Picture Books with Literary Elements and Devices Revised 3/1/07

This is your basic sloppy cut/paste, but will give everyone a nice cache of titles from which to make a selection from! Note: there are duplicates. Thanks to all who took this to heart, knew the need, and responded. Included in this doc is a list of titles to match Literary Elements (most from fellow librarians but some from searching the web using the search term: Teaching Writing through Picture Books. Thanks to Chris Steele) And, also, A website Including a Comprehensive Listing http://dept.houstonisd.org/curriculum/xOldCurr/larts/Recommend/literary.htm given by Mary A Brossman

Literary Elements Click here for a Second 2nd List that follows this list: List 2 Character Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Viorst, Cynthia A Million Fish—more or less by McKissack, Patricia The Relatives Came by Rylant, Cynthia Song and Dance Man by Ackerman, Karen Conflict Angel Child, Dragon Child by Surat, Michele (character vs. character) Enemy Pie (character vs. character) Hundred Penny Box by Mathis, Sharon (character vs. character) The Ugly Duckling (character vs. character) Legend of the Bluebonnet by dePaola, Tommie (character vs. nature) The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (character vs. nature) Biggest Bear by Ward, Lynd (character vs. society) Island of the Skog by Kellogg, Steven (character vs. society) Thunder Cake by Polacco, Patricia (character vs. self) Making Connections: Fireflies: story and pictures by Brincklore, Julie

Plot Kermit the Hermit by Peet, Bill Petunia by Duvoisin, Robert Owl Moon by Yolen, Jane Wretched Stone by Van Allsberg, Chris Point of View Tale of Peter Rabbit by Potter, Beatrix (changes point of view during story from first-person to character) Me and My Cat? I want to stay here, I want to go there Voices in the Park Setting Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Viorst, Cynthia Patchwork Quilt by Flournoy, Valerie Wreck of the Zephyr by Allsburg, Chris

1 Picture Books with Literary Elements and Devices Revised 3/1/07

Summarizing Bully for you, Teddy Roosevelt! By Fritz, Jean Commodore Perry in the land of the Shogun by Blumberg, Rhoda Eleanor Roosevelt : a life of discovery by Freedman, Russell Volcano : the eruption and healing of Mount St. Helens by Lauber, Patricia Theme Appelemando’s Dreams by Polacco, Patricia Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Viorst, Cynthia Babushka Baba Yaga by Polacco, Patricia Mirette on the High Wire by Arnold, Emily Smoky Night by Bunting, Eve

Literary Devices:

Alliteration Chicken Little by Kellogg, Steven How do you hide a monster by Kahl, Virginia Sheep in a shop by Shaw, Nancy Shriek by Steig, William What’s Under My Bed by Stevenson, James Rotten Island by William Steig Zinnia by Anita Lobel The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor Alison’s Zinnia How the Grinch Stole Christmas The Absolutely Awful Alphabet The Rose in My Garden Amelia’s Road Come On, Rain! Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella Black Cat Mouse, Look Out!

Some Smug Slug Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke A My Name is Alice Web Files by Palatini The Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut by Margaret Atwood Buccaneer Bunnies! ABC Yummy by Lisa Jahn-Clough Absolutely Awful Alphabet by Mordecai Gerstein Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak Animalia Check out Fiollett’s Titlewave - language arts standards- there’s a list for alliteration Aster Aardvark’s alphabet adventures by Steven Kellogg—Alliterative

2 Picture Books with Literary Elements and Devices Revised 3/1/07 text and pictures present adventures of animals from A to Z. Dinorella : a prehistoric fairy tale byPamela Duncan Edwards—In this story, loosely based on that of Cinderella but featuring dinosaurs, the Duke falls in love with Dinorella when she rescues him from the dreaded deinonychus at the Dinosaur

William Walked Walter Was Worried by Seeger, Laura Vaccaro—Children’s faces, depicted with letters of the alphabet, react to the onset of a storm and its aftermath in this picture book, accompanied by simple alliterative text.

A, My Name is Andrew by Mary McManus Burke—From all over the United States, each of twenty-six children describes their activities in a paragraph featuring the letter of the alphabet that matches their first name and the city in which they live. Dialect Tar Beach by Ringgold, Faith The Three Little Javelins by Lowell. Susan Mirandy and Brother Wind by McKissack, Patricia Dialogue Still looking for picture books Hyperbole “I’m The Single Most Wonderful Person I Know” in the book The New Kid on the Block by Prelutsky, Jack. Library Lil by Suzanne Williams The Best Town in the World Come On Rain! Kate and the Beanstalk If I Were In Charge of the World Millions of Cats Shrek Homonyms A Chocolate Moose for dinner by Gwynne, Fred The Dove Dove : Funny Homograph Riddles by Terban, Marvin Eight Ate : a Feast of Homonym Riddles by Terban, Marvin The King Who Rained by Gwynne, Fred A Little Pigeon Toad by Gwynne, Fred Idiom Mad as a Wet Hen and Other Funny Idioms by Terban, Marvin More Parts by Arnold, Tedd My Teachers Likes to Say by Brennan-Nelson, Denise Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms by Terban, Marvin The sixteen hand horse by Gwynne, Fred

Imagery Moonsong Lullaby by Highwater, Jamake Where the Sidewalk Ends by Silverstein, Shel The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant Black Cat Come On, Rain! Snowflake Bentley Metaphor Dakota dugout by Turner, Ann The Lady and the Spider by McNulty, Faith Owl Moon by Yolen, Jane The Rough-Face Girl by Martin, Rafe Tar Beach by Ringgold, Faith Up at the North Cabin by Chall, Marsha Annie and the Old One- Miles Turner Alfalfa Hill-Peter Parnall Dakota Dugout— Turner, Ann Encounter- Jane Yolen Goodbye Geese-Nancy Carlstrom Hailstones and Halibut Bones-O’Neil High Oregon’s Journey by Rascal Where the Buffalos Begin by Olaf Baker White Snow Bright Snow Knots on a Counting Rope Swimmy My Great Aunt Arizona Switch on the Night Bradbury, Ray Rondo in C Fleischman, Paul A Writer Goffstein, M.B. Little Island MacDonald, Golden Knots on a Counting Rope Martin, Bill Black Cat Myers, Christopher The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Paterson, Katherine The Tale of Peter Rabbit Potter, Beatrix Tar Beach Ringgold, Faith Hide and Seek Fog Tresselt, Alvin Encounter Yolen, Jane Owl Moon Yolen, Jane

Onomatopoeia Click, Clack Moo: Cows that Type by Cronin, Doreen Max Found Two Sticks by Pinkney, Brian Owl Moon by Yolen, Jane Sky Dogs by Yolen Jane Smoky Night by Bunting, Eve Welcome to the Green House (nonfiction) by Yolen, Jane I Stink! Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles-Think of That! Thump, Bump: Tiny the Dancing Hippo

Point of View Everybody Needs a Rock by Baylor, Bird Death of an Iron Horse by Goble, Paul True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Szieeska, Jon

Me and My Cat? I want to stay here, I want to go there Voices in the Park

Rhyme and Rhythm No Jumping on the Bed by Arnold, Tedd I Can’t Said the Ant by Cameron, Polly What’s Under My Bed by Stevenson, James Wing Nuts: Screwy Haiku by Janeczko, Paul R is for Rhyming

Simile The Bicycle Man by Say, Allen Chanticleer and the fox by Cooney, Barbara Fireflies: story and pictures by Brincklore, Julie It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Shaw, Charles Nettie’s Trip South (chapter book) by Tunrer, Ann Owl Moon by Yolen, Jane Quick as a Cricket by Wood, Audrey Swimmy by Lionni, Leo Mixed-Up Chameleon by Carle, Eric Twilight Comes Twice by Fletcher, Ralph The Wagon by Johnston, Tony The Whale’s Song by Sheldon, Dyan Library Lil by Suzanne Williams The Bicycle Man by Allen Say The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble Similes by Hanson, Joan. I read you loud and clear by Sommer, Elyse. Chanticleer and The Fox The girl who loved wild horses The Little Island White Snow Bright snow Umbrella The cowboy and the black-eyed pea The Tapestry Cats Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood Night Noises by Mem Fox Anthony Browne’s My Dad is loaded with similes The Banshee by Karen Ackerman Hugh Can Do by Jennifer Armstrong Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Chall Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer Snowy by Berlie Doherty The Web in the Grass by Berniece Freschet The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up by Alice Goudey Through the Mickle Woods by Valiska Gregory The Cowboy and the Black-Eyed Pea by Tony Johnston Four Dollars and Fifty Cents by Eric Kimmel Little Island by Golden MacDonald

Keeping House by Margaret Mahy Over Back by Beverly Major Alfalfa Hill by Peter Parnall High in the Mountains by Ruth Radin Monster Mama by Liz Rosenberg Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt White Snow Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt The Tapestry Cats by Ann Turnbull Rainflowers by Ann Turner When Spring Comes by Natalie Warnock Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams Nurse Lugton’s Curtain by Virginia Woolf The Cat Next Door by Betty Ren Wright Umbrella by Taro Yashima Owl Moon Saving Sweetness Amelia’s Road Black Cat Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella Come On, Rain! The Honest to Goodness Truth The Important Book Kate and the Beanstalk The Mixed-Up Chameleon Mouse, Look Out! Owl Moon Shiloh Snowflake Bentley

Allusion- Use Your Head, Dear Where the Forest Meets the Sea Ralph’s Secret Weapon Meanwhile Back at the Ranch No Such Things Alistair’s Time Machine We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story Wreck of the Zephyr Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores Henry Hikes to Fitchburg Aphorism - Old Henry by Joan Blos Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say Chanticleer and the Fox Grandfather’s Journey

Old Henry Who is the Beast?

Atmosphere – Oregon’s Journey by Rascal The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Foreshadowing – Just Plain Fancy by Patricia Polacco Death of the Iron Horse by Paul Goble Hog -Eye by Susan Meddaugh Annie and the Wild Animals A Garden for a Ground Hog Hattie and the Fox The Honest to Goodness Truth. Jump, Frog, Jump! Miss Nelson Has a Field Day No Jumping on the Bed! The Patchwork Quilt (videocassette) Ralph’s Secret Weapon Shortcut Wreck of the Zephyr

Voice - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message From Chief Seattle Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type December The Frog Prince, Continued Fly Away Home Gift of the Sacred Dog Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend Koko’s Kitten Me and My Cat My House Has Stars The Paper Bag Princess Pink and Say Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Saving Sweetness Sleeping Ugly The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Tar Beach The Teacher from the Black Lagoon The True Story of the Three Little Pigs The Twits Voices in the Park The Wall (kit: video and book) Yeh-Shen: a Cinderella Story from China

Inference – Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles Alistair’s Elephant The Boy of the Three Year Nap Buttons The Cut Ups Her Majesty, Aunt Essie Jumanji The Knight and the Dragon Mirette on the High Wire Miss Nelson Has a Field Day No Jumping on the Bed! The Patchwork Quilt (videocassette) The Rose in My Garden Use Your Head, Dear Why the Chicken Crossed the Road Window Wings, a Tale of Two Chickens (video) Wreck of the Zephyr The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree Irony – Many Moons by James Thurber The Amazing Bone by William Steig The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Flash Back- The Quilt Story Parody – The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka Personification – Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig Ghost’s Hour by Eve Bunting Burger and the Hotdog (Aylesworth, Jim) I Am the Mummy (Bunting, Eve) Click Clack Moo (Cronin, D.) Flossie The Fox (McKissack, Patricia) Gilberto and the Wind (Ets, M.) The little House (Burton, Virginia Lee) Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel (Burton, Virginia) Mirandy and Brother Wind (McKissack, Patricia) My Life With the Wave (Cowan, C.) Officer Buckle and Gloria (Rathmann, P.) Velveteen Rabbit (Williams, M.) Frankenstein’s Dog (Wahl, Jan) Choo Choo The Runaway Engine (Burton, Virginia Lee)

All Wet, All Wet (Skofield, James) Ghost’s Hour, Spook Hour (Bunting, Eve) Mojave (Siebert, Diane) The Talking Eggs (San Souci, Robert D.) Yellow and Pink (Steig, William) What’s the Matter With Carruthers? (Marshall, James) Sylvester and The Magic Pebble (Steig, William) The Jungle Baseball Game The Web Files (Palatini, M.) If a Bus Could Talk (Ringgold, F.) The Giving Tree (Silverstein, Shel) Charlotte’s Web (White, E. B.) If You Give a Pig a Pancake (Numeroff, L.) Call Me Ahnighito (Conrad, Pam) How Does the Wind Walk (Carlstrom, Nancy White) Redwall Series (Jacques, Brian) Nora’s Duck (Ichikawa) Fables (Lobel, A.) Secrets From the Dollhouse (Turner, Ann) Tambourine Moon (Jones, Joy) The Ant Bully (Nickle, John) Alexander and the Wind Up Mouse (Lionni, Leo) And Still The Turtle Watched (MacGill All The Small Poems (Worth, Valerie) More Small Poems (Worth, Valerie) Lizzy and Skunk (Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise) Henrietta (Mamet, John) Dark and Full of Secrets (Carrick, Carol) The Winter Wren (Cole, Brock) The Little House From the Sea (Gella, Birgitta) Death of the Iron Horse (Gable, Paul Artists’ Helpers Enjoy the Evenings (Goffstein, M. B.) Song of the Horse (Kennedy, Richard) Apple Tree (Parnall, Peter) Winter Barn (Parnall, Peter) The Changing Maze (Snyder, Zilpha Keatley) The Lady’s Chair and the Ottoman (Tennyson, Noel) Flossie and the Fox (video and book) The Little House The Talking Eggs Millicent and the Wind The Firekeeper’s Son Our Tree Named Steve

Professional sources Using Picture Books To Teach Literary Devices (Hall) (Oryx Press)

Teaching Story Elements With Favorite Books (Scholastic) Worth a Thousand Words: an Annotated Guide to Picture Books for Older Readers by Bette D. Ammon and Gale Sherman. ISBN 1-56308-390-6. Picture Books by Ruth Calhum Creating Writers by Vickie Spandel

A big thanks to Contributors:

Ginny Coppersmith

Kane Public & School Library - Children’s Branch

Bonnie Popdan

“Kathleen Stewart”

Donahue, Jane” [email protected]

And the following additional list: Prepared by Vicky Reed, Media Services Manager/Helen Foster James, Media Services Coordinator San Diego County Office of Education • Media Services • [email protected] and [email protected]

Literary Devices in Children’s and Young Adult Literature

Alliteration Bradbury, Ray Switch on the Night Edwards, Pamela Duncan Clara Caterpillar Edwards, Pamela Duncan Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale Edwards, Pamela Duncan Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke Edwards, Pamela Duncan Some Smug Slug Kellogg, Steven Chicken Little Lobel, Anita Alison’s Zinnia Lobel, Arnold The Rose in My Garden Myers, Christopher Black Cat Seuss, Dr. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Shaw, Nancy Sheep in a Shop Stevenson, James What’s Under My Bed Willard, Nancy The Voyage of Ludgate Hill Allusion Ahlberg, Janet and Allan Ahlberg Each Peach Pear Plum Cameron, Polly I Can’t Said the Ant Howe, James Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores Johnson, D.B. Henry Hikes to Fitchburg Meddaugh, Susan Hog-Eye Ringgold, Faith Tar Beach Roth, Roger The Sign Painter’s Dream Scieszka, Jon The Frog Prince Continued Shaw, Nancy Sheep in a Shop Van Allsburg, Chris The Widow’s Broom Ambiguity Briggs, Raymond Jim and the Beanstalk Handforth, Thomas Mei Li Jukes, Mavis Blackberries in the Dark Jukes, Mavis Like Jake and Me Kellogg, Steven Chicken Little Kellogg, Steven Pinkerton

Lawson, Julie Emma and the Silk Train Myers, Tim Basho and the Fox Say, Allen The Sign Painter Stolz, Mary Storm in the Night Turner, Ann Nettie’s Trip South Wild, Jocelyn Florence and Eric Take the Cake Analogy Burton, Virginia Lee The Little House Goffstein, M.B. A Writer Jonas, Ann The Trek Lionni, Leo Swimmy Williams, Garth The Chicken Book Wisniewski, David Golem Aphorism Blos, Joan Old Henry Chaucer, Geoffrey Chanticleer and the Fox Deedy, Carmen Agra The Yellow Star Myers, Tim Basho and the Fox Say, Allen Grandfather’s Journey Atmosphere Baylor, Byrd The Best Town in the World Bunting, Eve The Man Who Could Call Down Owls Bunting, Eve The Wall Deedy, Carmen Agra The Yellow Star DePaola, Tomie The Art Lesson DePaola, Tomie Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs Ets, Marie Hall Nine Days to Christmas Fleischman, Paul Rondo in C Hall, Donald Ox-Cart Man Johnson, Paul Brett Bearhide and the Crow Keats, Ezra Jack The Snowy Day Lamorisse, Albert The Red Balloon McCully, Emily Mirette on the High Wire Rylant, Cynthia The Relatives Came St. George, Judith So You Want to Be President? Say, Allen Grandfather’s Journey Say, Allen Tree of Cranes Steig, William The Amazing Bone Turner, Ann Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War Turner, Ann Nettie’s Trip South Van Allsburg, Chris The Polar Express Wisniewski, David Golem Yolen, Jane Encounter Foreshadowing Babbitt, Natalie Phoebe’s Revolt Brett, Jan Annie and the Wild Animals Bunting, Eve Night Tree Bunting, Eve The Man Who Could Call Down Owls Burton, Virginia Lee The Little House Burton, Virginia Lee Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Carrick, Donald Harald and the Great Stag Chaucer, Geoffrey Chanticleer and the Fox Christelow, Eileen Mr. Murphy’s Marvelous Invention Cole, Sheila When the Rain Stops Daughtery, James Andy and the Lion Deedy, Carmen Agra The Yellow Star

DePaola, Tomie Strega Nona Flack, Marjorie Angus and the Ducks Flack, Marjorie Angus Lost Flournoy, Valerie The Patchwork Quilt Freeman, Don Dandelion Fox, Mem Hattie and the Fox Goble, Paul Death of an Iron Horse Hoban, Russell Trouble on Thunder Mountain Hutchins, Pat Rosie’s Walk Kalan, Robert Jump, Frog, Jump! Kellogg, Steven Ralph’s Secret Weapon Lawson, Julie Emma and the Silk Train Leaf, Munro The Story of Ferdinand Lionni, Leo Alexander the Wind-Up Mouse Mahy, Margaret The Boy Who Was Followed Home Martin, Bill Knots on a Counting Rope McCloskey, Robert Lentil McCloskey, Robert Make Way for Ducklings Meddaugh, Susan Hog-Eye Polacco, Patricia Just Plain Fancy Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit Rathmann, Peggy Ruby the Copycat Say, Allen Grandfather’s Journey Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat Sierra, Judy The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story Steig, William Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Turkle, Brinton Do Not Open Van Allsburg, Chris The Stranger Van Allsburg, Chris The Wreck of the Zephyr Williams, Garth The Chicken Book Wisniewski, David Golem Yolen, Jane Encounter Zemach, Harve The Judge Hyperbole Baylor, Byrd The Best Town in the World De Regniers, Beatrice May I Bring a Friend? Gag, Wanda Millions of Cats Hoban, Russell Trouble on Thunder Mountain Hutchins, Pat The Very Worst Monster Kraus, Robert Milton the Early Riser Lum, Kate What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story McPhail, David Pig Pig Rides Meddaugh, Susan Hog-Eye Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat Stolz, Mary Storm in the Night Zemach, Harve The Judge Imagery Baker, Jeannie The Hidden Forest Baylor, Byrd The Best Town in the World Baylor, Byrd Your Own Best Secret Place Bunting, Eve How Many Days to America? DePaola, Tomie An Early American Christmas Dragonwagon, Cresent Home Place Ets, Marie Play with Me Freschet, Berniece The Web in the Grass

Goble, Paul The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Howe, James I Wish I Were a Butterfly Keats, Ezra The Snowy Day Lawson, Julie Emma and the Silk Train Lobel, Arnold The Rose in My Garden MacDonald, Golden Little Island Martin, Bill Knots on a Counting Rope Martin, Jacqueline Briggs Snowflake Bentley McCloskey, Robert Time of Wonder Myers, Christopher Black Cat Myers, Tim Basho and the Fox Parnall, Peter Alfalfa Hill Parnall, Peter Apple Tree Parnall, Peter The Great Fish Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit Rylant, Cynthia When I Was Young in the Mountains Say, Allen The Sign Painter Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat Shefelman, Janice Victoria House Steig, William Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Stolz, Mary Storm in the Night Tresselt, Alvin Hide and Seek Fog Tresselt, Alvin Rain Drop Splash Tresselt, Alvin White Snow Bright Snow Turner, Ann Dakota Dugout Turner, Ann Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War Warnock, Natalie When Spring Comes Wisniewski, David Golem Yolen, Jane Owl Moon Inference Aardema, Verna Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears Allard, Harry Miss Nelson Has a Field Day Allen, Jeffrey Nosey Mrs. Rat Baker, Jeannie The Hidden Forest Cronin, Doreen Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Deedy, Carmen Agra The Yellow Star DePaola, Tomie The Art Lesson DePaola, Tomie Mariana May and Nursey Ets, Marie Play With Me Flack, Marjorie Angus and the Cat Fleischman, Sid The Scarebird Flournoy, Valerie The Patchwork Quilt Hoban, Russell Bedtime for Frances Holl, Adelaide The Rain Puddle Isadora, Rachel Ben’s Trumpet Kroll, Virginia Masai and I Lawson, Julie Emma and the Silk Train Lionni, Leo Inch by Inch Lobel, Arnold The Rose in My Garden Locker, Thomas The Boy Who Held Back the Sea Low, Joseph Mice Twice Lum, Kate What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story McCully, Emily Mirette on the High Wire Meddaugh, Susan Hog-Eye Miles, Miska Annie and the Old One Miller, William The Piano

Parnall, Peter The Great Fish Rayner, Mary Mr. & Mrs. Pig’s Evening Out Say, Allen The Sign Painter Say, Allen Tree of Cranes Schermbrucker, Reviva Charlie’s House Sendak, Maurice Where the Wild Things Are Shulevitz, Uri One Monday Morning Snyder, Dianne The Boy of the Three-Year Nap Steig, William The Amazing Bone Steptoe, John Stevie Stolz, Mary Storm in the Night Turkle, Brinton Do Not Open Turkle, Brinton Obadiah the Bold Turner, Ann Dakota Dugout Van Allsburg, Chris Jumanji Van Allsburg, Chris The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Van Allsburg, Chris The Sweetest Fig Van Allsburg, Chris The Widow’s Broom Van Allsburg, Chris The Wreck of the Zephyr Wisniewski, David Golem Zion, Gene Harry the Dirty Dog Irony Ada, Alma The Golden Coin Alexander, Martha Nobody Asked Me if I Wanted a Baby Sister Allard, Harry It’s So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House Blos, Joan Old Henry Bradbury, Ray Switch on the Night Burningham, John John Patrick Norman McHennessy Cronin, Doreen Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Deedy, Carmen Agra The Yellow Star DePaola, Tomie The Art Lesson Duvoisin, Roger Petunia Ets, Marie Play with Me Flack, Marjorie Angus and the Cat Friedman, Ina How My Parent’s Learned to Eat Henkes, Kevin Chrysanthemum Henkes, Kevin Julius the Baby of the World Hoban, Russell Trouble on Thunder Mountain Howe, James I Wish I Were a Butterfly Hutchins, Pat Rosie’s Walk Hutchins, Pat The Very Worst Monster Johnson, D.B. Henry Hikes to Fitchburg Kasza, Keiko The Wolf’s Kitchen Stew Kraus, Robert Milton the Early Riser Leaf, Munro The Story of Ferdinand Lionni, Leo Frederick Low, Joseph Mice Twice McPhail, David Fix-It Meddaugh, Susan Hog-Eye Myers, Tim Basho and the Fox Parnall, Peter The Mountain Perrault, Charles Cinderella Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit Say, Allen Grandfather’s Journey Scieszka, Jon The Frog Prince Continued Sierra, Judy The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story

Slobodkina, Esphyr Caps for Sale Steig, William Doctor De Soto Steig, William The Amazing Bone Steptoe, John Stevie Thurber, James Many Moons Titherington, Jeanne A Place for Ben Titus, Eve Anatole Van Allsburg, Chris The Sweetest Fig Wisniewski, David Golem Willis, Jeanne The Monster Bed Wood, Audrey King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub Zion, Gene Harry the Dirty Dog Metaphor Bradbury, Ray Switch on the Night Fleischman, Paul Rondo in C Goffstein, M.B. A Writer MacDonald, Golden Little Island Martin, Bill Knots on a Counting Rope Myers, Christopher Black Cat Parnall, Peter Alfalfa Hill Paterson, Katherine The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit Ringgold, Faith Tar Beach Tresselt, Alvin Hide and Seek Fog Tresselt, Alvin White Snow Bright Snow Turner, Ann Dakota Dugout Yolen, Jane Encounter Yolen, Jane Owl Moon Onomatopoeia Cole, Sheila When the Rain Stops Flack, Marjorie Angus and the Ducks Flack, Marjorie Angus Lost Piper, Watty The Little Engine That Could Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit Seuss, Dr. How the Grinch Stole Christmas Parallel Story Grifalconi, Ann The Village of Round and Square Houses Macauley, David Black and White McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal McLeod, Emile The Bear’s Bicycle Miles, Miska Hoagie’s Rifle-Gun Raskin, Ellen Nothing Ever Happens on My Block Sanfield, Steve Bit by Bit Say, Allen Grandfather’s Journey Peters, Lisa The Sun, The Wind and the Rain Parody Arnold, Tedd Ollie Forgot Briggs, Raymond Jim and the Beanstalk Cole, Babette Prince Cinders Kellogg, Steven Chicken Little Scieszka, Jon The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Stern, Robert The House That Bob Built Tolhurst, Marilyn Somebody and the Three Blairs Turkle, Brinton Do Not Open Personification Bunting, Eve Ghost’s Hour

Burton, Virginia The Little House Ets, Marie Gilberto and the Wind Goble, Paul Death of the Iron Horse McKissack, Patricia Flossie and the Fox Steig, William Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Simile Baker, Jeannie The Hidden Forest Bradbury, Ray Switch on the Night Bunting, Eve The Man Who Could Call Down Owls Chaucer, Geoffrey Chanticleer and the Fox Deedy, Carmen Agra The Yellow Star Fleischman, Sid The Scarebird Freschet, Berniece The Web in the Grass Goble, Paul The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Goudey, Alice The Day We Saw the Sun Come Up Lawson, Julie Emma and the Silk Train MacDonald, Golden Little Island Martin, Jacqueline Briggs Snowflake Bentley Myers, Christopher Black Cat Parnall, Peter Alfalfa Hill Say, Allen The Bicycle Man Stolz, Mary Storm in the Night Tresselt, Alvin Hide and Seek Fog Tresselt, Alvin White Snow Bright Snow Turner, Ann Dakota Dugout Turner, Ann Drummer Boy: Marching to the Civil War Turner, Ann Nettie’s Trip South Warnock, Natalie When Spring Comes Williams, Jay Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like Wisniewski, David Golem

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