California Recommended Literature List Grades K-2

The following titles have been drawn from California’s recommended literature lists. There are 13 lists of reading materials for each span of grade levels (K – 2, 3 – 5, and 6 – 8) which correspond to the achievement level of each student as measured on the California Standards Test. Each list is made up of a collection of titles that are slightly more difficult to read than the titles on the list before it. List #1 contains the most easy-to-read titles, while list #13+ is made up of the most difficult or sophisticated titles. The list numbers do NOT correspond to grade levels.

The first section of this list includes books designated as NP. The NP (non-prose) designation is indicated rather than a list number if the book includes nonstandard prose. These are books of pictures, poems, plays, and songs, or books with incorrect or no punctuation. The NP books are included on all lists 1 through 13+, regardless of reading ability level.

Books are listed as Fiction or Non-Fiction, and specific genres are noted when applicable. Autobiography Humor Biography Mystery Drama Narrative Non-Fiction Fable Poetry Fiction in Verse Realistic Fiction Folklore Short Story Historical Fiction Tall Tale

When there are strong cross-curricular connections, these are also noted as follows: ELA (English Language Arts)/Vocabulary ELA/Literary Elements ELA/Writing H-SS (History-Social Science) Science PE (Physical Education VPA (Visual and Performing Arts) List of Non-Prose Books for Grades K – 2

Title Author Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Cross Curricular Connections The countdown to bedtime is about to begin when a family of hamsters arrives at the front door. More and more hamsters arrive and mimic the boy's bedtime routine minute by minute. They scramble to exit as the 10 Minutes Till Bedtime Peggy Rathman countdown ends. Bright cartoonlike illustrationsMathematics show the activities of the hamsters. California author/illustrator.

The journey of 17 kings and 42 elephants through a jungle and their encounter with other animals along the way are Fiction in Verse, Poetry; 17 Kings and 42 Elephants Margaret Mahy depicted during a wild, wet night. Rhyming lines enhanced by soft- ELA/Vocabulary color illustrations make this a great choice for reading aloud or choral reading. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a humorous Accidental Zucchini (An illustration of alliterations, such Max Grover as fork fence, dog dance, and Fiction Unexpected Alphabet) letter ladders. Large, bright, simple-shape cartoons accurately illustrate the absurd images. Humorous illustrations complement this alphabet book A is for Angry: An that depicts feelings, moods, and Humor, Adjective and Animal Sandra Boynton other emotions. The book could ELA/Writing Alphabet be helpful for young children learning the alphabet or early writers learning to use adjectives. Sixteen vibrant, acrylic paintings in a pointillistic style, illustrate the first verse of the famous patriotic song. Brief information Poetry, American the Beautiful Katharine Lee Bates about each location is at the end, and the song is included on the H-SS endpapers. The book connects to standards for first-grade history/social science. And to Think That I Saw It Dr. Suess A young boy walking home from Fantasy; ELA/Vocabulary school imagines an expanding parade with chariots, elephants, bands, and more. This classic is on Mulberry Street illustrated in Seuss's typical colorful cartoons and is told through rhythm and rhyme. A group of animal youngsters go through a day of school, where Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi they engage in counting, making music, painting, snack time, and Dolores: A School Day Donna Maurer more. This alphabet book has ELA/Vocabulary Alphabet simple text and humorous illustrations for kindergarten and prekindergarten. This lively collection of 13 poems and riddles about penguins is illustrated with Antarctic Antics: A Book comical paintings. The humorous Poetry, Poetry, Judy Sierra of Penguin Poems poems include some factual Science Science information on penguin life. This work is an excellent choice for reading aloud. A young farm boy is awake during a magical full moon and happens to catch a hint of music in the wind. As he creeps to Poetry; Barn Dance! Archambault and Martin investigate, he finds out what the farm animals like to do at night. VPA This imaginative tale, told in verse accompanied by lively illustrations, will amuse and delight young readers. This collection introduces humorous, original poems about 21 animals, illustrated with watercolor paintings by the ELA/Vocabulary, Beast Feast: Poems Douglas Florian author. Alliteration, puns, and ELA/Literary Elements rhymes are used with the animal names for a witty read-aloud choice. Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections A big fat hen counts to ten with the help of her friends and chicks. The book illustrates the Big Fat Hen Keith Baker traditional nursery rhyme with bold, vibrant Mathematics pictures. Traveling along quiet city streets, over rooftops, and into the subway, a sleek black cat explores Christopher the city. The book's use of a simple rhyming Poetry, Black Cat * Meyers refrain encourages children's participation. Paint ELA/Literary Elements is layered on photographs that form the backgrounds and cutouts of a cat are added. This vocabulary book with simple, bright, bold illustrations shows the little, big, bigger, and biggest fish in order to teach the concept and Blue Sea Robert Kalan vocabulary of size and spatial relationship to ELA/Vocabulary young children. This picture book is appropriate for kindergarten and prekindergarten. A little boy sets out with his dog and a net to catch an enterprising, personable frog. This Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, A Mercer Mayer humorous, wordless book is an appropriate ELA/Writing choice for small-group or individual reading with its small size and black-line drawings. Kapiti Plain is in serious need of water, and Ki- pat, the herdsman, finds a way to bring down the Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Verna rain. Folk-art illustrations and a catchy, rhythmic Folklore, "this-is-the-house-that-Jack-built" text make this Plain * Aardema a popular read-aloud book. Listeners can take Science parts in the book and be involved in the retelling of the story. A year in New England is viewed month by month and season by season in poems told Poetry; ELA/Vocabulary, Science, Child’s Calendar, A John Updike through the voice of child. Lush paintings highlight a multiracial, all-ages cast as they VPA participate in seasonal activities and celebrations. Stevenson's poems in this collection reflect the Child’s Garden of Verses, Robert Louis fantasy of childhood dreams and perceptions. Poetry, More than 70 full-color and black-and-white A * Stevenson illustrations enhance the text. These poems are VPA especially suited for memorization by students. Walking in the desert, Clementina and her father Ezra Jack discover a lone cactus, shriveled and prickly. To Clementina’s Cactus her surprise, Clementina notices that something is Science Keats hiding inside the thick skin. This wordless picture book is useful for science habitat studies. A little duck sees the environment of the pond change from winter to spring. The text is simple Cold Little Duck, Duck, Lisa Westberg and rich at the same time. The large watercolor- Science Duck Peters and-pencil drawings depict a duck with personality. The book can be used with kindergarten and prekindergarten children. Daddy Calls Me Man Angela Four short poems describe the happy family life Poetry, of an African American boy. Vivid oil illustrations show the boy as the child of artists, Johnson and each poem is introduced with one of the VPA parents' paintings. This book can be used in a discussion about the lives of artists. The only text in this book is the names on bowls. The story is a reverse of GOLDILOCKS: An Brinton inquisitive bear cub discovers a log cabin and Deep in the Forest ELA/Literary Elements Turkle samples food, chairs, and beds. The havoc he creates is discovered by a little girl and her parents when they return from a walk.

Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections This collection of nonsense verses by Canadian poet Humo Dennis Lee was compiled by Jack Prelutsky. The poems r, Dinosaur Dinner are children-oriented, appealing to a child's perspective. Poetry Dennis Lee Watercolor illustrations complement the bouncy, good (With a Slice of , Jack Prelutsky (selector) humor of the poems. Alligator Pie) ELA/ Writin g Twenty-five simple poems for young children in Poetry delightful language and rhythm celebrate ordinary and , Every Time I Climb a extraordinary events. The small cartoonlike drawings are ELA/ David McCord brightly colored and support the text. Tree Vocab ulary

This third (and last) collection of Silverstein's irreverent Humo verse is accompanied by his signature pen-and-ink r, drawings that defy convention. The verses present a child's-eye view of the world and humorous musings Poetry Falling Up * + Shel Silverstein about such things as people zoos, no thank-yous, gnomes, , gnats, and gnus. ELA/ Writin g This counting book portrays fish with different visual Fish Eyes: A Book characteristics, such as stripes and spots. The bright, vivid Mathe Lois Ehlert colors of the fish and the shapes make this book a visual You Can Count On treat. Colors and shapes as well as counting can be taught matics with this selection. Five Little Ducks Raffi The author depicts through lyrical rhyme and repetition VPA the tribulations of a mother duck who loses her ducklings, one by one. Happily, they all return with ducklings of their own. Music and chords are included. The concept of light in its many forms is presented, from Poetry candles and lightbulbs to lightning and fireflies. Each of , Flicker Flash * Joan Bransfield Graham the 23 selections is a concrete poem that seems to flicker and flash off the pages. Brightly colored geometric shapes Scienc are prominent in the illustrations. e Dinosaurs are substituted for the characters of classic ELA/ nursery rhymes. The illustrations are bold and humorous. Literar Four and Twenty Bernard Most y Dinosaurs Eleme nts This cumulative Russian folktale tells the story of an old man and old woman and the animals that try to help them uproot a gigantic turnip. In the end it is a tiny mouse that Folklo Gigantic Turnip, The Aleksei Tolstoy helps them succeed. Quirky illustrations in earthy browns, re greens, and yellows highlight visual details of the characters. This soothing bedtime story tells how a little rabbit and its mother say goodnight to everything in the room as night Scienc Goodnight, Moon Margaret Wise Brown approaches. Rhyming text is enhanced by alternating full- color double-page illustrations and small black-and-white e drawings. These poems deal with many familiar aspects of indoor Poetry and outdoor life, such as frogs and dragonflies, wind and , rain, a visit to the tree farm, and the garden hose. Warm ELA/ Great Frog Race and oil painting illustrations of the rural landscape illustrate Kristine O’Connell George Writin Other Poems, The * + the thoughts in the poem. California author. g, Scienc e The alphabet used in American Sign Language for the Handmade Alphabet, deaf and hearing impaired is presented with detailed Laura Rankin illustrations of realistic hands of different ages, sexes, and ELA/Vocabulary The colors forming the letters. The kinetic connection of sign language may assist children in learning the alphabet.

Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections This photo-essay shows hats from multiple cultures, worn for different purposes by people of Hats, Hats, Hats Ann Morris all ages. A description of each photograph is H-SS included at the end of the book.

Here Comes Mother Goose Iona Opie Rosemary Wells' delightful illustrations bring Poetry, more than 60 traditional nursery rhymes to life. (Editor) This oversized collection of treasures is too good ELA/Literary Elements to miss! This delightful collection of rhythmic poems is about things the poet loves and includes a Poetry, Honey, I Love and Other Eloise powerful poem about Harriet Tubman. Most of the poems are written from a child's point of ELA/Writing, Love Poems * + Greenfield view, with illustrations depicting African H-SS Americans. This book is useful to inspire students to write their own poetry. This traditional folk lullaby is set in Appalachia. Trying to calm a crying baby, a young girl buys Hush, Little Baby: A Folk items from a peddler, but nothing she acquires Marla Frazee Folklore, VPA Song with Pictures works until the cart tips over at dawn and the baby stops crying. Illustrations in dusky tones brighten as dawn appears. An old favorite rhyme is retold, this time featuring an old lady who swallowed an entire I Know an Old Lady Who Alison Thanksgiving meal, starting with the pie. Bright Fiction in Verse, Swallowed a Pie Jackson watercolor illustrations show her gorging herself ELA/Literary Elements until she turns into a large balloon for the holiday parade. This is a fun read-aloud story. Rhymed text and bright, handmade paper collage illustrations show a small boy watching a caterpillar make its way through the tall, tall ELA/Vacabulary and Literary Denise grass near his home. The insect meets many In the Tall, Tall Grass creatures, including snakes, moles, fireflies, and Elements, Fleming bats. This book is a good read-aloud choice for Science an introductory nature lesson, reading comprehension, literary response and analysis, and listening and speaking comprehension. This book introduces the art of Picasso, Renoir, Seurat, and others. Young readers locate an Lucy object in each picture that starts with a featured ELA/Vocabulary, I Spy: An Alphabet in Art letter of the alphabet. An answer key is provided Micklethwait in the last pages. This book can serve as an VPA introduction to classic artists and their masterpieces. A walk around the farmyard becomes an exuberant event for the small child featured in this simple repetitive tale as he identifies animals Realistic Fiction, I Went Walking Sue Williams of different colors. Colorful, expressive H-SS illustrations complement this picture book. Use it to enrich a teaching unit on the farm or colors. Lady With the Alligator Nadine B. This traditional jump rope/nonsense rhyme Poetry, features ailing Tiny Tim and his mother, Miss Lucy. Bright cartoonlike illustrations highlight Purse, The Westcott characters. The book is also available in board VPA book for use in kindergarten and prekindergarten. This collection features short, comically illustrated poems in the style of Shel Silverstein. Douglas These are poems that children will want to hear Laugh-eteria Poetry Florian more than once and that invite readers and listeners to remember by heart. Florian has many other collections of illustrated poetry to explore.

Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections Elizabeth loves to read more than anything else. By the Fictio time she is an adult, she has so many books that her house n in can hold no more. She donates her books to the town for a library, which she visits daily. The rhyming text is Verse, Library, The Sarah Stewart highlighted by Small's soft-colored cartoonlike drawings. Litera cy, Motiv ation This second collection of Silverstein's irreverent verse Humo features an entertaining cast that includes Backward Bill, r, Sour Face Ann, the Quick-Digesting Gink, a Gooloo bird, Poetry Light in the Attic, A and the Meehoo with an Exactlywatt. The text is Shel Silverstein ; * + accompanied by humorous pen-and-ink drawings. ELA/ Writin g The many moods that rainy days bring, especially Poetry outdoors, are evoked with soft, gentle pictures of insects , Listen to the Rain Archambualt and Martin and leaves to create each of those moods. Picturesque language is used throughout this selection. Scienc e This collection of poetry includes 100 poems about Poetry numerous topics of interest to children. Hoberman brings , Llama Who Had No to readers/listeners poems about foxes, worms, frogs, and Mary Ann Hoberman ELA/ Pajama, The more that are accompanied by delicately detailed illustrations. This collection makes a fine introduction to Vocab poetry for children. ulary LUNCH MONEY includes delightful poems about school Lunch Money and that capture the whimsical events in everyday school life. Other Poems About Carol Diggory Shields The illustrations are engaging and colorful. The book can Poetry School be read aloud to help students experience the music of language. California author. Maples in the Mist: Minfong Ho Translations of poems from 14 Tang dynasty poets (A.D. Poetry 618-907) are featured in this volume of cultural treasures. , Children’s Poems from the The blend of art and words makes this book exceptional ELA/ for classroom use. Tang Dynasty * + Writin g This cumulative verse form of THE HOUSE THAT ELA/ JACK BUILT describes a Jewish family celebration of the Literar Matzah That Papa Fran Manushkin Passover seder, highlighted by high jinks and the y Brought Home, The exhaustion of the family at the end of the holiday. Oil- paint illustrations bring the story to life. Eleme nts Simple poems highlight the friendship between two young African American girls as they ride bikes, jump rope, and Poetry Meet Danitra Brown Nikki Grimes help each other out with chores and problems. Double- , page, oil-wash illustrations are in rich shades of browns H-SS and purples. Don Wood's full-page paintings set the mood for the ELA/ author's rich description of a nap time that is hilariously Literar ended by a flea. This humorous cumulative story involves Napping House, The Audrey Wood the antics of granny, a child, and a variety of animals. y California author. Eleme nts This concept book with illustrations featuring die-cut Night Day: A Book of holes leads readers from objects/concepts to their Scienc Eye-Catching Herve Tullet opposites. Simple, colorful drawings make this selection e Opposites appropriate for predictions by kindergarten and prekindergarten students. Retells the biblical story of the great flood and how Noah and his family faithfully responded to God's call to save Noah’s Ark * Jerry Pinkney life on the Earth. Spectacular pencil-and-watercolor Non-Fiction illustrations bring detail of the crowds of animals and of the drowned Earth.

Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections The biblical story of Noah and his ark is presented in an artistic, almost wordless style. Noah’s Ark Peter Spier Detailed black-line and watercolor illustrations Fiction carry the story. This selection is best used with small groups or individuals. No Mirrors in My Nana’s Ysaye M. There were no mirrors in her Nana's house to VPA House Barnwell show a young African American girl that her clothes didn't fit or that she lived in poverty. She saw only the love and beauty reflected in her Nana's eyes. This book includes a compact disc telling the story, with a song by the same title. Bright, bold acrylic paintings communicate great emotion. Children won't be able to resist singing along with the song. Original tree poems full of imagery and Kristine Poetry, Old Elm Speaks: Tree description are complemented by rich, warm oil O’Connell painting illustrations. This volume forgoes humor ELA/Writing, Poems * + George to focus on poetry, including free verse, rhyme, Science and haiku. California author. A prehistoric Native American tribe thinks that they are the only existing people; so a young boy from the tribe goes on a journey to discover if there are other humans. He returns to the village with a young boy from another tribe who is Historical Fiction, One Small Blue Bead Byrd Baylor carrying a blue, turquoise bead. The illustrations H-SS are detailed watercolors with bright blue skies and earth-toned land and people depicting daily tribal life. This selection is ideal for use in a study of Native American or prehistoric cultures. A child journeys down Market Street, buying presents for a friend, and each present starts with a different letter of the alphabet. The illustrations On Market Street Arnold Lobel are detailed and show interesting groupings; for ELA/Vocabulary example, the "A" merchant is dressed entirely in apples. A little boy thinks he is falling apart and he has evidence: hair in his comb, a tooth that falls out, belly button fuzz, and more. He can't believe that Fiction in Verse, his parents didn't tell him that he was falling Parts Tedd Arnold apart. Exploration of body parts and regeneration Humor, is a possible parallel study with this title. Science Colorful cartoonlike pictures add to the humor of the text. The attributes and physical features of various Suse animals are presented in this science concept Peck, Slither and Slide book with limited text and visual clues for Science MacDonald predicting by younger readers. This selection is for kindergarten and prekindergarten. In this wordless picture book, two children explore their neighborhood in a rainstorm and then hurry home where it is warm and dry. The next morning they awaken to clear skies. The ELA/Writing, Peter Spier’s Rain Peter Spier small, detailed watercolors are best shared with a Science small group or individual children. This selection is useful for discussing sequencing or creating text from pictures. Picnic Emily Arnold Follow the adventures of a little mouse ELA/Writing who gets lost on the way to a family picnic. This wordless book uses soft McCully watercolors with lots of summer green to help you feel the season. This story is a great choice for retelling opportunities. Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections This rhyming story describes the invasion of a man's house by pigs, showing how they turn the David place upside down. The illustrations are large and Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! clear, and each page contains only four lines of ELA/Vocabulary McPhail text. Individual readers will enjoy looking at the funny details on each page. This book is also a great read-aloud story. Each of the simple rhymes in this collection comes with rebus illustrations of hand and body Play Rhymes Marc Brown movements that a teacher or child could use to Poetry; ELAVocabulary, VPA enrich the poetry. This selection is suitable for kindergarten and prekindergarten. No one in the country family believes the little girl when she says, "It's a possum come a- Nancy Van knockin'. . . ." This cumulative tale, told in verse, Fiction in Verse, Possum come a-Knockin’ Laan is repetitive and humorous and is highlighted by ELA/Literary Elements full-color illustrations.

This gentle math story features seven ducklings that slide, chase bees, and play peek-a-boo as they group to illustrate a variety of addition ELA/Vocabulary, Quack and Count Keith Baker sums. Layered, cut-paper illustrations show the Mathematics ducklings in their marshy habitat. Use with lessons in addition. This volume of poetry contains a poem for every Random House Book of occasion, interest level, and teaching unit in the Poetry; ELA/Vocabulary, H-SS, Jack Prelutsky elementary school curriculum. The poems are Poetry for Children, The * Science, (selector) arranged by theme, and each theme is introduced + by an original Prelutsky poem. The poetry is by VPA both American and English poets. Rosie the hen goes for a walk around the farm and gets home in time for dinner, completely unaware that a fox has been on her heels every Rosie’s Walk Pat Hutchins step of the way. The fox, however, is foiled at H-SS every turn by the unwitting hen. Bright illustrations utilize various textures and shapes. Safe, Warm, and Snug Stephen R. Rhyming text tells the unusual ways 11 parent Fiction in Verse, animals protect their young from predators and other threats. Bold, vibrant illustrations portray Swinburne each animal in its natural habitat. Notes giving Science additional details are included at the end. A young boy's field trip to the Empire State Building turns surreal when fog envelops the observation deck and a friendly cloud assumes David the role of tour guide. The pair's wordless Sector 7 * adventure leads to Sector 7, the Cloud Dispatch Science Wiesner Center, where the mischievous twosome meddle with cloud assignments and designs. Watercolors of varying size and placement enhance the mood of the story. Party guests dressed as familiar fairy tale characters, including Red Riding Hood, Tom Shake Dem Halloween W. Nikola- Thumb, Snow White, Goldilocks, and Rapunzel, Fiction in Verse. ELA/Literary dance to a hip-hop beat at a Halloween ball. Bones Lisa Bright, full-color illustrations portray zany Elements costumes and the rhyming text is accented with by a repeated refrain. As Mother Bear puts her six cubs to sleep for the winter, she tells them rhymes that work like Poetry, Sleepy Bears Mem Fox lullabies. Large, soft-colored illustrations create a quiet mood. The selection is suitable for ELA/Vocabulary kindergarten and prekindergarten. Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections Flower girl Maya describes each photo taken at a Mexican American wedding, from the ceremony Snapshots from the through the reception. The three-dimensional Gary Soto H-SS Wedding artwork in clay, acrylics, wood, fabric, and found objects stand out. The story is peppered with Spanish words. California author. Each letter in this alphabet book features a poem about an animal whose character traits and emotions are revealed in rhyme. Many of the Sweet and Sour Animal Langston poems are short and simple enough for young Poetry, children to learn and recite by memory. The Book, The Hughes artwork is by young children from the Harlem VPA School of the Arts, who are shown working on their projects in a two-page photo spread at the end of the book. What went on inside an old lady's stomach after There Was An Old Lady Simms she swallowed several animals? An ever- Poetry, expanding die-cut gives the reader a view, Who Swallowed a Fly Taback complete with animal commentary revealing VPA humorous insights. This zany version of "The Old Lady Who There Was an Old Woman Swallowed a Fly" is set by the Pacific Ocean. ELA/Literary Elements, Teri Sloat The old lady consumes only sea life. Brightly Who Swallowed a Trout colored illustrations show her skirt bulging until Science she finally swallows the ocean. The words of one of America's most popular folk songs are enhanced by colorful folk-art illustrations of Americans and their land, past Woody and present. A wealth of United States cultural Folklore, Poetry; H-SS, This Land is Your Land * Guthrie and social history are packed into each page. VPA Also includes Woody Guthrie scrapbook, maps, the musical score of the song, and a tribute to Woody Guthrie, written by Pete Seeger. Classic Mother Goose rhymes are showcased Tomie dePaola’s Mother Tomie with the artist's typical pictures of children, Poetry, Goose dePaola hearts, flowers, and animals. This is an excellent VPA collection of rhymes all children should know. This alphabet game introduces the concept of George cause and effect. Each double-sided spread Tomorrow’s Alphabet ELA/Literary Elements Shannon presents a before and after object illustrated in large, handsome watercolors. A collection of poems and creative photographs complement each other in a whimsical and immediate fashion. The poems are best read Poetry, Touch the Poem Arnold Adoff aloud and shared in a small group so that the ELA/Vocabulary photographs and word arrangement can be appreciated. This nearly wordless picture book shows lily pads and frogs rising from a pond on a Tuesday evening. The frogs sail around town on the lily David pads until they fall to the ground at sunrise and Tuesday * Fantasy Wiesner the adventure comes to an end. Large, detailed watercolors in rich purples, blues, and greens draw readers into this fantastic world of frog flight. Millie and Maude are two cool cows heading for the best jumping off spot to the moon in this Two Cool Cows Toby Speed hilarious take-off on the famous nursery rhyme. Fiction in Verse Richly colored paintings highlight the fun and joy of this great rhyming read-aloud choice.

Fiction Non-Fiction Summary Title Author Cross Curricular Connections Under the Sunday Tree Eloise This collection of paintings by Bahamian painter Poetry, Greenfield Amos Ferguson, complemented by poems by VPA Eloise Greenfield, presents a picture of life in the islands of the Caribbean. This concept book features illustrations with cut- What Am I? (Looking out shapes and rhyming questions that introduce Through Shapes at Apples N. N. Charles fruits, colors, and shapes to beginning readers. Mathematics and Grapes) Multiple reads allows the teacher to focus on the many concepts introduced in the book. The European immigration experience is illustrated in this bright picture-book rendition of Folklore, When I First Came to this a nineteenth-century poem. The turn-of the- Harriet Ziefer Historical Fiction; Land century time period is enhanced by objects that are placed in the illustrations. The words of the H-SS, VPA poem are also the lyrics of an old folk song. Max Grover gives a fresh and vibrant look to four poems from the classic A CHILD'S Robert Louis GARDEN OF VERSES. This collection brings a Where Go the Boats? Poetry Stevenson contemporary appeal to poems enjoyed by children and their parents for more than 100 years. The environment changes as a boy looks out of his bedroom window at two-year intervals. This Window Jeannie Baker wordless book shows in collages what we are Realistic Fiction, H-SS, Science doing to our world. The author is well-known for her advocacy of environmental conservation. Lloyd Moss In this award-wining book, rhythmic, alliterative verses introduce the sound and essence of ten Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin! orchestral instruments and their characteristics. VPA Energetic illustrations make this a perfect introduction to the orchestra. List #1 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Idioms are introduced to young children in this early reader through the antics of the bumblingly charming, eager-to-please housekeeper, Amelia Bedelia. Children Humor; in primary grades can take satisfaction in reading the ELA/Literary Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parrish book on their own, and older children can enjoy the figurative meaning behind the idioms. Expressive Elements illustrations complement the humorous text. The book would be useful in lessons about figurative language. George's mother wants the puppy to bark, but he meows, quacks, and oinks. The youngest readers will giggle every time George fails to bark and every time Humor, Bark, George Jules Feiffer the vet reaches into his mouth to pull out an animal. ELA/Vocabulary Feiffer's cartoonlike illustrations are expressive. This selection is useful for prekindergarten. This tongue-in-cheek rhyming story features four mice following the trail of a big, fearsome beast through a "dark, dark, house." Colors are introduced on each Beasty Story, A Bill Martin, Jr. page as the mice go down the dark red stairs and into ELA/Vocabulary the dark blue cellar. Steven Kellogg's standard ink- and-watercolor illustrations highlight the story, which has a surprise ending. This humorous board book tells of two dogs that think Big Dog and Little Dog: a skunk is a kitty. See other Big Dog and Little Dog Dav Pilkey books. Simple shapes and bright colors highlight the ELA/Vocabulary Making a Mistake cartoonlike characters. This book is for use in kindergarten and prekindergarten. The animals dress in different colored items of clothing, but the turkey can't get his clothes on the right body parts. This simple, humorous, concept board Science Blue Hat, Green Hat Sandra Boynton book is good for teaching colors and clothing to young children. Suitable for kindergarten and prekindergarten. This multicultural book highlights the baking, sharing, and eating of many types of bread. Full-color H-SS Bread, Bread, Bread Ann Morris photographs and simple text show the variety of people and places found around the world. A tall, narrow book which, in turning its pages, transforms pictures into completely different scenes ELA/Vocabulary Cat Tricks Keith Baker showing the amazing feats of a cat in fanciful situations. Repeated rhyming text invites participation. Hatched at the same time as the duck, the chick is successful at imitating the duck until the latter goes for a swim. Fortunately the duck saves the chick, who Chick and Duckling Mirra Ginsburg finally realizes that imitating someone else is not Fiction always the best choice. This selection features limited text with full-page, black-line drawings enhanced with color and is appropriate for preK. Farmer Brown's cows are cold in the barn. They find an old typewriter and send the farmer a message that Click, Clack, Moo – Cows they want electric blankets. The cows will go on strike Humor; Doreen Cronin if they don't get them. A humorous story with equally ELA/Writing, That Type funny pictures, this book is great for starting Literacy/Motivation discussions and writing sequels and illustrates the power of literacy. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections As Daisy and Mama Duck go for a morning float, Daisy lags behind and watches fish, chases dragonflies, Come Along, Daisy Jane Simmons and bounces on lily pads. A little suspense and highly Fiction textured paintings make this a happy read-aloud book.

David goes off to school with enthusiasm, but exasperates his teacher. Finally, he wins her over with his charm. Colorful, humorous, childlike illustrations David Goes to School David Shannon characterize this lighthearted companion to the Fiction Caldecott Honor book NO, DAVID! California author/illustrator.

A young artist draws a star, and the star asks for a sun; the sun a tree; and so on until the world becomes filled with living things. Then, as an aged artist, the man travels across the night sky with a star that shines on Science Draw Me a Star Eric Carle all he has made. The text is illustrated with characteristic tissue-paper collages enhanced by vivid acrylic paints.

Earth is Good: A Chant in Limited patterned text is enhanced by soft, natural- Chris DeMunn toned watercolor illustrations in this description of a Science Praise of Nature, The boy's walk through the natural environment of a forest. In this book that features women in a variety of professional roles, Mrs. McGuire, a television Fire! Fire! Said Mrs. newscaster whose work takes her up in a helicopter, is Bill Martin, Jr. on a search for a reported fire. The search for the fire ELA/Vocabulary McGuire ends at a birthday cake. Humor and action are portrayed in Egielski's illustrations and in the rhyming text. A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven. He eludes a variety of animals until he finally meets a clever fox. This welcome Folklore; ELA/Literary Gingerbread Man, The Eric A. Kimmel addition to the gingerbread stories features bright Elements illustrations that make it a good choice for large-group sharing. This concept book about feelings is illustrated with How Are You Peeling? Joost Elffers and Saxton photographs of fruits and vegetables that have been VPA Foods With Moods Freymann sculpted into faces with personalities. This selection is useful for conversations about feelings. This deceptively simple text with imaginative illustrations contemplates such possibilities as "If music could be held . . ." and more profound thoughts, ELA/Writing, If * + Sarah Perry such as "If ugly were beautiful . . ." Young children VPA can enjoy this book on an imaginative level; older children may enjoy it on a philosophical level. Everything around the house gets messed up, but it isn't the little boy's doing. The family dog messes up the house and garden while wearing the little boy's shoes. This simple, repetitive text lends itself to early It Wasn’t Me Alma Flor Ada predictions and literature response. The English Fiction version is appropriate for English learners, prekindergarten, and it is available in Spanish and in big book form. California author.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Joseph makes his old overcoat into a jacket, then a vest, then a scarf. Eventually, there's nothing left of the original garment, but he manages to make something Joseph Had a Little out of nothing. Bold and bright illustrations are Simms Taback complemented by die-cut holes that help children VPA Overcoat guess what Joseph will be making next from his amazing overcoat. Winner of the 2000 Caldecott Medal, this is a newly illustrated version of Taback's 1977 book. Distressed by his inability to read, write, talk, and even eat neatly, the young tiger Leo feels even worse when his father expresses concern about his son's being left behind while everyone else seems to have mastered ELA/Writing, Leo the Late Bloomer Robert Kraus those skills. Leo's mother reassures his father with her Literacy/Motivation statement, "Leo is just a late bloomer." Her words have proved comforting to many children who have identified with the young tiger. Likes Likes Likes Chris Raschka A little lonely cat finally finds a friend with whom to VPA romp through the roses. Oil-pastel and watercolor pictures move the actions along at a rhythmic clip and help to illustrate this joyful story of the beginnings of friendship. This nearly wordless picture book shows two friendly water buffalo engaged in a contest that helps them Look What I Can Do Jose Aruego discover that being a copycat can lead to trouble. Fiction Wacky, expressive illustrations highlight the tale. The search for Louella Mae goes on all over the farm. Rhyming clues for her location invite the reader to Fiction in Verse; Louella Mae, She’s Run guess where she is. Watercolor and colored pencil Karen Beaumont Alarcon ELA/Vocabulary, Away! artwork adds to the humor and action of the story. Repetitive text and theme are links to language arts and H-SS to farm units in history/social sciences. A mouse looking for lunch finds foods of many colors. Each page gives a color and picture clue for the next ELA/Literary Lunch Denise Fleming thing the mouse will eat. The simple text encourages Elements prediction for young children. A little girl draws pictures of her family, arranges them on a tree, and explains their relationships to each other in this simple introduction to family trees. Illustrations Me and My Family Tree Joan Sweeney are clear and colorful, and a sample family tree for H-SS readers is included. This selection is useful for lessons in family history. With the traditional words "when tigers smoked long pipes," readers experience the Korean tale of a servant Folklore, tricked into buying a ridiculous story and how the story Mr. Pak Buys a Story Carol Farley helps him scare off an entire band of robbers. The ELA/Literary illustrations have a folksy and comic appeal. This is a Elements wonderful tale to include in a study of folktales. David is always in trouble for being an active, curious kid. Finally, his mom sets limits for him. Double-page, bright, wacky acrylic paintings enhance the humor of No, David! David Shannon the limited text. The work is appropriate for Humor kindergarten and prekindergarten children. California author/illustrator. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Baby Duck is nervous about her first day of school. Grandfather has a talk with Baby Duck and reassures her that everything will be all right. Big, friendly Off to School, Baby Duck Amy Hest pictures give warmth to the text and make this book a H-SS good read-aloud choice to ease children's first-day jitters. This counting tale, done in rhyme, describes the adventures of a sea horse and the sea creatures he meets on his travels to find friends. This book is Mathematics, One Lonely Sea Horse Joost Elffers excellent for younger readers. Elffers and Freymann VPA have launched a unique practice of illustrating stories with fruits and vegetables. Very simple rhyming text accompanies large Puffins Climb, Penguins photographs of penguins and puffins. More detailed Bruce McMillan information about the animals is given at the back of Science Rhyme the book for teachers and parents. This selection is useful for kindergarten and prekindergarten. The two friends from Raschka's Caldecott Medal Honor Book YO! YES! (1993) return. Readers can use their imaginations as they hear one side of a telephone Humor, Ring! Yo! Chris Raschka conversation. Illustrations offer plenty of ideas of what could be happening on the other end of the line. ELA/Writing Readers are encouraged to create their own responses to the boy on the phone. A Japanese girl is frustrated when she helps take care of her grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease. Sachiko Means Happiness Sachiko expresses honest feelings of frustration and Realistic Fiction; Kikimo Sakai * anger as she sees the changes that affect her H-SS grandmother. Soft pastel drawings are accented with Japanese banners. Things people can do to make the world a peaceful place are shared in this reflective book. The Somewhere Today: A Book photographs are colorful and depict children from ELA/Writing, Shelley Moore Thomas of Peace different cultures. This poetic read-aloud book can be H-SS used as a writing frame or as part of the history/social science curriculum. The concepts of addition and subtraction are introduced through a clever counting story of a young girl and an assortment of animals in ever-changing Splash! Ann Jonas combinations around a backyard pond. Bright, full- Mathematics color illustrations highlight this story that uses a simple vocabulary and pleasant repetition. Tough Boris Mem Fox Boris von der Borch is a tough pirate, or is he? A H-SS young stowaway aboard a pirate ship finds out that even pirates have feelings. The watercolor illustrations depict the overpowering awe a pirate would conjure in a young man's dreams. The book is a good tool in helping children identify with their feelings. A hardworking spider perseveres to build a web despite distracting invitations from the barnyard Very Busy Spider, The Eric Carle animals. Predictable, repetitive text is highlighted by Science Carle's textured original paper designs used in a colorful collage style. This song, made famous by Louis Armstrong, is illustrated with large, brightly colored, childlike paintings. The children in the illustrations carry the What a Wonderful World Thiele and Weiss message of global cooperation and friendship. Use the VPA book with a recording of the song for a memorable story time. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This concept book categorizes animals by their movements. Frogs hop, rabbits hop, cows hop . . .? Simple, brightly colored illustrations and the Humor, Who Hops? Katie Davis humorous, limited text tickle young children. This selection can be used as an example for class or Science individual bookmaking projects about animals and words that describe the way they move. A young mouse, left alone when dangerous things happen to his family, rescues everybody and finds himself loved and with a family again. This is a Fantasy, Whose Mouse Are You? Robert Krause satisfying story for kindergarten and prekindergarten. H-SS Tricolored illustrations are accented with simple black- line details. Every page (except the last) asks, Whose nose? Half- page illustrations show just animals' noses. The Whose Nose? Jeannette Rowe childlike illustrations and predictions can engage Science young childrenThese books can be used for kindergarten and prekindergarten children. Two boys, one African American and one Caucasian, meet as strangers on a city street, strike up a Yo! Yes! * Chris Raschka conversation, and form a special friendship. Told in VPA just 19 words, this story features simple, cartoonlike illustrations in full color.

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Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Simple full-color maps explain geographical features while showing how different animals, including a lizard, a jackrabbit, a roadrunner, a mule, and a deer, travel throughout their habitat in As the Roadrunner Runs Gail Hartman an area of the Southwest. The book's conclusion H-SS presents a large map linking all the habitats to the whole of the region.

South African children gather to welcome home Rachael their fathers, who have been away for several At the Crossroads months to work in the mines. Joy and celebration H-SS Isadora are evoked by the warm watercolor illustrations to convey the happy reunion. When baby bird falls out of her nest, a compassionate frog friend helps keep her safe Baby Bird’s First Nest Frank Asch until she finds her home. Simple, brightly colored Fiction illustrations make it an engaging book for children in kindergarten and prekindergarten. Baby Duck hates how her new glasses look and is afraid that hopping or dancing will cause them to Baby Duck and the Bad fall off. Grandfather knows just what to do to Amy Hest help. This book aptly shows the love between a H-SS Eyeglasses grandfather and a grandchild. Colored-pencil and watercolor artwork create the perfect pictures to make this a read-aloud choice. Poetic couplets introduce 16 familiar bugs and Wright and spiders. Full-color illustrations, diagrams, and Bugs higher-level informational text highlight the book Science Parker and make it a good choice for emerging readers and for older students doing research. Little bunny rabbit listens to noises of spring all Margaret around him and then makes some noises of his Bunny’s Noisy Book ELA/Vocabulary Wise Brown own. This 1952 manuscript was saved and is published now for the first time. The simple text of this book tells how the faith of a small boy who plants a carrot seed and patiently cares for it is finally rewarded. The book shows Carrot Seed, The Ruth Krauss the growth cycle of a plant through simple Science illustrations. The small size of the book makes it appropriate for small-group or individual sharing. Sally and her brother are home alone on a rainy day with nothing to do. The Cat in the Hat suddenly appears, full of mischief and tricks. He Fantasy, Cat in the Hat, The Dr. Suess makes a huge mess that miraculously gets cleaned up before their parents return. The story is told in ELA/Vocabulary rhyming verse and illustrated in black, white, and red. Each page in this brief text asks the reader a question and gives a visual clue to the answer. Melanie The book is sure to provoke fun for and Do Pigs Have Stripes? ELA/Literary Elements Walsh interaction among children as they listen or read. This selection is also useful for lessons in reading comprehension.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A clever mouse knows how to protect himself Julia from the forest creatures who might want to eat Gruffalo, The Fiction Donaldson him. His wild imaginings are packed with humor and adventure in this rhyming story. This book recounts the life of Babe Ruth, the man and the legend, in poetic prose and conveys the Biography; Home Run, the Story of Robert excitement of a baseball game in which he H-SS, played. Vintage-style replicas of baseball cards Babe Ruth Burleigh highlight his career. The illustrations are PE, reminiscent of some of Norman Rockwell's VPA artwork. This story in rhyme highlights realistic dinosaurs as they thrash, fuss, and misbehave at bedtime as Fantasy, How Do Dinosaurs Say much as any kid might do. Brightly colored Jane Yolen Science, Goodnight? illustrations focus on the features of each dinosaur, and somewhere in each picture is the ELA/Literary Elements name of the beast. From spring to fall, with the help of her grandfather, Jody learns to plant, care for, Malachy harvest, prepare, and eat scarlet runner beans. Realistic Fiction, Jody’s Beans Delicate watercolors illustrate the story with just Doyle the right amount of details. This selection can be Science used in science lessons and activities about gardens and the life cycles of plants. Marvin’s Best Christmas Katherine Determined to create a Christmas present that his Science Present Ever Paterson parents will never forget, Marvin constructs a big, beautiful wreath for their trailer home. When it turns brown, they discover that it is a perfect place for a family of birds. Soft, colored-pencil illustrations show the changes of seasons in this easy-to-read story. A little girl is in search of a birthday present for her mother, so she asks Mr. Rabbit for help. Together they decide that the best present is the gift of color. Yellow becomes bananas, green Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Charlotte becomes pears, and blue becomes grapes. Soft- Fiction Present Zolotow colored Monet-like illustrations add a quiet feeling to this classic book, which is useful for teaching colors. It may be used as a read-aloud book with young children or as independent reading for secure young readers. The school principal, Mr. Tanen, has a wonderful collection of colorful ties that the students love. Maryann One day, the superintendent makes him wear a Humor, Mr. Tanen’s Ties Cocca-Leffler plain, blue tie, and interesting situations arise. Realistic Fiction Colorful illustrations make this book a pleasure to read and see. Having just arrived from Puerto Rico and speaking only Spanish, Juanito has lost his dog Ezra Jack and is trying to make his problem clear in his My Dog is Lost H-SS Keats New York neighborhood. Bright red and black illustrations highlight this reissue. This selection offers a supportive story for English learners. Told in the African American tradition of call- and-response, this story is about the adorable Brenda and her hair. Her family delights in Carolivia poking gentle fun by making up hilarious Realistic Fiction, Nappy Hair descriptions of her hair. Vibrant, folk-art-style Herron paintings bring this unusual rhythmic book to life. ELA/Vocabulary This book makes an excellent choice for choral reading during Black History Month.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Mrs. Medley returns home again and again to collect everything from the table and chairs to musical instruments in case she and her grandson Not the Piano, Mrs. Medley Evan Levine Max will need them at the beach. Once there, she Fiction realizes that they don't need any of those things! Full-color illustrations highlight this humorous tall tale. Old Dog, The Charlotte A young African American boy wakes up one Fiction Zolotow morning to discover that his faithful old dog has passed away. When his father gives him a new puppy, he still remembers his first canine friend. The 1972 story is newly illustrated with rich oil paintings. This book follows high-energy piglet Olivia through her daily activities, which include singing songs loudly, creating art on walls, and building a sand sculpture that closely resembles the Chrysler Humor, Olivia Ian Falconer Building in New York City. She excels at all kinds of things, especially wearing people out. ELA/Literary Elements Humorous illustrations are black and white with splashes of red. This selection is excellent to read aloud. The romance of the owl and the pussycat is depicted in this classic poem through the humorous and playful watercolor sketches by Poetry, Owl and the Pussycat, The Edward Lear James Marshall in his final work. Children enjoy ELA/Literary Elements the nonsense and the rhythm of this tale. An afterword by Maurice Sendak is included. Fear of the dark is addressed in this book through colorful collages. Pip the salamander searches for Old Abra the wizard to help him overcome his Ellen S. fears with magic. Ultimately he discovers he had Pip’s Magic ELA/Vocabulary Walsh the strength within himself to overcome his fears. This makes a fine read-aloud book for young children, and it is accessible for reading by seven- and eight-year-olds. This rhyming story uses animal characteristics Audrey and similes to illustrate a variety of opposites. Fiction in Verse, ELA/Literary Quick as a Cricket Wood, Don Don Wood's large, silly, endearing illustrations Elements Wood emphasize the joyful celebration of a child's growing self-awareness. California author. No one thinks that a few snowflakes will amount to anything, but a boy and his dog discover that as the snowflakes keep coming, they amount to Snow Uri Shulevitz something spectacular. The author presents a Science playful depiction of a snowy day and the transformation of a city highlighted by award– winning pen-and-ink watercolor illustrations. Sunday is an important day for this African Narrative Synthia Saint American family. They wake up to pancakes for Sunday breakfast, go to church, ride the subway, and have Nonfiction, James Sunday dinner at Grandma's house. California H-SS author/illustrator. Ten Black Dots Donald Crews In this counting concept book, Crews uses one Mathematics dot to make a sun, two dots to make a fox's eyes, and eight dots to make the wheels on a train. The objects portrayed in the book are common for children. This selection is appropriate for kindergarten and prekindergarten.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections In this subtraction story, realistic-looking mice go home to their cozy nest after facing the dangers of Ten Little Mice Joyce Dunbar the day. This selection is available in board book, Mathematics paperback, and hard cover and is suitable for kindergarten and prekindergarten readers. A young Asian boy remembers feeling fearful and Through Moon and Stars Ann Warren anxious when he came to America to meet his adoptive parents. Over time he adapts to his new H-SS and Night Skies Turner life in America. Full-color illustrations support this tender story of adoption and love. The rounds of Mr. Gilly, the trashman, are described as he collects trash from around town. Clemesha This tale is a predictable pattern story with a refrain that will have children joining in. The book Trashy Town and is illustrated with large blocks of bright color and H-SS Zimmerman simple line drawings. This selection could be useful for study units on community helpers and neighborhoods. Worried about nighttime noises, Big Mouse offers earmuffs and tries to comfort Little Mouse. But Diana the quiet only makes Little Mouse feel lonely. Very Noisy Night, The Fiction Hendry Morning finds both mice sleeping late in Big Mouse's bed. Small, "Borrower-style" furnishings and drawings of the mice add to the fun. Joe closes his snack bar every winter at Christmas. The townspeople wonder where Joe goes for the winter. The rhyming speculations play with Tracey possible answers but never give the answer away Where Does Joe Go? Campbell until the last illustration. Readers and listeners will ELA/Literary Elements Pearson enjoy guessing ahead of the final picture when the reader discovers that Joe is Santa Claus. The story is playfully told through lively line drawings and watercolor illustrations. Although people from different cultures may look and live differently, all people have emotions, hopes, and hearts. Discussions about similarities Poetry, Whoever You Are MemFox and differences of individuals and human characteristics flow from sharing this book. H-SS Staub's full-page paintings show many cultures through bright colors and simple shapes. Anna has a magical spoon that changes letters around to make new words. She uses this ability Cathryn when she finds a lost little boy and the two try to ELA/Vocabulary, Word Wizard Falwell find his home. This is a great book for students Literacy/Motivation who are learning to read and need to see how the placement of letters in a word affects the word. List #3 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A well-known jump rope rhyme is used to introduce the letters of the alphabet, with alliteration as the key to the humor and the wild Humor, A, My name is Alice Jane Bayer illustrations add to the ELA/Writing, ELA/Literary amusement. This selection is a Elements good book to read aloud and offers a pattern for student- created books. Information about 15 reptiles is presented in brief sentences that describe their characteristics and habits. The text is accompanied About Reptiles: A Guide by realistic, detailed watercolors Cathryn P. Sill Science for Children by noted wildlife illustrator John Sill. The afterword gives further details on the animals presented. This book is useful in lessons about life science. African trickster Anansi tricks Elephant and some other animals into thinking that the melon in Anansi and the Talking which he is hiding can talk. Folklore, Eric A. Kimmel When this "talking melon" insults Melon the King Monkey, mayhem ELA/Literary Elements follows. Colorful watercolor illustrations and humor make this another good read-aloud choice. Children discover through verse the wonders of each milestone from ages one to six in this companion volume to THE Fiction in Verse, Another Important Book Margaret Wise Brown IMPORTANT BOOK, published in 1949. Energetic artwork by ELA/Writing Chris Raschka shows wriggly children in black strokes and freely brushed color. Aunt Isabel Tells a Good Kate Duke Aunt Isabel tells Penelope Mouse ELA/Writing, One about the adventures of Lady ELA/Literary Elements Nell and Prince Augustus, at the same time teaching the elements of a good story, including when, where, who, problems, villains, and happy endings. The illustrations are clever watercolors that advance the plot. With this book, every class can write its own story. A boy meets Babe Ruth while selling newspapers to help his family make ends meet during the Great Depression. The boy finds out his father has lost his Historical Fiction; H-SS, Babe and I, The David A. Adler job and is selling apples. Terry PE Widener's earth-toned acrylics are done in the style of U.S. Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals This cautionary tale reveals how grandmother helps selfish Natasha learn a lesson by letting her play with a special doll that Realistic Fiction, Babushka’s Doll Patricia Polacco teaches her about being self- H-SS centered. Rich watercolor illustrations bring the doll to life. See other titles by this author. Eddie Lee is a boy with Down's syndrome who wants to play with two children who are not nice to him. Through his persistence, Realistic Fiction, Be Good to Eddie Lee Virginia Fleming Eddie Lee demonstrates a superior knowledge of, and H-SS sensitivity to, nature when the children walk to a pond. Soft paintings establish a quiet mood. The second prequel to STREGA NONA: AN OLD TALE, this "biography" of the befuddled Big Anthony - Strega Nona's helper - Big Anthony: His Story Tomie DePaola relates his story from birth to Biography knocking on Strega Nona's door looking for a job. dePaola's bright illustrations provide a comic visual punch to the story. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This collection of stories invites the reader to join in the fun. Fairy tale characters tell their stories Fairy Tale, Bravest Ever Bear, The Allan Ahlberg from their perspectives with new endings. Readers will enjoy the ELA/Writing friendly watercolor illustrations and how the stories overlap. In this adaptation of a Russian folktale, Grandpa makes a piece of clay into a hungry boy who eats everything and everybody, getting bigger and bigger. The Clay Boy Mira Gingsberg clay boy finally breaks into Folklore pieces, and the whole village tumbles out. Large, bright illustrations make it a good read- aloud choice with only a mild dose of shivers. Illustrates that everyone in school is talented at something, and Ling Sung finds out that the children in his class think he is Clever Sticks Bernard Ashley clever because he can use ELA/Literary Elements chopsticks. Bright, realistic illustrations help convey this universal theme of search for success and empowerment. This rhyming concept book shows young readers how artwork gets reproduced from pictures to the printed page. Included are different art media Narrative Nonfiction; Color * Ruth Heller and an explanation of how colors are mixed to create other colors. ELA/Vocabulary, VPA Also included are a four-page, acetate printer's proof and a sample finished work. See other books by this California author. This trickster tale from a long tradition of stories features Coyote: A Trickster Take willful coyote and the lessons he Folklore, from the American Gerald McDermott learns. Illustrated with brightly H-SS Southwest colored, detailed Native American patterns, this book makes a fine read-aloud story. Francisco and his grandfather from Mexico solicit work as gardeners and find themselves picking the wrong plants. Although they are desperate for work, Francisco learns from his Realistic Fiction, Day’s Work, A * Eve Bunting grandfather that it is more important to be honest about H-SS one's mistakes than it is to make money. This thoughtful story includes strong watercolor illustrations. California author and setting. When Ma makes a batch of cookies that look and smell like Grandma's, Sam and Victoria get ready to eat them. But every time they begin, the doorbell rings and friends come in to share the Realistic Fiction, Doorbell Rang, The Pat Hutchins cookies. Will there be enough for everyone? This book's pattern Mathematics makes it easy to read and provides good math practice for students. Watercolor illustrations by the author add to the dilemma and humor. Concentrating very hard, Pauline the hen lays very unusual eggs which ultimately hatch into H-SS, Easter Egg Farm, The Mary Jane Auch colorful chicks, each patterned after its own egg. Bright, ELA/Literary Elements cartoonlike illustrations extend the tall tale. Emiline at the Circus Marjorie Priceman On a trip to the circus, Emeline Fiction gets mixed up in the performances, becoming a lion tamer, an acrobat, a trapeze artist, and more before her teacher realizes what's going on. Color soaked pictures are bold, energetic, and bursting their borders.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A poor duck has to do all the work on the farm while the fat farmer spends his days in bed. Together, the duck and the other Farmer Duck Martin Waddell animals oust the farmer and live Science in peace and harmony. Realistic paintings support the story. This selection would be a good addition to a farm unit. This I Can Read Book has five stories about Frog and Toad and the things they do together, such as eating cookies, being brave, and being friends. Young Fantasy, Frog and Toad Together Arnold Lobel children like to read about these H-SS two friends because they are supportive of each other. Soft illustrations in green and brown tones are used. This familiar tale is moved to a contemporary urban setting as the Gingerbread Man pops out of an oven in Manhattan and runs Folklore, Gingerbread Boy, The Richard Egielski through the streets of New York. ELA/Literary Elements Bright illustrations and a gingerbread-boy recipe are included. Two boys living in an urban setting must be brave enough to outsmart the neighborhood bullies before they can play with the goggles they have found. Goggles! Ezra Jack Keats This picture book features Fiction Keats's collage illustrations, which include textured paper and bright colors that are highlighted with painted details. Good Night, Baby Bear Frank Asch As winter approaches, Mother Fiction Bear must bring a snack, a drink, and, finally, the moon to her cub before he can go to sleep in his cave. This good-night story for young listeners is written and illustrated by a well-known and loved author. Harry's mother goes to the cellar and does not return right away. Harry goes down to search for Harry and the Terrible her and confronts the terrible Dick Gackenbach two-headed "whatzit." Black-line ELA/Literary Elements Whatzit drawings with some color convey details of the humorous text. This is a good book for dealing with fears. Al the janitor and his faithful dog Eddie are totally miserable until a mysterious bird offers them a Hey, Al Arthur Yorinks change of fortune. The moral of ELA/Literary Elements the story is, "Home is where the heart is." The illustrations are in full-color. Rodney Rat can't pronounce his r's. He is teased by the other rodents, but his speech problem comes in handy when "big, mean, smart" Camilla Capybara, Hooway for Wodney Wat Helen Lester the new class bully, tries to ELA/Literary Elements follow Wodney's "Simon says" lead. Detailed, humorous illustrations add to the story, making it a great read-aloud choice. A little girl searches her cluttered room, and everywhere else, for her lost bear. She ultimately finds her favorite toy tucked in her I Lost My Bear Jules Feiffer bedcovers. Cartoonlike line Fiction drawings add humor to this melodrama of everyday childhood life. Jamaica and the Substitute Juanita Havill African American Jamaica Fiction Teacher realizes that she didn't study for the spelling test but wants to impress her substitute at school, so she copies from a classmate's paper. She confesses to her substitute teacher who tells her that she doesn't have to be perfect to be special. Soft pastel-color drawings illustrate this sensitive story that helps support the teaching of values. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This rhyming story moves to the lively rhythm of jump rope songs. Each rhyme is printed in a different color, and the Poetry, Jump Rope Magic Afi Scruggs illustrations reflect light and energy. Rereading the text to ELA/Vocabulary enjoy the lyrical fun is recommended. California illustrator. In repetitive and rhythmic text, this story tells about an unruly king who refuses to leave his King Bidgood’s in the bathtub. When he finally leaves Audrey Wood his bathtub, a delightful surprise ELA/Vocabulary Bathtub ending ensues. Full-page muted color paintings enhance the humor of the text. California author. Little Bear is a charming creature who has an especially warm relationship with his mother. Little Bear Else H. Minarik Little Bear wants his mother to Science make him a fur coat for winter, then discovers that his own fur coat is sufficient. This updated version of a classic folktale finds the Little Red Hen making a pizza while the duck, dog, and cat play outside. When Little Red Hen (Makes a it's time to eat the pizza, they're Philemon Sturges more than willing to help, even ELA/Literary Elements Pizza), The with the dishes. Bright and bold cut-paper-collage illustrations highlight humorous details. This book should be included when studying versions of classic tales. Mama Cat Has Three Denise Fleming Mama cat leads her kittens Fiction through a garden adventure. Two of them carefully follow her example (cleaning paws, chasing leaves) while the other naps. A surprise ending shows the napping kitten ready to frolic Kittens when the others are too exhausted to play. Bright, handcrafted paper illustrations also show small hidden creatures. This is an excellent read-aloud choice. A little boy's mother helps him manage his anger by making a "mean soup" in which to put all Realistic Fiction, Mean Soup Betsy Everitt his anger, frustration, and meanness. Large, colorful, H-SS modern illustrations highlight the emotion of the text. This simple text tells of a man who dies and in his reincarnation chooses where he will be born, Folklore, Mountains of Tibet, The Mordicai Gerstein his parents, and his gender. H-SS Small, detailed black-line drawings are softly colored. A little mouse makes going to bed an adventure as his mother takes him through his nighttime Mouse Told His Mother, A Bethany Roberts routine. Large colorful paintings Fiction make this selection very suitable for kindergarten and prekindergarten readers. Mr. Gumpy's boat becomes so full of animals and children that there's no place to go except ELA/Vocabulary, Mr. Gumpy’s Outing John Burningham overboard. The repetitive text is highlight by textured drawings Science that bring this humorous summer scene to life. Ten short chapters tell how April Fools' Day brings out the joker in Mud Flat's animal residents. The jokes fly fast and furiously, and Mud Flat April Fool James Stevenson none of the pranks is harmful or Fiction mean. Stevenson's watercolor and pen-and-ink artwork highlight the fun. This creation story promotes a deeper understanding of the earth and the relationship of its inhabitants to the land, as well as Folklore, Old Turtle Douglas Wood their relationship to God. The Science soft watercolors and rhythmic text encourage an awareness of ecology.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Owen's mouse parents and their neighbor, Mrs. Tweezers, think the time has come for Owen to get rid of Fuzzy, his favorite blanket. But Owen can't bring himself to do it, Owen Kevin Henkes and Mother averts a crisis - just in time. Amusing Fiction watercolor illustrations fit the story perfectly. See other books by this author about mouse adventures. This book contains three short chapters that follow the escapades of Poppleton, a new pig in town. He makes Poppleton Cynthia Rylant new friends, visits the library, and helps a sick pal. Short Story Simple illustrations brighten these stories for beginning readers. Three animal friends preparing pumpkin soup repeat the same jobs until one day when Duck decides to stir instead of tip in salt. There is a squabble, Duck leaves, and it's up Pumpkin Soup Helen Cooper to Cat and Squirrel to find him. Bright, pumpkin-hued H-SS illustrations support this gentle story about what it means to be a friend. A recipe is included. Lalo the lamb wants a bright red sweater like the one the shepherd boy wears. He tries in vain to wash, spin, and ELA/Vocabulary, Red Berry Wool Robin Eversole dye his own wool. As each attempt gets him into difficulty, the boy is there to rescue him. There are color H-SS illustrations throughout the book. Close-up photographs depict the nocturnal adventures of Red-Eyed Tree Frog * Joy Crowley a red-eyed tree frog. Simple text supports the frog's close Science encounters with predators. Black-and-white illustrations record the sights on a trip to the city, and when the book is turned upside down, the Round Trip Ann Jonas trip continues back home again. This book offers a Fiction unique format for a read-aloud story that engages children's imagination. Seven Blind Mice Ed Young When seven blind mice are asked to identify an object, Folklore, each feels a different part of an elephant and has a VPA different perspective about what the object could be. Only one mouse explores the whole elephant to gain understanding. The large, full-page collages feature brilliant colors and multiple textures on a black background. Colors, days of the week, and ordinal numbers are also presented in the text. Snow-loving readers are shown how to build a snow family with the help of household items and unusual objects. Colorful, double-page illustrations enhance the H-SS, Snowballs Lois Ehlert book. A recipe for popcorn balls that can be turned into "snowmen" appears at the end. The ending pages identify Science the unusual objects the author used to build her own imaginary snow people. In this wordless and tender story, a snowman comes alive Snowman, The Raymond Briggs but is all too mortal. The soft watercolors are reflective of Science this selection's tender message of friendship and loss.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Disappointed when his father doesn't arrive to help him catch a frog and doesn't show up for the school's frog- jumping contest, Billy begins to accept his father's Some Frog! Eve Bunting absence and his mother's support. Rich oil paintings are Fiction on each spread. This book is a good choice for children who are having difficulty adjusting to a separation or divorce. California author. This collection of poetry for young readers focuses on Arctic regions and its animals. Unrhymed verse Poetry, Song of the North Frank Asch introduces readers to this poetic form, while color Science photography brings each of the animals to life. This informative concept book provides clear explanations about sounds and hearing. It describes sound waves, how bones help us hear, and how animals hear. Sounds All Around Wendy Pfeffer Onomatopoeia is used in the text, which is highlighted by Science cartoonlike illustrations showing very young children. Activities are suggested. Sara is stumped when her Russian grandmother requests "no presents" for her birthday celebration. The neighbors Three Cheers for Catherine have ideas, but Sara wants her "no present" to be as Cari Best special as her grandmother is. The artwork uses vibrant H-SS the Great! colors and patterns, filled with rich detail and diverse, expressive characters. Russian words are included in the text. This retelling of The THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF is Folklore, set in the heart of the city where an enormous rat tries to ELA/Literary Three Cool Kids Rebecca Emberley keep three goats from crossing the street. The detailed, interesting, textured collage pictures lend interest to the Elements, Big, Middle and Little Goats and the city backdrops. H-SS Starting with the nursery rhyme about buying a fat pig at Fiction in Verse, market, this tale goes on to describe a series of unruly Humor, animals that run amok, evade capture, and prevent the To Market, To Market Anne Miranda narrator from cooking lunch. ELA/Vocabulary ELA/Literary Elements As a tornado forms, mother hurries Lucille and Natt into the cellar while she goes to help a neighbor. Dark pastel Twister Darleen Bailey Beard illustrations highlight the children's fear, the darkening Science weather, and the riveting adventure. This selection is useful for lessons in weather-related earth science. More than 200 people from 32 different countries are introduced in double-spread pages as they make their way to downtown New York in a snow storm to be sworn in Very Important Day, A Maggie Rugg Herold as citizens of the United States. This book shows H-SS multiculturalism in its broadest sense. A pronunciation glossary is included. The beauty of individuals is celebrated, including young/old, male/female, and dark/light. Children are encouraged to see what is beautiful about themselves by What is Beautiful? Maryjean Watson Avery looking in the mirror at the end. The simple, patterned H-SS texts make a good sample for a class book. For kindergarten and prekindergarten.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Sent to the Himalayas in search of the rare and endangered pink-headed duck, young bird-calling expert Agnes must thwart villainous Colonel Pittsnap, who means to use Agnes to ensnare the prize bird for his When Agnes Caws Candace Fleming collection. Watery inks turn the characters into Victorian Science caricatures with tiny feet, round faces, and pointy noses. This book connects to life science units on birds and endangered animals. Animals move in a variety of ways, as evidenced in this book featuring double-page illustrations of common animals and a rhythmic onomatopoeic description of their Wiggle Waggle Jonathan London walking stride. Bold, cartoonlike illustrations highlight ELA/Vocabulary the humorous text. This book makes a lively read-aloud choice for prekindergarten or kindergarten. California author. With her daddy working in far-off New York City, a young African American girl, alone with her pregnant Wilhe’mina Miles After the mother, must face her fears and run through the dark Dorothy Carter night woods for the midwife. Returning home, she is Fiction Stork Night greeted by a new baby brother. Impressionistic illustrations create color-filled scenes that support the expressive text. Sweeping through a calm and tidy town, a wind creates havoc. One boy is caught up in the wind itself and sees the kings, queens, castles, and all the places and times the Windy Day, The G. Brian Karas wind has blown. Colors are introduced into the Science illustrations as the wind arrives. This selection clearly shows the excitement of a windy day. A little girl writes invitations to a witch, cat, and goblin Witch, Witch Come to My tree to come to her costume party. The predictable text Arden Druce makes this story interactive, but some of the illustrations Fiction Party may be frightening for young children. Instructional notes for parents are included on the back cover. Wolf tries to frighten the farm animals but makes no ELA/Literary impression on the pig, the cow, and the duck-they are too Elements, Wolf! Becky Bloom busy reading. What to do? He goes to school to learn to read. But that's still not enough. The hilarious pictures Literacy/Motivati that accompany this funny story make it a delight. on Yoko is teased by other children about taking a traditional Japanese lunch to school. When the class has an international food day, she finds a compassionate Yoko Rosemary Wells friend who loves her sushi. This work facilitates H-SS discussions on cultural differences, tolerance, and the trying of something new. Ivy, a young fox, risks life, limbs, and her tail to win the Zelda and Ivy Laura McGee Kvasnosky approval of her bossy, older sister, Zelda. Bright colors Fiction highlight each chapter in this book's illustrations. List #4 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Several of Aesop's fables are adapted into this story of the adventures of a fox as he encounters a variety of animals throughout the day. Mixed- Fable, Folklore; ELA/Writing, Aesop’s Fox Aki Sogabe media illustrations, including cut-paper and ELA/Literary Elements watercolors, highlight this introduction to the works of Aesop for young children. In this story, set in the 1800s, Amber and her grandmother live on a lonely mountain, away from city life. A man arrives on the mountain with his family to build a road, and his daughter Anna Tony befriends Amber and teaches her to read. When Amber on the Mountain H-SS Johnston Anna later writes letters to Amber, Amber is motivated to teach herself to write. Duncan's full- page realistic oil paintings depict the loving relationships between the characters. California author. A turtle carved by Native Americans long ago Sheila And Still the Turtle rests on a bluff overlooking a river. In this story Historical Fiction, MacGill- the turtle observes the changes made by man to Watched H-SS Callanhan the environment. Paintings are highlighted by changes in light. Ut, a Vietnamese girl attending school in the Angel Child, Dragon Child Michele United States, is lonely for her mother, who Realistic Fiction, remains in Vietnam. Then she makes a new friend, * Maria Surat who presents her with a wonderful gift. Soft H-SS watercolor illustrations support this tender story. Danny is looking for the perfect birthday present for his mother. The farm animals try to help, but Marjorie his mother already has the things that they Ask Mister Bear suggest. Finally, Mr. Bear whispers to Danny the H-SS Flack perfect gift . . . a bear hug. Illustrations are brightly colored, simple drawings in this selection appropriate for kindergarten and prekindergarten. William Everett Crocodile has trouble learning to spell his name at school until his best bird friend Tomie Pete gives him the name Bill. Bill and Pete foil a Bill and Pete crocodile-hunting Bad Guy, making life safer Fiction dePaola along the exotic River Nile in this funny tale of two memorable friends. This book is good to read aloud. This story is as much a tribute as it is a biography Blue Butterfly: A Story Bijou Le of the French impressionist artist Monet. The soft Biography, About Claude Monet, A Tord watercolors imitate his painting style in a childlike VPA manner. Rich language is used with few words. Celebrating the pleasures of reading, the author uses the quiet metaphors of a tree, a door, a farm, George Ella and other objects in poetic text to show the magic ELA/Vocabulary, ELA/Writing, Book * of a book. Softly blurred watercolors by Peter Lyon Catalanotto support and highlight the text. This Literacy/Motivation selection is useful for English–language arts instruction in metaphors and figurative language.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A summertime outing at the seashore finds a young African American boy exploring the beach and having an imaginary adventure in a deserted Boy on the Beach, The Nikki Daly boat. Casual rhymes highlight watercolor Science illustrations that show the vibrant colors of the busy beach on a bright summer day. This is an illustrated account of the life of the Boy Who Loved to Draw: Barbara painter Benjamin West, known on both sides of Biography, the Atlantic for his artwork. The three easy-to- Benjamin West, The Brenner read chapters relate events of his childhood and VPA his overwhelming interest in drawing. Frances's wise mother cures her daughter of being Russell a food faddist. At the end of the story, a wonderful Bread and Jam for Frances lunchbox packed with lobster salad, black olives, Science Hoban and cherries is provided. The illustrations are sketch-like drawings with a hint of color. This story is told in rhyme, and the patterned text responds to the question, "What do you see?" Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Bill Martin, Each answer leads to further questions regarding colors and animals. Bright, single-color pictures ELA/Vocabulary What Do You See? Jr. support the text. This selection is useful for teaching colors and animal names to prekindergarten children. A cap peddler takes a nap under a tree, only to discover when he wakes up that his caps are all Esphyr gone. When he looks up at the tree, he sees Caps for Sale Fiction Slobodkina countless monkeys, each wearing a cap and grinning with glee. This book is a read-aloud classic. Chrysanthemum Kevin A young mouse named Chrysanthemum loves her H-SS Henkes beautiful name until classmates at school make fun of it. Fortunately, the music teacher understands and helps Chrysanthemum realize that her name is wonderful after all. Charming pen-and-ink drawings illustrate the story. See other books by this author about mouse adventures. This fractured fairy tale tells of an ordinary rat who is changed by a wizard into a coachman to Susan chauffeur a blonde Cinderella to a ball. The Cinderella’s Rat bumbling wizard's wacky spells bring about a ELA/Literary Elements Meddaugh zany string of events. Line drawings with watercolors capture the rat's expressions and the playfulness of the story. A young boy and his mother rescue an otter pup in the Alaskan tundra. The pup helps an injured Susi Gregg raven, which in turn shows kindness to a caribou Circle of Thanks Science Fowler calf, and the cycle continues. Watercolor illustrations show the changing landscape of the Arctic. The story of the Little Red Hen is modernized by having her great-grandson, Big Brown Rooster, find her cookbook and decide to make strawberry Crummel and shortcake, assisted by Turtle, Iguana, and Humor, Cook-A-DoodleCoo! Stevens Potbellied Pig. While they make the cake shown H-SS in colorful illustrations, margin information explains what is going on and how to bake a cake. The recipe is on the last page.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This concept book is a rhyming alphabet tale of Chris the American West. The author/illustrator has Fiction in Verse, Cowboy A-B-C, The included engaging pictures of the equipment and Demarest the environments a cowboy might encounter. The ELA/Vocabulary illustrations provide great thematic support. Curious George is a small monkey who has great difficulty getting used to city life before he goes to Curious George Hans A. Rey the zoo. The colored pictures, simple text, and H-SS humor of the story make it a great favorite with young readers. Acrylic paintings in this rhythmic book take you on a journey with a black cat through a dark, dark Dark Dark Tale, A Ruth Brown house to surprise the only occupant of the ELA/Writing abandoned residence. This book is good to read aloud. This book introduces various types of dinosaurs whose skeletons and reconstructions are seen in museums and explains how scientists uncover, Digging Up Dinosaurs Aliki preserve, and study fossilized dinosaur bones. Science Detailed, well-researched drawings enhance the information presented. Duck and Gander are always competing with each other. They decide to hold a freeze-in-place Erica contest and neither one fidgets until the fox comes Don’t Fidget a Feather Humor Silverman along with his sack. Who will fidget first? Pastel illustrations add to the humor of this friendship tale. California author. Miss Moody, a lifelong beachcomber, finds a Brinton mysterious bottle marked "Do Not Open." She Do Not Open does open it, however, and a terrible monster Fantasy, Humor; Science Turkle emerges. Miss Moody is not frightened, though, and the situation is happily resolved. Gardening rabbits discover an enormous carrot in this adaptation of a Russian folktale. With Vladimir cooperation from their friends, they pull it up, not Folklore; ELA/Vocabulary, Enormous Carrot, The noticing a tree-sized tomato plant in the Vagin background. The illustrations are bright with a ELA/Literary Elements primary palette. This selection is useful for lessons in literary response. Everybody needs to have a special rock. This book lists ten rules for finding the rock you need. Narrative Nonfiction; Everybody Needs a Rock Byrd Baylor Black-line sketches are highlighted with soft brown tones. This selection provides a useful Science connection to units on geology, rocks, and soil. On his way to school, Little Bear drops his book into the pond water. Later, he discovers a small, dead fish inside the covers. He puts the fish into Fish in His Pocket, A Denys Cazet his pocket and worries all day until he finally ELA/Writing discovers a way to respectfully dispose of the fish. Pale watercolor and pencil illustrations in fall colors highlight humorous elements of the story. Five tales about the adventures of two best friends are presented with humor, style, and distinctive Frogs and Toads are animal illustrations. Frog and Toad quarrel, make Fantasy, Arnold Lobel Friends up, share, plan projects, and have fun in this easy- H-SS reading book. Soft illustrations in tones of browns and greens are used throughout the stories.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections An old story is retold with a new twist as the Gingerbread Baby runs away and everyone chases him except Matti, who stays at home and bakes a Gingerbread Baby Jan Brett gingerbread house in which the baby can live. The ELA/Literary Elements author's typically detailed illustrations enhance this appealing version. See other titles by this author. Although she lives in a house of avid readers, Meena hates books until she discovers the magic Girl Who Hated Books, Manjusha inside them. The characters tumble out of the books and cause chaos in the house. The only way Literacy/Motivation The Pawagi the characters can be returned to the proper books is for Meena to read. The book is written with humor and vivid imagery. A fascination with flying machines leads Louis Bleriot to design a plane that crosses the English Glorious Flight Across the Martin and Historical Fiction; H-SS, Channel with Louis Berliot, Alice Channel in 37 minutes in the 1900s. This book provides a treasure of information, well laid out Science The * Provensen and perfectly illustrated. Use with FLY, A BRIEF HISTORY OF FLIGHT by Barry Moser. Seeing Grandaddy's broken-down house for the first time makes Janetta want to head straight Helen home again. But before long, she discovers some Grandaddy’s Place very special things about Granddaddy's place and H-SS Griffith about Granddaddy, too. A soft watercolor medium, highlighted with pen and ink, illustrates this story about friendship between generations. Simple text highlights this birthday story in which Bear learns the joy of giving as he presents the Fantasy, Happy Birthday, Moon Frank Asch Moon with a beautiful hat. Illustrated in simple forms with colors reflecting nighttime and Science moonlight. This traditional retelling of the Aesop fable reports the race between the hare and the tortoise Hare and the Tortoise: A using die-cut circles to provide an opportunity for Fable, Folklore; ELA/Literary Helen Ward Fable from Aesop, The foreshadowing. Both characters are in view at all Elements times. Watercolor-and-gouache paintings accent this dryly humorous book. Hat, The Jan Brett Lisa puts her winter clothes on the line to air. Folklore, When the wind blows a sock away, Hedgie the Science hedgehog finds it, sticks his nose in, and then finds it is stuck on his prickles. When the other animals laugh at him, he tells them it's his new hat, and soon they are all wearing a new article of clothing on their heads. The author effectively uses her signature format in which the story is continued in the margins and her illustrations are inspired by the Danish countryside. This fanciful tale tells the story of a mother who, with the help of a blackbird, saves her seven Audrey children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has Heckedy Peg changed them into different kinds of food. Full- Fantasy Wood color paintings evoke a sense of a classic fairy tale. The book can be useful for teaching the days of the week. California author. This retelling is a modern version of the story of a hen who thought the sky was falling. Playful signs Jane and diverse use of font sizes and styles add to the Folklore, Henny Penny Wattenberg fun. The illustrations are a collage of photographs ELA/Literary Elements of real animals and places that add high humor to the old tale.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections After promising never to tell another lie, a young Honest-to-Goodness Truth, Patricia C. girl learns that it isn't a good idea to blurt out the whole truth, either. She discovers that goodness is H-SS The McKissack an important part of being honest. The book is useful for emphasizing character education. Three mice - who are best friends - are confronted with gender stereotypes that causes divisiveness Horace and Morris but among them until they realize that they aren't James Howe H-SS Mostly Delores happy when separated from one another. Bold acrylic and cut-paper-collage illustrations are well suited to this story about protesting conformity. A bird that is too lazy to sit on her own egg asks Horton the elephant to sit for her while she takes a vacation. Horton sits through many hazards and is Fantasy, Horton Hatches the Egg Dr. Seuss rewarded for his faithfulness. The story, told in ELA/Vocabulary rhyme, is highlighted by Seuss's traditional cartoonlike characters. An older sibling imagines that his cute baby Carol I Wish My Brother Was a brother is a dog, a pet he could teach tricks and Diggory then sell. In the end, the boy wants his brother ELA/Writing Dog Shields around after all. Watercolor cartoon illustrations bring his imaginings to life. California author. When the town is paralyzed by a snow storm, Katy the little tractor/snowplow comes to the Virginia L. rescue with determination and saves the town. The Katy and the Big Snow Caldecott-winning author brings the inanimate Science Burton Katy to life with simple, brightly colored illustrations. This selection is useful for character education lessons on perseverance. Each time Grandfather tells his blind grandson a story about the boy's birth and his Knots on a Counting Rope Archambault accomplishments, Grandfather adds a knot on a counting rope. The little boy learns to have no fear H-SS * and Martin of the darkness and to see with his heart and know that his grandfather will love him forever. The text underscores the power of storytelling. Haiku-like poems chronicle the special bond Kristine between a young girl and her little dog. Simple, concrete language provides a good introduction to Poetry, Little Dog Poems O’Connell the form and feeling of poetry. Pen and watercolor ELA/Writing George illustrations complement the text. California author. In this sequel to THE SECRET SHORTCUT, Wendell and Floyd tumble into the Lost and Found box in pursuit of classmate Mona. The bottomless container yields lots of surprises. Fantasy, Lost and Found, The Mark Teague Caverns and passageways full of stray items give ELA/Literary Elements way to a room full of hats, where they each find a lucky one of their own. Zany, cartoonlike, full- color illustrations are included. A boy is repaid for his kindness to a rattlesnake Lost Boy and the Monster, Craig Kee and a scorpion in this original tale. Illustrations are patterned after Native American art and Science The Strete feature the deep earth tones of the Southwestern desert. This story makes a great read-aloud choice.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Setting sail on the high seas, Loud Emily uses her bellowing voice to call all hands on deck, summons friendly whales to steer the ship away Alexis from rocks, and finally becomes a human Loud Emily H-SS O’Neill lighthouse in a fierce storm. Oil paintings are in a folk-art style of the mid-nineteenth century. Endnotes provide additional information about this unusual heroine. Katie, a Chinese American girl, comes to realize how hard her grandmother works to fulfill her dreams for Katie when they spend a day together at the cannery cracking crabs. Illustrations are Love as Strong as Ginger Lenore Look small, square pastels-and-watercolor. This H-SS selection supports understanding of immigrant families who sacrifice to provide their children a better life. Clyde starts first grade ready to learn to read and write but worries about his ability to carry the Kathryn lunch tray. Light, comic pen-and-watercolor Lunch Bunnies H-SS Lasky illustrations give the characters lots of personality. Use as a read-aloud story on the first day of school. Nothing frightens young schoolgirl Madeline, not Ludwig tigers, mice, or even an attack of appendicitis and Madeline a trip to the hospital. Rhyming text and alternating ELA/Vocabulary Bemelmans double-page illustrations paint a picture of 1940s Paris. A young girl living in the Arctic learns that a mother's love is unconditional when she questions Barbara M. her mother about a variety of possible scenarios. Mama, Do You Love Me? The book has colorful and informative Fiction Joosse illustrations about the wildlife of Alaska. The book also portrays the culture of the Arctic Inuit people. Martha the dog eats alphabet soup and bursts into speech. She drives her family crazy with her Susan talking. Cheerful illustrations highlight this Martha Speaks ELA/Vocabulary Meddaugh delightful and humorous story about a dog's special verbal ability. The book is funny and entertaining. This contemporary version of the well-known nineteenth-century nursery rhyme about the school-going lamb is accompanied by color Poetry, Mary Had a Little Lamb Sarah J. Hale photographs by Bruce McMillan, a sample H-SS exercise from "McGuffey's Reader," and a note about the author and her famous rhyme. Riley's intricate collage artwork is visually rewarding as a hungry mouse creeps through the house for a treat. This rhymed story ends with the Mouse Mess Linnea Riley mouse well fed and off to bed and a big mess in Fiction the kitchen. A great read-aloud book to read again so listeners can join in the fun. Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers Karen B. This book is based on an actual incident. A young Historical Fiction, girl writes to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln suggesting that he grow whiskers to win himself some votes. Folk-art style oil paintings Winnick capture the look and feel of nineteenth-century H-SS America. This clever alphabet book tells the story of an old Jim black fly buzzing around the house on a hot Old Black Fly summer day. Vibrant colors are mixed with Fiction Aylesworth splatters as the fly gets into trouble. This is a delightful book to read aloud.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Oliver Button doesn't like to play ball because he's not very good at it. Instead, he likes to act out plays and dances. He attends dancing classes and Realistic Fiction, Tomie learns to tap dance. Even though some of the boys Oliver Button is a Sissy H-SS, dePaola at school say he's a sissy, Oliver enters the talent show at the local theater. This book is a good VPA starting point for discussions about individual differences. A young girl tells the story of living with a stepmother around the turn of the century, the Autobiography; Only Opal: The Diary of a difficulties she faces, and the way she brings joy Jane Boulton to her own life. Detailed paintings are highlighted ELA/Writing, Young Girl with soft colors. This picture book is an adaptation H-SS of the diary of Opal Whiteley in simplified, lyrical language. Gritch the Witch is really hungry for some Piggie Margie Pie, but when she gets to Old MacDonald's farm, Humor, Piggie Pie! Palatini she can't find any piggies anywhere. This amusing ELA/Literary Elements tale has colorful illustrations. The Piggotts appear to be just a normal family; however, when Mrs. Piggott leaves one day, her demanding husband and children find out just how Anthony much she did for them. Soon the house looks like Fantasy, Humor; ELA/Literary Piggybook * a pigsty, and they are reduced to rooting around Browne for scraps - until Mrs. Piggott returns to a very Elements contrite and helpful family. The illustrations are realistic but droll and will bring chuckles to every reader. Pumpkin Circle: The Story George Illustrated with full-color photographs, this book about pumpkins is a of a Garden Levenson visual delight. Rhyming text outlines the life cycle and care of the Science pumpkin patch, giving children a sense of where pumpkins originate and how they grow. This selection is useful in science lessons about life cycles.

A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt that warms and comforts her daughter Abigail. Several generations later, another mother Quilt Story, The Keith Baker mends and patches the quilt for her little girl. H-SS Tomie dePaola's illustrations feature bold colors and simple shapes. California author. When a young African American girl receives a pair of shiny, new red shoes, she dances through Denise Lewis town to show them off. After she falls down, the Red Dancing Shoes VPA Patrick shoes are scuffed, and a compassionate friend helps her make them like new again. Full-page colorful paintings seem to create movement. Worried that he can't find anything for show-and- tell, Clyde finally decides on a small fuzzy Kathryn "mystery" ball from his basement. It turns out to Show and Tell Bunnies Science Lasky be an egg sack from which 244 tiny baby spiderlings hatch. This school story is a humorous way to introduce a study of spiders. Cowgirl Sophie makes up rhymes and enthusiastically sings country western tunes. Dayle Ann Although no one in her family likes her loud Fiction in Verse, Sing, Sophie voice, her singing soothes her baby brother during Dodds a nighttime thunderstorm. This selection is VPA illustrated in watercolor, gouache, and pencil with a font that looks hand-lettered.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Three tired, hungry soldiers seek food and shelter in a village. Because they fear strangers, the villagers claim they have neither food nor room Marcia for them. The soldiers trick them into creating Stone Soup "stone soup." Listeners will delight in seeing the Folklore Brown trick bring people together and solve a problem, too. Teachers will want to have students create their own "stone soup." Tri-color illustrations are included. Sun and Moon: A Giant Lisa A giant, moon-loving girl walks the planet at night Love Story Desimini while a giant, sun-loving boy walks the planet Fable, during the day. Both help people in need but they are lonely for the companionship of someone their Science own size. They meet and fall in love during a solar eclipse. The bright, bold, full-page illustrations are drawn from a celestial perspective. Glashka, a young girl, is the only one in her village who can hear the voice of Narna, the whale. This gift leads her to great responsibility when she discovers thousands of whales trapped in a Siberian bay. The narrow route to the sea is Realistic Fiction, Symphony of Whales, A Steve Schuch rapidly icing over, covering more of the open Scicnce water the whales need to breathe. This selection, inspired by an actual event, tells about a dramatic rescue, a tale of bravery and faith, and the power of music. After graduating from high school in California, May's family takes her back to prewar Japan so Biography. that a matchmaker can find her a suitable husband. Tea With Milk * Allen Say Instead, May finds herself a job. This story of H-SS. immigration and cultural identity includes elegant VPA illustrations. California author/illustrator. A little boy is saddened by the death of his cat, Tenth Good Thing About Barney. Prompted by his mom to think of ten Realistic Fiction, Judith Viorst good things to say about Barney at the funeral, he Barney, The * can come up with only nine. Later, his father helps ELA/Writing him to discover a tenth good thing about Barney. Bored with the daily routine of life on the farm, the little calf Laloo sets off to find something new. There’s Nothing to Do-o-o- Judith Her mother Mamoo follows her and brings her H-SS o! Mathews home. Large, soft watercolor illustrations make the book suitable for kindergarten and prekindergarten Harlem is seen through the eyes of a young boy who lives there. As a tour guide, he shares the warmth and vitality, the brownstones and Realistic Fiction; H-SS, Uptown * Bryan Collier barbershops, the smells of chicken and waffles, VPA and the sounds of jazz. Bold, colored text appears in highly detailed pictures of city life. The life cycle of a voracious caterpillar is shown Very Hungry Caterpillar, in textured, original, paper collage illustrations Eric Carle and simple, repetitive text. It eats fruits and Science The vegetables through the days of the week and in the end emerges as a beautiful butterfly. A grandmother tells her granddaughter of the voyage of the grandmother's mother from Europe Riki to the United States at the turn of the twentieth Watch the Stars Come Out H-SS Levinson century. Well-researched information is reflected in the superb paintings that illustrate this immigration story. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Dyan A young girl hopes to see whales and hear their Realistic Fiction, Whales’ Song, The singing just as her grandmother did long ago. The Sheldon full-page paintings are realistic and soft. VPA A child asks his mother why a happy day must Charlotte come to an end in this reassuring story that When the Wind Stops combines illusion with the concepts of renewal Science Zolotow and new beginnings. It is illustrated with paintings on wood. The ecosystem of the rain forest is examined as a boy and his father visit a rain forest in Australia. Where the Forest Meets the Jeannie The boy thinks about the past, present, and future Realistic Fiction, Sea Baker of this location. The detailed collage illustrations Science give a vivid picture of the rain forest. This book would complement a science unit on this subject. Peter wishes that he could whistle for his dog Willie. He tries and Ezra Jack tries, with no success. One day when he tries again, however, a real Whistle for Willie whistle materializes. Keats's collage illustrations add texture and colorFiction Keats to the text.

One warm and sunny morning, a cow, donkey, sheep, pig, and mouse decide to go for a row in the bay. One of them sinks the boat. This book is Who Sank the Boat? Pamela Allen good to read aloud for the very young and Science encourages them to think about what makes things float or sink as well as how things balance. Wombat has trouble finding the perfect part when Wombat Divine: A he tries out for the nativity play. He persistently tries everything. The compassionate animals Heartwarming Christmas Mem Fox finally realize he can be Baby Jesus. Humorous H-SS Story from Down Under illustrations add personality to the animal characters. This concept book names workshop tools and gives their purposes. The text uses repetition and Andrew metaphors, and the illustrations show a young boy Workshop helping build a carousel. The cut-paper artwork of VPA Clements Caldecott medallist David Wisniewski uses wood veneers and textured papers to show colorful turn- of-the-century scenes.

List #5 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Comics, superheroes, and flying all come together Adventures of Sparrowboy, as a paperboy suddenly finds he can fly when he Brian Pinkney almost collides with a sparrow. Scratchboard Fiction The illustrations in a comic strip format add excitement to the story. This Baba Yaga tale takes readers to the American Southwest. When Manuela's sheep are Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The Tony stolen, she must go to Alice Nizzy Nazzy's unusual adobe house and try to get the witch to Fiction Witch of Santa Fe Johnston give back the flock. DePaola's colorful artwork gives the story visual excitement. This book is a great read-aloud. California author. A floral journey through the alphabet occurs as Alison acquires an amaryllis for Beryl, who buys a begonia for Crystal, and so on. Colorful illustrations of flowers are presented in this great Alison’s Zinnia * Anita Lobel book for practicing the beginning sounds of nouns Poetry; ELA/Literary Elements and verbs and identifying flowers. This selection is useful for lessons on figurative language and alliteration. Lucas, the victim of a bully, takes out his revenge on some ants with his squirt gun. He becomes diminished in size, is tried for his crimes, and is Ant Bully, The John Nickle sentenced to hard labor. The story is full of ELA/Literary Elements interesting twists. Bright, brassy pictures highlight this comic story. The adventures of Sasparillo, an armadillo from Amarillo, are related in a rhyming story as he explores cities, historic sites, geographic features, Fiction in Verse; ELA/Writing, Armadillo from Amarillo, and the wildlife of Texas. The book provides a Lynne Cherry pictorial perspective of the "where am I" concept. H-SS, The Postcards are illustrated on each page, as are great Science letters to Sasparillo. This selection is useful in lessons about history/social science, geography, language arts, and letter writing. Unjustly accused of stealing the Mona Woofa from an art museum, Art Dog paints his way out VPA, Art Dog Thacher Hurd of jail. A wacky story highlighted by bright and splashy illustrations, this book makes a good ELA/Literary Elements introduction to parody and puns. This funny, lighthearted autobiography tells of the successes and disappointments of being an author. Illustrated with Lester's own childlike, comic cartoons, the book shows that even if writing is a Autobiography, Author: A True Story * Helen Lester struggle, it can still be enjoyable. This selection is ELA/Writing useful for lessons in language arts because it describes the roles and contributions of authors and illustrators to print materials. Camilla Cream loves lima beans but won't eat them because her friends hate them. Her constant concern over what others think of her causes David Camilla to break out in a "bad case of stripes," for Fantasy, Bad Case of Stripes, A * Shannon which she finally finds the perfect solution. Humor Expressive, surreal illustrations offer varying perspectives in a picture-book format. California author/illustrator.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Playing an imaginary trumpet, Ben listens to the Rachael club musicians play rhythms and jazz and is Ben’s Trumpet ultimately discovered by one of the club VPA Isadora musicians. Black-and-white art highlight this Caldecott Honor Book. Left in charge of watching a special egg and feeling a little lonely, an artistic frog begins to William paint the egg with dazzling designs. A young boy Bently and Egg VPA Joyce runs off with the egg, and Bently must save it. Pale springtime colors highlight the comical text. Share at Easter time. During the hot days of summer, everything is just the same, and just as it should be, down on Bigmama's Florida farm. In this story from Autobiography, Bigmama’s Donald Crews Crews' own childhood, the whole family gathers for a summer of fishing, swimming, eating, and H-SS talking. This selection is useful for lessons in family history and includes full-color illustrations. Ruby is making a birthday cake for her grandmother. Max wants to help but only creates a series of mishaps: broken eggs, spilt milk, and Rosemary spilled flour. He is sent to the store for needed Bunny Cakes ELA/Writing Wells items, and he tries to write his own request on the list. Max learns the power of writing and drawing as communication tools. Fun, whimsical illustrations are included. Max and Ruby spend so much money on emergencies while shopping for their Rosemary grandmother's birthday present that they just Bunny Money Mathematics Wells barely have enough left to call her. Photocopy the "bunny money'' on the endpapers so children can count it out as the story is told. Lyrical, sometimes rhyming, text tells of a young girl and her grandfather who save a caterpillar from a hungry jay and build a house where the Fiction in Verse; Butterfly House, The Eve Bunting caterpillar can transform into a butterfly. This ELA/Vocabulary, selection supports life science and Earth Day ELA/Literary Elements, Science celebrations as a demonstration of kindness, with a strong connection to nature. California author. When Mis' Lela dies, Sugar Plum - a young girl Mis' Lela had cared for - says a final good-bye. Dorothy Sugar Plum's mom helps her learn to keep the Bye, Mis’ Lela Fiction Carter happy memories alive. This book shows a gentle way of assisting a grieving child or facilitating a discussion about death. Best friends Chester and Wilson do everything together. Then Lilly moves into the neighborhood, and she does everything differently. Does that matter if she wants to be Chester’s Way Kevin Henkes friends with Chester and Wilson? Softly H-SS illustrated, this story helps children see that people do not have to be exactly alike in order to be friends. See other books by this author about the mouse adventures This rollicking, rhythmic alphabet chant features all the letters climbing up a coconut tree and then Chicka Chicka Boom Archambault coming down in a chaotic heap. Ehlert's bright, ELA/Vocabulary Boom and Martin graphic illustrations complement the jazzy rhyming text. This picture book is an ideal introduction to the alphabet. On a field trip to the farm, Jimmy's boa gets loose Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Trinka H. and causes havoc. The humorous telling of this Fantasy, Wash, The Noble story is enhanced by the illustrator's detailed H-SS watercolor and black-line drawings.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Desert Trip Barbara A. A young girl and her mother backpack in the Narrative Nonfiction; Science Steiner desert and learn about the plants, animals, birds, and rock formations. Soft watercolor illustrations and first-person narrative capture the magic of the desert and bring the reader/listener into the backpackers' adventure of discovery. This book helps children understand the stages Dinosaurs Divorce: A Marc and and changes that occur during and after divorce. The book also discusses the variety of feelings Guide for Changing Laurene children have as they try to adjust to the new life H-SS Families Krasny created by divorce. This book can be used to discuss alternative family settings. Doctor De Soto, a mouse dentist who normally does not treat animals that are dangerous to mice, agrees to help a fox with a painful toothache. Fantasy, Doctor De Soto * William Steig When the fox decides to eat the dentist and his Humor, wife despite their help, he is "outfoxed" by the ELA/Literary Elements mice. Black-line and watercolor drawings detail the humorous elements of this story. Hetty is sure she can go down the road to the store by herself. The family needs eggs for breakfast and Mama and Papa are too busy to go. Down the Road Alice Schertle Hetty has several adventures before she is safely Realistic Fiction home again. Watercolor paintings evoke the time and place in this gentle story. California author. A young bear artist goes from simple claw scratching in the dirt of his den to fine drawings Drawing Lessons From a David for kings and queens. The story's warmly Humor; humorous text encourages children to pursue their Bear McPhail artistic aspirations. Pencil and watercolor VPA illustrations of bears and children highlight this inspiring tale. Edward, a constant reader, puts himself into the action of every story he reads. When a band of David pirates shows up and demands his book, Edward Edward and the Pirates discovers that they can't read—and he decides to Literacy/Motivation McPhail help them! Acrylic paintings in deep tones illustrate this story that highlights the power of reading. In this companion volume to THE EASTER EGG FARM, Pauline is commissioned to reproduce Mary Jane famous artists' portraits on her eggs. She becomes Eggs Mark the Spot a heroine when her special talent provides the VPA Auch vital clues to a burglary. Bright acrylic paintings catch the comedy of the story. Famous artworks are identified. Emperor’s Egg, The Martin This informational text describes the harsh habitat Science Jenkins and life cycle of the Emperor penguin, stressing the protective role of the father in caring for the eggs. Acrylic paintings in a realistic style bring the book to life. This selection is an excellent choice for habitat studies in science and includes an index of ideas and information for developing readers. This story offers a continuation of the old classic Emperor’s Old Clothes, Kathryn fairy tale, THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES. A simple farmer finds the emperor's old clothes Humor; ELA/Literary Elements The Lasky on his way home from the market and decides to wear them. This fictionalized account explores the Empress Empress and the Silk Lily Toy of China's discovery that the cocoons in her mulberry trees produce shiny, silken thread that Historical Fiction; H-SS Worm, The Hong can be woven into beautiful cloth. The book's stylized art depicts life in China around 2700 B.C. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Three frogs find what they think is a chicken egg. But they are in for a rude awakening when the "chicken" hatches and meets her mother, who Extraordinary Egg, An Leo Lionni looks an awful lot like an alligator. Illustrated in mixed-media art, including collage-type figures, Science this book presents friendship as a strong theme throughout the story. It makes a great springboard for discussions on likenesses and differences. This nonfiction selection shows firefighters fighting fires in the city, in the country, in the Fire! Fire! Gail Gibbons forest, and on the waterfront. Bright, graphic-style H-SS illustrations include realistic detail to clarify the nonfiction text. Bartholomew doffs his hat before the king only to discover another hat has appeared on his head. Five Hundred Hats of The king is furious and condemns Bartholomew Fantasy, Dr. Seuss to death. As Bartholomew madly pulls hats off, Bartholomew Cubbins the hats begin to change. The five hundredth hat ELA/Vocabulary is more glorious than the king's crown, so the king spares Bartholomew's life. Frederick lives with four mouse-family members. When everyone else is preparing for winter by gathering food, Frederick is saving up colors, Fable, Frederick Leo Lionni words, and the sun's rays; when his supplies are VPA needed in the middle of winter, he is ready. Collage illustrations enhance this simple story. A giggly little lady in medieval Japan chases a rolling rice dumpling into a cavern, where she is Funny Little Woman, The * Arlene Mosel captured by a fearsome oni who needs a cook. Folklore Lent's colorful, cartoonlike illustrations add to the humor of the story. Gabriella wanders the streets and canals of Venice, where she hears music in voices, water, Candace boats, and the "slap-slap" of laundry and sings a Gabriella’s Song simple tune. The song is passed around until it's VPA Fleming on the lips of everyone in the city. The illustrations utilize fresh colors, and show the old- world charm of the city streets. A contemporary young African boy shows perseverance and pleasure in making a toy truck, Karen Lynn a galimoto, from scrap materials he has collected Galimoto H-SS Williams on a walk through his village. Watercolor illustrations bring the southern African country of Malawi to life. Young Lydia Grace has to go to New York to live with her uncle during the Depression. Told entirely in letters written to her family, the story Historical Sarah traces her efforts to make the city more beautiful Fiction; Gardener, The Steward and to get her uncle to smile. Pictures fill out the ELA/Writing plot outline and are done in muted colors except for the flowers. This is a great book to introduce the 1930s and to start discussions on families. Mr. O'Leary appreciates his groundhog's help in predicting the weather on Groundhog Day but tries to come up with a plan to keep him from ELA/Vocabulary, Garden for a Groundhog, A Lorna Balian eating all the vegetables in his garden. Winsome Science illustrations of the precious groundhog make it difficult to be angry with him for his deeds. The joys and problems that friendships entail are portrayed in five stories about two good friends, James the hippos George and Martha. The author's George and Martha * H-SS Marshall childlike drawings help to create a joyful sense of the ridiculous, which will appeal both to grown- ups and to young children. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Five African American girls wanting to have a Sherley Ann little fun on a summer day engage in a variety of Girls Together activities. The high-gloss paper sets off bright VPA Williams acrylic paintings that resemble cut outs. California author. A monster is slowly revealed through the brightly Go Away, Big Green colored, bold-shaped, die-cut pages. This Ed Emberley selection can be used to discuss fears and Science Monster reinforces colors and parts of the face. It is suitable for kindergarten and prekindergarten. Grandpa’s Teeth Rod Clement Grandpa's false teeth are stolen, and now he talks Fiction like a tea kettle. Everyone is suspect, but the thief isn't revealed until the last page in this humorous tale. Highly detailed caricatures will bring giggles to story time. This book is good for teachers to read aloud. A bad-tempered ladybug has bad manners, won't share, and thinks she is bigger and better than everyone else. Illustrated with bright die-cut Grouchy Ladybug, The Eric Carle pages, the story introduces concepts of time, size, Mathematics, Science and shape and points out the benefits of friendship and good manners. When a child works alongside her parents doing Hands Lois Ehlert carpentry, sewing, and gardening, she thinks of VPA being an artist herself when she grows up. Many kinds of houses, both conventional and unconventional, are explored in the form of Mary Ann poetry. Once readers become engaged, they're Poetry, House is a House for Me, A bound to realize that almost everything in our Hoberman surroundings is a home for something. This book H-SS can be used in a discussion of all kinds of homes. Detailed illustrations reinforce the text. Told in rhyme, this story shows how the spirit of How the Grinch Stole Christmas changes the heart of the cranky and Dr. Seuss Fiction in Verse; ELA/Vocabulary Christmas Scrooge-like Grinch. Dr. Seuss's cartoonlike illustrations highlight this classic. When she discovers the store is closed, a young girl sets out to find ingredients for her apple pie in How to Make an Apple Pie Marjorie their original forms. She travels around the world. Humor, and See the World Priceman The illustrations are light, cheerful pictures of the H-SS girl in her international destinations. A humorous ending and recipe completes the story. African American civil rights icon Rosa Parks describes how she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. This Autobiography, I Am Rosa Parks Rosa Parks inspirational, easy-to-read autobiography is told in first-person narrative. The black-and-white H-SS paintings are based on famous photographs and provide visual clues to the text. Living in California, Sophia is given an olive tree by her grandfather on her seventh birthday. The tree rests on the Greek island where her I Have an Olive Tree Eve Bunting grandparents were born. Illustrations have the H-SS flavor of Greek folk art. This book is appropriate when studying family history. California author. Important Book, The Margaret The important things that make common objects ELA/Writing special is discussed in poem-like narrative. Descriptions follow a clear pattern for teachers to Wise Brown use in a directed writing activity or to teach paragraph form.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections The growth and development of a pumpkin is told as two children plant, water, weed, and watch their pumpkins grow in time for Halloween. Narrative It’s Pumpkin Time Zoe Hall Simple cut-paper collage illustrations in bold Nonfiction; colors complement the simple text of the story. Science This book is a good choice for second-graders studying the life cycle of plants. Guinea pigs get loose and make a home in the family's pool table until they are discovered by John Willy and Freddy the pet cat. When they return home safely, they Holly Meade ponder whether to venture out again. They decide Fiction McGee that the thrill is worth it. Mixed-media illustrations combine lines and cut-paper collage. Humorous text makes for a great read-aloud story. A larger-than-life librarian turns a town full of television watchers into readers when a power Suzanne failure shuts down all the TV sets. Even a Library Lil motorcycle gang isn't immune to her persuasive Tall Tale; Literacy/Motivation Williams techniques. Pen-and-ink watercolor illustrations highlight this tall tale featuring a strong female character. Lilly the mouse is wowed by her teacher, Mr. Slinger, until the day he won't allow her to interrupt a lesson in order to show off her new Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes purse. She plots revenge but is filled with remorse H-SS when he writes her a note full of kindness. See other books by this author about mouse adventures. Ernie Wan, who lives in New York's Chinatown with his family, prepares for his first lion dance Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan’s Slovenz-Low during Chinese New Year. Colorful photographs H-SS, capture the community's preparations for the Chinese New Year and Waters holiday. This book can be used with other VPA Chinese holidays and new year celebrations of other cultures. Little Island, The Golden A poetic text with pictures describes changes that Science MacDonald occur on a small island as the seasons come and (Margaret go, as day changes to night, and as a storm approaches. Full-page paintings with shades of Wise Brown) blue-green and gray highlight the poems. Little Rabbit is excited about the "window in her mouth" when she looses her tooth. She finally Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth Lucy Bate decides that she will leave the tooth under her Science pillow for the tooth fairy. The large, detailed illustrations are softly colored charcoal drawings. In this Western version of an old tale, Little Red is taking wheat berry muffins and the recipe to Lisa Granny. Granny doesn't turn out to be what one Fairy Tale, Little Red Riding Hood Campbell might expect, and the wolf ends up being the ELA/Vocabulary, Ernst baker in her muffin shop. This work is an ELA/Literary Elements amusing, nonviolent innovation on the familiar tale. Searching for the best place to call home, Livingstone Mouse rises to the challenge of Pamela leaving home and finding a nest of his own. He searches the world through his senses, looking for ELA/Literary Elements, Livingstone Mouse Duncan China. The "china" that the courageous, fictional Science Edwards hero discovers is not what the reader expects. This book is useful with science units on the five senses.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Readers become acquainted with Marianthe's story in two ways. PAINTED WORDS tells what happens when she comes to school in a new country, not knowing the language, but paints pictures to tell her new classmates about herself. Realistic Fiction; Marianthe’s Story: Painted Turn the book upside down and you have H-SS, Aliki Words, Spoken Memories * SPOKEN MEMORIES, in which Marianthe tells VPA about her life before she came to the new country. Colorful paintings by the author complement the story. This is a good book for classes when a new student arrives, especially one without English language skills. When Raymond writes the word "Meanwhile . . ." on his wall with a red marker, he comes face-to- Fantasy, Meanwhile * Jules Feiffer face with pirates, a Western posse, and Martians. Feiffer uses a watercolor, comic-strip style for the ELA/Vocabulary action-filled illustrations. Measuring Penny Loreen Leedy Assigned a homework project to measure an Mathematics object in several different ways, Lisa chooses her dog, Penny. She uses standard units, such as inches, and nonstandard units, such as cotton swabs and dog biscuits. Illustrated with acrylics in a primitive style, this selection is a good read- aloud book for introducing a lesson on measurement. Mirette, a young girl living in her mother's boardinghouse in nineteenth-century Paris, learns Historical Fiction, Emily Arnold tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini. She Mirette on the High Wire later teaches him a valuable lesson about faith and H-SS, McCully courage. Watercolor and gouache paintings won VPA this book the Caldecott Medal. This selection is useful in second-grade history/social science. Old Sarah sees a boy with no mittens and knits some for him anonymously. Soon all the children in the neighborhood are wearing mittens, all of Candace which appeared on a nearby tree. Sarah is Mitten Tree, The Realistic Fiction Christiansen rewarded with a full basket of wool on her porch. This selection is a good way to lead into discussions about being unselfish and helping others. Moonstruck: The True This fractured tale, narrated by a horse, tells how Jennifer a cow with determination and hard work finally Humor, Story of the Cow Who Choldenko jumps over the moon. Soft, colored-pencil ELA/Literary Elements Jumped Over the Moon illustrations highlight this tale. This photographic essay describes how a young Bruce girl who lives 50 miles from the Arctic Circle, My Horse of the North gets her horse ready to participate in a rettir, or H-SS McMillan gathering of sheep, held annually in her farming community in Iceland. Brief facts are presented about 11 different trees as a girl and her mother walk home from school. Each kind of tree appears on two pages with My Mother Talks to Trees Doris Gove additional detailed drawings of the leaves, Science flowers, and fruit. The book ends with several pages of information about trees. This selection is useful for a unit on trees. The life of Georgia O'Keefe, the famous painter My Name is Georgia: A Jeanette who drew much of her inspiration from nature, is Biography, presented in brief text and illustrations in deep, Portrait * Winter muted colors. Bibliographical references are VPA included.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Officer Buckle, the safety tip presenter for the Humor, Rathmann schools, knows his speech is a dud until he brings H-SS his police dog, Gloria, along, and then the kids love it. The amusing illustrations for this story- with-a-moral won the Caldecott Medal. California author/illustrator. Woodcuts provide memorable illustrations for a Marcia fable from India that retells what happens when a Once a Mouse Folklore Brown hermit changes a frightened mouse first into a cat, then a dog, and finally, a tiger. This comic story about a confused wolf and a clumsy pig named Preston combines elements of Fairy Tale, Colin LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD and THE THREE Oops! LITTLE PIGS. Other tales about Preston Pig are ELA/Vocabulary, McNaughton available for those who enjoy his antics. OOPS! is ELA/Literary Elements an excellent read-aloud book to use with classic fairy tales and other such stories. A little girl and her mother observe the passage of Charlotte the seasons as they celebrate the year's holidays, Over and Over beginning with Christmas and ending after Science Zolotow Thanksgiving. Soft, warm illustrations convey each holiday. On a peaceful Saturday morning, before anyone is awake, a young paperboy and his dog make their way along the boy's paper route. Their thoughts Paperboy, The Dav Pilkey are filled with all sorts of things. Acrylic Fiction paintings include composed landscapes and interiors. On a rainy afternoon, Pete sulks, and his father improvises an unexpected way to cheer his son up by transforming him into a pizza. Kneading, Pete’s Pizza William Steig stretching, twirling, tickling, and lots of love Fiction make up the recipe. Watercolor and ink-line illustrations make the action of the characters the sole focus of attention. Correct names for more than 100 newborn creatures from around the world are explored in Pinky is a Baby Mouse, and Pam Munoz rhyming verse. Lifelike watercolor illustrations Other Baby Animals show the animals in their natural habitats. An Science Ryan Names alphabetical listing appears at the end of the book. This selection is useful for life science lessons. California author. Polar Express, The Chris Van A young boy travels to the North Pole on a train Fantasy, Allsburg that comes to his home on Christmas Eve. He is VPA chosen by Santa to receive the first gift of Christmas, but he loses it (a bell) on the trip home. The bell reappears, however, the next morning under his Christmas tree. Rich, realistic, dark paintings add to the mystery and wonder of the night journey. Grandma Poss makes little possum, Hush, invisible to protect her. When Hush gets older and wants to be seen, the two possums travel the Possum Magic Mem Fox breadth of Australia to find the cure for being H-SS invisible. The book provides a lesson in Australian geography and food. The growth cycle of the pumpkin is followed, including double-page illustrations discussing Halloween and Thanksgiving. Instructions for Pumpkin Book, The Gail Gibbons planting, carving, and drying seeds are provided. Science This selection is useful for thematic fall units. See other nonfiction works by this author

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This concept book describes the activities that occur in a pumpkin patch as seeds grow into fat Elizabeth pumpkins, ready to be carved into jack-o'- Pumpkin Patch, The lanterns. The text is illustrated with clear, bright Science King photographs showing the sequence of growth and development of pumpkins. California author and photographer; photographed in California. In this sequel to SAVOMG SWEETNESS, Sweetness takes it upon herself to learn to read and writes an important letter to improve the home life of the kindhearted sheriff who adopted Literacy/Motivation Raising Sweetness Diane Stanley her and all the orphans. The mixed-media paintings have the look of children's drawings and contain many funny details. This book is a wonderful read-aloud choice. A slight twist of whimsy is reflected in this simple retelling of the well-known fairy tale, in which the wolf has charming manners yet Fairy Tale, James interrupts Granny while she's reading. Having Red Riding Hood been swallowed by the wolf, Granny finds that it ELA/Writing Marshall is so dark inside the wolf that she can't read a ELA/Literary Elements word. Now that creates a problem! This selection shows students how old stories can be rewritten with flair and imagination. Ruby Michael Ruby, a city mouse, walks to Granny's with some Fairy Tale, Emberley triple-cheese pies but has several encounters with ELA/Literary Elements villainous animals on her way. Her street smarts help her arrive safely. This urban version of LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD makes another interesting example of innovative versions of fairy tales. The young female heroine is strong. Micah doesn't understand his Granpappy's refusal to buy a new tractor and his resistance to change. When a salesman who has ridiculed the rusty tractor gets stuck, and is ultimately rescued by Rusty Trusty Tractor, The Joy Cowley Granpappy's tractor, Micah begins to learn the H-SS value of old things. The illustrations are in a clean, simple style with detail given to the farm implements. This piece connects to history/social science units on farms. This politically correct retelling of LITTLE Sam and the Tigers: A New BLACK SAMBO uses a traditional "southern black storyteller's voice" and includes the use of Folklore, Telling of Little Black Julius Lester hyperbole, similes, and repetition. Pencil-and- ELA/Literary Elements Sambo watercolor illustrations on double-spreads are well integrated into the story. A six-year-old Pilgrim boy describes a busy spring day in 1627 doing chores, getting to know Samuel Eaton’s Day: A his Wampanoag Indian neighbors, and spending time with his family. The book was photographed Historical Fiction, Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Kate Waters in full-color on the Plimoth Plantation living H-SS Boy history museum and is told in first-person narrative. Notes about the roles and the museum are included. Edward, who cannot yet read, learns quickly when Santa asks him for help on Christmas Eve. Santa has lost his glasses and cannot read his David book of names, which lists each child's gift. Santa’s Book of Names Literacy/Motivation McPhail Illustrations painted in rich greens and purples portray the winter night while the story celebrates the importance of literacy. Prequel to EDWARD AND THE PIRATES.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Sister Anne, an African American, is a new second-grade teacher who brings fun and spirit to Marybeth the classroom. A hateful note causes one of her Sister Anne’s Hands * young students to come to terms with prejudice H-SS Lorbeiecki and the pain that such ignorance can cause. Realistic paintings set the tone for the 1960s time period and support the text. Snakes are Hunters Patricia This concept book describes the physical Science characteristics of a variety of snakes and explains how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey. Author Patricia Lauber is well recognized for her exceptional work in the area of nonfiction writing. Lauber The book is illustrated with clear, detailed, and bright paintings that enhance the informational text. An anonymous valentine box of chocolates mistakenly delivered to his address changes the Somebody Loves You, Mr. Eileen life of the unsociable Mr. Hatch, turning him into Fiction in Verse, a laughing friend who helps and appreciates all Hatch Spinelli his neighbors. Illustrations of elongated characters H-SS with extratall heads are depicted through pastel pencil illustrations. This concept book tells of a day in the life of a common garden spider. Rhythmic narrative provides a good introduction to arachnids for Narrative Spectacular Spiders Linda Glaser young children. Colorful drawings keep Nonfiction; illustrations uncluttered. This selection is Science appended with spider facts and has a life science connection. Knocked out of her mother's grasp, a baby bat lands in a nest and is raised as a bird. The struggles to conform are comical for both the Stellaluna Janell Cannon baby birds and the bat. All ends happily as mother Science bat finds her lost baby. This book is well illustrated, and factual notes are included. It is a good book to read aloud. Stephanie wants a different ponytail style every day. She gets frustrated when the girls, boys, and Robert even the teacher copy her. She decides to play an Stephanie’s Ponytail Fiction Munsch ornery trick on them. Humorous, repetitive text, and bright, cartoonlike illustrations enliven the story. Anansi, the famed African trickster, makes a Folklore; bargain with the Sky God and gains all the stories ELA/Writing, Story, a Story: An African in the world, thus explaining how "spider stories" Gail E. Haley ELA/Literary Elements, Tale, A * came to be. Woodcut illustrations highlight this tale. H-SS

Take of Rabbit and Coyote, Tony In this humorous retelling of a Zapotec Indian Folklore, The Johnston folktale from Oaxaca, Mexico, Rabbit outwits ELA/Literary Elements Coyote in a story reminiscent of BRER RABBIT. The trickster rabbit escapes to the moon to avoid the coyote's revenge. The text contains some Spanish phrases, which are defined in a glossary. Tommie dePaola's vibrant full-page color illustrations are done in a Mexican folk-art style. California author.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Three clever billy goats are forced to outwit an ugly troll living under a bridge they must cross on Three Billy Goats Gruff, their way up the mountain. This trickster tale has Folklore, Janet Stevens double-page illustrations that are colorful, The humorous, and full of movement, with the first ELA/Vocabulary billy goat in diapers and the last billy goat in a leather jacket. This book, designed as a journal, tells of a young girl who records the events of a three-day camping trip in a red canoe with her mother, her Three Days on a River in a Vera B. Aunt Rosie, and her cousin. Pencil-and- ELA/Writing, Red Canoe * Williams watercolor illustrations are done in a childlike Science style. This book can be used effectively as a model for a travel journal. Helpful camping information is included Lazy Bear and clever Hare make a deal to plant crops and split the profits—Bear can have the tops, and Hare will have the bottoms. But when Janet Stevens it's time for harvest, Hare gets the carrots, Folklore, Tops and Bottoms (adapter) radishes, and beets, and Bear just gets the tops. Science Dynamic illustrations and the sideways binding of the book make this a favorite trickster tale with children. What really happened to the three little pigs? Was the wolf just trying to borrow a cup of sugar to True Story of the Three make a birthday cake for his dear old Granny as Fairy Tale, Jon Scieszka he says he was? Amusing pictures and the story Little Pigs, The are favorites with children and provide a ELA/Literary Elements wonderful introduction to writing innovations of other favorite tales. Entering a park with their dogs, four people, in Anthony four seasons, tell of brief encounters with the Voices in the Park others from their own point of view. Browne's ELA/Literary Elements Browne paintings extend the story and beg to be examined closely for the playful details. Wednesday Surprise, The * Eve Bunting A young girl and her grandmother prepare a Realistic Fiction; ELA/Literary surprise gift for her dad's homecoming. Young Elements, Literacy/Motivation listeners and readers discover the gift is that grandma is learning to read with coaching by her granddaughter. This tale is a poignant story that will highlight the "gift of reading" and adult illiteracy. California author. Patrick's first sleepover at Granny's requires a What! Cried Granny: An considerable and resourceful effort to provide him Tall Tale, Kate Lum with a bed, a pillow, and other necessities. This Almost Bedtime Story cumulative tall tale is illustrated in bright acrylic, ELA/Literary Elements collage-like figures. The life of a young girl from Zimbabwe and the flora and fauna of her native land are depicted as she makes her long trek to school. The two-page Where Are You Going, Catherine watercolors impress upon readers Manyoni's great H-SS. desire to attend school. An author's note describes Manyoni? * Stock the story's setting and some of her own Science experiences in the country. Definitions of unfamiliar African words and a key to the wildlife in the illustrations are appended. Related in the style of a folktale, this story, first told by the author's father, explains why Rat Why Rat Comes First: A comes first in the Chinese calendar cycle of 12 Clara Yen H-SS Story of the Chinese Zodiac years. Colorful illustrations create the appearance of a comic book. Details about the Chinese lunar calendar are included.

List #6 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Abraham Lincoln's looks and life are compared to those of a boy born on the President's birthday. Louise Historical facts are woven through the text, while A. Lincoln and Me the past and the present are united through H-SS Borden illustrations showing the similarities and differences between the two characters. This selection is useful for comparing and contrasting. This funny, and sometimes gruesome, alphabet book is full of descriptive adjectives, nouns, and feeling words. The letters have never been so Absolutely, Awful Mordicai slimy, ugly, or weird. The book may be used with ELA/Vocabulary, Alphabet, The Gerstein older primary children for examples of descriptive ELA/Writing writing and rich vocabulary. The bright cartoonlike illustrations enhance the humor of the text. Detailed and vivid watercolor illustrations add to All Those Secrets of the this story of a young girl experiencing separation Jane Yolen H-SS World and change within a family, especially for fathers and daughters. Grace loves to read stories and act them out. When her class decides to stage a production of PETER PAN, other children say she can't be Peter Mary - because she's a girl and because she's black. Amazing Grace * + Realistic Fiction Hoffman However, Ma and Nana say she can do anything she sets her mind on, and Grace proves that they are right. This book is good for discussing self- image and promoting imagination. This book is loosely based on an actual event from 1933. After dinner at the White House, Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt take a night flight in a twin-motor airplane and then go for a ride in Eleanor's new automobile. This Amelia and Eleanor Go For Pam Munoz oversized book features graphite illustrations, Historical Fiction, highlighted with slight washes of color to a Ride * Ryan complement this historical anecdote. It is useful H-SS for history lessons about people who make a difference and about the importance of individual action and character. The recipe for Eleanor's favorite dessert, Pink Clouds on Angel Food Cake, is included. California author. Full-color photographs against a white background introduce the shapes, actual sizes, and Autumn Leaves Ken Robbins colors of autumn leaves from 13 deciduous trees. Science This instructive book explains why leaves change color. This oversized book tells the adventures of a downtrodden dog, ousted by his magician master, Benny: An Adventure Story Bob Graham who roams far and wide and finally finds a loving H-SS home and family. Watercolors with a cartoonlike feel bring life to the story. Rhythm and rhyme create a model that children can read easily in this charming story about a day Margaret in the barnyard, featuring cows, roosters, horses, Fiction in Verse, Big Red Barn goats, a pink piglet, and all the sounds they make. Wise Brown Newer illustrations by Felicia Bond are in bright H-SS primary colors. This selection is useful when teaching about farms. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Black and White David This unusual picture book presents simultaneous stories told in four panels on each page. The stories don't take place at the same moment in time, but they do connect with each other. This Macaulay 1991 Caldecott winner is a story, a puzzle, and a ELA/Writing game. A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother Vera B. save coins to buy a comfortable armchair after all Chair For My Mother, A their furniture is lost in a fire. Watercolor H-SS Williams illustrations are brimming with color and enhance this celebration of family love and determination. Chicken Little and his feathered friends are alarmed that the sky seems to be falling. They Steven become easy prey to hungry Foxy Loxy when he Chicken Little Folklore Kellogg poses as a police officer and tries to trick them into getting into his truck. Amusing illustrations highlight this classic story. Full-color illustrations and rhyming text show Chickens Aren’t the Only young readers that snakes, lizards, turtles, insects, ELA/Vocabulary, Ruth Heller and amphibians also lay eggs. Use this story Ones during a unit on oviparous animals and their life Science cycles. California author. The children of the neighborhood want to thank Miss Eula for her delicious Sunday chicken Patricia dinners by buying her a beautiful Easter hat. Chicken Sunday When they are accused of throwing eggs at Mr. Realistic Fiction Polacco Kodinski's shop, they have to find a way to clear their names and earn money for the hat. See other titles by this author. Character education. A naughty kitten changes the rule of a foolish magistrate to benefit the people. Vibrant Chinese Siamese Cat, The Amy Tan illustrations are bordered with Chinese designs Folklore and brightly colored characters run through the text. California author. Clouds tell us about coming changes in the Tomie weather. The book introduces the ten most The Cloud Book Science dePaola common clouds, and some ancient myths inspired by clouds. It includes bright, detailed illustrations A little girl wants to buy Corduroy, a bear who is missing a button. Corduroy roams the department store one night in search of his missing button. Corduroy Don Freeman The little girl returns to buy Corduroy with her H-SS own money and sews a new button on his overalls. Brightly colored, detailed illustrations bring the little bear to life. Dear Mr. Blueberry Simon Janes Emily must write to her teacher for help during ELA/Writing vacation time because of a whale in her backyard pond. The teacher is kind enough to respond to Emily and tries to convince her, with factual information, that it is impossible for the whale to be in her pond. This book is useful as a resource for teaching letter-writing form and content. At the home of her Aunt Connie, an artist, Melody, discovers 12 portraits of notable African American women. They step out of their portraits Dinner at Aunt Connie’s Faith and join the family for dinner and speak to H-SS, House Ringgold Melody. Their stories inspire her with pride in her VPA own heritage. The book features bold paintings by the author of TAR BEACH. California author/illustrator.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This informative concept book introduces wild ducks, their diet, swimming, migration, and Augusta preening, in a newly illustrated publication. Ducks Don’t Get Wet Science Goldin Illustrations are pencil drawings tinted with watercolor and pastels. Activities, Web sites, and a list of duck stories are included. Ping, a Chinese boy, can grow the most wonderful flowers. The emperor, looking for a successor, gives a seed to each child to find out who can grow the most beautiful flower. Ping Empty Pot, The Demi carefully plants and tends his seed, but nothing Folklore sprouts. The small, detailed watercolor illustrations reflect the Asian setting of this story, good for starting discussions on truth and courage. This selection provides a sensitive retelling of the Jean story of the Pilgrims coming to America, their struggles and friendship with Squanto, and the First Thanksgiving, The Craighead first Thanksgiving. Rich illustrations showcase H-SS George the land and seascapes. This selection is useful for lessons in the first Thanksgiving. Flossie has never seen a fox before, and when she meets up with Fox, she doesn't regard him as a Patricia C. frightening creature. Fox is indignant at Flossie's Folklore, Flossie and the Fox * McKissack lack of fear, and their southern-style dialogue ELA/Literary Elements (adapted) becomes a humorous tug-of-war as Fox tries to prove just who he is. Clever Flossie wins the war of words. Follow the Drinking Gourd Jeannette The journey to freedom in the North for runaway H-SS Winter slaves is celebrated in the words of this spiritual. The author documents the dangers involved in the escape to freedom and describes the kind and caring people, especially Peg Leg Joe, who formed the secret network that came to be known as the Underground Railroad. This clever adaptation of a traditional Iranian folktale tells how a well-intentioned fortune- Forty Fortunes: A Tale of Aaron telling peasant unwittingly tricks a band of thieves into returning the king's stolen treasure. The book Folklore Iran Shepard is illustrated with bright watercolors. The California author includes notes on his sources and a reader's theater script on his Web site. The friendship of Charlie Rooster, Johnny Mouse, and Percy the Pig is portrayed through their Friends Helme Heine sharing during a wonderful outing, proving that H-SS good friends always stick together. Childlike watercolors enhance this peaceful story. After a frog is turned into a prince, he and the princess are married. They don't live happily ever Fairy Tale, Frog Prince Continued, The Jon Scieszka after, so he sets off to find a witch who will turn him back into a frog. This book offers a clever ELA/Literary Elements parody of the original fairy tale. A fictional account of the Navajo weaving tradition is told through the eyes of Geraldine the Martin Link goat. Each step of the process is described-from Goat in the Rug, The and Charles hair clipping, to carding, to the actual weaving. H-SS L. Blood While Geraldine may not be real, the process is, and readers will be engaged with the spirit of cooperation.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This book is a powerful tribute to the author's grandfather. Brief text captions, sepia-toned portraits, and muted watercolors depict the grandfather's and author's trips between Japan and Grandfather’s Journey * Allen Say the United States and their love of both lands. H-SS Useful in lessons about history and family ties, this selection promotes intergenerational appreciation and understanding. California author/illustrator. Grandfather Tang’s Story Ann Tompert Using tangrams to illustrate his story, Grandfather Mathematics tells about two fox fairies who challenge each other to a game of shape changing until a hunter puts them in danger. Tangram insets will challenge children to try making their own designs Simon, an old Siamese cat, supposes the time has come for him to exit when his family brings home a new kitten. Simon shows the kitten the ropes Judith Byron and in doing so, his spirits lift. Tender artwork Grannyman, The highlights this story on aging and ELA/Literary Elements Schachner intergenerational friendship. This selection would be useful in lessons on determining what characters are like by what they say or do and by how the author or illustrator portrays them. Simple and charming profiles illustrated in Guess How Much I Love Sam watercolors with pen and ink portray the bedtime ritual of Little Nut Brown Hare and Big Nut Fiction You * McBratney Brown Hare as they share the immeasurable love between a parent and child. This West African version retells the beloved Hatseller and the Monkeys: Baba Wague folktale about a peddler whose hats are stolen by Folklore, monkeys. Inviting illustrations use strong black A West African Folktale Diakite lines that enclose rich colors. Unusual sound ELA/Literary Elements effects make the tale fun to read aloud. Grandmother and grandchild trace their family history in 150 pictures depicting almost 200 years of change in one family in one house from great- Historical Fiction, Homeplace Anne Shelby great-great-great-grandpa to a child today. The H-SS illustrations are detailed and best explored with the support of an adult. In this Chinese folktale, the ox from heaven is sent to earth to deliver a message that people should eat once every three days. Instead, Ox tells How the Ox Star Fell from Lily Toy the people three times a day, and because he miscommunicates the message, the people are Folklore Heaven Hong forced to work harder. Ox is then banished from heaven and made a beast of burden for the people. Full-page, soft-color illustrations portray the landscapes and culture of China. The true story of a humpback whale that spent 26 Wendy Tokua Humphrey the Lost Whale: days in San Francisco Bay and its tributaries is ELA/Literary and Richard recalled in this work. Watercolor illustrations A True Story Elements Hall accompany the concise but exciting text. California setting. In a hut in Thailand, a mother tries to hush the animals so that her baby can sleep. Children can Hush: A Thai Lullaby Minfong Ho predict each animal by how the mother speaks to Poetry them. Simple, dark-colored artwork illustrates the story. Ice Bear and Little Fox Jonathan Detailed, double-page watercolor illustrations Science capture the seasons of the Arctic year and depict the natural relationship between an Arctic fox and a young polar bear as they manage to survive over London the course of a year in the Arctic. This selection includes a glossary and an afterword with facts about Arctic animals and the Inuit peoples. California author and illus/ Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This circular story relates the chain of events that If You Give a Mouse a Laura J. occur when a clever mouse asks for a cookie. The ELA/Literary Elements Cookie Numeroff humorous and bright illustrations enhance the simple text in this example of a cycle tale. While fishing, two brothers ask their mother which of the brothers is the best fisherman, the Barbara N. best rower, and the one she loves the most. They I Love You the Purplest come to discover that she loves them equally but Fiction Joosse in different ways. Watercolor illustrations are a perfect complement to this story depicting a mother's love. Character education. Imogene wakes one morning and discovers that she has grown huge antlers that shock her mother, delight the servants, and force Imogene to readjust Imogene’s Antlers David Small her life. Full-color watercolor illustrations by the ELA/Writing author complement the hilarious developments of this story about acceptance. Matthias, the youngest of 12 children, lives on an island in Maine and learns the island's secrets. As Barbara a grown man, he sails to faraway places but Island Boy H-SS Cooney always returns to his beloved island. Connects to history/social science when studying family history. This Yiddish folktale and 1977 Caldecott Honor Book tells of a poor man who lives in a noisy Margot house and yearns for a peaceful life. When he Folklore, It Could Always Be Worse Zemach goes to his Rabbi for advice, he learns an ELA/Writing important lesson about one's perspective. Detailed paintings reflect his chaotic existence. Lion’s Whiskers: An Nancy Raines In this tale from the Amhara people of Ethiopia, a Folklore Ethiopian Folktale, The Day patient and loving stepmother wants to have a relationship with her angry stepson. A wise man tells her she needs to get the whisker of a lion to do this. She then learns to approach her stepson carefully, lovingly, and with patience. Grifalconi uses bright colors and textures in the collage illustrations to create a variety of moods for the different settings of the story. The Little Blue Engine is able to go over the mountain with toys for girls and boys when all the bigger, newer engines refuse to do the job because it looks too difficult. He succeeds with the power Little Engine That Could, of positive thinking and the encouragement from Watty Piper H-SS The the toys . . . "I think I can." This classic tale relates to children the joy found in completing a difficult task. The cartoonlike pictures are done with muted colors. Use in a character education lesson on perseverance. Falling onto the forest floor, an oak tree has another life as a home to a variety of creatures. It Wendy decomposes and becomes soil in which a seedling Log’s Life, A Science Pfeffer oak sprouts and grows. Lifelike collage illustrations encourage children to search and find the organisms introduced in the text. Three young Chinese girls find themselves in a frightening situation as Lon Po Po, the Granny Wolf, visits their house one night while their Folklore, Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding mother is off visiting their real grandmother. The Ed Young H-SS, Hood Story from China * scariness of the wolf's deception and the girls' cleverness in dealing with him are revealed ELA/Literary Elements through panels of impressionistic watercolor-and- pastel illustrations.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections In this retelling of an old Chinese tale, a man owns a marvelous horse and believes that things Lost Horse: A Chinese are not always as bad, or as good, as they might Folklore, Ed Young Folktale, The seem. Ed Young is an award-winning artist who VPA mixes mediums in this book to give depth and movement to the story. This Caldecott Medal award-winner is a picturesque and amusing story of duck parents Robert and their ducklings hatched on the Charles River Make Way for Ducklings near Boston. A friendly policeman assists the Science McCloskey family in maneuvering through Boston traffic to the pond at the public gardens. The illustrations are done in soft gray pencil. Marven of the Great North Kathryn Sent to stay in a Minnesota logging camp to H-SS Woods Lasky escape the 1918 influenza epidemic, young Marven develops a special friendship with a French Canadian lumberjack, Jean Louis. The longer text of this book is highlighted by acrylic paintings that bring the snowy landscape and warmth of the bunkhouse to life. Based on a true story, this book connects with units on family history. Ming Lo and his wife are very worried - the mountain is so close to their house, what might Ming Lo Moves the happen if the mountain fell on it? Ming Lo goes to Legend, Arnold Lobel Mountain a wise man who has the answer of how he can ELA/Literary Elements move the mountain. This amusing story has a good lesson and soft-color drawings. Miss Penny's vegetables from her garden win first prize every year at the fair. Mr. Grubbs tries to Lisa sabotage her by putting rabbits in Miss Penny's Miss Penny and Mr. garden. The garden is destroyed, but Miss Penny Science, Campbell Grubbs takes the rabbits to the fair and wins first prize. ELA/Literary Elements Ernst The brightly colored, cartoonlike illustrations enhance the humorous story, which is useful when teaching character perspective. Great-Aunt Alice Rumphius promises her grandfather that when she grows up she will live Barbara by the sea, visit faraway places, and do something H-SS, Miss Rumphius * Cooney to make the world more beautiful. She Science accomplishes the first two but is stumped by the third until she becomes the Lupine Lady. Booker T. Washington toils hard at the saltworks alongside his father and brother each day. With Biography, More Than Anything Else * Marie Bradby equal determination and hard work he realizes his H-SS, dream to learn to read. This book presents a Literacy/Motivation powerful literacy statement. A year is described in the present-day life of a historical mountain town that was founded when Bonnie and prospectors searching for gold arrived in the Narrative Mountain Town Arthur Rocky Mountains during the mid-nineteenth Non-Fiction, Geisert century. Spare text and rich illustrations, along H-SS with adult support, give a realistic historical perspective. Louis receives a tadpole from his uncle in Scotland. Instead of becoming a frog, the tadpole Steven becomes a rapidly growing critter! Louis must Fantasy, Mysterious Tadpole, The find a place for his huge pet to stay, and his Kellogg friend, the librarian, helps him figure out a Tall Tale; ELA/Literary Elements solution to the problem. Watercolor illustrations with black-line details enhance this tall tale. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A loving mother trades many of her family treasures to pay for the wool, spinning, weaving, Harriet and sewing necessary to make a winter coat for Realistic Fiction, New Coat for Anna, A Ziefert her daughter, Anna. The story illustrates the H-SS process of making clothes and the virtues of patience and love. Leaving a comfortable home on Christmas Eve, a family makes an annual pilgrimage to the woods to decorate an evergreen tree with popcorn and fruit for the forest animals. Watercolors by Ted Rand bring the magic of the season to life. This H-SS, Night Tree Eve Bunting selection is useful in lessons about life sciences Science and the needs and adaptations of plants and animals, including habitats, external features, and the interdependence of plants and animals. California author. An old woman moves to the country to have peace and quiet and time to read. What she finds Old Woman Who Loved to is so much work throughout the seasons that she John Winch often falls asleep among her stacks of books. Full- Literacy/Motivation Read, The page, colorful illustrations convey the loneliness of winter and the old woman's passion for reading. A mother and child walk along the beach collecting shells, beach glass, and bigger things, such as the sun and the wash of waves on the Out of the Ocean Debra Frasier beach. Full-color seashore photographs and cut- Science paper collages in tropical colors enhance this beachcombing adventure. Pelle, a little Swedish boy, trades chores with a variety of people who prepare wool from his sheep so that he can obtain a new suit. Rich Pelle’s New Suit Elsa Beskow illustrations show how such things were done in H-SS the past. This selection provides good contrast to today's manufacturing processes. Children from different cultures show up at a potluck with foods from their different cultures. The name of each child, food, and sometimes a Potluck Anne Shelby verb start with the featured letter of the alphabet. H-SS This selection facilitates discussions about ethnic food, likes and dislikes, cooking, similarities, and differences. Quiltmaker’s Gift, The Jeff When a quiltmaker refuses to a sell a quilt to a Fable, vain king, His Royal Highness is forced to learn a lesson about caring, generosity, and humility. This celebration of quilts and quilting portrays 250 patterns hidden in the rich and vivid Brumbeau illustrations. Included is a Web site with VPA information about quilting, the author, and the illustrator. Hungry raccoons feast at night in a field of ripe corn. Jim Arnosky's lifelike quality illustrations are combined with simple text and can be easily Raccoons and Ripe Corn Jim Arnosky read by a beginning reader. This selection is Science useful for animal studies or the effects of animals on the environment. A coal miner's young daughter proudly wears her new coat, which is made of clothing scraps lovingly stitched together by many quilting Rag Coat, The Lauren Mills mothers. The students laugh at her until she H-SS explains the connection that the scraps have to each of the students' lives. This book connects to the history/social science curriculum.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Much happens when a farmer's young daughter finds a mysterious egg that hatches into a baby dragon. She raises him with great success because Raising Dragons Jerdine Nolen she knows how to deal with dragons. When the Fantasy time comes for her to leave him on a dragon island, he gives her the best possible present. A young child describes the life cycle of a sugar maple tree as they grow up together and experience the various seasons. Bold graphics, bright colors, and watercolor are combined with Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf Lois Ehlert pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in Science this rich introduction to the life of a tree. This book is useful for lessons in life science to identify major structures of common plants. Margaret A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his Runaway Bunny, The mother how he will escape, but she is always right Fiction Wise Brown behind him ready to offer love and understanding. Salamander Room, The Anne Mazer A young boy finds a salamander and thinks about Science what he needs to do to make a perfect home for it. The boy's room eventually turns into a forest, leading him to the understanding that wild animals need to be kept in their natural habitat. This selection provides a context in which to discuss ecology, observation, and wild animals in captivity. Sam must decide how to spend his "lucky money" from Chinese New Year. As he wavers between Sam and the Lucky Money his choices, one seems just right. This selection is Realistic Fiction, Karen Chinn * useful in language arts prediction lessons. This H-SS thoughtful tale of generosity shows the colorful locals and the festival dragon. In rhyming text, Silly Sally goes to town walking, dancing, and leaping backwards upside-down as she is joined by a group of animals. The funny Silly Sally Audrey Wood pictures complement the humorous text. The work Fiction is appropriate for kindergarten and prekindergarten, and it is available in big book, board book, and paperback. California author. A young boy gradually shrinks to the size of a snail and experiences a garden full of wildlife Snail Spell Joanne Ryder from his new perspective. Intricate pen drawings ELA/Writing are used to re-create this creature's closely observed world. California author. An adventurous slug is out for a day's climb. Will the slug realize the danger it is climbing on? All Pamela the animals, as well as readers and listeners, try to Science, Some Smug Slug Duncan warn the slug, but alas, it comes to a tragic end. ELA/Writing, Edwards Examples of alliteration and rich vocabulary, with ELA/Literary Elements "s" figures hidden in the realistic double-page paintings, will enthrall readers and listeners. Sad when the swallows leave for the winter, Leo Pedro young Juan prepares to welcome them back to the Song of the Swallows, The H-SS Politi old California mission at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day the next spring. California author. Stella Louella has lost her library book and the Lisa whole town joins together to help her find it. This Stella Louella’s Runaway delightful, cumulative story is illustrated with big Campbell Literacy/Motivation Book comic pastel and pencil drawings that highlight Ernst the humorous details of the action. The selection conveys the familiarities of readers and libraries. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Ecology units and Earth Day celebrations will be enhanced by the true story of a nonnative plant species, rosy dock, that is brought into the desert Biography, Story of Rosy Dock, The Jeannie Baker outback of Australia. The plant spreads, Science threatening native plants and animals. Full-color collage artwork includes natural materials. Swimmy Leo Lionni Cooperation is a motivating force as the little Fable, black fish Swimmy swims through the ocean, admiring the colorful things he sees and persuading the other little fish to swim together Science, for an adventure. This book is useful as an art VPA model for printing with various materials. Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother and goes into Mr. McGregor's garden. He munches his way Tale of Peter Rabbit, The Beatrix Potter through the garden and inadvertently loses his Science clothes. Classic, detailed watercolor illustrations highlight this small sized book. A small boy conquers his fear of the dark by letting his nightmare (a big, ugly monster) out of There’s a Nightmare in My Mercer the closet and shooting it with his popgun. The Fantasy Closet Mayer monster cries and becomes the boy's friend. Cartoonlike pictures with some color illustrate the story. Trisha is spending the summer on her Russian grandmother's Michigan farm. When a thunderstorm approaches and the little girl Patricia becomes frightened, they gather the ingredients to Realistic Fiction; H-SS, Thunder Cake make a "thunder cake." In the process, Trisha Polacco overcomes her fear of the thunder and lightning. Science Polacco's typical watercolor and ink illustrations bring the episode to life. The recipe for the cake is included. The importance of honesty is shown as four Latino children spend an unforgettable Christmas Eve searching for Maria's mother's diamond Realistic Fiction, Too Many Tamales * Gary Soto wedding ring, lost in the tamale masa (dough). The illustrations feature expressive oil paintings H-SS in warm tones that match the festive holiday mood. California author. A Christmas season in Michigan is recalled in which Trisha's family shared their Hanukkah food Patricia and candles with neighbors whose scarlet fever Realistic Fiction, Trees of the Dancing Goats Polacco prevented them from preparing for their holiday H-SS celebrations. The book offers a wonderful example of sharing. Two bear cubs become stranded on El Capitan rock in Yosemite National Park. Mother grizzly recruits several other animals to rescue them, but Two Bear Cubs: A Miwok Folklore, Robert D. San it is the tiny measuring worm who succeeds. Full- Legend from California’s page watercolors incorporate symbols, attire, and Legend, Souci Yosemite Valley * implements from the Miwok tradition. Titles for H-SS related readings as well as useful Web site addresses are included. California author, illustrator, and setting. This is the classic story of the duckling who faces Hans much hardship and scorn until he proves that he is Fairy Tale, Folklore, Ugly Duckling, The Christian really a swan. Outstanding watercolor illustrations ELA/Writing Anderson and some new characters make this retelling memorable. This book is excellent to read aloud. A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical Verdi Janell Cannon jungle where he lives. He decides that he will do Science something about it, with some humorous consequences. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A warlord of ancient China is delighted by an artist's square blue tile. When it is dropped and Virginia broken into seven pieces, he is convinced to hold Legend, Warlord’s Puzzle, The Walton a contest to see if it can be put back together. Mathematics Pilegard Lush glazed acrylic paintings support this original tale of the tangram in a meaningful historical context. A long day's work in the cotton fields is described through the eyes of a young child. The text is Sherley Ann poetic, and the impressionistic illustrations are Working Cotton H-SS Williams full of color. The book provides a good introduction to migrant family life. California author. List #7 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections In the third of a series of books about Alexander, Alexander, Who’s Not (Do he refuses to move away if doing so means having to leave his favorite friends and special Realistic Fiction, You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Judith Viorst places. Black-and-white cartoonlike drawings H-SS Going to Move! illustrate the text and provide opportunities for discussions about feelings and real-life situations. This concept book celebrates the many roles that fathers play in the animal kingdom. Each animal is presented in a double-spread, textured paper Sneed B. collage showing the animal father and child. Animal Dads Science Collard III Short text phrases are followed by a paragraph of information that provides a basis for discussion during story time. This selection is useful for animal units. Detailed information about bats is explored in an easy-to-read style. Colorful illustrations add to Bats Gail Gibbons the interest. This author is well known for Science excellent nonfiction. Wanting an exciting toy such as a sword or a water pistol, Sam receives a sunflower and a Margaret balloon instead. When he and his dad are caught Beaten by a Balloon in the middle of a holdup, they discover many ELA/Literary Elements Mahy uses for Sam's gentle toys. Alliteration and simple, comic pictures portray a message of antiviolence that doesn't diminish the story's fun. A building emerges, step-by-step, on a deserted lot in a detailed approach to construction. The architect is followed by a backhoe, then by big Building Elisha Cooper trucks, and finally, workers. This small (8" x 8") H-SS picture book is illustrated with watercolor and pencil sketches. This selection is appropriate for one-on-one or small group sharing. Celebrating Families Rosmarie This photo-essay, featuring formal and informal H-SS Hausherr black-and-white and color photographs, shows the diversity of American families today. Fourteen families are highlighted, including one- and two-parent families, adoptive families, foster families, families with a physically challenged parent, and extended families. This selection is useful when studying family histories and traditions. This book is currently listed as Publisher Out of Stock. In the town of Chewandswallow, the weather provides all the food the townspeople need three times a day. It rains soup and juice, snows Cloudy With a Chance of mashed potatoes, and blows storms of Fantasy; Judith Barrett Meatballs hamburgers. When the weather takes a turn for Science the worse, something has to be done in a hurry. Humorous pen-and-ink drawings highlight this tall tale. Anna weaves a beautiful tapestry of paradise that is stolen by fairies. Only the youngest of her three sons is able to retrieve the tapestry, in which the Ruth Red Fairy has woven herself. Rich, elaborate oil Fairy Tale, Crystal Mountain, The paintings enhance the fifteenth-century European Sanderson setting. Sanderson combines the Chinese story ELA/Literary Elements THE MAGIC BROCADE with details from the Norwegian tale THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Information about the life cycle of and facts about hummingbirds are told in lyric style and Dancers in the Garden Joanne Ryder accompanied by soft watercolor paintings. Science California author. Correspondences between Peter Rabbit, Goldilocks, the Three Pigs, Baby Bear, and Little Red Riding Hood are presented through letters, Fairy Tale, Alma Flor cards, and notes. The characters in the traditional Dear Peter Rabbit fairy tales refer to their experiences with which ELA/Writing, Ada most children are familiar, yet the details of the ELA/Literary Elements stories overlap and are woven together. DEAR PETER RABBIT gives examples of letter writing formats as well as purpose. California author. A family looks for a new home for a good dog because she has horrible breath. In the end, her Dog Breath: The Horrible bad breath saves the family from burglars and the Humor, Dav Pilkey Trouble with Hally Tosis family keeps her. Simple, bold illustrations have ELA/Vocabulary visual jokes and highlight the puns and other word play abundant throughout the story. Elizabeti doesn't have a doll and yet wants to take Stephanie care of a baby, just like her mother takes care of Elizabeti’s Doll her new baby. So she finds a rock, kisses it, and Fiction Stuve-Bodeen names it Eva. The illustrations make excellent use of fabric and paper collage. Eyes of the Dragon Margaret Leaf In this Chinese tale, a magistrate has a wall built ELA/Literary Elements around his village to ward off evil spirits. The famous painter Ch'en Jung agrees to paint - in his own way - a dragon on the wall. The self- important magistrate insists that the dragon's eyes be painted. The dragon then comes to life and destroys the wall. The story ends with a moral. A hardworking farm girl dreams of marrying a handsome prince, as in the story of Cinderella, Carolyn but instead marries Heber. When at last the fairy ELA/Writing, Fanny’s Dream godmother comes to grant her wish, Fanny Buehner decides to keep her real life of love and laughter. ELA/Literary Elements Bright, colorful, full-page illustrations bring magic to the story. In this Native American folktale, the other Fire Race: A Karuk Coyote Jonathan animals cooperate with the coyote to acquire fire Folklore, from the wicked Yellow Jacket sisters. The Tale London illustrations of the animals and forest are bright ELA/Literary Elements and realistically detailed. California author. This fictional account describes how John Chapman was joined in the western Pennsylvania wilderness by his half brother, Nathaniel, who Folks Call Me Appleseed was unprepared for John's lifestyle and unusual Historical Fiction, Andrew Glass John ways. Comical paintings show the adventures and H-SS misadventures they have. This book includes an author's note about Chapman and a map on the endpapers. Papa Joe and an ensemble of barefooted folks, itching for a taste of sweet carrots, plant and tend a giant carrot, and finally pull and tug to get it out Folklore, of the ground. Carrot-colored folk-style Giant Carrot, The Jan Peck watercolor illustrations highlight the tale. This is ELA/Vocabulary, a great read-aloud book, with lots of action and ELA/Literary Elements repetition. It is adapted from an old Russian folktale about a giant turnip.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A grandfather tells how the family's Christmas tradition of placing a carved wooden nest with a Grandfather’s Christmas pair of geese and their babies in a large spruce Historical Fiction, Keith Strand Tree tree started years ago when his parents first H-SS settled in Colorado. Museum quality full-page paintings bring the stories to life. Harry, The Dirty Dog Gene Zion A white dog with black spots hates baths and runs Fiction away. He returns in such a sad condition that even the family members do not recognize him. Will a bath make any difference now? Zion's cartoonlike illustrations bring this humorous story to life. Narrated by a young African American girl, this story, from the rural South, tells of Harvey Potter Harvey Potter’s Balloon who grows balloons on a United States Tall Tale, Jerdine Nolen government-inspected balloon farm. The girl Farm learns his balloon-farming magic. Acrylic H-SS paintings capture the bright colors one would expect to find in a story about balloons. Enjoying a summer at the beach where she can paint and listen to the waves, a young girl from Barbara turn-of-the-century New York dreams of Hattie and the Wild Waves becoming an artist. The book is illustrated with H-SS Cooney warm paintings depicting the lifestyle of an affluent New England family. This selection is useful in lessons of history/social science. Based on sketches and notes by Theodore Geisel, Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith have developed an inspiring story, told in rhyme, about some Hooray for Diffendoofer unorthodox, unusually creative teachers and the Fiction in Verse, Dr. Seuss innovative thinking they encourage in youngsters' Day minds. Geisel's artwork makes cameo ELA/Vocabulary appearances in Smith's zany collage-and-oil paintings. This book is a good choice to read to students before testing begins. The bus's perspective is used to recount the biography of Rosa Parks, the African American woman and civil rights worker whose refusal to Biography, If a Bus Could Talk: The Faith give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott that Historical Fiction; Story of Rosa Parks * Ringgold lasted for more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama. Teacher support with explanation and H-SS background may be needed when using this text. California author/illustrator. When Hermit Crab outgrows his old house, he ventures out to find a new one. Along the way he Is This a House for a Megan meets many new friends, who attach themselves to him in order to survive. This book can be used Science Hermit Crab? McDonald to teach children about sea life and can also generate discussion on what makes a home special. Jaguar Helen Tracking a jaguar to save his herd, a Venezuelan Science Cowcher cattle rancher confronts his prey but is unable to kill it. Bold paintings with bright colors highlight the text. This book, useful for science lessons, includes additional information about jaguars, conservation organizations, the habitat of the jaguar, the people of Venezuela. Extraordinary, fanciful drawings illustrate Amanda's "ordinary day" at school, showing her science teacher as a giant insect, a classmate as an Just Another Ordinary Day Rod Clement extraterrestrial, and more. At the end of the day, ELA/Literary Elements she cuddles up for a story with her cat, a lion named Fluffy. The plain text shows great contrast with the fantastic drawings. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Story and illustrations work in harmony to contrast the drudgery of a cold, snowy winter Susan Marie with the evergreen scenes of summer as a young Letter to the Lake girl writes a letter in her mind to the lake where ELA/Writing Swanson she loves to spend time during the summer. Paintings by Peter Catalanotto alternate between somber and bright. In this original fairy tale, an origami girl comes to life and relieves the loneliness of the old woman Laura Krauss who created her. Lost in a market, Little Oh has Fairy Tale, Little Oh many adventures before she is reunited with her Melmed "mother." The story is illustrated with soft, ELA/Literary Elements mixed-media paintings that express Japanese culture. Although yearning to go out into the cornfield with his father to scare crows, Little Scarecrow Margaret Boy must wait until he is bigger. The rhythmic Little Scarecrow Boy, The text illustrates the youngster's growing Fiction in Verse; ELA/Vocabulary Wise Brown independence. Big, sunny illustrations lit by the summer sun highlight the young scarecrow's talent for making faces. California illustrator. In order to get five-year-old Charlotte May Pierstorff to her grandmother's house 75 miles away, May's father cleverly uses new mail Michael O. regulations to his advantage and mails May via Historical Fiction, Mailing May * railway. Vivid watercolors add detail and Tunnell authenticity to replications of photographs, H-SS postage stamps, a "deliver to" tag, and a train schedule. An author's note adds historical detail to this true story of 1914. Millions of Cats Wanda Gag An old man sets out to get his lonely wife a cat Mathematics but instead finds millions and billions of cats. Simple black-line, cartoonlike illustrations make the reader believe that there really are millions of cats following the old man. The repetition in the story makes this a great read-aloud book that naturally invites children to participate. Eccentric, elderly Miss Tizzy has a unique relationship with all the children in her neighborhood. When she is sick in bed, the Libba Moore children help her to get well by continuing the Miss Tizzy H-SS Gray joyous activities that they shared with her. The themes of intergenerational relationships, compassion, and friendship are carried out through both the text and the illustrations. A young girl and her father work in the garden examining and appreciating the creatures in their natural habitat. Oil paintings depict the plants and My Father’s Hands Joanne Ryder insects in the garden. This read-aloud book uses Science descriptive vocabulary and imagery. This selection is useful for work on making predictions and observations. California author. This contemporary East African story tells of a proud and helpful boy who is determined to learn My Rows and Piles of Tololwa to ride and purchase a bicycle in order to ease his H-SS Coins * Mollet mother's task of taking goods to market. Warm, earth-tone illustrations highlight this story of love and determination. Although the children find Velvet very odd on the first day of school, she has winning ways and is Mary E. ultimately accepted despite her unusual and Odd Velvet Realistic Fiction; ELA/Writing Whitcomb imaginative approaches. Lively pencil and pastel illustrations highlight this story of tolerance and acceptance. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Intelligent, strong, and persistent, Princess Elizabeth is about to marry Prince Ronald. But a dragon burns the kingdom and takes Ronald Robert away. Elizabeth must outwit the dragon and save Humor, The Paper Bag Princess Munsch Ronald, who looks like a prince but lacks the ELA/Literary Elements inner qualities of a prince. This selection challenges traditional gender roles and provides a model of a strong female character. Given as payment for a meal, an unusual paper crane comes alive and dances - to the delight of Fantasy, The Paper Crane * Molly Bank the restaurant's owner and customers. Colorful photographs enhance paper collages, giving a VPA three-dimensional effect. Prairie Town Bonnie Exploration of the seasons of a small Midwestern Narrative Nonfiction; H-SS town of a generation ago is shown in this short, narrative text with panoramic spreads. Ink and watercolor illustrations provide a detailed look at Geisert continuing stories involving a fire, a tree house, a wedding, and a funeral. This is a good selection for comparing life of today and yesterday. In this richly illustrated version of the French fairy tale, a cat cleverly arranges for his master to Chares win the hand of the princess in marriage, along Puss in Boots * with a royal fortune. The artwork in this selection Fairy Tale, Folklore Perrault represents various perspectives, including that of Puss in Boots, allowing readers to identify with the characters. A typical day in the life of a young pilgrim girl is examined as she milks goats, cooks and serves meals, learns her letters, and adjusts to her new Sarah Morton’s Day: A stepfather. This full-color photo-essay was staged at the Plimoth Historical Fiction, Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Kate Waters Plantation living history museum. Notes about the roles and the museum H-SS Girl as well as a glossary are included.

The life and music of the artistic genius Johan Sebastian Bach flows through the bright-colored Biography, Sebastian: A Book About Jeanette acrylic paintings that are framed on each page of H-SS, Bach * Winter this book. This is an exciting read-aloud book for younger children and an inspiration to all who VPA love music. In this tender story, Grandpa, a former vaudeville song and dance man, reclaims his youth and Karen performs for his three young grandchildren. The H-SS. Song and Dance Man Ackerman illustrations show Grandpa in shadow and VPA silhouette with warmth and nostalgia. This book is useful for lessons about family history. Ferdinand the bull would rather sit and smell the flowers than run, jump, and butt heads with all the other bulls. When he is picked for the bullfights in Madrid, he surprises the audience Story of Ferdinand, The Munro Leaf with his pacifist response. This new edition ELA/Literary Elements contains the complete original text of the story and the original illustrations, with watercolor tones added. Story of Little Babaji, The Helen The classic tale of a clever young boy outwitting Fiction Bannerman tigers is told with new names. The story is set in India with clear, funny pictures highlighting the wonderful comedy in young Babaji's confrontations with the big tigers. This book is great read aloud.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections The experiences of the first African American child integrated into an all-Caucasian school in the south in the 1960s are detailed in this Biography, Story of Ruby Bridges, The Robert Coles biography. Strong character traits of bravery, perseverance, and tolerance are demonstrated by H-SS six-year-old Ruby when faced with the prejudices of cruel adults. With hopes for a better life, young Cassie Faith imagines that she can fly over Harlem and toward Fantasy, Tar Beach * happiness. Quilt paintings illustrate Cassie's Ringgold fanciful journeys and her unwavering hope. VPA California author/illustrator. Javelinas in the Southwest are featured in this version of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. Coyote is the villain who huffs and puffs and blows down the tumbleweed house and the one built of cactus Fairy Tale, Three Little Javelinas, The Susan Lowell spines. The adobe house, however, won't fall, and ELA/Literary Elements Coyote is left without his dinner. Illustrations show the surrounding landscape and the wildlife of the desert. When an Indian tigress and her cubs threaten a nearby herd, a sanctuary ranger persuades the Helen people to use fireworks to frighten her back into Tigress the forest rather than use poison. Brilliant Science Cowcher paintings show the animal's fear as well as the herdsman's fear for his livestock. The book highlights the role of creatures in the food chain. This concept book describes the characteristics of each month through the progression of the Bill Martin, seasons of the year. Rhyming text and soft, Turning of the Year, The realistic illustrations enhance the theme. Each Science Jr. month brings a new adventure: sledding, splashing, catching fireflies, and picking pumpkins. Two Bad Ants Chris Van Two bad ants follow other ants on a dangerous Fantasy, Allsburg trek into a house. They stay behind to explore and VPA to gather goodies for themselves and have some unique experiences with kitchen tools. Black-line, crosshatched illustrations offer a model for teaching perspective. Uncle Jed opens his own barbershop, overcoming great odds to become the only black barber in the Margaret county. He shows compassion and perseverance Historical Fiction, Uncle Jed’s Barbershop Mitchell throughout all the hardships and challenges he H-SS encounters. The richly colored paintings bring this story to life. In first-person narrative, Teeka introduces all her colorful relatives as her African American family We Had a Picnic This Jacqueline gathers in an urban park for a Sunday picnic. H-SS Sunday Past Woodson Lively text and bright illustrations bring the characters to life. This is a wonderful depiction of a family gathering. When Max gets in trouble and is sent to his room, his imagination changes the room into a forest Maurice near an ocean. In his boat he sails away to where Where the Wild Things Are the wild things are. He tames terrible monsters, is Fantasy Sendak made their king, and romps with them, but he feels lonely. He wants someone who loves him best. He returns to his room and his hot supper. A young Hmong girl in a Thai refugee camp learns the cultural art of pa'ndau from her Autobiography, Pegi Deitz grandmother in order to tell of her immigration to Whispering Cloth, The the United States. This girl's story is familiar to H-SS, Shea many children in California schools. The VPA illustrations include watercolors and pa'ndau stitched art. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This African folktale begins with a mosquito Why Mosquitoes Buzz in Verna teasing an iguana, causing the iguana to panic. People’s Ears: A West The panic is contagious, but all of the trouble is Folklore Aardema African Tale traced back to the mosquito. The African motif illustrations feature colorful, outlined pictures. Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge's favorite neighbor has lost her memory, and he seeks ways Wilfrid Gordon McDonald to help her regain it. This gentle, humorous, and Mem Fox realistic story helps define memories. This book H-SS Partridge * is excellent for inspiring students to create their own and others' memories. Warm, expressive watercolor illustrations enhance this tender story. Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolf overcame crippling polio as a child Biography, Wilma Rudolph Became Kathleen to become, in 1960, the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals in track. Sepia-toned H-SS, the World’s Fastest Woman Krull photographs enhance the text. California PE * illustrator.

List #8 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Large watercolors in rich color highlight a simple, readable text that gives clear, concise information about rattlesnakes. All About Rattlesnakes Jim Arnosky Small inserts provide close-up pictures of Science the snakes with captions. This book includes information about protection and precautions. This alphabet book introduces 26 dinosaurs with brief, informative text and dramatic paintings showing the dinosaurs doing battle or foraging for Alphabet of Dinosaurs, An Peter Dodson food. It also includes black-and-white ink Science drawings that show details of skeletons and bones, and an addenda of facts. Aunt Nancy pretends that all the bad luck Old Aunt Nancy and Old Man Man Trouble brings is really blessings. This Folklore, Phyllis Root marvelous trickster tale features a female heroine. Trouble Artwork includes black-and-white silhouettes and ELA/Literary Elements oil paintings. Al, a big, ugly fish, has trouble making friends because of his appearance. One day, however, his Andrew scariness saves all the other fish from a Big Al fisherman's net. The themes of courage, H-SS Clements compassion, making friends, accepting differences, and respecting others resonate through both the illustrations and the text. Bruce, a great shaggy bear, terrorizes the other animals in the forest until one day, his rock- rolling fun is stopped by a crafty witch who Big Bad Bruce Bill Peet reduces him in size so that he will get a taste of Fantasy his own medicine. A zany combination of watercolor and line drawings illustrate the humorous text. Biggest, Strongest, Fastest Steve Jenkins This concept book presents 14 record holders in Science the animal world. The illustrations are double- page, cut-paper collages. Also shown is each animal's size in relation to something familiar. The book includes a chart featuring interesting facts, large-print text, and smaller-print information notes. The content connects to science standards. This concept book tells how a large granite rock Bruce in the forest came to be and its changes over time. Big Rock, The * Geological terms are explained and can be Science Hiscock enhanced with teacher support. Full-page, realistic illustrations help to clarify the story Children from different cultures and environments all over the land listen to birds sing Realistic Fiction, Birdsong Audrey Wood in their natural habitats. The detailed habitats are surrounded with different botanical borders as the Science birds dominate the foreground. California author. On a summer day in Maine, a little girl and a bear Robert cub wander away from their blueberry-picking Blueberries for Sal mothers, then mistakenly trail each other's Science McCloskey mother. Illustrated black-line drawings are highlighted with a hint of blue.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Rabbit loves to dance and so will prekindergarten George listeners on hearing this tale of how he dances his Dance Away Fiction Shannon friends away from a dangerous fox. Bright, simple drawings are highlighted with watercolor. The classic story of the little girl who goes into Goldilocks and the Three the home of the three bears while they are out Jan Brett Fairy Tale Bears walking in the woods is depicted in this illustrated version of the story. The six retellings of favorite fairy tales in this work are great fun for reading aloud. Bits of verse have been added and are complemented by William Steig's colorful line and watercolor Fairy Tale, Folklore; ELA/Literary Handful of Beans, A Jeanne Steig illustrations. Included are "Rumpelstiltskin," "The Elements Frog Prince," "Hansel and Gretel," "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Beauty and the Beast." This biographical picture book introduces Martin Luther King, Jr., to young readers. Scratchboard Happy Birthday, Martin illustrations by Brian Pinkney enhance the Biography, Jean Marzollo informative text, which has curriculum Luther King connections to history/social science for H-SS discussions of black history and important Americans. Huckabuck Family and Carl The Huckabucks are forced to leave their farm ELA/Literary Elements How They Raised Popcorn Sandburg and try their hands at other ways of life before returning to the farm. Ink and watercolor artwork in Nebraska and Quit and is bright and complements the humor of the story, Came Back, The which is a picture-book version of the classic Rootabaga story. Donso the Hunterman rescues a crocodile family, but they turn on him and threaten to eat him. The Hunterman and the Baba Wague other animals side with the crocodiles because of Folklore, their experiences with humans' ingratitude. Crocodile, The * Diakite Finally, trickster Rabbit comes to the rescue. VPA Hand-painted ceramic tiles and borders with ethnic motifs illustrate this West African folktale. A stubborn mule sits down at the Puckett's farm and refuses to move, even for the Fourth of July Jake Johnson: The Story of parade. Bright and energetic illustrations add Tres Seymour ELA/Writing a Mule greatly to the sense of fun and frustration. This is an excellent book for encouraging students to make prediction and solve problems. Sitting on a hill surrounded by apple trees, a little house watches as the seasons and years go by. As Virginia L. distant city lights move closer, it becomes H-SS. Little House, The surrounded by the city and is eventually rescued Burton by a descendent of the original family. Detailed Science drawings highlight the passage of time and change. Young David Earl always knows what day of the Patricia C. week it is because his mother, Ma Dear, has a Ma Dear’s Aprons * different apron for every day except Sunday. H-SS McKissack Misty oil-wash illustrations build a sense of warmth in this turn-of-the-century story. A young Chinese emigrant girl describes a typical day in her family's store in Guatemala City. She Mama and Papa Have a Amelia Lau describes everything from the milkman's mule in H-SS Store Carling the morning to her father's abacus clicking at night. Details of her life are shown in the bright watercolor and gouache illustrations.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections When there does not seem to be much work for Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, Mike Mulligan and His Virginia L. he decides to dig a cellar for the town hall in Popperville in just one day. Can he do it? He does Fiction Steam Shovel Burton and finds a home for himself and Mary Anne. The Caldecott-winning illustrator uses black-line details with splashes of color. A boy befriends a wave and brings it home, where they romp together until the onset of winter Catherine storms turns it bleak and angry. The wave is Humor, My Life With the Wave * Cowan returned to the sea in frozen form, and the boy Science dreams of a new predicament. Acrylic and oil illustrations complement the story. This mathematical folktale links the cultural traditions and atmosphere of India through gold- One Grain of Rice: A leaf illustrations. These illustrations enrich the Folklore; ELA/Vocabulary, H-SS, Demi Mathematical Folktale * story of a clever young girl who outsmarts a very Mathematics selfish Raja and saves her village from starving with a simple grain of rice. A terrible dragon awakens and threatens to destroy village rice fields in this original Chinese Margaret folktale. Humble scroll painter Mi Lei is wise and Folklore, Paper Dragon, The Davol clever. She confronts the scaly beast and performs H-SS three tasks. Illustrations open up into intricate gatefolds of painted tissue paper collages. A variety of facts about popcorn, as well as two Tomie recipes for cooking it, are featured in this H-SS, Popcorn Book, The entertaining information book. dePaola's dePaola illustrations are colorful paintings highlighted by Science black-line drawings. A family suffers through a disagreeable rainy day, Charlotte but all ends well when the father returns home Quarreling Book, The happy. This small book is appropriate to share Fiction Zolotow with small groups or individuals for discussion of moods and temperaments. Richly colored paintings and a poetic text evoke the sights, sounds, and feelings of a perfect day at Charlotte the seashore. The author depicts everything from Poetry, Seashore Book, The Zolotow the shifting colors of the early morning sky to the Science sound of the waves, to the feel of cold water on one's feet. This nonfiction selection describes the characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the Soaring With the Wind: bald eagle. Dramatic illustrations show the bald H-SS, Gail Gibbons The Bald Eagle eagle hunting, courting, nesting, and hatching. Science This selection also includes facts and statistics. See other nonfiction works by this author. Uriko-Hime outwits the wicked oni who kidnap babies for their favorite treat in this retelling of Folklore, Tasty Baby Belly Buttons Judy Sierra one of Japan's most popular folktales. Pen-and- ink and soft hued watercolors complement the ELA/Literary Elements story. This book is an excellent read-aloud work. Toads and Diamonds Charlotte Beautiful Renee befriends an old woman and is Fairy Tale rewarded with jewels and flowers that come from her lips. When her stepsister tries to acquire the Huck same gift, problems arise. This story is based on Perrault's 1695 version of the "kind and unkind sisters" tale.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections In the real village of Tos in Cameroon, Africa, the Village of Round and Ann women live in round houses and men in square Folklore, houses. The events of a typical day and the Square Houses, The * Grifalconi eruption of Naka Mountain are vividly portrayed H-SS in vibrant chalk drawings. In this book, the Sonoran Desert is described in lively verse, with waves of sand, cactus, and a Narrative Welcome to the Sea of great and gorgeous variety of animals. Gouache Jane Yolen Nonfiction; Sand * paintings capture the life of this unique landscape. This selection is useful for exploring various Science adaptations and habitats. This book explains the traditional ways in which families with different cultural traditions welcome babies into the world - in Africa there is singing at the first cry of a baby while in Brazil Margy Burns an adopted baby's arrival is announced. The Welcoming Babies H-SS Knight traditions for welcoming babies are an important part of life. The soft pastel illustrations and simple text give the book a warm tone. This selection facilitates discussion of personal welcoming stories and family traditions. Wesley, a misfit, decides to create his own garden, food, clothes, and world in his backyard. Fantasy, Paul Naming it Weslandia, he succeeds brilliantly in Westlandia * H-SS, Fleischman making friends while doing it. This book is good for discussions on individual differences. Science California author. This perfect partnership of poetry and color images creates a moving portrait of humans and animals together. Ryder's poetry is very Poetry, Without Words Joanne Ryder accessible to the youngest reader/listener, while the photographs add views of animals and Science humans together that are real and compelling. California author. Yours Truly, Goldilocks Alma Flor Correspondences between Goldilocks, the Three Fairy Tale, Pigs, Baby Bear, Peter Rabbit, and Little Red Riding Hood are presented as they plan to attend a housewarming for the pigs and avoid the evil ELA/Writing, Ada wolves in the forest. The letters are flavored by the characters' personalities. This book provides ELA/Literary Elements examples of letter writing form and purpose. California author. List #9 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections The plight of a boy who had a bad day is Alexander and the Terrible, described. All sorts of misfortunes confront him during the day. Even the cat decides to sleep with Horrible, No Good, Very Judith Viorst his brother instead of with him. His mother ELA/Writing Bad Day consoles him by saying, "Some days are like that." Clear, informative text and rich, double-page watercolor illustrations show the wild turkey in H-SS. All About Turkeys Jim Arnosky its habitat along with details of head, feet, and feathers. Read-aloud text is larger, with details Science about the bird appearing in smaller type. This tender story is about a young boy's descriptions of favorite places that are a part of Patricia family life on his grandparents' farm. The story Realistic Fiction, All the Places to Love affectionately details simple pleasures and MacLachlan describes a family's history. Illustrations in soft H-SS acrylics enhance the warmth of this delightful book. Full-color photographs detail life in a Latino Barrio: Jose’s George barrio in San Francisco. The school, recreation, H-SS Neighborhood * Ancona holidays, and family life of an eight-year-old boy who lives there are described. California setting. Dancing skeletons illustrate the African American spiritual "Dem Bones" in rhythmical patterns. Dem Bones Bob Barner Also included are brief explanations of ten bones Science in simple, informative text. Colorful torn-paper collages create lively illustrations. An African American boy and his family Everett Anderson’s Nine Lucille anticipate the birth of a new member to the H-SS Month Long Clifton family. Detailed black-line drawings are enhanced by browns and natural tones. This story of John Chapman, widely known as Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Johnny Appleseed, is told as he works his way Biography, Steven west, planting apple orchards. Full-color Tale Retold and Illustrated Tall Tale, Kellogg illustrations enrich this legend of a true American by Steven Kellogg hero, highlighting his love of nature, his kindness H-SS to animals, and his physical fortitude. Keeping Quilt, The * Patricia Great-Grandma Anna comes to America from H-SS, Polacco Russia during her childhood and brings with her a VPA quilt that her mother has made for her. Over the ensuing years, the quilt is handed down through five generations. The quilt is used for the wedding canopy as well as to welcome new babies into the world. This book incorporates Jewish beliefs with family traditions. Black-and- white illustrations with some color highlights help to convey the passage of time. This nonfiction picture book provides readers with the history and folklore surrounding the Narrative Life and Times of a Peanut, Charles cultivation of the peanut. Selected chapters are Non-Fiction, The Micucci great for reading aloud or for related discussions. Large, detailed illustrations present the concepts Science clearly to young children.

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections Mama Provi has a granddaughter Lucy who lives upstairs in the same apartment house. When Lucy gets the chicken pox, Mama Provi makes a big Mama Provi and the Pot of Sylvia Rosa- pot of arroz con pollo (rice with chicken) and Realistic Fiction Rice Casanova takes it upstairs, exchanging some of it with the neighbors on each floor for their own specialty. The multicultural feast symbolizes how people can get along with each other. Linda, an African American girl learning about East Africa in school, compares her life to that of a Masai child. One side of the illustration is of Realistic Fiction, Masai and I Virginia Kroll life in a U.S. city and the other side of is of life in H-SS a Masai village. Linda's observations celebrate both the cultural differences and the similarities. When a carload of relatives arrives for a summer visit, the hosting family cannot tell one cousin Cynthia from another. Everyone ends up having a Realistic Fiction, Relatives Came, The * Rylant wonderful time in this celebration of family H-SS affection. The book's vivid illustrations are whimsical and convey the story's hectic nature. A river becomes depleted as more and more Debbie people build, travel, move goods, and dump Historical Fiction, River, The sewage in it. The text is spare with full-page Atwell paintings that portray the river over time and H-SS through seasons. Shadows of the Night: The Barbara Bash The life cycle of the common North American Science Hidden World of the Little brown bat is depicted as the young reach Brown Bat maturity, hunt for insects, hibernate in caves, and emerge to begin another yearly cycle. Double- spread paintings depict the various habitats and bat details. This is a good book to read aloud and is useful for research. Ping is a Chinese duck that lives in a houseboat Marjorie on the Yangtze River. One night, he is lost on Story About Ping land, has many adventures, and returns unnoticed Fantasy Flack to his houseboat. Illustrations are soft watercolors with yellow highlights. List #10 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections A young Hmong girl's experiences that led to her immigration to the United States are described Autobiography, Dia’s Story Cloth * Dia Cha and illustrated in this picture book. Her story is told by showing sections of an embroidered H-SS pa'ndau, or story cloth. Award-winning paintings by the author tell a Historical Fiction, Thomas story about the relationship between the land and Land of the Grey Wolf, The the native people and what happens when white H-SS, Locker settlers invade, changing the people and the land Science forever. Liza Lou demonstrates responsibility, courage, Liza Lou and the Yeller and intelligence as she outsmarts the scary Folklore, Mercer Mayer characters of the swamp to run errands for her Tall Tale, Belly Swamp mom. Vivid illustrations support this humorous ELA/Literary Elements tall tale written in southern dialect. In a delightful series of adventures of the magical Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle, this book uses humor to Betty describe the correction of children's misbehavior. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Fantasy MacDonald This selection is an excellent read-aloud choice for grades two through five and is appropriate for independent reading as well. Captured by her mother's love of dance, a young My Mama Had a Dancing Libba Moore girl joyously follows her in a dance through the seasons. Raul Colon uses an art technique that VPA Heart Gray incorporates colored pencil and watercolor washes textured with scratching tools. This poetic text conveys the Earth's celebration of the birth of a child with simple, bright pictures. On the Day You Were Born Debra Frasier The final pages of the book describe the natural Science phenomenon depicted in the illustrations (tides, gravity, migration, etc.). This information picture book relates the physical Emery characteristics, social behavior, and reputation of Prairie Dogs prairie dogs. Abundant illustrations, maps, a Science Bernhard glossary, and information "bites" add to the value of this book. Swamp Angel * Anne Isaacs Angelica Longrider, also known as Swamp Tall Tale, Angel, lifts a wagon train out of a swamp, H-SS reroutes a river to put out a fire, and defeats a marauding bear to save the winter supplies of ELA/Literary Elements Tennessee settlers in this tall tale. American primitive paintings are framed in wood grains and highlight Swamp Angel's amazing exploits. Pair up this selection with a Paul Bunyan story for a tall-tale fest. California author. Humorous text and double-page, brightly colored, Tell Me Again About the Jamie Lee cartoonlike illustrations give this adoption story, Humor, Night I Was Born Curtis in which a girl is born and adopted, the feeling of H-SS celebration. This adaptation of a Chinese folktale explains why Chinese children are given short names. Help is slow in coming when a boy falls into a Folklore, Tikki Tikki Tembo Arlene Mosel well, because the boy's long and difficult name must be pronounced in full. Help arrives barely in ELA/Vocabulary time. Expressive drawings enhance the book's Asian ambience. Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections This selection introduces the nesting habits of 13 birds among the skyscrapers and bridges of the Urban Roosts: Where Birds city. From the common pigeon to the peregrine Barbara Bash falcon, which have adapted to the urban Science Nest in the City environment, the birds are depicted in deep- colored, full-page illustrations. Use this book when studying habitats, the environment, or birds.

List #11 – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List and:

Fiction Non-Fiction Title Author Summary Cross Curricular Connections In the land of the Ojibway, a baby sleeps, Audrey protected from bad dreams by a dream catcher. Historical Fiction, Dreamcatcher Osofsky The dreamlike pastel illustrations capture day and H-SS night in this Native American story. Lists #12 and #13+ – Grades K – 2 Includes all books on the NP List – No additional title were added