Carrie Finison is another Children’s Book Authors Everyone Should Know. Carrie’s books are always full of heart and fun. I love her use of rhyme, page turns, and how well she thoughtfully includes different topics for learning.
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Carrie Finison
Website: https://www.carriefinison.com/ Her website is one of the best I’ve seen. There are resources for each book she’s written and it’s all incredibly well organized.
A Few Books
Carrie Finison has a full list of her children’s book on her site HERE but her newest and my favorites are below to give you a starting place. 
Released 2026: Plenty of Pancakes Find Online
Dozens of Doughnuts Find Online
Pigs Dig a Road Find Online
Don’t Hug Doug Amazon
Author or Book Study Ideas
Reading is enough, always! But if you want to do more with a newfound or familiar favorite, here are some ideas.
Ideas for Parents and Caregivers
- Read and cook together. Make pancakes and read PLENTY OF PANCAKES. Make doughnuts and read DOZENS OF DOUGHNUTS
- Read a huge collection of her stories and pick your favorites.
- Check out Carrie’s Website. Each book has fun activities linked.
Ideas for Teachers and Classrooms
- Rank favorite books by Carrie Finison.
- Play with Rhyme. Play a rhyme game. Write poetry. Pull the rhymes from one of Carrie’s books, type them up, cut them out and play a matching game with them or write your own paired lines.
- Read PLENTY OF PANCAKES with a math lesson on counting by 5s.
- Check out Carrie’s website. With each book she includes themes which can give you more lesson ties and activities.
Ideas for Librarians
- Read cooking books, including those by Carrie, and then do a baking craft. Maybe decorate pancake shapes with your favorite toppings? Here are even more delicious food books that I love for kids.
- Construction Truck themed storytime with PIGS DIG A ROAD. Here are some read aloud, song and activities suggestions from my Toddler Construction Story Time.
