Reading
In the beginning stages of literacy, we should focus on mostly reading to our children; and as their interest and understanding grow we should include them more, by reading with them. Then, we can encourage more responsibility and expect reading by them.
Internet Links:
- Reading Rockets--articles, activities, interviews, classroom videos and more...
- National Geographic--social studies content, adventure and knowledge...
Reading Materials: Picture Books for Children (in English)
Classics
Author Title
Aardema Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Allard Miss Nelson is Missing
Bemelmans Madeline
Brown Goodnight Moon
Brown Runaway Bunny
Brown Stone Soup
Burningham Mr. Grumpy’s Outing
Burton Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Carle The Grouchy Ladybug
Charlip Fortunately
Crews Freight Train
DePaola Strega Nona
de Brunhoff The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
Flack Ask Mr. Bear
Freeman Corduroy
Gag Millions of Cats
Galdone The Gingerbread Boy
Galdone The Monkey and the Crocodile
Galdone The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Goble The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Hargreaves Mr. Tickle
Hoban Bread and Jam for
Hutchins Rosie’s Walk
Johnson Harold and the Purple Crayon
Joyce George Shrinks
Keats The Snowy Day
Keats Whistle for Willie
Kraus Leo the Late Bloomer
Kraus The Carrot Seed
Langstaff Over in the Meadow
Leaf The Story of Ferdinand
Lionni Swimmy
Mayer There’s a Nightmare in My Closet
McCloskey Blueberries for Sal
Piper The Little Engine That Could
Potter The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Rey Curious George (series)
Rosen We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (
Seuss Horton Hatches the Egg
Sendak Where the Wild Things Are
Slobodkina Caps for
Steig Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Taback There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Tripani The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Viorst Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day
Waber Lyle Lyle Crocodile
Waber Ira Sleeps Over
Yashima Umbrella
Yashima Crow Boy
Zemach It Could Always Be Worse
Zolotow Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
Contemporary
Author Title
Agee
Alborough Where’s My Teddy?
Baker Hide and Snake
Baker Who Is the Beast?
Bang When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry
Bannerman The Story of Little Babaji
Barracca The Adventures of Taxi Dog (series)
Brett The Mitten
Brown Arthur Writes a Story (series)
Cannon Stellaluna
Carle Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You Hear? (
Carle Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See? (
Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Carlson I Like Me
Cooney Miss Rumphius
Craig Angelina on Stage (series)
Crews Sail Away
Day Carl’s Afternoon in the Park
Deedy The Library Dragon
Ehlert Snowballs
Emberley Go Away Big Green Monster
Feiffer Bark, George
Fleming Lunch
Fox Tough Boris
Graham “Let’s Get a Pup,” Said Kate
Hebblethwaite Our
Henkes Julius, the Baby of the World
Henkes Wemberly Worried
Hughes The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook (series)
Jonas Round Trip
Jorgensen Crocodile Beat (
Kasza Wolf’s Chicken Stew
Kellogg Best Friends
Kirk Miss Spider’s Tea Party
Lindgren Benny and the Binky
Luciani How Will We Get to the Beach?
Martin Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
Mahy Rattlebang Picnic
McBratney Guess How Much I Love You
McKee Elmer (series)
McPhail Pigs Aplenty Pigs Galore
Noble The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the
Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Pfister Rainbow Fish
Pilkey Paperboy
Rylant The Relatives Came
Sadler Alistair’s Elephant
Shaw Sheep Take a Hike (series)
Silverman Don’t Fidget a Feather
Small Imogene’s Antlers
Spelman When I Feel Scared
Steig Pete’s a Pizza
Stewart The Birthday Present
Stewart A Little Bit of Winter
Stewart The Gardener
Stoeke A Hat for Minerva Louise
Ward Cookies Week
Waddell Farmer Duck
Wells Bunny Cakes
Wild Our Granny
Williams A Chair for My Mother
Wood King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub
Wood Rude Giants
Concept Books
Colors
Bond Paddington’s Colors
Crews Freight Train
Ehlert Color Zoo
Ehlert Color Farm
Fleming Lunch
Hoban Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?
Hoban Of Colors and Things
Kalan Rain (
Lionni Little Blue and Little Yellow
McMillan Growing Colors
Walsh Mouse Paint
Numbers
Baker Big Fat Hen
Bang Ten Nine Eight
Brooks Frogs Jump: A Counting Book
Carle 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo
Christletow Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Crews Ten Black Dots
Edwards Roar! A Noisy Counting Book
Ehlert Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Hoban 23 Letters and 99 Cents
Kitchen Animal Numbers
McMillan Eating Fractions
McMillan Jelly Beans for
Walsh Mouse Count
Alphabet
Aylesworth Old Black Fly
Bridwell Clifford’s ABC
Ehlert Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z
Garten The Alphabet Tale
Hague Alphabears: An ABC Book
Inkpen Kipper’s A to Z
Johnson
Lobel Alison’s Zinnia
Martin Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Rankin Handmade Alphabet
Sendak Alligators All Around
Seasons (more titles coming soon)
Franco Fresh Fall Leaves (
Hall It’s Pumpkin Time (
Favorites for Toddlers
Author Title
Ahlberg The Baby’s Catalog
Baker Big Fat Hen
Barton My Car
Beaton There’s a Cow in the Cabbage Patch
Brown Goodnight Moon
Brown Runaway Bunny
Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Carle Do You Want to Be My Friend?
Cowell What Shall We Do With the Boo-Hoo Baby?
Degan Jamberry
Florian
Ginsburg Asleep Asleep
Hale Mary Had a Little Lamb
Hill Where’s Spot? (series)
Hoban Red Blue Yellow Shoe (board)
Jonas When You Were a Baby
Jonas Where Can It Be?
Kraus Where Are You Going Little Mouse?
Maris Are You There, Bear?
Martin Old Mother Hubbard and Her Wonderful Dog
Martin Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
Miller Farm Noises
Oxenbury All Fall Down, Clap Hands, Say Goodnight, Tickle Tickle (board books)
Pomerantz Flap Your Wings and Try
Rockwell Fire Engines
Stinson Red Is Best
Tafuri Early Morning in the Barn
Tafuri The Ball Bounced
Waddell Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear?
Waddell Owl Babies
Watanabe How Do I Put It On?
Weiss Where Does the Brown Bear Go?
Wells Max’s Ride (board book series)
Williams “More, More, More” Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories
Wood Piggies
Favorites for School-Age Readers
Bartone Peppe the Lamplighter
Bunting Smoky Night
Carle From Head to Toe
Corwin Hare and Tortoise Race to the Moon
DeFelice Cold Feet
Goble Death of the Iron Horse
Isaacs The Swamp Angel
Johnson Henry Hikes to
Kellogg Paul Bunyan: A Tall Tale (Am. Folktale)
Kimmel Four Dollars and Fifty Cents
Lester John Henry (Am. Folktale)
Lester Tacky the Penguin
Locker Where the River Begins
Macaulay Black and White
McCully Mirette on the Hight Wire
McDermott Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest
Marcellino I, Crocodile
Meddaugh Martha Blah Blah (series)
Moss Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
Nolen Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm
Ostrow My Brother Is From Outer Space (The Book of Proof)
Pilkey Dogzilla
Polacco Pink and Say
Polacco Thank You Mr. Falker
Rathman Officer Buckle and Gloria
Say Grandfather’s Journey
Sciezka Math Curse
Sciezka The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Sis Komodo
Steig Doctor DeSoto
Stevens Tops and Bottoms
Stewart The Journey
Stewart The Library
Trivizas The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Uchida The Bracelet
VanAllsburg The Sweetest Fig
Weisner June 29, 1999
Woff The Toll Bridge Troll
Yorinks Hey Al
Young Seven Blind Mice
Aardema Borreguita the Coyote (Hisp-Am)
Bruchac First Strawberries: A Cherokee Tale (Nat. Am)
Castenada Abuela’s Weave (Hisp-Am)
Collier Uptown (Af-Am)
Cohen The Mud Pony (Nat. Am)
Crews Bigmammas (Af-Am)
DePaola The Legend of the Bluebonnet (Nat. Am)
Deetlefs The Song of Six Birds (Afica)
Diakite The Hunterman and the Crocodile (
Dorros Abuela (Hisp-Am)
Ehlert Moon Rope, Un Lazo a la Luna (South Am)
Flourney The Patchwork Quilt (Af-Am)
Friedman How My Parents Learned to Eat (Asian-Am)
Garland The Lotus Seed (Asian-Am)
Goble The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (Nat. Am)
Greenfield Grandpa’s Face (Af-Am)
Ho Hush! A Thai Lullaby (Asian-Am)
Johnson Tell Me a Story Mama (Af-Am)
Joosse Mama Do You Love Me? (Nat. Am)
Keita Sundiata: Lion King of
Loh Tucking Mommy In (Asian-Am)
Look Henry’s First Moon Birthday (Asian-Am)
Lomas Family Pictures/Cuandros de Familia (Hisp-Am)
Luenn Nessa’s Fish (Nat. Am)
Martin Knots on a Counting Rope (Nat. Am)
McDermott Raven: A Trickster Tale from the
McDermott Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa (
McKissack Flossie and the Fox (Af-Am)
Montes Juan Bobo Goes to Work (Hisp-Am)
Mora A Birthday Basket for Tia (Hisp-Am)
Mosel The Funny Little Woman (
Rattigan Dumpling Soup (Asian-Am)
Ringgold
Ryan Mice and Beans (Hisp-Am)
Say Lost
Schertle Down the Road (Af-Am)
Soto Chato’s Kitchen (Hisp-Am)
Soto Too Many Tamales (Hisp-Am)
Steptoe The Story of Jumping Mouse (Nat. Am)
Stock Emma’s Dragon Hunt (Asian-Am)
Thomas I Have Heard of a Land (Af-Am)
Uchida The Bracelet (Asian-Am)
Yee Roses Sing on New Snow (Asian-Am)
Much of this list was created by the dedicated employees of the
Connecting Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children by Rebecca Thomas
A to ZOO: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books by Carolyn W. Lima
Worth a Thousand Words: An Annotated Guide to Picture Books for Older Readers by Bette Ammon