| BOOKS FOR TODDLERS
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| Bang TEN, NINE,
EIGHT A little girl counts, from ten to one, her way to bed. |
| Bloom THE BUS FOR US On the first day of school, several vehicles confuse Tess before the school bus finally comes. |
| Bornstein LITTLE GORILLA Everyone still loves little
gorilla although he is growing up. |
| Burningham MR. GUMPY'S OUTING Mr. Gumpy's animal friends enjoy their boat ride until they fall into the river. |
| Carle THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
A little caterpillar eats his way through the week to an enormous size. |
| Christelow FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED
In this counting book in which, one by one, the little monkeys jump on the bed only to fall off and bump their heads. |
| Crews FREIGHT TRAIN Brief
text and colorful illustrations trace the journey of a train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles. |
| Edwards WAKE-UP KISSES The sun is gone and the
moon is bright and it?s time for the nighttime animals to wake up. |
| Evans HUNKY DORY FOUND IT A playful dog carries off all sorts of things, including a sock, a ball, a book, and a toy boat. |
| Fleming BARNYARD BANTER
All the farm animals are where they should be, clucking and mucking, mewing and cooing, except for the missing goose. |
| Fleming LUNCH A very hungry
mouse eats a large lunch comprised of colorful foods. |
| Frampton THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH A rowdy little leopard rambles through a sleepy nighttime jungle. |
| Fox BOO TO A GOOSE A child relates a long list
of things he would do before he?d say ?boo? to a goose. |
| George BOOK! A young child encounters his first book and the joy of reading. |
| Ginsburg ACROSS THE STREAM A hen and her
chicks are saved from a bad dream by a duck and her ducklings. Hill SPOT GOES TO THE FARM In this flap book, Spot searches for new babies among the farm animals, each of
which greets him with its own distinctive sound. |
| Hill SPOT GOES TO THE FARM
In this flap book, Spot searches for new babies among the farm animals, each of which greets him with its own distinctive sound. |
| Hindley EYES, NOSE, FINGERS, AND TOES
Toddlers demonstrate what they can do with their eyes, ears, legs, feet, and everything in between in this joyful, rhyming romp. |
| Hort THE SEALS ON THE BUS Animals hop on
board the big, purple bus amid raucous sounds?errps, roars, hisses, and honks in this noisy, funny twist on an old favorite song. |
| Hubbell SEA, SAND, ME! A child enjoys a day at the
beach, digging in the sand, dancing in the water, playing with a friend, and bouncing beach balls. |
| Hutchins ROSIE?S WALK Although unaware that the
fox is after her as she takes a walk around the farmyard, Rosie the hen still manages to lead him into one accident after another. |
| Jonas TWO BEAR CUBS Two bear cubs explore
their world under the watchful eyes of their mother. |
| Lewis CHUGGA-CHUGGA CHOO-CHOO
This colorful rhyming story about a toy freight train?s day starts with loading the freight in the morning and ends when the train returns to the roundhouse at day?s
end. |
| Martin BROWN
BEAR, BROWN BEAR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? Children see a variety of animals, each a different color, and a teacher looking at them. |
| Most COCK-A-DOODLE-MOO! When the rooster
loses his voice and must ask the cow for help to wake everybody, the resulting sound provides a hearty laugh for the farmer and his animals. |
| Murphy I LIKE IT WHEN A little
penguin shares its favorite things with the one it loves the most. |
| Newcome TODDLEROBICS A group of toddlers has fun as they stretch high, bend low, clap their hands, bump bottoms, and generally enjoy
exercising. |
| Noll SURPRISE! Verses
featuring the numbers one to ten describe a young girl?s surprise when she opens her birthday present. |
| Numeroff WHAT MOMMIES DO BEST, WHAT
DADDIES DO BEST Mommies and daddies do lots of special things to show their love. |
| Oxenbury TOM AND PIPPO GO SHOPPING Mommy
takes Tom and his toy monkey Pippo on a shopping trip. |
| Riley MOUSE MESS A hungry mouse leaves a huge mess when he goes in search of a snack. |
| Sathre THREE KIND MICE Three kind mice bake a birthday cake surprise for their mysterious
friend. |
| Shaw IT LOOKED
LIKE SPILT MILK Is it an ice cream cone or a rabbit or a flower or a birthday cake or is it a cloud? |
| Shaw SHEEP IN A SHOP Sheep hunt for a birthday present and make havoc of the shop only to discover they haven?t the money to pay for
things. |
| Stoeke A FRIEND FOR MINERVA LOUISE When
Minerva Louise, a chicken, mistakes a baby crib for a rabbit hutch, she searches for the rabbit and, in the process, discovers new additions around the house. |
| Tafuri WHO?S COUNTING? A curious puppy
counts his way through the farm. |
| Waddell OWL BABIES Three owl babies whose
mother has gone out at night try to stay calm while she is gone. |
| Williams
I WENT WALKING
During a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors. |
| Yaccarino ZOOM! ZOOM! ZOOM! I?M OFF TO THE MOON A boy gets in a space ship and is off on a dangerous, but exciting, trip to the moon. |
| Yolen HOW DO DINOSAURS SAY GOOD NIGHT?
Large, colorful dinosaurs try every trick in the book to postpone bedtime in this rhyming story. |
| BOOKS FOR 1ST AND 2ND GRADERS |
| Adler YOUNG CAM JANSEN
AND THE LOST TOOTH Cam uses her photographic memory to help a classmate find the tooth she lost at school. |
| Allen ROLLO AND TWEEDY AND THE GHOST AT DOUGAL
CASTLE A mouse detective and his assistant catch the ghost that is haunting a Scottish castle. |
| Baker DIGBY AND KATE
AND THE BEAUTIFUL DAY Digby the dog and Kate the cat disagree about many things, but they remain best friends. |
| Benchley A GHOST NAMED FRED To get out of the rain, George enters an empty house and
meets Fred, an absentminded ghost. |
| Bonsall THE CASE OF THE
CAT?S MEOW Four private eyes, Wizard, Tubby, Skinny, and Snitch, investigate a puzzling case, the disappearance of Snitch?s beloved cat. |
| Brisson HOT FUDGE HERO Bertie, a likable second grader, always get a hot fudge sundae
when he succeeds in his endeavors. |
| Byars THE GOLLY
SISTERS RIDE AGAIN The Golly sisters run a traveling show in the old west. |
| Cazet MINNIE AND MOO AND
THE MUSK OF ZORRO Cows Minnie and Moo masquerade as the hero Zorro to protect the barnyard, but the results are not quite what they intended. |
| Cristaldi BASEBALL BALLERINA A young girl who loves baseball is afraid that her friends will
find out she is taking ballet lessons. |
| Delton COOKIES AND CRUTCHES Molly and her friends find out that
baking at home isn?t quite as easy as it looks. |
| Giff SUNNY SIDE UP The Polk Street School kids are in summer
school and have to deal with Matthew?s announcement that he is moving away. |
| Hoban A BARGAIN FOR
FRANCES Thelma usually outsmarts Frances until Frances decides to teach her a lesson about friendship. |
| Hoff DANNY AND
THE DINOSAUR GO TO CAMP Danny and his friend the dinosaur go to summer camp together. |
| Howe PINKY AND REX GO
TO CAMP Although his best friend Rex is excited about going to camp, Pinky is afraid of leaving home. |
| Krensky ARTHUR MAKES
THE TEAM Everyone learns the value of teamwork when Arthur joins the team. |
| Lobel OWL AT HOME Five stories
dealing with the humorous and bungling attempts of Owl to be helpful. |
| Marshall FOX ON WHEELS
Fox babysits for his sister Louise, learns to climb a tree for some grapes, and wins a shopping cart race. |
| Mills GUS AND GRANDPA
RIDE THE TRAIN Gus and his grandpa share their love of trains and train travel. |
| Osborne DINOSAURS BEFORE
DARK Jack and his sister time-travel to the days of the dinosaurs. |
| Parish AMELIA BEDELIA
The adventures of a literal-minded housekeeper. |
| Park
JUNIE B. JONES, FIRST GRADER: BOSS OF LUNCH
Junie, an outspoken, sometimes exasperating first grader, is thrilled when she is told that she can help out in the school cafeteria. |
| Rylant HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE BEDTIME THUMPS Henry worries about what will
happen to his dog Mudge during their visit to his grandmother?s house in the country. |
| Sharmat NATE THE GREAT Nate, a
boy detective, puts on his Sherlock Holmes outfit and sets out to solve the mystery of the missing painting. |
| Van Leeuwen AMANDA PIG ON HER OWN
When her brother goes off to school, Amanda finds new things to do, including ballet dancing, cleaning her room, and making a very sad, mad day go away, with the help
of mother hugs from Mother Pig. |
| Wiseman MORRIS AND BORIS AT THE CIRCUS Two friends, a mouse and a bear, attend the
circus. |
| BOOKS FOR 3RD AND 4TH GRADERS
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| Adler CAM JANSEN AND THE BARKING TREASURE MYSTERY Cam and her best friend
solve the mystery of a barking dog. |
| Blume TALES OF A
FOURTH GRADE NOTHINGPeter Hatcher?s trials and tribulations, most of which are caused by his 2-year-old pesky brother. |
| Bond A BEAR CALLED
PADDINGTON An endearing bear with a talent for getting into trouble. |
| Butterworth THE ENORMOUS EGG
The story of a boy whose hen lays a large egg which hatches into a triceratops. |
| Christian SEBASTIAN (SUPER
SLEUTH) AND THE BAFFLING BIGFOOT Sebastian the dog and his detective master search for Big Foot and other suspects when a guest is attacked by something ?big
and hairy? at the Sasquatch Inn. |
| Cleary RUNAWAY RALPH A
motorcyclist mouse finds family life too stifling so he takes to his wheels, only to find that freedom is an evasive thing. |
| Clifford HELP! I?M A PRISONER IN THE
LIBRARY During a terrible blizzard, two youngsters are locked in a library after it closes. |
| Cone MISHMASH A
dog, Mishmash, moves in, takes over, and helps his owner to adjust to a new home. |
| Conford JENNY ARCHER TO
THE RESCUE Jenny wants to be a hero so she hunts for someone to save. |
| Dana ZUCCHINI OUT WEST
10-year-old Bill and his sister and pet ferret, Zucchini, travel west to spend time with ferret experts in Wyoming. |
| Danziger AMBER BROWN GOES FOURTH
Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce. |
| Draper LOST IN THE TUNNEL OF TIME While exploring tunnels used by the Underground
railroad, boys are trapped underground when one of the tunnels collapses. |
| Giff KIDNAP AT THE CATFISH
CAF? When Minnie finds both a cat named Max and an amber ring, she finds she has two cases to solve in this witty mystery. |
| Grover DOLPHIN TREASURE Wayne is searching for buried treasure sunk with a Spanish
galleon off the Florida coast when a storm arises and his dolphin friend comes to his rescue. |
| Howe BUNNICULA: A RABBIT
TALE OF MYSTERY A dog named Harold tells the story of a rabbit many believe to be a vampire. |
| Hurwitz LLAMA IN THE
FAMILY Instead of a bike that he was hoping for as a surprise from his parents, Adam receives a llama. |
| Joosse ALIEN
BRAIN FRYOUT When the behavior of the neighborhood bully changes radically for the better, Willie and his friends think he may be under the control of
extraterrestrials. |
| Lowry SEE YOU AROUND SAM Sam decides to run away to Alaska because his mother
won?t let him wear his plastic fangs. |
| Mahy PIRATE UNCLE Nick and his sister Caroline vacation with
Uncle Ludovic, a pirate who is trying to reform. |
| Pilkey THE
ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS A superhero spoof in which two boys capture their principal and turn him into Captain Underpants. |
| Pinkwater THE HOBOKEN CHICKEN EMERGENCY A young boy buys a 6-foot, 260-pound
chicken. |
| Sobol ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN AND THE CASE OF THE SLEEPING DOG The fifth-grade
crime buster solves mysteries with the help of his junior partner, Sally. |
| Warner
MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN PAINTING The
four ?Boxcar Children? are determined to find the missing necklace once owned by their grandmother. |
| BOOKS FOR 5TH AND 6TH GRADERS |
| Alexander THE DRACKENBERG ADVENTURE Vesper and her guardians travel to an obscure
European grand duchy where their archenemy Dr. Helvitius is pursuing a lost art treasure. |
| Bawden GRANNY THE PAG
Catriona is embarrassed by her grandmother?s eccentric ways, such as riding motorcycles and wearing leather jackets. |
| Bodett WILLIWAW! In their father?s absence, 13-year-old September and her younger brother
Ivan disobey his orders by taking the boat out on their Alaska bay where they are caught in a terrifying storm called a ?williwaw?. |
| Byars THE DARK STAIRS: A HERCULEAH JONES MYSTERY Pesky, but brave, Herculeah
Jones and her sidekick, Meat, solve the mystery surrounding a creepy old house. |
| Cushman CATHERINE, CALLED BIRDY
The 13-year-old daughter of an English Country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual
role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off. |
| Delaney
THE VANISHING CHIP Four teens who don?t
fit in at school investigate the disappearance of the world?s most powerful computer chip. |
| Fields DANGER IN THE
DESERT A survival story of two boys who endure great hardships when they are left without food and water in the desert. |
| George JULIE OF THE WOLVES
Julie begins a trek across frozen Alaska and is saved only by the friendship of a pack of wolves. |
| Gorman DORK IN
DISGUISE A hilarious novel about a boy who decides to sacrifice anything to be part of the ?in? crowd. |
| Horvath WHEN THE
CIRCUS CAME TO TOWN Ivy witnesses her town develop divided loyalties when a circus troupe decides to relocate there. |
| Kehret DANGER AT THE FAIR Ellen receives a spirit message during a s?ance at the county
fair warning her that her brother Corey is in danger and that she must rescue him. |
| Lowry ANASTASIA ON HER
OWN 7th -grader Anastasia Krupnik must face both domestic crisis and romance. |
| Morey GENTLE BEN
A warm story of the deep trust and friendship between a boy and an Alaskan bear. |
| Naylor BEETLES, LIGHTLY
TOASTED Andy must test his essay premise that beetles are good eating. |
| Pinkwater FAT MEN FROM
SPACE Through his radio tooth, William learns of an invasion by spacemen who are taking all of earth?s supply of junk food. |
| Roberts HOSTAGE When she returns home unexpectedly from school, Kaci is taken hostage,
along with a snoopy neighbor, by a gang of thieves. |
| Sachar HOLES Stanley, wrongfully found guilty of stealing a pair of
sneakers, is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert. |
| Shreve
GOODBYE, AMANDA THE GOOD Between the
6th and 7th grades, Amanda, who has always been angelic, rebels, changes her ways, and becomes a hellion. |
| Skurzynski THE
HUNTED The Landon family sets out to discover why young grizzly bears are disappearing from Glacier National Park. |
| Soto SUMMER ON WHEELS Hector and Mando take a bike ride from their barrio home in
Los Angeles to Santa Monica. |
| Strasser SHARK BITE 12-year-old Ian must take command of a sailboat during a freak storm
that critically injures his leader. |
| Wallace FERRET IN THE BEDROOM, LIZARDS IN THE FRIDGE Liz tells here zoologist father
that he must get rid of all the unusual animals in the house scaring her friends so that she can win the 6th grade presidency. |
| Wright THE DOLLHOUSE MURDERS
Dolls in a dollhouse come to life in this mystery about long-ago murders. |
| OLD-FASHIONED FAMILY STORIES |
| Alcott LITTLE WOMEN The four March sisters are
growing up in New England during the Civil War. |
| Blos GATHERING OF DAYS The diary of a fourteen-year-old girl as she is growing up on a New Hampshire farm in the 1830s records such
things as her father's remarriage and the death of her best friend. |
| Brink
CADDIE WOODLAWN Caddie is an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on a Wisconsin
farm in the 1860s. |
| Cleary HENRY HUGGINS
Because Henry lives on Klickitat Street, he is sometimes lost in the shadow of his neighbors the Quimbys, Beezus and Ramona; however, he has a dog Ribsy who is
always leading him into trouble. |
| Estes MOFFATS Although poor, a mother and her four children have a fun and surprise-filled life. First in a series of books about the Moffat
family. |
| Fisher UNDERSTOOD BETSY Elizabeth, a frail, anxious orphan, is sent to live with cousins in
rural Vermont where she is transformed into a sturdy, independent, understood girl. |
| Haas UNBROKEN In 1910 Vermont, orphaned Harriet's only inheritance is an unbroken colt; she is sent to live with embittered elderly
relatives whose secrets she gradually learns and hearts she opens. |
| Haywood "B" IS FOR
BETSY Betsy experiences an interesting first year of school and looks forward to summer on her grandfather's farm. |
| Holm OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA May Amelia is the first Finnish-American girl born on the
Naselle River in Washington in 1887; after seven boys, she is considered a miracle. |
| L'Engle MEET THE AUSTINS The life
of the Austin family is changed by the arrival of young self-centered Maggie Hamilton, orphaned by the sudden death of her pilot father. |
| Leppard MANDIE AND THE SECRET TUNNEL In 1900, Mandie is searching her dead
uncle's mansion for a missinng will when she finds a secret tunnel. |
| Lord
IN THE YEAR OF THE BOAR AND JACKIE ROBINSON Shirley Temple Wong arrives in Brooklyn able to speak only two words of English,
discovers baseball, first becoming a fan and then a player, and works her way into the American dream. |
| Lowry ANASTASIA KRUPNIK The
heroine's name marks the beginning of an affectionate, comic series about the Krupnik family, Anastasia and her younger brother Sam in particular, living in a contemporary
Boston suburb. |
| MacLachlan SARAH, PLAIN
AND TALL When Anna and Caleb meet their father's mail-order bride, they want her to stay with them on their prairie farm. |
| McCloskey HOMER PRICE These six episodes in the life of Homer Price include one in which he
and his pet skunk capture four bandits. |
| Montgomery ANNE OF GREEN GABLES In this first book of a six-book series, Anne Shirley moves to Canada's Prince Edward Island when she is
adopted by an elderly brother and sister who are expecting a boy. |
| Naylor
MAUDIE IN THE MIDDLE Growing up in the early 1900s, eight-year-old Maudie, the middle of seven children and the one who seems to
attract nothing but trouble, longs to be noticed for herself. |
| Porter
POLLYANNA When orphaned eleven-year-old
Pollyanna goes to live with her austere aunt, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her aunt and other members of the community. |
| Sidney FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND HOW THEY GREW A fatherless, impoverished family is
befriended by a wealthy gentleman. |
| Sorensen MIRACLE ON MAPLE HILL Marly and her family share many
adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hill. |
| Taylor
ALL-OF-A-KIND FAMILY
There are five books in this series about a close-knit Jewish family of five sisters and one brother living on New York City's Lower East Side in the early 1900s.
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| Uchida JAR OF DREAMS This is the first of three books
about Rinko, a Japanese-American girl growing up in Berkeley, California, in the 1930s. |
| Warner BOXCAR CHILDREN Four orphaned children build a home for themselves so that they can stay a family. |
| Wiggin REBECCA OF
SUNNYBROOK FARM Rebecca is a spunky, curious girl living in a quiet Maine community of the 19th century. |
| Wilder LITTLE HOUSE IN THE BIG WOODS In this first book in a series about Laura's growing up, she and her family pioneer in
Wisconsin. |
Step-Up BooksEasy Chapter Books in the Juvenile Fiction Section
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| Bendall-Brunello SEVEN-AN-ONE-HALF LABORS OF HERCULES
A young boy tackles a list of chores with disastrous results. |
| Blume
FRECKLE JUICE Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle juice recipe for fifty cents. |
| Brimner CORY COLEMAN, GRAD 2 Seven-year-old
Cory's brithday party is ruined by the class bully who turns out not to be such a bully in the end. |
| Charbonnet SNAKES ARE NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT Although he's not furry and her best friend thinks he's yucky, Annabel loves her new pet
snake. |
| Cresswell ALMOST GOODBYE While collecting things
to sell at a White Elephant sale, two friends are given a lamp with unexpected magical qualities. |
| Dicks GOLIATH'S BIRTHDAY Despite his good intentions, Goliath the dog's behavior jeopardizes the plans for his birthday
party. |
| Duncan THE WONDER KID MEETS THE EVIL LUNCH-SNATCHER
Terrorized by an evil lunch-snatcher at his new school, Brian creates a new super hero, Wonder Kid. |
| Impey DESPERATE FOR A DOG Two sisters who are desperate to get a dog meet with firm opposition from their father, until their family is asked
to take care of a sick neighbor's dog for several weeks. |
| Petersen
THE FIREPLUG IS FIRST
BASE Flea is tired of playing only catcher and outfielder in the Pine Street baseball games. He wants to bat! One day, he gets his chance, and no one knows what hit them.
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| Powling HICCUP HARRY Harry disrupts the school when he
tries to get rid of a bad case of the hiccups. |
| West MONTY, THE DOG WHO WEARS
GLASSES Adventures of Monty, the dog who wears glasses to remind himself to stay out of trouble. |
| Picture Book ClassicsOld and
New |
| Bemelmans MADELINE'S RESCUE
The lively adventures of the twelve famous little girls and Genevieve the dogtake readers once more to Bemelmans' unique and delightful Paris. A CaldecottAward
Book. Full-color illustrations. Copyright ? Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
| Bornstein LITTLE GORILLA Little Gorilla's family and friends try to help him overcome his special growing pains. |
| Brown THE RUNAWAY BUNNY A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.
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| Carle THE VERY HUNGRY
CATERPILLAR The Caterpillar is so hungry that he eats through the pictures on the pages of the book and emerges as a beautiful butterfly. |
| Duvoisin PETUNIA A goose thinks that by carryng
around a book, she will be wise. |
| Flack THE STORY ABOUT PING Since 1933, "The
Story About Ping" has captivated generations of readers, but never before has it been available in a mass-market paperback format. No one can deny the appeal of the
book's hero, the spirited little duck who lives on a boat in the Yangtze River. |
| Freeman CORDUROY A toy bear who has lost a button goes searching for it in a department store. He doesn't find
it, but does find what he really wants--a friend. |
| Gag MILLIONS OF CATS Wanda
Gag's enchanting tale of the very old man who sent off in search of one kitten and returned with "hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of
cats" is an American classic. |
| Henkes LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE
Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is sorry
later. |
| Hoban BEDTIME FOR FRANCES A
little badger comes up with one scheme after another to put off going to bed. |
| Hutchins ROSIE'S WALK The Fox is after Rosie, but Rosie doesn't know it. Unwittingly, she leads him into one disaster after the other,
each funnier than the last. To enjoy Rosie's walk as much as Rosie does, just look inside! |
| Kasza WOLF'S CHICKEN STEW In an effort to fatten up Mrs. Chicken for his delicious stew, Wolf unwittingly makes some new friends. The
wolf is an endearing critter whose expressions run the gamut from sly to shy to downright lovable. |
| Keats PETER'S CHAIR Peter learns to accept the new baby sister in the family in this endearing story of sibling rivalry. |
| Kraus WHOSE MOUSE ARE YOU? A lonely little mouse has
to be resourceful in order to bring his family back together. |
| Lionni
ALEXANDER AND THE WIND-UP MOUSE Alexander longs to be a wind-up mouse like his girlfriend Willie until he finds that Willie has been
thrown out with other cast-off toys. |
| London FROGGY GETS DRESSED
Rambunctious Froggy hops out into the snow for a winter frolic, but is called back by his mother to put on some necessary articles of clothing. |
| McCloskey MAKE WAY FOR
DUCKLINGS A family of baby ducks is helped through the streets of Boston by a friendly policeman. |
| McPhail PIGS APLENTY, PIGS GALORE One minute, the narrator is quietly reading. The next, pigs are descending on his house--and head--in every
imaginable getup, by every available means, from every possible place. |
| Numeroff IF YOU GIVE A MOUSE A COOKIE Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader
through a young child's day. |
| Petersham THE CIRCUS BABY Disaster
results when mother elephant decides to treat her baby like a human. |
| Rey
CURIOUS GEORGE
The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into considerable trouble. |
| Shaw SHEEP IN A JEEP A group of sheep has misadventures when they go riding in a jeep. |
| Slobodkina CAPS FOR SALE When a cap peddler wakes up
from a nap and looks up into a tree, he sees countless monkeys, each wearing one of his caps. |
| Steig SYLVESTER AND THE MAGIC PEBBLE A young donkey finds a pebble able to grant wishes. Unfortunately, one of his wishes is to turn
himself into a rock. |
| Stoeke A HAT FOR MINERVA LOUISE The other chickens
hate snowy mornings. But not Minerva Louise! To her a snowy day-like everything else- is an adventure. But this chilly, chipper hen needs something to keep her warm. What she
finds-and how she finds it -will keep young readers cackling. |
| Suteev
CHICK AND THE
DUCKLING Hatched at the same time, the chick does fine imitating the duckling until the latter goes for a swim. |
| Viorst ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE,
HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY Viorst's classic tale of a little boy who must accept the reality that "some days are like that," when everything he
does goes awry, is one of her most popular works. |
| Waber IRA SLEEPS OVER A little boy
is excited at the prospect of spending the night at his friend's house but worries how he'll get along without his teddy bear. |
| Wood LITTLE MOUSE, THE RED RIPE STRAWBERRY, AND THE BIG
HUNGRY BEAR Who likes strawberries? The mouse does. The bear does. But the reader plays the key role. |
| Zion HARRY THE DIRTY DOG A
rabbit helps a little girl search for the perfect birthday present for her mother. |
| Zolotow MR. RABBIT AND THE LOVELY PRESENT
A rabbit helps a little girl search for the perfect birthday present for her mother. |
| Fast Read AloudsThese books are great bedtime read-alouds. Each chapter is a
short story. Each book can be found in Fiction under the author's last name. |
| Kipling, Rudyard Just-so-Stories |
Lester, Julius
The Tales of Uncle Remus
The More Tales
of Uncle Remus
The Further Tales of Uncle Remus
The
Last Tales of Uncle Remus
OR
Uncle Remus: The complete tales |
McClosesky, Robert
Home Price
Centerburg Tales |
MacDonald, Betty
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm
|
Sachar, Louis
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Wayside School is Falling Down
Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger
|
Soto, Gary
Baseball in April and Other
Stories
Local News: Stories |
Yep, Laurence
The Rainbow People |
| Longer Read Alouds These books are considered classics in Childrens' Literature
and are good family reads. Each book can be found in fictin under the authors last name. |
Burnet, Francis Hodgson
A Little
Princess
The Secret Garden |
Cleary, Beverly
Ellen Tebbits
Emily's Runaway Imagination
Henry Huggins
Otis Spofford
|
Dahl, Roald
Danny,
The Champion of the World
James and the Giant Peach
Matilda |
DeJong, Meindert
The Wheel on the School |
Konigsburg, E.L.
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs.
Basil E. Frankweiler
Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and me,
Elizabeth |
MacLachlan, Patricia
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Skylark
Caleb's Story
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Milne, A.A.
Winnie-the-Pooh
The House at Pooh Corner |
