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Picture Books

Fiction

Regular Kids
  • Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Sharmat (age 4-8)
  • Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile (age 4-8)
  • I'm Really Not Tired by Lori Sunshine; illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler (age 4-8)
  • Adele & Simon by Barbara McClintock (age 4-8)
  • Adele & Simon in America by Barbara McClintock (age 4-8)
  • Rain School by James Rumford (age 4-8)
  • Glasses: Who Needs 'Em? by Lane Smith (age 4-8)
  • The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (age 4-8)
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bed Terrible Day by Judith Viorst; illustrated by Ray Cruz (age 4-8)
  • The Mitten by Jan Brett (age 4-8)
  • No Jumping on the Bed by Ted Arnold (age 4-8)
  • Big Plans by Bob Shea; illustrated by Lane Smith (age 5-8)

Family

  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (age 3-7)
  • Dad and Pop: An Ode to Fathers & Stepfathers by Kelly Bennett, illustrated by Paul Meisel (age 4-7)
  • Grandma Calls Me Beautiful by Barbara M. Joosse; illustrated by Barbara Lavallee (age 4-8)
  • Love You Forever by Robert Munsch; illustrated by Sheila McGraw (age 4-8)

Girls Will Be Girls
  • Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales by Ludwig Bemelmans (age 4-8)
  • Madam President by Lane Smith (age 4-8)

Time for Bed

Sports
  • Casey at the Bat by Ernest L. Thayer; illustrated by Christopher Bing (age 5-9)

Progressive Princesses
  • Princess Pigsty by Cornelia Funke; illustrated by Kerstin Meyer (age 4-8)
  • Not All Princesses Dress in Pink by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple; illustrated by Anne-Sophie Languetin (age 4-8)
  • The Paperbag Princess by Robert N. Munsch; illustrated by Michael Martchenko (age 4-8)
  • Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole (age 4-8)

Pets
  • Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown (age 4-7)
  • Dogs by Emily Gravett (age 4-7)
  • Desser the Best Ever Cat by Maggie Smith (age 4-8)
  • Sneakers, the Seaside Cat by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Anne Mortimer (age 4-8)

Animals
  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (age 3-7)
  • Sergeant Hippo's Busy Week by Wong Herbert Yee (age 3-7)
  • Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy E. Shaw; illustrated by Margot Apple (age 4-8)
  • A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Helen Lester; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger (age 4-8)
  • Brambly Hedge Series by Jill Barklem (all ages)
  • The Bear That Wasn't by Frank Tashlin (age 4-8)
  • The Purple Kangaroo by Michael Ian Black; illustrated by Peter Brown (age 4-8)
  • Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken by Daniel Pinkwater; illustrated by Jill Pinkwater (age 4-8)
  • Desser the Best Ever Cat by Maggie Smith (age 4-8)
  • Sneakers, the Seaside Cat by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Anne Mortimer (age 4-8)
  • Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French; illustrated by Bruce Whatley (age 4-8)
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett (age 4-8)
  • Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher by Laurel Snyder; illustrated by David Goldin (age 4-8)

Our World
  • The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (age 4-8)
  • Rain School by James Rumford (age 4-8)
  • The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (age 4-9)

Love, Loss, and Grieving

Fantasy
  • The Odious Ogre by Norton Juster; illustrated by Jules Feiffer (age 4-7)

Monsters
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (age 4-8)
  • The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone (age 4-7)

Overcoming Differences/Bullies
  • Brundibar by Tony Kushner, Maurice Sendak, and Michael di Capua; illustrated by Maurice Sendak (age 4-8)
  • The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rania Jordon Abdullah and Kelly DiPucchio; illustrated by Tricia Tusa (age 4-8)
  • Enemy Pie by Derek Munson; illustrated by Tara Callahan King (age 4-8)
  • Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken  by Daniel Pinkwater; illustrated by Jill Pinkwater (age 4-8)

Fractured Fairy Tales
  • The Frog Prince (Continued) by John Scieszka; illustrated by Steve Johnson (age 3-7)
  • The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugenios Trivizas; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury (age 4-8)
  • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by John Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith (age 4-8)
  • The Three Little Javelinas by Susan Lowell; illustrated by Jim Harris (age 5-8)
  • The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith (age 5-8)

Mythology/Folktales/Fairy Tales
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett (age 4-8)
  • Brundibar by Tony Kushner, Maurice Sendak, and Michael di Capua; illustrated by Maurice Sendak (age 4-8)
  • Walt Disney's Cinderella by Cynthia Rylant; illustrated by Mary Blair (age 4-7)
  • Cinderella by Barbara McClintock (age ____)
  • Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables by Jon Scieszka; illustrated by Lane Smith (age 4-7)
  • The Grasshopper's Song: An Aesop's Fable Revisited by Nikki Giovanni; illustrated by Chris Raschka (age 5-8)

Historical
  • Underground: Find the Light to Freedom by Shane W. Evans (age 4-10)

Puzzles
  • The Eleventh Hour by Graeme Base (age 8-12)

Art
  • Palazzo Inverso by D. B. Johnson (age 5-10)

Languages/Other Perspectives
  • Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken by Daniel Pinkwater; illustrated by Jill Pinkwater (Spanish and Yiddish, age 4-8)
  • Beyond the Great Mountains by Ed Young (ancient Chinese, age 4-9)
  • The Black Book of Color by Menena Cottin, illustrated by Rosana Faria, translated by Elisa Amado (Braille, age 5-10)
  • But and For, Yet and Nor by Brian P. Cleary; illustrated by Brian Gable (age 7-11)

You Can Do It!
  • The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, George Hauman, and Doris Hauman (age 4-8)
  • Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss (age 4-100)

Just in Time for the Holidays
  • Russell's Christmas Magic by Rob Scotton (age 4-7)
  • My Penguin Osbert by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; illustrated by  H.B. Lewis (age 4-7)
  • Mr. Willoughby's Christmas Tree by Robert Barry (ages 4-7)
  • The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story by Lemony Snicket; illustrated by Lisa Brown (age 4-7)
  • Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (age 4-8)
  • The Jolly Christmas Postman by Allan Ahlberg; illustrated by Janet Ahlberg (age 4-8)
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (age 4-100)

Religion

Learning:

Alphabet and Numbers
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault; illustrated by Lois Ehlert (age 4-7)

What Day/Time Is It?
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (age 3-7)
  • Sergeant Hippo's Busy Week by Wong Herbert Yee (age 3-7)

Language

Non-fiction:

Animals
  • Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu; illustrated by Peter Greste (age 4-8)

Biography
  • John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith (age 5-8)
  • Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters by Barack Obama; illustrated by Loren Long (age 4-8)
  • Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne; illustrated by Eric Puybaret (ages 5-8)
  • The Last Princess : The Story of Princess Ka'iulani of Hawai'i by Fay Stanley; illustrated by Diane Stanley (age 7-10)

Overcoming Differences
  • My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis; illustrated by Suzanne DeSimone (age 4-8)
Science
  • I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures by Carlyn Beccia (Medicine, age 6-10)

History
  • Climbing Lincoln's Steps: the African American Journey by Suzanne Slade; illustrated by Colin Bootman (age 5-10)

Grammar
  • Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference! by Lynne Truss; illustrated by Bonnie Timmons (age 5-9)
  • But and For, Yet and Nor by Brian P. Cleary; illustrated by Brian Gable (age 7-11)

Cultural

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