Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library  ~  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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         Learning New Things
        -for preschool aged children-

Opposites
Tying Shoes
Telling Time
Days of the Week
Months
Counting Money
The Four Seasons
My Body

Opposites

Toddler books-  shelved by the author’s last name.

Baby high, baby low by Stella Blackstone
Panda Big and Panda Small by Jane Cabrera
Mimi’s Book of Opposites by Emma Chichester Clark
My first book of opposites by Kim Deegan
My opposites = Mis opuestos by Rebecca Emberley
Olivia's opposites by Ian Falconer
What’s the Opposite, Piggy Wiggy? by Christyan Fox
Sam's opposites  by Yves Got
Opposites! By Kara McMahon

Easy reader primers-shelved by the author’s last name.

This and That: The Sound of TH by Peg Ballard
Dirty clean by Sharon Gordon
Catch that cat! by Cari Meister
My Friend Lucky by David Milgrim

Picture books- shelved by the author’s last name.

To & Fro, Fast and Slow by Durga Bernhard
How Big is a Pig? By Stella Blackstone
First steps : letters, numbers, colors, opposites by John Burningham
A high, low, near, far, loud, quiet story by Nina Crews
Food for thought : the complete book of concepts for growing minds
     by Saxton Freymann.
Exactly the opposite by Tana Hoban
Push, pull, empty, full; a book of opposites by Tana Hoban
Build it up and knock it down by Tom Hunter
Opposites by Rosalinda Kightley
Becca backward, Becca frontward : a book of concept pairs by Bruce McMillan
Here a chick, there a chick by Bruce McMillan
Big and little by Margaret Miller
Too Big, Too Small, Just Right by Frances Minters
Dog In, Cat Out by Gillian Rubinstein
What's what? a guessing game by Mary Serfozo
Fast-slow, high-low; a book of opposites by Peter Spier
What’s Opposite by Stephen R. Swinburne

Paperbacks and non-fiction-

Big and little : a book of opposites by Richard Scarry    j E-pb S
The greatest gymnast of all by Stuart J. Murphy    j 516 MURPHY

Music CDs-

Can a cherry pie wave goodbye?  by Hap Palmer 
Can a jumbo jet sing the alphabet? by Hap Palmer

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Tying Shoes

Picture books- shelved by the author’s last name.

Red Lace, Yellow Lace by Mike Casey
What Eddie Can Do by Wilfried Gebhard 

Easy reader primers-

 Look!: I Can Tie My Shoes by Susan Hood

Telling Time

Picture books- shelved by the author’s last name.

Tick-Tock by Lena Anderson 
Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt 
I. Q., It’s Time by Mary Ann Fraser 
Telling Time with Big Mama Cat by Dan Harper
Big Hand, Little Hand by Judith Herbst 
Time to-- by Bruce McMillan
My First Look at Time  (j Ea MY)
A Bunny Day: telling time from breakfast to bedtime by Rick Walton

Non-fiction-

Game Time by Stuart J. Murphy  j 512.211 Mur
Telling time : how to tell time on digital and analog clocks!  by Jules Older  j 529.7 Old
It’s About Time Max by Kitty Richards  j 529.7 Ric
Clocks and How they go by Gail Gibbons  j 681.1 Gib 

Toddler books-

Spot Tells the Time by Eric Hill

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Days of the Week

Picture books- shelved by the author’s last name.

Busy Monday morning by Janina Domanska
Three two one day by Debbie Driscoll
Monday is washing day by Julia Killingback
Seven spunky monkeys by Jackie French Koller
Come out and play, little mouse by Robert Kraus 
Lentil soup by Joe Lasker
One lighthouse, one moon  by Anita Lobel
Cat and Dog and the mixed-up week by Elizabeth Miller 
Wise Owl's days of the week by Jane Belk Moncure 
All year long by Nancy Tafuri

Toddler books-

Cookie's week by Cindy Ward

Picture book paperbacks-

How many? How much?  by Rosemary Wells  

Music -

Can a cherry pie wave goodbye?  by Hap Palmer - CD
Can a jumbo jet sing the alphabet? by Hap Palmer-CD
Diamond in the rough by Charlotte Diamond—audiocassette
You're growing by Mister Rogers —audiocassette

Months

Picture books- shelved by the author’s last name

A red wagon year by Kathi Appelt
Jump into January : a journey around the year by Stella Blackstone
How do you say it today, Jesse Bear? by Nancy White Carlstrom
A kitten's year by Nancy Raines Day
Jump for joy : a book of months by Megan Halsey
Pajamas anytime by Marsha Hayles
Rabbit moon  by Patricia Hubbell
Twelve hats for Lena : a book of months by Karen Katz
What a wonderful day to be a cow  by Carolyn Lesser
When this box is full  by Patricia Lillie
A busy year by Leo Lionni
Mouse days : a book of seasons by Leo Lionni
One lighthouse, one moon by Anita Lobel
The turning of the year by Bill Martin, Jr.
October smiled back by Lisa Westberg Peters
My love for you all year round by Susan L. Roth
Long Night Moon  by Cynthia Rylant
Chicken soup with rice : a book of months by Maurice Sendak
Month by month a year goes round by Carol Diggory Shields
Here comes the year by Eileen Spinelli
All year long by Nancy Tafuri
Snowy flowy blowy : a twelve months rhyme by Nancy Tafuri
Around the year by Tasha Tudor
A year for Kiko by Ferida Wolff

Easy reader primers-

Happy birthday, Word Bird by Jane Belk Moncure

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Counting Money

Easy readers-

Monster money by Grace Maccarone

Picture book paperbacks-

How many? How much? by Rosemary Wells

Non-fiction-

The penny pot by Stuart J. Murphy  j 513.2 Mur  
The coin counting book by Rozanne Lanczak Williams  j 513.2 Wil 

Picture book counting books- 

26 letters and 99 cents by Tana Hoban  

The Four Seasons

Picture books- shelved by the author’s last name.

Green eyes by  A. Birnbaum
Caps, hats, socks, and mittens by Louise Borden
The watching game by Louise Borden
The little island by Margaret Wise Brown
Meet Babar and his family by Laurent de Brunhoff
Calico cat's year by Donald Charles
Little farm by the sea by  Kay Chorao
Everett Anderson's year by Lucille Clifton
My steps by Sally Derby
Little Caribou by Sarah Fox-Davies
A bear for all seasons by Diane Marcial Fuchs
Dear Rebecca, winter is here by Jean Craighead George
The seasons of Arnold's apple tree by Gail Gibbons
The old man and his birds by Mirra Ginsburg
Gather up, gather in : a book of seasons by M.C. Helldorfer
A year in the city by Kathy Henderson
Right outside my window by Mary Ann Hoberman
I call it sky by Will C. Howell
From dawn till dusk Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
The seasons and Someone by Virginia Kroll
Mouse days : a book of seasons by Leo Lionni
Park beat : rhymin' through the seasons by Jonathan London
My favorite time of year by Susan Pearson
First comes spring by Anne Rockwell
Run, jump, whiz, splash by Vera Rosenberry
When the Earth wakes by Ani Rucki
Long Night Moon by Cynthia Rylant
A bunny for all seasons by Janet Schulman
Summer, fall, winter, spring  (j Ea SESAME )
Month by month a year goes round by Carol Diggory Shields
Snowy flowy blowy : a twelve months rhyme by Nancy Tafuri
Hello, Arctic! by Theodore Taylor
It's time now! by Alvin Tresselt
Apple Valley year by Ann Turner
Leaves! Leaves! Leaves! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
On a hot, hot day by Nicki Weiss
A year of beasts by Ashley Wolff

Easy reader primers-shelved by the author’s last name.

In the yard by Dana Meachen Rau  
Mouse goes out by Phyllis Root  

Easy readers-shelved by the author’s last name.

Inspector Hopper's mystery year by Doug Cushman 
Busy, busy moose by Nancy Van Laan

Toddler books- shelved by the author’s last name.

Here comes spring, and summer and fall and winter by Mary Murphy
I am a bunny  by Ole Risom ; illustrated by Richard Scarry
The delicious garden by Michael Teitelbaum

Picture book paperbacks-

Four stories for four seasons by Tomie dePaola

Picture book counting books- 

Anno's Counting book by Mitsumasa Anno

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My Body

Picture books- shelved by the author’s last name

Dancing in my bones by Sylvia Andrews
If you had a nose like an elephant's trunk by Marion Dane Bauer
Goodness gracious! by Phil Cummings
Two eyes, a nose, and a mouth by Roberta Grobel Intrater
My baby brother has ten tiny toes by Laura Leuck
Here are my hands by Bill Martin, Jr
The body book by Shelley Rotner
Knock! knock! by Jan Wahl   

Toddler books- shelved by the author’s last name.

Aleksandra, where are your toes? by Christine Salac Dubov
Eyes, nose, fingers and toes by Judy Hindley
Look at the baby by Kelly Johnson
Counting Kisses by Karen Katz
Ten tiny tickles by Karen Katz
Where is baby's belly button? by Karen Katz
Head, shoulders, knees and toes ... by Annie Kubler
Ten little fingers by Annie Kubler
My first body board book  ( j T MY)
Toddler two by Anastasia Suen
Show me! by Tom Tracy

Picture book paperbacks-

We're different, we're the same : featuring Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets
by Bobbi Jane Kates ( j E-pb S)

(Look for more books about the human body under these call numbers: j 611—j 612)

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*Alphabet & counting books are shelved separately
  at the end of the picture book section.

 *Books on colors and shapes are listed in separate booklists.

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The Children's Library
Mt. Lebanon Public Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
412/531-1913      9.05
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