The Everyday Books Books in Order

Bunnies, ducks, dogs, and other familiar pets eat, make noise, and nap in the sunshine. Short verses and cut-paper pictures invite very young children to recognize the animals around them and enjoy the small routines of their days.

A town comes into view through its school, fruit shop, trains, bicycles, and the people who keep it busy. Rhyming verses introduce young children to familiar places and everyday activity, showing how many small parts make up a community.

Three children dance in the rain, enjoy their pets, and play with dolls and trains. Short rhyming verses and simple cut-paper pictures celebrate familiar pleasures, inviting toddlers to recognize their own interests in the children's ordinary day.

Bluebirds, butterflies, and colorful vegetables fill an ordinary garden with things for young children to notice. Rhyming text and simple pictures introduce this familiar outdoor setting, encouraging readers to look closely at its plants and visiting creatures.

A house is introduced through its front door, porch swing, flowers, birdhouse, and ringing bell. Rhyming verses and pictures draw young readers' attention to the familiar details that give a building its character and make it feel like home.

Five short stories celebrate familiar parts of a small child's world, from the house and garden to pets, playmates, and town. Cut-paper illustrations accompany simple, lyrical explorations of ordinary places and the pleasures found in them.