Bethlehem Books List: Picture Books

Some little mice spend a snowy day skating and sledding with their grandparents.

Three little Swedish girls cultivate a big vegetable garden, sell their crops each Saturday at the market, and earn money for bicycles.

Disaster strikes two pigeons when their nest in an electric hotel sign is threatened. Sid, a pigeon, takes up residence in the lower loop of the B on San Francisco's Bay Hotel sign, but he gets a terrible fright when he returns home one evening to find the sign, along with his companion, nest, and two about-to-hatch eggs, has been moved.

4 stars

A traditional folk song which tells of the exciting chase that ensues when Mr. Fox raids the farm in order to feed his family.

4 stars

A lonely bunny finds an egg and tries to open it, hoping it contains something fantastic.

3.5 stars

Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.

A collection of thirty-five fairy tales from the folklore of Lithuania, Africa, Germany, Greece, and France.

4 stars

When the door to his house at the zoo is left open a lion decides to visit his friends, but he quickly learns that people are not nearly as polite or friendly in town as when they visit him at the zoo.

The barnyard animals have a good time at their neighbors' party until dinner is served, when the feast appears to be disappointing and Rooster rudely storms off before discovering a hidden treat.

3.5 stars

Animals seek shelter in a big, warm barn during a cold, snowy night.