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Classics and All-Time Favorites

Children submerged in a rich literary environment become better readers and writers as they grow. Younger children enjoy these favorites as read-alouds; older children enjoy hearing them over and over until they begin to read the books independently.
Amelia Bedelia (series) by Peggy Parish Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman Arthur (series) by Marc Brown Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton Blueberries for Sal by Robert McClosky Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Corduroy (series) by Don Freeman Curious George (series) by H. A. Rey Eloise (series) by Hilary Knight Fables by Arnold Lobel Frances (series) by Russell Hoban Frog and Toad (series) by Arnold Lobel George and Martha by James Marshall Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Happy Birthday Moon by Frank Asch If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (series) by Laura J. Numeroff The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber Madeline (series) by Ludwig Bemelmans Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss Mufaros Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe The Napping House by Audrey Wood The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant (series) by Jean de Brunhoff The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Three Tales of My Fathers Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne

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Read-Aloud Favorites

Read-aloud favorites are written to capture the rhythm of the language. They create a tone and mood that stir young listeners; yet they are believable, with defining characters and a moving but simple plot. The books described below are among those that have stood the course of time as read-aloud favorites. (Note: Those books with an asterisk have been highly recommended by a teacher, parent, or child.)
Aardema, Verna. Illustrated by Petra Mathers Borreguita and the Coyote The little lamb outwits the coyote in this Mexican folktale. Asch, Frank Just Like Daddy Little Bear loves to imitate his daddy. Brett, Jan The Mitten* A young boy drops his mitten and many animals crawl inside. Brown, Marc Arthur Meets the President Arthurs essay wins the prize; now he has to read it in front of the President! Bunting, Eve. Illustrated by Jan Brett The Mothers Day Mice Three little mice go looking for Mothers Day gifts. The smallest one brings home a song he heard a human sing. Cannon, Janell Stellaluna* A baby bat is separated from his mother and adopted by a family of birds. dePaola, Tomie Strega Nona* Strega Nona has a magic pasta pot. What happens when the pot overflows? Flack, Marjorie Angus and the Ducks Angus is a curious Scottie who escapes from his house. Fleming, Denise In the Tall, Tall Grass* A childs-eye view of the creatures that live in the tall, tall grass. Freeman, Don Corduroy* Corduroy is a teddy bear who wants to be loved. Heine, Helme The Most Wonderful Egg in the World A king must decide which of three hens laid the most beautiful egg. Hoban, Russell. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban Bread and Jam for Frances Frances will only eat bread and jam. What will her parents do? Howe, James. Illustrated by Lillian Hoban The Day the Teacher Went Bananas A popular teacher turns out to be a gorilla. Johnson, Crockett Harold and the Purple Crayon* Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon. Keats, Ezra Jack Peters Chair Peter is not pleased that his old baby furniture has been repainted pink for his baby sister. Kellogg, Steven The Island of the Skog A group of mice sail away to a remote island and make friends with the inhabitants there. Kimmel, Eric. Illustrated by Janet Stevens Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock When Anansi the spider tries to trick the other animals, Bush Deer decides to teach him a lesson. Kraus, Robert Whose Mouse Are You?
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supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king. Slobodkina, Esphyr Caps for Sale A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddlers caps while he takes a nap under a tree. Steig, William Brave Irene A little girl battles a fierce snowstorm in order to deliver the duchesss ball gown. Thayer, Jane. Illustrated by Lisa McCue The Popcorn Dragon Though his hot breath is the envy of all the other animals, a young dragon learns that showing off does not make friends. Turkle, Brinton Thy Friend, Obadiah Obadiah is a six-year-old Quaker who lives in Colonial Nantucket. Van Allsburg, Chris The Polar Express A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus. Viorst, Judith Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Alexander is experiencing one of the worst days of his life, but his mother just says, Some days are like that! Waber, Bernand Ira Sleeps Over Ira is hesitant to take his teddy bear on his first sleep over. Wood, Audrey The Napping House In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleepy creatures causes a commotion with just one bite.

Little Mouse is trying to figure out how he fits into his family. Lee, Jeanne M. Silent Lotus Long ago in Kampuchea, a baby girl was born who could not hear or speakbut how she could dance! Lionni, Leo Swimmy A little fish discovers a way to protect his friends from being eaten by bigger fish. Martin, Bill, Jr. and John Archambault. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert Chicka Chicka Boom Boom* Come along and join the alphabet as it attempts to climb a coconut tree! McCloskey, Robert Make Way for Ducklings Mr. and Mrs. Mallard manage to raise their family in the middle of Boston. McGovern, Ann. Illustrated by Winslow Pinney Pels Stone Soup When a little old lady claims she has no food to give him, a hungry young man proceeds to make soup with a stone and water. Mercer, Mayer Theres a Nightmare in My Closet Sometimes nightmares arent so bad as they first appear, as the heroine of this story quickly discovers. Rosen, Michael. Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury Were Going on a Bear Hunt* Brave bear hunters travel through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces their retreat. (Ideal for acting out.) Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his

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Source: List 1.2 was compiled by Dr. Louise Stearns, Professor of Childrens Literature at Southern Illinois University.

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Favorite Author Series

Introducing a favorite series is one way to hook children into reading. When reading fiction, children become familiar with the characters and await the next book to find out what has happened to their new friends. When reading nonfiction, children feel more comfortable because the format of the books remains consistent and predictable.

PRESCHOOL
Popular read-alouds by the following authors have delighted children at the preschool level for years.
Frank Asch Little Bear is a lovable character trying to make sense of his world. Bear is especially enchanted by the moon, which is reflected in Moonbear, Moondance, Moonbears Shadow, Mooncake, and the all-time favorite, Happy Birthday Moon. The sweet, simple illustrations by the author perfectly match the text.
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Tana Hoban Hobans photographssome in color, some in black and whiteillustrate familiar objects and animals as well as simple concepts including colors, shapes, and size. The pages are uncluttered with few or no words. Shirley Hughes Young children can easily relate to the actions depicted in the pictures, such as Hiding, Bouncing, Giving, and Chatting. The realistic, charming illustrations depicting simple concepts make these books ideal for toddlers who are curious about their world. Jan Ormerod This authors simple books portray everyday events in a toddlers life. The light, soothing illustrations feature activities all children can relate to, such as Reading, Sleeping, and Making Friends. Also, check out Moms Home, Dads Back, and This Little Nose (has a bad cold!). These small-sized books are just right for little hands. Helen Oxenbury The thirteen Tom and Pippo books tell about a young boys everyday adventures with his toy monkey as they go out for a walk, meet a dog, or go shopping. In Oxenburys seven Out-and-About books, children who have outgrown board books are introduced to new experiences: The Birthday Party, The Checkup, The Dance Class, Eating Out, The Car Trip, The First Day at School, and visiting Grandma and Grandpa. These small books feature few words per page. The humorous illustrations are perfectly geared to toddlers. Richard Scarry For years children have enjoyed the bright busy books of animals going about their dailyand very humanlives. Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, Mr. Frumble, and Tinder and Tanker are some of Scarrys familiar and much-loved characters. While some of his books deal with the activities of Busytown, others are concept books such as Short and Tall and On the Farm. Nancy Tafuri This authors strength is her beautiful illustrations, especially of animals. The large, colorful pictures are readily recognizable. There are few or no words on the page. Children can travel to the farm, the jungle, or the forest in books titled Jungle Walk, Follow Me, Do Not Disturb, Early Morning in the Barn, and Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails.

For an excellent listing of individual titles in favorite author series, go to www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/serieslist.html.

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Shigeo Watanabe The little bear in these 13-page picture books deals with situations that will be familiar to young listeners, such as waiting for dad, getting dressed, and eating. Each story teaches some quality, such as perseverance, goal setting, and right and wrong ways to get dressed. There are just a few words and happy full-color pictures.

K THROUGH GRADE 1+
The following series focus on a single character or groups of characters.
Amelia Bedelia (originally written by Peggy Parish, taken over by her nephew Herman Parish) This silly, good-hearted girl takes everything said to her as literally as one can imagine. Young children ages 58 love the silly situations she gets herself into. These 40- to 60-page books work either as independent reading or a rousing time of read-aloud. Angelina Ballerina (by Katharine Holabird, illustrated by Helen Craig) These thirteen gentle picture books show how a plucky little mouse deals with friends, family, and her love of ballet. The illustrations are exuberant and the characters are charming. For children ages 58. Arthur (by Lillian Hoban) The often-worried chimp and his wise little sister Violet take beginning readers into their family. Charmingly written and illustrated, they are old-fashioned yet timeless. Part of the I Can Read Book, Series 2 by HarperCollins, the books are in the 64-page range for children in grades 13. Arthur (by Marc Brown) The always-thinking aardvark navigates the bewildering world of family, friends, and school. Little sister D.W., parents, teachers, and a host of multi-specied classmates portray Arthurs problems in a funny and sympathetic way in more than twenty-five books. Arthur is a favorite of children at the pre-K level through grade 2. Babar (by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff ) For over 50 years, the elephant king, his friends, and family have been charming young readers ages 48. There are over twenty books, with Jeans son, Laurent, continuing the series. Berenstain Bears (by Stan and Jan Berenstain) Lifes lessons are taught through a family of bears: silly Papa, wise Mama, and rambunctious cubs. All sorts of social situations encountered in families such as lying, a new baby-sitter, a new baby sister, the gimmes, and making the teamare dealt with. This series has over thirty picture books for ages 47. Check out the authors Web site at www.berenstainbears.com. Clifford the Big Red Dog (by Norman Bridwell ) Owned by a young girl named Emily Elizabeth, huge Clifford tries to do the right thing but doesnt always succeed. Young children can relate to his mishaps, and feel assured that everything will turn out all right. There are bright full-color illustrations and one, two, or three sentences on a page. Clifford is featured in over a dozen adventures and is a big hit with children ages 48. Curious George (originally written by H. A. Rey, later books are adapted by Houghton Mifflin from animated films) The picture books about the curious, mischievous little monkey and his friend, the man with the yellow hat, have been delighting children ages 47 for over 50 years. The original series had seven books. In the more than twenty that have been added in the familiar style, George has adventures at the parade, with a dump truck, making pancakes, and with puppies.

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Dr. Seuss Beginner Books (by Dr. Seuss) Rollicking rhymes and whimsical pictures make these beloved books perfect for beginning readers. Some of the titles include The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and Fox in Socks. The 62-page books have few words on the page, but lots of smiles! Everett Anderson (by Lucille Clifton) These sensitive books tell the story of a six-year-old African-American boy who lives in the city with his mother and confronts serious issues of daily living: death, a new neighbor, friendship, his mothers new boyfriend, and child abuse of a friend. Told in story rhyme. George and Martha (by James Marshall ) Two hippos work through misunderstandings, silly jokes, and hurt feelings to remain the best of friends. The author of these delightful picture books has charmed children ages 58 with his silly pictures and sly hippo adventures for years. Henry and Mudge (by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Sucie Stevenson) Beginning readers can enjoy the adventures of Henry and his best friendthe rambunctious, but well-meaning dog, Mudge. Childish, full-color illustrations that wander all over the page complement the short stories about family, friends, and other pets. In the 40-page range, there are over twenty books in the series for ages 57 and 68. Visit www.HenryandMudge.com. Junie B. Jones (by Barbara Park, illustrated by Denise Brunkus) The irrepressible kindergartener (a first grader in later books) is a favorite of both boys and girls for her humorous antics. The nineteen books are laugh-out-loud funny. Kids who start the series read them all, anxiously awaiting the newest. The books are in the 70- to 80-page range and appeal to 6- to 8-year-olds. Lionel (by Stephen Krensky, illustrated by Suzanne Natti ) The 7-year-old boy is faced with many of the same problems faced by his 6- to 8-year-old readers. Theres lively dialogue and lovely fullcolor illustrations that young readers should enjoy. The seven books in the series are 40 to 60 pages. Little Bear (by Else Holmelund Minarik, illustrated by Maurice Sendak) Written and illustrated in a style reminiscent of the turn-of-the-century illustrators, these pleasant easy readers for pre-K through grade 3 are written as early chapter books. Sendak is always worth looking at, and Minarik has a gift for gentle humor and understanding the way young children think and react. Madeline (by Ludwig Bemelmans) The smallest, but bravest orpheline, Madeline is just as popular with 3- to 8-year-old girls today as she was when she first debuted in the 1930s. The rhyming text, charming drawings of Paris, and the plucky heroine make these works timeless. The six original works have spawned movies, play sets, and toys. Morris (by Bernard Wiseman) The goofy moose and his exasperated, short-tempered friend Boris the Bear will have kids ages 46 or 58 howling at the silly plays on words, misunderstandings, and cartoon-like illustrations. The seven readers are in the 40- to 60-page range.

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Nate the Great (by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat with Mitchell Sharmat, Craig Sharmat, and Rosalind Weinman; illustrated by Marc Simont) The pancake-loving detective and his dog Sludge have successfully solved over twenty cases. These 48-page books for readers ages 69 are one of the few easy-reader series with a first-person narrator. Strega Nona (by Tomie dePaola) Grandma Witch, her bumbling assistant Anthony, and the bakers daughter, Bambolana, are real favorites. The 32-page picture books for ages 48 are enhanced by full-color, cartoonish illustrations and peppered with Italian words and expressions. Various publishers put out the eight books in the series, which include a biography of Grandma Witch and Big Anthony. Turtle and Snake (by Kate Spohn) The simple vocabulary, frequent repetition, and silly, colorful pictures make these five books a hit with beginning readers. The 32-page books are for children ages 58.
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Source: List 1.3 was compiled by Debby Kyritz, Childrens Librarian at Oradell (New Jersey) Public Library, with input from Linda Orvell, Librarian at Harris Stowe College, St. Louis, MO.

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Favorite Publisher Series

There are numerous publisher series that are available on multiple levels enabling readers to transition comfortably from a lower reading level to a higher level. Some publisher series spotlight favorite stories by popular authors; others feature nonfiction on topics ranging from animals, the five senses, or biographies. Ordering catalogs from these publishers is the best way to learn about the array of series that is available for children of all levels in your classroom.
I Can Read Books (HarperCollins) This over 200-book series was inaugurated with Minariks Little Bear. The books include poetry, mysteries, humor, and historical fiction written by such authors as Arnold Lobel, Sid Hoff, Betsy Byars, and Lillian Hoban. The books are from 32 to 62 pages depending on the level. I Can Read Chapter Books are for the independent reader. Bank Street Ready to Read (Bantam Books) The fifty-three books in the series target 4- to 8year-olds. There are three levels: 1 (blue)getting ready to read, 2 (red)reading together, and 3 (yellow)I can read it myself. The 32- to 64-page books are chosen by the Bank Street College of Education. The different types of stories include animals, bible stories, and bedtime stories. The full-color illustrations are done in a variety of styles that complement the different subjects. Bob Books (Scholastic) Children ages 48 enjoy the unique format of these boxed sets of little books with stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable. There are three levels: Level A (12 or 16 pages) focuses on the alphabet, 3-letter words, and short vowels; Level B (16 or 24 pages) has longer words, short vowels, and consonant blends; and Level C (16 or 24 pages) has words with long vowel sounds and consonant blends. Written by Bobby Lynn Maslen, there are two sets at each level. Cat in the Hat Beginner Books (Random House) The blend of simple words and pictures that began with The Cat in the Hat continue in these delightful rhyming books. Authors Theo LeSieg, Dr. Seuss, and P. D. Eastman encourage children in these great read-alouds. DK Readers (Dorling Kindersley) There are over sixty-five Level One and Level Two books of 32 pages each for children from preschool age through grade 2 or 3. All books have the stunning photographs for which the publisher is known. Level One includes books on A Day in the Life of . . . a builder, a doctor, a musician, a firefighter, and so on. This level also has books on the weather, dinosaurs, trucks, cats, and puppies. Level Two titles include Castle Under Attack, Slinky, Scaly Snakes, Horse Show, Survivors, and Firefighter! Get Ready, Get Set, Read (Forest House) There are over thirty-five books in this series designed for first readers. The 18-page stories have limited sight vocabulary and introduce a word family (for example, at, ike). Word lists, of both types of words, are included. Hello Reader! (Scholastic) Over 300 fiction and nonfiction titles of 32, 40, or 48 pages each are written on four levels ranging from the emergent reader through grade 4. The series include Hello Science Readers! and Hello Math Readers! at each level, as well as favorites by Norman Bridwell, David M. McPhail, and Peggy Parish. Many titles are available in Spanish. Ladders (World Book) The 30-page oversized books in this series for ages 36 are jam-packed with facts, full-color illustrations and photographs, vocabulary, words to know, puzzles, a true-orfalse quiz with page references, a story about the books theme, an index, and a look-and-find

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page of pictures that were discussed in the book. The pages are bright and visually appealing. The eight titles include Tough Trucks, On the Move, Wild Animals, My Body, and Rain Forest Animals. Lets-Read-and-Find-Out Science Books (HarperCollins) The 32-page Stage 1 books are easily understood introductions to science with just enough information in them so that beginning readers arent overwhelmed. Lots of good illustrations enhance the simple text. Franklin M. Branley, one of the authors, has written books on black holes, comets, magnets, and sunshine. Other authors include Millicent Selsam, Melvin Berger, and Aliki who cover subjects including sleep, parts of the body, recycling, and animals. Stage 2 is for grades 24. Life Cycle of a . . . (Heinemann) The eleven titles in this series for children ages 57 take a look at the life cycles of familiar plants and animals such as an apple, a dog, a pumpkin, and a butterfly. The 32-page books, written by Angela Royston, have full-color photographs, a picture summary of the life cycle, a glossary of key terms, and illustrated timelines. Machines at Work (Childs World) Truck books are always popular with young boys. These big, colorful books have simple text and full- or half-page photographs on each 2-page spread. The books detail the uses of the trucks and have an up close spread with clearly labeled parts. A glossary is included. Books on big machines include Diggers, Dump Trucks, and Fork Lifts; those on rescue machines include Fire Trucks and Ambulances; transportation machines include Cars, Trains, and Airplanes. There are also books about Snowplows, Cranes, and Tow Trucks. Pets (Heinemann) These beautifully photographed 24-page books include the history, care, and selection of the pet. The books are endorsed by the ASPCA and appeal to children ages 58. Animals in the series include rabbits, cats, dogs, hamsters, and goldfish. A Picture Book of . . . (Holiday House) David A. Adlers twenty introductory 32-page biographies are fully illustrated and accessible in interest and reading levels ranging from grades 25. Subjects include Martin Luther King Jr., Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Davy Crockett, Anne Frank, and Christopher Columbus. Adler is also the author of the popular Cam Jansen Mystery series for ages 710. Read and Learn (Heinemann) These primary-level science resources feature clear vocabulary, facts, and full-color photographs. Different subject sets within the series are: 24-page Ooey-gooey animals, musty-crusty animals, the colors we eat, plants, candle time, and circus for 4- to 6-yearolds; and 32-page materials and plants for 5- to 7-year-olds. Real Kid Readers (Millbrook Press) The three levels in this series feature full-page photographs of real kids in real-life situations with family and friends. Level 1 is for pre-K1 (ages 46) and Level 2 is geared to K2; both sets are in the 30-page range. Level 3 has 4044 pages and is for grades 13. Rookie Read-About Science (Childrens Press/Scholastic) With this new series of 32 pages each, the natural world comes alive for young readers ages 47. Striking, full-color photos and just the right amount of text spotlight such topics as Solid, Liquid, or Gas? The Suns Family of Planets, The Earth Is Mostly Ocean, and Inside an Ant Colony. Rookie Reader (Childrens Press/Scholastic) Rookie Readers teach concepts such as categorizing and collecting, addition, city birds, and sharing through simple stories or verse. Level A (16 books,

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24 pages) is for emergent readers and has one or two lines of text and much repetition on each page. Level B (63 books, 32 pages) is for early fluent readers in grades 12; these books have longer sentences, some repetition, and two or three lines of text. Level C (38 books) is for fluent readers in grades 12. Sand Castle (Abdo) These 24-page nonfiction books are available in three levels for beginning readers. Level 1 is for pre-KK with five or fewer words per page; Level 2 for K1 has five to ten words per page; Level 3 for grades 12 has ten to fifteen words on a page. The Write On! set has books on punctuation and parts of a sentence. See it. Say it. Hear it. describes long vowels. Books have a glossary and word list. Check out [email protected]. Scholastic First Biographies (Scholastic) Young readers learn about the important figures who shaped our countrys history in this Lets Read About . . . series featuring Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr. Some titles are available in Spanish.
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Tasty Treats (Rourke Press) Elaine Landau has written a 6-book set for grades K2 about some of our favorite foods. The 24-page books have full-page color photos and include an index, glossary, for further reading section, and recipes. Treats covered are chocolate, pretzels, ice cream, pizza, chewing gum, and pizza. Viking Easy to Read (Viking) The series has full-color illustrations and three levels of reading competency. Level 1 is just getting started with simple sentences and lots of repetition for ages 47; Level 2 is beginning to read with more words and longer sentences for ages 58; and Level 3 is reading alone with lively, fast-paced text for ages 69. Welcome Books (Childrens Press) This emergent-reader, nonfiction series has controlled vocabulary, easy sentences, and full-color photographs that are clearly linked to the text. Sets within this series include celebrations, which are about kids favorite holidays; city shapes, where kids find familiar shapes in unusual settings; communities from all over the world; and hide and seek where kids look for camouflaged animals. Windows on Literacy (National Geographic) This leveled set of nonfiction readers boasts the beautiful photographs for which the publisher is known. For preschoolers, Step Up to Windows includes wordless books, word books, and simple-sentence books. Books for emergent readers focus on a single familiar concept or topics such as: Making Raisins, My Bed is Soft, Wood, and The Little Panda. Text in first-grade readers have more variety and complexity; titles include Hairy Harry, Popcorn and Candy, On the Moon, and Mud, Mud, Mud. Later levels are for grades 23; topics include technology (Whats My Job, Tunnels, Going Fishing), geography (People Live Here, The Park, River Life), history/culture (In My Bag, Class Teddy, In My Family), and economy/government (New Clothes, Class Rules, Ice Cream for You).
Source: List 1.4 was compiled by Debby Kyritz, Childrens Librarian at Oradell (New Jersey) Public Library.

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Alphabet Books

Alphabet books, along with Mother Goose rhymes, were among the first books for children. Today, there are alphabet books that are appropriate for all age groups. Alphabet books for young children usually depict simple objects, animals, or concepts that promote an awareness of letter/sound relationships. The illustrations in alphabet books for older children may depict multiple hidden pictures that begin with a letter or they may provide information on nature, culture, geography, and history. Children may enjoy creating their own alphabet books.

Object ABCs
My First ABC, Jane Bunting Helen Oxenburys ABCs of Things, Helen Oxenbury A, Apple Pie, Kate Greenaway A, B, See!, Tana Hoban It Begins with an A, Stephanie Calmenson On Market Street, Arnold and Anita Lobel The ABC of Cars, Trucks and Machines, Adelaide Holl The Alphabet Boat, George Mendoza The Airplane Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Boat Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta Tomorrows Alphabet, George Shannon

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Pedro, His Perro, and the Alphabet Sombrero, Lynn Rowe Reed As I Was Crossing Boston Common, Norma Farber A Mountain Alphabet, Margaret Ruurs and Andrew Kiss The Desert Alphabet, Jerry Palotta The Folks in the Valley: A Pennsylvania Dutch ABC, Jim Aylesworth

Rhythmic ABCs
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault From Acorn to Zoo and Everything in Between, Satoshi Kitamura

Regional ABCs
Hey Look at Me! A City ABC, Alexander Grant A Is for Appalachia: The Alphabet Book of Appalachian Heritage, Linda Hager Pack A Is for Asia, Cynthia Chin-Lee Prairie Primer: A to Z, Caroline Stutson A Prairie Alphabet, Yvette Moore Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year, Betsy Bowen Alphabet City, Stephen Johnson Arctic Alphabet: Exploring the North from A to Z, Wayne Lynch A Northern Alphabet, Ted Harrison The Jungle ABC, Micael Roberts L Is for the Last Frontier (Discover America State by State), Carol Crane L Is for Lincoln: An Illinois Alphabet, Kathy-Jo Wargin A Farmers Alphabet, Mary Azarian A Prairie Alphabet, Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet

Silly ABCs
Antics!, An Alphabetical Anthology (words with ant), Catherine Hepworth The Alphabet from Z to A with Much Confusion on the Way, Judith Viorst The Z Was Zapped: The Alphabet Theatre Proudly Presents the Z . . .: A Play in 26 Acts, Chris Van Allsburg A Riddle-iculous Rid-alphabet Book, Ann Bishop Dr. Seusss ABC, Dr. Seuss The Monster Book of ABC Sounds, Alan Snow Crazy ABC, Judy Hindley Chuck Murphys Alphabet Magic, Chuck Murphy Magic Monsters Act the Alphabet, Jane Bek Moncure Circus ABC, Sue Dreamer An Edward Lear Alphabet, Vladimir Radunsky Dogs ABC: A Silly Story About the Alphabet, Emma Dodd

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Alphabet Under Construction, Denise Fleming Amazon ABC, Kathy Darling An Alphabet of Dinosaurs, Peter Dodson Alphabet Zoo: A Pop-up ABC, Lynette Ruschak Animal Action ABCs, Karen Pandell Animal Alphabet, Gill Davies Animalia, Graeme Base Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals, Fritz Eichenberg Arf ! Beg! Catch! Dogs from A to Z, Henry Horenstein Aster Aardvarks Animal Adventures, Steven Kellogg Aye-ayes, Bears, and Condors: An ABC of Endangered Animals, Neecy Twinem Babars ABC, Laurent De Brunhoff Black and White Rabbits ABC, Alan Baker Cliffords ABC, Norman Bridwell I Love My Anteater with an A, Dahlov Ipcar Insectlopedia: Poems and Paintings, Douglas Florian Maisys ABC, Lucy Cousins Old Black Fly, Jim Aylesworth Paddingtons ABC, Michael Bond Pigs from A to Z, Arthur Geisert The A to Z Beastly Jamboree, Robert Bender The ABC Bunny, Wanda Gag The Berenstains B Book, Stan and Jan Berenstain The Bird Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Butterfly Alphabet Book, Brian Cassie The Frog Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Furry Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Icky Bug Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Little Cats ABC Book, Martin Leman The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Wild Animals of Africa ABC, Hope Ryden Where Is Everybody? An Animal Alphabet, Eve Merriam The Wildlife A-B-C: A Nature Alphabet Book, Jan Thornhill Winnie-the-Poohs ABC, E. H. Shepard

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Under the Sea from A to Z, Anne Doubilet The Ocean Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Underwater Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta The Freshwater Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta Into the A, B, Sea, Deborah Lee Rose

Food ABCs
Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z, Lois Ehlert Applebet, Clyde Watson Apricot ABC, Miska Miles What Pete Ate from A to Z, Maira Kalman The Spice Alphabet Book: Herbs, Spices, and Other Natural Flavors, Jerry Palotta

Nature ABCs
ABC Book of Flowers for Young Gardeners, Joann Stoker Alisons Zinnia, Anita Lobel All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book, Jane Yolen The Flower Alphabet Book, Jerry Palotta ABC Cedar: An Alphabet of Trees, George Ella Lyon ABC in the Woods, Barbara Leonard Gibson Wildflower ABC: An Alphabet of Potato Prints, Diana Pomeroy Zoo Flakes: ABC, Will C. Howell

Animal, Insect, and Reptile ABCs

A Guinea Pig ABC, Kate Duke ABC de Babar, Jean de Brunhoff ABC Dogs, Kathy Darling ABC Fun: Applebee Cats Activity Alphabet, David Pelham ABC T-Rex, Bernard Most Alligators All Around: An Alphabet, Maurice Sendak Alphabears: An ABC Book, Kathleen Hague Alphabeasts: A Hide-and-Seek Alphabet Book, Durga Bernhard

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A Jewish Holiday ABC, Malka Drucker K Is for Kwanzaa: A Kwanzaa Alphabet Book, Juwanda G. Ford Afro-bets ABC Book, Cheryl Willis Turtle Island ABC: A Gathering of Native American Symbols, Gerald Hausman Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America*, Joseph Bruchac Play Mas! A Carnival ABC, Dirk McLean

Adventure ABCs
The ABC Mystery, Doug Cushman Alphaboat, Michael Chesworth ABC Pirate Adventure, Ida Delage Harolds ABC*, Crocket Johnson Annos Alphabet: An Adventure in Imagination*, Mitsumasa Anno Astronaut to Zodiac*, Roger Ressmeyer

A Childs ABC
A, My Name Is Alice, Jane Bayer and Steven Kellogg Babys ABC, Bettina Paterson Annies ABC, Annie Owen My First Board ABC, Jane Bunting Alphabet Parade, Seymour Chwast From Anne to Zach, Mary Jane Martin Peter Pipers Alphabet: Peter Pipers Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation, Marcia Brown

Bilingual ABCs
From Albatross to Zoo: An Alphabet Book in Five Languages, Patricia Borlenghi Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet Book, Muriel Feelings Turtle Island ABC: A Gathering of Native American Symbols, Gerald Hausman

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Fantasy ABC
Elfabet: An ABC of Elves, Jane Yolen Miss Spiders ABC, David Kirk

Action and Sports ABCs

Baseball ABC, Florence Cassen Mayers Alphabatics, Suse MacDonald NBA Action from A to Z, James Preller Alphabestiary: Animal Poems A to Z, Jane Yolen (editor) Look Once, Look Twice, Janet Marshall Firefighters AZ, Chris L. Demarest

ABC Games and Puzzles

ABCDiscovery! An Alphabet Book of Picture Puzzles, Izhar Cohen Have You Ever Seen . . . ? An ABC Book, Beau Gardner Whats Inside?: The Alphabet Book, Satoshi Kitamura My Little ABC Board Book, Jane Bunting Tomorrows Alphabet, George Shannon My Pop-up Surprise ABC, Robert Crowther

Multicultural ABCs
A Is for Allah, Yusuf Islam Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions, Margaret Musgrove A Caribou Alphabet, Mary Beth Owens A Peaceable Kingdom: The Shaker Abecedarius, Alice & Martin Provensen (illustrator) A Is for Africa, Ifeoma Onyefulu Cajun Alphabet, James Rice My First Arabic Alphabet Book, Siddiqua Juma Navajo ABC: A Din Alphabet Book, Luci Tapahonso

Holiday ABCs
Not Enough Beds! A Christmas Alphabet Book, Lisa Bullard ABC Christmas, Ida DeLage ABC Easter Bunny, Ida DeLage ABC Halloween Witch, Ida DeLage ABC Santa Claus, Ida DeLage

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A Merry-Mouse Christmas A B C, Priscilla Hillman K Is for Kwanzaa, Juwanda G. Ford My Hanukkah Alphabet, Claudia Kunin Chanukah AZ, Smadar Shir Sidi A Jewish Holiday ABC, Malka Drucker The Christmas Alphabet,* Robert Sabuda Z Is for Zombies, Merrily Kutner Alligator Arrived with Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast, Crescent Dragonwagon Trick or Treat, Its Halloween, Linda Lowery

Sign Language ABC

Handsigns: A Sign Language Alphabet, Kathleen Fain Handtalk: An ABC of Finger Spelling & Sign Language, Remy Charlip, Mary Beth and George Ancona

Artistic ABCs
The ABC Exhibit, Leonard Everett Fisher The Graphic Alphabet *, David Pelletier

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Board Books

The practicality of board books for preschoolers is apparent. These books can withstand a young childs rough treatment. As shown below, board books cover a wide spectrum of topics. Concept board books are particularly instructive for children between the ages of 3 and 5.

Alphabet Board Books

Miss Spiders ABC, David Kirk A to Z, Sandra Boynton A, Youre Adorable, Buddy Kaye Baseball A-B-C, James Buckley A.B.C. An Amazing Alphabet Book, Dr. Seuss The Alphabet Book, P. D. Eastman Barneys Alphabet Soup, Mary Ann Dudko My Little ABC Board Book (My First Board Books series), Jane Bunting
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African American Board Books

Mama, Do You Love Me?, Barbara M. Joosse My Aunt Came Back, Pat Cummings

Corduroys Day: A Counting Board Book, Don Freeman Go, Dog, Go: P. D. Eastmans Book of Things to Do, P. D. Eastman Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, Al Perkins How a Baby Grows, Nola Buck In & Out, Up & Down, Michael Smolling Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? Dr. Seusss Book of Wonderful Noises, Dr. Suess My Many Colored Days, Dr. Seuss The Shape of Me and Other Stuff: Dr. Suesss Surprising Word Book, Dr. Seuss

Flap Board Books

Good Friends, Lisa Ann Marsoli The Perfect Picnic Spot, Lisa Ann Marsoli A Walk in the Woods, Lisa Ann Marsoli Who Hid the Honey, Lisa Ann Marsoli Lift a Rock, Christopher Santoro The Foot Book, Dr. Seuss Maisys Season: A Big Flap Book, Lucy Cousins

Animal Board Books

Baby Beluga, Raffi Barneys Baby Farm Animals, Guy Davis Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin Jr. Dinosaur Roar, Paul and Henrietta Stickland Good Night, Gorilla, Peggy Rothmann Have You Seen My Cat?, Eric Carle Maisys Favorite Animals, Lucy Cousins Mama Mama, Jean Marzollo Miss Spiders New Car, David Kirk Moo, Baa, La La La, Sandra Boynton Papa Papa, Jean Marzollo Peek-A-Moo, Bernard Most Touch and Feel Jungle Animals, DK Publishing Tumble Bumble, Felicia Bond

Pop-up Board Books

Thomas in the Snow, Rev. W. Awdry Trouble on the Train, Rev. W. Awdry Bobs Busy Day, Mary Man-Kong

Science Board Book

My First Body Board Book, Helen Melville (editor)

Song Board Books

My First Songs, Jane Manning My First Nursery Rhymes, Bruce Whatley (illustrator) Miss Mary Mack, Mary Hoberman Daisy Says, If Youre Happy and You Know It, Jane Simmons Hokey Pokey (Wee Sing series), Pamela Conn Beal

Concept Board Books

Apples Up on Top, Theo LeSieg The Berenstain Bears He Bear She Bear, Stan Berenstain P. B. Bear Board Book: Colors, Lee Davis

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Texture Board Books

Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt The Real Mother Goose Touch and Feel, Scholastic Touch and Feel Wild Animals (Touch and Feel series), DK Publishing

Vocabulary Board Books

Ernie & Bert Can . . . Can You, Michael Smolling Maisys Favorite Clothes, Lucy Cousins Maisys Favorite Toys, Lucy Cousins Wake Up and Goodnight, Charlotte Zolotow

Transportation Board Books

Richard Scarrys Cars and Trucks From A to Z, Richard Scarry

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PRESCHOOL

Preschoolers are very active, so the ideal books for them invite participation, song, and movement. Recently graduating from cloth books and board books, numerous concept books are available to help preschoolers bounce into reading through finger plays, rhyming, singing, and clapping.

Animals
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin Jr. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Bill Martin Jr. Have You Seen My Cat?, Eric Carle Have You Seen My Duckling?, Nancy Tafuri The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle
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Everyday Experiences
Cant You Sleep, Little Bear?, Martin Waddell Changes, Changes, Pat Hutchins Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown How Do I Put It On? Getting Dressed, Shigeo Watanabe Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?, Nancy Carlstrom Look! Look! Look, Tana Hoban Of Colors and Things, Tana Hoban Red Is a Dragon: A Book of Colors, Rosanne Thong

Count and See, Tana Hoban Hippos Go Berserk!, Sandra Boynton Mouse Count, Ellen Stoll Walsh My First Counting Book, Lillian Moore 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo, Eric Carle Ten Black Dots, Donald Crews Ten Go Tango, Arthur Dorros Ten, Nine, Eight, Molly Bang Ten Rosy Roses, Eve Merriam 12 Ways to Get to 11, Eve Merriam Uno Dos Tres; One, Two, Three, Pat Mora The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle Whos Counting?, Nancy Tafuri

Nursery Rhymes
Here Comes Mother Goose, Iona Opie (editor) Mother Goose: Seventy-seven Verses, Tasha Tudor The Random House Book of Mother Goose, selected by Arnold Lobel Tomie dePaolas Mother Goose, Tomie dePaola

Finger Plays
Finger Rhymes, Marc Tolon Brown Hand Rhymes, Marc Tolon Brown Itsy Bitsy Spider, Iza Trapani Lets Do Finger Plays, Marion Grayson

Participation Books
Clap Hands, Helen Oxenbury Here Are My Hands, Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sara Josepha Hale Old MacDonald Had a Farm, with pictures by Holly Berry Over in the Meadow: A Counting-out Rhyme, Olive A. Wadsworth Pat the Bunny, Dorothy Kunhardt Pat-A-Cake, Moira Kemp Peek-A-Boo, Janet and Allan Ahlberg Peek-A-Moo, Marie Torres Cimarusti Wheres Spot, Eric Hill

Letters
(See List 1.5, Alphabet Books) Black and White Rabbits A B C, Alan Baker Eating the Alphabet, Lois Ehlert On Market Street, Arnold and Anita Lobel

Numbers and Counting

Butterfly Ball: A Counting Rhyme, Jane Yolen A Cake All for Me!, Karen M. Beil

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K THROUGH GRADE 1
The following books can be used with children ages 57 to reinforce concepts introduced earlier. The topics of these math and science concept books include directions, shapes, opposites, light and color, bubbles, shadows, numbers, patterns, and classifying.

Bubbles, Shadows, Reflection

Soap Bubble Magic, Seymour Simon The Bubble Factory, Tomie dePaola Bears Shadow, Frank Asch My Shadow, R. Stevenson

Classifying
Bread, Bread, Bread, Ann Morris Close, closer, closest, Shelley Rotner and Richard Olivo Hats, Hats, Hats, Ann Morris How Many Snails?, Paul Giganti Jr. More Than One, Miriam Schlein No Dodos: A Counting Book of Endangered Animals, Amanda Wallwork Shoes, Shoes, Shoes, Ann Morris Sorting All Sorts of Socks, Betsy Franco Ten Little Rabbits, Virginia Grossman

Light and Color

The Color Box, Dayle Ann Dodds Color Color Color Color, Ruth Heller Color Dance, Ann Jonas Color Everywhere, Tana Hoban Colors (Slide N Seek), Chuck Murphy Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color, Tana Hoban Mouse Paint, Ellen Stoll Walsh My Crayons Talk, Patricia Hubbard My Many Colored Days, Dr. Seuss Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young

Counting and Problem Solving

Annos Counting Book, Mitsumasa Anno Counting Cranes, Mary Beth Owens Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On, Lois Ehlert The Icky Bug Counting Book, Jerry Palotta 1 Hunter, Pat Hutchins One Tortoise, Ten Wallabies: A Wildlife Counting Book, Jakki Wood Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, Paul Stickland

Senses and Sounds

The Berenstain Bears He Bear She Bear, Stan Berenstain Go, Dog, Go, P. D. Eastman How a Baby Grows, Nola Buck Is it Rough? Is it Smooth? Is it Shiny?, Tana Hoban Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, Dr. Seuss The Very Quiet Cricket, Eric Carle

Directions, Shapes, Opposites

Big and Small: Animal Opposites, Rod Theodorou Chuck Murphys Black Cat, White Cat, Chuck Murphy

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Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb, Al Perkins In & Out, Up & Down, Michael Smollin (illustrator) Olivias Opposites, Ian Falconer Opposites (Slide N Seek), Chuck Murphy Rolie Polie Shapes, William Joyce Sea Shapes, Suse MacDonald Ten Apples Up on Top, Dr. Seuss The Shape of Me and Other Stuff, Dr. Seuss What Is Round?, Rebecca Kai Dotlich

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Flap Books

The interaction that occurs through flap books is important for preschoolers. The books listed below not only hold childrens attention as they guess whats under the flap, but also teach them to make predictions.
An Adventure with Billy Bunny, Maurice Pledger Animal Train, Jane Yolen Ants in Your Pants, Sue Heap Big Blue Engine, Ken Wilson-Max Big Silver Space Shuttle, Ken Wilson-Max Big Yellow Taxi, Ken Wilson-Max Cat in a Flap, Shoo Rayner Catch Up, Little Cheetah!, Michele Coxon Chicken Licken: A Wickedly Funny Flap Book, Jonathan Allen Dinosaurs Binkit, Sandra Boynton Everyone Hide from Wibbly Pig (A Lift-theFlap Book), Nick Inkpen Good Friends, Lisa Ann Marsoli Grandmas Are for Giving Tickles, Harriet Ziefert The Great Pet Sale, Nick Inkpen Is There a Monster in the House?: Sesame Street, R. U. Scary Ive Lost My Yellow Zebra, Angela Brooksbank Kippers Sunny Day, Nick Inkpen Lift a Rock, Find a Bug, Christopher Santoro My Cat Tuna, Lynn Reiser My Mommy and Me: A Lift-the-Flap Story, Laura Traser Peekaboo Friends, Lucy Su The Perfect Picnic Spot, Lisa Ann Marsoli Poohs Birthday Surprise, Lift the Flap: Learn and Grow, Kathleen W. Zoehfeld Rotten Ralphs Thanksgiving Wish, Jack Gantos Spot, Eric Hill Super Silly Riddles!, Keith Falkner Ten Scary Monsters, R. U. Scary Theres a Monster in My House, Jenny Tyler Wake Up, Ginger, Ant Parker A Walk in the Woods, Lisa Ann Marsoli Whats for Dinner, Ann Garrett Who Hid the Honey, Lisa Ann Marsoli Whos in My Bed?, Helen Piers

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Pop-up Books

At one time pop-up books were mostly for entertainment; however, today there are numerous informational books in this increasingly popular format. Some of these three-dimensional books stimulate curious readers with hands-on activities involving mirrors, inset texts, and pull-outs that are guaranteed to surprise and amaze with each turn of the page. The list below includes titles for ages 48 and 912.
Amazing Monkeys (National Geographic Action Book), Robert Hynes and Judith E. Rinard The Amazing Pop-Up Flexible Body, David Hawcock The Amazing Pop-Up Geography Book, Kate Petty and Jennie Maizels The Amazing Pop-Up Grammar Book, Jennie Maizels The Amazing Pop-Up Music Book, Kate Petty and Jennie Maizels The Amazing Pop-Up Pull-Out Mummy Book, David Hawcock The Amazing Pop-Up Pull-Out Space Shuttle, David Hawcock The Amazing Pull-Out Pop-Up Body in a Book, David Hawcock Animal Acrobats (National Geographic Pop-up Book), Robert Cremins Animal Homes (National Geographic Pop-up Book), Alice Jablonsky Animal Homes (National Geographic Action Book), Jeffrey Terreson and Alice Jablonsky Animals Showing Off (National Geographic Action Book), Tony Chen Art of Science: A Pop-Up Adventure in Art, Jay Young Color Surprises, Chuck Murphy Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up, Robert Sabuda Explore a Tropical Forest (National Geographic Action Book), Barbara Gibson and Donald J. Crump

Hide & Seek (National Geographic Action Book), Toni Eugene Kwanzaa Celebration, Nancy Williams and Robert Sabuda Little Red Riding Hood, Marjorie Priceman The Moon Book: A Lunar Pop-Up Celebration, Arlene Seymour The Movable Mother Goose, Robert Sabuda The Night Before Christmas, Robert Sabuda The Paper Dragon, Marguerite W. Davol and Robert Sabuda Pop-Up Book of Nightmares, Gary Greenberg Secret Treasures (National Geographic Action Book), Catherine Howell and John Buxton The 12 Days of Christmas: A Pop-up Celebration, Robert Sabuda Undersea Treasures (National Geographic Action Book), Peter M. Fiore The Wheels on the Bus, Paul Zelinsky Who Will You Meet in Scary Street? Nine Pop-Up Nightmares, Christine Tagg Witch Zeldas Birthday Cake: A Wild and Wicked Pop-Up, Pull-the-Tab Book, Eva Tatcheva The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Robert Sabuda Young Naturalist Pop-up Handbook: Beetles, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart Young Naturalist Pop-up Handbook: Butterflies, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart

Canadian author and illustrator Joan Irvine describes how to make original pop-up books at www.makersgallery.com/joanirvine. Ms. Irvine is the author of How to Make Pop-Ups, published by William Morrow (1988).

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Predictable Books

Predictable books make use of rhyme, repetition of words, phrases, sentences and refrains, and such patterns as cumulative structure, repeated scenes, familiar cultural sequences, interlocking structure and turn-around plots. These stories invite children to make predictions or guesses about words, phrases, sentences, events and characters that could come next in the story.
Mary Jett-Simpson in Reading Resource Book (Atlanta: Humanics Limited, 1986)

There are eight kinds of predictable books: 1. Chain or Circular Story: The plot is interlinked so that the ending leads back to the beginning. 2. Cumulative Story: Each time a new event occurs, all previous events in the story are repeated. 3. Familiar Sequence: The sequence is organized by recognizable themes, such as days of the week or numbers.
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4. Pattern Story: Scenes are repeated with some variation. 5. Question and Answer: The same or similar questions are repeated throughout the story. 6. Repetition of Phrase: The word order in a phrase or sentence is repeated. 7. Rhyme: Rhyming words, refrains, or patterns are used throughout the book. 8. Songbooks: Familiar songs with predictable elements, such as repetitive phrases.

Chain or Circular Story

(Beginning and ending of story is interlinked.)
Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears Elkins, Benjamin. Why the Sun Was Late Janovitz, Marilyn. Look out, Bird! Numeroff, Laura J. If You Give a Moose a Muffin Numeroff, Laura J. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Cumulative
(Events are repeated throughout the story.)
Arnold, K. Knock, Knock, Teremok! Bishop, Gavin. Chicken Licken Brisson, Pat. Bennys Pennies Burningham, John. Mr. Gumpys Outing Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Inside a Barn in the Country

Carle, Eric. Today Is Monday Chandra, Deborah. Miss Mabels Table Cole, Henry. Jacks Garden Cole, Joanna. Its Too Noisy Duff, Maggie. Rum Pum Pum Dunbar, Joyce. Seven Sillies Dunphy, Madeleine. Here Is the Southwestern Desert Dunphy, Madeleine. Here Is the Tropical Rain Forest Galdone, Paul. Little Tuppen: An Old Tale Galdone, Paul. The Old Woman and Her Pig Hutchins, Pat. Little Pink Pig Lobel, Arnold. The Rose in My Garden MacDonald, Elizabeth. Mikes Kite McLeish, Kenneth. Chicken Licken Neitzel, S. The Bag Im Taking to Grandmas Ormerod, Jan. The Story of Chicken Licken Oxenbury, Helen. Its My Birthday Pizer, Abigail. Its a Perfect Day Polacco, Patricia. In Enzos Splendid Gardens

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Kalan, Robert. Stop, Thief ! Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed Maris, Ron. Are You There Bear? Maris, Ron. I Wish I Could Fly McNaughton, C. Suddenly! Nodset, Joan L. Who Took the Farmers Hat? Patron, Susan. Dark Cloud Strong Breeze Wing, Natasha. Hippity Hop, Frog on Top Zemach, Margot. The Little Red Hen

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Sloat, Teri. The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown Tolstoy, Alexei. The Great Big Enormous Turnip Waddell, Martin. The Pig in the Pond West, Colin. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee West, Colin. Have You Seen the Crocodile? West, Colin. I Dont Care! Said the Bear West, Colin. Not Me, Said the Monkey Zernach, Harve. The Judge

Question and Answer

Coxe, Molly. Whose Footprints? Greeley, Valerie. Wheres My Share? Guy, Ginger Foglesong. Black Crow, Black Crow Janovitz, Marilyn. Is it Time? Kraus, Robert. Whose Mouse Are You? Martin, Bill, Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Familiar Sequence (days of week, months of year, etc.)

Carle, Eric. Today Is Monday Kraus, Robert. Come Out and Play, Little Mouse Sendak, Maurice. Chicken Soup With Rice Shiefman, Vicky. Sunday Potatoes, Monday Potatoes Ward, Cindy. Cookies Week

Repetition of Phrase
Alborough, Jez. Watch Out! Big Bros Coming! Archambault, John & Bill Martin Jr. A Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat Brown, Margaret Wise. The Important Book Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon Brown, Ruth. A Dark, Dark Tale Butler, Dorothy. A Happy Tale Carle, Eric. Do You Want to Be My Friend? Carle, Eric. Have You Seen My Cat? Coxe, Molly. Whose Footprints? Date, Penny. Ten Out of Bed Day, David. King of the Woods De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Going for a Walk De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. How Joe the Bear and Sam the Mouse Got Together Dunbar, Joyce. Four Fierce Kittens Gordon, Jeffrie Ross. Two Badd Babies Greeley, Valerie. Wheres My Share? Grindley, Sally. Knock, Knock! Whos There? Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Guy, Ginger Foglesong. Black Crow, Black Crow

Familiar Sequence (numbers)

Bucknall, Caroline. One Bear All Alone Wood, Jakki. Moo, Moo, Brown Cow

Pattern Story
(Scenes are repeated with variations.)
Banks, Kate. Peter and the Talking Shoes Banks, Kate. Spider, Spider Bender, Robert. A Most Unusual Lunch Brown, Margaret Wise. The Runaway Bunny De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Going for a Walk Domanska, Janina. Little Red Hen Dunbar, Joyce. Four Fierce Kittens Dunbar, Joyce. Seven Sillies Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats Galdone, Paul. The Gingerbread Boy Galdone, Paul. Little Red Hen Galdone, Paul. The Three Bears Galdone, Paul. The Three Billy Goats Gruff Hutchins, Pat. Little Pink Pig Jennings, Sharon. Jeremiah and Mrs. Ming

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Watanbe, Shigeo. How Do I Put It On? West, Colin. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee West, Colin. Have You Seen the Crocodile? West, Colin. Hello, Great Big Bullfrog! West, Colin. I Bought My Love a Tabby Cat West, Colin. I Dont Care! Said the Bear West, Colin. Not Me, Said the Monkey Wing, Natasha. Hippity Hop, Frog on Top Wolkstein, Diane. Step by Step Wong, O. From My Window Wood, Audrey. Silly Sally Wood, Jakki. Moo, Moo, Brown Cow Wylie, Joanne & David. A Big Fish Story Wylie, Joanne & David. A More or Less Fish Story Zamorano, Ana. Lets Eat!

Harnsa, Bobbie. Dirty Larry Hayes, Sarah. This Is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch Hennessy, B. G. Jake Baked the Cake Hoberman, Mary Ann. A House Is a House for Me Hutchins, Pat. Little Pink Pig Kahn, Joan. You Cant Catch Me Kalan, Robert. Stop, Thief! King, Bob. Sitting on the Farm Knowles, Tizzie. No, Barnaby Kraus, Robert. Come Out and Play, Little Mouse Kraus, Robert. Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? Krauss, Ruth. Big and Little Lindbergh, Reeve. Theres a COW in the Road! Lockwood, Primrose and Clara Vulliarny. Cat Boy! MacDonald, Elizabeth. Mikes Kite Martin, Bill, Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? McGilvray, Richard. Dont Climb Out of the Window Tonight Masurel, Claire & Marie H. Henry. Good Night! Masurel, Claire. No, No, Titus! Most, Bernard. If the Dinosaurs Came Back Pizer, Abigail. Its a Perfect Day Pryor, Ainslie. The Baby Blue Cat Who Said No Rathmann, Peggy. Good Night, Gorilla Rogers, Paul & Emma. Whats Wrong, Tom? Sawicki, Nonna Jean. The Little Red House Sendak, Maurice. Chicken Soup With Rice Serfozo, Mary. Who Said Red? Shannon, George. Dance Away Shannon, George. The Piney Woods Peddler Shieftman, Vicky. Sunday Potatoes, Monday Potatoes Sloat, Teri. The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown Tafuri, Nancy. Have You Seen My Duckling? Van Laan, Nancy. A Mouse in My House Van Laan, Nancy. Possum Come A-Knockin Waddell, Martin. Sailor Bear

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Rhyme
Ackerman, Karen. This Old House Adlerman, Daniel. Africa Calling: Nighttime Failing Archambault, John & Bill Martin Jr. A Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat Brooke, Leslie. Johnny Crows Garden Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Inside a Barn in the Country Carlstrom, Nancy White. Rise and Shine Chandra, Deborah. Miss Mabels Table Dunbar, Joyce. Four Fierce Kittens Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter Florian, Douglas. A Beach Day Florian, Douglas. A Summer Day Florian, Douglas. A Winter Day Gag, Wanda. The ABC Bunny Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Hayes, Sarah. This Is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch Hennessy, B. G. Jake Baked the Cake Hoberman, Mary Ann. A House Is a House for Me Janovitz, Marilyn. Is it Time? Jaques, F. There Once Was a Puffin Leuck, L. Sun Is Falling, Night Is Calling

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Wellington, M. Night House Bright House West, Colin. I Bought My Love a Tabby Cat Winthrop, Elizabeth. Shoes Wood, Audrey. Silly Sally Zemach, Harve. The Judge

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Source: List 1.10 was compiled by Virginia Richey, Childrens Department Manager, Monroe County (Indiana) Public Library. There are over thirty outstanding childrens literature booklists on the Monroe County Public Library Childrens Department Web site at www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/children_booklists.html. Used with permission.

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Levine, Abby. You Push, I Ride Lindbergh, Reeve. Theres a COW in the Road! Mandel, Peter. Red Cat, White Cat Marzollo, J. Sun Song Patron, Susan. Dark Cloud Strong Breeze Pomerantz, Charlotte. Flap Your Wings and Try Punnett, Dick. Our Brat Cat Robinson, M. The Zoo at Night Samton, Sheila White. Beside the Bay Shaw, Nancy. Sheep in a Shop Shaw, Nancy. Sheep on a Ship Siebert, Diane. Train Song Sloat, Teri. The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown Stickland, Paul. One Bear, One Dog Wahl, J. Cats and Robbers Weiss, Nicki. Sun Sand Sea Sail

Songbook
Emberley, Barbara. One Wide River to Cross Hoffman, Hilde. The Green Grass Grows All Around Keats, Ezra Jack. Over in the Meadow King, Bob. Sitting on the Farm Langstaff, John M. Over in the Meadow Langstaff, John M. Soldier, Soldier, Wont You Marry Me? Turner, Gwenda. Over on the Farm Zuromskis, Diane. The Farmer in the Dell

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Sound Awareness Books

Auditory discrimination, one of the basic reading skills, is introduced through sound awareness books. These books use words with the same initial sounds as well as rhyming words to reinforce the concept of letter/sound relationships. Many of the books are best shared as read-alouds.

VOWEL SOUND AWARENESS BOOKS Short A

Anno, Mitsumasa. Annos Alphabet: An Adventure in Imagination Anno, Mitsumasa. Annos Counting Book Asch, Frank. Just Like Daddy Balian, Lorna. Amelias Nine Lives Barrett, Judi. Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People Barrett, Judi. Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Cameron, Polly. I Cant, Said the Ant Carratello, Patty. My Cap Flack, Marjorie. Angus and the Cat Flack, Marjorie. Ask Mr. Bear Fox, Mem. Arabella the Smallest Girl in the World Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats Gibbons, Gail. The Seasons of Arnolds Apple Tree Griffith, Helen. Alex and the Cat Guilfoile, Elizabeth. Nobody Listens to Andrew Kent, Jack. The Fat Cat Most, Bernard. Theres an Ant in Anthony Nodset, Joan L. Who Took the Farmers Hat? Orbach, Ruth. Apple Pigs Robins, Joan. Addie Meets Max Schmidt, Karen L. The Gingerbread Man Seeger, Pete. Abiyoyo Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat Hines, Anna G. Taste the Raindrops Howard, Elizabeth. The Train to Lulus McPhail, David. The Train

Long and Short A

Aliki. Jack and Jake Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale

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Short E
Carratello, Patty. Brett, My Pet Demi. The Empty Pot dePaola, Tomie. Little Grunt & the Big Egg Galdone, Paul. The Little Red Hen Kraus, Robert. The Happy Egg McPhail, David. Emmas Pet Ness, Evaline. Yeck Eck Parkes, Brenda. The Enormous Watermelon Shecter, Ben. Hester the Jester Tsuchiya, Yukio. Faithful Elephants Wing, Henry Ritchet. Ten Pennies for Candy Wood, Audrey. Elberts Bad Word

Long E
Archambault, John. Counting Sheep dePaola, Tomie. Mice Squeak, We Speak Galdone, Paul. Little Bo-Peep Gordon, Jeffie R. Six Sleepy Sheep Hughes, Shirley. An Evening at Alftes Keller, Holly. Ten Sleepy Sheep Martin, Bill, Jr., Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Oppenheim, Joanne. Have You Seen Trees? Peet, Bill. The Kweeks of Kookatumdee Shaw, Nancy. Sheep in a Jeep Shaw, Nancy. Sheep on a Ship Wellington, Monica. The Sheep Follow

Long A
Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Bang, Molly. The Paper Crane Burton, Virginia Lee. Katy and the Big Snow Carratello, Patty. Skate, Kate, Skate! Henkes, Kevin. Sheila Rae, the Brave

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Keller, Holly. The Sleepy Sheep Soule, Jean Conder. Never Tease a Weasel

Short I
Anno, Mitsumasa. In Shadowland Brown, Marc. The Important Book Brown, Ruth. If At First You Do Not See Carratello, Patty. Will Bill? Hoban, Tana. Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? Hoban, Tana. Is It Rough? Is It Smooth? Is It Shiny? Hutchins, Pat. Titch Keats, Ezra Jack. Whistle for Willie Lionni, Leo. Inch by Inch Lionni, Leo. Its Mine Lionni, Leo. Swimmy Lobel, Arnold. Small Pig Maccarone, Grace. Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox McPhail, David. Fix-It

Long 0
Cole, Brock. The Giants Toe dePaola, Tomie. Joe and the Snow Gerstein, Mordicai. Roll Over! Johnston, Tony. The Adventures of Mole and Troll Tresselt, Alvin R. White Snow, Bright Snow Wadsworth, Olive A. Over in the Meadow

Short U
Abolafia, Yossi. My Three Uncles Anno, Mitsumasa. Upside-Downers Carratello, Patty. My Truck and My Pup Euvremer, Teryl. The Suns Up Feczko, Kathy. Umbrella Parade Gibbons, Gail. Sun Up, Sun Down Marshall, James. The Cut-Ups (series) Monsell, Mary E. Underwear Pinkwater, Daniel. Rogers Umbrella Prelutsky, Jack. The Baby Uggs Are Hatching Ryder, Joanne. Under the Moon Thorne, Jenny. My Uncle Udry, Janice Mae. Thump and Plunk Yashima, Taro. Umbrella Yolen, Jane. Sleeping Ugly

Long I
Berenstain, Stan & Jan. The Bike Lesson Carlson, Nancy. I Like Me Carratello, Patty. Mice on Ice Cole, Sheila. When the Tide Is Low Hazen, Barbara S. Tight Times Kirk, David. Miss Spider (series) Steig, William. Brave Irene Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over

Short 0
Benchley, Nathaniel. Oscar Otter Carratello, Patty. Dots Pot Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots Emberley, Barbara. Drummer Hoff

Long U
Carratello, Patty. Duke the Blue Mule Coville, Bruce & Katherine. Sarahs Unicorn Segal, Lore. Tell Me a Trudy

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Allen, Pamela. Bertie and the Bear Ancona, George. Its a Baby! Barton, Byron. Boats Barton, Byron. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Berenstain, Stan & Jan. The B Book Brown, Marc. Benjis Blanket Brown, Marc. Big Red Barn Cohen, Miriam. Best Friends dePaola, Tomie. Big Anthony and the Magic Ring Freeman, Donald. Beady Bear Gans, Roma. Bird Talk Gibbons, Gail. Boat Book Martin, Bill, Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Rice, Eve. Benny Bakes a Cake Yektai, Niki. Bears in Pairs Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots dePaola, Tomie. Legend of Bluebonnet James, Simon. Dear Mr. Blueberry Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert. Mert the Blurt Macaulay, David. Black and White MacDonald, Amy. Rachel Fisters Blister

Br Book List
Bishop, Claire H. The Five Chinese Brothers De Regniers, Beatrice. May I Bring a Friend? Dunrea, Oliver. Fergus and Bridey Hoban, Russell. Bread and Jam for Frances Mein, Elonore. Brave Daniel Machotka, Hana. Breathtaking Noses Margolis, Richard. Secrets of a Small Brother Martin, Bill, Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Steig, William. Brave Irene

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BI Book List
Burningham, John. The Blanket Cooney, Nancy. The Blanket That Had to Go

C BOOK LIST
Carle, Eric. Have You Seen My Cat? Freeman, Don. A Pocket for Corduroy Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats Gray, William R. Camping Adventures Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed Lionni, Leo. A Color of His Own McMillan, Bruck. Counting Wildflowers Oxenbury, Helen. The Car Trip Robart, Rose. The Cake That Mack Ate Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat Simon, Norma. Cats Do, Dogs Dont Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale Luton, Mildred. Little Chicks Mothers & All Others Martin, Bill, Jr. & Archambault, John. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Pomerantz, Charlotte. The Chalk Doll Ryder, Joanne. Chipmunk Song Sendak, Maurice. Chicken Soup With Rice Weiss, Nicki. Chuckie Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother

CI Book List
Bridwell, Norman. Clifford (series) dePaola, Tomie. Charlie Needs a Cloak dePaola, Tomie. The Cloud Book Greene, Carol. Hi, Clouds Hutchins, Pat. Clocks & More Clocks Mayer, Mercer. Theres a Nightmare in My Closet Miller, Edna. Mousekins Close Call Oxenbury, Helen. Clap Hands

Ch Book List
Ginsburg, Mirra. The Chick & the Duckling Ginsburg, Mirra. The Chinese Mirror Heller, Ruth. Chickens Arent the Only Ones Hutchins, Pat. Changes, Changes Keats, Ezra Jack. Peters Chair Little, Lessie. Children of Long Ago

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Bang, Molly. The Paper Chase Carle, Eric. The Very Quiet Cricket Caudill, Rebecca. A Pocketful of Cricket Devlin, Wende & Harry. Cranberry Thanksgiving Isadora, Rachel. At the Crossroads

D BOOK LIST
Aliki. Digging Up Dinosaurs Cohen, Miriam. Jims Dog Muffins Freedman, Sally. Devins New Bed Freeman, Don. Dandelion Gibbons, Gail. Dinosaurs, Dragonflies, & Diamonds Hankin, Rebecca. I Can Be a Doctor Hoban, Tana. Dig, Drill, Dump, Fill Hoff, Sid. Danny and the Dinosaur Hughes, Shirley. Dogger Hutchins, Pat. The Doorbell Rang McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings Simon, Norma. Cats Do, Dogs Dont Steig, William. Dr. Desoto Wildsmith, Brian. Daisy Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog
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Dr Book List
dePaola,Tomie. The Knight & the Dragon Emberley, Ed. Drummer Hoff Gannett, Ruth S. My Fathers Dragon James, Betsy. The Dream Stair Kent, Jack. Theres No Such Thing as a Dragon Stevenson, James. The Dreadful Day Surat, Michele M. Angel Child, Dragon Child Wildsmith, Brian. My Dream

F BOOK LIST
Brown, Margaret Wise. Four Fur Feet Cohen, Miriam. First Grade Takes a Test Cohen, Miriam. Starring First Grade Coxe, Molly. Whose Footprints Elkin, Benjamin. Six Foolish Fishermen De Regniers, Beatrice Schenk. Catch a Little Fox: Variations on a Folk Rhyme Fox, Mem. Hattie and the Fox Hutchins, Pat. Dont Forget the Bacon! Hutchins, Pat. Follow That Bus! Ipcar, Dahlov Zorach. The Biggest Fish in the Sea Lionni, Leo. Fish Is Fish McPhail, David. Farm Morning Palmer, Helen. A Fish Out of Water Peet, Bill. Farewell to Shady Glade Pfister, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish Seuss, Dr. One Fish, Two Fish

Fl Book List
Bunting, Eve. Fly Away Home Eastman, Philip D. Flap Your Wings Gelman, Rita G. Why Cant I Fly? Heller, Ruth. The Reason for a Flower McKissack Patricia C. Flossie and the Fox Peet, Bill. Merle the High Flying Squirrel Pomerantz, Charlotte. Flap Your Wings and Try

Fr Book List
Aliki. We Are Best Friends Anglund, Joan W. A Friend Is Someone Who Likes You Carle, Eric. Do You Want to Be My Friend? Cohen, Miriam. Will I Have a Friend? Cohen, Miriam. Best Friends

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Heine, Helme. Friends Hoban, Russell. Bread and Jam for Frances Lionni, Leo. Frederick Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad (series) McNaughton, Colin. Making Friends With Frankenstein Oxenbury, Helen. Friends

Crews, Donald. Freight Train Delton, Judy. Two Good Friends De Regniers, Beatrice. May I Bring a Friend? Gross, Janet & Harster, Jerome. It Didnt Frighten Me Heide, Florence Parry & VanClief, Sylvia Worth. Thats What Friends Are For

G BOOK LIST Hard G Book List

Baylor, Byrd. Guess Who My Favorite Person Is? Burningham, John. Mr. Gumpys Motor Car Cohen, Miriam. No Good in Art Delaney, Antoinette. The Gunnywolf Delton, Judy. Two Good Friends Douglas, Barbara. Good as New! Miller, Edna. Mousekins Golden House Rice, Eve. Goodnight, Goodnight Seuss, Dr. I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! Showers, Paul. Where Does the Garbage Go? Marshall, James. George & Martha One Fine Day

GI Book List
Peet, Bill. Farewell to Shady Glade

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Gr Book List
Berger, Barbara H. Grandfather Twilight Buckley, Helen E. Grandfather and I Buckely, Helen E. Grandmother and I Buckley, Richard. The Greedy Python Carle, Eric. The Grouchy Ladybug dePaola, Tomie. Little Grunt & the Big Egg Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup Hoffman, Henrich. The Green Grass Grows All Around Hutchins, Pat. Youll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch Krauss, Ruth. Growing Story Spier, Peter. Gobble, Growl, Grunt

Soft G Book List

Arno, Enrico. The Gingerbread Man Berger, Melvin. Germs Make Me Sick Galdone, Paul. The Gingerbread Boy Joyce, William. George Shrinks Keller, Holly. Geraldines Blanket Lord, John V. The Giant Jelly Sandwich

H BOOK LIST
Aliki. My Hands Anno, Mitsumasa. Annos Hat Tricks Burton, Virginia Lee. The Little House Calhoun, Mary. Hot Air Henry Carle, Eric. A House for Hermit Crab Galdone, Paul. Henny Penny Fox, Mem. Hattie and the Fox Hoberman, Mary Ann. A House Is a House for Me Hurd, Edith. Hurry, Hurry Morris, Ann. Hats, Hats, Hats Morris, Ann. Houses and Homes Seuss, Dr. Hop on Pop Stow, Jenny. The House That Jack Built Wood, Audrey. Heckedy Peg Ziefert, Harriet. Hurry Up, Jessie Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog

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Ahlberg, Janet & Allan. The Jolly Postman Aliki. Jack and Jake Arnold, Tedd. No Jumping on the Bed Coleridge, Sara. January Brings the Snow Degen, Bruce. Jamberry Galdone, Paul. Jack and the Beanstalk Kalan, Robert. Jump, Frog, Jump Keats, Ezra Jack. Jennys Hat Lord, John V. The Giant Jam Sandwich Mayer, Mercer. Just Grandpa and Me Walsh, Ellen S. Hop Jump

K BOOK LIST
Bridwell, Norman. Kangaroo Stew dePaola, Tomie. The Kids Cat Book Fox, Mem. Koala Lou Heller, Ruth. Kites Sail High Holl, Adelaide. One Kitten for Kim Keats, Ezra Jack. Kitten for a Day Patterson, Francine. Kokos Kitten Payne, Emmy. Katy No-Pocket Selsam, Millicent E. How Kittens Grow Yashima, Taro. Momos Kitten

L BOOK LIST
Giff, Patricia R. Lazy Lions, Lucky Lambs Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Cohen, Miriam. Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Keats, Ezra Jack. A Letter to Amy Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow Lobel, Arnold. Lucille Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could Rice, Eve. Oh, Lewis Rockwell, Anne. I Like the Library Showers, Paul. The Listening Walk Waber, Bernard. Loveable Lyle Waber, Bernard. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

M BOOK LIST
Asch, Frank. Mooncake Barrett, Judi. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline (series) Bonsall, Crosby. Mines the Best Branley, Franklyn. Mickeys Magnet Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon Cohen, Miriam. Jims Dog Muffins Duncan, Lois. Birthday Moon Eastman, Philip D. Are You My Mother? Hines, Anna. Come to the Meadow Holl, Adelaide. Moon Mouse Langley, Andrew. The Moon Lionni, Leo. Its Mine! Numeroff, Laura J. If You Give a Moose a Muffin Simon, Norma. I Was So Mad! Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon

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Brown, Margaret Wise. Noisy Book Brown, Margaret Wise. The Summer Noisy Book Brown, Margaret Wise. The Winter Noisy Book Geraghty, Paul. Stop that Noise! Guilfoile, Elizabeth. Nobody Listens to Andrew Hughes, Shirley. Noisy Kuskin, Karla. All Sizes of Noise Mayer, Mercer. Theres a Nightmare in My Closet McGovern, Ann. Too Much Noise Rylant, Cynthia. Night in the Country Wood, Audrey. The Napping House

P BOOK LIST
Ahlberg, Janet & Allan. The Jolly Postman Andersen, Hans Christian. The Princess and the Pea Behrens, June. I Can Be a Pilot Bond, Michael. Paddington (series) Carle, Eric. Pancakes, Pancakes dePaola, Tomie. The Popcorn Book Ets, Marie H. Play With Me Freeman, Don. A Pocket for Corduroy Goodall, John S. Paddys New Hat Keats, Ezra Jack. Peters Chair Leedy, Loreen. Pingo the Plaid Panda Matthias, Catherine. I Can Be a Police Officer Pizer, Abigail. Its a Perfect Day Titherington, Jeanne. Pumpkin, Pumpkin Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express Wood, Audrey. Little Penguins Tale

PI Book List
Carle, Eric. Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Leedy, Loreen. Pingo the Plaid Panda Titherington, Jeanne. A Place for Ben

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Pr Book List
Calmenson, Stephanie. The Principals New Clothes Campbell, Rod. My Presents dePaola, Tomie. The Prince of the Dolomites Grifalconi, Ann. Osas Pride Munsch, Robert. The Paper Bag Princess Rey, Margaret. Pretzel Rylant, Cynthia. Birthday Presents Scieszka, Jon. The Frog Prince Continued

Q BOOK LIST
Brown, Margaret Wise. The Quiet Noisy Book Carle, Eric. The Very Quiet Cricket Causley, Charles. Quack Said the Billy Goat Flournoy, Valerie. The Patchwork Quilt Johnston, Tony. The Quilt Story Jonas, Ann. The Quilt Wood, Audrey. Quick as a Cricket Zolotow, Charlotte. The Quarreling Book

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R BOOK UST
Alborough, Jez. Running Bear Brown, Margaret Wise. The Runaway Bunny Ehlert, Lois. Planting a Rainbow Gregory, Valiska. Riddle Soup Hyman, Trina. Little Red Riding Hood Hutchins, Pat. Rosies Walk Le Tord, Bijou. Rabbit Seeds McLean, Anne. The Bus Ride McLerran, Alice. Roxaboxen Peek, Merle. Roll Over! A Counting Book Pfister, Marcus. The Rainbow Fish Stinson, Kathy. Red Is Best Tafuri, Nancy. Rabbits Morning

S BOOK LIST
Crews, Donald. School Bus Gibbons, Gail. The Seasons of Arnolds Apple Tree Gregory, Valiska. Riddle Soup Hoban, Lillian. Silly Tilly & the Easter Bunny Hoberman, Mary Ann. The Seven Silly Eaters Le Tord, Bijou. Rabbit Seeds Lionni, Leo. Six Crows Lionni, Leo. Swimmy McGovern, Ann. Stone Soup Morgan, Allan. Sadie and the Snowman Selsam, Millicent E. Seeds and More Seeds Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Ziefert, Harriet. Sarahs Questions Zolotow, Charlotte. Something Is Going to Happen

Sk Book List
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Cohen, Miriam. The Real-Skin Rubber Monster Mask Gibbons, Gail. Up Goes the Skyscraper Hines, Anna. Sky All Around Kellogg, Steven. The Island of Skog Rose, Gerrald. The Tiger Skin Rug

Sl Book List
Dabcovich, Lydia. Sleepy Bear Miller, Eve. Mousekins Woodland Sleepers Seuss, Dr. The Sleep Book Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over Yolen, Jane. Sleeping Ugly Zolotow, Charlotte. Sleepy Book

Sh Book List
Asch, Frank. Bears Shadow Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes Kline, Suzy. SHHHH! Parkes, Brenda. Whos in the Shed Peet, Bill. Farewell to Shady Glade Shaw, Nancy. Sheep in a Jeep Shaw, Nancy. Sheep on a Ship Tompert, Ann. Nothing Sticks Like a Shadow Wells, Rosemary. Shy Charles

Sm Book List
Cutting, Brian & Jillian. A Small World Fox, Mem. Arabella the Smallest Girl in the World Lobel, Arnold. Small Pig Margolis, Richard. Secrets of a Small Brother

Sn Book List
Briggs, Raymond. The Snowman Brown, Ruth. The Big Sneeze Coleridge, Sara. January Brings the Snow Giganti, Paul. How Many Snails? Goffstein, M. B. Our Snowman Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day Lobe, Mira. The Snowman Who Went for a Walk

Shr Book List

Joyce, William. George Shrinks Steig, William. Shrek

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Cohen, Miriam. Starring First Grade Fisher, Leonard. Storm at the Jetty McClintock, Mike. Stop That Ball Stolz, Mary. Storm in the Night Tompert, Ann. Nothing Sticks Like a Shadow

McCully, Emily A. First Snow Morgan, Allan. Sadie and the Snowman Munsch, Robert. Thomass Snowsuit Rockwell, Anne & Harlow. The First Snowfall Ryder, Joanne. Snails Spell Tresselt, Alvin. White Snow, Bright Snow

Str Book List Sp Book List

Arkhurst, Joyce. The Adventures of Spider Arkhurst, Joyce. More Adventures of Spider Carle, Eric. The Very Busy Spider Carter, Jill & Ling, Judy. Spiders in Space Clifton, Lucille. The Boy Who Didnt Believe in Spring Gelman, Rita. More Spaghetti I Say Kirk, David. Miss Spiders Tea Party Margolis, Richard. Big Bear, Spare That Tree Moncure, Jane B. Spring Is Here Raskin, Ellen. Spectacles Rockwell, Anne. First Comes Spring Shaw, Charles G. It Looked Like Spilt Milk Bruchac, Joseph. First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story dePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona (series) Ginsburg, Mirra. Across the Stream Lobel, Arnold & Anita. On Market Street Politi, Leo. Pedro, the Angel of Olvera Street Van Allsburg, Chris. The Stranger Williams, Vera & Williams, Jennifer. Stringbeans Trip to the Shining Sea

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Sw Book List
Adams, Pam. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Lionni, Leo. Swimmy Mayer, Mercer. Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows Tejima, Keizaburo. Swan Sky

St Book List
Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

T BOOK LIST
Baker, Alan. Two Tiny Mice Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight Bennett, Jill. Teeny Tiny Brett, Jan. Town Mouse, Country Mouse Carle, Eric. The Tiny Seed Cohen, Miriam. First Grade Takes a Test Crews, Donald. Ten Black Dots Gretz, Susanna. Teddy Bears 1 to 10 Hutchins, Pat. Titch Kellogg, Steven. The Mysterious Tadpole Kennedy, Jimmy. The Teddy Bears Picnic Lester, Helen. Tacky the Penguin Mosel, Arlene. Tikki Tikki Tembo Pomerantz, Charlotte. How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow? Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit (series) Preston, Edna M. The Temper Tantrum Book Sadler, Marilyn. Alistairs Time Machine Seuling, Barbara. The Teeny Tiny Woman Weiss, Leatie. My Teacher Sleeps in School Zolotow, Charlotte. A Tiger Called Thomas

Th Book List
Browne, Anthony. Things I Like Hayes, Sarah. This Is the Bear Koontz, Robin. This Old Man: The Counting Song Peet, Bill. No Such Things Perkins, Al. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb Polacco, Patricia. Thank You Mr. Falker Polacco, Patricia. Thunder Cake Rockwell, Anne. Things That Go

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Rylant, Cynthia. This Years Garden Seuss, Dr. Thidwick the Big-hearted Moose Slepian, Jan & Siedler, Ann. The Hungry Thing Tashjian, Virginia A. Juba This and Juba That Terban, Marvin. I Think I Thought, and Other Tricky Verbs

Tr Book List
Gackenbach, Dick. Mighty Tree Howard, Elizabeth F. The Train to Lulus Isadora, Rachel. Bens Trumpet Jonas, Ann. Round Trip Keats, Ezra Jack. The Trip Lobel, Arnold. A Treeful of Pigs Margolis, Richard. Big Bear, Spare That Tree Martin, Bill, Jr. The Ghost-Eye Tree McCord, David. Every Time I Climb a Tree McPhail, David. The Train Miller, Eve. Mousekin Takes a Trip Oxenbury, Helen. The Car Trip Petrie, Catherine. Joshua James Likes Trucks Pomerantz, Charlotte. How Many Trucks Can a Tow Truck Tow? Ross, Pat & Joel. Your First Airplane Trip Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Siebert, Diane. Truck Song Udry, Janice May. A Tree Is Nice Wood, Leslie. Tom and His Tractor

Thr Book List

Appleby, Ellen (illustrator). Three Billy-Goats Gruff Battaglia, Aurelius (illustrator). The Three Little Pigs Brustlein, Daniel. One, Two, Three, Going to Sea Cauley, Lorinda. Goldilocks & the Three Bears Child, Lydia Maria. Over the River and Through the Woods Emberley, Rebecca. Three Cool Kids Galdone, Paul. The Three Bears Galdone, Paul. The Three Billy Goats Gruff Galdone, Paul. The Three Little Pigs Hooks, William H. The Three Little Pigs Ivimey, John W. Three Blind Mice Parkes, Brenda. The Three Little Pigs

V BOOK LIST
Andrews, Jan. The Very Last First Time Bunting, Eve. The Valentine Bears Carle, Eric. The Very Busy Spider Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cohen, Miriam. Bee My Valentine! Ehlert, Lois. Growing Vegetable Soup Viorst, Judith. Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Williams, Margery. The Velveteen Rabbit

W BOOK LIST
Aliki. We Are Best Friends Brown, Margaret Wise. The Winter Noisy Book Carle, Eric. Roosters Off to See the World Carrick, Carol. Old Mother Witch Cohen, Miriam. Will I Have a Friend? Cowley, Joy. Mrs. Wishy-Washy Cristini, Ermanno & Puricelli, Luigi. In the Woods Ets, Marie H. Gilberto & the Wind Howe, James. I Wish I Were a Butterfly Hutchins, Pat. Rosies Walk Hutchins, Pat. The Wind Blew Kantrowitz, Mildred. Willy Bear Keats, Ezra Jack. Whistle for Willie McMillan, Bruce. Counting Wildflowers Miller, Eve. Mousekins Woodland Sleepers

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Jonas, Ann. Where Can It Be? Keats, Ezra Jack. Whistle for Willie Kovalski, Maryann. The Wheels on the Bus Kraus, Robert. Whose Mouse Are You? Parkes, Brenda. Whos in the Shed? Peet, Bill. Whingdingdilly Rockwell, Anne & Harlow. When I Go Visiting Rossetti, Christina. What Is Pink? Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are Simon, Norma. Where Does My Cat Sleep? Yabuuchi, Masayuki. Whose Baby? Yoshi. Whos Hiding Here? Zolotow, Charlotte. When the Wind Stops

Parkes, Brenda. The Enormous Watermelon Peet, Bill. Wump World Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are Showers, Paul. The Listening Walk Zolotow, Charlotte. Williams Doll

Wh Book List
Cohen, Miriam. So What? Cohen, Miriam. When Will I Read? Gackenbach, Dick. Whats Claude Doing? Gelman, Rita G. Why Cant I Fly? Gerson, Mary-Joan. Why the Sky Is Far Away Godkin, Celia. What About Ladybugs Hill, Eric. Wheres Spot?
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X BOOK LIST
Carter, David. How Many Bugs in a Box? Fox, Mem. Hattie and the Fox Hall, Donald. Ox-Cart Man

Y BOOK LIST
Ehlert, Lois. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Flix, Monique. Yum Yum Ill Be My Own Cook Grey, Judith. Yummy, Yummy Hoban, Tana. Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? Johnston, Tony. Yonder Lionni, Leo. A Busy Year Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow Mayer, Mercer. Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp Provensen, Alice & Martin. The Year at Maple Hill Farm Ross, Pat & Joel. Your First Airplane Trip Wolff, Ashley. A Year of Beasts Wolff, Ashley. A Year of Birds

Z BOOK LIST
Barton, Byron. Buzz Buzz Buzz Bridges, William. The Bronx Zoo Book of Wild Animals Earle, Ann. Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats Ehlert, Lois. Color Zoo Gibbons, Gail. Zoo Hoban, Tana. A Childrens Zoo Lopshire, Robert. Put Me in the Zoo McDermott, Gerald. Zomo the Rabbit Peet, Bill. Zella, Zack, & Zodiac Pulver, Robin. Mrs. Toggles Zipper Seuss, Dr. If I Ran the Zoo Van Allsburg, Chris. The Wreck of the Zephyr Van Allsburg, Chris. The Z Was Zapped

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Reading books without pictures helps children as young as 3 or 4 years of age to develop oral literacy skills. Children love making up their own stories to accompany the pictures. Including wordless picture books in your library is an ideal and fun way to help children develop vocabulary and a keen sense of story. Some books in the list below will be enjoyed by older readers.
Mitsumasa Anno, Annos Counting Book Mitsumasa Anno, Annos Journey Mitsumasa Anno, Topsy-Turvies: Pictures to Stretch the Imagination Jeannie Baker, Window Molly Bang, The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher Istavan Banyai, R.E.M Rapid Eye Movement Istavan Banyai, Zoom Raymond Briggs, The Snowman Dick Bruna, Another Story to Tell Kathleen Bullock, The Rabbits Are Coming Eric Carle, Do You Want to Be My Friend? Peter Collington, The Angel and the Soldier Boy Alexandra Day, Carl Goes Shopping Alexandra Day, Good Dog Carl Tomie dePaola, Pancakes for Breakfast Henrik Drescher, The Yellow Umbrella John Goodall, Paddy Under Water John Goodall, Story of a Main Street John Goodall, The Story of the Seashore Martin Handford, Wheres Waldo? Tana Hoban, I Read Signs Tana Hoban, Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? Pat Hutchins, Changes, Changes Pat Hutchins, Rosies Walk Steve Jenkins, Looking Down Ezra Jack Keats, Skates! Lisa Maizlish, The Ring Lisa Maizlish, A Boy, a Dog and a Frog Mercer Mayer, Frog Goes to Dinner Mercer Mayer, Frog, Where Are You? Mercer & Marianna Mayer, A Boy, a Dog, a Frog, and a Friend Mercer & Marianna Mayer, One Frog Too Many Emily Arnold McCully, Picnic Emily Arnold McCully, School Dav Pilkey, The Paperboy Peter Spier, Noahs Ark Hanne Turk, Happy Birthday, Max Chris Van Allsburg, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Lynd Ward, The Silver Pony David Wiesner, Free Fall David Wiesner, Tuesday

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The picture book is a relatively new genre in the field of childrens literature. Today the picture book illustrator is sensitive to a childs response to color, line, shape, expression, and vitality expressed through illustrations. In concept books, ABC books, and other works of nonfiction, the pictures can be used to enhance the subject under study. In fiction picture books, the story is told through the text and the pictures together and cannot be told through the text itself. Below is a list of recommended picture books.

Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar* The Very Quiet Cricket Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? The Grouchy Ladybug The Very Busy Spider The Very Lonely Firefly
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The Grumpy Bunnys Field Trip The Grumpy Bunnys Spooky Night At the Auto Repair Center

Leo Lionni
Inch by Inch Swimmy A Color of His Own Frederick Fish Is Fish Cornelius: A Fable

Joan Holub
Boo Who? Happy Monster Day! Light the Candles: A Hanukkah Lift-the-Flap Book The Spooky Sleepover

Jean Marzollo
I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles I Spy Fantasy: A Book of Picture Riddles

William Joyce
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo Santa Calls Rolie Polie Olie (series) The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs

Raffi
Baby Beluga Five Little Ducks One Light, One Sun Wheels on the Bus: Raffi Songs to Read

Steven Kellogg
Johnny Appleseed Paul Bunyan, A Tall Tale Pecos Bill, A Tall Tale Mike Fink: A Tall Tale

Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are* Alligators All Around: An Alphabet Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Months In the Night Kitchen One Was Johnny: A Counting Book

David Kirk
Miss Spiders New Car Miss Spiders Tea Party Miss Spiders Wedding

Chris Van Allsburg

The Polar Express Two Bad Ants Jumanji The Garden of Abdul Gasazi

Justine Korman
Stinky Socks I Love You, Grumpy Bunny

Also see List 4.16 The New York Public Librarys 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know.

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McDuff and the Baby McDuff Goes to School Maxs Dragon Shirt Max Cleans Up Felix Feels Better Maxs Bedtime Bunny Party Edward Unready for School McDuff s New Friend Yokos Paper Cranes Night Sounds, Morning Colors Yoko Read to Your Bunny Timothy Goes to School Noisy Nora

Audrey Wood
Oh My Baby Bear! The Napping House Little Penguins Tale Heckedy Peg Silly Sally Scaredy Cats The Tickleoctopus Sweet Dream Pie A Book for Honey Bear

Additional Picture Books

Chicken Sunday, Patricia Polacco Kermit the Hermit, Bill Peet Pamela Camel, Bill Peet The House on East 88th Street, Bernard Waber Annos Journey, Mitsumasa Anno Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, Judi Barrett Aunt Harriets Underground Railroad in the Sky, Faith Ringgold Bear Shadow, Frank Asch Amelias Show-and-Tell Fiesta, Mimi Chapra Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale, Verna Aardema Run, Jump, Whiz, Splash, Vera Rosenberry Mr. Gumpys Outing, John Burningham In the Tall, Tall Grass*, Denise Fleming Secret Place, Eve Bunting Make Way for Ducklings*, Robert McCloskey The Salamander Room, Anne Mazer Flower Garden, Eve Bunting Tadpoles, Betsy James Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Judi Barrett Dinner at Aunt Connies House, Faith Ringgold Harry by the Sea, Gene Zion Harry the Dirty Dog, Gene Zion Little Gorilla, Ruth Bornstein The Little Wizard, Jody Bergsma Lotties New Beach Towel, Petra Mathers Jonathan and His Mommy, Irene Smalls-Hector The Button Box, Margarette S. Reid

David Wiesner
Sector 7 Tuesday Free Fall Hurricane June 29, 1999

Hans Wilhelm
A Cool KidLike Me! Dont Cut My Hair! Lets Be Friends Again! Oh, What a Mess Schnitzel Is Lost

Vera B. Williams
More More More! Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories A Chair for My Mother Cherries and Cherry Pits Lucky Song Music, Music for Everyone Something Special for Me Stringbeans Trip to the Shining Sea Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe

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Tacky the Penguin, Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Sheila Rae, the Brave, Kevin Henkes Max Found Two Sticks, Brian Pinkney Stellaluna, Jannell Cannon The Five Chinese Brothers, Clair Huchet Bishop & Kurt Wiese The Doorbell Rang*, Pat Hutchins Who Sank the Boat?, Pamela Allen Alberts Alphabet, Leslie Tryon Sleeping Bunny, Emily Snomell Keller Home Lovely, Lynne Rae Perkins Wheres Spot?, Eric Hill Goodnight Moon*, Margaret Wise Brown Sam Who Never Forgets, Eve Rice I Went Walking*, Sue Williams, illustrated by Julie Vivas Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business*, Esphyr Slobodkina Zebra: Striped Whale with a Polka Dot Tail, Shari F. Donahue

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Bein With You This Way, W. Nikola-Lisa How Many, How Many, How Many, Rick Walton 10 Minutes Till Bedtime, Peggy Rathmann The Shape of Things, Dayle Ann Dodds Taking a Walk: A Book in Two Languages Caminando: un libro en dow lenguas, Rebecca Emberley Where Are You Going, Manyoni?, Catherine Stock Just a Little Bit, Ann Tompert No Jumping on the Bed!, Tedd Arnold No More Water in the Tub!, Tedd Arnold No Roses for Harry, Gene Zion Parts, Tedd Arnold Roxaboxen*, Alice McLerran, illustrated by Barbara Cooney Abuela, Arthur Dorros, illustrated by Elisa Kleven Corduroy*, Don Freeman Down the Road, Alice Schertle, illustrated by E. B. Lewis

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Animal Stories

All young children enjoy animals stories. In some animal stories the characters act and behave so much like people that, if it were not for the illustrations, as in Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban, readers would think the characters were human! In others, such as Ice Bear and Little Fox by Jonathan London or Giraffe Trouble by Jean Craighead George, the animals live in their natural, realistic settings and retain their way of life but think and speak like people.
A Million Fish . . . More or Less, Patricia McKissack Albert, Donna Jo Napoli The Animal Mall, Cooper Edens Arthur (series), Marc Brown Babar (series), Jean de Brunhoff Barnyard Tracks, Dee Dee Duffy Benjamins Balloon: Story and Pictures, Alan Baker Big Bear Ball, Joanne Ryder Bill and Pete to the Rescue, Tomie DePaola The Brave Ones, Tony Kerins Bread and Jam for Frances, Russell Hoban Cant You Sleep, Little Bear?, Martin Waddell Circus Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina Cock-a-Doodle Dudley, Bill Peet Come Along Daisy, Jane Simmons Come to My Party, Judith Benet Richardson Curious George (series), H. A. Rey The Dumb Bunnies Go to the Zoo (series), Sue Denim Ebb and Flo and the Baby Seal, Jane Simmons Elmer, David McKee Farmer Duck, Martin Waddell Farmer Will, Jane Cowen-Fletcher Find the Piglet, Stephen Cartwright Flossie and the Fox, Patricia C. McKissack Froggy Gets Dressed (series), Jonathan London Giraffe Trouble, Jean Craighead George Good Night, Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann Hey, Pipsqueak!, Kate and Jim McMullan How the Reindeer Saved Santa, Carolyn Haywood Ice Bear and Little Fox, Jonathan London Jungle Jamboree, Kimberley Knutson Last Night at the Zoo, Michael Garland Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus Little Louie the Baby Bloomer, Robert Kraus Little Pink Pig, Pat Hutchins Look Out, Bird!, Marilyn Janovitz Lost Moose, Jan Slepian Monkey Trouble, John A. Rowe Olivia Saves the Circus, Ian Falconer One Rainy Night, Doris Gove Petunia, Roger Duvoisin Plunks Dreams, Helen V. Griffith Rats on the Range and Other Stories, James Marshall Slim and Jim, Richard Egielski Someday, Diane Paterson The Stolen Egg, Sue Vyner Thats Good! Thats Bad!, Margery Cuyler The Emperor Lays an Egg, Brenda Z. Guiberson The Great Race, David McPhail The Littlest Wolf, Larry Dane Brimner The Most Amazing Dinosaur, James Stevenson The Park in the Dark, Martin Waddell The Pig Is in the Pantry, the Cat Is on the Shelf, Shirley Mozelle Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister The Secret Path, Nick Butterworth, The Stray Dog, Marc Simon The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf This Little Chick, John Lawrence Three at Sea, Timothy Bush The Trek, Ann Jonas When Moose Was Young, Jim Latimer Where Are You Going, Little Mouse?, Robert Kraus Wheres Bear?, Hilary McKay Wills Mammoth, Rafe Martin Wipe Your Feet!, Daniel Lehan You and Me, Little Bear, Martin Waddell You Cant Catch Me!, Annabel Collis

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Folktale and Fairy-Tale Read-Alouds

Folktales were born out of the oral tradition and contain the common elements of ogres, witches or giants, supernatural helpers such as fairies or elves, magic and marvels, tasks and quests. There are cumulative tales (Henny Penny), animal tales (The Bremen Town Musicians), tales of magic and wonder (Cinderella), porquoi or why tales (Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears), and realistic tales (Dick Whittington and His Cat). Folktales cut across cultures and time. Here is a list of several modern retellings appropriate for reading aloud to children of all ages.

African
The Adventure of Spider: A West African Folktale, Joyce Cooper Arkhurst Anansi and the Magic Stick, Eric A. Kimmel Anansi Does the Impossible: An Ashanti Tale, Verna Aardema Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, Gerald McDermott Anansis Feast, Tololwa Mollel Fly Eagle Fly: An African Fable, Christopher Gregowski and Nikki Daly Mufaros Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale, John Steptoe The Ox of the Wonderful Horns: And Other African Folktales, Ashley Bryan Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion, Verna Aardema A Story, A Story: An African Tale, Gail Haley Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears, Verna Aardema Zomo the Rabbit, Gerald McDermott

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Asian
Brothers Rabbit (Cambodia), Minfong Ho The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty and the Beast Tale, Laurence Yep The Emperor and the Kite, Jane Yolen The Greatest Treasure, Demi The Jade Stone, Caryn Yacowitz Kites: Magic Wishes That Fly Up to the Sky, Demi Little Inchkin: A Tale of Old Japan, Fiona French Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story From China, Ed Young The Lost House: A Chinese Folktale, Ed Young The Monkey and the Crocodile (India), Paul Galdone The Paper Crane, Molly Bang The Roosters Antlers: A Story of the Chinese Zodiac, Eric A. Kimmel The Runaway Rice Cake, Ying Chang Compestine Stonecutter: A Japanese Folktale, Gerald McDermott Sun Girl and the Moon Boy: A Korean Tale, Yangsook Choi Tikki Tikki Tembo, Arlene Mosel The Weaving of a Dream, Marilee Heyer

English
Dick Whittington and His Cat, Marcia Brown Henny Penny, Paul Galdone

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Jack and the Beanstalk, Steven Kellogg Lazy Jack, Vivian French The Three Little Pigs, James Marshall

French
Beauty and the Beast, Carol Heyer Beauty and the Beast, Marianna Mayer Cinderella, Paul Galdone Fairytale Favorites in Story and Song, Jim Weiss The Little Juggler, Barbara Cooney Puss in Boots, Paul Galdone Three Sacks of Truth: A Story from France, Eric A. Kimmel The Turtle and the Two Ducks: Animal Fables Retold from La Fontaine, Patricia Plante
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German (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm)

The Bremen Town Musicians, Ilse Plume Cinderella, Nonny Hogrogian The Elves and the Shoemaker, Lucy Crane The Fisherman and his Wife, Rosemary Wells Frog Goes to Dinner, Mercer Mayer The Frog Prince, Cindy McKay Froggie Went A-Courting, Marjorie Priceman The Goose Girl: A Story From the Brothers Grimm, Eric A. Kimmel Hansel and Gretel, Anthony Browne Little Red Riding Hood, Paul Galdone Little Red Riding Hood, Trina Schart Hyman Rumpelstiltskin, Paul Galdone The Sleeping Beauty, Trina Schart Hyman Snow White and Rose Red, Bernadette Watts

Greek
Aesops Tales, Russell Ash The Gods and Godesses of Olympus, Aliki The Hare and the Tortoise, Carol Jones The Lion and the Mouse, Carol Jones King Midas and the Golden Touch, Charlotte Craft Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Carol Jones

Hispanic
Borreguita and the Coyote: A Tale from Ayutla, Mexico, Verna Aardema The Bossy Gallito (a Cuban Tale), Lucia M. Gonzalez

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Cuckoo/Cucu (A Mayan Tale), Lois Ehlert Jabuti the Tortoise (Amazon), Gerald McDermott Las Nanas de AguelitaGrandmothers Nursery Rhymes, Nelly Palacio Jaramillo The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb (American Southwest), Shirley Climo Mediopollito: Half-Chicken, Alma Flor Ada Moon Rope: A Peruvian Tale, Lois Ehlert The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote (Mexico), Tony Johnston The Tree That Rains: The Flood Myth of the Huichol Indians of Mexico, Emery Bernard Viborita De Cascabel/Baby Rattlesnake, Te Ata

Jewish
Bone Button Borscht, Aubrey Davis Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, Eric A. Kimmel It Could Always Be Worse, Margot Zemach Something from Nothing, Phoebe Gilman Such a Noise! A Jewish Folktale, Aliana Brodman, reteller Yetteles Feathers, Joan Rothenberg

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Middle Eastern
A Is for Allah, Yusef Islan The Legend of the Persian Carpet, Tomie dePaola The Tale of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Eric A. Kimmel

Native American
A Boy Called Slow: The True Story of Sitting Bull, Joseph Bruchac Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Tale of How Fire Came to the People, Jonathan London The First Strawberries, A Cherokee Folktale, Joseph Bruchac Gift Horse: A Lakota Story, S. D. Nelson The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush, Tomie dePaola Mama Do You Love Me? (Inuit), Barbara M. Joosse The Mud Pony: A Traditional Skidi Pawnee Tale, Caron L. Cohen Rainbow Crow: A Lenape Tale, Nancy Van Laan The Story of Jumping Mouse, John Steptoe The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale, Joseph Bruchac Ten Little Rabbits, Virginia Grossman Thirteen Moons on Turtles Back: A Native American Year of Moons, Joseph Bruchac

Scandinavian
Boots and his Brothers: A Norwegian Tale, Eric A. Kimmel The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Paul Galdone Thumbelina (A Hans Christian Andersen Tale), Amy Ehrlich

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Books to Teach Math

Below are only a few of the many fiction and nonfiction books available for exploring mathematics concepts with children in grades K1. For more information, you may wish to look at The Wonderful World of Mathematics: A Critically Annotated List of Childrens Books in Mathematics, published by the National Council of Teachers of Math (1998).
The 100th Day Worries, Margery Cuyler (COLLECTING) Action Math Series: Shapes, Games, Measure, Patterns, Ivan Bulloch Annos Counting Book, Mitsumasa Anno Bat Jamboree, Kathi Appelt (MULTIPLES OF THREE) Color Zoo, Lois Ehlert (SHAPES AND PATTERNS) Counting on Frank, Rod Clement (MEASUREMENT) Eating Fractions, Bruce Macmillan Ed Emberleys Picture Pie: A Circle Drawing Book, Ed Emberley (SHAPES) Eight Hands Round: A Patchwork Alphabet, Ann Whitford Paul (PATTERNS) 512 Ants on Sullivan Street (series), Carol Losi Fraction Action, Loreen Leedy Fraction Fun, David Adler (MONEY) G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book, David M. Schwartz Gater Pie, Louise Mathews (DIVISION) A Giraffe and a Half, Shel Silverstein (MEASUREMENT) Hello Reader: Math (series published by Scholastic) How Big Is a Foot?, Rolf Myller (MEASUREMENT) How Many Stars in the Sky?, Lenny Hort How Much Is Million, David M. Schwartz If You Hopped Like a Frog, David M. Schwartz (RATIOS AND PROPORTION) If You Made a Million, David M. Schwartz Just a Little Bit, Ann Tompert (MEASUREMENT) The Kings Chessboard, David Birch The Lotus Seed, Sherry Garland (MULTIPLICATION) Mathstart Series, Stuart J. Murphy (PROBABILITY, ESTIMATION) Maxs Dragon Shirt, Rosemary Wells (MONEY) Me and the Measure of Things, Joan Sweeney Me Counting Time: From Seconds to Centuries, Joan Sweeney Measuring Penny, Laureen Leedy A Million Fish . . . or More, Patricia McKissack (ESTIMATION) Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten, Josie Slate (COLLECTING) Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney (MULTIPLICATION) Mission Addition, Laureen Leedy More Than One, Miriam Klein (SETS) Nine O-clock Lullaby, Marilyn Singer (TIME) One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale, Demi (MULTIPLICATION) One Guinea Pig Is Not Enough, Kate Duke (ADDITION) One Hundred Hungry Ants, Elinor Pinczes (DIVISION)

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Pigs Will Be Pigs (series), Amy Axelrod (BASIC OPERATIONS) Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun With Math and Money, Amy Axelrod The Relatives Came, Cynthia Rylant (BASIC OPERATIONS) Remainder of One, Elinor Pinczes (REMAINDER) Splash, Ann Jonas (ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION) Subtraction Action, Laureen Leedy Twelve Snails to One Lizard, Susan Hightower (MEASUREMENT) Twenty Is Too Many, Kate Duke (SUBTRACTION) 2 2 Boo!, Laureen Leedy (MULTIPLICATION) A Village of Round and Square Houses, Ann Grifalcone (SHAPES)

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Books to Teach Science

Most children in pre-Kgrade 1 come to school with some knowledge of scientific principles. There are many science picture books with excellent photographs and illustrations that extend what they already know. Central concepts at this early level include books about how animals survive in different habitats, the beauty of sea creatures and mammals, as well as elements of the earth, weather, and ecology. The list of books below will help you address the important science topics at the pre-K1 level.

ANIMAL HABITATS
Understanding ways animals meet their needs is a central purpose of animal habitat books. These books explain that where animals live and what they eat determines why some animals have fur and why reptiles have hard protective coverings.
Animal Homes, Alice Jablonsky & Jeffrey Terreson The Armadillo From Amarillo, Lynn Cherry At the Frog Pond, Tilde Michels Bear in the Forest, Michelle Cartledge Elephants in the Jungle, Michelle Cartledge Guess Where I Live, Anni Axworthy Hide and Seek, Toni Eugene A House Is a House for Me*, Mary Ann Hoberman In the Woods: Whos Been Here?, Lindsay George Nuts to You*, Lois Ehlert Raccoon on His Own, Jim Arnosky Squirrels, Brian Wildsmith

ECOLOGY
Ecology seeps into much of childrens modern fiction. For example, The Great Kapok Tree is a story about how animals of the rainforest plead with the woodcutter to preserve the Kapok tree. An appreciation of our earth and how we can preserve our natural resources has grown more important as the world becomes globally connected politically, economically, and technologically. The following books serve to inform children of ways they can contribute to preserving the world around us.
A Clearing in the Forest, Carol Carrick A First Look at Rocks, Millicent E. Selsam & Joyce Hunt A View From the Air: Charles Lindberghs Earth and Sky, Reeve Lindbergh The Air We Breathe!, Enid Bloome And Still the Turtle Watched,* Sheila MacGill Callahan Animals in Danger, Benjamin Kalman Be a Friend to Trees, Patricia Lauber The Blue Spruce, Mario Cuomo

For an excellent list of books about nature, go to www.booksaboutnature.com. Also see National Geographics Action Book series.

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The Earth and I, Frank Asch Earthquakes, Franklyn M. Branley Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor Forest Fire!, Mary Ann Fraser Forest, Ron Hirschi Grandfather Twilight, Barbara Berger The Great Kapok Tree, Lynne Cherry Here in Space, David Milgrim Here Is the Coral Reef, Madeleine Dunphy I Took a Walk,* Henry Cole Its My Earth Too: How Can I Help the Earth Stay Alive?, Kathleen Krull Mother Earth, Nancy Luenn My River, Shari Halpern Old Turtle, Douglass Wood On My Beach There Are Many Pebbles, Leo Lionni Puddles and Ponds: Living Things in Watery Places, Phyllis S. Busch Timmy Greens Blue Lake, Donna Bergman Were You a Wild Duck, Where Would You Go?, George Mendoza When the Earth Wakes, Ani Rucki World Water Watch, Michelle Koch

FOOD
Understanding the wide variety of fruits and vegetables available to us is a part of the science curriculum in the early grades. Numerous books that teach scientific concepts about foods are included in the list below along with such humorous and entertaining books as Tops and Bottomsthe story of how a lazy bear loses out.
Animals Eating, Jane Burton Babys Food, Lynn Breeze A Book of Fruit, Barbara Hirsch Lember Bread and Jam for Frances, Russell Hoban Bread, Bread, Bread, Ann Morris Cats Cake, Richard Fowler Dinnertime, Claire Henley Eating Out, Helen Oxenbury Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z*, Lois Ehlert Everybody Bakes Bread*, Norah Dooley Everybody Cooks Rice*, Norah Dooley Food, Jan Pienkowski Food, Sara Lynn From Lemon to Lemonade, Ali Mitgutsch Growing Vegetable Soup, Lois Ehlert Hedgehog Bakes a Cake, Maryann MacDonald How Are You Peeling?, Saxton Freymann

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Jake Baked the Cake, B. G. Hennessy Little Chicks Breakfast, Mary DeBall Kwitz Lunch, Denise Fleming Lunch With Milly, Jeanne Modesitt Maisy Makes Gingerbread, Lucy Cousins Milk, Donald Carrick Mmm, Cookies!, Robert N. Munsch Molly and the Strawberry Day, Pamela T. Conrad My Very First Book of Food, Eric Carle Olivers Fruit Salad, Vivian French Olivers Vegetables, Vivian French Pancakes for Breakfast, Tomie dePaola Pancakes, Pancakes, Eric Carle Pop! Goes the Turnip, Harold Berson Spot Bakes a Cake, Eric Hill Sun Bread, Elisa Kleven Teddy Bears Picnic Cookbook, Abigail Darling The Enormous Potato, Aubrey Davis The Giant Carrot, Jan Peck The Lunch Box Surprise, Grace Maccarone The Orange Book, Richard McGuire The Pancake, Anita Lobel The Popcorn Book, Tomie dePaola The Roly Poly Cookie, Sara Murphey The Seed the Squirrel Dropped, Haris Petie The Ugly Vegetables, Grace Lin The Worlds Biggest Birthday Cake, Carol Greene Time to Eat, Margaret Miller Were Making Breakfast for Mother, Shirley Neitzel Whats on My Plate, Ruth Belov Gross When Batistine Made Bread, Treska Lindsey Who Eats What?: Food Chains and Food Webs, Patricia Lauber

INSECTS
Children of all ages are curious about how insects live, eat, and survive. There are numerous lavishly illustrated picture books that delight their curious minds. These books examine the beauty and unique habits of bugs. One of the most popular is The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Be Nice to Spiders, Margaret Bloy Graham Bees, Wasps, and Ants, George S. Fichter Bugs and Beasties ABC, Cheryl Nathan Bumble Bee, Margaret Wise Brown Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me?: A Garden Guessing Game, Anne Rockwell Butterfly House, Eve Bunting

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Caterpillar, Caterpillar, Vivian French Creepy, Crawly Caterpillars, Margery Facklam Creepy, Crawly Creatures (National Geographic Action Book), Warren Cutler Find the Hidden Insect, Joanna Cole Grasshopper on the Road, Arnold Lobel Half-a-Ball-of-Kenki: An Ashanti Tale Retold, Verna Aardema I Like Butterflies, Gladys Conklin In the Tall, Tall Grass, Denise Fleming Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni Little Miss Spider at Sunny Patch School, David Kirk Old Black Fly, Jim Aylesworth Some Bugs Glow in the Dark, Claire Llewellyn Spider, Spider, Kate Banks Spinning Spiders, Ruth Berman The Best Bug Parade, Stuart J. Murphy The Creepy Crawly Book, Bobbi Katz The Grouchy Ladybug, Eric Carle The Little Squeegy Bug, Bill Martin Jr. & Michael Sampson The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle Two Bad Ants, Chris Van Allsburg Whos in Rabbits House?, Verna Aardema Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West African Tale, Verna Aardema

PLANTS
Information about plants that grow in different environments is central to the science curriculum for early learners. The books listed below are humorous and adventurous as well as informative. Children learn about seasonal and regional plants, planting, how seeds grow, and harvesting.
A Tree Is a Plant*, Clyde Robert Bulla All About Seeds, Susan Kuchala And a Sunflower Grew, Aileen Lucia Fisher Bean and Plant, Christine Back Cactus Hotel, Brenda Z. Guiberson Cactus in the Desert, Phyllis S. Busch Clementinas Cactus, Ezra Jack Keats Corn Is Maize*, Aliki Evolution, Joanna Cole Frans Flower, Lisa Bruce Hard Scrabble Harvest, Dahlov Ipcar Its Pumpkin Time!, Zoe Hall Jacks Garden, Henry Cole Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney Mrs. McGinty and the Bizarre Plant, Gavin Bishop

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Plants That Never Ever Bloom, Ruth Heller Rabbit Garden, Miska Miles Some Plants Have Funny Names, Diana Harding Cross The Enormous Potato, Aubrey Davis The Magic Beans, Margaret Hillert The Tiny Seed, Eric Carle Watermelon Day, Kathi Appelt What Is a Plant?, Gene Darby Your First Garden Book, Marc Tolon Brown

SEA LIFE
Sea lifeparticularly whales, sharks, and dolphinshas always intrigued youngsters, Some stories take children on adventures under the sea while others stimulate thinking and are helpful for creating displays and murals of sea life. Children learn such facts as what fish eat and how they reproduce through a number of these delightful books.
A First Look at Sharks, Millicent E. Selsam & Joyce Hunt A Fish Hatches, Joanna Cole & Jerome Wexler A Swim Through the Sea, Kristen Joy Pratt Big Al, Andrew Clement Blue Sea, Robert Kalan Clark the Toothless Shark, Corinne Mellor Find Demis Sea Creatures: An Animal Game Book, Demi Fish Eyes, Lois Ehlert Fish Is Fish, Leo Lionni The Biggest Fish in the Sea, Dahlov Ipcar The Fish, Dick Bruna The Salmon, Paula Z. Hogan What Is a Fish, Gene Darby What Is a Fish?, David Eastman Whats It Like to Be a Fish?, Wendy Pfeffer Which One Is Whitney?, James Stevenson

SEASONS
Numerous books on spring, summer, fall, and winter answer questions that children ask and weave animal adventure into information about the seasons.
A Busy Year, Leo Lionni A Childs Book of Seasons, Satomi Ichikawa Around the Seasons: Poems, Eleanor Farjeon Around the Year, Tasha Tudor Bears Busy Year: A Book About Seasons, Marcia Leonard Big Goof and Little Goof, Joanna & Philip Cole Calico Cats Year, Donald Charles

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Changing Seasons, Rose Greydanus Discover the Seasons, Diane Iverson Everett Andersons Year, Lucille Clifton Farming, Gail Gibbons Four Stories for Four Seasons, Tomie dePaola Here Comes Spring, and Summer and Fall and Winter, Mary Murphy How Does the Wind Walk?, Nancy White Carlstrom In My Garden, Charlotte Zolotow Jemima Remembers, Crescent Dragonwagon My Book of the Seasons, Stephanie Calmenson Night Sounds, Morning Colors, Rosemary Wells Ring Out, Wild Bells: Poems About Holidays and Seasons, Lee Bennett Hopkins The Seasons of Arnolds Apple Tree, Gail Gibbons Seasons on the Farm, Jane Miller Seasons, John Burningham Seasons, Stephen Oliver Songs of Praise, Kathleen Krull Spring Is, Janina Domanska The House of Four Seasons, Roger Antoine Duvoisin The Little Island, Margaret Wise Brown The Reasons for Seasons, Gail Gibbons The Seasons, Debbie MacKinnon The Turning of the Year, Bill Martin Jr. What Comes in Spring?, Barbara Sawadge Horton

Spring
Easter Buds Are Springing: Poems for Easter, Lee Bennett Hopkins Hi, Mister Robin, Alvin R. Tresselt I Love Spring!, Steven Kroll Spring Is, Janina Domanska Spring Is Here, Lois Lenski Spring Story, Jill Barklem Spring, Ron Hirschi The First Robin, Robert Kraus Wake up, Groundhog!, Carol L. Cohen What Comes in Spring?, Barbara Sawadge Horton

Summer
Heat Wave at Mud Flat, James Stevenson Hotter than a Hot Dog, Stephanie Calmenson Sea, Salt, and Air, Miriam Bat-Ami The Summer Noisy Book, Margaret Wise Brown The Swimming Hole, Jerrold Beim Those Summers, Aliki

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Fall

Autumn, Colin McNaughton Autumn Harvest, Alvin R. Tresselt Autumn Leaves, Ken Robbins Digger, The Story of a Mole in the Fall, Tessa Potter In November, Cynthia Rylant When Autumn Comes, Robert Maass Why Do Leaves Change Color?, Betsy Maestro

Winter
Animals in Winter, Henrietta Bancroft In a Meadow, Two Hares Hide, Jennifer Bartoli Katy and the Big Snow: Story and Pictures, Virginia Lee Burton The Winter Hedgehog, Ann Cartwright Winter, Ann Blades

STARS, SPACE, AND PLANETS

Space themes at the pre K1 level are generally written to entertain, although they introduce children to the concepts of space, stars, and planets. Most books listed below are humorous adventures, such as Space Bunnies and Cosmo and the Robot.

Moon
Good Morning, Good Night, Ivan Gantschev I See the Moon, Kathi Appelt I Want to See the Moon, Louis Baum Look at the Moon, May Garelick The Moonlit Journey, Peter ODonnel Moon Rope: A Peruvian Folk Tale, Lois Ehlert Owl Moon, Jane Yolen Possums Harvest Moon, Anne Hunter Whats the Full Moon Full Of?, Shulamith Levy Oppenheim See the Moon, Robert Kraus So Thats How the Moon Changes Shape!, Allan Fowler The Moon Is Following Me, Philip Heckman The Moon Seems to Change, Franklyn M. Branley The Truth About the Moon, Clayton Bess To See the Moon, Ethel Bacon

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Astronaut Piggy Wiggy, Christyan Fox Astro Bunnies, Christine Loomis Cosmo and the Robot, J. Brian Pinkney Dmitri the Astronaut, Jon Agee Dogs in Space, Nancy Coffelt Hugo and the Spacedog, Lee Lorenz I Want to Be an Astronaut, Byron Barton I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle, Carole Stott Journey to the Moon, Erich Fuchs The Magic Rocket, Steven Kroll Planet Monster, Heather Maisner Richies Rocket, Joan Anderson Seeing Stars, Sharleen Collicott A Space Story, Karla Kuskin Tom and Pippo See the Moon, Helen Oxenbury

WEATHER
There are numerous nonfiction and fiction books about weathera topic that is especially interesting to children because they see the weather change from day to day. Nonfiction weather books, such as Why Does It Thunder and Lightning? and First Snow, Magic Show, introduce children to the wonders of nature. In fictional books such as A Letter to Amy and The Snowy Day, children can relate to the fun and complications caused by stormy weather. Fiction can be used as a springboard to motivate children to learn more about the weather.

Rain
A Letter to Amy, Ezra Jack Keats Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Judi Barrett Good-bye Thunderstorm, Dorothy Marino Listen to the Rain, Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault Noahs Ark*, Jerry Pinkney Rain, Robert Kalan Rain, Peter Spier Sam Panda and Thunder Dragon, Chris Conover Splish, Splash!, Marcia Leonard The Little Girl and the Rain, Milena Lukesova The Puddle, David M. McPhail The Rain Puddle, Adelaide Holl The Rain, Michael Laser What Does the Rain Play?, Nancy White Carlstrom When It Rains, Mary DeBall Kwitz When the Rain Stops, Sheila Cole Will It Rain?, Holly Keller

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Gilberto and the Wind, Marie Hall Ets Hurricane, David Wiesner The Story of Lightning and Thunder, Ashley Bryan Thunder Cake, Patricia Polacco Why Does It Thunder and Lightning?, Chris Arvetis The Wind Blew, Pat Hutchins

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Amy Loves the Snow, Julia Hoban Blizzard at the Zoo, Robert Bahr BRRR!, James Stevenson First Snow, Emily Arnold McCully First Snow, Magic Show, John Cech I Like Winter, Lois Lenski In the Flaky Frosty Morning, Karla Kuskin In the Snow, a Pull-the-Tab and Lift-the-Flap Book, Kate Burns & Dawn Apperly Katy and the Big Snow, Virginia Lee Burton Sleepy Bear, Lydia Dabcovich Snowballs, Lois Ehlert Snip, Snip . . . Snow!, Nancy Poydar Snow on Bears Nose: A Story of a Japanese Moon Bear Cub, Jennifer Bartoli Snowie Rolie, William Joyce The Happy Day, Ruth Krauss The Snow, John Burningham The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats The Winter Bear, Ruth Craft Time to Sleep, Denise Fleming What Can You Do in the Snow?, Anna Grossnickle Hines When it Starts to Snow, Phillis Gershator Whose Footprints?, Molly Coxe

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Books to Teach Social Studies

This list will help you identify books that will not only broaden childrens knowledge of their environment, but also help them live more effectively in a social world. The books are organized around the themes of getting along with friends and family, understanding the roles of community workers, comparing and contrasting how people live in different geographic regions, and recognizing the accomplishments of famous Americans.

COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITY WORKERS

It is important for children to know the types of workers within the community in which they live. They need to understand the roles of firefighters, postal workers, and police officers. Books about the community also touch upon such places as the playground, the grocery store, and the neighborhood. Colorful illustrations and humor attract young readers to these informative stories.
A Trip to the Firehouse, Wendy Cheyette Lewison A Visit to the Sesame Street Firehouse: Featuring Jim Hensons Sesame Street Muppets, Dan Elliott A Visit to the Sesame Street Hospital: Featuring Jim Hensons Sesame Street Muppets, Deborah Hautzig Arthurs Neighborhood, Marc Brown Building a House, Byron Barton Clifford Gets a Job, Norman Bridwell Clifford the Firehouse Dog, Norman Bridwell Clifford to the Rescue, Norman Bridwell Clifford Visits the Hospital, Norman Bridwell Cliffords First Snow Day, Norman Bridwell Cliffords Pals, Norman Bridwell Cliffords Family, Norman Bridwell Corduroys Busy Street, Don Freeman Corduroy Goes to School, Don Freeman Curious George at the Fire Station, Margaret & Alan J. Shalleck Curious George Goes to School, Margaret & Alan J. Shalleck Curious George in the Big City, Margaret & H. A. Rey Fire Fighters, Norma Simon Fire Fighters, Paulette Bourgeois Garbage Collectors, Paulette Bourgeois Good-bye, Curtis, Kevin Henkes Guess Who?, Margaret Miller I Want to Be a Firefighter, Daniel Lieberman I Want to Be a Police Officer, Daniel Lieberman Jonathan Goes to the Grocery Store, Susan K. Baggette Look, Michael Grejniec Maisy Goes to School, Lucy Cousins Maisy Goes to the Playground, Lucy Cousins Maxi, the Hero, Debra & Sal Barracca My Very Own Jewish Community, Judyth Saypol Groner New Yorks Bravest*, Mary Pope Osborne Night on Neighborhood Street, Eloise Greenfield

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On My Street, Eve Merriam Police Officers, Paulette Bourgeois Postal Workers, Paulette Bourgeois Prairie Town, Bonnie Geisert The Adventures of Taxi Dog, Debra & Sal Barracca The Fire Cat, Esther Averill The Green Truck Garden Giveaway: A Neighborhood Story and Almanac, Jacqueline Briggs Martin The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks*, Joanna Cole The Playground, Debbie Bailey Trashy Town, Andrea Zimmerman & David Clemesha Yard Sale, Mitra Modarressi Your Best Friend, Kat, Pat Brisson

CONFLICTS
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Conflicts create natural tension in stories, drawing readers to the characters and the ways they resolve a situation. In the early grades, conflicts are clearly defined and have specific outcomes as in All By Myself and I Was So Mad. Conflicts for children at this level include teasing, not sharing, a new baby, and separation anxiety, such as when Sophie, in When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry, has a conflict with her little sister over a toy and has the habit of leaving home to cool off. In the upper grades, a series of conflicts are woven throughout the story. In order to be successful, the conflict must be resolved to the satisfaction of the reader.
All By Myself, Mercer Mayer The Boy Who Couldnt Roar, Grace Berquist Feelings, Aliki Furlie Cat, Berniece Freschet Goggles, Ezra Jack Keats I Just Forgot, Mercer Mayer I Was So Mad, Mercer Mayer Just a Bully, Gina & Mercer Mayer Just a Rainy Day, Mercer Mayer Just Go to Bed, Mercer Mayer Just Go to the Dentist, Mercer Mayer Just My Friend and Me, Mercer Mayer Katie, Kit and Cousin Tom, Tomie dePaola Me Too!, Mercer Mayer Mr. and Mrs. Pigs Evening Out, Mary Rayner No, David!, David Shannon Rotten Ralph, Jack Gantos Rough, Tough, Rowdy: A Bank Street Book About Values, William H. Hooks The Shrinking of Treehorn, Florence Parry Heide What a Bad Dream, Mercer Mayer When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry, Molly Bang Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak

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FAMILY
Family love, problems with siblings, as well as a search for the perfect family are among the themes in the books below.
ABC A Family Alphabet Book, Bobbie Combs Dumpling Soup, Jama Kim Rattigan Families Are Different, Nina Pellegrini The Grandpa Days, Joan W. Blos Hattie and the Wild Waves: A Story from Brooklyn, Barbara Cooney On the Day I Was Born, Deborah M. Newton 1-2-3 A Family Counting Book, Bobbie Combs Prairie Willow, Maxine Trottier Somebodys New Pajamas, Isaac Jackson Something Special for Me, Vera Williams Song and Dance Man*, Karen Ackerman This Is the Way We Eat Our Lunch: A Book About Children Around the World*, Edith Baer Whats in Aunt Marys Room?, Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard Whos in a Family?, Robert Skutch Youre Just What I Need, Ruth Krauss & Julia Noonan

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FOREIGN LANDS AND CULTURES

Stories set in other countries and cultures combine details about how people live with an engaging story line. Nonfiction books, however, such as People and Celebrating Chinese New Year, present information that children can use to make comparisons. (See List 1.15, Folktales and Fairy-Tale Read-Alouds.)
Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear, Hans de Beer Annikas Secret Wish, Beverly Lewis Babar and His Children, Jean de Brunhoff Babar the King, Jean de Brunhoff Big Anthony and the Magic Ring, Tomie dePaola Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale, Verna Aardema Celebrating Chinese New Year, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith Chidi Only Likes Blue: An African Book of Colors, Ifeoma Onyefulu Cocoa Ice, Diana Karter Applebaum Kofi and His Magic, Maya Angelou The Littlest Matryoshka, Corrine Demas Bliss Market, Ted Lewin People, Peter Spier Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola Strega Nona: Her Story, Tomie dePaola Strega Nonas Magic Lessons, Tomie dePaola The Five Chinese Brothers, Claire Huchet Bishop The Story about Ping, Marjorie Flack

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The Story of Babar, Jean de Brunhoff The Story of Little Babaji, Helen Bannerman The Tomten*, Astrid Lindgren The Travels of Babar, Jean de Brunhoff Village of Round and Square Houses, Ann Grifalconi Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West African Tale, Verna Aardema

FRIENDS AND SHARING

Stories of friendship begin very early. Developmental theorists report that most preschoolers do not share with others until they are aware of others needs. Problems with friendship are often portrayed through animal fantasy as in the books Jessica and Little Bears Friend.
Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver, Jean Van Leeuwen Amanda Pig on Her Own, Jean Van Leeuwan Angelo, David Macaulay Arthurs First Sleepover, Marc Tolon Brown Best Friends, Steven Kellogg Best Friends for Frances, Russell Hoban Richard Scarrys Busy, Busy Town, Richard Scarry Carl Goes Shopping, Alexandra Day Carl Goes to Daycare, Alexandra Day Carls Afternoon in the Park, Alexandra Day Chesters Way, Kevin Henkes Clever Sticks*, Bernard Ashley Do You Want to Be My Friend?, Eric Carle Everett Andersons Friend, Lucille Clifton Friends, Helme Heine Friends, Rachel Isadora Friends, Helen Oxenbury Frog and Toad Are Friends, Arnold Lobel George and Martha Round and Round, James Marshall Iras Sleepover, Bernard Waber Jessica, Kevin Henkes Little Bears Friend, Else Holmelund Minarik Matthew and Tilly, Rebecca C. Jones May I Bring a Friend?, Beatrice Schenk de Regniers Me and Neesie, Eloise Greenfield My Best Friend, Pat Hutchins Overnight at Mary Blooms, Aliki Spot Sleeps Over, Eric Hill Together!, George Ella Lyon What Do People Do All Day?, Jean Van Leeuwan What Is Your Language?, Debra Leventhal Yo! Yes?*, Chris Raschka

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HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY
The following books will introduce children to the fascinating lives of several people from U.S. history.
Lets Read About . . . Christopher Columbus, Kimberly Weinberger Lets Read About . . . George Washington, Kimberly Weinberger Lets Read About . . . Martin Luther King, Jr., Courtney Baker A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus, David A. Adler A Picture Book of George Washington, David A. Adler

PATRIOTISM
The United States has many patriotic symbols, such as the flag, the Liberty Bell, Uncle Sam, and the Statue of Liberty. Introduce children in the early elementary grades to these and other patriotic symbols through the following books. Many of these books are read-alouds.
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America, A Patriotic Primer, Lynne V. Cheney America the Beautiful, Kathleen Lee Bates Americas Top Ten National Monuments, Tanya Lee Stone By the Dawns Early Light: The Story of the Star Spangled Banner, Steven Kroll The Flag We Love, Pam Muoz Ryan The Fourth of July Story, Alice Dalgliesh If I Were President, Catherine Stier Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America (IRA Teachers Choice), Joseph Bruchac Oh Beautiful for Spacious Skies, Katherine Lee Bates Red, White and Blue: The Story of the American Flag, John Herman The Scrambled States of America, Laurie Keller The Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key, Peter Spier (illustrator) The Story of Americas Birthday, Patricia Pingrey The Wall (Vietnam Veterans Memorial), Eve Bunting

REGIONAL FICTION AND NONFICTION

Nonfiction, as well as stories with settings in various geographic regions, introduce children to what it has been like for plants, animals, and people to live in climates different from their own. Through well-illustrated picture books, for example, children learn to compare the prairies of the United States with the cold arctic regions, or the woodlands and the deserts of the southwest with the mountain regions.
America: My Land, Your Land, Our Land, W. Nikola-Lisa Antarctica, Helen Cowcher Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds, Cynthia Rylant Between Earth and Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places, Joseph Bruchac Beyond the Ridge, Paul Goble Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest, Gerald McDermott Dandelions, Eve Bunting

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TRANSPORTATION
The books listed below are extremely popular among the very youngest children, whose curiosity leads them to learn more about how boats, trains, and other vehicles work. In addition, many of these books take children on trips to different geographic regions.

Boats
Boats, Anne F. Rockwell Boats Afloat, Shelley Rotner Daisys Taxi, Ruth Young My Red Rowboat, Dana Meachen Rau Row Your Boat, Anthony Lishak Tugboats, Robert Maass

Planes
Airport, Byron Barton The Big Book of Real Airplanes, Gina Ingoglia First Flight, David McPhail First Words: Cars, Boats, and Planes, Ed Emberley Planes, Anne F. Rockwell This Is an Airport, Richard Bagwell

Buses
Bus Stop Bop, Robin Kingsland Bus Stop, Bus Go, Daniel Kirk Bus Stops, Taro Gomi Maisy Drives the Bus, Lucy Cousins School Bus, Donald Crews This Is the Way We Go to School, Edith Baer Wheels Go Round, W. Nikola-Lisa

Tractors
Drive Your Tractor, Anna Nilsen If I Drove a Tractor, Miriam Young Lets Look at Tractors, Graham Rickard Parsnip and the Runaway Tractor, Sue Porter Little Red Tractor Books, Elizabeth Laird The Rusty Trusty Tractor, Joy Cowley Tractor Mac, Billy Steers

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The Desert Is Theirs, Byrd Baylor Desert Voices, Byrd Baylor Dream Wolf, Paul Goble The Igloo, Charlotte Yue Iktomi (series), Paul Goble The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, Hildegarde Hoyt Swift Living in the Arctic, Allan Fowler Living in the Mountains, Allan Fowler Living on the Plains, Allan Fowler My Arctic 1,2,3, Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak & Vladyana Krykorka My Little Island, Frane Lessac North America (Rookie Read About Geography), Allan Fowler North Pole, South Pole: Journeys to the Ends of the Earth, Bertrand Imbert Northern Lullaby, Nancy White Carlstrom Northwoods Cradle Song: From a Menominee Lullaby, Douglas Wood Penguins, Gail Gibbons Polar Bears and Other Arctic Animals, Melissa Kim Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest, Gerald McDermott

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The Freight Train Book, Jack Pierce The Little Engine That Could*, Watty Piper The Polar Express, Chris Van Allsburg The Train Ride, June Crebbin The Train That Rode on Water, June Doolittle Time Train*, Paul Fleischman Tracks, David Galef Train, Charles A. Temple Train Song, Diane Siebert Trains, Anne F. Rockwell Trains, Jon Richards Trains, Ray Broekel Two Little Trains*, Margaret Wise Brown Underground Train, Mary Quattlebaum

All Aboard!, James Stevenson All Aboard the Whistle-Stop Train, June Doolittle Barneys Book of Trains, Linda Cress Dowdy The Caboose Who Got Loose*, Bill Peet Casey Jones, Allan Drummond Christina Katerina and the Great Bear Train, Patricia Lee Gauch Clickety Clack*, Robert Spence III Choo Choo: The Story of a Little Engine Who Ran Away*, Virginia Lee Burton Chugga-Chugga, Choo-Choo*, Kevin Lewis Engine, Engine, Number Nine, Stephanie Calmenson Freight Train, Donald Crews Here Comes the Train, Charlotte Voake Hey! Get Off Our Train*, John Burmingham I Like Trains, Catherine Wooley Inside the Freight Train, Donald Crews Its Funny Where Bens Train Takes Him, Robert Burleigh Paddy Goes Traveling, John S. Goodall Richard Scarrys Hop Aboard! Here We Go!, Richard Scarry Shortcut, Donald Crews Teddy Bears Take the Train, Susanna Gretz The Christmas Train, Ivan Gantschev

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Trucks
Big Rigs, Hope Irvin Marston Cars and Trucks and Other Vehicles, created by Gallimard Jeunesse & Claude Delafosse Dazzling Diggers, Tony Mitton Five Trucks, Brian Floca Isaac the Ice Cream Truck, Scott Santoro Seymour Simons Book of Trucks, Seymour Simon Trash Trucks, Daniel Kirk Truck, Donald Crews The Truck Book, Harry McNaught Trucks, Trucks, Trucks, Peter Sis

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Multicultural Books

Multicultural books reflect the diversity of the community and the classroom. They develop in children an appreciation for the uniqueness of a particular culture through an awareness of its traditions, experiences, and values without stereotyping or generalizing. Exposing children in grades pre-K1 to multicultural literature gives them the opportunity to become aware of the values, traditions, and experiences of their own cultures.

African American
Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman Aunt Flossys Hat, Elizabeth F. Howard The Best Time of Day, Valerie Flournoy Black White, Just Right!, Marguerite W. Davol Boundless Grace, Mary Hoffman Cornrows*, Camille Yarbrough Daddy Calls Me, Angela Johnson Faraway Drums, Virginia L. Kroll Nappy Hair, Carolivia Herron Martins Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr., Doreen Rappaport Mirandy and Brother Wind*, Patricia McKissack Patchwork Quilt, Valerie Flournoy Peters Chair*, Ezra Jack Keats Rosa Parks (Wonder Books), Robert B. Noyed Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children, Sandra L. Pinkney Shipwreck Saturday, Bill Cosby Smoky Night, Eve Bunting Stevie, John Steptoe Ten Nine Eight, Molly Bang When I Am Old With You, Angela Johnson

African Culture
Count Your Way Through Africa, Jim Haskins It Takes a Village, Jane Cowen-Fletcher Not So Fast, Songalolo (A South African Story), Nikki Daly Jambo Means Hello, A Swahili Alphabet, Muriel L. Feelings Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book, Muriel L. Feelings Swahili Counting Book, Tom Feelings Village of Round and Square Houses, Ann Grifalconi Zamani Goes to Market, Muriel L. Feelings A Zulu Family, Nancy Durrell McKenna

Appalachian
Night in the Country, Cynthia Rylant No Star Nights, Anna Egan Smucker Until the Cows Come Home, Patricia Mills

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When the Relatives Came, Cynthia Rylant When I Was Young in the Mountains*, Cynthia Rylant

Asian American
Angel Child, Dragon Child, Michele M. Sarat Ashok by Any Other Name (India), Sandra S. Yamate Celebrating Chinese New Year, Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith Cleversticks, Bernard Ashley The Dancing Dragon, Marcia K. Vaughn Halmoni and the Picnic, Sook Nyul Choi How My Parents Learned to Eat ( Japanese), Ina Friedman Lion Dancer, Ernie Wans Chinese New Year, Kate Waters The Next Year (Chinese New Year), Janet S. Wong Our Home Is the Sea, Riki Levinson Sam and the Lucky Money, Karen Chinn Yumi and Halmonis Trip, Sook Nyul Choi

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Asian Culture
At the Beach, Voun Lee Ba Nam (Vietnamese), Jeanne M. Lee Boy of the Three-Year Nap*, Diane Snyder Count Your Way Through China, Jim Haskins Count Your Way Through Japan, Jim Haskins The Dream Eater (A Japanese Story), Christian Garrison The Magic Fan ( Japanese), Keith Baker Take a Trip to Indonesia, Keith Lye

Australia
Koalas and Kangaroos: Strange Animals of Australia, Toni Eugene One Woolly Wombat, Rod Trinca and Kerry Argent Possum Magic, Mem Fox

Caribbean
The Calypso Alphabet, John Agard A Coconut Kind of Day, Lynn Joseph

European Culture
A Drop of Honey (Armenian), Djemma Bider Pig and Bear (Czech), Vit Horejs My Uncle Nikkos (Greek), Judy Delton Tonys Bread: An Italian Tale, Tomie dePaola Count Your Way Through Italy (110), Jim Haskins The Red Balloon* (French), Albert Lamorisse

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Erik Has a Squirrel (Swedish), Hans Petersen (Christine Hyatt, translater) Lottas Bike (Swedish), Astrid Lindgren Lotta on Troublemaker Street (Swedish), Astrid Lindgren Mirabelle (Swedish), Astrid Lindgren Fu Dog (English/Chinese), Rumer Godden

Hispanic
A Birthday Basket for Tia, Pat Mora Abuela, Arthur Dorros Arroz Con Leche (Popular Songs and Rhymes), Lulu Delacre Big Bushy Mustache, Gary Soto Big Enough, Ofelia Dumas Lachtman Calor, Juanita Alba Chato and the Party Animals, Gary Soto Family, Diane Gonzales Bertrand Grandma Fina and Her Wonderful Umbrellas, Benjamin Alire Saenz Home at Last, Susan Middleton Elya In My Family, Carmen Lomas-Garza La Mariposa, Sim Silva Say Hola to Spanish at the Circus, Susan M. Elya Eight Animals on the Town, Susan M. Elya The Most Beautiful Place in the World (A Guatemala Picture Story), Ann Cameron The Tamale Quilt, Jane Tenorio-Coscarelli Carlos and the Squash Plant (bilingual), Jan Romero Stevens Ten Little Fingers and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Mexico, Jose-Luis Orozco Saturday Sancocho, Leyla Torres The Bakery Lady, Pat Mora In Rosas Mexico, Campbell Geeslin Sip, Slurp, Soup, Soup, Caldo, Caldo, Caldo, Diane Gonzalez Bertrand Hello Amigos!, Tricia Brown Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet Book in Spanish and English, Alma Flor Ada New Shoes for Sylvia, Johanna Hurwitz Carlos Digs to China (series), Jan Romero Stevens Hairs: Pelitos, Sandra Cisneros Juan Bobo (series), Marisa Montes

Jewish
We Remember the Holocaust, David A. Adler The Jewish Childrens Bible, Sheryl Parenefu A Treasury of Jewish Stories, Adele Geras Sweet Words to God, A Childs Book of Jewish Prayers, Arnold M. Goodman A Childs Garden of Torah: A Read-Aloud Bedtime Bible, Joell Grishaver The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes, Linda Glaser

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Dance, Sing, Remember: A Celebration of Jewish Holidays, Leslie Kimmelman The Friday Nights of Nana, Amy Hest Just Right: The Story of a Jewish Home, Ellen Emerman The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco My Brothers Bar Mitzvah, Janet Gallant My Sisters Wedding, Richard Rosenblum My Two Grandmothers, Effin Older Shabbat, Miriam Nerlove Shabbat Box, Lesley Simpson

Middle Eastern
Nadia the Willful (about a young Arab girl), Sue Alexander Joshuas Dream (caring for the environment in Israel), Sheila Segal Alina: A Russian Girl Comes to Israel (a picture story), Mira Meir Count Your Way Through the Arab World, Jim Haskins

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Native American
Dancing with the Indians, Angela S. Medearis Turtle Island ABC: A Gathering of Native American Symbols, Gerald Hausmman Iktomi and the Ducks: A Plains Indian Story, Paul Goble How Thunder and Lightning Came to Be, Beatrice O. Harrell Knots on a Counting Rope, Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest, Gerald McDermott Rabbit and the Moon, Douglas Wood Sky Dog, Jane Yolen Native Americans (Starting Point History Series), Gallimard Jeunesse Annie and the Old One, Miska Miles Less Than Half, More Than Whole, Kathleen Lacapa Mama, Do You Love Me?* (Inuit), Barbara Josse On Mothers Lap (Inuit), Ann Herbert Scott Runaway Mittens, Jean Rogers Skysisters, Jan Bourdeau Waboose Where Did You Get Your Moccasins?, Bernelda Wheeler Jingle Dancer, Cynthia Leitich Smith

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Books About Feelings and Conflicts

Feelings and social conflicts are central themes of many stories throughout grades K and 1. They are important because they mirror everyday conflicts among children. Encouraging positive behavior requires a variety of interventions, including classroom rules and modeling. The following books can be used effectively to discuss specific problems.
Life with One Parent, Jim Boulden Dear Bear, Joanna Harrison Its Mine!, Alice Garcia de Lynam Harry and the Terrible Whatzit, Dick Gackenbach Off to School, Baby Duck, Amy Hest Go Away Dark Night, Liz Curtis Higgs Noel the Coward, Robert Kraus Leo the Late Bloomer, Robert Kraus Moonbears Dream, Frank Asch Roger Takes Charge, Susanna Gretz I Wont Be Afraid, Joan Hanson Go Away, Bad Dreams!, Susan Hill Scaredy Dog, Stephen H. Lemberg We Are Monsters, Mary Packard Wemberly Worried, Kevin Henkes I Was So Mad, Karen Erickson Theres a Nighmare in My Closet, Mercer Mayer Go Away, Big Green Monster!, Ed Emberley Little Tigers Big Surprise, Julie Sykes Hannahs Temper, Celia Berridge The Wee Little Woman, Byron Barton Be Boy Buzz, Bell Hooks Look Out! Hes Behind You, Tony Bradman Benjamin Rabbit and the Stranger Danger, Irene Keller Nappy Hair, Carolivia Herron My Rotten-Headed Older Brother, Patricia Polara Big Sister, Little Sister, Charlotte Zolotow Sisters, David McPhail Matthew and Tilly, Rebecca C. Jones Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Judith Viorst (available in Spanish) Alexander, Whos Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move, Judith Viorst Absolutely Positively Alexander (The Complete Stories), Judith Viorst I Like Me!, Nancy L. Carlson Chrysanthemum, Kevin Henkes Im Terrific, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

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Books About Holidays and Traditions

Both national and religious holidays are represented in this list. These books can be read aloud and discussed. Sharing holiday books is an ideal way to help children develop an appreciation for the diverse traditions and celebrations of all people in their community and around the world. (Also see List 2.16.)
David Adler, Chanukah in Chelm George Ancona, Pablo Remembers: The Fiesta of the Day of the Dead Bonny Becker, The Christmas Crocodile June Behrens, Gung Hay Fat Choy Emery Bernhard, Happy New Year! Jan Brett, Christmas Trolls Jan Brett, Whos That Knocking on Christmas Eve? Tricia Brown, Chinese New Year Ray Buckley, The Give Away: A Christmas Story Eve Bunting, One Candle (Hanukkah) David A. Carter, Chanukah Bugs: A Pop-up Celebration David A. Carter, Easter Bugs: A Springtime Pop-up Eric Carle, Dream Snow Deborah Newton Chocolate, My First Kwanzaa Book Demi, Happy New Year! Kung-His-Fa-Ts Ai Tomie dePaola, The Legend of the Poinsettia Tomie dePaola, Merry Christmas, Strega Nona Tomie dePaola, An Early American Christmas Tomie dePaola, The Night of Las Posadas Wende Devlin, Cranberry Easter Arlene Erlbach, Happy New Year, Everywhere! Marie Hall Ets, Nine Days to Christmas (Mexico) Cathy Goldberg Fishman, On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Juwanda Ford, K Is for Kwanzaa Mem Fox, Wombat Divine (Australia) Priscilla Friedrich, The Easter Bunny That Overslept Christina Mia Gardeski, Diwali (Hindu) (Rookie Read-About Holidays) Suhaib Hamid Ghazi, Ramadan Gail Gibbons, Easter Rachna Gilmore, Lights for Gita (Diwali) Barbara Goldin, A Mountain of Blintzes (Shavuot) Barbara Goldin, While the Candles Burn; Eight Stories for Hanukkah Christina Goodings, Bartimouse and the Easter Egg Wilma Willis Gore, Independence Day Amy Hest, The Friday Nights of Nana ( Jewish Sabbath) Dubose Heyward, The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes E. Hoffmann, Nutcracker Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Celebrating Kwanzaa Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith, Celebrating Chinese New Year Trina Schart Hyman, How Six Found Christmas Tony Johnston, Day of the Dead Barbara Joosse, A Houseful of Christmas William Joyce, Snowie Rolie Eric Kimmel, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins Eric Kimmel, When Mindy Saved Hanukkah Cynthia Fitterer Klingel, The Fourth of July Alfred J. Kolatch, Lets Celebrate Our Jewish Holidays! Camille Kress, Purim! Virginia Kroll, A Carp for Kimiko Nancy Luenn, Celebrations of Light Nancy Luenn, A Gift for Abuellita Dianne M. Macmillan, Japanese Childrens Day and the Obon Festival Dianne M. Macmillan, Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo Dianne M. Macmillan, Ramadan and Id al-Fitr Dianne M. Macmillan, Tet: Vietnamese New Year Fran Manushkin, The Matzah that Papa Brought Home

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Richard Scarry, The Night Before the Night Before Christmas Maxine Schur, The Peddlers Gift (Hanukkah) Otto Seibold, Olive, the Other Reindeer Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas Emily Sper, Hanukkah: A Counting Book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish Kay Thompson, Eloise at Christmastime Sandy Turner, Silent Night Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express Marcia K. Vaughn, The Dancing Dragon Kate Waters, Lion Dancer: Ernie Wans Chinese New Year Rosemary Wells, Maxs Chocolate Chicken Rosemary Wells, Morriss Disappearing Bag Hans Wilhelm, Bunny Trouble Janet S. Wong, Apple Pie 4th of July Janet S. Wong, This Next New Year Arthur Yorinks, The Flying Latke (Chanukah) Harriet Ziefert, Hats Off for the Fourth of July! Johnny Zucker, Apples and Honey: A Rosh Hashanah Story Johnny Zucker, Eight Candles for Lighting: A Chanukah Story

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Colleen Monroe, A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree Robin Nelson, Independence Day Leslea Newman, Runaway Dreidel! Jeffery OHare, Hanukkah: Festival of Lights Meenal Atul Pandya, Here Comes Diwali: The Festival of Lights Betty Paraskevas, Nibbles OHare (Easter) Betty Paraskevas, On the Day the Tall Ships Sailed (4th of July) Andrea Davis Pinkney, Mims Christmas Jam Mark Podwal, The Menorah Story Patricia Polacco, Uncle Vovas Tree Jack Prelutsky, Its Christmas Mary Quattlebaum, The Shine Man: A Christmas Story Ronne Randall, The Hanukkah Mice Michael J. Rosen, Chanukah Lights Everywhere Michael J. Rosen, Elijahs Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas Cynthia Rylant, Christmas in the Country Robert Sabuda, The Christmas Alphabet Robert Sabuda, The Night Before Christmas Alison Samuels, Christmas Soul: African American Holiday Stories Luis San Vicente, Festival of the Bones: El Festival de las Calaveras

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Books About Music, Dance, and Art

Music and dance cannot be separated at the preschool and primary levels. Children use their bodies to express their feelings as they clap to the rhythm of the music. They also learn to work together as they dance and sing collectively. The delightful and sometimes humorous stories below introduce children to various forms of dance. Art is another expressive form. Books listed below on this topic are informative and fun. Many are read-aloud books, introducing children to galleries and museums.

Music and Song

Yankee Doodle, Edward Bangs Dem Bones, Bob Barner Berlioz the Bear, Jan Brett Billy Boy, Richard Chase Down by the Bay, Raffi Little White Duck, Walt Whippo The Bear Who Loved Puccini, Arnold Sundgaard The Philharmonic Gets Dressed, Karla Kuskin Pet of the Met, Don Freeman Crash! Bang! Boom!, Peter Spier Bens Trumpet, Rachel Isadora Fireside Songbook of Birds and Beasts, Jane Yolen (editor) Shell Be Comin Round the Mountain, Tom Birdseye Jane Yolens Songs of Summer, Jane Yolen (editor) Jane Yolens Mother Goose Songbook, Jane Yolen (editor) Good Night, Good Night, Sandra Boynton The Teddy Bears Picnic, Jimmy Kennedy Play Rhymes, Marc Tolon Brown Caribbean Carnival: Songs of the West Indies, Irving Burgie (compiler) Today Is Monday, Eric Carle Dancing, Denys Cazet Over the River and Through the Wood, Lydia Maria Child Six Little Ducks, Chris Conover We All Sing With the Same Voice, J. Philip Miller What a Wonderful World, George Weiss

Dance
Angelina Ballerina, Katharine Holabird Ballerina Flying, Alexa Brandenberg Barn Dance, Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault Bill and the Google-Eyed Goblins, Alice Schertle The Dancing Class, Helen Oxenbury Harriets Recital, Nancy Carlson Nina, Nina, Star Ballerina (African American), Jane OConnor Mirandy and Brother Wind (Native American), Pat McKissack Buffalo Dance (Hispanic), Nancy Van Laan Boogie Bones, Elizabeth Loredo Dance, Annie, Dawn Friedman Mama Does the Mambo, Katherine Leiner Sophie and Lou, Petra Mathers Ragtime Tumpie ( Josephine Baker), Alan Schroeder Boy! Can He Dance!, Eileen Spinelli Marie in the Fourth Position, The Story of Degas Little Dancer, Amy Littlesugar Dance Me a Story: Twelve Tales from the Classic Ballets, Jane Rosenberg Hen Lake, Mary Jane Auch Bravo, Tanya, Patricia Gauch Opening Night, Rachel Isadora How Can You Dance?, Rick Walton

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Art
A Bird or Two: A Story About Henri Matisse, Bijou LeTord A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet, Bijou LeTord

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Michelangelo, Diane Stanley Once Upon A Lily Pad: Froggy Love in Monets Garden, Joan Sweeney Picasso and the Girl With the Ponytail: A Story About Pablo Picasso, Laurence Anholt You Cant Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum, Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman You Cant Take a Balloon into the National Gallery, Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman

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Camille and the Sunflowers: A Story About Vincent Van Gogh, Laurence Anholt Degas and the Little Dancer: A Story About Edgar Degas, Laurence Anholt Family Pictures, Carmen Lomas Garza Frida, Jeanette Winter Katie Meets the Impressionists, James Mayhew Katie and the Mona Lisa, James Mayhew Katie and the Sunflowers, James Mayhew Linnea in Monets Garden, Christina Bjork

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Sports Books

Some of these appealing read-aloud books for preschoolers and primary-grade children use animal characters who engage in all types of sports. The tricks and antics of these animals, who do many things that humans cant do, appeal to children. Since children at this age are just becoming involved in sports, they find these books informative and fun as they learn new sports concepts.

Baseball
Baseball Mouse, Sid Hoff Game Day, Cari Meister Mouse Practice, Emily Arnold McCully My Baseball Book, Gail Gibbons Nate the Great and the Stolen Base, Marjorie Sharmat Playing Right Field, Willy Welch Slugger Sals Slump, Sid Hoff Who Tossed that Bat?, Leonard Kessler

Ice-Skating
Elephants on Ice, Anna DiVito Mr. Pig and Sonny Too, Lillian Hoban Angelina Ice Skates, Katherine Holabird Dog Boy Cap Skate, Nicki Weiss Elfantinas Dream, X. J. Kennedy

Skiing
Do Teddy Bears Ski?, Rick Sanger Ski Pup, Don Freeman A Very Young Skier, Jill Krementz

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Bicycling
D. W. Rides Again!, Marc Brown The New Bike, Marie Vinje Bear on a Bike, Stella Blackstone Franklin Rides a Bike, Paulette Bourgeois Bicycle Race, Donald Crews Kit and Kat, Tomie dePaola You Can Do It, Rabbit, Paul Dowling Annie Flies the Birthday Bike, Crescent Dragonwagon Angelinas Birthday Surprise, Katherine Holabird Shawns Red Bike, Petronella Breinburg Little Ducks Bicycle Ride, Dorothy Stott Lulu on Her Bike, Susanne Strub

Sledding
A Perfect Day for It, Jan Fearnly Lets Go Sledding, Steve Metzger Balto and the Great Race, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel Running with the Big Dogs, Lori Yanuchi The Story of a Boy Named Will, Who Went Sledding Down the Hill, Daniil Kharms

Soccer
Willy the Wizard, Anthony Browne Dylans Day Out, Peter Catalanotto Froggy Plays Soccer, Jonathan London

Swimming
Michael and the Sea, Allison Coles Maisy Goes Swimming, Lucy Cousins The Chick and the Duckling, Mirra Ginsburg Otter Swims, Derek Hall The Littlest Duckling, Gail Herman Swimming Lessons, Betsy Jay Froggy Learns to Swim, Jonathan London Elephants Swim, Linda Capus Riley Tonys First Dive, Leonard Shortall Hooray for Pig!, Carla Stevens Lulu Goes Swimming, Susanne Strub The Pig in the Pond, Martin Waddell Edward in Deep Water, Rosemary Wells

Football
Louanne Pig in Making the Team, Nancy L. Carlson The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed, Karla Kuskin Snail Saves the Day, John Stadler

Gymnastics
D. W. Flips!, Marc Tolon Brown A Very Young Gymnast, Jill Kremetz

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Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes

Repetition, rhythm, and rhyme are important links between childrens own language and the language of the printed word. Hundreds of beautifully illustrated books of nursery and Mother Goose rhymes are available for young children today. Below is a sample of only a few that are sure to stimulate, delight, and even instruct.

Collections of Mother Goose Rhymes

Tomie dePaolas Mother Goose, Tomie dePaola This illustrated collection of over 200 Mother Goose nursery rhymes is filled with fresh life and brilliant full-color paintings. Here Comes Mother Goose, edited by Iona Opie, illustrated by Rosemary Wells Written by a world-renowned folklorist, this collection of favorite and lesser-known nursery rhymes will surely be a classic. Random House Book of Mother Goose, Arnold Lobel (reissued as The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose) This illustrated collection includes well-known rhymes as well as those that are less familiar. Marguerite de Angelis Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes, edited by Marguerite de Angeli De Angelis warm illustrations are generously spread throughout these fanciful pages. My Very First Mother Goose, Iona Wells, illustrated by Rosemary Wells This book has great pictures of some favorite characters like Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, and Little Boy Blue. Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes, edited by Robert Wyndam, illustrated by Ed Young This enchanting collection of poems, lullabies, counting rhymes, and songs from the Chinese tradition is beautifully illustrated. The Alaska Mother Goose (Last Wilderness Adventure), Shelly Gill This is a humorous collection of nursery rhymes with a northern flair that focuses on animals and how they behave.

Nursery Rhyme Tales

Children will enjoy the following individual retellings of nursery rhymes in picture book format. The House That Jack Built by Sims Taback Old Mother Hubbard by James Marshall The Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone

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Rhyming Books

The books below are recommended for their rich use of melodious language, rhythm, and rhyming patterns. Ideally, they should be read aloud in order for children to hear the engaging rhythms. Many of the books also lend themselves to dramatization, which develops oral language skills and encourages retelling the story events in sequence.
Ants in Your Pants, Sue Heap Before I Go to Sleep, Thomas Hood Out and About, Shirley Hughes The Boy Who Wouldnt Go to Bed, Helen Cooper Bug in a Rug, Sue Heap A Cake for Herbie, Petra Mathers Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault The Christmas Tree Tangle, Margaret Mahy Cocoa Ice, Diana Karter Applebaum Crow Moon, Worm Moon, James Skofield The Drowsy Hours: Poems for Bedtime, selected by Susan Pearson Duck in the Truck, Jez Alborough Fix It Duck, Jez Alborough A Hug Goes Around, Laura Krauss Melmed I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat, Donald Hall I Love You as Much . . . , Laura Krauss Melmed Im Not Going to Chase the Cat Today, Jessica Harper Jump! The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, Joel Chandler Harris Mama Had a Dancing Heart, Libby Moore Gray Moishes Miracle, Laura Krauss Melmed Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash, Sarah Weeks Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash, Sarah Weeks Oh My Gosh, Mrs. McNosh!, Sarah Weeks One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Dr. Seuss One Lonely Seahorse, Saxton Freymann Over in the Meadow: An Old Nursery Counting Rhyme, Paul Galdone The Owl Who Became the Moon, Jonathon London Peekaboo Friends!, Lucy Su The Rainbabies, Laura Krauss Melmed Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monsters Cave, Marcus Pfister Sea Elf, Joanne Ryder Turtle Bay, Savious Pirotta Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out!, April Pulley Sayre The Very Noisy Night, Diana Hendry Was It a Good Trade?, Beatrice Schenk de Regniers We Played Marbles, Tres Seymour What a Wonderful Day to Be a Cow, Carolyn Lesser Where Do You Sleep, Little One?, Patricia Hooper Whiffle Squeek, Caron Lee Cohen White Is the Moon, Valerie Greeley Who Is the World For?, Tom Pow

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Poetry

As with nursery rhymes and Mother Goose rhymes, language development is enriched by the new words and phrases that children encounter in poetry. The list below offers many selections to help you introduce children to the wonderful world of poetry.
Animal Crackers, Jane Dyer Beneath a Blue Umbrella, Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Garth Williams Come Sunday, Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Michael Bryant Crowning Glory: hair a gift wrapped ribboned curled tied, Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Brenda Jaysmith Dinosaur Dances*, Jane Yolen, illustrated by Bruce Degen Every Time I Climb a Tree, David McCord, illustrated by Marc Simont Festivals*, Myra Cohn Livingston, illustrated by Leonard Everett Fisher A Fine Fat Pig, Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Malcah Zeldis The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat*, Eugene Field, illustrated by Janet Street Give Yourself to the Rain: Poems for the Very Young, Margaret Wise Brown The House of a Mouse, Aileen Fisher, illustrated by Joan Sandin I Can Draw a Weeposaur and other Dinosaurs, Eloise Greenfield, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist Ill Be You and You Be Me*, Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Maurice Sendak I Never Did That Before, Lilian Moore, illustrated by Lillian Hoban Its Raining Pigs and Noodles*, Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by James Stevenson Lemonade Sun and Other Summer Fun, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, illustrated by Jan Spivey Gilchrist Lets Count Raindrops, Fumi Kosaka Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs, Douglas Florian Love to Mama, edited by Pat Mora, illustrated by Paula S. Barragan Messages to Ground Zero: Children Respond to September 11, 2001, compiled by Shelley Harwayne Monster Goose*, Judy Sierra, illustrated by Jack E. Davis Ook the Book*, Lisa Rovetch, illustrated by Shannon McNeill Outside the Lines: Poetry at Play, Brad Burg, illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon Pocketful of Nonsense, James Marshall A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems, edited by Paul Janeczko, illustrated by Chris Raschka Raining Cats and Dogs, Jane Yolen, illustrated by Janet Street Sun Dance Water Dance, Jonathan London, illustrated by Greg Couch Ride a Purple Pelican, Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Garth Williams Rumpus of Rhymes: A Book of Noisy Poems, Bobbi Katz, illustrated by Susan Estelle Kwas Seasons: A Book of Poems*, Charlotte Zolotow (An I Can Read Book), illustrated by Erik Blegvad Shoe Magic*, Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Terry Widener Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Childs Book of Poems, selected by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, illustrated by Marcia Brown Sky scrape/City scape: Poems of City Life, selected by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Ken Condon Some from the Moon Some from the Sun: Poems and Songs for Everyone*, Margot Zemach Spring: A Haiku Story, George Shannon, illustrated by Malcah Zeldis

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Summersaults: Poems and Paintings*, Douglas Florian Talking Like the Rain, X. J. Kennedy, illustrated by Jane Dyer Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny*, Bill Grossman, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes The Way I Feel Sometimes, Beatrice Schenk de Regniers There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Simms Taback This Big Sky*, Pat Mora, illustrated by Steve Jenkins This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort, Georgia Heard The Three Bears Holiday Rhyme Book, Jane Yolen, illustrated by Jane Dyer The Three Bears Rhyme Book*, Jane Yolen, illustrated by Jane Dyer Walking the Bridge of Your Nose: Wordplay Poems, selected by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Cloe Cheese When the Moon Is Full: A Lunar Year*, Penny Pollock, illustrated by Mary Azarian Wool Gathering: A Sheep Family Reunion*, Lisa Wheeler Zoo Doings: Animal Poems, Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky Some of the Days of Everett Anderson, Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi The Little Dog Laughed and Other Nursery Rhymes, Lucy Cousins Jamberry, Bruce Degan Tomi dePaolas Favorite Nursery Tales, Tomie dePaola Animal Crackers, Jane Dyer Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, Eugene Field, illustrated by Barbara Cooney Pumpkin Eye, Denise Fleming Little Dog Poems, Kristine OConnell George Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sarah Hale Pretend Youre a Cat, Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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Jokes, Riddles, and Trick Books

Jokes and riddles touch upon different themes: insects, animals, fish, mummies, and space. In addition to their humor, they are cleverly illustrated. For example, the illustrations in Monika Beisners Book of Riddles provide answers to questions in the text.
Bumblebee, Bumblebee Do You Know Me?: A Garden Guessing Game, Anne Rockwell Cliffords Riddles, Norman Bridwell I Can Fly, What Am I?, Alain Crozon I Can Roll, What Am I?, Alain Crozon I Spy (series), Jean Marzollo It Looked Like Spilt Milk, Charles Green Shaw Little Critters Joke Book, Mercer Mayer Monika Beisners Book of Riddles, Monika Beisner One Riddle, One Answer, Lauren Thompson What Am I?, Alain Crozon What in the World?, Eve Merriam What Time Is It?, Sheila Keenan Who Am I?, Alain Crozon Give a Dog a Bone: Stories, Poems, Jokes about Dogs, compiled by Joanna Cole & Stephanie Calmenson What Am I?, Margaret Hillert Q Is for Duck, Mary Elting Summer Camp Crack-ups: and Lots smore Knock-Knock Jokes to Write Home About, Katy Hall & Lisa Eisenberg Back-to-School Belly Busters, Katy Hall & Lisa Eisenberg Creepy Riddles, Katy Hall & Lisa Eisenberg Geese Find the Missing Piece, Marco Maestro Giggle Fit: Goofy Riddles, Joseph Rosenbloom Giggle Fit: Nutty Jokes, Matt Rissinger & Philip Yates Giggle Fit: Silly Knock-Knocks, Joseph Rosenbloom Goofy Riddles, Joseph Rosenbloom What Do You Hear When Cows Sing? And Other Silly Riddles, Marco Maestro Peephole Riddles, Margaret Anastas Pig Giggles and Rabbit Rhymes: Book of Animal Riddles, Mike Downs Riddles and More Riddles, Bennett Cert Super Silly Riddles, Keith Faulkner

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