Since it's back to school time, it seems fitting that we share some great books for kids... Local libraries have various lists of books – here’s one, Thanks to the King County Library System, Washington. What if our Kindergarteners, first graders, or second graders come to us not having heard most of these books (or any others)? We need to read aloud to our students. Every day. Just like we eat. And just like we need gas in our car (or a plug in for our electric car) to drive it, our students need to hear good books, for reading and writing and background knowledge and vocabulary – and just for the love of reading… Don’t let the age levels cloud your thinking!
Recommended for Babies:
1. Ten, Nine,
Eight by Mollly Bang
2. Goodnight
Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
3. The Very
Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
4. Freight Train,
by Donald Crews
5. Lunch, by
Denise Fleming
6. Where’s Spot,
by Eric Hill
7. Is it Red? Is
it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in
Color, by Tana Hoban
8. Brown Bear,
Brown Bear, by Bill Martin
9. Chicka,
Chicka, Boom, Boom, by Bill Martin
10. Who’s
Counting? by Nancy Tafuri
11. How Do I Put
It On? by Shigeo Watanabe
Recommended
for Toddlers:
12. On The Day I
Was Born, by Debbi Chocolate
13. Good Dog,
Carl, by Alexandra Day
14. Feathers for
Lunch, by Lois Ehlert
15. Go Away, Big
Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
16. Ask Mr. Bear,
by Marjorie Flack
17. Is Your Mama a
Llama? by Deborah Guarina
18. Hush! A Thai
Lullaby, by Minfong Ho
19. Rosie’s Walk,
by Pat Hutchins
20. Harold and the
Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson
21. Jump, Frog,
Jump! by Robert Kalan
22. The Teddy
Bears’ Picnic, by Jimmy Kennedy
23. Whose Mouse
are You? by Robert Kraus
24. The Carrot
Seed, by Ruth Krauss
25. Over in the
Meadow, by John Langstaff
26. Dim Sum for
Everyone! by Grace Lin
27. Little Blue
and Little Yellow, by Leo Lionni
28. Guess How Much
I Love You, by Sam McBratney
29. Whose Hat? by
Margaret Miller
30. Shades of
Black, by Sandra Pinkney
31. The Little
Engine that Could, by Watty Piper
32. Good Night,
Gorilla, by Peggy Rathmann
33. We’re Going on
a Bear Hunt, by Michael Rosen
34. Cars and
Trucks and Things that Go, by Richard
Scarry
35. Lizard’s Song,
by George Shannon
36. It Looked Like
Spilt Milk, by Charles Shaw
37. Farmer Duck,
by Martin Waddell
38. Mouse Paint,
by Ellen Stoll Walsh
39. “Hi, Pizza
Man!” by Virginia Walter
40. Noisy Nora, by
Rosemary Wells
41. The Lady with
the Alligator Purse, by Nadine
Westcott
42. Buzz, by Janet
Wong
43. The Napping
House, by Audrey Wood
Recommended
for Preschoolers:
44. Happy
Birthday, Moon, by Frank Asch
45. Animals Should
Definitely Not Wear Clothing, by Judi
Barrett
46. Madeline, by
Ludwig Bemelmans
47. The Mitten, by
Jan Brett
48. Stone Soup, by
Marcia Brown
49. The Story of
Babar, the Little Elephant, by Jean de
Brunhoff
50. Mr. Grumpy’s
Outing, by John Burningham
51. Mike Mulligan
and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee
Burton
52. Mama Zooms, by
Jane Cowen-Fletcher
53. The Empty Pot,
by Demi
54. Pancakes for
Breakfast, by Tomie DePaola
55. Abuela, by
Authur Dorros
56. Are You My
Mother? by P.D. Eastman
57. Corduroy, by
Don Freeman
58. Millions of
Cats, by Wanda Gag
59. The Three
Billy Goats Gruff, by Paul Galdone
60. The Girl Who
Loved Wild Horses, by Paul Goble
61. All the Colors
of the Earth, by Sheila Hamanaka
62. Lilly’s Puple
Plastic Purse, by Kevin Henkes
63. Bread and Jam
for Frances, by Russell Hoban
64. Amazing Grace,
by Mary Hoffman
65. Angelina
Ballerina, by Katherine Holabird
66. The Wolf’s
Chicken Stew, by Keiko Kasza
67. The Snowy Day,
by Ezra Jack Keats
68. The
Caterpillar and the Polliwog, by Jack Kent
69. Anansi and the
Moss Covered Rock, by Eric Kimmel
70. I Took My
Frogs to the Library, by Eric Kimmel
71. Tacky the Penguin,
by Helen Lester
72. I Love You
Like Crazy Cakes, by Rose Lewis
73. On Market
Street, by Anita Lobel
74. Frog and Toad
Are Friends, by Arnold Lobel
75. Frog Goes to
Dinner, by Mercer Mayer
76. Make Way for
Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
77. Raven, by
Gerald McDermott
78. Goin’
Someplace Special, by Pat McKissack
79. Pigs Aplenty,
Pigs Galore, by David McPhail
80. Martha Speaks,
by Susan Meddaugh
81. The Day
Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash, by Trinka
Noble
82. If You Give a
Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff
83. The Ant and
the Elephant, by Bill Peet
84. The Talk of
Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
85. Martin’s Big
Words: The Life of Martin Luther King,
Jr., by Doreen Rappaport
86. Curious
George, by H. A. Rey
87. The Relatives
Came, by Cynthia Rylant
88. Grandfather’s
Journey, by Allen Say
89. Where the Wild
Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
90. The Cat in the
Hat, by Dr. Seuss
91. Caps for Sale,
by Esphyr Slobodkina
92. Imogene’s
Antlers, by David Small
93. Snapshots from
the Wedding, by Gary Soto
94. Sylvester and
the Magic Pebble, by William Steig
95. There Was an
Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, by
Simms Taback
96. Alexander and
the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very
Bad Day, by Judith Viorst
97. Lyle, Lyle
Crocodile, by Bernard Waber
98. Owl Moon, by
Jane Yolen
99. Seven Blind
Mice, by Ed Young
100. Harry, the
Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion
How can
exposing students to these books and others increase higher order thinking
skills?
My favorite is My Big Dog, by Janet Stevens and her sister, Susan Stevens Crummel. What's yours? Next month, I'll share my personal favorite list, including Children's and YA books.
Our topic next Thursday is Digital Literacy. Stay connected for some great info!
Until next time, share a literacy strategy,
Dr. Denise Gudwin
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