Flip, Flap, Fly!  by Phyllis Root (2009)

Nicely flowing, rhythmic rhymes make this great for phonological awareness.  There’s also a neat guessing game element for narrative skills.  “’Fly!’ cheeps the baby bird. ‘Way up high!’ / so the mama helps the baby bird flip flap fly / in the blue, blue sky, where the wind blows whish. /  ‘Look!’ cheeps the baby bird.  ‘I see a….”   Then you turn the page to reveal the animal.  Each animal get helped by their mama and it ends very satisfyingly with a human child who sees “Babies everywhere!”

- Steven Engelfried