books, 1992. Mole, Rabbit, and Mouse postpone

their picnic and stay underground when a threatening dog

comes by.

E Bru

Bruss, Deborah. Book! book! book! 1st ed. New York : Arthur A.

Levine Books, 2001. When the children go back to school,

the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the

library in town trying to find something to do.

E But

Butler, John, 1952-. While you were sleeping. 1st ed. Atlanta,

Ga.: Peachtree, 1999. A counting book in which a mother

describes to her child what various nocturnal animals were

doing while she slept.

E Car

Carle, Eric. Do you want to be my friend? New York, : Crowell,

[1971]. A mouse searches everywhere for a friend.

E Car

Carle, Eric. Rooster's off to see the world. 1st Aladdin

Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 1999, c1972.

A simple introduction to the meaning of numbers and sets as

a rooster, on his way to see the world, is joined by

fourteen animals along the way.

E Eas

Eastman, P. D. (Philip D.). Are you my mother? [New York] :

Beginner Books; distributed by Random House, [1960]. Story

about a little bird who asks animals, planes and boats if

they are his mother until he finds her.

E Ehr

Ehrlich, Amy, 1942-. Parents in the pigpen, pigs in the tub.

1st ed. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, c1993.

Tired of their usual routine, the farm animals insist on

moving into the house, so the family decides to move into

barn, but eventually everyone tires of this new arrangement.

E Fla

Flack, Marjorie, 1897-1958. Ask Mr. Bear;. New York, :

Macmillan, [1958, c1932]. When he doesn't know what to give

his mother for her birthday, a small boy asks all the

animals for advice.

E Fle

Fleming, Denise, 1950-. In the small, small pond. 1st ed. New

York : H. Holt, c1993. Illustrations and rhyming text

describe the activities of animals living in and near a

small pond as spring progresses to autumn.

E Fle

Fleming, Denise, 1950-. Count! New York : H. Holt, c1992. The

antics of lively and colorful animals present the numbers

one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty.

E Gri

Griffith, Helen V. Grandaddy's place. 1st ed. New York :

Greenwillow Books, c1987. At first Janetta does not like

Grandaddy, his farm, or his animals--but they like her, and

as she gets used to them, she likes them too.

E Gua

Guarino, Deborah. Is your mama a llama? New York : Scholastic,

c1989. A young llama asks his friends if their mamas are

llamas and finds out, in rhyme, that their mothers are other

types of animals.

E Hei

Heide, Florence Parry. That's what friends are for,. New York,

: Four Winds Press, [1968]. All the elephant's friends give

him advice, but none can solve his problem until the opossum

announces friends are to help, not just to give advice.

E Hil

Hillert, Margaret. The yellow boat. Cleveland : Modern

Curriculum Press, c1966. A small yellow sail boat sails

past animals and fish until it is claimed by a small boy.

E Hob

Hoban, Tana. A children's zoo. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow

Books, c1985. Color photographs of animals are accompanied

by several descriptive words, e.g. tall, spotted, silent

giraffe.

E Hut

Hutchins, Pat, 1942-. The surprise party. New York : Macmillan,

1986, c1969. Rabbit confides to Owl that he is planning a

party, but as the message is passed from animal to animal it

gets more and more confused.

E Hut

Hutchins, Pat, 1942-. 1 hunter. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow

Books, c1982. One hunter walks through the forest observed

first by two elephants, then by three giraffes, etc.

E Jan

Janice. Little Bear's New Year's party. New York, : Lothrop,

Lee & Shepard, [1973]. Little Bear gives a New Year's party

and welcomes more guests than he invited.

E Jon

Jonas, Ann. The trek. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books,

c1985. The city streets become a jungle, then a desert, as

a child forges her way to school, observing and avoiding all

the wild animals posing as trees, chimneys, fences, and even

fruit.

E Kes

Kesey, Ken. Little Tricker the squirrel meets Big Double the

bear. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1990. Little

Tricker the squirrel watches as Big Double the bear

terrorizes the forest animals one by one, but then Little

Tricker gets revenge.

E Kes

Kessler, Leonard P., 1920-. Kick, pass, and run. Newly ill. ed.

[New York] : HarperCollins, c1996. After observing a boy's

football game, a group of animals organizes its own teams

and game.

E Kra

Krauss, Ruth. The happy day. First Harper Trophy ed. New York

: HarperCollins, 1989, c1949. The animals share their

happiness at the coming of spring.

E Lil

Lillegard, Dee. My yellow ball. 1st ed. New York : Dutton

Children's Books, 1993. A child's yellow ball is played

with by hawks, coyotes, and other animals, who always return

it so that it can be thrown somewhere else.

E Lin

Lindbergh, Reeve. The awful aardvarks go to school. New York :

Viking, c1997. An alphabetical listing of the acts of

destruction committed by mischievous aardvarks on their

animal classmates during a visit to school.

E Lob

Lobel, Arnold. Grasshopper on the road. 1st ed. New York :

HarperCollins, c1978. As Grasshopper sets out to follow a

road, he meets some unusual characters.

E Lon

London, Jonathan, 1947-. Froggy plays in the band. New York :

Viking, 2002. Froggy's marching band practices for their

debut at the Apple Blossom Parade, hoping to win the big

prize.

E Mar

Martin, Bill, 1916-. Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?

New York : H. Holt, 1992. Children see a variety of

animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking

at them.

E Min

Minarik, Else Holmelund. A kiss for Little Bear. New York, :

Harper & Row, [1968]. Little Bear's thank-you kiss from

grandmother gets passed on to him by many animals and

greatly aids the skunks' romance.

E Mos

Moss, Miriam. The snow bear. 1st American ed. New York :

Dutton Children's Books, 2001, c2000. A polar bear cub,

separated from his mother, decides to build a snow bear to

keep him company and is joined in his work by other animals

who drift away as their own mothers call them home. Features

embossed illustrations.

E Ple

Pledger, Maurice. An adventure with Charlie Chick. San Diego,

CA : Thunder Bay Press, 1996. A lift-the-flap book in which

Charlie, a newly hatched chick, goes looking for his

brothers, but instead discovers many different animals that

are born from eggs.

E Ric

Rice, Eve. Sam who never forgets. New York : Greenwillow Books,

c1977. Sam the zookeeper never forgets to feed the animals.

E Sar

Sargent, Robert E. The small seabird,. New York, : Scribner,

[1967]. A small seabird who gets blown by a strong wind and

becomes lost far from the sea, makes friends with some

inland animals who would like to see the sea.

E Sha

Shannon, David, 1959-. Duck on a bike. New York : Blue Sky

Press, c2002. A duck decides to ride a bike and soon

influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes

too.

E Taf

Tafuri, Nancy. Early morning in the barn. 1st ed. New York :

Greenwillow Books, c1983. All the barnyard animals wake up

when the rooster crows.

E Tes

Testa, Fulvio. Wolf's favor. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books for

Young Readers, c1986. By doing a simple favor for

Porcupine, Wolf sets off an unnatural chain of good deeds

from stronger animals to weaker ones.

E Wad

Waddell, Martin. Farmer duck. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, Mass. :

Candlewick Press, 1992. When a kind and hardworking duck

nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm

because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the

animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.

E Wah

Wahl, Jan. Doctor Rabbit. New York, : Delacorte Press, [1970].

Dr. Rabbit worked himself sick taking care of all the forest

animals.

E Wal

Walsh, Melanie. My beak, your beak. Boston : Houghton Mifflin,

2002. Looks at what pairs of animals have in common,

despite their obvious differences, such as sharks swimming

in the deep ocean and goldfish swimming in a bowl both

blowing bubbles.

E War

Warnes, Tim. Can't you sleep, Dotty? 1st US ed. Wilton, CT :

Tiger Tales, 2001. Frustrated because she can't fall asleep

in her new home Dotty howls and wakes the neighbors, who

suggest counting the stars and other actions until, finally,

they find the solution together.

E Wol

Wolff, Ashley. A year of beasts. 1st ed. New York : Dutton,

c1986. Ellie and Peter see many different field and forest

animals around their country house throughout the year.

E Yab

Yabuuchi, Masayuki, 1940-. Whose baby? New York : Philomel

Books, 1985. Introduces several animal infants and their

parents.

PB e

Barrett, Judi. Animals should definitely not wear clothing,.

[1st ed.]. New York, : Atheneum, 1970. Pictures of animals

wearing clothes show why this would be a ridiculous custom

for them to adopt.