Books for 2 to 8 Year Olds on
Cartoon / Animal Analogy Stories

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Author

Title

Subtitle

Year

Desmoinaux, Christel

Mrs. Hen’s Big Surprise

                                                             

 

2000

Notes

Mrs. Hen has found a very strange looking egg in her garden: yellow with blue polka dots and three times her size.  But an egg is an egg, so she sits on it, sure that it will hatch into the baby chick of her dreams.  When a dinosaur comes out, she begins her dream.

 

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Subtitle

Year

Jeram, Anita

All Together Now

                                                             

 

1999

Notes

A delightful story of the Honey family: Bunny, Mommy Rabbit’s first little baby, and Little Duckling and Miss Mouse, Mommy’s adopted children.  Their singing and the fun they have throughout the book celebrates their differences and togetherness.

 

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Subtitle

Year

Kasza, Keiko

A Mother for Choco

                                                             

 

1992

Notes

Choco, a yellow baby bird, needs a mother.  He searched the animal kingdom until he found a big bear that did not look at all like him.  But Mother Bear hugged him and kissed him and brought him home to be a part of her family. Now he felt loved and happy.

 

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Keller, Holly

Horace

                                                             

 

1994

Notes

Horace, an adopted little animal, is unhappy because he is spotted, while his family is striped.  So he goes off to find a different family.  He soon realizes being a family is not related to looks.  At day’s end, he is ready to be back with his family.

 

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Title

Subtitle

Year

Sanson, Adele

The Little Green Goose

 

 

1999

Notes

Oh how Mr. Goose longs for a baby – a downy little goose to love.  So he adopts a most unusual egg, builds a nest, and settles down to hatch it.  Told with affectionate humor, story shows that happy loving families do not always look alike.

 

Author

Title

Subtitle

Year
Kates, Bobbi Jane We're Different, We're The Same
 		And We're All Wonderful!  

Notes

A Sesame Street book about being different and being the same.


 

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