PICTURE BOOKS

Agee, Jon              MILO’S HAT TRICK

     A bear teaches a magician an amazing trick.

Ahlberg, Janet    EACH PEACH, PEAR, PLUM

Rhyming text has reader searching the illustrations for Mother Goose and fairy tale characters.

Brett, Jan      TROUBLE WITH TROLLS

Treva outsmarts the trolls who are after her dog.

Bunting, Eve        LITTLE BADGER’S JUST-

                        ABOUT BIRTHDAY

Little Badger celebrates with friends who also have just-about birthdays.  

Carle, Eric  “SLOWLY,SLOWLY, SLOWLY,”

                         SAID THE SLOTH

Sloth finally answers all the animals that complain about him.

Cronin, Doreen     DUCK FOR PRESIDENT

Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To governor. And now, perhaps, to the highest office in the land.

dePaola, Tomie     ADELITA: A MEXICAN

                          CINDERELLA STORY

Dillon, Leo       RAP A TAP TAP: HERE’S

                      BOJANGLES THINK OF THAT!

Rhyming description of a famous tap dancer.

Falconer, Ian           OLIVIA SAVES THE CIRCUS

Olivia remembers her circus visit.

Fleming, Denise     ALPHABET UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Mouse builds an alphabet using lots of materials and

tools.

Fox, Mem      KOALU LOU

A little koala bear thinks she must win back her mother’s

love when a sibling arrives.

Hasely, Dennis     A STORY FOR BEAR

Through friendship with a lady, bear discovers the joy of sharing stories.

Henkes, Kevin    WEMBERLY’S ICE CREAM STAR

Wemberly learns patience –like a frosty treat goes

a long way.

Kalman, Maria.    FIREBOAT: THE HEROIC

            ADVENTURES OF THE JOHN L. HARVEY

True story of a retired fireboat that helped on

September 11 in New York.

MacCaulay,David   ANGELO

When Angelo is repairing a church, he rescues a bird.

MacDonald,Alan     PIG IN A WIG

Pig believes she needs a wig to be beautiful.

Martin, Rafe     THE STORYTELLING

                               PRINCESS

A strong-willed princess has an adventure and

chooses her own prince.

Palatini, Margie   THE WEB FILES

Duck detectives solve a barnyard mystery.

Polacco, Patricia     BABUSHKA’S DOLL

When her grandmother’s doll comes to life, the doll behaves badly with surprising results.

Rohmann, Eric   MY FRIEND RABBIT

Mouse’s friend helps him undo the trouble he got mouse into.

.

Salley, Coleen        EPOSSUMONDAS

A possum does silly things by following directions at the

wrong time.           

Shannon, David      DUCK ON A BIKE

Duck masters riding a new bike with surprising fun for

all the barnyard animals

Sis, Peter     MADELENKA’S DOG

Little girl takes an imaginative walk with her “dog.”

Root, Phyllis       KISS THE COW

Little girl refuses to kiss the cow who won’t give milk.

Stevens, Janet    AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH

                                     THE SPOON

Characters from the Mother Goose rhyme, try to find

the dish and spoon.

Teague, Mark         DEAR MRS. LARUE

A dog writes home to complain about obedience school.

Thomassie,Tynia     FELICIANA FEYDRA LEROUX:

                                             A CAJUN TALL TALE

A little girl goes alligator hunting.

Anderson, Laurie Halse  THANK YOU, SARAH: THE 

            WOMAN WHO SAVED THANKSGIVING

Sarah Hale’s persistence and the power of her pen made Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Arnold, Caroline       AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS

Photos of Australia’s unusual animals.

Brenna, Martha        ABE LINCOLN’S HAT

Abe Lincoln carried important papers in his hat.

Chandra, Deborah   GEORGE WASHINGTON’S TEETH

A tongue-in-cheek dental history of our first President

Cherry, Lynne           THE GREAT KAPOK TREE

Animals plead for the life of the rain forest.

Gibbons, Gail             GIANT PANDAS

Facts and information about these endangered animals.

Guiberson, Brenda    CACTUS HOTEL

Animals find shelter and homes in the Saguaro cactus.

               TEDDY ROOSEVELT’S ELK

This president’s boyhood love of animals brought about laws to conserve animals and their habitats.

Houston, Gloria    MY GREAT AUNT ARIZONA

True story of a teacher who never left her mountain home, but whose teaching enabled her students to go far.

Talbott, Hudson    KING ARTHUR: THE SWORD

                                        IN THE STONE

Simple retelling of how the boy Arthur claims his right to the English throne.

        FOLK AND FAIRY TALES

Aardeema, Verna   WHY MOSQUITOES BUZZ IN

                                    PEOPLE’S EARS

       African tale blames mosquito for a series of events

Amoss, Berthe  THE CAJUN GINGERBREAD BOY

Retelling of traditional tale.

Artell, Mike   PETITE ROUGE: A CAJUN RED RIDING

HOOD

A rhyming retelling set in the Louisiana swamp, where a young duck named Petite Rouge sets out to bring her ailing Grand-mŠre a basket filled with bayou fare.

Brett, Jan        THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE

                               COUNTRY MOUSE-

Mice discover the dangers as well as the joy of different ways of life.

Doucet, Sharon   LAPIN PLAYS POSSUM: TRICKSTER

TALES FROM THE LOUISIANA BAYOU

Nobody is as good at being bad as Lapin!

Hayes, Sarah       CANDLEWICK BOOK OF FAIRY

                                      TALES

Kellogg,Steven  PAUL BUNYAN

Tall tale lumberman of pioneer days.

Kimmel, Eric    ANASI AND THE MOSS-COVERED ROCK

Anasi tricks other animals with a magic rock.

Marcellino, Fred      PUSS IN BOOTS

Cat helps his master outwit an ogre and marry a princess.

Mosel,Arlene   THE FUNNY LITTLE WOMAN

While chasing her dumpling, the little woman is captured by wicked Oni.

Paye,Won-Ldy  HEAD, BODY, LEGS

African creation tale about cooperation.

SanSouci, Robert  THE TALKING EGGS

Magic eggs give gifts or surprises.

Taback, Simms     JOSEPH HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT

        A favorite overcoat becomes many things

Young, Ed   LON PO PO

       Chinese Red Riding Hood

Zelinsky, Paul   RAPUNZEL

      A classic princess tale

            FAMILY READ ALOUDS

Burnett, Frances    THE SECRET GARDEN

Orphan girl discovers a secret garden and restores not only the garden but the lives of  others.

dePaola, Tomie       FAVORITE NURSERY TALES

                                BOOK OF BIBLE STORIES

Fleischmaan, Sid      HUMBUG MOUNTAIN

Flint family battles outlaws, crooked riverboat pilots, ghosts, and creditors on the banks of the Missouri River during the 1800’s.

Hurwitz, Johanna     BUSY BODY NORA

Nora likes to know everything happening in her apartment building.

Norton, Mary            THE BORROWERS

Tiny people live in a house borrowing from humans until one is seen.

Potter, Beatrix          TALES OF BEATRIX POTTER

Includes Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddleduck, and many others.

Travers, P.L.           MARY POPPINS

An unusual nanny comes to care for children.

White, E.B.               STUART LITTLE

A mouse is born to a human family.

POETRY

Bagert, Brod         GIANT CHILDREN

Katz, Allan           TAKE ME OUT OF THE BATHTUB

Lansky, Bruce       KIDS PICK THE FUNNIEST POEMS: POEMS

                                  THAT MAKE KIDS LAUGH

Lee, Dennis           THE ICE CREAM STORE

Lewis, J. Patrick     A BURST OF FIRSTS: DOERS, SHAKERS

                                   AND RECORD BREAKERS

Longfellow, Henry   PAUL REVERE’S RIDE

Moss, Jeff             BONE POEMS

Nash, Ogden         THE TALE OF CUSTARD THE DRAGON

Prelutsky, Jack      SCRANIMALS

Silverstein, Shel    WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS

Westcott, Nadine   NEVER TAKE A PIG TO LUNCH

Yolen, Jane           WHAT RHYMES WITH MOON?