MR. GUMPY’S OUTING Burningham*
ROSIE’S WALK Hutchins*
LOVE YOU FOREVER Mnsch*
RUNAWAY BUNNY Brown*
DON’T FORGET THE BACON Hutchins
ALFIE GETS IN FIRST Hughes*
BOOKS TO READ TO A
PRE KINDERGARTNER
Research has shown that the single greatest factor in predicting reading success is whether a child is read to when young. We highly recommend spending some time with your child while you enjoy sharing books together. Here are some titles to get you started!
BOOKS ABOUT ME
I LIKE TO BE LITTLE Zolotow*
I LIKE ME! Carlson
WHEN I GET BIGGER Mayer
MY FIVE SNSES Aliki
LITTLE ERABBIT WHO WANTED RED WINGS Bailey
MIXED-UP CHAMELEON Carle*
I WISH I WERE A BUTTERFLY Howe
OWEN Henkes*
FAMILY STORIES
AMIFIKA Clifton
I WANT MY DINNER Ross
MAMA DO YOU LOVE ME?Joosse
ON MOTHER’S LAP Raynor
OMA AND BOBO Schwartz
A MOHER FOR CHOCO Kasza
* this author has other titles which you might like to use
PREDICTABLE BOOKS
Children need repetition and familiarity with language structure in order to internalize how our language works. Through predictable books reading becomes fun.learning happens automatically. These stories are built around a pattern using rhyme or rhythm.
EACH PEACH PEAR PLUM Ahlberg*
THE GINGRBREAD BOY Galdone*
MILLIONS OF CATS Gag*
MOTHER MOTHER I WANT ANOTHER Polushkin
GOODNIGHT MOON Brown*
GOOD MORNING CHICK Ginsburg*
These stories use a specific order which may be a time sequence. They establish the concept of beginning, middle, and end.
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BONY LEGS Cole MR. GUMPY’S OUTING Burningham* ROSIE’S WALK Hutchins* LOVE YOU FOREVER Mnsch* RUNAWAY BUNNY Brown* DON’T FORGET THE BACON Hutchins ALFIE GETS IN FIRST Hughes* |
These stories show an interconnecting pattern in which each event becomes the cause of the next.
WHAT’S IN FOX’S SACK? Galdone
CURIOUS GEORGE GETS A MEDAL Rey
GREGORY THE TERRIBLE EATER Aruego*
SAM WHO NEVER FORGETS Rice
COLORS AND COUNTING BOOKS
| BUNCHES AND BUNCHES OF BUNNIES Matthews INCH BY INCH Lionni* FROG COUNTS TO TEN Liebler 10 BEARS IN MY BED Mack 26 LETTERS AND 99 CENTS Hoban BROWN COW FARM A COUNTING BOOK Ipcar* FISH EYES A BOOK YOU CAN COUNT Ehlert EACH ORANGE HAD 8 SLICES Giganti HAILSTONES AND HALIBUT BONES O’Neill IS IT RED? IS IT YELLOW? IS IT BLUE? Hoban PLANTING A RAINBOW Ehlert THE GREAT BLUENESS Lobel* |
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CALDECOTT WINNERS AND HONOR BOOKS
The Caldecott is awarded annually by the American Library Asociation for the best picturebok produced by an American illustrator.
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OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA Rathman TOPS AND BOTTOMS Stevens MORE MORE MORE SAID THE BABY Williams COLOR ZOO Ehlert DRUMMER HOFF Emberly* MAY I BRING A FRIEND? De Regniers* MADELINE Bemelmens* |
MOTHER GOOSE AND NURSERY RHYMES
| MY VERY FIRST MOTHER GOOSE Opie and Wells JAMES MARSHALL’S MOTHER GOOSE Marshall* OLD MOTHER HUBBARD AND HER DOG Galdone* TOMIE DE PAOLA’S MOTHER GOOSE De Paola BABUSHKA’S MOTHER GOOSE Polacco* |
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CINDERELLA Brown*
THE THREE BEARS Galdone
HENNY PENNY Zimmerman
CHICKEN LITTLE Kellogg*
THE THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF Asbjornsen
THE THREE LITTLE PIGS Peppe
Read
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Tonight!
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