K-2+Fiction

//**Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!**// by Mo Willems. A pigeon who longs to drive a bus sees the chance of a lifetime when the driver takes a short break. (Elledge)

//**Katie Woo**// series by Fran Manushkin. Join spunky, stylish, and sassy 1st grader Katie Woo on her many adventures with friends and family. (Vela)

//**Dear Dragon**// series by Margaret Hillert. A-Beginning-to-Read series with controlled vocabulary words for those emergent readers. Author also has a series of fairy tales with controlled vocabulary. (Guirguis)

//**Dancing Feet**// by Lindsey Craig. , Animals feet make rhythmic sounds as the dance. Children can predict what animal will be on the next page. (Lanier)

//**Me...Jane**// by Patrick McDonnell. "Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals." (Cochran)


 * //Chicken Big//** by Keith Graves. This isn't exactly and opposite tale of chicken little. This little chick is to big to be chicken. Perhaps he's an elephant? a squirral? an umbrella? (Canning)

//**Mustache**// by Mac Barnett King Duncan spends more time admiring his looks than helping his people, so his subjects devise a plan to get back at the king and teach him what is truly important in life. (Moon)

//**George Flies**// by Simon James. Winter is coming and when a gust of wind whooshes George, nest and all, from the safety of his branch, the little bird goes on the ride of his life.

//**The Donut Chef**// by Bob Staake. When two donut chefs open stores next door to each other, there is a competition between the two to see who can make the best donuts. Whose donuts will people like best? (Emery)


 * I NEED MY MONSTER** by Amanda Noll. "When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds a note instead: "Gone fishing. Back in a week. - Gabe. Waht will Etahn do? He NEEDS a monster under his bed!" (Fincher)

====//**Chester's Back!**// written and illustated by Melanie Watt. Chester, high off the success of his first book, decides he has no need for his illustrator, until she calls an open audition for a new, less self-absorbed feline to take Chester's place in the book. (Bellwood)====

//**A Good Knight's Rest**// by Shelley Moore Thomas. The Good Knight's hard work has earned him a vacation, but his three little dragon friends come along and make the trip anything but relaxing. (Zorn)

//**Disappearing Desmond**// by Anna Alter. Desmond wants to blend into the background, but a new girl at school befriends him and he doesn't mind being noticed. (George)


 * Brontorina** by James Howe**.** Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina. (Ray)


 * If You Give a Dog a Donut** by Laura Numeroff. Simple text and illustrations describe the chaos that might ensue if a dog was given a donut. (Meek)


 * Interrupting Chicken** by David Ezra Stein. It is bedtime and Papa is trying to read little red chicken a story, problem is she can't seem to stop interrupting him. Whatever the tale, little red chicken jumps into the story, saving the characters from danger. Will Papa ever get to finish? (Rogers)