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Kindergarten Book List

Picture Book Read Alouds for the Classroom
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer (HarperCollins)
Bunny Cakes and other Bunny books by Rosemary Wells (Dial)

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Cowboy Baby by Sue Heap (Candlewick)

Daisy and the Beastie and other Daisy books by Jane Simmons (Little, Brown)
The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Doctor Desoto by William Steig (FSG)
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop, illus. by Betsy Lewin (Henry Holt)

Elizabeti’s Doll and other Elizabeti books by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, illus. by Christy Hale (Lee & Low)

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle (HarperCollins)

Good Morning, Sam and other Sam books by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood)
Gossie & Gertie and other Gossie books by Olivier Dunrea (HMCo.)

Hooway for Wodney Wat! by Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (HMCo.)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen, illus. by Mark Teague (Scholastic)

In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (Henry Holt)

Julius Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Julius’s Candy Corn by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Lilly’s Chocolate Heart by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Max’s Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells (Putnam)
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate, illus. by Ashley Wolff (Dutton)
Miss Spider’s Wedding by David Kirk (Scholastic)
Mr. Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley (Tiger Tales)
My Dad by Anthony Browne (FSG)

No David! and other David books by David Shannon (Scholastic)

Off to School, Baby Duck! and others in the series by Amy Hest, illus. by Jill Barton (Candlewick)
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Old Blue Buggy by Fran Swift, illus. by Carol Thompson (Dutton)
Olivia and other Olivia books by Ian Falconer (Simon & Schuster)
Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Owen’s Marshmallow Chick by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig (HarperCollins)

Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tolhurst, illus, by Simone Abel (Orchard)
Suddenly! by Colin McNaughton (Harcourt)

Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (Philomel)
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! by George Shannon, illus. by Laura Dronzek (HarperCollins)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Philomel)

Wake Up, Big Barn! by Suzanne Tanner Chitwood (Scholastic)
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)

Novels for Reading Aloud in the Classroom
Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith (Crown)

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (HarperCollins)
Clever Lollipop by Dick King-Smith (Candlewick)

Hedgehogs in the Hall and other Animal Ark titles by Ben Baglio (Scholastic)
Hugh Pine by Janwillen Vandewetering, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (HMCo.)

Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith (Candlewick)

Stuart Little by E. B. White (HarperCollins)

Pattern Books
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., illus. by Eric Carle (Henry Holt)

The House that Jack Built by Jeanette Winter (Dial)

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Taback (Putnam)
I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illus. by Julie Vivas (Gulliver/HBJ)
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino, illus. by Steven Kellogg (Scholastic)

Miss Polly Has A Dolly retold by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Elicia Castaldi (Putnam)

Old MacDonald Had A Woodshop by Lisa M. Shulman, illus. by Ashley Wolff (Putnam)

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin, Jr., illus. by Eric Carle (Henry Holt)

The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Henry Holt)

This is the House that Jack Built by Simms Taback (Putnam)
To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda, illus. by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)

Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass & Philomen Sturges, illus. by Ashley Wolff (Little, Brown)

Cumulative Tales
I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Taback (Putnam)

This is the House that Jack Built by Simms Taback (Putnam)
The House that Jack Built by Jeanette Winter (Dial)

My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman, illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Crown)

The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood (Harcourt)

One Hungry Monster by Susan Heyboer O’Keefe, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (Little,
Brown)
One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux)
Over In the Meadow retold by Paul Galdone (Simon & Schuster)
Over in the Meadow retold by Louise Voce (Candlewick)

The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel, illus. by David Diaz (Lee & Low)

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)

The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood (Harcourt)

One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux)

Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle (Simon & Schuster)
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins (Simon & Schuster)

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)

ABC Books
Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Debora Pearson, illus. by Edward Miller (Holiday House)

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault (Simon and Schuster)

Firefighters from A to Z by Chris Demarest (McElderry Books)

The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin (Scholastic)

Into the A, B, Sea: An Ocean Alphabet by Deborah Lee Rose, illus. by Steve Jenkins (Scholastic)

K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo by Giles Andreae, illus. by Guy Parker-Rees (Orchard)

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth, illus. by Stephen Gammell (Henry Holt)

The Racecar Alphabet by Brian Floca (Atheneum)

Mother Goose Books
Baby Goose by Kate McMullan, illus. by Pascal Lamaitre (Hyperion)

Monster Goose by Judy Sierra, illus. by Jack E. Davis (Harcourt)
My Very First Mother Goose collected by Iona Opie, illus. by Rosemary Wells (Candlewick)

The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews (Greenwillow)

Will Moses Mother Goose by Will Moses (Philomel)

Phonemic Awareness Books
Ook the Book: And Other Silly Rhymes by Lissa Rovetch, illus. by Shannon McNeill (Chronicle)

Rhyme
Dr. Seuss – everything!

Little Bunny Foo Foo retold and sung by The Good Fairy, illus. by Paul Brett Johnson (Scholastic)

The Eensy-Weensy Spider and others by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott (Little, Brown)

I Knew Two Who Said Moo: A Counting and Rhyming Book by Judi Barrett, illus. by Daniel Moreton (Simon & Schuster)

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? and others in the series by Nancy White Carlstrom, illus. by Bruce Degen (Simon & Schuster)

Little Bunny Foo Foo retold and sung by The Good Fairy, illus. by Paul Brett Johnson (Scholastic)

The Monster Bed by Jeanne Willis, illus. by Susan Varley (HarperCollins)

Oh My Gosh, Mrs. McNosh and others in the series by Sarah Weeks, illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott (HarperCollins)

Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce McMillan (Harcourt)

Repetition
Dr. Seuss – everything!

Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed by Eileen Christelow (Houghton Mifflin)

Is This A House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald, illus. by S.D. Schindler (Orchard)

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, illus. by Megan Lloyd (HarperCollins)

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood (Harcourt)

Alliteration
Dr. Seuss – everything!

Clara the Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

Dinorella by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (Hyperion)

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Antics by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (Hyperion)

Poetry
The Bugs in Teacher’s Coffee and Other School Poems by Kalli Dakos, illus. by Mike Reed (HarperTrophy)

Good for You! Toddler Rhymes for Toddler Times by Stephanie Calmenson, illus. by Melissa Sweet (HarperCollins)

A Pet for Me selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illus. by Jane Manning (HarperCollins)

Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other silly dilly songs by Alan Katz, illus. by David Catrow (McElderry Books)

Little Dog Poems by Kristine O’Connell George (Clarion)

Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O’Connell George (Clarion)

Readers Theatre
Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers by Suzanne I. Barchers (Teacher Ideas Press)

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First Grade Book List

Picture Book Read Alouds for the Classroom
Baghead by Jarrett Krosoczka (Knopf)
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer (HarperCollins)
Beware of Boys by Tony Blundell (Greenwillow)
Bunny Cakes and other Bunny books by Rosemary Wells (Dial)

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Dorren Cronin, illus. by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster)
Cowboy Baby by Sue Heap (Candlewick)

Daisy and the Beastie and other Daisy books by Jane Simmons (Little, Brown)
The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Doctor Desoto by William Steig (FSG)
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop, illus. by Betsy Lewin (Henry Holt)

Elizabeti’s Doll and other Elizabeti books by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, illus. by Christy Hale (Lee & Low)

Heckedy Peg by Audrey and Don Wood (Harcourt)
Hooway for Wodney Wat! by Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (HMCo.)

Good Morning, Sam and other Sam books by Marie-Louise Gay (Groundwood)
Gossie & Gertie and other Gossie books by Olivier Dunrea (HMCo.)
The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Mark Teague (Scholastic)
The Great White Man-Eating Shark by Margaret Mahy (Dial)

Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen, illus. by Mark Buehner (HarperCollins)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen, illus. by Mark Teague (Scholastic)

Julius Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Julius’s Candy Corn by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Lilly’s Chocolate Heart by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Miss Spider’s Wedding by David Kirk (Scholastic)
Mr. Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley (Tiger Tales)

No David! and other David books by David Shannon (Scholastic)

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Olivia and other Olivia books by Ian Falconer (Simon & Schuster)
Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Owen’s Marshmallow Chick by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Patches Lost and Found by Steven Kroll, illus. by Barry Gott (Winslow Press)
Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig (HarperCollins)

The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill (Scholastic)

Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tolhurst, illus, by Simone Abel (Orchard)
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)
Suddenly! by Colin McNaughton (Harcourt)

Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (Philomel)
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! by George Shannon, illus. by Laura Dronzek (HarperCollins)
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking)

Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Wemberly’s Ice-Cream Star by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)

Zinnia and Dot by Lisa Campbell Ernst (Viking)

Non-Fiction
All About Sharks and other titles by Jim Arnosky (Scholastic)
Animals Asleep by Sneed B. Collard III, illus. by Anik McGrory (HMCo.)

Beaks! by Sneed B. Collard III, illus. by Robin Brickman (Charlesbridge)

Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones and other titles by Ruth Heller (Grosset & Dunlap)

From Wax to Crayon by Robin Nelson (Lerner)

The House that Jack Built by Jeanette Winter (Dial)

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Taback (Putnam)
I Took A Walk by Henry Cole (Greenwillow)
I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illus. by Julie Vivas (Gulliver/HBJ)

Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino, illus. by Steven Kellogg (Scholastic)
On the Way to the Beach by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)
One Small Place by the Sea by Barbara Brenner, illus. by Tom Leonard (HarperCollins)

Polar Bears and other titles by Gail Gibbons (Holiday House)
Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce McMillan (Harcourt)

Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley, photos by Nic Bishop (Scholastic)
The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson (Knopf)
Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger, illus. by S.D. Schindler (HarperCollins)

Pattern Books
The House that Jack Built by Jeanette Winter (Dial)

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Taback (Putnam)
I Went Walking by Sue Williams, illus. by Julie Vivas (Gulliver/HBJ)
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino, illus. by Steven Kellogg (Scholastic)
Old MacDonald Had A Woodshop by Lisa M. Shulman, illus. by Ashley Wolff
(Putnam)

To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda, illus. by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)

The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Henry Holt)

This is the House that Jack Built by Simms Taback (Putnam)

Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass & Philomen Sturges, illus. by Ashley Wolff (Little, Brown)

Cumulative Tales
The House that Jack Built by Jeanette Winter (Dial)

I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Taback (Putnam)

My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman, illus. by Kevin Hawkes (Crown)

The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood (Harcourt)

One Hungry Monster by Susan Heyboer O’Keefe, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (Little, Brown)
One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux)

The Pot That Juan Built by Nancy Andrews-Goebel, illus. by David Diaz (Lee & Low)

This is the House that Jack Built by Simms Taback (Putnam)

Circle Stories
The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Mark Teague (Scholastic)

A House for a Hermit Crab by Eric Carle (Simon & Schuster)

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff, illus. by Felicia Bond (HarperCollins)

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey (Viking)

The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood (Harcourt)

One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz (Farrar, Straus, & Giroux)

Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle (Simon & Schuster)
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins (Simon & Schuster)

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)

ABC Books
Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Debora Pearson, illus. by Edward Miller (Holiday House)
Avalanche by Michael Rosen, illus. by David Butler (Candlewick)

The Beetle Alphabet Book and other alphabet books by Jerry Palotta, illus. by David Biedrzycki (Charlesbridge)

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault (Simon and Schuster)

Firefighters from A to Z by Chris Demarest (McElderry Books)

The Handmade Alphabet by Laura Rankin (Scholastic)

Into the A, B, Sea: An Ocean Alphabet by Deborah Lee Rose, illus. by Steve Jenkins (Scholastic)

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth, illus. by Stephen Gammell (Henry Holt)

The Racecar Alphabet by Brian Floca (Atheneum)

Mother Goose Books
The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose compiled and illus. by Arnold Lobel (Knopf)

Baby Goose by Kate McMullan, illus. by Pascal Lamaitre (Hyperion)

Hey, Diddle, Diddle compiled and illus. by Linda Bronson (Henry Holt)

Monster Goose by Judy Sierra, illus. by Jack E. Davis (Harcourt)
My Very First Mother Goose collected by Iona Opie, illus. by Rosemary Wells (Candlewick)

The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews (Greenwillow)

Will Moses Mother Goose by Will Moses (Philomel)

Phonemic Awareness Books
Ook the Book: And Other Silly Rhymes by Lissa Rovetch, illus. by Shannon McNeill (Chronicle)

Rhyme
Dr. Seuss – everything!

Little Bunny Foo Foo retold and sung by The Good Fairy, illus. by Paul Brett Johnson (Scholastic)

The Eensy-Weensy Spider and others by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott (Little, Brown)

I Knew Two Who Said Moo: A Counting and Rhyming Book by Judi Barrett, illus. by Daniel Moreton (Simon & Schuster)

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? and others in the series by Nancy White Carlstrom, illus. by Bruce Degen (Simon & Schuster)

Little Bunny Foo Foo retold and sung by The Good Fairy, illus. by Paul Brett Johnson (Scholastic)

The Monster Bed by Jeanne Willis, illus. by Susan Varley (HarperCollins)

Oh My Gosh, Mrs. McNosh and others in the series by Sarah Weeks, illus. by Nadine Bernard Westcott (HarperCollins)

Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce McMillan (Harcourt)

Repetition
Dr. Seuss – everything!
Don’t Fidget a Feather by Erica Silverman, illus. by S.D. Schindler (Simon & Schuster)

Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed by Eileen Christelow (Houghton Mifflin)

Is This A House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald, illus. by S.D. Schindler (Orchard)

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, illus. by Megan Lloyd (HarperCollins)

Nathaniel Willy, Scared Silly by Judith Mathews, illus. by Alexi Natchev (Simon & Schuster)

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood (Harcourt)

Alliteration
Dr. Seuss – everything!

Clara the Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

Dinorella by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (Hyperion)

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

The Long, Long Letter by Elizabeth Spurr, illus. by David Catrow (Hyperion)

Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Antics by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole (Hyperion)

Poetry
Big, Bad and a Little Bit Scary: Poems that Bite Back illus. by Wade Zahares (Viking)
The Bugs in Teacher’s Coffee and Other School Poems by Kalli Dakos, illus. by Mike Reed (HarperTrophy)

The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders and other collections by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Petra Mathers (HarperCollins)

Good for You! Toddler Rhymes for Toddler Times by Stephanie Calmenson, illus. by Melissa Sweet (HarperCollins)

I’m Still Here in the Bathtub: Brand New Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz, illus. by David Catrow (McElderry Books)
In the Swim and other collections by Douglas Florian (Harcourt)
Insectlopedia and other collections by Douglas florian (Harcourt)

Little Dog Poems by Kristine O’Connell George (Clarion)
Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O’Connell George (Clarion)

Monster Goose by Judy Sierra, illus. by Jack E. Davis (Harcourt)

A Pet for Me selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illus. by Jane Manning (HarperCollins)

Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other silly dilly songs by Alan Katz, illus. by David Catrow (McElderry Books)

Early Beginning Readers
Monkey Trouble and others in this extensive series (Brand New Readers) put out by Candlewick Press and found in local bookstores.

Beginning Readers
Breakout at the Bug Lab by Ruth Horowitz, illus. by Joan Holub (Dial)

Days With Frog and Toad and others in this series by Arnold Lobel (HarperCollins)

Elvis the Rooster Almost Goes to Heaven and others in this series by Denys Cazet (HarperCollins)
Emma’s Yucky Brother and others in this series by Jean Little, illus. by Jennifer Plecas (HarperCollins)

Good Night, Good Knight and others in this series by Shelley Moore Thomas, illus. by Jennifer Plecas (Dutton)

Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps and others in this series by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Sucie Stevenson (Simon & Shuster)

Iris and Walter: The Sleepover and others in this series by Elissa Haden Guest, illus.
by Christine Davenier (Harcourt)

Little Rat Sets Sail and others in this series by Monika Bang-Campbell, illus. by Molly Bang (Harcourt)

Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon and others in this series by Denys Cazet (DK Publishing & HarperCollins)
Mr. Putter and Tabby Bake the Cake and others in this series by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Arthur Howard (Harcourt)

Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends and others in this series by Kate McMullan, illus. by R.W. Alley (Dial)
Poppleton Has Fun and others in this series by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Mark Teague (Scholastic)

Ribbit Riddles by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg, illus. by Robert Bender (Dial)

Tiny Goes to the Library and others in this series by Cari Meister, illus. by Rich Davis (Viking)

The Viper by Lisa Thiesing (Dutton)

Reading Poems/Plays for Fluency
Poems in Two Voices by Paul Fleischman (HarperCollins)

You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Michael Emberly (Little, Brown)
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman, illus. by Michael Emberly (Little, Brown)

Readers Theatre
Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers by Suzanne I. Barchers (Teacher Ideas Press)

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Second Grade Book List

Picture Book Read Alouds for the Classroom
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert, illus. by Anita Lobel (Knopf)
Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketteman, illus. by Keith Graves (Scholastic)

Baghead by Jarrett Krosoczka (Knopf)
Beware of Boys by Tony Blundell (Greenwillow)
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl by Virginia Hamilton, illus. by James Ransome (Scholastic)
Bubba and Beau: Best Friends and others in this series by Kathi Appelt, illus. by Arthur Howard (Harcourt)

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Dorren Cronin, illus. by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster)

Daisy and the Beastie and other Daisy books by Jane Simmons (Little, Brown)
The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Dear Bear by Joanna Harrison (Lerner Publishing)
Doctor Desoto by William Steig (FSG)
Dogbreath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis by Dav Pilkey (Blue Sky Press)
Dogzilla and Kat King by Dav Pilkey (Harcourt)
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop, illus. by Betsy Lewin (Henry Holt)

Elizabeti’s Doll and other Elizabeti books by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, illus. by Christy Hale (Lee & Low)

Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack, illus. by Rachel Isadora (Dial)

The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Mark Teague (Scholastic)
The Great White Man-Eating Shark by Margaret Mahy (Dial)

Hallowiener by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
Heckedy Peg by Audrey and Don Wood (Harcourt)
Hooway for Wodney Wat! by Helen Lester, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (HMCo.)
Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen, illus. by Mark Buehner (HarperCollins)

Julius Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport, illus. by Bryan Collier (Hyperion)
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (Viking)
Miss Spider’s Wedding by David Kirk (Scholastic)
Mr. Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley (Tiger Tales)

No David! and other David books by David Shannon (Scholastic)

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Olivia and other Olivia books by Ian Falconer (Simon & Schuster)
Owen by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Patches Lost and Found by Steven Kroll, illus. by Barry Gott (Winslow Press)
Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig (HarperCollins)
Poppa’s New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis, illus. by John Ward (Holiday House)
Prince William by Gloria Rand, illus. Ted Rand (Henry Holt)

Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Putnam)
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill (Scholastic)

Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Putnam)
Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tolhurst, illus, by Simone Abel (Orchard)
Something From Nothing by Pheobe Gilman (Scholastic)
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking)
Straight to the Pole by Kevin O’Malley (Walker)
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)
Suddenly! by Colin McNaughton (Harcourt)

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, illus. by Helen Oxenbury (McElderry Books)
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (Philomel)
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go! by George Shannon, illus. by Laura Dronzek (HarperCollins)
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking)

We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. by Diane Greenseid (Hyperion)
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)

Zinnia and Dot by Lisa Campbell Ernst (Viking)
Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa by Gerald McDermott (Harcourt)

Novels for Reading Aloud in the Classroom
Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith (Crown)

Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (HarperCollins)
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Catling (Bantam Doubleday Dell)
Clever Lollipop by Dick King-Smith (Candlewick)

The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth (Little, Brown)

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume (Simon & Schuster)

Hedgehogs in the Hall and other Animal Ark titles by Ben Baglio (Scholastic)
Hugh Pine by Janwillen Vandewetering, illus. by Lynn Munsinger (HMCo.)

Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith (Candlewick)

The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (William Morrow)

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary (William Morrow)

The Sands of Time by Michael Hoeye (Putnam)
The School Mouse by Dick King-Smith (Candlewick)
Stuart Little by E. B. White (HarperCollins)
Superfudge and others in the Fudge series by Judy Blume (Dutton)

Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye (Putnam)

Non-Fiction
All About Sharks and other titles by Jim Arnosky (Scholastic)
Animals Asleep by Sneed B. Collard III, illus. by Anik McGrory (HMCo.)

Beaks! by Sneed B. Collard III, illus. by Robin Brickman (Charlesbridge)

Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones and other titles by Ruth Heller (Grosset & Dunlap)

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, illus. by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)

Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh, illus. by Mike Wimmer (Philomel)
From Wax to Crayon by Robin Nelson (Lerner)

I Took A Walk by Henry Cole (Greenwillow)

Lemonade For Sale (Bar Graphs) and other mathematical concept books by Stuart Murphy (HarperCollins)

The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole, illus. by Bruce Degen (Scholastic)

On the Way to the Beach by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)
One Small Place by the Sea by Barbara Brenner, illus. by Tom Leonard (HarperCollins)

Polar Bears and other titles by Gail Gibbons (Holiday House)
Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme by Bruce McMillan (Harcourt)

Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley, photos by Nic Bishop (Scholastic)

The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson (Knopf)
Spiders and others by Seymour Simon (HarperCollins)
Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger, illus. by S.D. Schindler (HarperCollins)
Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies, illus. by James Croft (Candlewick)

The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery, photos by Nic Bishop (Houghton Mifflin)

The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders and other collections by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Petra Mathers (HarperCollins)

Good for You! Toddler Rhymes for Toddler Times by Stephanie Calmenson, illus. by Melissa Sweet (HarperCollins)

Little Dog Poems by Kristine O’Connell George (Clarion)
Little Dog and Duncan by Kristine O’Connell George (Clarion)

Monster Goose by Judy Sierra, illus. by Jack E. Davis (Harcourt)

A Pet for Me selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illus. by Jane Manning (HarperCollins)

Rolling Harvey Down the Hill by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Victoria Chess (Greenwillow)

Take Me Out of the Bathtub and other silly dilly songs by Alan Katz, illus. by David Catrow (McElderry Books)

Beginning Readers
Breakout at the Bug Lab by Ruth Horowitz, illus. by Joan Holub (Dial)

Days With Frog and Toad and others in this series by Arnold Lobel (HarperCollins)

Good Night, Good Knight and others in this series by Shelley Moore Thomas, illus. by Jennifer Plecas (Dutton)

Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps and others in this series by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Sucie Stevenson (Simon & Shuster)

Iris and Walter: The Sleepover and others in this series by Elissa Haden Guest, illus. by Christine Davenier (Harcourt)

Little Rat Sets Sail and others in this series by Monika Bang-Campbell, illus. by Molly Bang (Harcourt)

Marvin One Too Many by Katherine Paterson, illus. by Jane Clark Brown (HarperCollins)
Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon and others in this series by Denys Cazet (DK Publishing & HarperCollins)
Mr. Putter and Tabby Bake the Cake and others in this series by Cynthia Rylant, illus. by Arthur Howard (Harcourt)

Ribbit Riddles by Katy Hall and Lisa Eisenberg, illus. by Robert Bender (Dial)

Tiny Goes to the Library and others in this series by Cari Meister, illus. by Rich Davis (Viking)

The Viper by Lisa Thiesing (Dutton)

Transitional Novels
7 X 9 = Trouble! by Claudia Mills, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon and others in this series by Paula Danziger, illus. by Tony Ross (Putnam)

Fat Camp Commandos by Daniel Pinkwater, illus. by Andy Rash (Scholastic)

Judy Moody Gets Famous and other titles in this series by Megan McDonald (Candlewick)
The Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park (Random House)

The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House)

Summer Reading Is Killing Me and others in The Time Warp series by Jon Scieszka (Viking)
Surviving Brick Johnson by Laurie Myers, illus. by Dan Yaccarino (Houghton Mifflin)

Virtual Cody by Betsey Duffy, illus. by Ellen Thompson (Viking)

Winnie Dancing On Her Own by Jennifer Richards Jacobson, illus. by Alissa Imre Geis (Houghton Mifflin)

Reading Poems/Plays for Fluency
Poems in Two Voices by Paul Fleischman (HarperCollins)

Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers by Suzanne I. Barchers (Teacher Ideas Press)*

*additional scripts can be downloaded from http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html#9

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THIRD GRADE Book List

Picture Book Read Alouds for the Classroom
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman, illus. by Caroline Binch (Dial)
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert, illus. by Anita Lobel (Knopf)
Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketteman, illus. by Keith Graves (Scholastic)

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, illus. by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster)

The Day the Babies Crawled Away by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague (Scholastic)
Doctor Desoto by William Steig (FSG)
Dogbreath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis by Dav Pilkey (Blue Sky Press)
Dogzilla and Kat King by Dav Pilkey (Harcourt)
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Dumpy La Rue by Elizabeth Winthrop, illus. by Betsy Lewin (Henry Holt)

Elizabeti’s Doll and other Elizabeti books by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, illus. by Christy Hale (Lee & Low)

Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman (Putnam)
Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack, illus. by Rachel Isadora (Dial)
Freedom School, Yes! by Amy Littlesugar, illustrated by Floyd Cooper (Philomel)
Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles, illus. by Jerome Lagarrigue (Simon &
Schuster)
Frindle by Andrew Clements (Simon & Schuster)

Gleam and Glow by Eve Bunting (Harcourt)
Goin’ Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack, illus. by Jerry Pinkney (Atheneum)
The Great White Man-Eating Shark by Margaret Mahy (Dial)

Hallowiener by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)
Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen, illus. by Mark Buehner (HarperCollins)

Julius Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)

Martin’s Big Words by Doreen Rappaport, illus. by Bryan Collier (Hyperion)
Mayfield Crossing by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson (HarperCollins)
Midnight for Charlie Bone and others in this series by Jenny Nimmo (Scholastic)
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (Viking)
Mr. Wolf’s Pancakes by Jan Fearnley (Tiger Tales)

No David! and the other David books by David Shannon (Scholastic)

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann (Putnam)
Olivia and other Olivia books by Ian Falconer (Simon & Schuster)
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. by E. B. Lewis (Putnam)

Poppa’s New Pants by Angela Shelf Medearis, illus. by John Ward (Holiday House)
Prince William by Gloria Rand, illus. Ted Rand (Henry Holt)

Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Putnam)
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill (Scholastic)

The Sands of Time by Michael Hoeye (Putnam)
Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Putnam)
Smart Dog by Vivian Vande Velde (Random House)
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking)
Straight to the Pole by Kevin O’Malley (Walker)
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin)
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (HarperCollins)
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin)

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (McElderry Books)
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (Philomel)
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye (Putnam)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, illus. by Lane Smith (Viking)

We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woodson, illus. by Diane Greenseid (Hyperion)
The Widow’s Broom by Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin)
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams, illus. by Carole Byard (Harcourt)

Novels for Reading Aloud in the Classroom
Babe the Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith (Crown)
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Berta, A Remarkable Dog by Celia Barker Lottridge (Groundwood)
Bunnicula by James Howe (Simon & Schuster)

Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret (Puffin)
The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth (Little, Brown)

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume (Simon & Schuster)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg (Simon & Schuster)

Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry (Houghton Mifflin)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and others in this series by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic)
A Haunting in Williamsburg by Lou Kassem (HarperCollins)
Hedgehogs in the Hall and other Animal Ark titles by Ben Baglio (Scholastic)

The Indian in the Cupboard and others in the series by Lynne Reid Banks (Willam Morrow)

Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles (Harcourt)

Matilda and others by Roald Dahl (Viking)
Mayfield Crossing by Vaunda Michaux Nelson (HarperCollins)
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (William Morrow)

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary (William Morrow)

The Sands of Time by Michael Hoeye (Putnam)
Sahara Special by Esme Raji Codell (Hyperion)
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (HarperCollins)
The School Mouse by Dick King-Smith (Candlewick)
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson (Putnam)
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor (Simon & Schuster)
The Summer of Riley by Eve Bunting (HarperCollins)

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, A Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo
Time Stops for No Mouse by Michael Hoeye (Putnam)
Traveling Backward by Toby Forward (William Morrow)
The Year of Miss Agnes by Kirkpatrick Hill (Simon & Schuster)

Non-Fiction
Animals Asleep by Sneed B. Collard III, illus. by Anik McGrory (HMCo.)

The Bug Scientists by Donna Jackson (Houghton Mifflin)

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, illus. by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)

Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh by Robert Burleigh, illus. by Mike Wimmer (Philomel)
From Wax to Crayon by Robin Nelson (Lerner)

Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way by Peter Golenbeck, illus. by Paul Lee (Harcourt)

The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole, illus. by Bruce Degen (Scholastic)

On the Way to the Beach by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)

The Salamander Room by Anne Mazer, illustrated by Steve Johnson (Knopf)
So You Want to be President? by Judith St. George, illus. by David Small (Philomel)
Spiders and other science books by Seymour Simon (HarperCollins)
Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger, illus. by S.D. Schindler (HarperCollins)
Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies, illus. by James Croft (Candlewick)

The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery, photos by Nic Bishop (Houghton Mifflin)

When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan, illus. by Brian Selznick (Scholastic)
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull, illus. by David Diaz (Harcourt)

Casey at the Ba: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 by Ernest Thayer, illus. by C.F. Payne (Simon & Schuster)

The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders and other collections by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Petra Mathers (HarperCollins)

In the Swim and other collections by Douglas Florian (Harcourt)
Insectlopedia and other collections by Douglas florian (Harcourt)

Monster Goose by Judy Sierra, illus. by Jack E. Davis (Harcourt)

Rolling Harvey Down the Hill by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Victoria Chess (Greenwillow)

Transitional Novels
7 X 9 = Trouble! by Claudia Mills, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon and others in this series by Paula Danziger, illus. by Tony Ross (Putnam)

Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey (Scholastic)

Fat Camp Commandos by Daniel Pinkwater, illus. by Andy Rash (Scholastic)

Judy Moody Gets Famous and other titles in this series by Megan McDonald (Candlewick)

The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne (Random House)
Mighty Boy by Carol Sonenklar (Scholastic)

Summer Reading Is Killing Me and others in The Time Warp series by Jon Scieszka (Viking)
Surviving Brick Johnson by Laurie Myers, illus. by Dan Yaccarino (Houghton Mifflin)

Viking It and Liking It and others in the Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka (Viking)
Virtual Cody by Betsey Duffy, illus. by Ellen Thompson (Viking)

White Water by P. J. Petersen (Random House)
Winnie Dancing On Her Own by Jennifer Richards Jacobson, illus. by Alissa Imre Geis (Houghton Mifflin)

Reading Poems/Plays for Fluency
Poems in Two Voices by Paul Fleischman (HarperCollins)

Readers Theatre scripts can be found and downloaded from http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/RTE.html#9

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Spanish/English Bilingual Books

Albertina Anda Arriba: El Abecedario by Nancy Tabor (Charlesbridge) - Albertina Goes Up: An Alphabet Book. Join Albertina and a wild assortment of funny animals on a journey through the Spanish alphabet.
Amelia’s Show-and-Tell Fiesta/Amelia y la fiesta de “muestra y cuenta” by Mimi Chapra, illus. by Martha Aviles (HarperCollins)
Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems by Francisco X. Alarcón (Children’s Book Press) - In free verse and large vivid pictures, the poet celebrates a city that provided opportunities for his large family.
Arroz con Leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America by Lulu Delacre (Scholastic) - A collection of traditional Latin-American songs and rhymes with the music Included.

Big Enough/ Bastante grande by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman (Arte Publico Press) - When a treasured piñata is stolen, little Lupita discovers she is big enough to help her mother get it back.
Brother Anansi and the Cattle Ranch/ El Hermano Anansi y El Rancho de Ganado by James De Sauza (Children’s Book Press) - A bilingual folktale in which Brother Anansi persuades Brother Tiger to go into the cattle-raising business.

Can You Count Ten Toes?: Count To 10 in 10 Different Languages by Lezlie Evans, illus. by Denis Roche (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
Carlos and the Squash Plant/Carlos y la planta de calabaza by Jan Stevens (Northland Publishing AZ) - Having ignored his mother's requests to bathe, Carlos awakens to find a squash growing out of his ear.
The Cat In The Hat/El gato en el sombrero by Dr. Seuss, translated by Carlos Rivera (Random House)
Cuckoo: A Mexican Folktale/Cucu: Un cuento tradicional Mexicano by Lois Ehlert (Harcourt) - A traditional Mayan tale that reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.

Diez Deditos and Other Play Rhymes and Actions from Latin America/Ten Little Fingers and Other Play Rhymes and Actions from Latin America by Jose Luis Orozco (Puffin) - An anthology of more than thirty finger rhymes, play rhymes, action songs and games for children of various ages.

The Festival of Bones/El festival de las Calaveras by Luis San Vicente (Cinco Puntos Press) - San Vicente lets children join the celebration as they watch the skeletons rock, rattle, and roll those long old bones.

Gathering the Sun: AN Alphabet in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada (William Morrow) - An alphabet book about gathering fruit and vegetables.

Get Ready for Gabi! A Crazy Mixed-Up Spanglish Day by Marisa Montes, illus. by Joe Cepeda (Scholastic) - This transitional chapter book follows Gabi who is speaking English at school and Spanish at home. Trying to remember which language she should be using is confusing and she ends up accidentally creating Spanglish! A very funny read.
A Gift from Papa Diego/Un regalo de Papa Diego by Benjamin Alire Saenz (Cinco Puntos Press) - When little Diego gets a Superman outfit for his birthday, he wants to fly across the border to visit his grandfather.
Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey by Joy Cowley, illus. by Joe Cepeda (Scholastic) - Papa sends Miguel a turkey to fatten up for Thanksgiving but Gracias, the turkey, fast becomes a pet.

Listen to the Desert/Oye al Desierto by Pat Mora (Sagebrush Education) - A brightly illustrated book that introduces the reader to some of the sounds of nature in a desert.

Manana, Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul, illus. by Ethan Long (Holiday House) - This is a variation of the Little Red Hen story set in the desert southwest and sprinkled with Spanish words.

Oh No, Gotta Go! Susan Middleton Elya, illus. by G. Brian Karas (Putnam)

Puppy Finds a Friend/Cachorrito encuentra un amigo by Catherine Bruzzone (Barron’s Educational Series) - Puppy can't find anyone to play with until he meets a white mouse.

Sol a Sol: Original and Selected Bilingual Poems by Lori Marie Carlson, illus. by Emily Lisker (Henry Holt)

This House is Made of Mud/Esta casa esta hecha de lodo by Ken Buchanan (Northland Publishing AZ) - A child's voice lyrically describes a southwestern adobe house and the animals that live in and around it.

Uncle Nacho's Hat/El sombrero del Tio Nacho by Harriet Rohmer (Children’s Book Press) - A tale of a man who can't figure out how to change his life until his niece shows him how.

Uno, Dos, Tres = One, Two, Three by Pat Mora, illus. by Barbara Lavallee (Houghton Mifflin Co.) - A simple counting book about two little girls in a Mexican market who are buying presents for their mother.

Vejigante Masquerader by Lulu Delacre (Scholastic) - Against all odds, a resourceful Puerto Rican boy manages to get a costume together for Carnival.
Where Fireflies Dance by Lucha Corpi, illus. by Mira Reisberg (Children’s Book Press) - A girl and her brother spend their childhood in a small town on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.

You're On! Seven Plays in English and Spanish by Lori Marie Carlson (William Morrow) - Seven masterfully translated plays--in English and then Spanish--are included in this diverse and unusual anthology.

Spanish editions of classic Children’s literature:
Many children’s classics are available in Spanish and can be found in online bookstores. Here is a sampling of titles:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day/Alexander y el dia terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso by Judith Viorst, illus. by Ray Cruz, translated by Alma Flor Ada (Simon & Schuster)
Armadillo Tattletale/Armadillo, el Chismoso by Helen Ketteman, illus. by Keith
Graves (Scholastic)

A Bad Case of Stripes/Un caso grave de rayas by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?/Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí? by Bill Martin, Jr., illus. by Eric Carle (Henry Holt)

Clifford, The Big Red Dog/Clifford, el gran perro colorado by Norman Bridwell (Scholastic)
Curious George /Jorge el Curioso by H. A. Rey (Houghton Mifflin Co.)

Grandmother's Nursery Rhymes/Las nanas de abuelita compiled by Nelly Palacio Jaramillo (Henry Holt)
Green Eggs and Ham/Huevos verdes con jamón by Dr. Seuss (Lectorum Publications, Inc.)
Goodnight Moon/Buenas noches, luna by Margaret Wise Brown, illus. by Clement Hurd (Lectorum Publications, Inc.)
The Grouchy Ladybug/La mariquita malhumorada by Eric Carle (HarperCollins)

How The Grinch Stole Christmas/¡Cómo el Grinch robó la Navidad! by Dr. Seuss (Lectorum Publications, Inc.)

The Runaway Rabbit/ El conejito andarin by Margaret Wise Brown (HarperCollins)

The Three Little Javelinas/Los Tres Pequenos Jabalies by Susan Lowell (Northland Publishing AZ) - In this southwestern retelling of the Three Little Pigs, three javelinas try to outsmart a hungry coyote.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar/La oruga muy hambrienta by Eric Carle (Philomel)

Where The Wild Things Are/Donde viven los monstruos by Maurice Sendak (HarperCollins)

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