CHILTON HOUSE READING LIST
This list is a
suggestion of books to read to your child. Please use your local library to
locate out-of-print titles.
*
Means other books by the same author also recommended.
PICTURE
BOOK CLASSICS
(DonŐt leave
childhood without these)
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Bemelmans,
Ludwig |
Madeline (series) |
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Bond, Michael |
Paddington Bear |
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Brown, Margaret
Wise * |
Goodnight Moon |
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Brunhoff, Jean
de * |
The Story of
Babar |
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Burton, Virginia
Lee * |
Mike Mulligan
and His Steam Shovel |
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Carle, Eric * |
The Very Hungry
Caterpillar |
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Crews, Donald * |
Freight Train |
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Daugherty, James |
Andy and the
Lion |
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De Paola, Tomie * |
Strega Nona |
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Flack, Margorie |
The Story About
Ping |
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Freeman, Don * |
Corduroy |
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Gag, Wanda |
Millions of Cats |
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Johnson,
Crockett * |
Harold and the
Purple Crayon |
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Keats, Ezra Jack
* |
The Snowy Day |
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Leaf, Munro |
The Story of
Ferdinand |
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Lionni, Leo * |
Swimmy |
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McCloskey,
Robert * |
Make Way for
Ducklings |
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Martin, Bill Jr.
* |
Brown Bear,
Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
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Piper, Watty |
The Little
Engine That Could |
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Potter, Beatrix * |
Peter Rabbit
(series) |
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Rey, H.A. * |
Curious George
(series) |
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Sendak, Maurice * |
Where the Wild
Things Are |
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Seuss, Dr. * |
Horton Hears a
Who |
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Slobodkina,
Esphyr |
Caps for Sale |
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Steig, William * |
Doctor De Soto |
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Swift,
Hildegarde |
The Little Red
Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge |
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Udry, Janice May |
A Tree is Nice |
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Waber, Bernard * |
Lyle, Lyle
Crocodile |
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Ward, Lynd |
The Biggest Bear |
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Wells, Rosemary * |
Bunny Money |
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Zion, Gene * |
Harry the Dirty
Dog |
PICTURE
BOOKS (FICTION)
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Asch Frank * |
Happy Birthday
Moon |
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Bannerman, Helen |
The Story of
Little Babaji |
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Christelow,
Eileen * |
Five Little
Monkeys Jumping on the Bed |
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Cronin, Doreen * |
Diary of a Fly
(series) |
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Curtis,
Jamie Lee * |
When I Was
Little |
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Cuyler, Margery |
Skeleton Hiccups |
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Dewdney, Anna * |
Llama, Llama Red
Pajama |
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Donaldson, Julia
* |
The Gruffalo |
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Ehlert, Lois * |
Circus |
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Falconer, Ian |
Olivia (series) |
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Feifer, Jules |
Bark, George |
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Fox, Mem * |
Whoever You Are |
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Gerstein,
Mordicai * |
Carolinda
Chatter |
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Henkes, Kevin * |
LillyŐs Purple
Plastic Purse |
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Hoban, Tana * |
Look Book |
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Holabird, Katherine
* |
Angelina
Ballerina |
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Hutchins, Pat * |
RosieŐs Walk |
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Kaye, Marilyn |
The Real Tooth
Fairy |
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Keller, Holly * |
GeraldineŐs
Blanket |
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Kirk, Daniel |
Snow Dude |
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Kirk, David * |
Little Miss
Spider (series) |
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Kraus, Robert * |
Leo the Late
Bloomer |
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Lester, Helen * |
Hooway for
Wodney Wat |
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London, Jonathan
* |
LetŐs Go Froggy
(series) |
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Mayer, Mercer * |
ThereŐs a
Nightmare in my Closet |
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McCully, Emily
Arnold |
Mirette on the
High Wire |
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McMullan, Kate * |
I Stink! (series) |
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McPhail, David * |
Pig Pig Gets
Dressed |
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Meddaugh, Susan |
Martha Calling
(series) |
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Numeroff, Laura * |
If You Give a
Mouse a Cookie |
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Penn, Audrey |
The Kissing Hand |
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Polacco,
Patricia * |
Thunder Cake |
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Portis,
Antoinette |
Not a Box |
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Reynolds, Peter * |
The Dot |
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Rice, Eve * |
Benny Bakes a
Cake |
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Shannon, David * |
No, David! |
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Slate, Joseph * |
Miss
Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (series) |
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Van Allsburg,
Chris * |
The Polar
Express |
|
Viorst, Judith * |
Nobody Here But
Me |
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Wallace, Nancy * |
The Kindness
Quilt |
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Wells, Rosemary * |
Yoko |
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Wilcoxin, Chuck |
NiccodiniŐs Song |
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Willems, Mo * |
Knuffle Bunny |
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Williams, Linda |
The Little Old
Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything |
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Wood, Audrey * |
The Napping
House |
|
Yolen, Jane * |
How Do Dinosaurs
Go to School? (series) |
|
Zolotow,
Charlotte * |
WilliamŐs Doll |
FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
(Everyone
should know these stories by the end of kindergarten)
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Various illustrators |
AesopŐs Fables |
|
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Boy Who Cried
Wolf |
|
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City Mouse,
Country Mouse |
|
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Cinderella |
|
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Elves and the
Shoemaker |
|
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EmperorŐs New
Clothes |
|
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Gingerbread Man
(or Gingerbread Boy) |
|
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Hansel and
Gretel |
|
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Henny Penny (or
Chicken Little) |
|
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Jack and the
Beanstalk |
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Little Red Hen |
|
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Little Red
Riding Hood |
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Puss in Boots |
|
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Rapunzel |
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Rumplestiltskin |
|
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Sleeping Beauty |
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Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs |
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Three Bears |
|
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Three Billy
Goats Gruff |
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Three Little
Pigs |
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Thumbelina |
|
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Ugly Duckling |
FOLK
AND FAIRY TALES
(Suggested
versions)
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Bryan, Ashley |
Beautiful
Blackbird |
|
Brett, Jan * |
The Mitten |
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Deedy, Carmine |
Martina the
Beautiful Cockroach |
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Englebreit, Mary |
Mary
EnglebreitŐs Nursery Tales |
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Ernst, Lisa
Campbell * |
The Gingerbread
Girl |
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Galdone, Paul * |
The Three Billy
Goats Gruff |
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Geist, Ken |
The Three Little
Fish and the Big Bad Shark |
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Kimmel, Eric * |
The Gingerbread
Man |
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Marshall, James * |
Little Red
Riding Hood |
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McDermott,
Gerald * |
Anansi the
Spider |
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Mosel, Arlene * |
Tikki Tikki
Tembo |
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Santore, Charles
|
AesopŐs Fables |
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Scieszka, Jon * |
The True Story
of the 3 Little Pigs |
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Steptoe, John |
MufaroŐs
Beautiful Daughters |
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Wattenberg, Jane |
Henny Penny |
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Zelinsky, Paul |
Rumpelstiltskin |
MOTHER
GOOSE AND POETRY
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Crews, Nina |
The Neighborhood
Mother Goose |
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De Paola, Tomie * |
Tomie De PaolaŐs
Mother Goose |
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Englebreit, Mary |
Mary
EnglebreitŐs Mother Goose |
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Lobel, Arnold * |
Random House
Book of Mother Goose |
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Opie, Iona |
My Very First
Mother Goose |
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Rader, Laura |
Mother HubbardŐs
Cupboard |
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Scarry, Richard * |
Richard ScarryŐs
Best Mother Goose Ever |
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Trapani, Iza * |
The Itsy Bitsy
Spider |
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Wells, Rosemary * |
Here Comes
Mother Goose |
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Brown, Marc * |
Hand Rhymes |
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Florian, Doug * |
Mammalabilia |
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Graham, Joan |
Flicker Flash |
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Lesynski, Loris |
Zig zag: (zoems
for zindergarten) |
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Lewis, J.
Patrick |
Doodle Dandies |
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Lindbergh, Reeve |
The Midnight
Farm |
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Prelutsky, Jack * |
Read-Aloud
Rhymes for the Very Young |
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Scieszka, Jon |
Big Noisy Book
of Truckery Rhymes |
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Yolen, Jane * |
HereŐs a Little
Poem |
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Zahares, Wade |
Big, Bad, and a
Little Bit Scary |
ABC
– COUNTING – COLORS
|
Ernst, Lisa
Campbell * |
Turn-Around,
Upside-Down Alphabet Book |
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Janovitz,
Marilyn |
A, B, See! |
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Johnson, Stephen |
Alphabet City |
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Martin, Bill Jr.
* |
Chicka Chicka
Boom Boom |
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Metropolitan
Museum of Art |
Museum ABC |
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Seeger, Laura
Vaccaro * |
The Hidden
Alphabet |
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Sloat, Terri, |
From One to One
Hundred |
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Wood, Audrey * |
Alphabet
Adventure |
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Bang, Molly * |
Ten, Nine, Eight |
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Crews, Donald * |
Ten Black Dots |
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McMillan, Bruce |
Eating Fractions |
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Walsh, Ellen * |
Mouse Count |
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Ehlert, Lois * |
Color Farm (also
Color Zoo) |
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Hoban, Tana * |
Colors
Everywhere |
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Pinkney, Sandra |
A Rainbow All
Around Me |
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Walsh, Ellen * |
Mouse Paint |
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Yenawine, Philip |
Colors |
BOOKS
WITH MOVEABLE PARTS
|
Bender &
Bender |
Ribbit! |
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Carter, David * |
Bugs in Boxes
(series) |
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Cousins, Lucy * |
Maisy Goes
Swimming (series) |
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Faulkner, Keith |
The Wide-Mouthed
Frog |
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Hill, Eric * |
WhereŐs Spot?
(series) |
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McGinness, Elle * |
Bee and Me |
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Pienkowski, Jan * |
Dinner Time |
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Seder, Rufus
Butler * |
Gallop! |
|
Van Fleet,
Matthew * |
Tails |
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Zelinsky, Paul |
The Wheels on
the Bus |
STORIES
WITHOUT WORDS
|
Briggs, Raymond |
The Snowman |
|
De Paola, Tomie
* |
Pancakes for
Breakfast |
|
Mayer, Mercer * |
Frog Goes to
Dinner |
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McCully, Emily
Arnold * |
School |
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Nyeu, Tao |
Wonder Bear |
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Pinkney, Brian * |
The Lion and the
Mouse |
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Rathmann, Peggy
* |
Goodnight
Gorilla |
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Ward, Lynd * |
The Silver Pony |
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Wilson, April |
April WilsonŐs
Magpie Magic |
BEGINNING
READERS
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Berenstain, Stan
* |
Bears on Wheels
(series) |
|
Capucilla,
Alyssa * |
Biscuit (series) |
|
Eastman, P.D, * |
Are You My
Mother? |
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Hall, Katy * |
Bunny Riddles
(series) |
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Hills, Tad * |
Knock, Knock,
WhoŐs There? |
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Hoff, Sid * |
Danny and the
Dinosaur |
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Lobel, Arnold * |
Frog and Toad
are Friends (series) |
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Minarik, Else
Holmelund |
Little Bear
(series) |
|
Parish, Peggy * |
Amelia Bedelia
(series) |
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Perkins, Al * |
Hand, Hand,
Fingers, Thumb |
|
Random House (publisher) |
Step into
Reading – step 1 (Preschool –Grade 1) |
|
Random House |
Beginner Books
– Bright and Early |
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Rylant, Cynthia
* |
Henry and Mudge
(series) |
|
Rylant, Cynthia |
Poppleton
(series) |
|
Rylant, Cynthia |
Mr. Putter and
Tabby (series) |
|
Scieszka, Jon * |
Jon ScieszkaŐs
Trucktown (series) |
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Seuss, Dr. * |
Dr. SeussŐs ABC |
|
Van Leeuwen,
Jean * |
Amanda Pig
(series) |
|
Willems, Mo * |
Cat the cat (series) |
|
Willems, Mo |
Elephant and
Piggy (series) |
NON-FICTION
|
Arnold, Katya |
Elephants Can
Paint Too |
|
Barton, Byron * |
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs |
|
Bingham,
Caroline * |
Fire Truck |
|
Bishop, Nic * |
Frogs |
|
Cole, Joanna * |
Hungry, Hungry
Sharks |
|
Eye Openers
(series) |
Trains (more
titles) Macmillan
Publishers |
|
Eye Know
(series) |
Reptiles Dorling Kindersley
Publishers |
|
First Discovery
Books (series) |
Dinosaurs (more
titles) Scholastic
Publishers |
|
Freymann, Saxton * |
Food for Thought
|
|
Himmelman, John * |
A House SpiderŐs
Life (more titles) Nature Upclose
series – ChildrenŐs Press |
|
Hoban, Tana * |
Push-Pull-Empty-Full |
|
Jolivet, Jolle |
Zoo-ology |
|
Komiya, Teruyuki |
Life-Size Zoo |
|
Krauss, Ruth * |
The Carrot Seed |
|
Maynard,
Christopher |
Jobs People Do |
|
Mitton, Tony * |
Roaring Rockets |
|
Pringle,
Laurence * |
Dinosaurs
Strange and Wonderful |
|
Rockwell, Anne * |
The Emergency
Room |
|
See How They
Grown (series) |
Fox (more
titles) |
|
|
Dorling
Kindersley Publisher |
|
Thomson, Sarah * |
Amazing Snakes |
|
Vehicle Mania
(series) |
Motorcycle Mania
(more titles) Gareth Stevens
Publishers |
|
WhatŐs Inside?
(series) |
My Body (more
titles) Dorling Kindersley
Publisher |
|
Yorke, Jane |
Big Book of
Trains (series) Dorling
Kindersley Publisher |