For the youngest sports fans, the author/illustrator has paired animals with an appropriate sport. Watch Bat Cat hit a line drive into the wings of Glove Dove! This simple book will help pre-readers work on rhyming sounds and can be an ongoing game as parents and children create new rhymes for animals and sports.

Fans of this book will also appreciate Truck Duck by the same author.

- Ellen 6/05

Sounds abound in this wonderfully noisy book about transportation, from the train pictured on the front to motorbikes, ferryboats and cable cars. A fun read aloud!

Fans of this book may also enjoy Emergency! and Dig, Dig, Digging by the same authors.

- Donnae 6/05

Hello Robots
by Bob Staake

Ages 3-6
Robots

Four robots, Blink, Zinc, Blip and Zip work hard at their special jobs. But when they get caught in the rain, the water mixes up their circuits and everything goes wrong. How can they get back to their normal routine? Robot fans will find a surprising answer in this colorful picture book.

- Ellen 7/05