Participation Stories for Preschoolers

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? / Bill Martin, Jr. ; pictures by Eric Carle

Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.

Chickens to the Rescue Chickens to the Rescue / John Himmelman

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.

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow / Susan A. Shea

Poses rhyming questions about what grows and what does not using flaps to cover parts of items.

Don't squish the sasquatch! Don't squish the sasquatch! / Kent Redeker

Mr. Blobule provides an unusual remedy when Se?or Sasquatch gets squished on a crowded bus.

Good Night, Gorilla Good Night, Gorilla / Peggy Rathmann

An unobservant zookeeper is followed home by all the animals he thinks he has left behind in the zoo.

Huff & puff Huff & puff / Claudia Rueda

Loosely based on the folktale about the three little pigs, these three pigs have a different surprise for the wolf who is trying to blow their houses down. The reader is asked to huff and puff into a die-cut hole in each page.

Is everyone ready for fun? Is everyone ready for fun? / Jan Thomas

Chicken's cow visitors try to jump, dance, and wiggle on his couch, which is much too tiny for such exuberant activities.

Is Your Mama a Llama Is Your Mama a Llama / Deborah Guarino

A young llama asks his friends if their mamas are llamas and finds out, in rhyme, that their mothers are other types of animals

Mother, Mother, I Want Another Mother, Mother, I Want Another / Maria Polushkin Robbins

Mrs. Mouse is anxious to get her son to sleep and goes off to find what she thinks he wants

Oh, no! Oh, no! / words by Candace Fleming ; pictures by Eric Rohmann

A series of animals falls into a deep hole, only to be saved at last by a very large rescuer.

Open very carefully Open very carefully / Nicola O'Byrne ; with words by Nick Bromley

A crocodile falls into a quiet storybook and wreaks havoc on the characters, in a tale that invites youngsters to slam the book shut or find the courage to take a peek inside.

Press here Press here / Herve Tullet ; translated by Christopher Franceschelli

Instructs the reader on how to interact with the illustrations to create imaginative images.

Saturday night at the dinosaur stomp Saturday night at the dinosaur stomp / Carol Diggory Shields ; illustrated by Scott Nash

When it's rock 'n' roll time during the prehistoric era, many different kinds of dinosaurs gather to twist, twirl, and tromp at a Saturday night party.

Stuck in the Mud Stuck in the Mud / Jane Clarke

In this cumulative, rhyming story, a little chick needs help from all his farmyard friends to get out of the mud.

Tap the magic tree Tap the magic tree / Christie Matheson

Invites the reader to tap, rub, touch, and wiggle illustrations to make an apple tree bloom, produce fruit, and lose its leaves.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Hungry Caterpillar / Eric Carle

Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days.