Early Learning
Picture Books that Staff Love
That’s not my name! / Anoosha Syed.
Syed, Anoosha, author, illustrator.
The universe and you / written by Suzanne Slade illustrated by Stephanie Fizer Coleman.
Slade, Suzanne, author.
The sublime Ms. Stacks / by Robb Pearlman illustrated by Dani Jones.
Pearlman, Robb, author.
The big worry day / by K.A. Reynolds illustrated by Chloe Dominique.
Reynolds, K. A., author.
Thursday / by Ann Bonwill illustrated by Kayla Harren.
Bonwill, Ann, author.
If you come to Earth / by Sophie Blackall.
Blackall, Sophie, author, illustrator.
![Cover art for Farm [BOARD BOOK] / Becky Davies illustrated by Mei Stoyva.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cover-art-9780593304136.jpeg)
Farm [BOARD BOOK] / Becky Davies illustrated by Mei Stoyva.
Davies, Becky, author.
Dadaji’s paintbrush / Rashmi Sirdeshpande Ruchi Mhasane.
Sirdeshpande, Rashmi, author.
Sometimes I grumblesquinch / by Rachel Vail illustrated by Hyewon Yum.
Vail, Rachel, author.
Nature is an artist / by Jennifer Lavallee illustrations by Natalia Colombo.
Lavallee, Jennifer, author.
A visit to Grandad : an African ABC / Sade Fadipe illustrated by Shedrach Ayalomeh.
Fadipe, Sade, author.
Such a good boy / by Marianna Coppo.
Coppo, Marianna, author, illustrator.
The land of Nod / Robert Louis Stevenson & Robert Hunter.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, author.
I am the longest dog / by Avery Monsen.
Monsen, Avery, author, illustrator.
The phone booth in Mr. Hirota’s garden / Heather Smith illustrated by Rachel Wada.
Smith, Heather, 1968- author.
Through the North Pole snow / Polly Faber illustrated by Richard Jones.
Faber, Polly, author.
Cranky right now / by Julie Berry illustrated by Holly Hatam.
Berry, Julie, 1974- author.
Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats / by Alicia Potter illustrated by Birgitta Sif.
Potter, Alicia, author.
Turtle splash! countdown at the pond / by Cathryn Falwell.
Falwell, Cathryn.
Still this love goes on / by Buffy Sainte-Marie illustrated by Julie Flett.
Sainte-Marie, Buffy, author.
A child of books / Oliver Jeffers Sam Winston.
Jeffers, Oliver, author.
The balcony / Melissa Castrillón.
Castrillón, Melissa, author, illustrator.
Bonnie’s new old outfit / Madison Moore illustrated by Danielle Bennett.
Moore, Madison, 1997- author.
Dinos driving / Lynn Leitch illustrations by Scot Ritchie.
Leitch, Lynn, 1971- author.
The Night Gardener / by Terry Fan and Eric Fan.
Fan, Terry.
Give this book away! / written by Darren Farrell illustrated by Maya Tatsukawa.
Farrell, Darren, author.
A boy and his mirror / Marchánt Davis illustrated by Keturah A. Bobo.
Davis, Marchánt, author.
![Cover art for Space [BOARD BOOK] / illustrations by Howard Gray & Katie Kear specialist consultant](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cover-art-9781684492428.jpeg)
The talk / Alicia D. Williams illustrated by Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.
Williams, Alicia, 1970- author.
Moo-moo, I love you! / Tom Lichtenheld Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Lichtenheld, Tom, author, illustrator.
Phoenix gets greater / written by Marty Wilson-Trudeau with Phoenix Wilson illustrated by Megan Kyak-Monteith.
Wilson-Trudeau, Marty, author.
Love from Llama Llama / Anna Dewdney.
Dewdney, Anna, author, illustrator.
Llama unleashes the alpacalypse / Jonathan Stutzman illustrated by Heather Fox.
Stutzman, Jonathan, author.
Ruby and the itsy-bitsy icky bug / by Allison Wortche illustrated by Sally Walker.
Wortche, Allison, author.
I am famous / by Tara Luebbe and Becky Cattie pictures by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff.
Luebbe, Tara, author.
The world is a family / by Rosie Adams illustrated by Frances Ives.
Adams, Rosie, author.
Blurp’s book of manners / Cindy Derby.
Derby, Cindy, author, illustrator.
![Cover art for Things that go [BOARD BOOK] / illustrated by Anna Sûßbauer.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cover-art-9780744056600.jpeg)
Things that go [BOARD BOOK] / illustrated by Anna Sûßbauer.
Süssbauer, Anna, 1979- illustrator.
Ten birds meet a monster / written and illustrated by Cybèle Young.
Young, Cybèle, 1972-
Plátanos go with everything / written by Lissette Norman illustrated by Sara Palacios.
Norman, Lissette, author.
Oona and the shark / words by Kelly DiPucchio pictures by Raissa Figueroa.
DiPucchio, Kelly, author.
![Cover art for You are getting sleepy [BOARD BOOK] / by Lori Alexander illustrated by Monica Mikai.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cover-art-9781338814064.jpeg)
You are getting sleepy [BOARD BOOK] / by Lori Alexander illustrated by Monica Mikai.
Alexander, Lori, author.
The new rooster / Rilla Alexander.
Alexander, Rilla, author, illustrator.
The pet potato / written by Josh Lacey illustrated by Momoko Abe.
Lacey, Josh, author.
![Cover art for Calm [BOARD BOOK] / Dr. Jillian Roberts.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cover-art-9781459830974.jpeg)
Calm [BOARD BOOK] / Dr. Jillian Roberts.
Roberts, Jillian, 1971- author.
The lost library / Jess McGeachin.
McGeachin, Jess, author, illustrator.
The totally NOT wicked stepmother / by Samantha Berger illustrations by Neha Rawat.
Berger, Samantha, author.
What do you do with a chance? / written by Kobi Yamada illustrated by Mae Besom.
Yamada, Kobi, author.
Somewhere in the world right now / by Stacey Schuett.
Schuett, Stacey.
I want my hat back / Jon Klassen.
Klassen, J.
Little Red Riding Hood and the dragon / written by Ying Chang Compestine illustrated by Joy Ang.
Compestine, Ying Chang, author.
A unicorn, a dinosaur, and a shark walk into a book / by Jonathan Fenske.
Fenske, Jonathan, author, illustrator.
The catalogue of hugs / by Joshua David Stein and Augustus Heeren Stein art by Elizabeth Lilly.
Stein, Joshua David, author.
What to do with a stick / by Jane Yolen illustrated by Paolo Domeniconi.
Yolen, Jane, author.
Miss Spider’s tea party / by David Kirk.
Kirk, David, 1955-
The way champs play / Naomi Osaka illustrated by Kamala Nair.
Osaka, Naomi, 1997- author.
Sugar pie lullaby : the soul of Motown in a song of love / Carole Boston Weatherford pictures by Sawyer Cloud.
Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956- author.
Love makes a garden grow / written and illustrated by Taeeun Yoo.
Yoo, Taeeun, author, illustrator.
We don’t lose our class goldfish / Ryan T. Higgins.
Higgins, Ryan T., author, illustrator.
Marlo / Christopher Browne.
Browne, Christopher, author, illustrator.
The loud librarian / written Jenna Beatrice illustrated by Erika Lynne Jones.
Beatrice, Jenna, author.
The tree and the river / Aaron Becker.
Becker, Aaron, 1974- author, illustrator.
My little thief / Augusten Burroughs illustrated by Bonnie Lui.
Burroughs, Augusten, author.
Dude! / word by Aaron Reynolds pictures by Dan Santat.
Reynolds, Aaron, 1970- author.
Ice cream face / Heidi Woodward Sheffield.
Sheffield, Heidi Woodward, author, illustrator.
Milk and juice : a recycling romance / Meredith Crandall Brown.
Brown, Meredith Crandall, author, illustrator.
The taming of Lola : a shrew story / by Ellen Weiss illustrated by Jerry Smath.
Weiss, Ellen, 1949-
The tide / by Clare Helen Welsh illustrated by Ashling Lindsay.
Welsh, Clare Helen, author.
How to catch a yeti / from the New York Times bestselling team Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton.
Wallace, Adam, author.
Most of the better natural things in the world / Dave Eggers & Angel Chang.
Eggers, Dave, author.
The duck never blinks / Alex Latimer.
Latimer, Alex, author, illustrator.
My self, your self / written and illustrated by Esmé Shapiro.
Shapiro, Esmé, 1992- author, illustrator.
You can’t be a pterodactyl! / written by James Breakwell illustrated by Sophie Corrigan.
Breakwell, James, author.
Here : I can be mindful / by Ally Condie illustrated by Jaime Kim.
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite, author.
Does a bulldozer have a butt? / written by Derick Wilder illustrated by K-Fai Steele.
Wilder, Derick, author.
The brand-new, never-used, perfect crayons / Leanne Hatch.
Hatch, Leanne, author, illustrator.
Puppy-cam / written by Margie Palatini illustrated by Dan Yaccarino.
Palatini, Margie, author.
Wepa : English & Spanish / J de la Vega.
De laVega, J., author, illustrator.
This is not my hat / Jon Klassen.
Klassen, J.
Just for me / Jennifer Hansen Rolli
Rolli, Jennifer Hansen, author, illustrator.
![Cover art for Being brave [BOARD BOOK] / written by Cindy Jin illustrated by Ashley Dugan.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cover-art-9781665933391.jpeg)
Being brave [BOARD BOOK] / written by Cindy Jin illustrated by Ashley Dugan.
Jin, Cindy, author.
Creepy crayon! / Aaron Reynolds illustrated by Peter Brown.
Reynolds, Aaron, 1970- author.
Zen shorts / by Jon Muth illustrated by Jon Muth.
Muth, Jon J.
Upcoming Early Learning Events
Alafaya Branch (Alafaya - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Storytime
Storytime is the right time for family time. Reading together is a wonderful way to bond and learn from one another. Bring your families together for fun stories that are designed for all ages.
Learn more>South Creek Branch (Meeting Room)
Event Categories: Storytime
The use of picture books, songs and told stories will encourage your child to read, talk, sing, write and play. Recommended for children ages 3 to 5.
Learn more>Hiawassee Branch (Hiawassee - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Storytime
From the rhythm and repetition of nursery rhymes to the use of picture books, songs and flannel board stories, your child will be encouraged to develop early literacy skills.
Learn more>Southeast Branch (Children's Area)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Storytime
Did you know that monsters love to read? Join us for not-so-scary stories and crafts featuring our favorite monsters. Recommended for ages 3-5.
Learn more>Fairview Shores Branch (Fairview Shores - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Storytime
From the rhythm and repetition of nursery rhymes to the use of picture books, songs and flannel board stories, your child will be encouraged to develop early literacy skills.
Learn more>Orlando Public Library (Papa Bear - First Floor)
Event Categories: Education & Learning; Games & Activities
Using rhymes, songs, puppets, musical instruments and more, we will be interacting together to help develop important pre-literacy skills in our littlest ones! Recommended for ages 0-18 months.
Learn more>Windermere Branch (Windermere - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Storytime
Bring your baby to this Halloween storytime filled with not-so-spooky activities that introduce pre-literacy concepts. Baby costumes are encouraged. Recommended for ages 0-18 months.
Learn more>South Creek Branch (Meeting Room)
Event Categories: Storytime
The use of picture books, finger plays, songs and flannel board stories will encourage the development of verbal and listening skills for this active age group. Recommended for ages 18 to 36 months.
Learn more>Fairview Shores Branch (Fairview Shores - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Games & Activities
Connect with other caregivers to meet and mingle while your little one explores imaginary play with new and old friends. Recommended for ages 0-5.
Learn more>Southeast Branch (Children's Area)
Event Categories: Games & Activities
Connect with other caregivers to meet and mingle while your little one explores imaginary play with new and old friends. Recommended for ages 0-5.
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