What Do Wheels Do All Day? by April Jones Prince, illustrated by Giles Laroche. 
This is a great nonfiction book for children, covering the many ways that we use wheels in our lives.  The text is very brief and has an unintrusive rhyme pattern that keeps the book moving along.  It is the illustrations that make this book so special.  Laroche uses paper relief art to create illustrations with depth and motion.  This book will start up conversations with children about what other types of wheels they can think of and how they are used.  And what could be better than a nonfiction book that gets kids thinking all on their own?  This book is great for school units but will also be picked up by children interested in vehicles of all types.  The text and pictures are more than appealing enough for this to also be added to any vehicle storytime.

Who Likes the Wind by Etta Kaner, illustrated by Marie Lafrance.
Open the flaps of this book to discover the facts about the wind.  The book covers scientific information from why the wind blows to how it cools your skin to how it moves a pinwheel.  The illustrations are warm colored and breezy, while the open flaps cover the science material clearly and concisely.  Perfect for units on the weather, it is also a great book for libraries to have for young weather watchers. 

Chuck’s Truck by Peggy Perry Anderson.
Perfect for toddler and preschool storytimes, this title combines two beloved subjects:  farm animals and trucks.  Chuck, a farmer, has an old beat-up truck.  By the time all of the animals decide they want to come along to town, the truck has broken down.  After the truck is towed back to the farm, the animals take care of the situation by calling in a mechanic.  Then they surprise Chuck with a shiny new truck.  The illustrations are deeply colored and very child friendly.  With its limited text but clear story, this is a perfect choice for storytimes for the very small.

My Cat, the Silliest Cat in the World by Gilles Bachelet.
This is a purely silly book featuring a cat that looks a lot like an elephant.  He acts like any other cat, playing with string, sleeping in a cat bed, and using a litter box, but there are some silly things that this cat does.  He washes himself with toilet water, is scared of mice, and doesn’t land on his feet when he falls.  The illustrations in the book are priceless.  I was laughing as much as my preschooler as we read the book.  It is the perfect silly book to share with any class or group of preschoolers.  I have always had the kids I read to ask for a funny book, and this would be more than silly enough!