Venturing Out:
Books about Young Children Exploring Their World
Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren© 2006 Cooperative Children's Book Center
This bibliography was developed for the Child Care Information Center Newsletter (Isse 52, 2006) published by the Child Care Information Center operated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with funding from the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.
In the Neighborhood
Heo, Yumi. One Sunday Morning. Orchard, 1999. 32 pages. Ages 3-6
Hughes, Shirley. Wheels. U.S. edition: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1989.
Ichikawa, Satomi. My Father's Shop.. U.S. edition: Kane/Miller, 2006. 32 pages. Ages 3-7
Ormerod, Jan. Who's Whose?. U.S. edition: Greenwillow, 1998. Ages 3 - 7
Reiser, Lynn. Margaret and Margarita/Margarita y Margaret. Greenwillow, 1993. Ages 3 - 6
Sis, Peter. Madlenka's Dog. Frances Foster / Farrar Straus Giroux,, 2002. Ages 3 - 6At Day Care & School
Ballard, Robin. My Day, Your Day. Greenwillow Books / HarperCollins, 2001. Ages 2 - 5
Barrett, Mary Brigid. Day Care Days. Illustrated by Patti Beling Murphy. Little, Brown, 1999. Ages 3 - 5
French, Simon. Guess the Baby. Illustrated by Donna Rawlins. U.S. edition: Clarion, 2002. 32 pages. Ages 3-5
Henkes, Kevin. Wemberly Worried. Greenwillow, 2000. Ages 3 - 7
Hudson, Wade. Jamal's Busy Day. Illustrated by George Ford. Just Us Books, 1991. 24 pages. Ages 4-6Around Town
Cruise, Robin. Little Mamá Forgets. Illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen. Melanie Kroupa Books / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006. 32 pages. Ages 3-6
Doyle, Charlotte. Supermarket!. Illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. Candlewick Press, 2004. 20 pages. Ages 18 months - 3 years
Elya, Susan Middleton. Bebé Goes Shopping. Illustrated by Steven Salerno. Harcourt, 2006. 32 pages. Ages 2-5
Graham, Bob. Oscar’s Half Birthday. Candlewick Press, 2005. 32 pages. Ages 3-6
Johnson, Paul Brett. Farmer's Market. Orchard, 1997. Ages 4 - 7
Nye, Naomi Shihab . Baby Radar. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2003. Ages 18 months - 4 years
Schwartz, Amy. What James Likes Best. A Richard Jackson Book / Atheneum, 2003. Ages 2 - 5
Scott, Ann Herbert. Hi. Illustrated by Glo Coalson. Philomel, 1994. Ages 2 - 4
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