Books for Preschool - 2nd Grade

Paws fur Purr-fect Cat Tails

JE/BRUEL
Bruel, Nick - Bad Kitty
Just how bad can a kitty be? When her family runs out of kitty food, she decides to be a very, very, very bad kitty.

JE/EGAN
Egan, Tim - Roasted Peanuts
Sam the horse makes the baseball team; his cat friend Jackson does not, but loyalty and peanuts combine for the stuff that legends are made of.

JE/FRIEND
Friend, Catherine - The Perfect Nest
Jack the Cat's decision to build the perfect nest in order to attract the perfect chicken to lay the perfect egg, gets complicated.

JE/GALDONE
Galdone, Paul - Three Little Kittens
All is not lost for the three little kittens who lost their mittens; they find their mittens and Mother Dear gives them pie.

JE/HENKES
Henkes, Kevin - Kitten's First Full Moon
Because an inexperienced kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she gets wet, sad, tired and hungry; luckily, the real thing awaits her back home.

JE/HOWE
Howe, James - Houndsley and Catina
Catina, the cat wants to be a famous writer, but she does not like to write, so Houndsley, her dog buddy, helps her discover that friendship is better than fame.

JE/LLOYD
Lloyd, Sam - Mr. Pusskins
Mr. Pusskins is bored being adored by Emily and decides to see what life is like beyond the windows.

READER/JE/RYLANT
Rylant, Cynthia - Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarn
Though Tabby the cat and Zeke the dog wreak havoc on a knitting party, Mr. Putter's charming ways save the day.

JE/SANTORO
Santoro, Scott - Farm-fresh Cats
A mysterious event turns a farmer's cab-bages into lots and lots of highly unusual cats.

JE/SCHACHNER
Schachner, Judy - Skippyjon Jones
" I am not a Siamese cat, I am a Chihuahua!" exclaims Skippyjon Jones whose imagination is matched only by the hilarious rhymes that describe his adventures.

JE/SMITH
Smith, Linda - Mrs. Crump's Cat
The cat Mrs. Crump found was sneaky, finicky, troublesome—and impossible to part with.

JE/SPINELLI
Spinelli, Eileen - Hero Cat
Mother Cat rescues her five new kittens from a burning building; inspired by a true story.

Prepared by Christing Ricker, COD LTA Intern, April 2007