| Goldblatt, R. | The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Be Sad, 2004 |
| Graves, S. | I’m Not Happy, 2011 |
| Hamilton, D. | Sad Days, Glad Days: A Story About Depression, 1995 |
| Imai, A. | Chester, 2007 |
| Krishnaswami, U. | Remembering Grandpa, 2007 |
| Maltbie, P. | Bambino and Mr. Twain, 2012 |
| Medina, S. | Sad, 2007 |
| Nichols, C. | Sad Is, 2012 |
| Parr, T. | The Goodbye Book, 2015 |
| Polacco, P. | Mrs. Katz and Tush, 1992 |
| Shuman, C. | Jenny is Scared! When Something Sad Happens in the World, 2003 |
| Staub, L. | Everybody Gets the Blues, 2012 |
| Thompson, C. | The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness, 2008 |
| Verroken, S. | Feeling Sad, 2009 |
| Willems, M. | My Friend is Sad, 2007 |
| Willis, J. | Misery Moo, 2005 |
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Runaways
| Ahlberg, A. | The Runaway Dinner, 2006 |
| Allen, E. | Itsy Mitsy Runs Away, 2011 |
| Amato, M. | The Chicken of the Family, 2008 |
| Aylesworth, J. | The Gingerbread Man, 1998 |
| Brown, M. | The Runaway Bunny, 2005 |
| Cadow, K. | Alfie Runs Away, 2010 |
| Chichester, E. | Piper, 2007 |
| Dayne, K. | The Story of Pinocchio, 2006 |
| Downes, P. | Come Home, Angus, 2016 |
| Ernst, L. | Stella Louella’s Runaway Book, 1998 |
| Feigh, A. | On Those Runaway Days, 2008 |
| Hanel, W. | Little Elephant Runs Away, 2001 |
| Hernandez, L. | Dog Gone! 2012 |
| Keats, E. | Peter’s Chair, 1998 |
| Lithgow, J. | Marsupial Sue Presents the Runaway Pancake, 2005 |
| Lloyd, S. | Mr. Pusskins: A Love Story, 2007 |
| Mackinnon, M. | The Gingerbread Man, 2007 |
| Mayer, M. | I Was So Mad, 1983 |
| McCully, E. | My Real Family, 1994 |
| Munsch, R. | Aaron’s Hair, 2002 |
| Rosenberry, V. | Vera Runs Away, 2000 |
| Schwartz, A. | Dee Dee and Me, 2013 |
| Seligman, D. | Run Away Home, 1969 |
| Slangerup, E. | Dirt Boy, 2000 |
| Steig, W. | Zeke Pippin, 1994 |
| Thomas, H. | The Great White House Breakout, 2008 |
| Waddell, M. | Bee Frog, 2007 |
| Waechter, P. | Bravo! 2011 |
| Weninger, B. | Where Have You Gone, Davy? 1996 |
| Yang, J. | Joey and Jet in Space, 2006 |
| Zion, G. | Harry, the Dirty Dog, 2002 |
Roosters
| Auch, M. | Poultrygeist, 2003 |
| Auch, M. | Bantam of the Opera, 1997 |
| Baddiel, I. | Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack! 2007 |
| Carle, E. | Rooster’s Off to See the World, 1987 |
| Ehlert, L. | Color Farm, 1990 |
| Froehlich, M. | That Kookoory! 1995 |
| Geeslin, C. | In Rosa’s Mexico, 1996 |
| Heine, H. | Friends Go Adventuring, 1995 |
| Heine, H. | Friends, 1982 |
| MacDonald, M. | Little Rooster’s Diamond Button, 2007 |
| Martin, B. | Chicken Chuck, 2000 |
| Martin, J. | Chicken Joy on Redbean Road: A Bayou Country Romp, 2007 |
| Meeker, C. | Who Wakes Rooster? 1996 |
| Most, B. | Cock-a-Doodle-Moo! 1996 |
| Pearson, T. | Bob, 2002 |
| Peet, B. | Cock-a-Doodle Dudley, 1990 |
| Priceman, M. | Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride, 2005 |
| Rodriguex, B. | Rooster’s Revenge, 2011 |
| Santore, C. | The Fox and the Rooster: A Fable From Aesop, 1998 |
| Scheffler, U. | Stop Your Crowing, Kasimir! 1988 |
| Scillian, D. | Brewster the Rooster, 2007 |
| Womell, M. | Bernard the Angry Rooster, 2001 |
Robots
| Barnett, M. | Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World), 2010 |
| Brown, S. | Sometimes I Forget You’re a Robot, 2013 |
| Burks, J. | Beep and Bah, 2012 |
| Cali, D. | Mama Robot, 2008 |
| Dean, J. | Pete the Cat Robo-Pete, 2015 |
| Dewan, T. | The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, 1998 |
| DiPucchio, K. | Clink, 2011 |
| Disney | Wall-E, 2008 |
| Dyckman, A. | Boy + Bot, 2012 |
| Emberley, R. | Spare Parts, 2015 |
| Gall, C. | Nanabots, 2016 |
| Hebson, D. | Robots Everywhere, 2004 |
| James, S. | Baby Brains and Robomom, 2008 |
| Joyce, W. | Sleepy Time Ollie, 2001 |
| Joyce, W. | Rolie Polie Olie, 1999 |
| Judge, C. | Tin, 2014 |
| Kirk, D. | Nova’s Ark, 1999 |
| Lester, H. | Wodney Wat’s Wobot, 2011 |
| Lucas, D. | The Robot and the Bluebird, 2007 |
| McCall, B. | Marveltown, 2008 |
| McClements, G. | Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident, 2008 |
| McNamara, M. | The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot, 2011 |
| Parker, J. | Little Bot and Sparrow, 2016 |
| Paul, M. | Trainbots, 2016 |
| Pinkney, J. | Cosmo and the Robot, 2000 |
| Rubin, A. | Robo-Sauce, 2015 |
| Saunders, C. | Wall-E: The Intergalactic Guide, 2008 |
| Schories, P. | When Jack Goes Out, 2010 |
| Scieszka, J. | Robot Zot, 2009 |
| Simon, A. | Robot Zombie Frankenstein! 2012 |
| Simon, A. | Robot Burp Head Smartypants! 2014 |
| Tarpley, T. | Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! 2015 |
| Tukel, O. | Rainstack! 2013 |
| VanCamp, K. | Cookiebot! 2011 |
| VanDusen, C. | Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit, 2012 |
| Watkins, A. | R is for Robot: A Noisy Alphabet, 2014 |
| Yaccarino, D. | Doug Unplugged, 2013 |
| Yaccarino, D. | Doug Unplugs on the Farm, 2014 |
| Additional books about Robots can be found in Juvenile Non-Fiction (J 629.8) | |
Restaurants
| Akin, S. | Three Scoops and a Fig, 2010 |
| Anderson, D. | Gladys Goes Out to Lunch, 2005 |
| Anderson, P. | Out To Lunch, 1998 |
| Asch, F. | Mr. Maxwell’s Mouse, 2004 |
| Ashman, L. | No Dogs Allowed! 2011 |
| Axelrod, A. | Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun With Math and Money, 1994 |
| Bang, M. | The Paper Crane, 1985 |
| Barasch, L. | Hiromi’s Hands, 2007 |
| Bee, W. | Stanley’s Diner, 2015 |
| Berenstain, J. | The Berenstain Bears Go Out to Eat, 2010 |
| Berkner, L. | Victor Cita and Freddie Vasco, 2004 |
| Brett, J. | Gingerbread Friends, 2008 |
| D’Amico, C. | Ella Takes the Cake, 2005 |
| Disney | The Princess and the Frog, 2009 |
| Dodds, D. | Minnie’s Diner: A Multiplying Menu, 2004 |
| Dragonwagon, C. | Bat in the Dining Room, 1997 |
| Greenstein, E. | Ice Cream Cones for Sale! 2003 |
| Johnson, P. | On Top of Spaghetti, 2006 |
| Keller, L. | Arnie the Doughnut, 2003 |
| Kerr, J. | The Tiger Who Came to Tea, 2009 |
| Koller, J. | One Monkey Too Many, 1999 |
| Leedy, L. | The Edible Pyramid: Good Eating Every Day, 2007 |
| Lewin, T. | Big Jimmy’s Kim Kau Chinese Take-Out, 2002 |
| Lin, G. | Dim Sum For Everyone! 2001 |
| Lin, G. | Fortune Cookie Fortunes, 2004 |
| London, J. | Froggy Eats Out, 2001 |
| McGuirk, L. | Wiggens Learns His Manners at the Four Seasons Restaurant, 2009 |
| Numeroff, L. | Two For Stew, 1996 |
| Odanaka, B. | A Crazy Day at the Critter Café, 2009 |
| Park, F. | The Have a Good Day Café, 2005 |
| Pearson, T. | Where Does Joe Go? 1999 |
| Pohrt, T. | Having a Wonderful Time, 1999 |
| Polacco, P. | Because of Thursday, 2016 |
| Quattlebaum, M. | The Hungry Ghost of Rue Orleans, 2011 |
| Radar, L. | Tea for Me, Tea for You, 2003 |
| Rey, H. | Curious George Goes to a Restaurant, 1988 |
| Rey, M. | Curious George and the Pizza, 1985 |
| Rockwell, A. | Truck Stop, 2013 |
| Schwarz, M. | Best Restaurant in the World, 2004 |
| Shaw, N. | Sheep Out to Eat, 1992 |
| Staake, B. | The Donut Chef, 2008 |
| Stimpson, C. | Jack and the Baked Beanstalk, 2012 |
| Todd, M. | Food Trucks! 2014 |
| Waber, B. | Fast Food! Gulp! Gulp! 2001 |
| Weeks, S. | Two Eggs Please, 2003 |
| Wellington, M. | Pizza at Sally’s, 2006 |
| Whelan, G. | The Boy Who Wanted to Cook, 2011 |
| Wild, M. | Midnight Babies, 2001 |
| Wong, J. | Apple Pie 4th of July, 2002 |
| Yee, W. | Hamburger Heaven, 1999 |
Responsibilty
| Barnett, M. | Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem, 2009 |
| Berenstain, S. | The Berenstain Bears and the Blame Game, 1997 |
| Berenstain, S. | The Berenstain Bears Trouble With Pets, 1990 |
| Boothroyd, J. | How I Do My Homework, 2014 |
| Brown, M. | Arthur’s Computer Disaster, 1997 |
| Brown, M. | Arthur’s Pet Business, 1990 |
| Child, L. | I Will Be Especially VERY Careful, 2009 |
| Child, L. | We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog, 2006 |
| Cooper, H. | Little Monster Did It! 1996 |
| Cordsen, C. | Market Day, 2008 |
| Cutler, J. | Guttersnipe, 2009 |
| Falconer, I. | Olivia and the Missing Toy, 2003 |
| Graves, K. | Pet Boy, 2000 |
| Killen, N. | Not Me! 2010 |
| Mayer, C. | Being a Leader, 2008 |
| Mayer, C. | Being Responsible, 2008 |
| Mayer, M. | I Just Forgot, 1988 |
| Nelson, R. | How I Clean My Room, 2014 |
| Saltzberg, B. | Stanley and the Class Pet, 2008 |
| Soto, G. | My Little Car = Mi carrito, 2006 |
Recycling
| Child, L. | We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers, 2009 |
| deGroat, D. | Ants in Your Pants, Worms in Your Plants (Gilbert Goes Green), 2011 |
| Grubb, L. | Happy Dog Sizzles, 2004 |
| Kroll, S. | Stuff! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, 2009 |
| Miller, E. | Recycling Day, 2014 |
| Minden, C. | Kids Can Recycle, 2010 |
| Newton-John, O. | A Pig Tale, 1993 |
| Rey, H. | Curious George Plants a Tree, 2009 |
| Ziefert, H. | My Forever Dress, 2009 |
| Additional books about Recycling can be found in Juvenile Non-Fiction (J 363.72) | |
Rats
| Adams, P. | The Farmer in the Dell, 2001 |
| Child, L. | That Pesky Rat, 2002 |
| Chin, O. | The Year of the Rat: Tales From the Chinese Zodiac, 2007 |
| Crimi, C. | Don’t Need Friends, 1999 |
| Crow, K. | Cool Daddy Rat, 2008 |
| Deacon, A. | Cheese Belongs to You! 2013 |
| Drachman, E. | Bad Rats, 2008 |
| Egielski, R. | Slim and Jim, 2002 |
| Jennings, P. | Bat and Rat, 2012 |
| Kellogg, S. | The Pied Piper’s Magic, 2009 |
| Lears, L. | Stay Away from Rat Boy! 2009 |
| Lester, H. | Wodney Wat’s Wobot, 2011 |
| Lester, H. | Hooway for Wodney Wat! 1999 |
| McNamara, M. | Too Many Cooks, 2007 |
| McPhail, D. | Big Brown Bear Goes to Town, 2006 |
| McPhail, D. | Big Brown Bear’s Birthday Surprise, 2007 |
| McPhail, D. | Big Brown Bear’s Up and Down Day, 2003 |
| Meddaugh, S. | Cinderella’s Rat, 1997 |
| Palatini, M. | The Cheese, 2007 |
| Potter, B. | The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, 2002 |
| Stevenson, J. | The Most Amazing Dinosaur, 2000 |
| Willems, M. | Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, 2009 |
| Additional books about Rats can be found in Juvenile Non-Fiction (J 599.35 and J 636.935) | |
Rainbows
| Bunting, E. | That’s What Leprechauns Do, 2005 |
| Ehlert, L. | Plainting a Rainbow, 1988 |
| Freeman, D. | A Rainbow Of My Own, 1978 |
| Krensky, S. | Too Many Leprechauns, 2007 |
| McKee, D. | Elmer and the Rainbow, 2007 |
| Morrison, T. | Little Cloud and Lady Wind, 2010 |
| Pinkney, S. | A Rainbow All Around Me, 2002 |
| Romain, T. | The Boy Who Swallowed a Rainbow, 2000 |
| Strom, M. | Rainbow Joe and Me, 1999 |
| Szekeres, C. | Toby’s Rainbow Clothes, 2000 |
| Additional Children’s Books about Rainbows can be found in Juvenile Non-Fiction (J 551.56) | |
Rain
| Aichinger, H. | The Rain Mouse, 1970 |
| Ashman, L. | Rain! 2013 |
| Base, G. | The Water Hole, 2001 |
| Bluemle, E. | Tap Tap Boom Boom, 2014 |
| Boswell, A. | The Rain Stomper, 2008 |
| Bourgeois, P. | Franklin and the Thunderstorm, 1998 |
| Brett, J. | The Umbrella, 2004 |
| Bridges, M. | I Love the Rain! 2005 |
| Bright, P. | The Bears in the Bed and the Great Big Storm, 2008 |
| Broad, M. | Forget Me Not, 2009 |
| Carle, E. | Little Cloud, 1996 |
| Cotton, C. | Rain Play, 2008 |
| DeRoo, E. | The Rain Train, 2011 |
| Dragonwagon, C. | And Then it Rained, 2003 |
| Falwell, C. | Rainbow Stew, 2013 |
| Feiffer, K. | My Side of the Car, 2011 |
| Frazier, C. | Stanley Goes for a Drive, 2004 |
| Gammell, S. | Mudkin, 2011 |
| Gibson, A. | Split! Splat! 2012 |
| Gorbachev, V. | Nicky and the Rainy Day, 2002 |
| Gorbachev, V. | One Rainy Day, 2002 |
| Gorbachev, V. | Catty Jane Who Hated the Rain, 2012 |
| Guiberson, B. | Rain Rain Rain Forest, 2004 |
| Gutman, A. | Gaspard and Lisa’s Rainy Day, 2003 |
| Hesse, K. | Come On, Rain! 1999 |
| Hest, A. | In the Rain With Baby Duck, 1995 |
| Hobbie, N. | Priscilla and the Splish-Splash Surprise, 2006 |
| Johnson, N. | The Falling Raindrop, 2010 |
| Krishnaswami, U. | Monsoon, 2003 |
| Lakin, P. | Rainy Day! 2007 |
| Lehman, B. | Rainstorm, 2007 |
| Lewis, K. | Seymour and Henry, 2009 |
| Lichtenheld, T. | Cloudette, 2011 |
| Lyon, G. | All the Water in the World, 2011 |
| Mack, J. | Good News Bad News, 2012 |
| Martin, B. | Listen to the Rain, 1988 |
| McPhail, D. | The Puddle, 1998 |
| McPhail, D. | Big Brown Bear Goes to Town, 2006 |
| Milbourne, A. | The Rainy Day, 2006 |
| Miyakoshi, A. | The Storm, 2016 |
| Miyares, D. | Float, 2015 |
| Morrison, T. | Please, Louise, 2013 |
| Mortensen, D. | Ohio Thunder, 2006 |
| Patricelli, L. | The Patterson Puppies and the Rainy Day, 2009 |
| Phelan, M. | Druthers, 2014 |
| Ray, M. | Red Rubber Boot Day, 2000 |
| Ray, M. | Boom! Big, Big Thunder & One Small Dog, 2013 |
| Russo, M. | Little Bird Takes a Bath, 2015 |
| Rustad, M. | Today Is Rainy, 2006 |
| Schaefer, C. | Kids Like Us, 2008 |
| Schaefer, L. | This is the Rain, 2001 |
| Shannon, D. | The Rain Came Down, 2000 |
| Sheth, K. | Monsoon Afternoon, 2008 |
| Spier, P. | Peter Spier’s Rain, 1982 |
| Stojic, M. | Rain, 2000 |
| Sutton, S. | Farmer John’s Tractor, 2012 |
| Swenson, J. | Boom! Boom! Boom! 2013 |
| Tafuri, N. | The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book, 2009 |
| Tukel, O. | Rainstack! 2013 |
| Usher, S. | Rain, 2017 |
| Viva, F. | Outstanding in the Rain, 2015 |
| White, D. | Blue on Blue, 2014 |
| Willems, M. | Are You Ready to Play Outside? 2008 |
| Wilson, K. | Bear Feels Scared, 2008 |
| Yee, W. | Who Likes Rain? 2007 |
| Yum, H. | Puddle, 2016 |
| Ziefert, H. | Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain? 2015 |
| Additional books about Weather can be found in Juvenile Non-Fiction (J 551.5) | |
