Cindy's Picks:
The Touch and Feel Series from Dorling Kindersley
    Board books for infants and preschoolers. An up-close look, touch, and feel of animals and everyday objects. Beautiful photographs and lots of furry, smooth, bumpy, and sticky pages for small children.

The Nursery Collection by Shirley Hughes  
    A collection of our favorites: Bathwater's Hot, When We Went to the Park, Colors, All Shapes & Sizes & Noisy. Children around the world have enjoyed these tales. Now they are available again in one wonderful collection.

Arf! Beg! Catch! by Henry Horenstein    
    H is for hairy, I is for itchy, M is for mutt. A photo of a dog and a related word accompanies each letter of the alphabet. Not just for dog-lovers.

The Lifesize Animal Opposite Book and The Lifesize Animal Counting Book
    Two great titles with bright photographs for the little ones. These books teach and entertain.

Sleep, Little One, Sleep by Marian Dane Bauer; illustrated by JoElley McAllister Stammen
    For children 1-3 yrs. An irresistible bedtime book full of darling mice, furry polar bears, wooly lambs, and yawning puppies.

Patty's Picks:
So Much by Trish Cooke and Helen Oxenbury
    A simple, rollicking story of a winsome baby as he greets his doting relatives who are coming to celebrate his dad's birthday. This is one child who will never want for love and affection.

In the Rain With Baby Duck by Amy Hest; illustrated by Jill Barton
    It's a rainy day Pancake Sunday and the Duck family is off to Grandpa's for breakfast. Strolling there in the rain is not Baby Duck's idea of a good time, and he dawdles and pouts the whole way. When they arrive, Grandpa Duck immediately recognizes the symptoms and has the perfect remedy from the days when Mrs. Duck shared Baby Duck's aversion to rainy days. Cute story and illustrations.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle