Picture Book Read Alouds

"Everywhere Bailey goes, Blanket goes too. They love to adventure together. Until an uninvited guest joins the family picnic, and . . . disaster strikes. What will life be like without Blanket? Determined to keep the duo on their path of adventure, Dad crafts a plan."--

Presents a series of rules the reader must follow to avoid being eaten by Dennis the monster, including sitting on the floor crisscross-applesauce, making a fish face, and preparing to listen mindfully.

Adopting a large egg when her busy family does not have time to listen to all she has to say, a chatty baby Chick misses the egg's good listening qualities before discovering that it has hatched into a brand-new friend.

Six days a week the chickens help the Greenstalk family and their animals recover from mishaps that occur on the farm, but they need one day to rest.

In this hilarious sequel to Frog on a Log?, frog decides that he does not want to sit on a log, and he definitely does not want a dog to sit on a frog! So he changes the rules. Now, dogs sit on logs, and cats sit on gnats! But what will frog decide to sit on now?

Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them them anything with spicy salsa.

Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent, except Ed the dog, who is determined to find something at which he, too, can excel.

A modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in which Federico rides his bicycle to the market for Abuelo's groceries, then stands up to a hungry wolf. Includes a recipe for pico de gallo and glossary of Spanish terms.

Bear has never been so tired but his next-door neighbor, a wide-awake duck, keeps disturbing his sleep.

Hoot owl flies through the night and assumes numerous disguises in order to catch a meal.