Silly Suzy Goose by Petr Horacek.

Suzy is a goose just like all the others in her gaggle.  How she longs to be different!  So she imagines what it would be like to be different animals.  She could go underwater if she was a seal; she could jump if she was a kangaroo.  And if she was a lion, she could ROAR!  But Suzy’s roar comes out more as a Roooaarrrhonk!  When she tries a second time, she awakens the nearby lion who comes chasing after her.  As she flees, she jumps like a kangaroo, runs like an ostrich, and acts like all of the animals she imagined herself being.  She finally returns to the safety of her gaggle, hidden among them.  The lion leaves and Suzy realizes that while it is good to fit in, she is fine with being different too. 

This is a great read-aloud, especially for a group of antsy children.  The book is fast paced, colorful and very child friendly.  Best of all, it has a lot of action words.  If I was reading this to a group of kids, I would save it for the very end of the storytime and encourage the kids to move along with the book.  Should make for a fun time for all.

Moose Tracks! by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jack E. Davis.

I shared this very funny book with a storytime this morning and had an absolute blast.  Any adult reading the book will see the joke coming immediately.  There are moose tracks all over the house, in the kitchen, the bathroom, the bedroom.  Who could have put them there?  The speaker in the story is of course never pictured until the end where he is shown to be a moose himself.  The preschoolers I shared the book with never, never saw it coming.  So it was a joy to read it.  I just got bigger and bigger in my reading of the WHO?  WHO?  And the kids ate it up and started doing the chorus with me.  Then when the joke was revealed, there was even that split second of stunned silence and then they all broke into laughter.  A perfect book to share!  What fun!