Guess Who's On the Farm
(by Naomi Russell, Candlewick $4 Score:) Split pages turn this clever flap book into a peek-a-boo game with obvious clues peeking out so tots can guess the names of the farm animals. Also in the same series: Whose Socks are These? by Jez Alborough. 2 and a half & up.

Age: Toddlers. Award Year: 2000.

Away We Go!
(by Rebecca Kai Dotlich/illus. by Dan Yaccarino, HarperCollins $9.95 Score:) Toddlers are fascinated with transportation and with simple language, bright colors, and bouncing rhyme, this concept book is on the right road! 2 & up.

Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2001.

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
(by Bill Martin,Jr./illus. by Eric Carle, Holt $13.95 Score:) Carle's bold and brilliant beasts and Martin's simple but rhythmic rhymes make perfect harmony! Young listeners love chiming in on the telling. Also see Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? A beautiful color concept book. 2 & up.

Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 1994.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
(by Eric Carle, Philomel $15.95 Score:) Toddlers love the repetition of the text, the subject of eating and the sensory fun of poking little fingers into the holes the hungry caterpillar has eaten through. A young science book that will also be enjoyed by preschoolers.

Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 1995.

Do Monkey's Tweet?
(by Melanie Walsh, Houghton Mifflin $15 Score:) Do horses bark? Do dogs oink? Older toddlers will giggle smugly at the totally ridiculous questions and gloat over how smart they are because they know the name of the animal that tweets, cheeps, barks, or...whatever, before you turn the page! From the author of Do Pigs Have Stripes? 2 and a half & up. SNAP INFO: Here's a concept book with a sense of humor! Do horses bark? Do dogs oink? Older toddlers will giggle smugly at the totally ridiculous questions and gloat at how smart they are because they know the name of the animal that tweets, cheeps, barks, or...whatever, before you turn the page! From the author of Do Pigs Have Stripes? 2 and a half & up.

Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2000.

Don't You Feel Well, Sam?
(by Amy Hest/illus. by Anita Jeram, Candlewick $15.99 Score:) There's something so soothing about the pace and loving tone of this little story about a cold night on Plum Street when Sam's cough needs some syrup that Sam doesn't want to take. What preschooler has not been in such a predicament? Charming. 2˝–5.

Age: Toddlers,Preschool. Award Year: 2003.

Zoo's Who?
(by Robert Tainsh, Holt $8.95 Score:) Too often textured books have textures that fuzz or can be torn loose. This handsome board book has full color photos of wild animals with cutout parts where the textures are revealed. The text is told in rhyme and is a stretch beyond the usual barnyard creatures for toddlers.

Age: Infants,Toddlers. Award Year: 2006.

Maisy's Nature Walk
(by Lucy Cousins, Candlewick $12.99 Score:)

A pull the tab books with flowers that open, ducks that quack and hatch, rabbits and snail that play peek-a-boo. Along the side of each colorful page are science words that describe things found in the big picture. As always, Maisy’s colorful sturdy pages are just right for toddlers and preschoolers to handle and study for not too fine details. 2 ½ & up.

Age: Toddlers. Award Year: 2008. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Busy Chickens
(by John Schindel/ photos by Steven Holt, Tricycle Press $6.99 Score:)

Newest in the Busy Book series, colorful photos of chickens are labeled with rhyming couplets that describe their actions with playful words..as in “Chicken walking, Chicken sqwawking…Chicken caring, Chicken sharing…” This is a fun series printed on sturdy board stock that preschoolers will enjoy listening to and then looking at independently. 2-5

Age: Toddlers, Preschool. Award Year: 2008. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.

Maisy Bakes a Cake
(by Lucy Cousins, Candlewick $12.99 Score:)

There’s wonderful action in this pull-the-tabs early science book. Clever Maisy is about to bake a cake, but first, she must wash her hands! Great! She not opens the refrigerator, she weighs and measures ingredients on a scale that moves. When she opens the oven after half an hour you see the cake rise! And for the grand finale, her pal, Charley opens his mouth and eats a piece. One of the best in this charming series. 2-5

Age: Toddlers, Preschool. Award Year: 2009. Click here to purchase the product on Amazon.com.