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On pages 2- 11 my books are alphabetized by author. These books have a direct connection to music. Some are included on my book list (with title listed first) under an appropriate theme beginning on page 12. Those themes currently include:

Jack Tales Appalachia Reading, Books, Schools, and Libraries Rhyming and Poetry Grammar, Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Limericks, Proverbs, Riddles, the Alphabet, and Alliteration Picture Books Persistence, Perseverance, and Dedication Family and Traditions Moods and Changing Behavior Understanding, Unselfishness, and Giving Family and Pets Problem Solving Adventures Special Relationships and Respecting Diversity Folktales and Other Stories From Around the World A Twist on Tall Tales and Legends A Twist on Fairy Tales, Fables, Nursery Rhymes, and Other Stories Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Fables Myths and Legends Mythical Creatures Suspense Government, Politics, History, Geography, and Social Studies Science Connections Environment Math Connections Art Connections. You may choose from these resources, and/or I will help you create a program for any special holiday, occasion, or themed activities. I can also develop a program with direct connections to your classroom curriculum. I will be adding resources regularly, so please check back to my resource site.

Adams, Pam (Illustrator). This Old Man; Old MacDonald; There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Child‟s Play International) Aliki. Go Tell Aunt Rhody Andreae, Giles and David Wojtowycz. Cock-a-doodle-doo, Barnyard Hullabaloo Andreae, Giles and Guy Parker Rees. Giraffes Can‟t Dance Archambault, John. Boom Chicka Rock Armstrong, Louis. Tape to be used with What A Wonderful World Armstrong, Louis. Disney songs the Satchmo way Arnold, Ted. Five Ugly Monsters Asch, Frank. Barnyard Lullaby Augarde, Steve. Playtime Pop-ups. The Itsy Bitsy Spider and other Hand Rhymes Axton, Hoyt. Jeremiah was a Bullfrog! (tape with lyrics) Baer, Gene. Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat Barner, Bob. Dem Bones ------. To Everything (tape of Byrds version) Barnwell, Ysaye M. No Mirrors in My Nana‟s House (CD by Sweet Honey in the Rock) Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful, Illustrated by Neil Waldman 2nd publication is illustrated by Chris Gall Beatles. Yellow Submarine Beaumont, Karen. I Ain‟t Gonna Paint No More! Belafonte, Harry and Lord Burgess. Island In The Sun Berkes, Marianne. Marsh Morning ------. Marsh Music Berlin, Irving. Easter Parade Berry, Holly. Old MacDonald Had a Farm (with tape) Bentely, Dawn and Jeffrey Severn (Adapted and Illustrated). Old MacDonald Had A Farm Bonicatto, Marsha. Christmas Song of the North (Scholastic) Boniface, William. Max the Minnow ------. Mystery in Bugtown Bowden, Joan. Happy Birthday: A Pop-up Treasury of World Birthday Legend and Lore. Bowles, Brad. Grandma‟s Band Boynton, Sandra. Barnyard Dance ------. Rhinoceros Tap and 14 other Seriously Silly Songs (with tape) Brett, Jan. The Twelve Days of Christmas Brown, Ruth. A Dark Dark Tale Bryan, Ashley (Selected and Illustrated by). ------. All Night, All Day: A Child‟s First Book of African American Spirituals ------. What A Wonderful World (written by Weiss and Thiele) Tape available Bucchino, John. Grateful: A Song of Giving Thanks, with original recording by Art Garfunkel Buehner, Carolyn. Snowmen and Christmas

Buffet, Jimmy and Savanah Jane. The Jolly Mon (with tape) Bunting, Eve. December ------. Sing a Song of Piglets Cabrera, Jane. Ten In the Bed Canyon, Christopher. John Denver‟s Sunshine On My Shoulders ------. John Denver‟s Take Me Home, Country Roads Carle, Eric. I See A Song Carpenter, Mary Chapin. Dreamland (A Lullaby) Song Appears on Party Doll CD by Mary Chapin Carpenter ------. Halley Came To Jackson (With Tape) Carter, David. Bugs Pop-up Books ------. Bugs in Space ------. Bugs that go Bump in the Night ------. Chanukah Bugs ------. Easter Bugs ------. How many Bugs in a Box? ------. If You‟re Happy and You Know It ------. Jingle Bugs ------. More Bugs in Boxes ------. Peekaboo Bugs ------. The 12 Bugs of Christmas Catalano, Dominic. Frog Went A-Courting ------. Wolf Plays Alone CDs: A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein) American Folksongs for Children (Mike and Peggy Seeger) Dinosaurs, Big Songs Catch the Moon (Lisa Loeb) The Sound of Music (Rodgers and Hammerstein) The Wizard of Oz (CBS Special Products) Cauley, Lorinda Bryan. Clap Your Hands (with tape) Chalk, Gary. Mr. Frog Went a-Courtin‟ Charles, Bobby. Solution To Pollution: The Children‟s Environmental Program (Tape) Cherry Lane Music Company. The Giant Book of Children‟s Songs Child, Lydia Maria. Over the River and Through the Woods (Reading Rainbow Book) Christelow, Eileen (Retold and Illustrated) ------. Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree (with tape) ------. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Coco, Eugene Bradley. The Fiddler‟s Son Colandro, Lucille. ------. There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow ------. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell

------. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell Cooper, Floyd. Cumbayah Coplon, Emily, Doris Orgel, and Ellen Schecter. She‟ll Be Coming Around The Mountain Cox, Judy. My Family Plays Music Crebbin, June. Cows in the Kitchen Dale, Penny. Ten In the Bed (Discovery Toys) Davies, Gill, Illustrated by Gill Guile. Ten in a Bed A Pop-Up Counting Book Delamare, David. The Twelve Days of Christmas Dewhirst, Carin and Joan (adapted by), narrated by Leonard Bernstein. Peter and the Wolf (CD and book) Dickinson, Rebecca. The Happy Hedgehog Band ------. The 13 Nights of Halloween Dillon, Leo and Diane. Rap A Tap Tap ------. To Every Thing There is a Season Discovery Toys. Sounds Like Fun (Tape Only) Disney. Children‟s Favorites (Volumes one and two with book and tape) Disney. Silly Songs (With Tape) Disney. The Lion King (With Tape) Disney. Travel Songs (With tape) Dodds, Ann. Sing Sophie Dominion Entertainment. Kids Spooky Tunes and Stories (Tape Only) Downey, Lynn. The Flea‟s Sneeze Dudley, Dick. Old McDonald Had A Farm (A Barron‟s Pop-up Song Book) Dylan, Bob. Forever Young Eagle, Kin. Hey Diddle Diddle ------. Humpty Dumpty ------. It‟s Raining, It‟s Pouring ------. Rub A Dub Dub Ember, Kathi. Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Little Golden Book) English, Tracey. Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Lift and Look Counting Book) Erbsen, Wayne. Front Porch Old-Time Songs, Jokes, and Stories Faulkner, Keith. Ten Little Monkeys, A Counting Storybook Field, Eugene W. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod Fitzgerald, Ella. a-tisket a-tasket Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter For our Children. Music to Benefit Pediatric Aids Foundation (tape only) Fountain, Clara Garrett. The Wreck of The Old 97 Fox, Mem. Hunwick‟s Egg Frazee, Marla (illustrator). Hush, Little Baby Garcia, Jerry and David Grisman. ------. The Teddy Bear‟s Picnic (with tape)

------. There Ain‟t No Bugs On Me (This tape contains the word “hell” at the end of the song where it reads “heck” in the book (with tape) ------. What Will You Wear Jenny Jenkins? (with tape) Garriel, Barbara S. I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello Garson, Eugenia(Compiled and Edited by). The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook Gershwin, Dubose and Heyward Gershwin. Paintings by Mike Wimmer. Summertime (from Porgy and Bess) Gibson, Akimi (adapted by). There‟s A Hole In My Pocket Gold, Julie. From A Distance (CD available by Nanci Griffith or Bette Midler) Golden Book. I Know An Old Lady (Golden Sound Story) Gollub, Matthew. Gobble, Quack, Moon (with CD) ------. Jazz Fly (with CD) Goodhart, Pippa. Row, Row, Row Your Boat Goss, Linda. The Frog Who Wanted To Be A Singer Griffin, Rachel. Twelve Days of Christmas Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Illustrated by Steven Kellogg Guback, Georgia. The Carolers Gunson, Christopher. Over On The Farm: A Counting Picture Book Rhyme Guthrie, Woody and Marjorie Mazia. Woody‟s 20 Grow Big Songs (With Tape) Guthrie, Woody. Howdi Do (with CD) ------. This Land Is Your Land (paintings by Kathy Jakobsen) Hague, Kathleen. Ten Little Bears: A Counting Rhyme Hallmark. Stories of Santa, Up on the Housetop and Jolly Old St. Nicholas Halpern, Shari (Illustrator). Hush Little Baby Hamanaka, Shelia (Pictures), Larry La Prise, Charles P Macak, and Baker Taftt (Words). The Hokey Pokey (also in paperback) Harding, Emma. Cock-a-doodle-do! Harley, Bill. Sitting Down To Eat Harness, Cheryl. The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal Hautzig, Deborah. Big Bird Plays the Violin Hayes, Ann. Meet The Orchestra Hayes. Geoffrey. The Ants Go Marching Highlights Summer Songs Hillenbrand, Will. Down by the Station ------. Fiddle-I-Fee Hoberman, Mary Ann and Nadine Bernard Westcott (Adapted). ------. Bill Grogan‟s Goat ------. Miss Mary Mack (with tape) ------. The Eensy-Weensy Spider (with tape) ------. There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnegan ------. Yankee Doodle Holmes, Brent. Cow Tunes for Kids (Tape Only)

Holt, David. I Got A Bullfrog: Folksongs For The Fun Of It (tape and lyrics) Hooper, Caroline. The Usborne Nursery Rhyme Songbook Hort, Lenny. The Seals on the Bus (with tape) Houston, Gloria. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree Hubbard, Patricia. Trick or Treat Countdown Hudson, Wade and Cheryl (Selected by), Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. How Sweet The Sound, African American Songs For Children (book and tape) Hurd, Thacher. Mama Don‟t Allow (Reading Rainbow Book with video and CD) Igloo Books Ltd. The Wheels on the Bus a pop-up book Isadora, Rachel. Ben‟s Trumpet (Scholastic) Jackson, Alison. I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie Janovitz, Marilyn. Hey Diddle Diddle Jennings, Linda and Newton, Tania Hurt. Mary Had A Little Lamb(With lift-the-flaps and giant fold out page, sheep included Johnson, James Weldon. Lift Every Voice and Sing (paperback and hardback) Johnson, Paul Brett. Little Bunny Foo Foo Jones, Bessie and Bess Lomax Hawes. Step It Down, A Book of Games, Plays, Songs and Stories from the Afro-American Heritage Jones, Carol (Illustrator). Old MacDonald Had a Farm ------. This Old Man (arranged by John Ave) Judd, Naomi. Guardian Angels (with CD) ------. Love Can Build A Bride (with tape) Kaiser, Cecily. If You‟re Angry and You Know It Karas G. Brian. I Know an Old Lady Karim, Roberta. Faraway Grandpa Karlin, Nurit. Ten Little Bunnies Katz, Alan. I‟m Still Here in the Bathtub-brand new silly songs ------. Take Me Out of the bathtub and other silly dilly songs Kellogg, Steven. A Hunting We Will Go ------. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago ------. Yankee Doodle Kemp, Moira. Humpty Dumpty (a Pop-up book) Kherdian, David and Nonny Hogaogian. The Cat‟s Midsummer Jamboree Kirk, Daniel. Hush, Little Alien (with tape) Knight, Hillary. The Twelve Days of Christmas Koller, Jackie French. Bouncing On The Bed Kovalski, Maryann. The Wheels On The Bus: An Adaptation of the Traditional Song Kroll, Virginia and Katherine Roundtree. Wood Hoopoe Willie Langstaff, John. Over in the Meadow ------. Frog Went A-Courtin‟ Lansky, Bruce. Mary Had a Little Jam Leanord, Hal (publishing). Big Book of Children‟s Songs

Lisa W. Nikola-. Shake Dem Halloween Bones Lisberg, Rachel. Do Your Ears Hang Low? (with tape) Lishak, Anthony. Row Your Boat (pop-up and push tabs) Litzinger, Roasanne. The Wheels on the Bus. A Musical Pop-up Book Locker, Thomas. Anna and the Bagpiper London, Jonathan. Who Bop? Long, Sylvia. Hush Little Baby Loomis, Christine. The Hippo Hop Looney Tunes. Special Delivery Symphony Loredo, Elizabeth. Boogie Bones Los Lobos. Papa‟s Dream. (Tape only) Mahal, Taj. Shake Sugaree (tape with lyrics) award winner for the Association For Library Service to Children Mallett, David. Inch by Inch, The Garden Song Manson, Christopher. The Tree in the Wood Martin, Bill Jr. and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (with tape) Martin, Bill Jr., Michael Sampson, and Lois Ehlert. Chicka Chicka 1 2 3 Martin, Bill Jr. and Vladimir Radunsky. The Maestro Plays McCurdy, Michael. The Old Man and the Fiddle McGovern, Maureen. I Want to Learn to Fly McPhail, David. Mole Music Medearis, Angela Shelf. Seven Spools of Thread Mellentin, Kath. Five Little Speckled Frogs Messenger, Jannat (Illustrator). Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: A Lullaby Book with Light and Music Metropolitan Museum of Art. ------. Lullabies, An Illustrated Songbook ------. Songs of the Wild West (arrangements by Dan Fox) Metzger, Steve. Five Little Bats Flying in the Night Meyrick, Kathryn (Illustrator). The Musical Life of Gustav Mole (Discovery Toys by Child‟s Play, with tape Millen, C. M. The Low-Down Laundry Line Blues Miller, J. Philip and Sheppard M. Greene. We All Sing with the Same Voice Millman, Isaac. Moses Goes to a Concert (Sign Language) Moss, Lloyd. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin ------. Music Is Muller, Robin and Suzanne Duranceau. Hickory, Dickory Dock. (Scholastic, with tape) Myers, Walter Dean. The Blues of Flats Brown Nelson, Kadir. He‟s Got the Whole World in His Hands Nelson, Steve and Jack Rollins. Frosty the Snowman Newcome, Zita. Toddlerobics Nick Jr. Gullah Gullah Island. Simeon Says Play Music

Norworth, Jack, Illustrations by Alec Gillman. Take Me Out to the Ballgame Numeroff, Laura. Chimps Don‟t Wear Glasses ------. If You Give a Moose a Muffin ------. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ------. If You Give a Pig a Pancake ------. If You Take a Mouse to School ------. If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Nygaard, Elizabeth. Snake Alley Band Offen, Hilda. A Fox Got My Socks ------. The Sheep Made A Leap (Discovery Toys) O‟Malley. There Was A Crooked Man (movable parts book) Oppenheim, Joanne. Eency Weency Spider ------. Row, Row, Row Your Boat Ormerod, Jan. Ms. MacDonald Has A Class Paparone, Pam (Illustrator). Who Built the Ark? Paradise Press. Favorite children‟s Songs. ------. I‟m a Little Teapot ------. Old MacDonald Had a Farm ------. The Itsy Bitsy Spider ------. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Paris, Pat (Illustrator). Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Barron‟s Pop-up Song Book) Parton, Dolly. Coat of Many Colors (tape or CD available) Paul, Ann Whitford. Hello Toes! Hello Feet! Paxton, Tom. Engelbert The Elephant ------. Going to the Zoo Peek, Merle (Adapted and Illustrated). Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers (With tape) Peek, Merle (Illustrator). The Balancing Act: A Counting Song Peter Pan Records. Trollies: Radio Show Sing-a-long Pickney, Andrea Davis and Brian Pickney. Duke Ellington Pickney, Brian. Max Found Two Sticks Pienkowski, Jan. Oh My a Fly Plume, Ilse (Illustrator). Lullaby and Goodnight~Songs and Poems For Babies~ Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows Price, Kathy. The Bourbon Street Musicians Purdy, Carol. Mrs. Merriwether‟s Musical Cat Rabbit Ears contains a tape or CD with most books Rabbit Ears Productions: ------. Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby ------. Finn McCoul ------. Follow The Drinking Gourd ------. How The Leapard Got His Spots

------. How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin ------. John Henry ------. King Midas ------. Noah and the Ark ------. Squanto and the First Thanksgiving ------. The Bremen Town Musicians ------. The Emperor and the Nightingale ------. The Emperor‟s New Clothes ------. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ------. The White Cat Rand, Ted. Faraway Grandpa Raschka, Chris. Simple Gifts (with CD) Reader‟s Digest. Children‟s Songbook Reeves, Howard W. There Was An Old Witch Richardson, John. Ten Bears In a Bed (a pop-up counting book) Ring A Ring O‟Roses (Finger Plays for Pre-School Children) Robinson, Sandra Chisholm. The Rainstick. A Fable Rock n‟ Learn. Nursery Rhymes. Caudle, Brad and Richard. The Little Red Hen and The Ugly Duckling(with tape), and Nursery Rhymes Roddie, Shen and Maureen Roffey. Tambourina‟s Troubles (A Pop-up Storybook) Rodgers‟ and Hammerstein‟s. In My Own Little Corner ------. My Favorite Things Roffey, Maureen and Bernard Lodge. The Grand Old Duke of York Rogers, Sally. Earthsong Rosen, Michael and Arthur Robins. Little Rabbit Foo Foo (with tape) Rosenberg, Jane. Play Me a Story-A Child‟s Introduction to Classical Music Through Stories and Poems Rounds, Glen. I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Rubel, Nicola. Conga Crocodile Ryan, Pam Munoz. When Marian Sang Sabuda, Robert (Illustrator). ------. America The Beautiful ------. I Hear America Singing (written by Walt Whitman) ------. The Christmas Alphabet ------. The 12 Days of Christmas-A Pop-Up Celebration ------. Winter‟s Tale Savage, Ann (illustrator). The Twelve Days of Christmas-A song To Unfold with Windows to Open and Words to Sing Schnetzler, Pattie. Ten Little Dinosaurs Scholastic. Las Navidades: Popular Christmas Songs From Latin America (With Tape) Scholastic. ------. A Band of Coyotes

------. America The Beautiful B-I-N-G-O, Illustrated by Hans Wilhelm ------. Do Your Ears Hang Low? and other Silly songs (with tape) ------. The Ants Go Marching One By One (with tape) ------. The Wheels on the Bus and Other Transportation Songs (with tape) Schroeder, Alan. Satchmo‟s Blues Schwartz, Amy. Old MacDonald Scruggs, Joe. Best of (tape only) Discovery Toys Seeger, Pete. Abiyoyo (Reading Rainbow Book) (with tape) ------. Turn! Turn! Turn! Illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin (with CD) Sesame Street. Elmo Sing-along Songs (with microphone) Shaik, Fatima. The Jazz of our Street Sheldon, Dyan. The Whale‟s Song Sherman, Allan and Lou Busch. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! Siebert, Diane. Train Song Siegelson, Kim. Dancing the Ring Shout! Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends (CD available) Simon, Carly. Midnight Farm Sing With Me Books. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush Singer, Marilyn. Monster Museum Siomades, Lorianne. The Itsy Bitsy Spider Slavin, Bill (Illustrator). The Cat Came Back Sloat, Teri. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout! Songs of Kiwanis Songbook Spier, Peter (Illustrator). The Star Spangled Banner (Reading Rainbow Book) Spin A Song Storybook. The Wheels On The Bus Staines, Bill (words and music), Pictures by Margot Zemach. All God‟s Critters Got A Place in the Choir Stewart, Sarah. The Library Sturgis, Philemon. She‟ll Be Comin‟ „Round the Mountain Suzuki Violin School #1. Tape only Sweet, Melissa (adapted and illustrated by). Fiddle-I-Fee Taback, Simms. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Tazewell, Charles. The Littlest Angel There Was a Crooked Man, Little Simon Merchandise (Pop-up book) Toms, Kate. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Trapani, Iza (Told and Illustrated by) Hardback or Scholastic makes a paperback/tape combination for the following: ------. Baa Baa Black Sheep ------. Froggie Went A-Courtin ------. How Much Is That Doggie in the Window ------. I‟m A Little Teapot ------. Mary Had a Little Lamb

------. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? ------. Shoo Fly! ------. The Itsy Bitsy Spider ------. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Trollies Radio Show and Sing-a-Longs (with tape) Troupe, Quincy. Little Stevie Wonder (with CD) Videos: ------. Blues Clues: Rhythm and Blue ------. Carnival of the Animals ------. Peter and the Wolf ------. The Adventures of Peer Gynt ------. The Nutcracker ------. Wizard of Oz Vozar, David. ------. M.C. Turtle and the Hip Hop Hare: A Happenin‟ Rap ------. Yo, Hungry Wolf: A Nursery Rap Waddell, Bill and Jill Barton. The Happy Hedgehog Band Wallner, John. Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Musical Pup-up Book) Warnock, Natalie Kinsey. The Fiddler of The Northern Lights Warren, Holly George. Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels Weeks, Sarah. Crocodile Smile (with tape) Weiss, George David and Bob Thiele. What A Wonderful World Wescott, Nadine Bernard. Easter Egg Hunt (A pop-up book) ------. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly ------. I‟ve Been Working On The Railroad ------. Peanut Butter and Jelly (with tape) ------. Skip to My Lou (with tape) ------. The Lady with the Alligator Purse ------. There‟s a Hole in the Bucket (with tape) We‟re Back. A Dinosaur‟s Story (with tape) Wheeler, Lisa. Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story ------. Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy Where is Thumbkin? The Learning Station. Tape only Whittaker, Roger. Children‟s songs. Tape only Wiese, Kurt. Happy Easter Wing, Natasha. The Night Before Easter Yarrow, Pater and Lenny Lipton. Puff the Magic Dragon (with CD) Yuccarino, Dan (Pictures) Five Little Pumpkins (Scholastic) Zelinsky, Paul. The Wheels On The Bus (a book with parts that move) Ziefert, Harriet. Animal Music ------. I Need an Easter Egg

Thematically categorized books:

Jack Tales:

The Jack Tales: Stories by Ray Hicks as told to Lynn Salsi, Owen Smith

Appalachia:

Walking Ribbon, Julia Taylor Ebel, Cheryl Powell Smoky Mountain Rose, An Appalachian Cinderella, Alan Schroeder T is for Tar Heel, A North Carolina Alphabet, Carol Crane Ashpet, An Appalachian Tale, retold by Joanne Compton Step in Time, A History of Clogging, Sarah Smith, April Eve Hill The Tree Farmer, Chuck Leavell and Nicholas Cravotta, Rebecca Bleau (The National Arbor Day Foundation Award Winner 2007) MeeMa‟s Memory Quilt, Jane Wilson and Michaele Hass Appalachia, The Voices of Sleeping Birds, Cynthia Rylant, Barry Moser Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton Goldilocks and the Three Bears, A Country Storybook as told by Pam Tillis My Great-Aunt Arizona, Gloria Houston, Susan Condie Lamb The Year of The Perfect Christmas Tree, Gloria Houston Appalachian ABCs, Francie Hall, Kent Oehm Jack and the Animals, An Appalachian Folktale, Donald Davis, Kitty Harvill When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Caldecott Honor Book) Addie Clawson: Appalachian Mail Carrier, Julia Taylor Ebel, Sherry Jensen

Reading, Books, Schools, and Libraries:

The Library, Sarah Stewart, David Small Please Bury Me in the Library, J. Patrick Lewis, Kyle M. Stone Library Lion, Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee The Bully from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee

The Substitute Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee The Class Pet from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee The Book Fair from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee The Gym Teacher from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee The Principal from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee The Librarian from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee My Teacher for President, Kay Winters, Denise Brunkus The Wednesday Surprise, Eve Bunting, Donald Carrick Read With Dick and Jane: Fun With Dick and Jane, Grosset and Dunlap Easy-To-Tell Stories for Young Children, Annette Harrison Beatrice Doesn‟t Want To, Laura Numeroff, Lynn Munsinger The Pagemaster, David Kirschner and Ernie Contreras, Jerry Tiritilli, Based on the Screenplay by David Casci, David Kirschner, and Ernie Contreras

Rhyming and Poetry: The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, Jack Prelutsky, Petra Mathers Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes, Joanna Cole, Alan Tiegreen Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein Where The Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein A Giraffe and a Half, Shel Silverstein The Classic Treasury of Silly Poetry, Edited by Jane P. Resnick, Joan Gallup The Real Mother Goose, Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright A Child‟s Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson, Eul Alie A Treasure Chest of Nursery Favorites, Pictures by Margaret Evans Price and Milo Winter A Visit To William Blake‟s Inn: Poems For Innocent and Experienced Travelers, Nancy Willard, Alice and Martin Provensen (John Newberry Medal and Caldecott Honor Book) No More Homework! No More Test!: Kids Favorite Funny School Poems, Selected By Bruce Lansky, Stephen Carpenter Zoo Doings, Jack Prelutsky, Paul O. Zelinsky When The Teacher Isn‟t Looking and Other Funny School Poems, Kenn Nesbitt, Mike Gordon Put Your Eyes Up Here and Other School Poems, Kalli Dakos, G. Brian Karas Joyful Noise: Peoms for Two Voices, Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows The Snake‟s Mistake, Keith Faulkner and Jonathan Lambert Chimps Don‟t Wear Glasses, Laura Numeroff, Joe Mathieu

Haiku Hike, Written and Illlustrated by fourth grade students of St. Mary‟s Catholic School in Mansfield, MA (Kids Are Authors Award) Poetry For Young People Series: Robert Browning, Lewis Carroll, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Frost, Langton Hughes, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Lear, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams Giant Children, Brad Bagert, Tedd Arnold The Flea‟s Sneeze, Lynn Downey, Karla Firehammer

Grammar, Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Limericks, Proverbs, Riddles, the Alphabet and Alliteration:

Even More Parts, Tedd Arnold There‟s A Frog in My Throat, Loreen Leedy, Pat Street Animalia, Graeme Base Laughable Limericks, Compiled by Sara and John E. Brewton, Ingrid Fetz Irish Proverbs, Compiled by Laurence Flanagan Welsh Proverbs, Compiled by Tegwyn Jones, Brian Fitzgerald Dictionary of Idioms, Marvin Terban Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack, Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin Nitty-Gritte Grammar: A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication, Edith H. Fine and Judith P. Josephson Animal Riddles, Edited by Victoria Fremont, Nina Barbaresi Watch William Walk, Ann Jonas Is Your Mama a Llama?, Deborah Guarino, Steven Kellogg

Picture Books

Snow, Isao Sasaki Flotsam, David Weisner (Caldecott Medal and New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children‟s Book Awards) Dinosaur Dream, Robin Michal Koontz

Persistence, Perseverance, and Dedication:

John‟s Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon, Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier Harrry‟s Stormy Night, Una Leavy, Peter Utton Beatrice‟s Goat, Page McBrier, Lori Lohstoeter, with an afterword by Hillary Rodham Clinton The Endless Pavement, Jacqueline Jackson and William Perlmutter, Richard Cuffari Bumper Tubbs, David McPhail Emmett‟s Snowball, Ned Miller, Susan Guevara Albie the Lifeguard, Louise Borden, Elizabeth Sayles BIG Chickens, Leslie Helakoski, Henry Cole Duck for President, Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin

Family and Traditions:

A Sweet, Sweet Basket, Margie Willis Clary, Dennis L. Brown Once Upon a Time and Grandma, Lenore Blegvad Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holidays, Gilda Berger, Paintings by Peter Catalanotto I Heard Said the Bird, Polly Berrien Berends, Brad Sneed

Moods and Changing Behavior:

Yesterday I Had the Blues, Jeron Ashford Frame, R. Gregory Christie (Ezra Jack Keats Book Award) Olivia forms a band, Ian Falconer

Lessons on Understanding, Unselfishness, and Giving:

The Gift of the Magi, O‟Henry, Lisbeth Zwerger The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde, Joanna Isles Fire flies!, Julie Brinckloe Stories For Children, Oscar Wilde, P.J. Lynch The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real, Margery Williams, Michael Green

Zen Shorts, Jon J Muth Jamaica‟s Find, Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O‟Brien Alice the Fairy, David Shannon No, David, David Shannon David Gets in Trouble, David Shannon

Family and Pets:

Not Norman: A Goldfish Story, Kelly Bennett, Noah Z. Jones Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School, Mark Teague Good Boy Fergus!, David Shannon The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!, Cynthia Rylant, Mark Teague Millions of Cats, Wanda Ga‟g (Newberry Honor Book) Floss, Kim Lewis Snow Family, Daniel Kirk I Wanna Iguana, Karen Kaufman Orloff, David Catrow Oma and Bobo, Amy Scwartz Timothy and Gramps, Ron Brooks I‟m not Going Out There!, Paul Bright, Ben Cort M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet, Helen L. Wilbur, Robert Papp Moondog, Alice Hoffman and Wolfe Martin, Yumi Heo How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?, Jane Yolen, Mark Teague Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, William Steig (The Caldecott Medal) Geraldine‟s Blanket, Holly Keller Geraldine First, Holly Keller Geraldine‟s Baby Brother, Holly Keller Dogzilla, Dav Pilkey Kat Kong, Dav Pilkey

Problem Solving:

Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young (Caldecott Medal) Make Way For Ducklings, Robert McCloskey (Caldecott Medal) Mrs. McBloom, CLEAN UP Your Classroom! Kelly DiPucchio, Guy Francis Daisy Comes Home, Jan Brett

The Little Squeegy Bug, Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, Patrick Corrigan The Turnip, Janina Domanska Dragon Stew, Tom McGowen, Trina Schart Hyman

Adventures:

Moldy Warp The Mole, Allison Uttley, Margaret Tempest Mooncake, Frank Asch Moonbear‟s Shadow, Frank Asch Moonbear‟s Pet, Frank Asch Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo, William Joyce Dinosaur Dream, Dennis Nolan The Trek, Ann Jonas Dooby Dooby Moo, Coreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin The Knobby Boys to the Rescue, Wende and Harry Devlin Little Cliff and the Cold Place, Clifton L. Taulbert, E. B. Lewis The Day Jimmy‟s Boa Ate the Wash, Trinka Hakes Noble, Steven Kellogg The Subway Mouse, Barbara Reid Mud Puddle, Robert Munsch, Sami Suomalainen White Snow Bright Snow, Alvin Tresselt, Roger Duvoisin Duck on a Bike, David Shannon

Special Relationships and Respecting Diversity:

The Hello, Goodbye Window, Norton Juster, Chris Raschka (Caldecott Medal) Owen & Mazee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship, Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Photographs by Peter Greste Tennis Shoe Love, Joe Shannon, Suzie Huskins Bà-Năm, Jeanne M. Lee You Are Special, Max Lucado, Sergio Martinez Eulalie and the Hopping Head, David Small Hunwick‟s Egg, Mem Fox Honey…Honey…Lion!: A Story From Africa, Jan Brett Knuffle Bunny, Mo Willems Rebel, Allan Baillie, Di Wu Duck at the Door, Jackie Urbanovic

Daisy and the Doll, Michael Medearis and Angela Shelf Medearis, Paintings by Larry Johnson The Important Book, Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard How Droofis The Dragon Lost His Head, Bill Peet Fish and Flamingo, Nancy White Carlstrom, Lisa Desimini A Bad Case of Stripes, David Shannon Emma Kate, Patricia Polacco Pinduli, Janell Cannon

Folktales and Other Stories From Around the World:

Akimba and the Magic Cow, Retold by Anne Rose, Woodcuts by Hope Meryman The Lion and the Gypsy, Geoffrey Patterson The Dancing Granny, Retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan Tales Alive: Multicultural Folktales with Activities as retold by Susan Milord, Paintings by Michael A. Donato Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales To Tell, Pleasant DeSpain, Joe Shlichta Bo Rabbit, Smart For True: Tall Tales from the Gullah, Priscilla Jaquith, Ed Young The Lizard and the Sun: La Lagartija y el Sol, Alma Flor Ada, Felipe Dávalos Little Inchkin, Fiona French Anansi The Spider: A Tale From the Ashanti, Gerald McDermott (Caldecott Medal) Nine-In-One GRR! GRR! Told by Blia Xiong, Adapted by Cathy Spagnoli, Illustrated by Nancy Hom Pulling the Lion‟s Tail, Jane Kurtz, Floyd Cooper Wiley and the Hairy Man, Molly Garrett Bang Josephine‟s Imagination, Arnold Dobrin Flying With the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear: Stories From Native North America, Told by Joseph Bruchac Tales of nanabozho, Dorothy M. Reid, Donald Grant How Glooskap Outwits The Ice Giants and Other Tales of the Maritime Indians, Retold by Howard Norman, Wood Engravings by Michael McCur The Folktale Cat, Edited by Frank de Caro, Kitty Harvill Gluskabe and the Four Wishes, Retold by Joseph Bruchac, Christine Nyburg Shrader Dancing With The Indians, Angela Shelf Medearis, Samuel Byrd The Green Man, Gail Haley The Story of Yuriwaka, Erik and Masako Haugaard, Birgitta Saflund

Johnny-cake, William Stobbs The Jungle Book, Disney Crow Boy, Taro Yashima (Caldecott Honor Book) One Fine Day, Nonny Hogrogian (Caldecott Honor Book) Tales From Shakespeare, Tina Packer A STORY A STORY: An African Tale, Retold and Illustrated by Gail E. Haley

A Twist on Tall Tales and Legends:

The Bunyans, Audrey Wood, David Shannon Paul Bunyan Finds A Wife, Adele deLeeuw The Windigo‟s Return: A North Woods Story, Douglas Wood, Greg Couch John Henry, Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Caldecott Medal) Old Dry Frye: A Deliciously Funny Tall Tale, Paul Brett Johnson Paul Bunyan, Steven Kellogg Johnny Appleseed, Steven Kellogg Mike Fink, Steven Kellogg Pecos Bill, Steven Kellogg Heat Wave, Helen Ketteman, Scott Goto

A Twist on Fairy Tales, Fables, Nursery Rhymes, and Other Stories:

Goldilocks and the Three Bears as told by Pam Tillis, Jane Chambless Wright (with CD) Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella, Alan Schroeder, Brad Sneed The Matzo Ball Boy, Lisa Shulman, Rosanne Litzinger The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenberry The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales, Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith (Caldecott Medal) The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! By A. Wolf, Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith The Three Silly Billies, Margie Palatini, Barry Moser Gingerbread Baby, Jan Brett Armadilly Chili, Helen Ketteman, Will Terry Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, Mike Artell, Jim Harris

The Three Pigs, David Wiesner (Caldecott Medal) The Pot That Juan Built, Nancy Andrews-Goebel, David Diaz Wolf! Wolf!, John Rocco Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl, Virginia Hamilton, Paintings by James E. Ransome Fairytale News, Colin and Jacqui Hawkins The Book That Jack Wrote, Jon Scieszka, Paintings by Daniel Adel My Lucky Day, Keiko Kasza The Dog Who Cried Wolf, Keiko Kasza Rufferella, Vanessa Gill-Brown, Mandy Stanley Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale, Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella, Tony Johnston, James Warhola CinderHazel!: The Cinderella of Halloween, Deborah Nourse Lattimore Yo, Hungry Wolf!: A Nursery Rap, David Vozar, Betsy Lewin Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp, Mercer Mayer A Frog in the Bog, Karma Wilson, Joan Rankin Cajun Night Before Christmas, “Trosclair,” Edited by Howard Jacobs, James Rice You Read to Me, I‟ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together, Mary Ann Hoberman, Michael Emberley Ashpet: An Appalachian Tale, Retold by Joanne Compton, Kenn Compton This is the Teacher, Rhonda Gowler Greene, Mike Lester Manana, Iguana, Ann Whitford Paul, Ethan Lon

Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Fables:

A Treasury of Ten Tiny Tales, Unicorn Publishing House Fables, Arnold Lobel (Caldecott Medal) Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back, Shel Silverstein Jack and the Whoopee Wind, Mary Calhoun, Dick Gackenbach The Magic Fishbone, Charles Dickens, F.D. Bedford Aesop‟s Fables For Modern Readers, Illustrated by Eric Carle Friedman‟s Fables, Edwin H. Friedman Hansel and Gretel, The Brothers Grimm, Translated by Charles Scribner, Jr., Adrienne Adams Fish Fry Tonight, Jackie French Koller, Catharine O‟Neill The Lion and the Mouse & Other Fables, Aesop, Retold by Andrea Stacy Leach, Holly Hannon The Last Bit-Bear: A Fable, Sandra Chisholm Robinson, Ellen Ditzler

Frederick, Leo Lionni Caldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Children‟s Book, A New York Times Best Illustrated Children‟s book of the Year) Chanticleer and the Fox, Adapted from the Canterbury Tales, Barbara Cooney, The Caldecott Medal) Puss in Boots, Charles Perrault, Fred Marcellino, Translated by Malcolm Arthur (Caldecott Honor Book) The Aesop for Children, Milo Winter The Rainstick: A Fable, Sandra Chisholm Robinson, Peter Grosshauser

Myths and Legends:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving, Michael Garland The Ring in the Prairie: A Shawnee Legend, Edited by John Bierhorst, Leo and Daine Dillon The Earth Is On a Fish‟s Back: Tales of Beginnings, Natalia Belting, Esta Nesbitt Stories From Wales, Gwyn Jones American Indian Myths and Legends, Selected and Edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz Wonder stories: The Best Myths For Girls and Boys, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Clara M. Burd The First Book of Mythology: Greek/Roman, Kathleen Elgin The First Book of Legendary Beings, Helen Jacobson, Lewis Zack Mythical Creatures:

Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons, Greg Hildebrandt Giants and Fairies, Retold by Mildred L. Kerr, Elisabeth Harner, and Frances Ross, Illustrations by Bert Tildeman, Ray Evans, Jr., and Fern Bisel Peat Dragon and Monster Tales, retold by Corinne Denan, Jennie Williams

Suspense:

The Signalman, Charles Dickens, Adapted by I.M. Richardson, Hal Ashmead The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe, Adapted by David E. Cutts, Monroe Eisenberg The Nightmare Ship, Adapted by I.M. Richardson, Ann Toulmin-Rothes

Creepy Classis: Hair-raising horror from the master of the macabre, Edited by Mary Hill, Dominick R. Domingo Humbug Witch, Lorna Balian

Government, Politics, History, Geography, and Social Studies:

My Senator and Me: A Dog‟s-Eye View of Washington, D.C., Senator Edward M. Kennedy, David Small The Train of States, Peter Sis We The Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, David Catrow John, Paul, George, and Ben, Lane Smith The Butterfly, Patricia Polacco Rosa, Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier (Caldecott Honor Book) Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Eleanor Coerr The Cats in Krasinski Square, Karen Hesse, Wendy Watson Y is for Yellowhammer: An Alabama Alphabet, Carol Crane, Ted Burn The Picture Man, Julia Taylor Ebel, Idalia Canter Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, Gene Barretta All About Codes, Gail Blasser Riley Kate Heads West, Pat Brisoon, Rick Brown M is for Majestic: A National Parks Alphabet, David Domeniconi, Pam Carroll Henry‟s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, Ellen Levine, Kadire Nelson The Matchlock Gun, Walter D. Edmonds, Paul Lantz (Chosen by the American Library Association as The Most Distinguished Contribution to Literature for Children published in 1941

Science Connections:

Dancing With the Manatees, Faith McNulty, Lena Shiffman J. Rooker, Manatee, Jan Haley, Paul Brent Pieces of Another World, Mara Rockliff, Salima Alikhan Science Verse, Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith The Umbrella, Jan Brett

Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy, Carl R. Sames II & Jean Stoick (Benjamin Franklin Award, Publishers Marketing Association The Glow-in-the-Dark Book of Animal Skeletons, Regina Kahney, Christopher Santoro Gregory, the Terrible Eater, Mitchell Sharmat, Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey Swimmy, Leo Linni (Caldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Children‟s Book, A New York Times Best Illustrated Children‟s book of the Year) A Good Day‟s Fishing, James Prosek Dinner Time, Jan Pieńkowski Animals Animals, Eric Carle Chickens Aren‟t The Only Ones, Ruth Heller Grossology Begins at Home: The Science of Really Gross Things in Your Everyday Life, Sylvia Branzei, Jack Keely Down By the Cool of the Pool, Tony Mitton, Guy Parker-Rees

Environment:

Is There Really a Human Race?, Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell Save Our Planet: 750 Everyday Ways You Can Help Clean Up The Earth, Diane MacEachern Sharing Nature With Children, Joseph Cornell Earth Child: Games, Stories, Activities, Experiments, & Ideas About Living Lightly on Planet Earth, Kathryn Sheehan and Mary Waidner, P.H.D. Hands – On Nature: Information and Activities for Exploring the Environment with Children, Edited by Jenepher Lingelbach Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children, Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac The Complete Amateur Naturalist: Look, Learn, Collect, Conserve. Explore the Wild Life of Town and Country in Fascinating Projects and Experiments, Michael Chinery The Listening Walk, Paul Showers, Aliki The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono, Wood Engravings by Michael McCurd

Math Connections:

What‟s Your Angle, Pythagoras, Julie Ellis, Phyllis Hornung Math Potatoes, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs The Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs The Grapes of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs Math Appeal: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs Math for All Seasons: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs Math Fables: Lessons That Count, Greg Tang, Heather Cahoon Pizza Counting, Christina Dobson, Matthew Holmes One Odd Day, Doris Fisher and Dani Sneed, Karen Lee Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni (Caldecott Honor Book)

Art Connections:

My Grandma Lived in Gooliculch, Graeme Base Jungle Drums, Graeme Base Nature Crafts for Kids: 50 Fantastic Things To Make With Mother Nature‟s Help, Gwen Diehn & Terry Krautwrust Creatures of Paradise: Pictures to Grow Up With, Bryan Holmes The Ultimate Alphabet, Mike Wilks