Pines and Plains Libraries

Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.

"Count backward from ten as you search for hidden birds (and insects and animals) in this seek-and-find picture book"--

In rhyming text, Hispanic children count the things, like pinatas and maracas, that can be seen in their neighborhood.

Maisy the mouse and her friends spend a night camping under the stars.

"A child's solitary day at the playground turns into a park-wide adventure as he learns how to play with nine new friends"--

Drawings and verse point out the many things that are wrong one wacky Wednesday.

"Grab a shovel and get ready to plant some trees! From poplars to pines, alder, apple, peach, and plum, this rhyming story introduces the concept of orders of magnitude and celebrates the importance of planting different trees and preserving diverse ecosystems. Nurturing a new sapling is one of the first steps in growing hundreds, millions, even trillions of trees"--

One dark bird is perched up high, with a view of the town and a taste of the sky. Then she’s joined by two more, then three, then four. Before long, there are hundreds of starlings dancing across the sky—and avoiding a hunting hawk with one of the most spectacular tricks in the animal kingdom. Then, when night comes, the starlings begin to depart, until finally there is just one dark bird perched way up high, with a view of the town and a taste...

Twelve mice that live in a cuckoo clock wander out to find birthday cake and have a party while Max the cat sleeps.

Illustrations of people and animals introduce the numbers one through ten and then, counting by tens, move on up to 100.