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| Alphabatics | The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in "b" becomes a balloon and the "y" turns into the head of a yak. |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear,
What Do You See ? |
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them. |
| Cat in the Hat | A fantastic cat entertains two children in a most unusual way. |
| Cat on the Mat | A cat meets many interesting animals. |
| A Chair for My Mother | The story is the first in a trilogy about a family of three women: Grandma, Mama, and Rosa. In this story, the family struggles to save loose change (in a jar) to buy a chair for Mama who works long hours as a waitress. |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree. |
| Color Zoo | Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another. |
| Froggy Learns to Swim | Froggy is afraid of the water until his mother, along with his flippers, snorkel, and mask, help him learn to swim. |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep. |
| Have You Seen My Duckling? | A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling. |
| Hop on Pop | Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences. |
| I Read Signs | Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street. |
| It Begins with A | Rhyming riddles challenge the reader to guess objects beginning with the letters A to Z. |
| The Little Engine that Could | This story is about a persistent little engine who overcomes adversity. |
| Moongame | During a game of hide-and-seek, Moon hides behind a cloud leaving his friend Bear very worried. |
| Mouse Count | Ten mice outsmart a hungry snake. |
| Peter's Chair | When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away. |
| Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever | A colorfully illustrated collection of fifty traditional Mother Goose rhymes. |
| Ten Apples Up on Top | A lion, a dog, and a tiger balance apples on their heads. |
| Ten Black Dots | A counting book that shows what can be done with ten black dots. |
| The Three Little Pigs | Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same. |
| Tomie DePaola's Mother Goose | An illustrated collection of 204 Mother Goose nursery rhymes, both the well known and less familiar ones. |
| The Very Busy Spider | The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. |
| Where the Wild Things Are | A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of wild things where he becomes their king. |
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| All by Myself | All the many things a young child can do independently are demonstrated, (tying shoes, riding a bike, kicking a ball) but there is one thing one cannot do alone. |
| Alphabatics | The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in "b" becomes a balloon and "y" turns into the head of a yak. |
| Blueberries for Sal | Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother. |
| Color Farm | The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle. |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree. |
| Curious George Goes to School | The little monkey has a disaster at school that works itself out in the end. |
| Eating the Alphabet | An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini. |
| Goodbye House | Just before leaving with his family for the move to their new home, Little Bear says goodbye to all his favorite places in and around his old house. |
| Goodnight Moon | Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air. |
| I Read the Signs | Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen along the street. |
| I Went Walking | During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors. |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | A little boy befriends an energetic mouse. The chain of linked cause and effect lends itself to innovation on the text. |
| In Our House | Simple text tells of the objects that are found in each room of a child's house. |
| Jessica | A little girl has an imaginary friend to help her get through each day until she finds a real friend to take its place. |
| Look ! Look ! Look ! | Photographs of familiar objects are first viewed through a cut-out hole, then in their entirety. |
| Mouse Paint | Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color. |
| My Many Colored Days | This rhyming story describes each day in terms of a particular color which in turn is associated with specific emotions. |
| The Napping House | In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite. |
| Rosie's Walk | Although unaware that a fox is after her as she takes a walk around the farmyard, Rosie the hen still manages to lead him into one accident after another. |
| School Bus | Follows the progress of school buses as they take children to school and bring them home again. |
| Timothy Goes to School | Timothy learns about being accepted and making friends during the first week of his first year at school. |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. |
| We're Going on a Bear Hunt | Brave bear hunters go through grass, a river, mud, and other obstacles before the inevitable encounter with the bear forces a headlong retreat. |
| What Comes in 2's, 3's, & 4's ? | Introduces the numbers two, three and four by enumerating the ways in which they occur in everyday life, from your two eyes and two arms to the four seasons of the year. |
| Zoo | Provides a behind-the-scenes look at a working day at the zoo, from the moment the workers arrive until the night guard locks the gate. |
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| Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Can Alexander escape the happenings of a horrible day. |
| Amelia Bedelia | A maid comes to work for a family and livens up their lives with a very literal interpretation of words. |
| Arthur's Eyes | Arthur deals with the necessity of wearing glasses. |
| The Biggest Bear | Johnny raises a bear cub and has to face the possibility of shooting him when the bear grows up and becomes destructive. |
| Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! | Harvey tackles a big job: cleaning his room. |
| Corduroy | Corduroy is a stuffed bear who longs to be purchased and taken home by a child who will love him. |
| Flat Stanley | After a bulletin board falls on Stanley while he's sleeping, he finds that being flat has its advantages. |
| Grasshopper on the Road | Explores the world of grasshoppers, discussing where they live, how they grow up, what they eat, and other insects related to them. |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | This is a hilarious story about the consequences of giving a mouse a cookie. |
| The Josefina Story Quilt | While traveling west with her family in 1850, a young girl makes a patchwork quilt chronicling the experiences of the journey. |
| The Little House | This delightful story takes a house through the four seasons and all the changes that happen to a vacant house. |
| Magic Tree House Series | The Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie away on many different adventures all over the world and in different times. |
| Millions of Cats | Being unable to decide on just one cat for a pet, a man and his wife are overrun with millions of them! |
| Miss Nelson Is Missing | A teacher decides to use an unusual substitute to teach her unruly class to behave. |
| Miss Rumphius | As a child Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful. With the last being the most difficult, she does all those things. |
| Molly the Brave and Me | Beth admires her friend Molly's courage, but on a visit to Molly's country home, Beth surprises herself with her own bravery when the two become lost within the maze of a cornfield. |
| Mouse Soup | A mouse convinces a weasel he needs the ingredients from several stories to make a tasty soup. |
| My Father's Dragon | An interesting Chinese story about the myth of dragons. |
| Nate the Great Series | Nate the Great investigates many different types of mysteries. |
| A New Coat for Anna | A story of observing the changes to a grandfather. |
| Owl Moon | On a winter's night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. |
| The Rainbow Fish | The most beautiful fish in the ocean finds the answer to happiness and friendship. |
| Stellaluna | A baby bat learns that bats are not birds when she drops into a birds nest. |
| Today Was a Terrible Day | What makes a day terrible for you? Is your day ever like this one? |
| The True Story of the Three Little Pigs | The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs. |
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| Amusement Park Mystery | The Aldens search for carousel horses that have disappeared from an amusement park. |
| Busybody Nora | Relates the adventures of an inquisitive little girl who lives in a large apartment building in New York with her parents and little brother, Teddy. |
| Cam Jansen and the Chocolate Fudge Mystery | When Cam Jansen and her friend Eric uncover a mystery while selling fudge door-to-door to raise money for the local library, Cam uses her photographic memory to foil a crime. |
| Camp Out Mystery | While on a camping trip with their grandfather, the Alden children try to find out about the loud music and missing food that threaten to scare away other campers. |
| Case for Jenny Archer | After reading three mysteries in a row, Jenny becomes convinced that the neighbors across the street are up to no good and decides to investigate. |
| Comets, Asteroids, and Meteors | This non-fiction book describes in simple terms the meteors, comets and asteroids that are part of our solar system and discusses the various theories concerning their origin and their effect on life on Earth. |
| Endangered Animals | This interesting book discusses various endangered animal species in the world, why and how they become endangered, and what can be done to save them. |
| Fantastic Mr. Fox | Three farmers, each one meaner than the next, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family. |
| Gerbils, Pets, and Other Small Rodents | A brief introduction to the care and feeding of pet gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs, and mice. |
| Herbie Jones and the Class Gift | Disaster strikes when Annabelle trusts Herbie Jones and Raymond with the job of picking up the class's gift to their teacher. |
| Julian, Secret Agent | Twelve short chapters present the escapades of Julian, his brother Huey, and their friend, Gloria, when they become "crimebusters". |
| Man Out at First | After he gets hit by a fast-moving ball, Turtleneck Jones loses his confidence on the baseball diamond and sees his position at first base given to another player. |
| Miss Nelson Has a Field Day | The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game. |
| On the Way Home | This book describes the sights and events a frontier family encounters traveling from South Dakota to the Ozarks. |
| Otherwise Known as Shelia the Great | A summer in Tarrytown, N.Y. is fun for ten year old Shelia even though her friends make her face up to some self truths she doesn't want to admit. |
| Ramona the Brave | Six year old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first grade teacher. |
| Rocks and Minerals | An introduction to the formation and identification of a variety of rocks and minerals. |
| Soccer | An introduction to the rules, techniques, and strategies of soccer with information on leagues and different types of soccer. |
| Something Big Has Been Here | This collection of humorously illustrated, funny poems on a variety of topics will provide inspiration for poetry writing. |
| Whales and Sea Mammals | This book briefly covers the characteristics, types, young, and relatives of whales while also discussing the hunting and protection of these giants of the sea. |
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| Abel's Island | In this fantasy survival story, a Victorian mouse battles physical elements and overcomes loneliness and despair. |
| Aliens for Breakfast | Finding an alien in his cereal box, Richard joins it in a fight to save Earth from the Draines, one of whom is masquerading as a student in his class. |
| Arthur for the Very First Time | Arthur spends the summer with his eccentric aunt and uncle. He is accused of being an observer rather than a doer. This story is full of warmth, humor, and quirky characters, both human and animal. |
| Babe the Gallant Pig | The pig has a remarkable ability to speak politely to sheep. This gains him a stunning victory in a sheep dog trial meet. This book is one of many humorous animal stories written by this British author. Read the sequel Ace the Very Important Pig. |
| Bunnicula | What if a pet rabbit really is a vampire? Chester the Cat believes he has discovered one and sets out to prove to the human family that he is right. Told by the laconic family dog, Harold, with dog like observations and concerns for food, this first story in the series is humorous and fast moving. |
| The Castle in the Attic | A gift of a toy castle, complete with a silver knight, introduces William to an adventure involving magic and a personal quest. The sequel is Return to the Castle. |
| Dear Mr. Henshaw | A series of letters from Leigh Botts to the author Mr. Henshaw dealing with Leigh's hopes of becoming an author as well as other concerns of this bright young boy. |
| The Fear Place | On a family camping trip in the wilderness, Doug must overcome his fears to search for his missing brother. |
| Fourth Grade Rats | A young boy learns his best friend is wrong. You don't have to be a tough guy, "a rat", to be a grown up fourth grader. |
| The Green Book | Vivid writing tells the story of a family from the future who must leave Earth to colonize a new planet. How do they survive? What is the importance of stories in a new land? This thought-provoking short novel begins and ends with the same sentence, a magical discovery for fourth graders. The paperback edition often omits the illustration, so be sure to secure a hardbound edition. |
| Homer Price | McCloskey tells the humorous adventure of an irresponsible boy who comes up with ingenious solutions to strange dilemmas. |
| If You're Not Here Raise Your Hand | A collection of poems, funny and sad, about life as a student. |
| Mayfield Crossing | When her old school is closed, Meg and her family meet prejudice for the first time. Although Meg and her family face open prejudice from many of the students, she does find that all people are not alike. |
| Minty: a Story of a Young Harriet Tubman | A story of Harriet Tubman as a child. |
| The Mysteries of Harris Burdick | A collection of illustrations with a one-sentence "story", this book can be used as story starters for a creative writing lesson. The tongue-in-cheek introduction is the story itself and is vital to the book's message. |
| The People Could Fly | Twenty-four tales are divided into four groups: animal tales, fantasy tales, tales of the supernatural, and tales of freedom. |
| Skinnybones | Life looks hopeless when Alex's losing team has to play TJ's winning team. Can Alex's sense of humor save him this time? |
| Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing | A story about some of the funny and terrible problems that Peter Hatcher has with his little brother Fudge. |
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| Around the World in a Hundred Years | Examines the great wave of European exploration during the fifteenth century which resulted in more accurate maps. |
| Call It Courage | A survival story in which Mafatu defies a taboo, steals a much needed spear from an idol, fights dangerous animals, and escapes from cannibals. Having proven himself, Mafatu returns to his former life. |
| Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail | Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851. |
| Five Brave Explorers | Presents the life stories of five African American explorers: Esteban Dorantes, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable, Matthew A. Henson, Mae C. Jemison, and James Pierce Beckwourth. |
| Follow the Drinking Gourd | Winter's book tells the story of the Underground Railway, the road to freedom during the pre-Civil War days. |
| Followers of the North Star | Featuring biographical sketches of famous African Americans, these poems are a chronological look at history from the Revolutionary War to space flight.The North Star is followed by people seeking their freedom and following their dreams. |
| Heartland | A poetic tribute to the Midwest region of the United States. The vibrant illustrations reveal the beauty of the patchwork fields, the strength of sun-lined faces of farmers, the pleasures of the seasons, and the awe-inspiring brush with nature. |
| Helen Keller: the Story of My Life | Traces the life and accomplishments of the woman who struggled to overcome her deaf and blind handicaps, with the aid of her famous teacher, Annie Sullivan. |
| In the Eyes of the Cat: Japanese Poetry for All Seasons | These classic Japanese poems are organized around the seasons of the year. The animals and their activities are depicted in ink and watercolor paintings capturing both the subject and the mood. |
| Indian in the Cupboard | When a nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a key for his birthday, he discovers himself involved in an adventure when the Indian comes to life. This book is one in a series. |
| The Light in the Attic | A collection of humorous poems and drawings. |
| Looking for Pa: a Civil War Journal | When Ma dies, a brother and sister leave the family's northern Virginia farm to search for their father who has joined the Confederate forces at the Manassas battlefield. |
| Poppy | Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. |
| Rosa Parks, My Story | Written in her own straightforward and moving language, this compelling biography addresses the deliberate choices that earn Rosa Parks the title "Mother to a Movement". |
| The Return of the Indian in the Cupboard | A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. |
| The Secret of the Indian | In this third book about Omri and his magic cupboard, Omri and his friend Patrick must risk grownups discovering their secret when they find themselves in need of a friend's toy plastic doctor to save wounded people from the dangerous world of the Old West which the cupboard enables them to enter. |
| This Time, Tempe Wick? | This book is based on a Revolutionary War legend about a real girl, Tempe Wick, who helped feed and clothe the thousands of American soldiers who spent the winters of 1780 and 1781 in Jockey Hollow, New Jersey. |
| To Walk the Sky Path | Ten-year-old Billie, a Seminole Indian, is caught between cultures when his family moves away from the Florida Everglades and nearer the white man's civilization. |