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Contact: American Library Association 50 East Huron Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 800-545-2433 x 2163 Welcome to the world of for your home! Johnson, Crockett. Savadier, Elivia. Harold and the Purple Crayon. Time to Get Dressed! Roaring Brook, Here are suggested contemporary book titles either for a great start to or enhancement HarperCollins, 1955. 2006. of your home library. A home library is an ever-present resource for children In this perennial favorite, Harold goes for Solomon insists on dressing himself but and adults. The American Library Association/Children’s Book Council Joint Committee an imaginative walk in the moonlight with gets everything wrong until Daddy looks a purple crayon. at the clock and steps in to help. Expressive and the ALSC Quicklists Consulting Committee recommend these titles for children ages illustrations burst with energy and capture 0-3. Three other pamphlets recommend books for children ages 4-7, 8-11, and 12-14. Keats, Ezra Jack. Solomon’s fi erce independence and his Ask your librarian or bookseller for more suggestions. The Snowy Day. Viking, 1996. father’s love. This classic depicting the wonder and magic a child can fi nd when Schindel, John, and Jonathan Chester. Banks, Kate. Dunrea, Olivier. snow blankets his world, fi rst published Busy Penguins. Tricycle, 2000. Close Your Eyes. Illus. by Georg Gossie. Houghton Miffl in, 2002. in 1962, is now available in board book In this photographic board book simple Hallensleben. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux/ Gossie the gosling loves her red boots format for little hands. rhyming word pairs introduce the daily life Frances Foster, 2002. and wears them every day until suddenly of penguins. A mother tiger encourages her restless cub they disappear. Engaging illustrations and Mayo, Margaret. to settle down to sleep by describing the gentle humor make this book a hit with Emergency! Illus. by Alex Ayliff e. Shahan, Sherry. dreams he may have and reassuring him both young children and adults. Carolrhoda, 2002. Spicy Hot Colors/Colores Picantes. that she’ll be there when he wakes. Lush “Emergency! Help is coming. It’s on the August House, 2004. paintings capture the charm of the lively Fleming, Denise. way!” Bright illustrations and rhyming Bold artwork and simple rhythmic text cub, the off -kilter world of dreams and the In the Tall, Tall Grass. Henry Holt, 1991. text describe a wide variety of emergency introduce nine colors in Spanish and beauty of the natural world. Bold, colorful illustrations show animals vehicles, including a police car, a English. and insects found in a child’s backyard snowplow, and a helicopter. Brown, Margaret Wise. as they crunch, munch, zip and sip Whitford, Rebecca. Goodnight Moon. Illus. by Clement their way through the day. Children will My Very First Mother Goose. Edited Little Yoga: A Toddler’s First Book of Hurd. HarperCollins, 1947. enjoy looking for the yellow and orange by Iona Opie. Illus. by Rosemary Wells. Yoga. Illus. by Martina Selway. Henry Holt, A little rabbit tucked into bed says caterpillar on each page. Candlewick, 1996. 2005. goodnight to everything in his room as well Cheerful illustrations featuring Wells’ Toddlers imitate animals and try simple as all the stars, air and noises everywhere. Guarino, Deborah. stylized animal characters accompany yoga exercises in this fun interactive book. This classic bedtime story features black- Is Your Mama a Llama? Illus. by Steven nursery rhymes both familiar and less Practice tips and additional information and-white drawings alternating with the Kellogg. well known and help to introduce young about yoga is included in the back. boldly-colored illustrations of the room, Scholastic, 1989. listeners and their parents to the pleasures which darkens as slumber nears. Simple rhyming stanzas encourage young of sharing playful language and engaging Williams, Vera B. listeners to guess what animal comes artwork. “More More More,“ Said the Baby: 3 Christelow, Eileen. next in this engaging story with bright, Love Stories. Greenwillow, 1990. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the humorous illustrations. Pearson, Tracey Campbell. Diversity of gender, race and age is Bed. Clarion, 1989. Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling. Farrar, apparent in the lilting text and warm Extending the well-known song, this Henkes, Kevin. Straus, and Giroux, 2005. pastel illustrations, showing that the love picture book features fi ve little monkeys Kitten’s First Full Moon. Greenwillow, Watercolor paintings show parents between caregiver and child is universal. preparing for bed. Once there, the jumping, 2004. reading Mother Goose bedtime stories Available in picture-book and board-book phone calls to the doctor and childhood Black-and-white illustrations show the to their toddler son. A pet dog appearing formats, and in Spanish. A Caldecott Honor hilarity commence. warm glow of the full moon and follow on each page adds comfort to the already Book. Kitten’s determined eff orts to reach the cozy rhyme. Church, Caroline Jayne. white circle that she believes is a bowl of Do Your Ears Hang Low? Chicken milk. A Caldecott Medal winner. Raffi . House, 2002. Wheels on the Bus. Illus. by Sylvie Two long-eared puppies frolic and play in Intrater, Roberta Grobel. Kantorovitz Wickstrom. Crown, 1988. this picture book version of the familiar Peek-a-boo! Scholastic, 1997. Children can participate in the repeated lyrics sing-along song. Close-up photographs of babies’ faces and motions of this familiar song that features capture their many moods, from laughing an old bus moving an assortment of passengers to yawning to crying, in this board book through a village. Traditional musical notation from the Baby Faces series. and lyrics are included. Available in picture-book and board-book formats.