Pirates and War. 36 ...... a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate
ship sailed ... also mentions that it is guarded by the terrible Pirate Cruncher.
Tried and tasted
thematic guide for English Children’s Books
contents ABC, 123, Colours, Shapes Hugs & Kisses
6
An Excuse For a Cuddle Friends Forever Sweet Dreams
8 10 12
A Family of Adventurers Brothers and Sisters I Love My Family
14 16 18
Animals are My Friends Dinosaurs For Budding Artists For Maestros For Those Who Miss the Karaoke I Have a Sweet Tooth I Want To Dance Our Pretty Princesses Pirates and War The Young Gourmet Wheels and Wings
20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40
I Am Different I Think I Can Starting School When Things Are Bad
42 44 46 48
Families
Interests
Growing Pains
Life Lessons
Caring For Our World Dollars and Sense Making a Difference Matters of the Heart Our Home Our World
50 52 54 56 58
A Day in the Life of... Floating in Fantasy Mischievously Fun Mystery and Enchantment On Their Own
60 62 64 66 68
Books & Words Libraries Poetry Short Story Collections Twists on the Familiar Wordless
70 74 76 78 80 82
Make-Believe
Bookworm
For Parents Title index
84 88
ABC, 123, Colours, Shapes
Arctic Bears Chase
ABC, 123, Colours, Shapes
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Author: Steve Fiffer Illustrator: Keiler Roberts ISBN: 978-1475005516 (paperback)
Author, illustrator: Charles G. Shaw ISBN: 9780060255664
A story composed of a single sentence uses the letters of the alphabet in order. Part brainteaser, part alphabet primer, it’s a whole lot of fun.
Color Surprises Author, illustrator: Chuck Murphy ISBN: 9780689815041 Can you guess what’s hiding behind each color? Lift the flaps and watch Chuck Murphy’s colors literally explode off the pages in this eye-popping book.
The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page. Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending- and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.
Most Amazing Hide and Seek Alphabet Book, The Author, illustrator: Robert Crowther ISBN: 978-0763650308
Pull the tabs, lift the flaps, and find the hidden animals, from the ape and the zebra, in this most amazing interactive alphabet book.
How many Bugs in a Box?
Ten Black Dots
Author, illustrator: David A. Carter ISBN: 1416908048
Author, illustrator: Donald Crews ISBN: 978-0688060671
Here is the book that started the Bugs phenomenon! Inside each bright box are bugs to count from one to ten. Bugs fans will laugh and learn as they lift open the boxes and find colorful, comical bugs that pop out, run, eat─ and even swim!
6
What can you do with ten black dots? “One dot can make a sun or a moon when day is done. Two dots can make the eyes of a fox...”. Count all the way to ten with Donald Crews and delight in the simple rhymes, everyday objects, and stunning graphics of a master of the picture concept book.
7
An excuse for a Cuddle
An excuse for a Cuddle Love You Forever
Giving Tree, The Author, illustrator: Shel Silverstein ISBN: 978-0060586751 Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk… and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave.
Author: Robert Munsch Illustrator: Sheila McGraw ISBN: 978-0920668368 A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him: “I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living, My baby you’ll be.”
New Year’s Reunion, A Author: Yu Li Qiong Illustrator: Zhu Chen Liang ISBN: 978-0763658816
I Will Hold You Til You Sleep Author: Linda Zuckerman Illustrator: Jon J Muth ISBN: 9780439434201 Here is the rare book that not only expresses a parent’s love for their child, but offers a hope for what that love will become. It begins with a wish at bedtime, continues through the day their children have grown up and goes beyond a parent’s “I love you” to the generous wish that our children will make the world a better place.
Koala Lou
A New York Times’ “Best Illustrated Children’s Book”, and translated from the Feng Zikai award-winning Chinese picture book, this is the story of a little girl whose father is a migrant worker. He comes home once a year and spends time on Chinese New Year rituals with his daughter.
No Matter What Author, illustrator: Debi Gliori ISBN: 9780152020613
Author: Mem Fox Illustrator: Pamela Lofts ISBN: 9780152005023 When Koala Lou’s mother becomes so busy that she forgets to tell her firstborn how much she loves her, Koala Lou enters the Bush Olympics, intending to win an event and her mother’s love all at one time. 8
“I’m grim and grumpy,” says Small to Large, “and I don’t think you love me at all.” But nothing could be further from the truth- and Large knows just how to reassure Small in this warm and tender story about a child’s biggest worry and a parent’s endless capacity for love.
9
Friends Forever
Friends Forever
Amos and Boris
Friends - True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships
Author, illustrator: William Steig ISBN: 9780374302788 Amos the mouse and Boris the whale: a devoted pair of friends with nothing at all in common, except good hearts and a willingness to help their fellow mammal.
Author: Catherine Thimmesh ISBN: 9780547390109 What makes a camel friends with a Vietnamese pig? Or a wild polar bear pals with a sled dog? In this young preschool book, Catherine Thimmesh makes us wonder at the truth and mystery of unlikely animal friendships.
Best Friends for Frances Author: Russell Hoban Illustrator: Lillian Hoban ISBN: 9780060223274
Frog and Toad are Friends
Frances doesn’t think her little sister, Gloria, can be her friend. But when Frances’s friend Albert has a no-girls baseball game, Frances shows him a thing or two about friendship—and a thing or two about what girls can do. Along the way, Frances discovers that sisters can indeed be friends...maybe even best friends.
Charlotte’s Web
One of a series of stories about two of children’s literatures bestloved “best friends”.
Sick Day for Amos McGee, A
Author: E. B. White & Kate DiCamilo Illustrator: Garth Williams ISBN: 9780060882617 (Read-Aloud Edition) First published in 1956. This classic and beloved novel, is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur—and of Wilbur’s dear friend Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn.
apter Book
Author, illustrator: Arnold Lobel ISBN: 9780060239572
10
Author: Philip C. Stead Illustrator: Erin Stead ISBN: 978-1596434028 Caldecott Award winner about a zookeeper who becomes a reliable friend of the animals. So, when Amos McGee is too sick to make it to the zoo, his animal friends decide it’s time they returned the favor.
11
Sweet Dreams Close Your Eyes
Sweet Dreams Kiss Good Night
Author: Kate Banks Illustrator: Georg Hallensleben ISBN: 978-0374313821 The little tiger lay on his back in the tall grass and is worried about what sleep might bring. His mother reassures him that once he closes his eyes, he will dream of magical places.
Author: Amy Hest Illustrator: Anita Jeram ISBN: 978-0763620943 (Board Book) “It was a dark and stormy night on Plum Street. In the little white house, Mrs. Bear was putting Sam to bed.” A charming story about the comforts of having a bedtime routine.
Napping House, The
Good Night, Gorilla Author, illustrator: Peggy Rathmann ISBN: 978-0399230035 (Board Book) “Good night, Gorilla,” says the zookeeper. But mischievous Gorilla isn’t quite ready to go to sleep. He’d rather follow the zookeeper on his rounds and let all of the other animals out of their cages.
It’s bedtime, Wibbly Pig!
Author: Audrey Wood Illustrator: Don Wood ISBN: 978-0152014179 Delightful cumulative rhyme leads up to the consequences of piling too many sleepy people and animals in a cozy bed. Don Wood s paintings endow Audrey s familiar plot with beauty and newness, conveying atmosphere as well as illustrating the story.
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
Author, illustrator: Mick Inkpen ISBN: 978-0670058808 Wibbly, the cutest little toddler pig ever, is putting off bedtime as long as he can. He goes through all of the classic delaying tactics that will be familiar to every youngster, from having a drink to finishing a story. And when he finally does fall asleep, this charming little piglet stays on the move in his dreams.
12
Author, illustrator: Eric Carle ISBN: 9780887080265 In this unique and delightful picture book, the story literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her.
13
Borrowers, The
Little House in the Big Woods
Author: Mary Norton Illustrator: Beth Krush & Joe Krush ISBN: 9780152099879 Anyone who has ever entertained the notion of ‘little people’ living among us will enjoy this artfully spun classic. The Borrowers are resourceful in their use of recycling everyday items to create a home in secret- that is, until one of the little borrowers is seen by a human boy!
Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder Illustrator: Garth Williams ISBN: 978-0060264307 Five year old Laura and her family live in a snug log cabin in the woods while outside, bears, panthers and wolves roam wildly. Family values are portrayed well through the everyday chores of farm life and the happy sound of Pa’s fiddle each night.
Children of the Forest Author, illustrator: Elsa Beskow ISBN: 9780863150494
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The children of the forest live deep in the roots of an old pine tree. They collect wild mushrooms and blueberries and shelter under toadstools when it rains. They play with the squirrels and frogs, and when autumn comes, they collect and prepare food to see them through the long winter, until the warm spring breeze starts to blow.
Author, illustrator: Robert C. O’Brien ISBN: 978-0689206511 The rats of NIMH learn more than the scientists bargain for. They escape and embark on an adventurous mission of mercy to save the orphaned family of a brave field mouse colleague. A story that is as engrossing as it is unusual.
Finn Family Moomintroll Author, illustrator: Tove Jansson Translator: Elizabeth Portch ISBN: 9780374350314 It is spring in the valley and the Moomins are ready for adventure! Moomintroll and his friends Snufkin and Sniff find the Hobgoblin’s top hat, all shiny and new and just waiting to be taken home. They soon realize that this is no ordinary hat; it can turn anything- or anyone- into something else!
apter Book
14
15
Br thers and Sisters
Br thers and Sisters
Chloe, Instead
Oliver and the Noisy Baby
Author, illustrator: Micah Player ISBN: 978-0811878654
Author: Mara Bergman Illustrator: Nick Maland ISBN: 978-0340997468 (paperback)
Molly always dreamed of having a sister who is just like her. But she got Chloe, instead. These two sisters are nothing alike: Molly loves to color with crayons. Chloe prefers the taste of wax. Molly loves to read. Chloe prefers to nibble a book’s spine. Molly is frustrated! But then she realizes that maybe sisters aren’t the ones next to you on the piano bench, they’re the ones dancing to the music you play!
Oliver’s baby sister won’t stop crying. Oliver gets in his plane and travels to distant lands to get away from the noise. But wherever he goes, there are babies crying. Oliver wonders if back home HIS sister might need him so he flies back to cuddle her to sleep!
I Love You the Purplest
There’s Going To Be a Baby
Author: Barbara M. Joosse Illustrator: Mary Whyte ISBN: 978-0811807180
Author: John Burningham Illustrator: Helen Oxenbury ISBN: 9780763649074
A moving book that answers the universal question “Who do you love best?” In the spirit of true unconditional parental love, Mama explains that she loves each of her children in their own special way. A celebration of both parental love and of the unique qualities that make every child an individual.
When is the new baby coming? What will we call it? What will he do? We don’t really need a baby, do we? With sensitivity and wit, John Burningham follows the swirl of questions in the mind of a young child anticipating a baby sibling with excitement, curiosity, and just a bit of trepidation.
You’re All My Favourites I’m a Big Brother / I’m a Big Sister
Author: Sam McBratney Illustrator: Anita Jeram ISBN: 978-0763624422
Author: Joanna Cole Illustrator: Rosalinda Kightley ISBN: 0061900656 (I’m a Big Brother), 0061900621 (I’m a Big Sister) The author/artist creators of How I Was Adopted present this child’s-eye view of family life, deftly describing the joy of welcoming a new sibling into the family. 16
Every night, while tucking in their three cubs, Mommy and Daddy Bear tell them they’re the most wonderful baby bears in the whole wide world. But one day the three little bears start to wonder: How do Mommy and Daddy know this is true? And even more worrisome to each sibling: What if my parents like my brother or sister better than me? 17
I Love My Family
I Love My Family Horton Hatches the Egg
Blackout
Author, illustrator: Dr. Seuss ISBN: 978-0394800776
Author, illustrator: John Rocco ISBN: 9781423121909 One hot summer night in the city, all the power goes out. The TV shuts off and a boy wails, “Mommm!” His sister can no longer use the phone, Mom can’t work on her computer, and Dad can’t finish cooking dinner. What’s a family to do?
Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit on Mayzie bird’s egg while she goes on holiday. Horton’s kindness and faithfulness are sorely tested when he, and the egg, are kidnapped and sold to a circus- but his reward for being faithful is more wonderful than he could ever have dreamed!
Grandpa Green
How to Raise Mom and Dad
Author, illustrator: Lane Smith ISBN: 978-1596436077
Author: Josh Lerman Illustrator: Greg Clarke ISBN: 9780525478706
This is the most recent Caldecott Award winner. In this captivating new picture book, readers follow Grandpa Green’s great-grandson into a garden he created, a fantastic world where memories are handed down in the fanciful shapes of topiary trees and imagination recreates things forgotten.
Hello, Goodbye Window, The
With some helpful advice from his older sister, a young boy learns the perfect techniques needed to handle his parents in order to get just what he wants, including having his homework done for him and picking a new puppy, in this amusing tale about a duo of plotting siblings and the parents who love them.
Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs
Author: Norton Juster Illustrator: Chris Raschka ISBN: 978-0786809141
Author, illustrator: Tomie dePaola ISBN: 978-0399231087
This is a love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild. The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy’s house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in her voice, her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the commonplace wonders that define childhood. 18
Tommy is four years old, and he loves visiting the home of his grandmother, Nana Downstairs, and his great-grandmother, Nana Upstairs. But one day Tommy’s mother tells him Nana Upstairs won’t be there anymore, and Tommy must struggle with saying good-bye to someone he loves.
19
Hairy Maclary
My Friends
Author, illustrator: Lynley Dodd ISBN: 978-0670913862 Hairy Maclary is everyone’s favourite dog. No matter what mischief he gets up to, what scrapes he gets into and what havoc he causes, we can’t help but love him. This collection of five fantastic Hairy Maclary stories includes the first “Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy” to “Hairy Maclary’s Rumpus at the Vet”.
Just So Stories
Illustrated to appeal to young children, this picture book is translated from the best-selling Japanese children’s author. A little girl learns to walk, climb, and study the earth from her friends, most of whom are animals.
My Heart is Like a Zoo
Author, illustrator: Rudyard Kipling ISBN: 978-0763626297 How did the camel get his hump? Why does the rhinoceros have baggy skin? Kipling’s inspiring answers to these and other questions draw from the fables he heard as a child in India to folktales he gathered from around the world – each tale beautifully illustrated by different artists.
Me...Jane
Author, illustrator: Michael Hall ISBN: 978-0061915109 A heart can be hopeful, or silly, or happy. A heart can be rugged, or snappy, or lonely. A heart holds every different feeling, and debut author-artist Michael Hall captures each one with a delicate touch.
Tales of Olga da Polga, The
Author, illustrator: Patrick McDonnell ISBN: 9780316045469 Patrick McDonnell tells the story of the young Jane Goodall and her special childhood toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. As the young Jane observes the natural world around her with wonder, she dreams of “a life living with and helping all animals,” until one day she finds that her dream has come true.
apter Book
Author, illustrator: Taro Gomi ISBN: 978-0-8118-4786-5 (Board Book)
20
Author: Michael Bond Illustrator: Catherine Rayner ISBN: 978-0192731937 Olga da Polga is a guinea-pig with a wild imagination, and from the minute she arrives at her new home, she begins entertaining all the other animals in the garden with her outrageous stories and adventures. 21
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs
Amazing Dinosaur Discovery
Dinosaur Bones
Author: Shaheen Bilgrami Illustrator: Mike Phillips, Phil Garner & Treve Tamblin ISBN: 978-0806985916
Author, illustrator: Bob Barner ISBN: 978-0811831581
Hurry up, let’s go- we’re taking a trip to the dinosaur museum with Tom and his dad! And, Tom loves dinosaurs, so he has a scrapbook full of facts that you can look at, too.
With a lively rhyming text and vibrant paper collage illustrations, author-artist Bob Barner shakes the dust off the dinosaur bones found in museums and reminds us that they once belonged to living, breathing creatures.
Dinosaur Roar!
Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones
Author, illustrator: Paul & Henrietta Stickland ISBN: 978-1857142945
Author, illustrator: Byron Barton ISBN: 978-0690048254 Bones. Bones. We look for bones. We look for the bones of dinosaurs. Six small paleontologists search for bones. When they find them, they dig them up, wrap them, and load them on a truck, bound for the museum. There, they carefully put together the bones of a giant dinosaur.
Dinosaurs of every size, shape, colour and personality thunder through the pages of this fun-filled book of opposites. Whether long or short, ferocious or friendly, there’s a dinosaur here to captivate everyone! The infectious rhythm of the bold rhyming text will have every child roaring for more!
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
Dinosaur!
Author: Jane Yolen Illustrator: Mark Teague ISBN: 978-0590316811
Author, illustrator: Peter Sis ISBN: 978-0060759674 (Wordless Board Book) It starts in the tub, with a dinosaur bath toy. But then another dinosaur pops out of the water. And look out - here comes another - and another - and ANOTHER. Fill the bathtub. It could happen. All it takes is imagination!
22
Filled with wonderful detail and humor, children and their parents will love the expressions and antics of the eleven different dinosaur children depicted here, and each species is spelled out somewhere in the young dinosaur’s bedroom. In the end, young dinosaurs behave a lot like people do: They give a big kiss, turn out the light, tuck in their tails, and whisper “good night.” 23
For Budding Artists
For Budding Artists
Beautiful Oops
Katie Meets the Impressionists
Author, illustrator: Barney Saltzberg ISBN: 978-0761157281
Author, illustrator: James Mayhew ISBN: 978-0439935081 (paperback)
A life lesson that all parents want their children to learn: It’s OK to make a mistake. In fact, hooray for mistakes! A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal of discovery. A spill doesn’t ruin a drawing- not when it becomes the shape of a goofy animal. And an accidental tear in your paper? Don’t be upset about it when you can turn it into the roaring mouth of an alligator.
Katie’s trip to the museum to see Impressionist art leads to a magical journey through the actual paintings.
When Pigasso Met Mootisse
Camille and the Sunflowers
Author, illustrator: Nina Laden ISBN: 978-0811811217
Author, illustrator: Laurence Anholt ISBN: 978-0812064094 “Where Camille lived, the sunflowers grew so high they looked like real suns...”. So begins this fascinating tale of Camille, a little boy who meets a man with a yellow beard. This man is Vincent van Gogh, and they become best friends. The story, based on a true-life incident, is beautifully illustrated in full-color, including reproductions of some of van Gogh’s paintings.
When Pigasso met Mootisse, what begins as a neighborly overture escalates into a mess. In the end, they learn it is their friendship that is the true work of art.
Willy’s Pictures Author, illustrator: Anthony Browne ISBN: 978-1406313567 (paperback)
Dot, the Author, illustrator: Peter H. Reynolds ISBN: 978-0763619619 Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. Her teacher smiled. “Just make a mark and see where it takes you.” But Vashti can’t draw and jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry mark. “There!” she says. That one little dot marks the beginning of Vashti’s journey of surprise and self-discovery. 24
Willy’s pictures look like great works of art, but not quite... for Willy has added himself and his friends to famous paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Vermeer, Manet and many more. Delight in his dazzling portfolio then open the fold-out pages to see the original pictures and learn about the artists who painted them. As Willy knows, every picture tells a story...
25
For Maestros
For Maestros
Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
Peter and the Wolf
Author, illustrator: Chris Raschka ISBN: 978-0531059999
Author: Sergei Prokofiev Ilustrator: Peter Malone ISBN: 0-375-82430-8
Ever hear of Charlie Parker? The great jazz saxophone player? If you have or if you haven’t, it’s okay. Look at this book and you’ll hear Charlie Parker; you’ll hear music in your mind. “Be bop. Fisk, fisk. Lollipop. Boomba, boomba.” Look. That’s Charlie swinging and spinning all over the pages. And that’s Charlie’s cat, waiting, waiting for him to come home.
There is no better way to introduce children to classical music than with Prokofiev’s musical fairy tale of the little boy (played by all the strings of the orchestra) who, with the help of a bird (played by the flute), outsmarted the big, bad wolf (played by the French horns).
Story of the Orchestra, The
Jazz Fly, The
Author: Robert Levine Illustrator: Meredith Hamilton ISBN: 978-1579121488
Author: Matthew Gollub Illustrator: Karen Hanke ISBN: 9781889910178 A singular story celebrating language and the improvisational spirit of jazz. While seeking directions to town, a scatsinging fly picks up the animal sounds he hears from a frog, a hog, a donkey, and dog. Late that night, at the insect jazz club, the fly uses these sounds to create a new way to play jazz. He is last seen riding off in a fine stretch limousine.
The engaging text is broken into three sections: an introduction to each instrument of the orchestra from the cello to the timpani, the stories of famous composers from Bach to Stravinsky and an explanation of different musical styles from Baroque to Modern. Each step of the way, children can listen to actual musical examples of what they are learning about.
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
Maestro Plays, The Author: Bill Martin Jr Illustrator: Vladimir Radunsky ISBN: 978-0-8050-1746-5
Author: Lloyd Moss Illustrator: Marjorie Priceman ISBN: 9780671882396
Bravo to the three maestros who created this virtuoso picture book! There is Maestro Bill Martin who writes, Maestro Vladimir Radunsky who illustrates, and there is the Maestro of the story himself, who amuses wryly, informs on-the-slyly, and encourages children to see how masterfully they can play with words.
When this book begins, the trombone is playing all by itself. But soon a trumpet makes a duet, a french horn a trio, and so on until the entire orchestra is assembled on stage. Written in elegant and rhythmic verse and illustrated with playful and flowing artwork, this unique counting book is the perfect introduction to musical groups.
26
27
For Those Who Miss the Karaoke
For Those Who Miss the Karaoke
Down by the Station
Man Gave Names to All the Animals
Author: Jennifer Riggs Vetter Illustrator: Frank Remkiewicz ISBN: 978-1-58246-243-1
Author: Bob Dylan Illustrator: Jim Arnosky ISBN: 978-1402768583
Little fans of trucks and trains and boats and planes will love to sing this action-packed, expanded version of the classic rhyme, paired with Frank Remkiewicz’s happy, vibrant illustrations.
Illustrator Jim Arnosky crafts a stunning picture book adaptation of Bob Dylan’s song that’s a treat for both children and adults, with breathtaking images of more than 170 animals plus a CD of Dylan’s original recording.
He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands Author, illustrator: Kadir Nelson ISBN: 9780803728509 One of America’s best-known songs, and now for the first time it appears as a picture book, masterfully created by award-winning artist Kadir Nelson into a dazzling, intimate interpretation, one that rejoices in the connectedness of people and nature.
My Favourite Things Author: Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II Illustrator: Renee Graef ISBN: 978-0060287108 Based on the delightful song “My Favorite Things” from “The Sound of Music”, this book presents magical images of creamcolored ponies, girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, and silver-white winters.
Knick-Knack Paddywhack
Over the Rainbow
Author, illustrator: Paul O. Zelinsky ISBN: 9780525469087
Performer: Judy Collins Illustrator: Eric Puybaret ISBN: 978-1936140008
Numbers & Nonsense have never been so much fun as they are in this brillant moving-parts book by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky, creator of the beloved The Wheels on the Bus.
28
A musical classic inspires the creation of beautiful images of sweeping horizons and fanciful creatures. This book also includes a CD by singer Judy Collins where readers are transported with the girl on a journey beyond the rainbow.
29
Have a
T t
Have a
T t
Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake Author: Michael B. Kaplan Illustrator: Stephane Jorisch ISBN: 9780803734074 When Betty Bunny eats chocolate cake for the first time, she loves it so much that she takes a piece to school with her in her pocket and refuses to eat anything else. Mommy tells Betty that she has to eat healthy food first, and have patience because cake is for dessert, not pockets.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Ice Cream: The Full Scoop Author, illustrator: Gall Gibbons ISBN: 978-0823420001 Cool and smooth and sweet, ice cream has long been a favourite treat. It cools you off when it’s hot and is too delicious to resist even in cold weather. How did it get to be so scrumptious?
Author: Roald Dahl Illustrator: Quentin Blake ISBN: 978-0141332123 What happens when the five luckiest children in the entire world walk through the doors of Willy Wonka’s famous, mysterious chocolate factory? What happens when, one by one, the children disobey Mr. Wonka’s orders? In Dahl’s most popular story, the nasty are punished and the good are deliciously, sumptuously rewarded.
Madame Pamplemousse and the Enchanted Sweet Shop
Author, illustrator: Rupert Kingfisher ISBN: 978-1408805053
Set during Winter in Paris, Madeleine is thrilled to make a new friend, Madame Bonbon, owner of an enchanted sweet shop where the candy itself has magical powers. But Madame Bonbon is actually an enemy in disguise and while chocolate seems to be the solution; the reality is far from it…
Chocolate Fever Author: Robert Kimmel Smith Illustrator: Gioia Fiammenghi ISBN: 978-0756967840 Henry loves chocolate so much, it practically runs through his veins. Still, it comes as a shock when he suddenly breaks out in chocolaty brown spots and is diagnosed with...Chocolate Fever. Rather than be poked and prodded by doctors, Henry runs away, starting the adventure of a lifetime.
apter Book
30
31
I want to
D
A
N
C
I want to
E
Ballet Shoes
D
A
N
C
E
Giraffes Can’t Dance
Author, illustrator: Noel Streatfeild ISBN: 978-1842556795 Originally published in 1937, this timeless tale of three orphaned sisters who grow up in comfort and wealth until their money runs out. Things look bleak until they hit on an inspired idea: Pauline, Petrova and Posy will take to the stage. But it’s not long before they learn that there’s more to being a star than they thought.
Author: Giles Andreae Illustrator: Guy Parker-Rees ISBN: 9780439287197 Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can’t dance... or can they?
Josephine Wants to Dance
Dance Me a Story: Twelve Tales from the Classic Ballets Author, illustrator: Jane Rosenberg ISBN: 978-0500277393 (paperback) Jane Rosenberg’s delightful retellings for children of the greatest ballets- whether the tales are read as introductions to a ballet or to relive a production already seen, art and text combine to give a clear understanding of plot, scene, and character.
Author: Jackie French Illustrator: Bruce Whatley ISBN: 978-0810994317 Josephine loves to dance. She dreams of wearing a pink tutu and silk ballet shoes. But everyone reminds her that kangaroos don’t dance- they hop! So Josephine sneaks into town, where the ballet rehearses, and watches for hours as the dancers spin and swirl and pirouette and curtsy.
Dog’s Don’t Do Ballet Author: Anna Kemp Illustrator: Sara Ogilvie ISBN: 978-1416998396
Oliver Button Is a Sissy
Biff is not like ordinary dogs. He doesn’t do dog stuff. If you throw him a stick, he’ll just look at you like you’re crazy. Biff likes moonlight and music and walking on his tiptoes. You see, Biff doesn’t think he’s a dog, Biff thinks he’s a ballerina. The hilarious story of a small dog with a big personality and even bigger dreams!
apter Book
32
Author, illustrator: Tomie dePaola ISBN: 978-0152578527 A little boy must come to terms with being teased and ostracized because he’d rather read books, paint pictures, and tap-dance than participate in sports. 33
Lady Lollipop
Princess and the Pea, The
Author: Dick King-Smith Illustrator: Jill Barton ISBN: 978-0763621810 (paperback)
Author: Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator: Maja Dusikova ISBN: 978-0863158575
Lollipop is no ordinary pig. According to her young trainer, Johnny Skinner, she’s the smartest pig in the entire kingdom. When people stare into Lollipop’s bright, intelligent eyes, it somehow changes them for the better. But can Lollipop win over the spoiled Princess Penelope - and her not-so-pig-friendly parents, the King and Queen?
The prince is looking for a true princess to be his wife, but all the girls he meets are too rude, too vain or too greedy. One stormy night a young lady knocks on the palace door claiming to be a princess, so the queen decides to put her to the test. Will she feel the pea underneath the huge pile of mattresses?
Princess Knight, The
Little Princess, A
Author: Cornelia Funke Illustrator: Kerstin Meyer ISBN: 978-0439536301
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ISBN: 978-1453857625 (paperback) This classic story honours the triumph of the human will and good over evil. Sara Crewe is a young girl sent to a boarding school in London where she is lavishly cared for until her father dies and she is left an orphan and a pauper but is determined to remain a princess at heart.
Princess Who Had No Kingdom, The
Many Moons
Author: Ursula Jones Illustrator: Sarah Gibb ISBN: 978-1846167997 (paperback)
Author: James Thurber Illustrator: Louis Slobodkin ISBN: 978-0152518738 Princess Lenore is ill from eating too many raspberry tarts. She believes that possessing the moon is the only thing that will cure her. Despite a command from the King, neither the Lord High Chamberlain nor the Royal Wizard nor the Royal Mathematician can get the moon for her. Only when the clever Court Jester consults the Princess herself is the problem solved - with characteristic Thurber wit. apter Book
Violet is a young princess who wishes she could show the world that she is just as brave and strong as her brothers. But her strict father insists that she get married, and her brothers only mock her when she wants to be included in their fun. So Violet decides to use her intelligence and bravery to show everyone- once and for all- what she’s made of.
34
Once there was a princess who had no kingdom. All she had was a pony and cart, and a red umbrella to keep her dry from the rain. What she lacked in wordly possessions though, she made up for in kindness, cleverness, and beauty- qualities that made all the rich princes with kingdoms to spare want to marry her. But what is a kingdom without love? 35
Peter Pan
Edward and the Pirates
Author: J.M. Barrie Illustrator: Scott Gustafson ISBN: 978-0670841806
Author, illustrator: David McPhail ISBN: 978-0316563444 Reading everything he can after learning how to read, young Edward finds his imagination soaring and particularly enjoys adventure stories, and one day he wakes up to find himself surrounded by pirates.
Grumpy Little King
The boy who refuses to grow up teaches Wendy and her younger brothers how to fly. Then it’s off to magical Neverneverland for adventures with mermaids, Indians, and wicked Captain Hook and his pirate crew in this illustrated, easy-reading adaptation of the classic fantasy.
Pirate Cruncher , The
Author, illustrator: Michel Streich ISBN: 978-1742375724
Author, illustrator: Jonny Duddle ISBN: 978-0763648763
The little king was always grumpy. “I am fed up with being the little king of a tiny nation!” he shouted. “I want to rule over an enormous country and be famous!” So the little king decided to start a war. But when the soldiers look around the battlefield for their war-happy king and find him nowhere in sight, the king’s war doesn’t work out quite the way he planned.
A mysterious old pirate tells a tavern of salty seadogs about an island bursting with hidden treasure. But once they set sail, he also mentions that it is guarded by the terrible Pirate Cruncher. When the pirates’ greed gets the better of their fear, there’s a big surprise in store!
Six Men
How I Became a Pirate
Author, illustrator: David McKee ISBN: 978-0735840508
Author: Melinda Long Illustrator: David Shannon ISBN: 978-0152018481 Pirates have green teeth- when they have any teeth at all. I know about pirates, because one day, when I was at the beach building a sand castle and minding my own business, a pirate ship sailed into view. 36
The author of the popular classic Elmer combines evocative black-and-white cartoon illustrations with the thought-provoking story of six men whose shared effort to find a home where they can live and work in peace is challenged by their own struggles to behave peacefully. 37
The Young Gourmet
The Young Gourmet Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear , The
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Author: Judi Barrett Illustrator: Ronald Barrett ISBN: 978-0689306471 The tiny town of Chewandswallow is very much like any other tiny town except for its weather which came three times a day, at breakfast lunch and dinner. It rains things like soup and juice. It snows things like mashed potatoes. And sometimes the wind blows in storms of hamburgers.
Giant Jam Sandwich, The
Author: Audrey Wood & Don Wood Illustrator: Don Wood ISBN: 978-0859531825 The Little Mouse and the Big Hungry Bear are known and loved by millions of children around the world. Little Mouse loves strawberries, but so does the bear...How will Little Mouse stop the bear from eating his freshly picked, red, ripe strawberry.
Mouse Mess
Author, illustrator: John Vernon Lord ISBN: 978-0808590736
Author, illustrator: Linnea Asplind Riley ISBN: 9780590100489
Four million wasps invade Itching Down, so the villagers make a giant jam sandwich to trap them.
Growing Vegetable Soup
With exuberant, brightly colored collages, Riley presents the simple story of a mouse who wakes for a midnight snack and winds up creating a chaotic mess in the family kitchen.
Tortilla Factory, The
Author, illustrator: Lois Ehlert ISBN: 978-0152050559 (Board Book) Together, a father and child share the joys of planting, watering, and watching seeds grow. And once their harvest of tomatoes, potatoes, cabbage, and corn is ready, they’ll cook it up into the best soup ever!
38
Author: Gary Paulsen Illustrator: Ruth Wright Paulsen ISBN: 978-0613089302 Gary Paulsen pays tribute to a cycle of life--from seed to plant to tortilla. Workers till the black soil, operate the clanking machinery of the factory, and drive the trucks that deliver the tortillas back into the hands that will plant the yellow seeds. 39
Wheels and Wings
Wheels and Wings
Airport
Little Trucks with Big Jobs
Author, illustrator: Byron Barton ISBN: 978-0-690-04169-9 From the excitement of arrival to the wonder of taking off- a picture book that captures in joyous and powerful images all the magic of an airport.
Duck in the Truck
Author, illustrator: Robert Maass ISBN: 978-0805077483 Big trucks are impressive and powerful, but little trucks are important, too. A tow truck, ambulance, forklift, and plane tug are just a few of the little trucks that have big jobs.
Moonshot
Author, illustrator: Jez Alborough ISBN: 978-0007302628 This is the tale of a duck in a truck - a truck that was stuck in some yucky brown muck. A sheep in a jeep and a frog in a bush saw the truck stuck and gave it a push. But the truck stayed stuck! What now, can you guess? Could a goat in a boat get them out of this mess?
Garage, The Author, illustrator: Merlin ISBN: 978-1406333299 Mr Bear’s car has broken down, but luckily he’s a mechanic! Help him to fix it by lifting the flaps to check each part of the car - and look out for his friends, sleepy Mr Mouse and lazy Mr Crocodile. Will Mr Bear now be able to make it through the heavy traffic? It’s looking good, until...Oh no, smoke! Better get back to the garage.
40
Author, illustrator: Brian Floca ISBN: 978-1-4169-5046-2 Simply told, grandly shown, here is the flight of Apollo 11. Here for a new generation of readers and explorers are the steady astronauts, this is a story of adventure and discovery- a story of leaving and returning during the summer of 1969, and a story of home, seen whole, from far away.
Steam, Smoke, and Steel: Back in Time with Trains Author, illustrator: Patrick O’Brien ISBN: 978-0881069693
A young boy looks back through time to give a guided tour of his family’s history on the railroad, with each generation introducing a train of the era. Facts and anecdotes about trains and the people who make them run follow each showcased locomotive. 41
I am different
I am different
Chrysanthemum
In the Meadow
Author, illustrator: Kevin Henkes ISBN: 9780688096991
Author: Yukiko Kato Illustrator: Komako Sakai ISBN: 9781592701087
Chrysanthemum loved her name. And then she started school. “I’m named after my grandmother,” said Victoria. “You’re named after a flower.” Chrysanthemum wilted. Then the students were introduced to their music teacher, Mrs. Delphinium Twinkle. And suddenly, Chrysanthemum blossomed....
In this book, a little girl experiences what it’s like to be alone in a field where the grass is as tall as she is and there are many insects and sounds. The book ends on a peaceful note, with mommy and daughter together. Beautifully and sensitively illustrated, In the Meadow draws the reader into the child’s experience of being in the natural world.
Color of His Own, A Author, illustrator: Leo Lionni ISBN: 978-0-375-81091-6 (Board Book)
Story of Ferdinand, The
Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a color of his own. No matter where he goes with his new friend, they will always be alike.
Author: Munro Leaf Illustrator: Robert Lawson ISBN: 0670013234 Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls.
Guji Guji
What I Like About Me!
Author, illustrator: Chih-Yuan Chen ISBN: 1929132670
Author: Allia Zobel-Nolan Illustrator: Miki Sakamoto ISBN: 978-0794419455 (Board Book)
Guji Guji is just your ordinary, everyday, run-of-the-mill duck...um, crocodile...um, duck... In this engaging story about identity, loyalty and what it really means to be a family, Guji Guji makes some pretty big decisions about who he is, what he is, and what it all means.
42
The kids in What I Like About Me! are as different as night and day. And, guess what? They love it. Some adore the fact that their braces dazzle and gleam, others feel distinguished when they wear their glasses. Still others wouldn’t trade their big feet for a lifetime of free video games. 43
I think I can
I think I can
Bravery Soup
Katy and the Big Snow
Author, illustrator: Maryann Cocca-Leffler ISBN: 978-0807508718 (paperback)
Author, illustrator: Virginia Lee Burton ISBN: 978-0395181553
Carlin the raccoon is afraid of everything—even his own shadow! Alone, Carlin must make a perilous journey and bring back the secret ingredient for Big Bear’s Bravery Soup. Scared but determined, Carlin sets off with some helpful gifts from his friends and finds bravery in the most unexpected place.
Katy, a brave and untiring tractor, who pushes a bulldozer in the summer and a snowplow in the winter, makes it possible for the townspeople to do their jobs.
Olympig Author, illustrator: Victoria Jamieson ISBN: 978-0803735361
Courage Author, illustrator: Bernard Waber ISBN: 978-0618238552 What is courage? Certainly it takes courage for a firefighter to rescue someone trapped in a burning building, but there are many other kinds of courage too.
Boomer the Pig has been training hard for the Animal Olympics, so when he loses his first race, he shrugs it off and cheerfully moves on. One event after another, Boomer keeps losing, and the frustration begins to get to him. But even after coming in last in every sport, there’s no getting this Olympig down. It’s just great practice for the Winter Games!
Snail and the Whale, The
Henrietta and the Golden Eggs
Author: Julia Donaldson Illustrator: Axel Scheffler ISBN: 978-0142405802 (paperback)
Author: Hanna Johansen Illustrator: Kathi Bhend ISBN: 978-1567922103 Henrietta has big dreams for a little chicken: learning to sing, to swim, to fly, and, most important of all, to lay golden eggs. Even when her three thousand, three hundred thirty-three fellow inmates in the old henhouse laugh at her ambitions, Henrietta holds fast, practicing day and night. 44
When a tiny snail meets a humpback whale, the two travel together to far-off lands. It’s a dream come true for the snail, who has never left home before. But when the whale swims too close to shore, will the snail be able to save her new friend?
45
Starting school
Starting school
Kindergarten Diary
My Name is Yoon
Author, illustrator: Antoinette Portis ISBN: 0061456918 Starting kindergarten can be a little scary. But Annalina shows us there are lots of new and exciting things to look forward to meeting your teacher, playing on the monkey bars, feeding the pet tortoise, and making new friends.
Author: Helen Recorvits Illustrator: Gabi Swiatkowska ISBN:978-0374351144 Yoon’s name means Shining Wisdom, and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. In English, all the lines and circles stand alone, which is just how Yoon feels in the United States. Yoon isn’t sure that she wants to be YOON. At her new school, she tries out different names – maybe CAT or BIRD. Maybe CUPCAKE!
Kissing Hand, TShe Author: Audrey Penn Illustrator: Ruth E. Harper & Nancy M. Leak ISBN: 9781933718002 School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester’s fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the reassurance of her love any time his world feels a little scary.
Ramona the Pest Author: Beverly Cleary Illustrator: Tracy Dockray ISBN:978-0812422733 Ramona is off to kindergarten, and it’s the greatest day of her life. So why is she sitting on the bench while the rest of the students play the game gray duck? Laughs and minor upsets abound in an enormously popular story starring the one and only Ramona Quimby!
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
apter Book
Author, illustrator: Mo Willems ISBN: 978-1423102991
Wemberly Worried
Caldecott Award winning story with illustrations creatively superimposed on black-and-white photographs, this is a laugh-aloud story of a little girl who hurries to school to show off her one-ofa-kind Knuffle Bunny. But an awful surprise awaits her: someone else has the exact same bunny! Thus begins an exciting twentyfour hours of adventure that ultimately ends in a new friendship.
Author, illustrator: Kevin Henkes ISBN: 978-0688170271
46
Wemberly worries about spilling her juice, about shrinking in the bathtub, even about snakes in the radiator. “Worry, worry, worry,” her family says. “Too much worry.” And Wemberly worried about one thing most of all: her first day of school.
47
When things
are bad
When things
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Author: Judith Viorst Illustrator: Ray Cruz ISBN: 9780689300721 Alexander knew it was going to be a terrible day when he woke up with gum in this hair. And it got worse...His best friend deserted him. There was no dessert in his lunch bag. And, on top of all that, there were lima beans for dinner and kissing on TV! This classic picture book is sure to charm readers of all ages.
Fortunately
are bad
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Author, illustrator: Kevin Henkes ISBN: 9780688128975 Lilly loves everything about school, especially her cool teacher, Mr. Slinger. But when Lilly brings her purple plastic purse and its treasures to school and can’t wait until sharing time, Mr. Slinger confiscates her prized possessions. Lilly’s fury leads to revenge and then to remorse and she sets out to make amends.
Mean Soup
Author, illustrator: Remy Charlip ISBN: 978-1417611324
Author, illustrator: Betsy Everitt ISBN: 978-0780742291
Fortunately Ned was invited to a surprise party. Unfortunately the party was a thousand miles away. Fortunately he borrowed an airplane. Unfortunately the motor exploded. Good fortune follows bad through a hilarious series of cliff-hanging escapades that lead to a fortunate ending.
It has been a bad day for Horace. A very bad day. He’s come home feeling mean. But his mother knows just what to do!
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry...
It’s a Bad Day
Author, illustrator: Molly Bang ISBN: 978-0590189798
Author: Mary Ellen Friday Illustrator: Glin Dibley ISBN: 978-0873589048 It can be tough to be a kid sometimes- snowmen melt, tress eat airplanes, gum gets stuck in your hair. But it’s a lot easier to get through the bad days when you can laugh at yourself. Mary Eleen Friday and Glin Dibley have teamed up to create a hilariously glib outlook on the trials and tribulations of being a kid. We all have bad days, but hey, tomorrow is a new day. 48
Sophie gets mad and climbs a tree to calm down...Everybody gets angry sometimes. People do lots of different things when they get angry. In this Caldecott-honor book, kids will see what Sophie does when she gets angry.
49
Caring for our World
Caring for our World
Curious Garden, The
Just a Dream
Author, illustrator: Peter Brown ISBN: 978-0316015479 While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.
Author, illustrator: Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 978-0395533086 Walter is a litterbug who does not appreciate the beauty of nature, or understand his role in keeping the planet healthy ... until a fantastic journey shows him the tragic fate that could befall Earth if humans like him are not more careful.
Lorax, The
Farewell to Shady Glade
Author, illustrator: Dr Seuss ISBN: 978-0394823379
Author, illustrator: Bill Peet ISBN: 978-0-395-18975-7 Bulldozers push the raccoon and his friends from their home, but they are able to find a new one after a terrifying train ride.
Great Kapok Tree, The
“Unless someone like you... cares a whole awful lot... nothing is going to get better... It’s not.” Long before saving the earth became a global concern, Dr. Seuss, speaking through his character the Lorax, warned against mindless progress and the danger it posed to the earth’s natural beauty.
Sandy’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint
Author, illustrator: Lynne Cherry ISBN: 978-0152005207
One day, a man exhausts himself trying to chop down a giant kapok tree. While he sleeps, the forest’s residents, including a child from the Yanomamo tribe, whisper in his ear about the importance of trees and how “all living things depend on one another” . . . and it works.
50
Author: Femida Handy & Carole Carpenter Illustrator: Adrianna Steele-Card ISBN: 978-1897187692 Sandy loves visiting her grandpa’s house by the beach every summer. She and her dog Pepper play in the sand and surf, chasing the seagulls. But on this day her walk on the beach is ruined when she comes across the garbage left over from someone else’s picnic- pop cans, half-eaten hot-dog buns, and even a yellow mustard container... 51
DOLLARS AND SENSE
DOLLARS AND SENSE
Bunny Money
Millions
Author, illustrator: Rosemary Wells ISBN: 978-0670886883
Author: Frank Cottrell Boyce ISBN: 978-0060733322 (paperback)
A story about the value of saving in the well-loved Max & Ruby series. It’s Grandma’s birthday, and Ruby knows exactly what Grandma would love-a beautiful ballerina box. Max also knows what she’d love-a scary pair of ooey-gooey vampire teeth. But they inadvertently spend their savings and may not have enough left for Grandma’s present.
It was a one-in-a-million chance. A bag crammed with cash comes tumbling out of the air and lands right at Damian’s feet. Suddenly the Cunningham brothers are rich. Very rich. They can buy anything they want. There’s just one problem- they have only seventeen days to spend all the money before it becomes worthless.
Chair for My Mother , A Author, illustrator: Vera B. Williams ISBN: 978-0688009144 The jar of coins is full. The day has come to buy the chair - the big, fat, comfortable, wonderful chair they have been saving for. The chair that will replace the one that was burned up- along with everything else - in the terrible fire. A book of love and tenderness filled with the affirmation of life.
If You Made a Million
Toothpaste Millionaire, The Author: Jean Merrill ISBN: 978-0618759248 Likable, clever, and inventive sixth-graders Rufus Mayflower and Kate Mackinstrey develop and sell toothpaste to become millionaires in just one year! This fun, breezy story includes many reallife mathematical problems which the characters must solve to succeed in their budding business.
Author: David M. Schwartz Illustrator: Steven Kellogg ISBN: 978-0780743311 Have you ever wanted to make a million dollars? Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician is ready, willing, and able to explain the nuts and bolts- as well as the mystery and wonder- of earning money, investing it, accruing dividends and interest, and watching savings grow. apter Book
52
53
Making a
Difference
Making a
Difference
Miss Rumphius
Angelo
Author, illustrator: Barbara Cooney ISBN: 9780670479580
Author, illustrator: David Macaulay ISBN: 978-1417754656 High above the rooftops of Rome, Angelo begins his work restoring the façade of a once glorious church. There, among the sticks and feathers, he discovers a wounded bird. Angelo becomes the bird’s reluctant savior.
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- and she does all those things, the last being the most difficult of all.
Stone Soup Beatrice’s Goat
Author, illustrator: Jon J Muth ISBN: 9780439339094
Author: Page McBrier Illustrator: Lori Lohstoeter ISBN: 978-0689824609 More than anything, Beatrice longs to be a schoolgirl. But in her small African village, only children who can afford uniforms and books can go to school. Then Beatrice receives a wonderful gift from some people far away -- a goat! With the goat’s help, it looks as if Beatrice’s dream may come true after all.
Three strangers, hungry and tired, pass through a war-torn village. Embittered and suspicious from the war, the people hide their food and close their windows tight. That is, until the clever strangers suggest making a soup from stones. Intrigued by the idea, everyone brings what they have until-- together, they have made a feast fit for a king!
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Listen to the Wind
Author: Mem Fox Illustrator: Julie Vivas ISBN: 978-0613511971
Author: Greg Mortenson & Susan L. Roth Illustrator: Susan L. Roth ISBN: 978-0803730588 This story illuminates the humanity and culture of a relevant and distant part of the world in gorgeous collage, while sharing a riveting example of how one person can change thousands of lives.
54
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, a rather small boy, lives next door to a nursing home in which resides Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper, his favorite friend, because she has four names as well. When Miss Nancy “loses” her memory, the intrepid Wilfrid sets out to find it for her. 55
Matters of the He rt Adventures at Walnut Grove
Matters of the He rt It Could Always Be Worse
Author: Dana Lehman Illustrator: Judy Lehman ISBN: 978-0979268601 Sammy’s feelings are hurt when he is called raccoon eyes. Sammy knows that name-calling is not nice, but his friends have a valuable lesson to learn. The name-caller soon becomes the one being teased. Adventures at Walnut Grove is a story about friends that learn to treat others as they would like to be treated.
Author, illustrator: Margot Zemach ISBN: 978-0812406023 Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut. When the poor man was unable to stand it any longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help. As he follows the Rabbi’s unlikely advice, the poor man’s life goes from bad to worse, with increasingly uproarious results.
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
Madeline
Author: Carol McCloud Illustrator: David Messing ISBN: 978-1933916163
Author, illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans ISBN: 9780670445806
Through simple prose and vivid illustrations, this heartwarming book encourages positive behavior as children see how rewarding it is to express daily kindness, appreciation, and love. Bucket filling and dipping are effective metaphors for understanding the effects of our actions and words on the well being of others and ourselves.
Heart and the Bottle, The
Nothing frightens Madeline- not tigers, not mice, not even getting sick. To Madeline, a trip to the hospital is a grand adventure. A Caldecott Honor Book. A true classic, Madeline continues to enchant readers more than sixty years after its first publication.
Michael Rosen’s Sad Book
Author, illustrator: Oliver Jeffers ISBN: 978-0399254529 There is a wonder and magic to childhood. We don’t realize it at the time, of course . . . yet the adults in our lives do. They encourage us to see things in the stars, to find joy in colors and laughter as we play. But what happens when that special someone who encourages such wonder and magic is no longer around? We can hide, we can place our heart in a bottle and grow up . . . or we can find another special someone who understands the magic. 56
Author: Michael Rosen Illustrator: Quentin Blake ISBN: 978-0763625979 Sad things happen to everyone, and sometimes people feel sad for no reason at all. What makes Michael Rosen sad is thinking about his son, Eddie, who died suddenly at the age of eighteen. In this book the author writes about his sadness, how it affects him, and some of the things he does to cope with it. 57
Our Home
ur World Our Home
Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature, The Author, illustrator: Stan & Jan Berenstain ISBN: 978-0486498348 (paperback) Discover fun facts about the world around us in the company of the fun-loving Berenstain Bears and their friend Professor Actual Factual. Three big adventures involving the Bear Country Almanac, a nature guide, and a trip to a science fair answer such questions as What are the seasons? Are you an animal? and How can we make energy from wind and water?
Me on the Map Author: Joan Sweeney Illustrator: Annette Cable ISBN: 978-0613099585 Using the premise that simple drawings can be maps, the book begins with crayon drawings of the floor plans of the girl’s room and house. The concept becomes progressively more complex, as her horizons expand from home to street, to town, to state, to country, and finally to the world.
People
Life Like Mine How Children Live Around the World, A
Author, illustrator: Peter Spier ISBN: 978-0385131810
Author: DK Publishing & UNICEF ISBN: 978-0756618032 (paperback) Profiling children from all over the globe leading their lives in different and fascinating ways, the challenges of nations both developed and developing are revealed in the stories and photographs in this special volume.
People come in all shapes and sizes: tall, short, and in-between, and we come in many colors too. Caldecott Medalist Peter Spier reminds us that each of us is a unique individual, different from all others, and deserving of the respect and tolerance of others.
Seasons
Little History of the World, A
Author, illustrator: Anne Crausaz ISBN: 9781610670067
Author, illustrator: E. H. Gombrich ISBN: 978-0300176148 (illustrated edition) E. H. Gombrich’s Little History of the World, though written in 1935, has become one of the treasures of historical writing since its first publication in English in 2005. This illustrated edition brings together the pellucid humanity of his narrative with the images that may well have been in his mind’s eye as he wrote the book. apter Book
ur World
58
Seasons will encourage children to see the joy in the natural world, to truly take in all the sensory experiences nature has to offer, and will remind adults of that joy.
59
A Day in the Life of...
A Day in the Life of...
Diary of a Wombat
Minerva Louise
Author: Jackie French Illustrator: Bruce Whatley ISBN: 0-618-38136-8
Author, illustrator: Janet Morgan Stoeke ISBN: 978-0525443742
Wombats are cuddly-looking, slow-moving Australian animals. Their favorite activities are eating, sleeping, and digging holes. Here, in the words of one unusually articulate wombat, is the tongue-in-cheek account of a busy week; eating, sleeping, digging holes... and training its new neighbors, a family of humans, to produce treats on demand.
Minerva Louise loves the house with the red curtains, so she decides to explore. Preschoolers will laugh as she mistakes a string of beads for food, a rubber duck for a real one, and a sleeping cat for a “friendly cow.”
Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town
Let’s Do Nothing!
Author, illustrator: Richard Scarry ISBN: 978-0307168030
Author, illustrator: Tony Fucile ISBN: 0763634409 Frankie and Sal have already played every sport and board game invented, baked and eaten batches of cookies, and painted a zillion pictures. What’s left to do? Nothing! Ten seconds of nothing! Can they do it? Can they act like stone statues in the park? Can they simply hold their breath and not blink an eye?
Little Pea
What do people do all day? Richard Scarry gives young readers a behind-the-scenes look at the countless jobs that people do. This enlightening and entertaining book is a perfect introduction to many different careers and professions, and is a great way to spark children’s imagination.
Snowy Day, The
Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal Illustrator: Jen Corace ISBN: 978-0811846585
Author, illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats ISBN: 9780670654000
If Little Pea doesn’t eat all of his sweets, there will be no vegetables for dessert! What’s a young pea to do? Children who have trouble swallowing their veggies will love the way this peasize picture book serves up a playful story they can relate to. 60
Waking up to a world of snowy white - what could be better? Young Peter can’t wait to jump in his snowsuit and run out to explore.
61
East Dragon, West Dragon
When a Dragon Moves In
Author: Robyn Eversole Illustrator: Scott Campbell ISBN: 978-0689858284
Author: Jodi Moore Illustrator: Howard McWilliam ISBN: 9780979974670
This story of friendship across cultures is told through two dragons that live on opposite sides of the world and believe each other to be a threat until a riff brought upon by knights allows them to discover that perhaps they are not so different after all.
This masterful and fun tale of imagination and emotion captures the childhood experience of wanting a little extra attention - to have our inner Dragon rear his head and demand to be noticed. The little boy believes if you build the perfect sandcastle, a dragon moves in, and so he does.
Where the Wild Things Are
Haroun and the Sea of Stories Author, illustrator: Salman Rushdie ISBN: 978-0140157376 Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the way, he encounters many foes, all intent on draining the sea of all its storytelling powers.
Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Author: C. S. Lewis Illustrator: Pauline Baynes ISBN: 9780060234812 What begins as a simple game of hide-and seek quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime when Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy walk through the wardrobe and into the land of Narnia.
apter Book
62
Author, illustrator: Maurice Sendak ISBN: 978-0-06-025492-6 Max is sent to bed without supper and imagines sailing away to the land of Wild Things, where he is made king.
Wrinkle in Time, A Author, illustrator: Madeleine L’Engle ISBN: 978-0374386160 A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the Newbery Medal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time of Meg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O’Keefe (athlete, student, and one of the most popular boys in high school). They are in search of Meg’s father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secret work for the government on the tesseract problem.
63
Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill, The
Nicholas
This delightful set of stories about the adventures of a mischievous koala has been loved by generations of young Australians. Dorothy Wall’s amusing tales and drawings, and her love of the bush and concern for its conservation, still have the power to enchant children everywhere.
An only child, Nicholas, appears older at school than he does as home and his touchingly naive reaction to situations, cut through the preconceptions of adults and result in a formidable sequence of escapades.
Author, illustrator: Dorothy Wall ISBN: 978-1849025713
Eloise
Pippi Longstocking
Author: Kay Thompson Illustrator: Hilary Knight ISBN: 9780671223502 Eloise is a little girl who lives at The Plaza Hotel in New York. Eloise’s exploits are non-stop, and Kay Thompson perfectly captures the way children speak. Hilary Knight’s drawings illustrate Eloise’s braggadocio and amusement as well as the bewilderment of harassed hotel guests.
Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken Author: Kate DiCamillo Illustrator: Harry Bliss ISBN: 978-0060755546 She longed for adventure. So she left her home and ventured out into the wide world. The pleasures and perils she met proved plentiful: marauding pirates on the majestic seas, a ferocious lion under the bright lights of the big top, a mysterious stranger in an exotic and bustling bazaar. apter Book
Author: René Goscinny Illustrator: Jean-Jacques Sempé ISBN: 978-0714861159 (paperback)
64
Author: Astrid Lindgren Illustrator: Lauren Child ISBN: 9780192782403 Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse, a monkey, and a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should, but Pippi has other ideas.
Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Author, illustrator: Beatrix Potter ISBN: 0-7232-4770-6 When Mrs. Rabbit begs her four furry children from Mr. McGregor’s garden, the impish Peter rally takes this as an open invitation to create when he is spotted by the farmer himself, the
to stay away Rabbit natumischief. But chase is on! 65
Enchanted Wood, The
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Author, illustrator: Enid Blyton ISBN: 0603566243 Jo, Bessie and Fanny move to the country and find an Enchanted Wood right on their doorstep! And in the wood stands the magic Faraway Tree, and in that tree live the magical characters that soon become their new friends - Moon-Face, Silky the fairy, and Saucepan Man.
Indian in the Cupboard, The Author: Lynne Reid Banks ISBN: 978-0375847530 (paperback) What could be better than a magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures? The story of Omri and the plastic Native Indian figurine that comes to life is a subtle reminder of the responsibilities that accompany friendship and love.
Velveteen Rabbit, The Author: Margery Williams Illustrator: William Nicholson ISBN: 9780385077255 More than anything else, the Velveteen Rabbit wants to become real- just like the wild rabbits he’s seen hopping in the woods. But can the Boy help make the Rabbit’s wish come true? A picture book version of a classic, beloved story.
Winnie the Witch
Secret Garden, The
Author: Valerie Thomas Illustrator: Korky Paul ISBN: 978-0192728760 (paperback)
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett Illustrator: Inga Moore ISBN: 978-0763631611 First published in 1911, The Secret Garden has entranced readers with the courage and strength of two unhappy and withering children who become determined to make their lives and the lives of others around them more joyful. apter Book
Author: Philippa Pearce Illustrator: Susan Einzig ISBN: 978-0064404457 (paperback) When Tom is sent to his Aunt’s house for Summer, he is furious as there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until the landlady’s antique grandfather clock strikes thirteen times leading Tom to a wonderful magical discovery and a secret almost too amazing to be true.
66
Winnie the Witch lives in a black house. She has black chairs and black stairs, black floors and black doors. The trouble is that Winnie’s cat, Wilbur, is also black. After sitting on him and tripping over him, Winnie decides to turn Wilbur into a green cat. But then he goes out into the long grass! Winnie is going to need a little magic to make sure she can always see Wilbur... 67
Invention of Hugo Cabret, The
Story of Babar , The
Author, illustrator: Brian Selznick ISBN: 978-0439813785 Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.
Author, illustrator: Jean De Brunhoff ISBN: 0-394-80575-5
Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her To Fly, The
Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O’Dell Illustrator: Ted Lewin ISBN: 978-0547424835 (50th Anniversary Edition) Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life.
Journey to the River Sea
Author: Luis Sepulveda Illustrator: Chris Sheban ISBN: 978-0439401869 It’s migration time and as a mother gull dives into the water to catch a herring she’s caught in an oil slick! Thinking of the egg she is about to lay she manages to extract herself and fly to the nearest port. Exhausted, she lands on a balcony where Zorba the cat is sunning himself. Zorba wants to get help, but the gull knows it’s too late and she extracts three promises from him.
Three Robbers, The
Author: Eva Ibbotson Illustrator: Kevin Hawkes ISBN: 978-0525467397
Author, illustrator: Tomi Ungerer ISBN: 978-0714848778
Maia, an orphan, is sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a rubber plantation in South America. The brave, curious girl and her fierce but kind governess arrive in their new home, each with secret hopes of adventure.
apter Book
After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended by the kindly Old Lady. He becomes educated and cultured and, upon his return to the great forest, is crowned King of the Elephants.
68
One bitter, black night, three ferocious highwaymen meet their match in a spunky orphan named Tiffany. The illustrator’s bold, fanciful artwork, rendered primarily in black and deep blue tones, enliven this cautionary tale of foul deeds transformed into doing good for others. 69
Big Words for Little People
Frindle
Author: Jamie Lee Curtis Illustrator: Laura Cornell ISBN: 978-0-06-112759-5 The eighth hilarious picture book by the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell helps little people communicate in a big person’s world. With grown-up words like cooperate, respect, patience and considerate, a big, boisterous and zany family celebrates the power of language and discovers that words—big or little—are the bridge that connects us all.
Trying to aggravate a tough language-arts teacher, a fifth-grade boy invents a new word for pen: “frindle.” Soon, the whole country is using it. “Dictionary lovers will cotton to this mild classroom fantasy,” writes Publishers Weekly. Illustrations by award-winner Brian Selznick.
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
How Rocket Learned to Read
Author: Doreen Cronin Illustrator: Betsy Lewin ISBN: 978-1416903482
Author, illustrator: Tad Hills ISBN: 9780375858994
Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, moo. But Farmer Brown’s problems REALLY begin when his cows start leaving him notes...Come join the fun as a bunch of literate cows turn Farmer Brown’s farm upside-down!
apter Book
Author: Andrew Clements Illustrator: Brian Selznick ISBN: 978-0689806698
Learn to read with this New York Times-bestselling picture book, starring an irresistible dog named Rocket and his teacher, a little yellow bird. Follow along as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally . . . learns to read all on his own!
Dear Deer
I Like Books
Author, illustrator: Gene Barrett ISBN: 978-0805081046
Author, illustrator: Anthony Browne ISBN: 978-1406321784
Clever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There’s the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD—and that’s just for starters.
Do you like books? Funny books or fairy tales? Scary books or song books? Books about dinosaurs or pirates or ABCs? This title stars an obliging chimp sampling books of various sizes and shapes.
70
71
Petunia
We Are in a Book!
Author, illustrator: Roger Duvoisin ISBN: 9780394808659
Author, illustrator: Mo Willems ISBN: 978-1423133087
A silly goose Petunia finds a book- and, deciding that if she owns a book she must be wise, dispenses hilariously mistaken advice to the other animals in the farmyard.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends. In this book they discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends? Using vocabulary perfect for beginning readers, Mo Willems has crafted a mind-bending story that fans of the Geisel Award-winning duo won’t be able to put this book down- literally!
Phantom Tollbooth, The
Why the Banana Split
Author: Norton Juster Illustrator: Jules Feiffer ISBN: 978-0812451788 This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year- old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Puzzling World of Winston Breen, The Author: Eric Berlin ISBN: 978-0142413883 (paperback) Winston Breen says the only thing better than discovering a puzzle is stumping someone else with it. But when his sister uncovers mysterious strips of wood with words and letters on them, even Winston himself is stumped. Soon the whole family and some friends are caught up in the mystery and off on a scavenger hunt that just may lead to a ring worth thousands of dollars! apter Book
72
Author: Rick Walton Illustrator: Jimmy Holder ISBN:978-1423620860 (paperback) Why Did The Banana Split? Well, For The Same Reason The Jackhammers Hit The Road, The Lettuce Headed Out, and The Jump Ropes Skipped Town. It Was Even Enough To Make The Baseball Players Strike Out. Kids will love the silly stories, funny illustrations, and witty wordplay in these adventures in idioms.
Wonderful Words - Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening Compiler: Lee Bennett Hopkins Illustrator: Karen Barbour ISBN: 978-0689835889 Whether we are sharing poems or secrets, acting onstage, or just telling jokes, the words we use are our best friends. Join acclaimed poet Lee Bennett Hopkins in this glorious collection celebrating words in speech, reading, language, and drama and how they influence our lives.
73
Libraries Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The
Libraries Quiet! There’s a Canary in the Library Author, illustrator: Don Freeman ISBN: 978-0670062300
Author: William Joyce Illustrator: Joe Bluhm ISBN: 978-1442457027
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a modern masterpiece, showing that in today’s world of traditional books, eBooks, and apps, it’s story that we truly celebrate- and this story, no matter how you tell it, begs to be read again and again.
Cary knows what she would do if she were the librarian - she’d invite all the animals into the library and share her favorite books with lions, bears, peacocks, and monkeys. But the trouble is, not all animals get along with each other. That’s where Cary’s trouble begins in this lively story.
Shelf Elf, The
Library Mouse
Author: Jackie Mims Hopkins Illustrator: Rebecca Thornburgh ISBN: 978-1932146271
Author, illustrator: Daniel Kirk ISBN: 9780810993464 Sam’s home was in a little hole in the wall in the children’s reference books section, and he thought that life was very good indeed. For Sam loved to read. He read picture books and chapter books, biographies and poetry, and ghost stories and mysteries. Sam read so much that finally one day he decided to write books himself!
Skoob, the Shelf Elf, teaches children how to take care of library books and proper library etiquette. The fantasy and fun of the Shelf Elf makes every library a magical place to be.
Tomas and the Library Lady
Lonely Book, The Author: Kate Bernheimer Illustrator: Chris Sheban ISBN: 978-0375862267 In today’s age of electronic media, this is a wonderful reminder of how important a printed book can be and how reading a story and looking at pictures can enchant anyone who has ever cherished a book. 74
Author: Pat Mora Illustrator: Raul Colon ISBN: 978-0679804017 Based on the true story of the Mexican-American author and educator Tomás Rivera, a child of migrant workers who went on to become the first minority Chancellor in the University of California system, this inspirational story suggests what libraries-and education- can make possible.
75
Poetry
Poetry Family of Poems, A
20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury, The
Author: Caroline Kennedy Illustrator: Jon J Muth ISBN: 078685111-2
Compiler: Jack Prelutsky Illustrator: Meilo So ISBN: 978-0679893141
Here in one gloriously illustrated volume are 211 wonderful poems that represent the best this century has to offer.
Caroline Kennedy has chosen a rich variety of Kennedy family favorite poems to include in this priceless collection. With thoughtful personal introductions written by Caroline herself, and beautiful new original artwork by award-winning artist, Jon J Muth, this collection is sure to become a family favorite for years to come.
Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry, The
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
Editor: by Jr. Bill Martin, Michael Sampson ISBN: 978-1416939719
Author: T. S. Eliot Illustrator: Axel Scheffler ISBN: 978-0547248271
Years in the making, this full-color treasury contains nearly two hundred poems, all of them handpicked by Bill Martin Jr. Traditional children’s poems are presented alongside contemporary pieces, and the collection is capped off with tributes by Eric Carle and Steven Kellogg, two of Bill Martin Jr’s best-known collaborators.
By Sun and Candlelight
Eliot’s playful cat poems have delighted readers and cat lovers around the world since they were first published in 1939. They were originally composed for his godchildren and later inspired the musical “Cats.” Now with vibrant illustrations, this captivating edition is ideal for kids.
Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes, The
Author, illustrator: Shirley Hughes ISBN: 978-0-340-98964-7
Author, illustrator: Faith Jaques ISBN: 9781852130565
This stunning gift collection that celebrates the riches of a lifetime with poems and writings to mark each of the major milestones - childhood, young adulthood, falling in love, family life, growing older and death.
76
This bestselling collection of classic nursery rhymes includes favourites such as ‘Pat-a-Cake’, ‘Rock-a-Bye Baby’, ‘Baa, Baa, Black Sheep’ and ‘Humpty Dumpty’, as well as ABCs, lullabies, finger games, counting rhymes, cumulative tables and nonsense verse. Illustrated in glorious colour by Faith Jacques. 77
20th Century Children’s Book Treasury, The Compiler: Janet Schulman ISBN: 978-0679886471 From “Amelia Bedelia” by Peggy Parrish and H.A. Rey’s “Curious George” to “The Story of Babar” by Jean de Brunhoff and Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are”, this wonderful collection features more than 40 of the 20th century’s most memorable children’s books by 57 celebrated authors and illustrators.
Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The Author: Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm ISBN: 978-3836526722 This book brings together approximately two dozen of the most beloved of the classic Grimm fairy tales, including all the classics, such as Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Hansel and Gretel in an all-new translation specially commissioned for this publication.
Four Tales
Little, Aloud, for Children, A Editor: Angela Macmillan ISBN: 978-0857560421 (paperback) This unique book offers a selection of prose and poetry especially suitable for reading aloud to children. It includes modern day favourites (David Almond, Neil Gaiman) to old classics (Kipling, Dickens) and features a foreword by Michael Morpugo.
Orchard Book of Aesop’s Fables, The Author: Michael Morpurgo Illustrator: Emma Chichester Clark ISBN: 978-1843622710 A timeless collection of over twenty of Aesop’s best-loved fables, including favourites such as The Hare and the Tortoise, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, Dog in the Manger and The Lion and the Mouse. The tales are retold with warmth and humour by former Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo and brought to life by Emma Chichester Clark’s exquisitely playful and distinctive artwork.
Oscar Wilde’s Stories for All Ages
Author: Philip Pullman Illustrator: Peter Bailey ISBN: 978-0385619196 Four Tales brings together Clockwork, The Firework-Maker’s Daughter, I was a Rat!, and The Scarecrow and His Servant. Four stories and a new prologue and epilogue from the uniquely talented Philip Pullman. Drawing on the rich tradition of fairytales, the collection will amuse, engage, and delight readers.
78
Author: Oscar Wilde Compiler: Stephen Fry Illustrator: Nicole Stewart ISBN: 978-0007342457 One of Wilde’s biggest fans, Stephen Fry, has selected his favorite stories and supplied short introductions to each, explaining why they mean so much to him and why they should mean a lot to all readers, young and old. 79
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The
Huff & Puff Author, illustrator: Claudia Rueda ISBN: 978-1419701702 This interactive retelling of the Three Little Pigs story allows the reader to play the part of the big bad wolf. Three interior die-cut holes invite readers to huff, puff, and blow the pigs’ houses down! This fractured fairy tale ends sweetly when, rather than blowing down the third pig’s brick home, the wolf/ reader blows out the candles on a cake baked by the pigs!
Jolly Postman, The
Author: Jon Scieszka Illustrator: Lane Smith ISBN: 978-0670844876
The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and picures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. The individual tales, such as The Really Ugly Duckling and Little Red Running Shorts, can be extracted for telling aloud, with great success.
Three Pigs, The
Author, illustrator: Janet & Allan Ahlberg ISBN: 978-0316126441 This classic depicts amusing correspondence from one fairy tale or Mother Goose character to another, giving readers a chance to follow-up on some favorite tales.
Author, illustrator: David Wiesner ISBN: 978-0618007011 Three pigs… Straw, sticks, bricks… Huffs and puffs… You probably know the rest. It’s an old story, and every time someone tells it the same thing happens. But who says it’s supposed to? Who’s in charge of this story? Who gets to decide? Has anyone asked the pigs? No? Well, it’s about time someone did.
Little Red Hen, The (Makes a Pizza) Author: Philemon Sturges Illustrator: Amy Walrod ISBN: 978-0756913007 Kids love pizza, and they will love this cleverly illustrated, up-todate retelling of the traditional Little Red Hen story. In this new version, the intrepid fowl spies a can of tomato sauce in her cupboard and knows it’s time to make a lovely little pizza.
80
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book? Author, illustrator: Lauren Child ISBN: 978-0340956526 Have you ever fallen into a storybook? Well, if you do, just make sure it isn’t a fairy tale! Because in every one there is a ‘wicked this, an evil that and a hungry somebody.’ Readers will be amazed as, this time, Herb is trapped inside his very own storybook.
81
wordless
wordless
Ball for Daisy, A
Flotsam
Author, illustrator: Chris Raschka ISBN: 978-0375858611
Author, illustrator: David Wiesner ISBN: 978-0-618-19457-5
Any child who has ever had a beloved toy break will relate to Daisy’s anguish when her favorite ball is destroyed by a bigger dog. Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka explores in pictures the joy and sadness that having a special toy can bring.
A bright, science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam- anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds. Until one day he finds a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share . . . and to keep.
Lion and the Mouse, The
Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, A
Author, illustrator: Jerry Pinkney ISBN: 978-0316013567
Author, illustrator: Mercer Mayer ISBN: 978-0803728806 A boy and his dog go walking in the swamp. They spot a frog in the water. Can they use a net to catch him?
In award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney’s wordless adaptation of one of Aesop’s most beloved fables, an unlikely pair learn that no act of kindness is ever wasted. After a ferocious lion spares a cowering mouse that he’d planned to eat, the mouse later comes to his rescue, freeing him from a poacher’s trap.
Wave
Deep in the Forest
Author, illustrator: Suzy Lee ISBN: 978-0811859240
Author, illustrator: Brinton Turkle ISBN: 978-0833507501 A turnabout on the familiar story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears.’...Pencil and wash pictures in shades of brown bring the forest and Goldilocks’ family’s frontier cabin to life.
82
In this evocative wordless book, internationally acclaimed artist Suzy Lee tells the story of a little girl’s day at the beach. Stunning in their simplicity, Lee’s illustrations, in just two shades of watercolor, create a vibrant story full of joy and laughter.
83
For Parents
For Parents How to Make Your Child a Reader for Life
1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Author: Paul Kropp ISBN: 0-679-31059-2
Author: Julia Eccleshare ISBN: 978-0789318763
The latest work in the bestselling 1001 series offers an authoritative guide to classic and contemporary children’s literature. This collection is organized by age group--from board books to YA novels--and features informed reviews of each entry.
Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art
ISBN: 978-0399246005
In this remarkable and beautiful anthology featuring the likes of Maurice Sendak, Robert Sabuda, Rosemary Wells, and Eric Carle, twenty-three of the most honored and beloved artists in children’s literature talk informally to children- sharing secrets about their art and how they began their adventures into illustration.
Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book
How to Make Your Child a Reader for Life includes lists of over three hundred “must-have” books you and your child can enjoy. Broken down into different categories- easy books for reluctant readers, surefire books for bored readers, scary books, classic books, fantasy books, even books for adolescent readers who won’t read anything!
Read Aloud Handbook, The Author: Jim Trelease ISBN: 0-14-303739-0 Parents are the best reading teachers in the world. Parental involvement is key to a child learning to read, to use language - and to their whole early years education. In an easy-to-read, jargonbusting book, Paul Jennings gives simple strategies to show how parents can use books to enrich their children’s lives - it’s not just about learning to read, it’s about learning to love reading.
Reading Bug, The
Editor: Anita Silvey ISBN: 978-1596433953
Author: Paul Jennings ISBN: 978-0141318400
Silvey asked more than 100 of the most respected and admired leaders in society this simple question: What children’s book changed the way you see the world? Here, she shares their surprising, intriguing answers. 84
Parents are the best reading teachers in the world. Parental involvement is key to a child learning to read, to use language - and to their whole early years education. This book presents simple strategies to show how parents can use books to enrich their children’s lives - it’s not just about learning to read, it’s about learning to love reading.
85
For Parents
For Parents
Reading Magic Author: Mem Fox ISBN: 978-0156035101
Best-selling children’s author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read.
Reading Together Author: Diane W. Frankenstein ISBN: 978-0-399-53524-6 How do children become good readers? In Reading Together, educational consultant Diane W. Frankenstein shares the secret: guiding children to find an appropriate book and talking with them about the story helps them connect with what they read.
What to Read When Author: Pam Allyn ISBN: 978-1-58333-334-1
In What to Read When, award-winning educator Pam Allyn celebrates the power of reading aloud with children. In many ways, books provide the first opportunity for children to begin to reflectively engage with and understand the world around them. Not only can parents entertain their child and convey the beauty of language through books, they can also share their values and create lasting connections. 86
Title index 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury, The/78 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury, The/76 1001 Children’s Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up/84 Adventures at Walnut Grove/56 Airport/40 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day/48 Amazing Dinosaur Discovery/22 Amos and Boris/10 Angelo/54 Arctic Bears Chase/6 Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art/84 Ballet Shoes/32 Ball for Daisy, A/82 Beatrice’s Goat/54 Beautiful Oops/24 Berenstain Bears’ Big Book of Science and Nature, The/58 Best Friends for Frances /10 Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake/30 Big Words for Little People/70 Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry, The /76 Blackout/18 Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones/22 Borrowers, The/14 Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, A/82 Bravery Soup /44 Bunny Money/52 By Sun and Candlelight/76 Camille and the Sunflowers/24 Chair for My Mother, A/52 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory /30 Charlie Parker Played Be Bop/26 Charlotte’s Web/10
Children of the Forest/14 Chloe, Instead/16 Chocolate Fever /30 Chrysanthemum/42 Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type /70 Close Your Eyes/12 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs/38 Color of His Own, A/42 Color Surprises/6 Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill, The /64 Courage/44 Curious Garden, The/50 Dance Me a Story: Twelve Tales from the Classic Ballets/32 Dear Deer/70 Deep in the Forest/82 Diary of a Wombat /60 Dinosaur!/22 Dinosaur Bones/23 Dinosaur Roar!/23 Dog’s Don’t Do Ballet/32 Dot, the/24 Down by the Station/28 Duck in the Truck/40 East Dragon, West Dragon /62 Edward and the Pirates/36 Eloise/64 Enchanted Wood, The/66 Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children’s Book/84 Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The/78 Family of Poems, A/77 Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The/74 Farewell to Shady Glade/50 Finn Family Moomintroll/14 Flotsam/83 Fortunately/48 88
Four Tales/78 Friends - True Stories of Extraordinary Animal Friendships/11 Frindle /71 Frog and Toad are Friends/11 Garage, The/40 Giant Jam Sandwich, The/38 Giraffes Can’t Dance /33 Giving Tree, The/8 Good Night, Gorilla/12 Grandpa Green/18 Great Kapok Tree, The/50 Growing Vegetable Soup/38 Grumpy Little King/36 Guji Guji/42 Hairy Maclary /20 Haroun and the Sea of Stories/62 Have You Filled a Bucket Today?/56 Heart and the Bottle, The/56 Hello, Goodbye Window, The/18 Henrietta and the Golden Eggs/44 He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands/28 Horton Hatches the Egg/19 How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?/23 How I Became a Pirate/36 How many Bugs in a Box?/6 How Rocket Learned to Read/71 How to Make Your Child a Reader for Life/85 How to Raise Mom and Dad /19 Huff & Puff/80 Ice Cream: The Full Scoop/31 If You Made a Million/52 I Like Books/71 I Love You the Purplest/16 I’m a Big Brother / I’m a Big Sister/16 Indian in the Cupboard, The/66 In the Meadow /43 Invention of Hugo Cabret, The/68
Island of the Blue Dolphins/68 It Could Always Be Worse/57 It Looked Like Spilt Milk/7 It’s a Bad Day/48 It’s bedtime, Wibbly Pig!/12 I Will Hold You Til You Sleep/8 Jazz Fly, The/26 Jolly Postman, The/80 Josephine Wants to Dance/33 Journey to the River Sea/68 Just a Dream/51 Just So Stories/20 Katie Meets the Impressionists/25 Katy and the Big Snow/45 Kindergarten Diary/46 Kiss Good Night/13 Kissing Hand, TShe/46 Knick-Knack Paddywhack/28 Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity/46 Koala Lou/8 Lady Lollipop/34 Let’s Do Nothing!/60 Library Mouse/74 Life Like Mine How Children Live Around the World, A/58 Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse/49 Lion and the Mouse, The/83 Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The/62 Listen to the Wind/54 Little, Aloud, for Children, A/79 Little History of the World, A/58 Little House in the Big Woods/15 Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear, The/39 Little Pea/60 Little Princess, A/34 Little Red Hen, The (Makes a Pizza)/80 89
Title index Little Trucks with Big Jobs/41 Lonely Book, The/74 Lorax, The/51 Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken /64 Love You Forever/9 Madame Pamplemousse and the Enchanted Sweet Shop/31 Madeline/57 Maestro Plays, The/26 Man Gave Names to All the Animals/29 Many Moons/34 Mean Soup/49 Me...Jane/20 Me on the Map/59 Michael Rosen’s Sad Book /57 Millions/53 Minerva Louise /61 Miss Rumphius/55 Moonshot/41 Most Amazing Hide and Seek Alphabet Book, The/7 Mouse Mess/39 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH/15 My Favourite Things/29 My Friends/21 My Heart is Like a Zoo/21 My Name is Yoon/47 Nana Upstairs & Nana Downstairs/19 Napping House, The/13 New Year’s Reunion, A/9 Nicholas/65 No Matter What/9 Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats/77 Oliver and the Noisy Baby/17 Oliver Button Is a Sissy/33 Olympig/45 Orchard Book of Aesop’s Fables, The/79
Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes, The/77 Oscar Wilde’s Stories for All Ages/79 Over the Rainbow/29 Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me/13 People/59 Peter and the Wolf/27 Peter Pan/37 Petunia/72 Phantom Tollbooth, The/72 Pippi Longstocking/65 Pirate Cruncher, The/37 Princess and the Pea, The/35 Princess Knight, The/35 Princess Who Had No Kingdom, The/35 Puzzling World of Winston Breen, The/72 Quiet! There’s a Canary in the Library /75 Ramona the Pest/47 Read Aloud Handbook, The/85 Reading Bug, The/85 Reading Magic/86 Reading Together/86 Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town/61 Sandy’s Incredible Shrinking Footprint/51 Seasons/59 Secret Garden, The/66 Shelf Elf, The/75 Sick Day for Amos McGee, A/11 Six Men/37 Snail and the Whale, The/45 Snowy Day, The/61 Steam, Smoke, and Steel: Back in Time with Trains/41 Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, The /81 Stone Soup/55 Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her To Fly, The/69 90
Story of Babar, The/69 Story of Ferdinand, The/43 Story of the Orchestra, The/27 Tale of Peter Rabbit, The/65 Tales of Olga da Polga, The/21 Ten Black Dots/7 There’s Going To Be a Baby/17 Three Pigs, The/81 Three Robbers, The/69 Tomas and the Library Lady/75 Tom’s Midnight Garden/67 Toothpaste Millionaire, The/53 Tortilla Factory, The/39 Velveteen Rabbit, The/67 Wave/83 We Are in a Book!/73 Wemberly Worried/47 What I Like About Me!/43 What to Read When/86 When a Dragon Moves In/63 When Pigasso Met Mootisse/25 When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry.../49 Where the Wild Things Are/63 Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Book?/81 Why the Banana Split/73 Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge/55 Willy’s Pictures/25 Winnie the Witch/67 Wonderful Words - Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening /73 Wrinkle in Time, A/63 You’re All My Favourites/17 Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin/27
91
Published in July 2012
