RECOMMENDED READING LIST
Alphabatics, Suse MacDonald
The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in the “b” becomes a balloon and “y” turns into the head of a yak.
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, Gerold McDermott
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See?, Bill Martin Jr.
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.
The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss
A fantastic cat entertains two children in a most unusual way.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin Jr.
An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.
Color Zoo, Lois Ehlert
Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
Fireflies in the Night, Judy Hawes
Freight Train, Donald Crews
Froggy Learns to Swim, Jonathan London
Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkel, and mask, helps him learn to swim.
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson
Have You Seen My Duckling? Nancy Tafari
A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.
Home, Jeannie Baker
A wordless picture book that observes the changes in a neighborhood from before a girl is born until she is an adult, as it first decays and then is renewed by the efforts of the residents.
Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss
Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as “Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night.”
How a Seed Grows, Helene J. Jordan
How My Parents Learned to Eat, Ina R. Friedman
I Read Signs, Tana Hoban
Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street.
In the Small, Small Pond, Denise Fleming
The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco
Lilly’s Purple Purse, Kevin Henkes
The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper
When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain.
Many Moons, James Thurber
Mike and the Bike, Michael Ward
Mike takes off on an adventure around the world with his best friend – his bike.
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton
Can Mike do the job others say can’t be done in one day?
Mouse Count, Ellen Walsh
Ten mice outsmart a hungry snake.
New Road, Gail Gibbons
Patti’s Pet Gorilla, Pat Rhodes Mauser
Peter’s Chair, Ezra Jack Keats
When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, and runs away.
Petunia, Roger Duvoisin
A Pizza the Size of the Sun, Jack Prelutsky
Richard Scarry’s Best Mother Goose Ever, Richard Ever
A colorfully illustrated collection of fifty traditional Mother Goose rhymes.
Stellaluna, Janell Cannon
Stellaluna, a baby fruit bat, winds up in a nest with a family of birds.
Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
Ten Black Dots, Donald Crews
A counting book which shows what can be done with ten black dots—one can make a sun, two can make a fox’s eyes, or eight can make the wheels of a train.
Ten, Nine Eight, Molly Bang
The Three little Pigs, Paul Galdon
Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same.
The Toll-Bridge Troll, Patricia Rae Wolff
What would you do if you had to pass a troll every day just to get to school?
Tomie Depaola’s Mother Goose, Tomie DePaola
An illustrated collection of 204 Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including well-known ones such as “Little Boy Blue” and less familiar ones as “Charlie Warlie and His Cow.”
The Treasure, Uri Shulevitz
The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle
The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt, as well as seen.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
After he is sent to bed without supper for behaving like a wild thing, Max dreams of a voyage to the island where the wild things are.
You Be Good and I’ll Be Night, Eve Merriam
The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in the “b” becomes a balloon and “y” turns into the head of a yak.
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti, Gerold McDermott
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do you See?, Bill Martin Jr.
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.
The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss
A fantastic cat entertains two children in a most unusual way.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Bill Martin Jr.
An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.
Color Zoo, Lois Ehlert
Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.
Fireflies in the Night, Judy Hawes
Freight Train, Donald Crews
Froggy Learns to Swim, Jonathan London
Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkel, and mask, helps him learn to swim.
Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson
Have You Seen My Duckling? Nancy Tafari
A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.
Home, Jeannie Baker
A wordless picture book that observes the changes in a neighborhood from before a girl is born until she is an adult, as it first decays and then is renewed by the efforts of the residents.
Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss
Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as “Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night.”
How a Seed Grows, Helene J. Jordan
How My Parents Learned to Eat, Ina R. Friedman
I Read Signs, Tana Hoban
Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street.
In the Small, Small Pond, Denise Fleming
The Keeping Quilt, Patricia Polacco
Lilly’s Purple Purse, Kevin Henkes
The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper
When the other engines refuse, the Little Blue Engine tries to pull a stranded train full of toys and good food over the mountain.
Many Moons, James Thurber
Mike and the Bike, Michael Ward
Mike takes off on an adventure around the world with his best friend – his bike.
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Virginia Lee Burton
Can Mike do the job others say can’t be done in one day?
Mouse Count, Ellen Walsh
Ten mice outsmart a hungry snake.
New Road, Gail Gibbons
Patti’s Pet Gorilla, Pat Rhodes Mauser
Peter’s Chair, Ezra Jack Keats
When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, and runs away.
Petunia, Roger Duvoisin
A Pizza the Size of the Sun, Jack Prelutsky
Richard Scarry’s Best Mother Goose Ever, Richard Ever
A colorfully illustrated collection of fifty traditional Mother Goose rhymes.
Stellaluna, Janell Cannon
Stellaluna, a baby fruit bat, winds up in a nest with a family of birds.
Tar Beach, Faith Ringgold
Ten Black Dots, Donald Crews
A counting book which shows what can be done with ten black dots—one can make a sun, two can make a fox’s eyes, or eight can make the wheels of a train.
Ten, Nine Eight, Molly Bang
The Three little Pigs, Paul Galdon
Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same.
The Toll-Bridge Troll, Patricia Rae Wolff
What would you do if you had to pass a troll every day just to get to school?
Tomie Depaola’s Mother Goose, Tomie DePaola
An illustrated collection of 204 Mother Goose nursery rhymes, including well-known ones such as “Little Boy Blue” and less familiar ones as “Charlie Warlie and His Cow.”
The Treasure, Uri Shulevitz
The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle
The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt, as well as seen.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
After he is sent to bed without supper for behaving like a wild thing, Max dreams of a voyage to the island where the wild things are.
You Be Good and I’ll Be Night, Eve Merriam
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