"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
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David Adler [Teacher Resource] - Ages 4-8
A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark [Resources] - Ages 7-9
A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth [Link to Bio]
Benjamin Franklin--Printer, Inventor, Statesman (A First Biography) [Link to Autobiography]
A Picture Book of Anne Frank [Link to Anne Frank site]
A Picture Book of Eleanor Roosevelt
A Picture Book of Helen Keller (A First Biography) [Link to Ann Sullivan Macy and Helen Keller]
A Picture Book of Rosa Parks (A First Biography)
A Picture Book of Florence Nightingale [Florence Nightingale Museum]
Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man Ages 6-9 [The Iron Horse]
A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison [Teacher's Resources]
Mama Played Baseball
A Picture Book of Dwight David Eisenhower
Milo's Hat Trick - Milo the magician is a mess. Not only does he botch his card tricks andtangle his rope tricks, but he can't even manage the old standby: pulling a rabbit from a hat.
NOTHING - Otis has an antique shop crammed to the gills with stuff. So he's delighted when someone comes in and buys it all. Next day, Suzie Gump arrives, the shop is empty, full of nothing, and Suzy loves it" and takes it all. Suzie has set a trend, and soon everybody is craving nothing" the stores are full of it. It's only when there's not even a towel for drying off after a bath that Suzie realizes she may have gone a bit too far. Good message.
The Retired Kid - "It’s been a wonderful eight years, but I need a break.” At the Happy Sunset Retirement Community, there's Ethel, Myrtle, Harvey, and Tex. And then there's Brian. The retired kid. He's here to escape school, homework, and daily chores. But retired living has its challenges, especially when you're sixty years younger than everybody else!
The Jolly Postman: Or Other People's Letters
A Bit More BERT
The Adventures of BERT
The Pencil (Ages 6-8) ["One day that little pencil made a move, shivered slightly, quivered somewhat . . . and began to draw." Welcome back Banjo, the boy from THE RUNAWAY DINNER! Once a pencil draws him, there's no telling what will come next — a dog, a cat, a chase (of course), and a paintbrush to color in an ever-expanding group of family and friends. But it's not long before the complaints begin — "This hat looks silly!" "My ears are too big!" — until the poor pencil has no choice but to draw . . . an eraser.
Catch That Goat! [a trip to a Nigerian street market]
Louella Mae, She's Run Away
Captain Duck
Duck in the Truck
Fix-It Duck [Board Book]
Duck's Key Where Can It Be? (Lift the Flap) (Hide and Seek)
Hit the Ball Duck [when all the basesball equipment gets caught in a tree it takes the smallest of the group to make retrieval work.]
Communication [See Special Collection]
[See How a Book Is Made]
Feelings (Reading Rainbow Book) - Learning to articulate feelings.
Manners - Why we are polite.
Ah, Music! [ntroduction to music: composers, instruments, performers, history]
A Play's the Thing [fitting in, bullying, teamwork, friendship]
Miss Nelson Is Missing!
Miss Nelson is Back
The Stupids Have a Ball
The Stupids Step Out
Amelia's Road (1993)
The Ugly Duckling (2000 Caldecott Honor) Jerry Pinkney, Illustrator
Jack and the Dreamsack (the importance of believing in dreams) (5-7)
World Famous Muriel
Behold the Trees [Trees of Israel - Hebrew]
Rumble in the Jungle (1997)
The Buffalo Storm [Hallie isn't afraid of anything-that is, anything but storms, which she braves alongside her grandmother, huddled beneath a special quilt. When her family decides to join a wagon train and go west, leaving her grandmother-and everything Hallie has ever known-behind, Hallie knows she will have to be braver than she's ever been before. Then one day on the trail she witnesses the wildest, most glorious storm imaginable.]
Once Upon A Banana [Everyday signs serve as captions for this pictorial tale of what happens after a man tosses a banana peel into the garbage can and misses.]
Parts
Mr. Maxwell's Mouse (Ages 6 Up) [not your typical mouse story/clever/suspenseful/handsome illustrations]
Mrs. Marlowe's Mice [Mrs. Eleanor Marlowe, a young widow who works at Purrington Street Library with her fellow cats and lives by herself - not counting the extended family of mice who secretly live with her. Harbouring mice is a very serious offence in Cat City. Why would a mild-mannered widow run such a risk?]
Holly Bloom's Garden [persistence/finding your unique talent]
Mr. Popper's Penguins [Teacher's Guide]
Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut (1995) [a Wise Woman puts a spell on Prunella, and the princess sprouts a purple peanut on her nose, which disappears only when she gives up her spoiled, selfish ways.] [alliteration]
Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes [the virtues of resisting restrictions] [alliteration]
Beauty and the Beaks: A Turkey's Cautionary Tale [A beauty shop, conceited Tom, fun words..."eggsercise (favorite exercise)," "eggsploring," "eggstensive," puns, and wow!-not-your-normal illustrations. Oh! and saving the conceited turkey from being dinner.
The Tale of Tricky Fox
The Gingerbread Man
Old Black Fly [Lesson Plan - Alphabetizing]
The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock
Country Crossing [Train lovers]
Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy
Naughty Little Monkeys [26 little monkeys wreak havoc through the alphabet]
The Search for Delicious [searching for the definition]
Ouch (1998)
Words Are like Faces [Rhyming text points out the many uses of words and the different emotions and concepts they can convey. The underlying meaning demonstrates the role of language in building a human community, which connects, corresponds, informs and nurtures through dialogue. "And remember...Hurtful words spoken can't be unsaid..."]
Stanley Wild Ride [Stanley knows he's not supposed to leave the yard, but ....]
The Farm Team [The Farm (hockey) Team is up against the nastiest, smelliest, mangiest, snarlingest bunch of varmints you've even seen!]
Stanley's Beauty Contest [Primping for the dog show makes Stanley very grumpy. At the park, Stanley meets up with his old friends and look longingly at the grand prize: the biggest, most scrumptious-smelling dog cookie ever. Once Stanley gets a whiff of its bubbling cheese, sizzling bacon and apple pie aromas, he's determined to win. But....]
The Aminal [imaginations gone wild. Use for creative writing in early years and creative dialogue]
Peacebound Trains
The Bird, the Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle [rebus book: a story in words and pictures]
Close Your Eyes [bedtime theme]
The Turtle and the Hippopotamus [overcoming fear/team work]
A Gift from the Sea (2001)
The Night Worker (2000)
And If the Moon Could Talk (1998)
Spider, Spider (1997)
Baboon (1997)
Ask Albert Einstein [April writes a letter to Einstein asking him to solve a math problem. While April waits for an answer, she pictures all the things Einstein might be doing instead: working on his own math problems, playing his violin, riding his bicycle, gardening, sailing, helping other children with their homework - all things that he is known to have enjoyed. Clever concept.
Hiromi's Hands [true story of a young girl's determination to follow her dream, and a tribute to the loving family who supported her. As one of the first female sushi chefs in New York City this book celebrates Hiromi Suzuki's Japanese American roots and her achievements in the U.S.] (Ages 5-8]
The Mine-O-Saur [ He snatches all the toys. He grabs all the snacks at snack time. He hoards the blocks during recess. And all the while he yells, “MINE, MINE, MINE!” But soon enough, no one wants to play with him. What will it take for the Mine-o-saur to realize that what he really wants are friends?]
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem [Billy's room is a mess and his parents threaten a lesson in responsibility by giving him a whale. "It's not like you can just have one delivered to your house overnight." Boy, is he wrong! Mixed in this fun read and brilliantly illustrated book are important facts about blue whales.] (Ages 5-7)
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs [Teacher Guide]
Pickles to Pittsburgh : The Sequel to Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (1997)
The Square that Ben Drew (1973)
Peppe the Lamplighter [Italian family in early America]
Cooking with Herb the Vegetarian Dragon
Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon
Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Doctor Ted [A bump on his knee, a class full of sniffles, a principal with foot odor, and not a doctor to be found...Ted knows it is time to become Doctor Ted.]
A Visitor for Bear [Cheery persistence wears down a curmudgeonly bear in a wry comedy of manners that ends in a most unlikely friendship.]
Maxwell's Mountain [quiet determination]
Emily (1992)
Sock Monkey Rides Again - Sock Monkey can hardly believe his ears. He's landed the starring role in a singing cowboy movie! Now he'll get to yodel, ride a horse, lasso a cow, and — yikes! — kiss the leading lady.
Madeline
Hosni the Dreamer: An Arabian Tale (1997)
Martha Doesn't Say Sorry [Martha is ready to do just about anything-except say those three little words.] Ages 3-6
Faerie
The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum [Once upon a time, there was a girl who lived in a castle. The castle was inside a museum. When children visited, they’d press against the glass globe in which the castle sat, to glimpse the tiny girl. But when they went home, the girl was lonely. Then one day, she had an idea! What if you hung a picture of yourself inside the castle inside the museum, inside this book? Then you’d able to keep the girl company.
Goose's Story ["A wild goose has to learn to live with her weakness. Or she won't live at all"][based on author's actual experience]
Are You Going to be Good? [Robert is going to his first grownup party. All he hears is "Don't do that!" It’s hard to remember how he is supposed to behave. What it's like to be small in the world of adults.
Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen [When Sally Jean outgrows her beloved bicycle, Flash, she experiments with various ideas for acquiring a new, bigger one.] Good read for being resourceful.
Ace Lacewing: Bug Detective [Aided by his friends, Ace Lacewing, Bug Detective, sets out on the trail of kidnappers who took Queenie Bee.] Ages 6-9
Ace Lacewing Bug Detective: Bad Bugs Are My Business [When Scratch Murphy's flea bag full of dough goes missing, Ace Lacewing is on the case. With friends Xerces and Zito at his side, Ace searches Six Legs Park for clues. From the Termite Tower of Terror to Queenie Bee's Hive Rise Honey Stand, the place is crawling with suspects.] Ages 7-9
This is Baseball [farm team baseball/Philly Fans]
Anna Banana and Me (1987) (facing fears)
WOLF! ["Can't you see I'm a big and dangerous wolf?" "I'm sure you are," replied the pig. "But couldn't you be big and dangerous somewhere else? We're trying to read. This is a farm for educated animals..."]
Charlie Hits It Big (Ages 4-7) [A guinnea makes it big in Hollywood. A lively twist on there's no place like home.]
Bloomers! [how the infancy of the women's rights movement put a kink in the breeches of American history.]
Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear (1998)
Goodnight Lulu (forever change bedtime fears and what if?) [Ages3-6]
Hector the Hermit Cra SRC="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1582348006/embracingthechilA/" BORDER="0"b (shyness/"Making friends wasn't so difficult after all.")
Hippos Go Berserk (1996)
The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story [rumors][friendship]
Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big
The Mitten [Teacher Resource]
Flusi: The Sock Monster [Finally! We know who's taking our socks!] [Warm, fuzzy, fun, cute]
Jim and the Beanstalk [respect and acceptance]
Fireflies! [Reading Rainbow Book] [more than just catching fireflies]
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything [Just when a little boy thinks he's going to die of boredom from running errands with his mom, the most remarkable, the most stupendous thing happens. He discovers that on this day, and this day only, stores everywhere are giving away a very special treat with any purchase. No, not the usual lollipop or sticker. Something bigger. Much, MUCH bigger.]
Mack Made Movies [picture-book biography of the moviemaker who made the Keystone Kops, Fatty Arbuckle, and Charlie Chaplin household names.] (Ages 6-9)
Polkabats and Octopus Slacks: 14 Stories (1998)
Flat Stanley [The Flat Stanley Project]
Stanley, Flat Again!
Home for a Bunny
Goodnight Moon
Flight of the Dodo [unlikely friendships]
The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder [gotta love an underdog]
The Curious Garden [One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time. Enchanting tale with environmental themes and breathtaking illustrations that become more vibrant as the garden blooms.]
The Shape Game [a family trip to a museum/semi-autobiographical]
Voices in the Park [a bit heavy for yougsters]
ZOO [I don't think the zoo really is for animals . . . I think it's for people.]
Silly Billy - A funny, sympathetic antidote to worry
Little Beauty [A story of an unlikely friendship. Once there was a very special gorilla who had almost everything he needed. There was only one thing he didn’t have: a friend. Sparked by the story of a real gorilla who learned to sign.] (2008)
Boy Called Slow
Canticle (a poem)
Crazy Horse's Vision [Young Lakota man's vision quest] Ages 7-10
Twinnies (1997)
I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert [Interesting activity]
A Day's Work [Francisco, a young Mexican-American boy, helps his grandfather find work as a gardener, even though the old man cannot speak English and knows nothing about gardening. ]
Our Library [When Miss Goose announces that the library is going to close forever, Raccoon and his friends spring into action. Where will they get the help they need to save their beloved library? In books, of course!]
Walking to School [Walking to school can be hard if you live in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It's downright dangerous if you're a Catholic, like Allison, and the shortest route to your school goes through a Protestant neighborhood. But sometimes a ray of kindness cuts through the violence.]
Edwardo: The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World - Edwardo is an ordinary boy who does his best to live up to grown-ups' expectations. So when they rant at him for being the clumsiest, noisiest, nastiest, cruelest, messiest, and dirtiest boy in the whole wide world, he becomes all those things with a vengence, thus earning the title of the horriblest boy in the whole wide world. How Edwardo becomes the nicest boy in the whole wide world will be appreciated by ordinary little boys everywhere. John Burningham's amusing illustrations bring a lighthearted touch to the power of positive reinforcement.
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1993)
The Little House (1978)
Katy and the Big Snow [Lesson Plan]
Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter (1998)
I Am the Mummy Heb-Nefert
Albert the Bear [never just a bear by appearance]
Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife: A Giant of a Tale from Ireland
One-Dog Canoe [Can I come too?]
Utterly Otterly Day [Little Otter thinks he's a big otter now, big enough to take care of himself. But watch out, Little Otter, because no matter how big you get, it's good to have loved ones looking out for you.]
Dad & Me(1999)
Emily's Art (it's not important what anyone else thinks)
The Painter (love of family, love of art)
Matthew A.B.C. (Alphabetizing a classroom of Matthews by assigning attributes to their last name…"Matthew A. is affectionate")
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1994)
The Very Busy Spider (1995)
The Very Quiet Cricket (1997)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Spanish Translation [Lesson Plans]
The Rabbit And The Turtle [gorgeous illustrations and charming retelling of Aesop's fables. Contains some of Aesop's most timeless tales.]
Boss Of The Plains (1998)
Watch Out for Wolfgang! (Ages 4-7) [The Three Little Pigs Robot Style. Once upon a time, three robot brother left home to seek their fortunes. Rod buys a factory just like moms, Slick finds one as fancy as himself, and Dudley—well, Dud does things his own way. When Wolfgang the Recycler comes knocking on their doors, the young bots have to think fast...or be recycled for their precious parts. A clever fractured fairy tale about just being yourself. ] The illustrations are made of shaped plastic, wires, bits of screen, and other recycled materials.
Pizza for the Queen [based on the events of June 11, 1889, in Napoli, Italy, which gave birth to the Pizza Margherita, which shows off the red, white, and green of the Italian flag]
Bonaparte
Beware of the Storybook Wolves [imagination][childhood fears]
Clarice Bean Guess Who's Babysitting?
Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent [Boy genius saves board-playing parents who think their money will never run out as they go from "frightfully, frightfully rich" to bankrupt.]
I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (Charlie and Lola) ["Lola likes to stay up coloring and scribbling and sticking and wriggling and bouncing and most of all chattering."]
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (Charlie and Lola) [Charlie to persuade Lola that school is worthwhile — and that her invisible friend, Soren Lorensen, will be welcome, too.]
Peach Heaven [Based on true story/South Korean waters flood farm/giving back what is not yours.]
Pig and Crow (2000) [Loneliness and friendship]
VOTE! [Using a town’s mayoral election as a model, this lively introduction to voting covers every step in the process, from the start of the campaign all the way to the voting booth: background history on voting rights; explains the voting process; and answers questions about registration, volunteering, fund-raising, and recounting ballots. ]
Five Little Monkeys Play Hide-and-Seek
The Little Red Ant and the Great Big Crumb: A Mexican Fable (1995)
Young Pele: Soccer's First Star [Here is the story (picture book biography) of the boy who overcame tremendous odds to become the world champion soccer star Pelé. ]
The Amazing Love Story of Mr. Morf [circus dog, Mr. Morf, wants a friend of his own.]
Boris's Glasses [a hamster gets glasses and sees the ugliness in the world]
Down in the Subway [A Carribean vacation where you least expect it: down in the subway! ] Super Illustrations!
Eddy's Dream ["Dreams are stupid." But are they?]
Something Special [How many ways can a kiss be delivered?]
Wash Day [Story of love and friendship that can overcome barriers of age and race.]
Am I a Color Too? ["When I think of all the people, all those faces in my sight, if people are really colors, there should be more than black and white. Am I a color too?"]
The Giant's Toe [Jack and the Beanstalk theme]
Larky Mavis
This Boat
This Plane
This Train
This Car
The Story of Paper [includes historical notes and recipe for home-made paper]
The Tub People (1995) (dolls who think and feel)(imagination)
The Tub Grandfather (1993) (imagination)
To Sleep with the Angels
Eleanor
Hattie and the Wild Waves
Emily
Miss Rumphius [Teacher Guide]
Emma
Island Boy
Building [from vacant lot to finished building]
Ballpark
Ice Cream [from cow to freezer]
The Boy Who Wouldn't Go to Bed (1997)
Pumpkin Soup [the dynamics of friendship]
A Pipkin of Pepper (for the Pumpkin Soup) [Duck has the habit of wandering off but he promises not to get lost.]
The Little Fish That Got Away
My Life With the Wave (1997)(imagination)
The Hungry Giant [Lesson Plan]
The Hungry Giant of the Tundra
Cows in the Kitchen (1998)
Tessa's Tip-Tapping Toes [dancing mouse and crooning cat]
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies [a ship sinks and book-reading Henry uses the knowledge to build a hut, cook stew, clothe them all, and helps them build a new ship. The fun throughout the book enchances the message of the book—READ! (it could save your life.) Ages 4 to 8.
The LOUDS Move In! [The Louds are a LOUD family. The neighbors can't stand the noise...until they aren't there.]
8 O'Cluck (1997)[Lesson Plan]
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Wiggle (Baby/Prek)
Diary of a Fly
Diary of a Worm
Diary of a Spider
Duck for President [There's a fresh bill on Capitol Hill. Duck is tired of farm work. He runs for Govenor (it's too much work). He runs for President (it's too much work). He returns to the farm and writes (types) his autobiography. Remember the chads? Recounts? This is a FUN read! ]
Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure [It's time for the Annual Corn Maze Festival - and it's going to be a ton of work! The barn needs to be painted, the corn field needs a fence around it, and someone has to build a ticket booth for the hot air balloon rides. However, the animals are more interested in giving Farmer Brown a hard time than a helping hand - so, he is forced to make some compromises. Farmer Brown also has to make some threats. No work means no special order organic duck feed. Duck is not excited. As Farmer Brown designs his Statue of Liberty maze, Duck does some designing of his own. Guess who's in for a big surprise?]
Ten-Gallon Bart [This Dodge-city like treat finds Ten-Gallon Bart working up the courage to face the bug bully (Billy the Kid)]
Ten-Gallon Bart and the Wild West Show [Retired Ten-Gallon Bart is bored, bored, bored... until Buffalo Chips's Wild West Show rolls into town. Bart is sure he can win the bull-riding contest and become the star of the show! But there's a big problem. He has to ride the notorious Crazy Bull.]
Railroad John And the Red Rock Run [lots and lots of fun and a mighty tall-tale telling]
Ira Sleeps Over [Addresses the fear of first sleep-over]
Sailor's Night Before Christmas
That's Good! That's Bad
That's Good! That's Bad! In the Grand Canyon
The Witches
Bernelly & Harriet: The Country Mouse and the City Mouse
Henrietta [overcoming prejudice - pig (Henrietta) wants to go to Cambridge]
The Courage of Sarah Noble [supplemental guide]
The Starlight Princess and Other Princess Stories (1999)
Beetle Boy (1999)
The Magic Raincoat [To Emily's surprise, the orange raincoat that her mother bought her is even better than the yellow one Emily wanted—this raincoat is magical! After learning that she should use her new raincoat only for good causes, the raincoat disappears.]
Peggony-Po: A Whale of a Tale [Peggony-Po is no ordinary sailor boy. From the time he was in burlap booties, he could climb the mainmast faster than you could say Thar she blows! He can tie a knot to rival any of the crews and swim more swiftly than a dolphin. But the most unusual thing about Peggony-Po? He was carved from the piece of driftwood that saved his father Galleons life, after he tried to capture Cetus, the biggest, meanest whale of them all.]
Old Bob's Brown Bear [intergenerational/jealousy/sharing]
Ruby Sings the Blues [misery—Ruby's loud mouth—to mastery, a multicultural neighborhood celebrating music]
Ella Takes the Cake [wanting to help out, Ella learns to take charge.]
I Hate to Go to Bed!
Scared Stiff [overcoming fear]
Beegu [long floppy-eared yellow alien comes to earth to find her mother]
Slow Loris [the secret life of a loris]
A Child's Book of Blessings (1999)
Cold Feet
Three Perfect Peaches: A French Folktale
The Real, True Dulcie Campbell
Jamberry (1990)
Daddy Is a Doodlebug [tribute to fathers/fathers as role models]
The Legend of Saint Nicholas (Ages 7-11) 2003
Kites: Magic Wishes That Fly Up to the Sky (Ages 7-9)
The Donkey and the Rock
Muhammad [retelling of the Prophet's life] beautiful illustrations. (Ages 9-12)
Mother Teresa
The Boy Who Painted Dragons (Ages 7 and up) [timeless tale of using wisdom and valor to overcome fear.]
The Girl Who Drew a Phoenix (Ages 7-10) [Feng Huang finds a phoenix feather that has fallen from the sky. When she tries to draw the magical bird and share her inspiration, no one is able to tell what it is. Luckily for Feng Huang, the Queen Phoenix sees her troubles and swoops down from the heavens to offer her help. A phoenix's powers are not easily revealed, however, and Feng Huang embarks on a journey of thought, wonder, and self-discovery. Wisdom, Clear Sight, Equality, Generosity, and Right Judgment are worthy qualities indeed, but Feng Huang finds that they are only truly powerful when shared.]
Marco Polo (Ages 8-12) [Many people say Marco Polo was the greatest explorer that ever lived, traveling 33,000 miles by land and sea from Venice, Italy, to modern-day Beijing, China. His famous book, The Travels of Marco Polo, indicates that he was a man of extraordinary bravery, brilliance, and strength. With his uncle and father, he traveled across Turkey, Armenia, the Middle East, the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, and the hot Taklimakan Desert before finally reaching China in 1275. Welcomed by the great emperor Kublai Khan, Marco Polo was amazed by the inventions, riches, and religious tolerance of the great Khan’s kingdom, where Marco remained for the next 20 years.] This book is a real treasure. Beautiful. Recommended for all school libraries.
The Knight and the Dragon [fighting/conflict resolution]
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs (death of grandparent)
Now One Foot : Now the Other [supplemental guide](grandparent illness)
Charlie Needs a Cloak: Story and Pictures
When Everyone Was Fast Asleep
Sasha's Matrioshka Dolls [Russian Nesting Dolls]
Jimmy Zangwow's Out-of-This-World Moon-Pie Adventure (2000)
The Spider and the Fly (2002)
Ted ["big, raspberry-colored oaf" DiTerlizzi's imaginary childhood friend] (2001)
Henry's Amazing Machine [putting things together for the pure joy of it/using imagination/creativity/a surprise ending/great illustrations]
The Kettles Get New Clothes [the Kettles, a family of dogs goes to town for their once-a-year shopping for the same clothes.]
The Snail and the Whale [no matter the size, we can all help each other]
Mary and the Mouse, The Mouse and Mary [Even though Mary has been warned to stay away from mice - and Mouse has been warned to steer clear of people - the two can't help but peek at one another. Side by side, they grow up, go to college, get married, and have children of their own - Maria and MouseMouse. And then one day, Maria and MouseMouse do something surprising . . . something their parents never did. They actually come nose-to-nose and speak to one another!]
The Fungus That Ate My School (2000)
Abuela [supplemental unit][lesson plan]
You See a Circus. I See... [A young acrobat shows his friends around the big top, but all is not as it seems.The stars are his family]
The Tattletale (Ages 5-8) - captures the essence of sibling rivalry—and friendship.
Tales from Old Ireland Niamh Sharkey, Illustrator
McFig and McFly: A Tale of Jealousy, Revenge, and Death (with a Happy Ending) [McFig and McFly are in a lifelong competition to be bigger and better than each other. Where will all their obsessive one-upmanship end?]
Casey Jones [Learn more about Legendary railroad engineer, John Luther "Casey" Jones]
Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go to Sleep
Tell Me What It's Like to Be Big {Big Brother/Little Sister]
Tilly and Friends: Where's Tumpty? [Hide and Seek. Where's an elephant to hide?] Ages 3-6
Tilly and Friends: Pretty Pru ["borrowing" and sharing.] Ages 3-6
Burger Boy - Benny likes burgers. Benny loves burgers. In fact, burgers are the only food that Benny ever eats. "If you don"t watch out, you"ll turn into a burger one day," warns his mom. And one day, Benny does. Hilarious, roly-poly illustrations capture Benny"s wacky transformation and the chaos that ensues. A delectable cautionary tale, this is a rollicking read-aloud that"s certain to tickle picky eaters (and their parents) everywhere.
Bear Noel [Holiday Book]
Cock-A-Doodle Moooo: A Mixed-Up Menagerie - Ages 6-10 [Imagined creatures that combine parts of different animals]
Clementine and Mungo [the know-it-all bigger sister is reassured by little brother]
The Magic Tree: A Folktale from Nigeria
Rude Mule (2002) 4-8 [please, thank you, manners]
The Grumpy Morning (1998) PreK
Livingstone Mouse (1998)
Honk!: The Story of a Prima Swanerina
Some Smug Slug [alliteration]
Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad
Boston Tea Party
Clara Caterpillar
Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke [alliteration]
Rosie's Roses [alliteration]
The Neat Line: Scribbling Through Mother Goose
The Extinct Files: My Science Project [Do dinosaurs still live among us? The shocking truth is revealed in this knock-your-socks-off illustrated book]
Painted Circus, The: P.T. Vermin Presents a Mesmerizing Menagerie... [the eye is tricked, bamboozled, hoodwinked and flimflammed … but finally rewarded when all mysteries are revealed after the grand finale! P.T. Vermin, ringmouse extraordinaire, ushers patrons into the Big Top to behold 22 astonishing stunts, including Norwegian Marching Ducks, The Spectral Sphere and The Flying Fishtastics, each featuring an eye-opening optical illusion.]
Slim and Jim (2002) [Oliver Twist for tots]
Jazper (1998)(father and son)
Three Magic Balls
Planting a Rainbow
Growing Vegetable Soup
Snowballs [Teacher Guide]
Cuckoo = Cucu: A Mexican Folktale = UN Cuento Folklorico Mexicano
The Girl Who Wanted to Dance (Ages 6-10) [The call to self expression haunts a delicate, poignant tale about family and art, love and longing — and the ineffable tie between parent and child.]
Hunter's Best Friend at School ["We do everything together." Resisting peer pressure]
Hunter and Stripe and the Soccer Showdown [can best friends be competitive and good sports?]
My Colors Mis Colores
My Numbers Mis Numeros
My Opposites Mis Opuestos
Chicken Little [You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with an acorn and gravity convinces him the sky is falling, but you've never seen the story told this way. A brilliant collaboration (illustrated by Ed Emberley) brings us a bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale, as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching gatefold surprise.] (Ages 3-7)
Someone Bigger [kite flying with dad/proving your worth/"No, you're too small/-This kite needs/someone bigger"]
She Did It! [four energetic sisters always pointing a finger/blame]
Necks out for Adventure: The True Story of Edwin Wiggleskin [overcoming fear]
The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone [Once upon a time, in a gray endless place called Cementland, there lived a boy who wished to find a treasure. After searching through piles of toaster ovens and wet smelly socks, he spies a box filled with specks and a note that says, "Put these wondrous riches in the earth and enjoy."]
Hannah Mae O'Hannigan's Wild West Show [self confidence/lasso destiny]
Stanza [There's a slobbery thug in town, and his name is Stanza. He bullies everybody. He eats chicken pot pie. And . . . he writes poetry. Shhhh! If his brothers ever found out—oh, the teasing, the torture, the tears. That doesn't stop him from entering a poem in a jingle contest.]
OLIVIA [2001 Caldecott Honor Book]
Olivia Saves The Circus 2002
Olivia The Gift Set Collection (2008) [The Gift Set Collection includes a hardcover picture book PLUS 2 exclusives only available in this gift set!: a CD recording of Olivia by Dame Edna and a collectible miniature hardcover of Olivia...and the Missing Toy.
Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy The Gift Set Collection (2008) [The Gift Set Collection includes a hardcover picture book PLUS 2 exclusives only available in this gift set!:a CD recording of Olivia...and the Missing Toy by Dame Edna and a collectible miniature hardcover of Olivia...Saves the Circus.
The Adventures of Polo - Equipped with a backpack full of supplies, Polo sets off on a little boat and on a series of delightful adventures that take him across (and under) the ocean, to an island and a frozen iceberg, to space and home again, with a world of magical encounters along the way. Polo's journey is packed with incident and expression; 80 pages of seamless, satisfying (wordless) picture storytelling are perfectly targeted to the youngest reader. Unique, dynamic, and playful, The Adventures of Polo calls to mind the worlds of film animation, comics, and classic books from Harold and the Purple Crayon to The Snowmanand has style, appeal, and substance all its very own.
Polo: The Runaway Book - Here’s a new volume every bit as charming and as mesmerizing The Adventures of Polo. When the resourceful dog sets aside his brand-new book and drifts off to sleep, a curious little creature makes off with it.
Halfway Hank [fun read-aloud with a message designed to reinforce every young reader's sense of individuality.] Ages 4-8
Mr. Wolf and the Three Bears [Goldilocks—the rudest girl in the neighborhood—crashes the party.]
Mr. Wolf's Pancakes
I Lost My Bear (1998)
Meanwhile
President Pennybaker (Ages 5-8) [
Armando and the Blue Tarp School - An artistic young Mexican boy living in a colonia (trash dump community) takes the first steps toward realizing his dream of getting an education. Based on the work of David Lynch, a teacher from New York who first began working in a colonia in Mexico in the early 1980s. (Ages 5-9)
LOST! A Story of String (2000)
The Animal Hedge (Ages 6-10) No one loves animals more than the farmer. But when a drought befalls the land, and he must sell his livestock and move to a cottage with only a hedge around it, he and his three sons discover something remarkable about their hedge —- and something unique about each person who trims its branches. A testament to vision, passion, and destiny, matched by Bagram Ibatoulline’s virtuoso paintings.
Time to Sleep (1997)
Where Once There Was a Wood (1996) [wildlife habitat conservation]
Buster (2003) [Buster had everything he wanted until one day his owner brought home a box (a cat)]
Time For Bed
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Koala Lou
Possum Magic
Whoever You Are
Hello Baby!
Out of the Ocean
On The Day You Were Born
Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster
Corduroy (1976)
A Pocket for Corduroy (1980)
Manuelo the Playing Mantis 2004 [determination and friendship/Mantis wants to find an instrument to play]
Too Many Pears! [too much of a good thing...]
Diary of a Wombat [WARNING: This marsupial might give children the idea they can train their parents for treats on demand!] [How to Scratch a Wombat: Where to Find It . . . What to Feed It . . . Why It Sleeps All Day [nonfiction 2009]
No Such Thing! [Do monsters really live under beds?]
One Monkey Too Many [Use as counting book too]
One Monkey Too Many
Gus and Button
How Are You Peeling? (1999)
One Lonely Sea Horse (2000)
Dr. Pompo's Nose
I. Q. Goes to the Library [use as introduction to the library/getting a card]
I. Q., It's Time [I.Q., the classroom pet, helps get ready for parents' night.]
Hank Finds Inspiration (Ages 5-7) [Hank the Snake has a bit of a problem. When his friend Stanley goes into the city to look for inspiration, Jack decides to look for some too, but has no idea where to find it. A touching tale of discovery.
How My Parents Learned to Eat [supplemental guide] cultural differences
That Kookory! (1995)
A Princess, A Pirate, and One Wild Brother [...Little Violetta trains in secret to become THE PRINCESS KNIGHT. Fierce Molly is out to show ferocious Captain Firebeard and his motley crew just who really rules the high seas in PIRATE GIRL. And brave Ben, THE WILDEST BROTHER, battles moldy green ghosts and slime-belching monsters--until the sun goes down. That's when he seeks the protection of his big sis! ]
Lotus Seed [supplement unit] endurance and change
Well of the Wind (1998)
Yours and Mine [imaginary friends] Beautifully illustrated (2005)
Nutik, The Wolf Pup [bond between humans and animals]... a picture book introduction to Julie of the Wolves for ages 9-12...[See Newbery Section]
Nutik & Amaroq Play Ball 2001[Sequel]
How to Talk to Your Dog
How to Talk to Your Cat
Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here
Cliff Hanger [mountain climbing rescue adventure/listening for storm]
Little Dog Poems (1999)
The Great Frog Race : And Other Poems
Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems
Mama and Me and the Model T
Behold...the Dragons (1999)
Trains (1988)
Spiders (1994)
Thanksgiving (2004) [celebration of food, family, remembering the Pilgrams and Indians, and giving thanks for blessings.]
Oh, How I Wished I Could Read! [Frank Fiorello, Illustrator]
Not in the House, Newton! [colors...Red RED crayon - imagination - stories coming to life]
The Chick and the Duckling [same and different]
A Fish Named Spot [be careful what you feed your pets]
The Perfect Sword (Ages 7-10) [Michio is apprenticed to Sensei Masa, a master swordsmith. Together they forge a magnificent samurai sword that all are eager to own. But Sensei knows this isn't a sword for just anyone. Who will be worthy of owning this perfect sword? Rich, symbolic art captures the Tokugawa period in ancient Japan. Includes an author's note about the history of Japanese samurai swords and a glossary of Japanese terms.]
Uncle Blubbafink's Seriously Ridiculous Stories - Ages 7-10
Meerkat Mail [Sunny Meerkat lives in the Kalahari desert with his family. He likes beetles on toast (with insect larvae), daydreaming, and digging holes. The desert is hot, too hot, and Sunny thinks he wants to live somewhere else. Clever illustrations and postcards to home. (There's no place like home.)]
Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears (Ages 4-8) [A brillianty crafted encyclopedic self-help scrapbook-like list of fears. Everybody's afraid of something, but mouse is afraid of everything. Clever and fun with a surprise ending.]
Eat Your Peas [a battle of strong wills]
Skunks!
Snakes! ["Tangled like spaghetti / Slithery and sweaty. Nesting in a heap beneath your bed. Can you feel your mattress shaking?] Just enough scare.
The Foot-Stomping Adventures of Clementine Sweet [tall tale/being recognized/two-steppin and stomping a tornado to save the town]
Cowboy Sam and Those Confounded Secrets [tall tale/keeping secrets]
Tommy at the Grocery Store (1991)
The Maggie B. (1975) (bedtime)
Ox-Cart Man
When Willard Met Babe Ruth - Ages 7-10
Where's Waldo? The Complete Collection (All Ages) The only place you'll find all of Waldo's adventures in one fabulous collection, a complete set of Where's Waldo?
[Learn the history of Waldo]
Don't Grown-Ups Ever Have Fun? (2003)
Miss Mingo and the First Day of School (2006) On sharing day in Miss Mingo's multispecies class, we learn that Cricket hears with his legs, Snake smells with his tongue, and Frog enjoys eating his own skin in this nonfiction storybook filled to the gills with laughter—and learning.
Lizzy's Ups and Downs: NOT an Ordinary School Day [sharing the good and bad of her school day..the frustration, embarrassment, the nervousness/the long version/mother's comfort/
Mark Twain and the Queens of the Mississippi
Hello Benny!: What It's Like to Be a Baby - Birth to first birthday - Bk. 1 Growing Up Stories Series
Go! Go! Maria: What It's Like to Be One Bk. 2 Growing Up Stories Series
Maybe A Bear Ate It! ["It's gone! It's nowhere! I can't find it anywhere! Where is MY BOOK? I need MY BOOK!" What happens when your favorite book goes missing?]
Things I Like About Grandma
Easter Angels (1999)
A Story for Bear - PreK-7 [enchanting story of woman who reads to bear]
Owen & Mzee: The True Story Of A Remarkable Friendship
Owen & Mzee: Language Of Friendship
The Patch [Becca, an aspiring ballerina is furious that she has lazy eye and has to wear a patch. Fun books to teach acceptance.]
The Names Upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legend
The House of Widsom (1999)
The One and Only Marigold (Ages 5-8) [four connected stories about one clever, complicated—and hilarious—little girl. In these tales, Marigold buys a new coat (don’t worry, she still wears the old one to bed. She’s a very loyal person), plays a great trick (involving a Special Surprise Treasure Stand and worms), and much more. Along the way you’ll meet Marigold’s best friend—her purple coat—and her next best friend—Maxine.]
Elwood and the Witch
Cabbage Rose
Jack, Skinny Bones, and the Golden Pancakes
Harmonica Night
In Coal Country (Ages 6-9) [A child growing up in a coal mining community finds both excitement and hard work, in a life deeply affected by the local industry]
Wemberly Worried (2000)
Chrysanthemum (1996)
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (1996) [Literature Guide]
Julius, the Baby of the World (1990)
Chester's Way
Circle Dogs (1998)
Owen [ Letting go of a baby blanket ]
SPUDS [ Ma's been working so hard, she doesn't have much left over. So her three kids decide to do some work on their own. In the dark of night, they steal into their rich neighbor's potato fields in hopes of collecting the strays that have been left to rot.]
P Is For Putt: A Golf Alphabet (Ages: 4-10) Very cleverly done. Simple text for young readers. For older readers there are also sections of expository text that delves deeper into interesting facts and figures.
When Jessie Came Across the Sea (1997)
The Girl, the Fish, and the Crown (1995)
Jitterbug Jam - a young monster is afraid to sleep in his bed—there's a boy beneath! This rambunctious story of a youngster overcoming anxiety and limitations is set in a captivating otherworld that springs to life in pictures full of enchantment and surprise.Anna Grossnickle Hines [See Special Collection]
Pieces: A Year in Poems and Quilts [2001]
Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts [2005]
Which Hat Is That? [2002]
My Own Big Bed [1998]
BEAN Series
What Joe Saw
Remember The Butterflies
Even If I Spill My Milk
Big Help!
Frances Books
Bread and Jam for Francis [supplemental unit]
Fanny [All Fanny wants in the world is a Connie doll, but Mom says "NO!" But no one ever said she couldn't make one instead! With some scissors, glue, and her craft box in hand, Fanny sets out to replicate Connie, but it's Annabelle who is the result of her efforts—the companion Fanny has always wanted. Her friends turn up their noses until everyone learns that using your imagination and working with your own two hands can result in the best toy of all!]
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together
Seven Silly Eaters
And to Think That We Thought That We'd Never Be Friends (1999)
The Eensy-Weensy Spider (2000)
Gulliver in Lilliput
Amazing Grace
Boundless Grace
Clever KatyaMeredith Hooper
Honey Cookies
Nothing is better than grandmother's honey cookies. What exactly goes into making this special treat? How do you make honey cookies? Where do all the ingredients (wheat, butter, eggs, sugarcane, cinnamon) in the recipe come from? Includes an easy recipe for honey cookies. A perfect introduction to food and cooking for very young readers.
"What do we need?" asked Ben. "We need..." said Gran,"A cow in a field eating fresh green grass, munch, dribble, munch, all day long."
Birdie's Lighthouse
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt [Teacher Guide]
Little Rabbit Runaway [Scolded, Little Rabbit runs away from home declaring, "I'm Little Rabbit Runaway. Nobody can tell me what to do!" ]
Silly Suzy Goose [Silly Suzy Goose is just like all the other geese. But how she wishes she could things like the other animals. When Suzy Goose wanders farther and farther from her flock she meets up with a cranky lion, and learns there may just be some advantages to blending in with the crowd!]
The Seals On The Bus (2000)
Tie Your Socks and Clap Your Feet
Cinco De Mayo: Celebrating Mexican-American Traditions [What exactly is Cinco de Mayo? Although many people think May fifth marks Mexico's independence, the holiday is actually the anniversary of a decisive battle against foreign occupiers.
The Celery Stalks at Midnight
Horace and Morris, but Mostly Delores (1999)
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
Howliday Inn
Hot Fudge
Rabbit-Cadabra!
Abel's Moon (1999) - imagination and family
The Lion and the Unicorn - fear and loneliness
Earth to Audrey [friendships that change lives/summer of discovery]
Tale of Three Trees : A Traditional Folktale (1989)
Rosie's Walk (1998)
It's My birthday! (1999)
My Father's Shop [a vibrantly illustrated book of culture, friends and barnyard denizens, and creative play with a rug with a hole.]
The Blue Balloon - 10th Anniversary (2000) PreK
The Great Pet SalePreK
The Ghosts of Luckless Gulch (Ages 6-9) [a tale as unpredictable as the California Gold Rush, as tall as a Redwood tree, and as surprising as a skunk selling perfume.]
Mrs. Piccolo's Easy Chair (1999)
Leon and Bob
Dear Mr. Blueberry [Teacher's Guide]
The Wild Woods
Big Lips and Hairy Arms
Thorndike and Nelson
Tawny Scrawny Lion
That's NOT Funny! [laughing at other people’s misfortune]
When I Am Old With You (1990)
Harold and the Purple Crayon [50th Anniversary Edition]
Magic Beach [Previously unpublished artwork by Crockett Johnson. Two children are playing on a beach talking: "Stories are just words. And words are just letters. And letters are just different kinds of marks." But if they make those marks in the sand on this beach, magic happens. When they write "jam", a wave flows over the word, and when it ebbs, a dish full of jam appears. "Bread" and "milk" follow and then the plot thickens."King" and "forest", "farm" and "castle" -- so the story grows.]
Amber on the Mountain (1994)
Grandpa's Song
Go Track A Yak! [great drama - the only thing that will save the baby is yak juice!] (2003)
Good Night, Sleep Tight: A peom for every night of the year!
Mama, Do You Love Me?
I Love You the Purplest [author interview]
The Witch's Children
Salt in His Shoes [chasing your dreams]
Big Time Olie (2002)
Snowie Rolie
George Shrinks
Brave as a Bunny Can Be [experiencing fear is normal]
Ooh La La (Max in Love)
Hey Willy, See the Pyramids
Max Makes a Million
Max in Hollywood, Baby
A Mother for Choco [caring/sharing/differences/diversity]
This is a Hospital, Not a Zoo! [perfect for child in hospital]
I'm Still here in teh Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs (2003) [new nonsense songs set to the tune of old favorites]
The Snowy Day - Caldecott Medal 1963
Peter's Chair
Farfallina and Marcel [friendship and transformation]
The Rubber-Legged Ducky [Five is different than all the other ducklings. He doesn't quack, and he never waddles. Instead, he bounces. And bing-boings! Being different isn't always easy for Five, but boy oh boy, having an extra spring and s-t-r-e-t-c-h in his step sure comes in handy when an unwelcome (and hungry) visitor comes creeping. A fun romp that will put some spring in your step.]
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
The Scrambled States of America
Arnie the Doughnut (2003) funny half-baked story.
William and the Night Train [bedtime story]
Wally and Mae (Ages 5-8) [unlikely friendships/acceptance/respect]
The Tiger Who Came to Tea
Mog the Forgetful Cat
Peach & Blue [An unlikely pair/story of friendship/wonders of nature]
Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year
The Great Texas Hamster Drive: An Original Tall Tale [Pecos Bill, Slue Foot Sue, their five children and 18,376 hamsters.]
Anansi's Party Time (Ages 5-7) [Anansi throws a party. He invites Turtle but plays so many tricks on him that Turtle doesn't have any fun. Turtle decides to get even and throws a party of his own. Anansi shows up, but there's one problem—Turtle's house is underwater. Anansi tries not to float away, but will Turtle's party prove more than he can handle?]
Dance, Sing, Remember : A Celebration of a Jewish Holidays
Clorinda [a cow who wants to perform classical ballet!/things don't always work out the way we want]
Clorinda Takes Flight [One afternoon while taking the sun, a cow named Clorinda casually notices the flight of a passing barn swallow. "Oh, how I wish I could fly like a bird," thinks Clorinda. So (never mind that a cow never has), Clorinda resolves to be the first and to show the world how it's done. She flatly dismisses the reasoned misgivings of her dear friend Hop and then enlists the help of her dear friend Len. But more important to the intrepid trio than their Lindbergh-like achievement is the warm, sustaining friendship that binds them together. ]
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi [Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney/HarperCollins 2004]
I Have a Dream
Miss Spider's Wedding [PreK]
Little Bird Biddle Bird [PreK]
Comic Adventures of Boots
The Paper Princess Finds Her Way
The Owl and the Pussy-cat (Based on the poem by Edward Lear) Ages 4 Up
Library Lion - Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do.
The Flower Hunter: William Bartram, America's First Naturalist
Lily's Garden
Hokusai: The Man Who Painted A Mountain
Escuse Me! [gobs of glorious gaseous gluttonies in this goofy comedy of bad manners.]
Tissue, Please! [more bad manners!]
The Younger Brother's Survival Guide by Matt
The Carrott Seed [60th Anniversary Edition]
The Happy Egg
I'll Be You And You Be Me [rereleased June 2001]
Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade
Sweet Magnolia
The Seasons and Someone
Africa Brothers and Sisters [father/only child relationship/learning the tribes of Africa]
Houdini: The World's Greatest Mystery Man And Escape King (Ages: 6-8)
Fire on the Mountain [Teacher Resource]
Only a Pigeon [Teacher Resource]
Pulling the Lion's Tail [Teacher Resource] (a father remarries)
River Friendly, River Wild [Teacher Resource]
I'm Sorry, Almira Ann [Teacher Resource] (wagon train/Oregon Trail)
The Raft [summer-grandson/grandmother relationship-discovery]
Jake's 100th Day of School [Everyone is bringing collections of 100 things, but Jake leaves home without his. The principal steps in to help him create a brand new collection--100 books. And a surprise visit by a 100 year old.]
Four Hens and a Rooster [bullying/sharing/cooperation]
The Imaginary Garden [Theodora loved her grandfather's old garden. His new apartment's balcony is too windy and small for a garden. But what appears to be a drawback soon leads to a shared burst of creativity as Theo and her Poppa decide to paint a new garden. As they work side by side -- sowing seeds with brushes and paint -- a masterpiece begins to take shape that transforms the balcony into an abundant garden]
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?
Before I Was Your Mother [yes, we did have lives before motherhood!]
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth [ages 8 Up]
She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head!
Ben and Me [Teacher Resource] [story book]
Bitter Dumplings [the power of compassion]
The Story of Ferdinand [See more Bully Books Here]
How to Behave and Why
Goodnight Blessings
Tibili: The Little Boy Who Didn't Want to Go to School ["He would rather read like his grandfather, not from a piece of paper, but from the sky, where the sun sings during the day and the moon dances during the night."... Until he can't read important directions]
Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair! (long hair/bad hair day/bird nest/great fun)
Hooway For Wodney Wat [great bully book with lots and lots of laughs]
Tacky the Penguin [Now available in Board Book] - [be yourself/don't follow the pack]
A Porcupine named Fluffy
Tacky in Trouble
Black Cowboy, Wild Horses : A True Story (1998)
John Henry
Shining (Ages 7-9) [A young girl who has not uttered a sound since birth is shunned by the people in her village, until they realize how special she is...The One Who Will Be]
Isabella Abnormella and the Very, Very Finicky Queen of Trouble
Hill of Fire [Teacher's Guide] [Paricutin volcano in Mexico]
The Bonsai Bear
Everything I Know About Monsters: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures About Creatures of Creepiness
Everything I Know About Pirates: A Collection of Made-Up Facts, Educated Guesses, and Silly Pictures About Bad Guys of the High Seas
What's With This Room?
Bats at the Library [Another inky evening's here—/The air is cool and calm and clear./Can it be true? Oh, can it be?/Yes!—Bat Night at the library! settle down into the enchantment of story time] Beautifully illustrated.
The Red Bird [7 Up] [two orphans follow the red bird to and find hope, sunshine, and in the end, freedom. This extraordinary story of hope and redemption,]
Benny's Had Enough! [a toddler-age pig who's had enough runs away from home]
My Duck (story writing, imagination, squashing imagination0
Sweet Potato Pie (Ages 6-8) [During a drought in the early 1900s, a large loving African American family finds a delicious way to earn the money they need to save their family farm.] Recipes included.
Swimmy
On My Beach Here Are Many Pebbles
The Alphabet Tree
It's Mine [Sibling selfishness]
Matthew's Dream
A Color Of His Own
Frederick [Aspiring for more]
Little Blue And Little Yellow [Friends of Different Colors and blending of colors]
Alexander And The Wind-Up Mouse [A lesson in life.....when you want to be something other than you really are]
A Flea Story [Simple - Individuality – Excellent]
Frederick's Fables [A Collection of Lionni's 16 stories....friendship, human spirit, imagination, individuality]
Running Shoes [Sophy's secret wish is to be able to go the school one day. But Sophy and her mother live in a poor village in Camboida where there is no doctor, no hospital, and no school. When Sophy receives a pair of running shoes, her life changes forever.]
Marsupial Sue [Book, musical score and CD]
I'm a Manatee [Book, musical score and CD] 2003
Marsupial Sue Presents "The Runaway Pancake" (Book and CD 2005)
Got Two Dogs [Fanny and Blue may not be the smartest dogs, and they may not be the best-behaved dogs, but they are definitely the most-loved dogs] (Book and CD 2008)
Frog and Toad Are Friends [Teacher's Guide]
How I Became a Pirate (illustrated by David Shannon)
Cowboy Bunnies
Peanut (PreK) [An anxious little monkey finds that making a friend goes a long way toward easing his fears in a reassuring story with big appeal for young readers.]
Weaving the Rainbow [Ages 5-8] [a weaver makes a rainbow with wool/introduction to weaving/skein,warp,weft,shuttle, and treadles] Beautifully illustrated.
My Friend, the Starfinder ["Once there was a old man./ I knew him/ when I was no bigger than you are." "For starters,he told me once/ he saw a star falling." .... "Now he couldn't bring home/ the rainbow/ the way he did the star./ But when he told the story/ holding out his hand/ I could feel the colors./] Beautiful. Reminds us of the importance of intergenerational storytelling.
Old Mr. Mackle Hackle [ A pink hen quacks and talks, but refuses to cackle.]
Pecorino's First Concert [Before the end of his first ever concert, Pecorino will furmuzzle a man with a long mustache, wamboodle himself down into a tuba, and cause the most Brobdingnagian blast of a note that anyone has ever heard.
Pecorino Plays Ball [Pecorino Sasquatch, the boy who got stuck inside a tuba at his first concert is about to play in his first game of baseball. He doesn't really know what baseball is. But by the end of this spring day, Pecorino will have learned all there is to know about bowling pin-shaped coaches, burbling bubble gum, yodeling umpires, oxen for sale -- everything that makes America's pastime great. He might even maage to catch a baseball too. (He does)
17 Kings and 42 Elephants
Seven Chinese Brothers
Good Thing You're Not an Octopus! [Ages 3-6] [Fun answers to Why Do I Have to...]
All for Pie, Pie for All (Ages 3-5) [family meals/cooperation/sharing/excellent read aloud]
Sophie and Lou [overcoming shyness]
Dodo Gets Married
Can You See A Little Bear? [beautifully illustrated (Jackie Morris) look-and-find book for very young children to explore theatrical and circus settings to find the missing cub. The concepts of opposites, colors, and contrasts are introduced in the read-aloud nursery verse.]
Iron John ["lived among the animals in the woodland as their protector."]
There's a Nightmare in My Closet [childhood fear of the dark with good results] [Lesson Plan Grades1-3]
Wordless Picture Books - reissued 2003
Little Critter Storybook Collection (Celebrating 30 years!) (2005)
Frog on His Own
One Frog Too Many
Frog Goes To Dinner
Quentin Fenton Herter III ["bad as good can be"- a tongue-in-cheek moral verse]
Little Beaver and the Echo
All the Places to Love
The Journey [See Recommended]
Painting the Wind - young boy spends summer determined to capture the wind on canvas.
I, Crocodile [ "A direct descendant of the noble crocodiles of ancient Egypt" is shipped back to France by Napolean]
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Snowflake Bentley [Resource File]
Home Sweet Home
Incredible Ned
Lady Bugatti
The Salamander Room
The Clever Cowboy
Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse [a lazy and funny looking horse that inspired our nation during the Great Depression]
The Last Badge - Ages: 5-8 [A scout's frantic race against time to become part of his family's legacy. Collectors of badges will enjoy the message here.]
Daniel And His Walking Stick [wishing she could remember her grandfathers, Jesse adopts Daniel]
Beautiful Warrior (1998) finding strength in yourself
Mirette on the High Wire (1997) conquering fear
Monk Camps Out (2000)
My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language [Alice Cogswell was a bright and curious child and a quick learner. She also couldn't hear. And, unfortunately, in the early nineteenth century in America, there was no way to teach deaf children. One day, though, an equally curious young man named Thomas Gallaudet, Alice's neighbor, senses Alice's intelligence and agrees to find a way to teach her. Gallaudet's interest in young Alice carries him across the ocean and back and eventually inspires him to create the nation's first school for the deaf, thus improving young Alice's life and the lives of generations of young, deaf students to come.] Ages 7-10
The Bone Keeper
The Night Iguana Left Home
Any and Honey Bee What a Pair!
Chapterbooks (Judy Moody and Stink)
Anansi the Spider : A Tale from the Ashanti
Molly and the Magic Wishbone
Frances Hodgson Burnett's a Little Princess
Adele & Simon (Ages 5-8) When Adèle picks Simon up from school, he has his hat and gloves and scarf and sweater, his coat and knapsack and books and crayons, and a drawing of a cat he made that morning. Adèle makes Simon promise to try not to lose anything. But....
Blueberries for Sal
Make Way for Ducklings [interview]
Penny Lee and Her TV [TV addict forced to quit watching cold turkey and discovers there's a world beside TV]
Hug Time (PreS) [A joyous story about sharing love with a gently environmental theme. ]
Absolutely Not [friendship/imagination/and what's absolutely real and what's absolutely not.]
Boomer Goes to School [First day of School fears]
Countdown to Kindergarten [preparation for kindergarten/first day anxiety/peer support]
Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth ["It's a known fact that Mrs. Watson, the first-grade teacher, is a three-hundred-year-old alien who steals baby teeth from her students."
Stone Soup
Bad Cat [Bad Cat plays a lot of tricks that turn out all right in the end.]
Bad Cat Puts on His Top Hat
Zat Cat! [Parisian cat/fashion adventure][terrific fun]
The Chicken Cat (2000)
The Mountain That Loved a Bird (1985) (hope)(compassion)
Preston's GOAL!
Suddenly!
Boo!
Oops!
Yum!
Oomph!
Mole Music [See Special Book Collection]
Pigs aplenty, Pigs Galore (1993)
Pigs Ahoy! (1995)
Drawing Lessons from a Bear (2000)
Henry Bear's Park (new edition 2003)
Martha Blah Blah [Lesson Plan Reading Rainbows]
Martha Speaks [Lesson Plan] [Reading Rainbows Activities]
Tree of Birds
I Love You As Much...
Moishe's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story
The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars: A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan
CAN ANYBODY HERE ME? [Jack is quiet—which wouldn't be so bad if the rest of his family wasn't SO NOISY. No one can hear him over the sound of their own voices. So when Jack tells them he's going up the mountain one day, nobody hears him.]
Pipiolo and the Roof Dogs [Liberation of the roof dogs in a Mexican Village]
There's a Nightmare in My Closet
Annie and the Old One [supplemental guide]
Rent Party Jazz [When Sonny Comeaux's mother is laid off from work, he wants to quit school and earn their rent money. She refuses, but Sonny finds a solution. With help from a jazz musician, he throws a rent party, where music raises the needed money. With colorful images, Rent Party Jazz tells of family, friendship, and the bonds that unite people.] (Ages 6-10)
The Rag Coat [teasing, patchwork coat made of childhood memories, intergenerational]
The Pooh Bedside Reader
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference (Ages 8 and up) - Ideas change lives. Inspired by true events, One Hen tells the story of Kojo, a boy from Ghana who turns a small loan into a thriving farm and a livelihood for many. After his father died, Kojo had to quit school to help his mother collect firewood to sell at the market. When his mother receives a loan from some village families, she gives a little money to her son. With this tiny loan, Kojo buys a hen. A year later, Kojo has built up a flock of 25 hens. With his earnings Kojo is able to return to school. Soon Kojo's farm grows to become the largest in the region. Kojo's story is inspired by the life of Kwabena Darko, who as a boy started a tiny poultry farm just like Kojo's, which later grew to be the largest in Ghana, and one of the largest in west Africa. Kwabena also started a trust that gives out small loans to people who cannot get a loan from a bank. One Hen shows what happens when a little help makes a big difference. This help comes in the form of a microloan, a lending system for people in developing countries who have no collateral and no access to conventional banking. The final pages explain the microloan system and include a list of relevant organizations for children to explore.
To Market, To Market
Glad Monster, Sad Monster: A Book About Feelings
Fairy Wings [Fairies] [acceptance]
Nobody Ride the Unicorn [Zoe is a nobody - a poor orphan with nothing of her own but a golden singing voice. When a greedy king exploits her voice to capture a unicorn, Zoe rebels and helps the unicorn escape.]
Knuckleboom Loaders Load Logs: A Trip to the Sawmill [trip from forest to sawmill/renewable resource/uses of lumber]
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story
Bare Bear [interactive story/help the bear find his clothes.]
Aaron's Hair [Bad Hair Day]
Bagel's Lucky Hat [Bagel has lost his lucky hat! His friend Becky helps him retrace his steps, but the story he tells her of the day's adventures laughing fishes? a mad scientist? a space-traveling robot? is far too silly to be believed. The illustrations are great!]
Five Minutes Peace
Let's Fly a Kite [math concepts, sharing, cooperation] Ages 6 Up
Game Time [keep track of time, problem solving] Ages 7 Up
Harlem: A Poem
The Only One Club [explores the many ways in which children feel unique and special]
Albert [An unusual friendship with a cardinal]
Pink Magic [Nicky wants something special to come in the mail, but what he really wants is a letter.]
Jingle the Brass [jingle the brass... ride the point... the rods will be flashing/learn the train lingo in the heyday of steam locomotion/train lovers of all ages will love this book]
Shadow (1999) Recommend if you are moving.
The Ant Bully (1999)
The Perfume of Memory
Elisabeth [Fleeing Nazi Germany, a doll, three generations]
Plantzilla [2002] What could go wrong when Mortimer brings home the 3rd grade's plant for the summer?
Raising Dragons [delightful fantasy/stimulates the imagaination/don't judge]
Plantzilla Goes to Camp
Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China [An enchanting tale of hidden beauty and fierce courage, retold in the style of T’ang Dynasty poetry and illustrated with charm and grace. A young Chinese princess is sent from her father’s kingdom to marry the king of a far-off land. A coming-of-age tale of a brave young princess whose clever plan will go on to live in legend. Author's Note: Legend of silk.]
If You Take a Mouse to School
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie [Si Le Das Una Galletita a UN Raton]
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies [Si Llevas UN Raton Al Cine]
Laura Numeroff's 10-Step Guide to Living with Your Monster
If You Give a Pig a Party (if you do, she'll ask for more, and more, and more)
Beatrice Doesn't Want To [A humorous story of a stubborn little girl, a patient older brother, and the magical workings of the local library.]
Herman and Marguerite : An Earth Story
Fancy Nancy
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly [Nancy gets a surprise lesson in fancy from her grandparents.]
The Bake Shop Ghost [The charming story of a cranky old ghost who haunts the bake shop she used to own.]
The Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay [competition resolution]
Little Buggy [overcoming fear/learning a new skill/persistance]
Captain Raptor and the Moon Mystery
Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share [One night Chicken had a dream about buried treasure—a treasure trove of corn....]
The Worst Best Friend [Mike and Conrad are best, best friends. That is until Victor, a new boy, a big boy, a cool boy, arrives at school. Suddenly, Conrad turns into the WORST best friend and forgets all about his pal, Mike. But when Victor's need to win leaves Conrad crushed, it's Mike who steps up to the plate and shows how to be a real friend, a true-blue friend, a best, BEST friend.] Ages 5-8
The Giant Surprise: A Narnia Story (Narnia: a world made by magic from the start of time, full of marvelous creatures, talking beasts, and trees that sometimes get up and dance. And now the door to this magical world is opened again with a brand-new story. Based on beloved characters introduced by C. S. Lewis in The Chronicles of Narnia, The Giant Surprise presents a new adventure specially created for much younger children, ages 4-8. Meet Puddleglum, the most famous of them all. Get to know his niece, Lally, the brave little Wigglet, as together they help the marsh mice challenge the roaring, rock-throwing, not-so-clever giants of Shribble Gorge!
The Lion and the Mouse and Other Aesop's Fables
I Am NOT Going to School Today! [first day jitters]
If You're Happy and You Know It! [collection of animals put their own twist to a popular song/stresses individuality]
Pig Tale (Ages 5-7) [A warm sty to lie in and cool mud for a wallow are not enough to satisfy two bored pigs named Bertha and Briggs. Their minds are bent on money and riches. So when they find a treasure chest, they head straight for town. They buy dresses and suits, an expensive new car, and a house filled with gadgets. Now they'll live the good life. Will they?]
How to be a Good Dog [Bobo really wants to be a good dog. It’s just that being good takes so much effort.]
Piggie Pie
Bad Boys (2003) ["Bad . . . bad . . . really, really bad" wolves in this spin-on funny fairytale]
The Three Silly Billies (2005) [inventive new version of favorite folktale/fractured to include the Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hool, and Jack]
Gone with the Wand [Bernice Sparklestein, once the best fairy godmother in the biz is having a bad wand day. A very bad wand day. A fun story about helping friends and finding your place in life along the way] (Ages 6-8)
The Tangerine Bear [acceptance, different, family]
Bee-Bim Bop! [the joys of family and food. Lovely and happy.]
Whistling [Father and Son closeness/camping/learning to whistle]
The Blue & Green Ark: An Alphabet for Planet Earth (2000)
The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman [use with U.S. geography/couple with Flat Stanley]
Katy No Pocket [Activity Guides]
The Hippo-Not-Amus [young hippo searching for his identity]
BOB [Bob has to stop clucking and learn to crow to wake the "girls" every morning. And, of course, there's a fox]Bill Peet
The Wump World (environmental issues) [Teacher's Guide]
The Wingdingdilly [Teacher's Guide]
Chester the Worldly Pig
Iventor McGregor [Inventor McGregor can invent most anything that needs inventing, from a barking bag for the postman to bouncing boots for wee Willie. At his home workshop, McGregor never knows when inspiration will hit. But...] Fun and Nonsense and sure to please.
The True Story of Stellina [Pericoli’s all-true story of how he and his wife, Holly, came to rescue and raise a little finch, Stellina, in the middle of New York City, and how Stellina leaned how to eat, fly, and sing.] (2006)
I Have a Sister, My Sister Is Deaf
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space- Ages 9-12
Dogzilla
Dog Breath! : The Horrible Terrible Trouble With Hally Tosis
When Cats Dream
Twas the Night before Thanksgiving
The Paper Boy
Dancing Larry [Told that the ballet class was only for children, Larry (a bear) forms a ballet company of his own.]
The Little Engine That Could
Pink and Say
Thunder Cakes
Thank You, Mr. Falker [Teacher apprciation]
Appelemando's Dreams
Babushka Baba Yaga
The Keeping Quilt
The Bee Tree
Boat Ride With Lillian Two Blossom
In Enzo's Splendid Gardens
The Graves Family
The Year I Didn't Go to School [author's account of the year she toured Italy with her family's theater troupe]
Zip, Zip...Homework (Ages 5-8) [Violet's new backpack is perfect. It has pockets that zip, snap, and strap. It's just what Violet needs to hold her very first homework assignment--or is it? An anxious student discovers that it's more important to tell the truth than to keep it zipped up in this timely tale.]
Sebastian's Roller Skates [Sebastian didn't talk very much, even though he had a lot to say. But he couldn't. He couldn't say any of those things. Sebastian was shy. He was very shy. And then one day he finds an old pair of roller skates in the park. Roller skating is hard to learn, but if you practice, and if you forget about worrying, and forget about falling and just skate, well, everything changes. This beautiful book has a lot to say both about recognizing who you are, and who you'd like to be.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod - [WYNKEN, BLYNKEN AND Nod one night/Sailed off in a wooden shoe–/Sailed off on a river of crystal light/Into a sea of dew . . . So begins Eugene Field’s (1850–1895) lovely bedtime poem, which tells of three wee fishermen who sail up to the stars, and a boy who imagines it all before he drifts off to sleep. Field’s timeless text has lulled generations of little listeners into dreamland, and this version, complimented by Giselle Potter’s magical illustrations, is perhaps the most enchanting—and the closest to Fields’ own vision—of all.] (2008)
Room for One More (Ages 4-6) [A charming story of gentle compassion as a family outing takes a surprising turn! First the family finds a lost frog and decides to take him home. Before the day is over, they find a kitten, a canary, a hungry mouse, and a puppy. There is always room for one more-until they are almost home and find a lost elephant! Lift-the-flaps add fun to this youngest child memory game and story.]
Things That Sometimes Happen: Very Short Stories for Little Listeners
Froggie Went A-Courting (2000)
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World (1996)
How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. (2008)
The Day the Dog Dressed Like Dad
Author Day for Room 3T [preparing for an author visit with lots of surprises, and "real" tips for hsoting a successful author visit]
What Really Happened to Humpty?: From the Files of a Hard-Boiled Detective (Ages 6-9) ["When Humpty fell off the Wall, everyone said it was an accident. But I smelled something rotten—and it wasn't me, either. Who am I? I'm Joe Dumpty, a hard-boiled detective and Humty's brother.] Clever and funny.
Fighting for the Forest (1999)
Little Flower (2002) [based on a true story]
Mysterious Thelonious (1997)
Simple Gifts: A Shaker Hymn (1998)
New York Is English, Chattanooga Is Creek. (2005) [Social Studies fun. Who named that city...?]
The Robots are Coming [Humor, Poetry]
Officer Buckle and Gloria (see Special Book section)
Ruby the Copy Cat
Bootsie Barker Bites
While Mama Had a Quick Little Chat. While Mama has a quick chat with Uncle Fred, Rose is supposed to be getting ready for bed. And she tries. She really does. But downstairs someone's yoo-hooing, and the doorbell keeps ringing. Soon the house is full of wild guests and weird foods, magic and music.
Metal Man [Aaron Reynolds's urban voice and the gritty illustrations of Paul Hoppe bring an exciting beat and pulse to the story of a young boy discovering his own voice and vision in art with a kind mentor to lead the way.] (Ages 6-9)
Katy No-Pocket
THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF CURIOUS GEORGE
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky
Tar Beach
Dinner at Aunt Connie's House
ANGRY Dragon [Anger builds when a boy hears "no" too many times/power of emotions/dragon that lurks inside us all]
Sam Is Never Scared (Ages 5-8) [Sam thinks of himself as the bravest kid at school and calls his friends Max a scaredy-cat. But when Sam is scared by a spider, it's Max who saves the day. What if Max tells everyone that it's really Sam who's the scaredy-cat?
Jewels
First Grade Stinks [Haley discovers that being a first grader is very special after all—she's learning to read.]
The Perfect Friend [a new sibling and a lonely dog]
Gumbrella [helping others has it's rewards]
Michael Rosen's Sad Book (All Ages) [Sad things happen to everyone, and sometimes people feel sad for no reason at all. What makes Michael Rosen sad is thinking about his son, Eddie, who died suddenly at the age of eighteen. In this book the author writes about his sadness, how it affects him, and some of the things he does to cope with it—like telling himself that everyone has sad stuff (not just him) and trying every day to do something he can be proud of. Expressively illustrated by the extraordinary Quentin Blake, this is a very personal story that speaks to everyone, from children to parents to grandparents, teachers to grief counselors. Whether or not you have known what it's like to feel deeply sad, the truth of this book will surely touch you.]
Thanksgiving Wish
We're Going on a Bear Hunt [Teacher's Guide]
Little Oink [A decidedly different pig, Little Oink is a neat little fellow. Clean clean clean that's all he wants to do. But Mama and Papa won't have it! They say in order to be a proper pig he has to learn to make a proper mess. "Don't come out until your room is a pigsty " says Papa Pig. "I won't have any child of mine going out looking so neat and clean. It's just not acceptable " says Mama Pig. (Ages 5-7)
Duck! Rabbit! [Is it a duck or a rabbit? Depends on how you look at it. There is also a subtle lesson for kids who don't know when to let go of an argument.] (Ages 3 and up).
Unique Monique [no matter what you wear, individuality always shines.]
No More Vegetables!
Grody's Not So Golden Rules [How not to behave]
Those Darn Squirrels! [What bird lover hasn't experience squirrels in the bird feeders. Old Man Fookwire is a grump. The only thing he likes to do is paint pictures of the birds that visit his backyard. The problem is, they fly south every winter, leaving him sad and lonely. So he decides to get them to stay by putting up beautiful birdfeeders filled with seeds and berries. Unfortunately, the squirrels like the treats, too, and make a daring raid on the feeders. The conflict escalates—until the birds depart (as usual), and the squirrels come up with a plan that completely charms the old grump.
A Day With No Crayons [When Liza's mother takes away her beloved crayons for drawing on the walls, her world suddenly goes gray. How does the budding artist respond? Find out how sheeventually discovers color in the world around her.]
Mud Is Cake [rhyming verse - imagination and fancy] PreK
Mice and Beans [Spanish-speaking grandmother prepares for granddaughter's birthday]
Our California [Spirited poems celebrate California's major cities and regions. Backmatter includes state symbols and additional information about each place. Bold paintings by illustrator Rafael Lopez capture the spirit of the land.]
Earthdance (1999)
Where Butterflies Grow
The Old Woman Who Named Things
The Relatives Came
Good Knight
Uh-Oh, Leonardo!: The Adventures of Providence Traveler (2003) [time-warp/curiosity/invention]
Mr. Beast [Charlie loves monsters and doughnuts, and so does Mr. Beast (his father). This wonderful not-so-spooky story celebrates the special closeness between fathers and sons.]
The Snow Day (Ages 3-5) A lovely snow day story.
Star of the Week [It’sStanley's turn to be Star of the Week at school! He’s ready to share his favorite food, his favorite toy, and, most of all, his favorite thing to do. Unfortunately, the week doesn’t quite go as planned./school interaction/success/acceptance]
Snake in the Grass (Ages 4 & Up) [The tale of a happy rabbit who hops into the neighborhood garden. She’s happy because the big, wide world is so lovely, so sunny, and so full of delicious lettuce and carrots. But a green snake is lurking in the grass. Is it a cobra, a nasty rattlesnake, or a fabulous imagination? Together, the rabbit and the snake set off on an incredible adventure of pure make-believe that carries them from the vegetable garden to the wilds of the Amazon jungle.]
Gracie & Grandma - four book series for ages 3 and up about the adventures of the precocious preschooler, Gracie. Each day, Grandma takes care of Gracie after preschool, an increasing trend in multigenerational families.
Gracie & Grandma [Gracie doesn’t want to leave school. She has so many things she wants to do first! But Grandma doesn't give up. She counters each delaying tactic, diffuses the tantrum and ultimately entices Gracie home with chicken wings.]
Gracie and Grandma Under Water [it’s off to the pool as the precocious youngster and her lovable grandmother go swimming. Along the way, Gracie retrieves her swimming ring, meets imaginary sea creatures, and plays delightful games in and out of the water. What fun.]
Maggie's Monkeys (Ages 3-7) [A family of polar monkeys has moved into the frig/love, family loyalty/imaginary friends]
The Long Way to a New Land (I Can Read Book) [Lesson Plan] [immigration]
The Fox And The Rooster 1998
The Complete Tales of Peter Rabbit 1998
William The Curious: Knight of the Water Lilies 1997
The Little Mermaid: The Original Story
Grandfather's Journey
Allison (See Adoption Section)
Emma's Rug
Stranger in the Mirror
Tree of Cranes
Skippyjon Jones [Siamese kittenboy becomes Skippito the great Spanish sword fighter/imagination]
Timothy And The Strong Pajamas [Every night, Timothy tries to make himself stronger. He drinks milk. He exercises. He thinks STRONG thoughts ... all with the help of his faithful stuffed monkey. Then his mother fixes up his holey, missing-button favorite pajamas, and suddenly Timothy has super strength! He catches an elephant falling off a cliff! He rescues a princess in a tipping tower! He drags an alligator back to the zoo! But when Monkey gets trapped -- and the pajamas rip! -- Timothy finds his real power in his friends.]
Splat the Cat (Ages 4-7) [It's Splat's first day of school and he's worried. What if he doesn't make any new friends? Just in case, Splat decides to bring along his pet mouse, Seymour, and hides him in his lunchbox.]
Russell the Sheep (Ages 3-7) [Russell the sheep tries all different ways to get to sleep.]
Russell and the Lost Treasure (Ages 3-7) [Russell the sheep is determined to find the Lost Treasure of Frogsbottom. Equipped with his Super-Duper Treasure Seeker, Russell searches high and low, up and down, and in and out.Discover how Russell finds the most valuable treasure of all.]
Spike and Cubby's Ice Cream Island Adventure [A dogs-at-sea adventure filled with turbulence, friendship, and plenty of ice cream!]
The Biggest Soap [South Pacific traditions/caring and sharing community/story telling/similes/onomatopoeia/excellent for read-a-loud]
Captain Bob Takes Flight (2003) [cleaning your room was never this much fun!]
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street
Captain Bob Sets Sail (2000) [bath time/"Wash me! Slosh me! You'll never ever squash me!"]
Doo-Wop Pop [Four shy kids begin to change when the the school janitor they call Doo-Wop Pop, who was once an a cappella star, helps them form an unlikely doo-wop group, teaching them to be-boppa bold, be-boppa brave, and come-a, come-a, come-a outta the cave. By making music together, the kids form lasting friendships and discover talents they didn't even know they had!]
Wilky the White House Cockroach - Wilky is a small bug with big dreams living in the back of a pizza joint. He stows away in a pizza box and winds up at the most famous address in the country—the White House—on the day of a big state dinner honoring the president of France. With the President and his staff in crisis mode and hot on his trail, Wilky has some powerful shoes to outrun to survive.
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
How To Catch An Elephant (1999)
Tiny and Hercules (2009) [Five fast and funny chapters of the lives of two rather unusual friends: Tiny, an elephant with a fear of ice skating and a newfound love of knitting, and Hercules, a mouse with a heart of gold and a desire to learn to paint. As different as can be, somehow together they make the perfect team.]
A Weave of Words : An Armenian Tale
Sukey and the Mermaid
The Faithful Friend
Widdermaker [taming the wildest beast in the west]
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (1993)
Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables (1998)
Math Curse (1996)
Morris the Artist [friendship/generosity/sharing]
Why Mole Shouted and Other Stories (Ages: 6-8) [Four vignettes/grandmother and her grandson bond/one on one reading recommended]
More Mole Stories and Little Gopher, Too (Ages 4-6) [four short stories about Mole and Grandmother/loving bond between child and caregiver/"share nicely,"/acceptance]
Mean Margaret
Where the Wild things Are
Bad Case of Stripes
No David! [interview]
Tomorrow's Alphabet
Too Many Toys
The White Stallion [Teacher's Guide]
The Sea King's Daughter : A Russian Legend
So Sleepy Story - In a sleepy sleepy house everything is so sleepy – until music drifts in through an open window. Chairs begin to rock, dishes begin to dance, and a sleepy boy opens his eyes to the revelry of the once-sleepy house. Then, softly, the music drifts out, and everything is sleepy sleepy once more.
What Is a Wise Bird Like You Doing in a Silly Tale Like This
Snow
The Fool of the World and the Flying Machine
The Treasure (1979)
On the Morn of Mayfest
Sholom's Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer
Follow the Leader [Learning to take turns]
The Giving Tree
The Dreamtime Fairies
Come Along, Daisy! [Mother's protection]
Katy Did It! (Ages 2-5) [energetic katydid is always getting in trouble because her brother tattles. Her energy ends up saving the day for a family of ants. Bright, vivid illustrations pop off the page]
Alice and Greta : A Tale of Two Witches
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Madlenka
Madlenka's Dog
Tree of Life: Charles Darwin
Tibet: Through the Red Box
Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei
The Hungry Thing [Teacher's Guide] [phonetic awareness]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout! [Pacific Northwest version]
Se Venden Gorras: LA Historia De UN Vendedor Ambulante, Unos Monos Y Sus Travesuras
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
Circus Caps For Sale [Companion to Caps for Sale]
Imogene's Antlers
Fenwick's Suit [Self-image. Do clothes make the person?]
Madam President [A little girl imagines what her day would be like if she were Madam President. There would be executive orders to give, babies to kiss, tuna casseroles to veto (or VETO!)...and so much more! Not to mention that recess would definitely require more security.] Cute!
When Moon Fell Down
Mrs. Biddlebox [waking up on the wrong side of the bunk!]
My School's a Zoo! [a school packed with pythons, teeming with tigers, and swimming with starfish.]
The Hard-Times Jar [African-American Migrant Workers/picking apples] [Read Transcripts of 1969 “The White Man’s Law”: African-American Migrant Workers Tell Congress Their Version of a Strike]
Something Beautiful
Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies [even big kids]
The Little, Little House [perfect for today's housing boom...when is a house not so little after all?]
Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale
Naptime Laptime
A Safe Place Called Home [fears: real and imagined]
Moe McTooth: An Alley Cat's Tale [finding the right balance between adventure and wellbeing]
What Do Angels Wear? [Tell me this, are angels real?/Yes, my love, that's how I feel./Real as love and wind and light,/Real as Mama's kiss good night.]
Do You Have a Hat? [What do Spanish painter Francisco de Goya, Russian-American composer Igor Stravinsky, South American entertainer Carmen Miranda, African-American cowboy Nat Love, and President Abraham Lincoln have in common? HATS! Unique, distinctive, wonderful hats!/rhyming story that showcases famous headgear] [Lesson Plan]
The Best Time of the Day [finding joy in life's simple pleasures]
Heat Wave [community seeks solace by the river--where everyone dreams of cool relief]
Callie Cat, Ice Skater [Sometimes doing something you love is its own reward] (2007)
A Pig Named Perrier [pampered "proper" pig wants to play in the mud] Ages 6-8
Beverly Billingsly Takes a Bow [no small roles in the school play]
Charlene Loves to Make Noise [shyness/just the way you are]
Beverly Billingsly Can't Catch [sheer determination]
Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book [getting your own library card]
The Ballad of Wilbur and the Moose (Ages 4-8) [MEET WILBUR LITTLE, a lime-juice drinking, pint-sized, sombreroed cowboy who herds pigs for a living. Wilbur tackles the villains he meets in the forms of pig-rustlers and gamblers, along with his loyal companion, Alvin (who happens to be a big blue moose), an off-key singing piglet, and a book-loving pig from Yuma.]
Saving Sweetness
Leonardo Da Vinci
Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam [ages 9-12]
Monkey For Sale [spending wisely/bartering/monkey rescue]
Monkey Sunday: A Story from a Congolese Village
The Singing Chick (1999)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1987) [Lesson Plan]
Spinky Sulks (1991)
Pete's a Pizza (1998)
The Amazing Bone (1984)
Brave Irene
Potch & Polly (2002)
Persephone the Ladybug [feeling small and alone in a big world]
In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Could Be Worse
The Bones in the Cliff Ages 8 Up
Candy Corn: Poems
Don't Make Me Laugh (PreK)
Flying Feet: A Mud Flat Story [tap-dancing con artists/team spirit/conscience]
And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
Tops & Bottoms [1996 Caldecott Honor Book]
Cook-a-Doodle-Doo [Tired of eating chicken feed? How about Great-Granny's Magnificent Strawberry Shortcake?]
The Gardener [series of letters relating what happens after her father loses his job and Lydia Grace has to live with Uncle]
The Librarian [Dedicated to and about the real life of spinster librarian, Elizabeth Brown.]
Emmett's Pig (first printed in 1959)
The Monster at the End of this Book (1986)
The Princess Gown [With the look of a classic storybook and a setting of palace courtyards and old-world shops and streets, this book features a one-of-a-kind wedding dress. When small Hannah discovers a smudge on the gown her family has created for the princess, she finds a way not only to cover the mistake but to improve upon the design. Out of mistakes come innovation!] Ages 4-6
The Araboolies of Liberty Street [bullies/celebrating differences] [See more Bully Books]
There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly
Will You Be My Friend: A Bunny and Bird Story (2000) [shyness/friendship/helping others]
I Love You, Little One PreK
Have You Seen my Duckling? (PreK)
Teatime With Emma Buttersnap [interactive/introduction to origins of tea/interesting facts (in the eighteenth century, ladies used to carry their own teacups to parties in special cases) /historical anecdotes (the Earl of Sandwich invented the sandwich to keep his fingers from getting greasy when playing cards). Craft projects and recipes]
Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School [pet owner and parents alike will enjoy the guilt inducing letters]
How I Spent my Summer Vacation
LaRue for Mayor: Letters from the Campaign Trail [Ike finds his civil liberties at risk when Hugo Bugwort, the hard line mayoral candidate, promises to crack down on free-roaming, fun-loving dogs. As the anti-dog rhetoric escalates, Ike is compelled to join the political fray and run for mayor himself.]
The Teacher from the Black Lagoon
The Gym Teacher from the Black Lagoon [first day of school and the gym teacher!]
The Dirty Cowboy [reluctant bathers? Lots of fun here]
Anatole - A French mouse decides to earn an honest living by tasting the cheese in a cheese factory and leaving notes about its quality.
Anatole and the Cat - Anatole's job as a taster in a cheese factory is endangered by a marauding cat.
Somebody and the Three Blairs (1991)
The Giant Turnip
Mary Had a Little Lamb (and other nursery ryhmes)
How Willy Got His Wheels [real-life handicapped Chihuahua is rescued from an animal hospital and gains his independence after being fitted with a small wheelchair.]
Cool Cat, Hot Dog [It's the battle of the breeds. Family cat and dog start to spat over who is the superior animal—just like siblings/cool illustrations!]
Rosie and Buttercup - "I don't want a baby sister." Rosie's perfect life changes when her baby sister arrives. She wants to find a home—a good home for her. Well done and reassuring for children having difficulty adjusting to the arrival of a new sibling.
Crictor
Cats As Cats Can
The Beast of Monsieur Racine
Flix
Peter and the Wolf - From the Symphony by Sergei Prokofiev
Two Bad Ants (1988) [Teacher's Guide]
Jumanji
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
Possum Come a Knockin' [nobody believes "Possum come a-knockin' at the door, at the door." When they finally do, Possum hides]
Lovey and Dovey [Love and Dovey have stolen each other's hearts (and a pair of blue socks. That's why they're in prison.) Warm and humorous story that will steal your heart. (Ages 5-8)
I'll Fix Anthony
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day [Spanish Edition] [Lesson Plan][Unit]
Absolutely Positively Alexander
Alexander, Who's Not...
Alexander, Who Use to be Rich Last Sunday [Lesson Plan]
If I Were In Charge of the World [Lesson Plan]
Super-Completely and Totally the Messiest!
How Little Lori Visited Times Square [rereleased June 2001]
Clarabella's Teeth [crocodile has lots of teeth and knows the importance of brushing.]
I'm Flying [a boy takes all the things he dislikes--his toothbrush, his mean old cat, even his math book... and then himself] teacher--and sends them sailing away with helium balloons.
Jack and the Beanstalk [Illustrator Niamh Sharkey]
The 18 Penny Goose [based on true story/1778 American Revolution/British soldiers leave a penny for each goose they eat]
Boy of the Deeps Ages: 8-11 [father/son working in coal mines/dangers of/escape after mine collapse/powerful illustrations]
The Kindess Quilt [Random acts of kindness pictured on a paper quilt. Minna and her classmates have been asked by their teacher, Mrs. Bloom, to work on a Kindness Project. Mrs. Bloom wants them to do and draw and share an act of kindness. Minna and her family do lots of kind things, but Minna can’t decide which one is right for her project. Then she starts writing and drawing and cutting—and an idea for a paper quilt picturing many acts of kindness begins to take shape!]
So Many Bunnies [teaches counting 1-26, ABCs, rhyming words in nursery rhyme way. Old Mother Rabbit has 26 children and knows just what to do. ]
Gluey: A Snail Tale [selfish/unselfish/cooperation/community]
Nora's Ark [A flood is coming! When the water climbs to the rooftops, where will everybody go?]
Sarah Morton's Day : A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl
Lion Dancer : Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year
Tapenum's Day : A Wampanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times Gr. 3-5
Henny-Penny (2000)
Bill in a China Shop [a rather dashing and charming bull]
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash
Little Factory [environmental pollution]
Two Eggs, Please. [illustrated by Betsy Lewin]
If I Were a Lion [ I'm sitting in the time-out chair because my mother put me there. She said, "You try my patience, child! I do not like it when you're wild."]
My Town
Yoko
Noisey Nora
Bunny Cakes
My Kindergarten [if you can have only one kindergarten book, this is the one to have!]
Yoko's World of Kindness: Golden Rules for a Happy Classroom
My Shining Star: Raising a Child Who is Ready to Learn [Rosemary Wells shares ten proven principles sure to help any child succeed in school and in life. These principles (Listening, Honesty, Patience, etc.) guide parents to build a home that's harmonious and supportive, fostering self-esteem and good habits in children.]
Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy
Old Cricket [faking injuries has repercussions. Great dramatic read aloud/good use of repetition and alliteration]
Avalanche Annie [Way up in Michisota,/Annie's famous far and wide,/Because she roped an avalanche/and took it for a ride.]
Seadogs: An Epic Ocean Operetta Ages 7-10 [An Old Seadog decides to take one last sail/comic-strip style picture book]
Odd Velvet
King Solomon and His Magic Ring (1999) Ages 6 Up
The Three Pigs [No more victims] [Caldecott]
Sector 7 [see also- Caldecott]
Tuesday [see also - Caldecott]
FLOTSAM
The Three Grumpies [Having a bad day? This book is right on the mark and clever. Not just for kids]
The Disappearing Alphabet
The Best Winds [bridging generational and cultural gaps]
A Chair for My Mother
Cherries and Cherry Pits
Lucky Song
Music, Music for Everyone
WAIT! I Want to Tell You a Story [How do you outwit a very hungry tiger? Tell him a story.]
Time to Say "Please"! ["Please," "Thank you," "Excuse me," and "I'm sorry." Oh, and you have to mean it, too.]
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Caldecott Honor) [a brilliantly true-to-life tale about what happens when Daddys in charge and things go terribly, hilariously wrong.]
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity [Daddy comes to the rescue.]
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! [He really, really, REALLY wants one. He'll take good care of it! What's the matter--don't you want him to be happy?!]
Are You Ready to Play Outside? (An Elephant & Piggie Book) [ Will a rainy day spoil all the fun?]
Watch Me Throw the Ball! (An Elephant & Piggie Book) [Gerald is determined to teach Piggie that ball-throwing is serious business... but Piggie is just as determined to have serious fun.]
Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Moon and Riddles Diner and the Sunnyside Cafe
The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake
Sweet Dreams [a man who fell in love with a broom]
I Hate School [ There was a fine young lady,/And her name was Honor Brown./She didn't want to go to school./She hoped it would burn down./ The horrors of going to school, told from the point of view of a girl with a huge imagination.]
Misery Moo [Once upon a time there was a miserable old cow...][importance of friendship and being a friend]
Two by Two [Noah and the great flood/vibrant illustrations]
My Name Is Georgia: A Portrait
Magpie Magic
Mr. Murry and Thumbkin [the tale of two very different mice: Mr. Murry worries about everything and Mr. Thumbkin who is very laid-back./finding balance/acceptance/getting along]
Moose Tracks! [Moose tracks everywhere. Who left them? Who is narrating?]
Hilda Must Be Dancing [Finding a suitable sort of self-expression can be a challenge. Sometimes what seems so right for one individual is so very, very wrong for everyone around her. Take Hilda Hippo, for example. There's nothing Hilda loves more than dancing. But whether she's tangoing, square dancing, boogying to disco, doing the flamenco, rumba, or samba, Hilda makes a lot of noise. Her friends in the jungle try to subtly guide Hilda down other creative paths. Is there anything else Hilda can do that won't make bananas fall from the trees and clouds of dust fill the air?]
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Seven Loaves of Bread [sharing responsibility]
A Year for Kiko [month-by-month/calendar/activities]
The Story Blanket [generosity/caring/sharing/giving back/thanks]
The Dumpster Diver [Anyone can dive for treasure in the ocean, but Steve and his friends (The Diving Team) dive for it in his neighborhood dumpster! — and soon discover, it might even help a friend in need.
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
Birdsong - 14 North American Birds
Heckedy Peg
The Napping House
Silly Sally
Oswald [making new friends]
Puzzlehead [fitting in and friendship] (Ages 3-6)
Crow Boy
Queen of the World [Sibling Competiton]
Child of Faerie
Off We Go! (2000)
Baby Bear's Chairs [the coziest chair of all is Papa's lap]
Owl Moon: 20th Anniversary Edition [Interview with Jane Yolen 2007]
Baby Bear's Books [What's the best time of day for reading? Well, for Baby Bear it's all day long. From the first wild wake-up book to the last gentle sleepy-time book--and all the adventures in between]
Baby Bear's Big Dreams [Baby Bear knows that big bears get to have all the fun. They get to stay up late, live in toy stores, go exploring by themselves, and eat dessert . . . all day long! Baby Bear plans to do each of those things--and more--when he grows up. But at the end of the day, even the biggest bears still get to come home to tell of their grown-up adventures.]
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story [The inspirational true story of Sammy Lee, a Korean American who overcame discrimination to realize both his father's desire that he become a doctor and his own dream of becoming an Olympic champion diver.]
Purple Hair? I Don't Care! [unconditional love] Ages 3 to 6
Turtle Spring
Wallace Hoskins, The Boy Who Grew Down
The Wheels on the Bus: The Traditional Song/Pop-Up
Rapunzel
Rumpelstiltskin
Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw [Dudley doodles when school work is too hard, and school is often hard. Ms. McCaw is a very patient teacher. The students think she knows everything until she tries to draw. "I just can't do it! I don't know how!" Dudley reverses roles and patiently teaches Ms. McCaw and the class how to draw a profile until the blackboard is full of different profiles. This is story about patience and facing your fears.]
Last Update: June 24, 2009