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Recommended
Books
Kindergarten and First Grade
Picture Books
Happy
Birthday, Biscuit!
story by Alyssa Satin
Capucilli; pictures by Pat Schories
A little girl has a birthday party for her puppy.
What
Happened to Patrick’s Dinosaurs?
by Carol Carrick; pictures
by Donald Carrick
Patrick makes up a story to explain how dinosaurs became
extinct.
One
Hot Summer Day
by Nina Crews
A young girl has fun on a hot summer day.
Bark,
George
by Jules Feiffer
George is a dog who has trouble barking; instead
he meows, oinks and makes other animal sounds.
Lilly’s
Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes
Lilly loves her teacher until the day she misbehaves
and he takes away her purse.
Hannah’s
Collections
by Marthe Jocelyn
Hannah must choose one of her many collections to show
at school.
Henry
Hikes to Fitchburg
by D.B. Johnson
Young Henry hikes to Fitchburg
while his friend works to earn money to take
the train.
Show
and Tell Bunnies
by Kathryn Lasky; illustrated
by Marylin Hafner
Clyde finds something unique
to share with his class at show-and-tell time.
Tacky
and the Emperor
by Helen Lester; illustrated
by Lynn Munsinger
Tacky finds the emperor’s clothes and fools his
friends.
Mole
Music
written and illustrated
by David McPhail
Mole buys a violin and imagines
changing the world with the beautiful music
he learns to play.
Martha
Speaks
by Susan Meddaugh
Martha, the family dog, learns to speak after eating
alphabet soup.
The
Ugly Duckling
adapted and illustrated
by Jerry Pinkney
An ugly duckling spends an
unhappy year before he grows into a beautiful
swan.
Thunder
Cake
by Patricia Polacco
As a storm approaches, a
girl and her grandmother make a special cake.
Tar
Beach
by Faith Ringgold
A young girl dreams of flying above her Harlem home.
Rattletrap
Car
by Phyllis Root; illustrated
by Jill Barton
Disasters threaten a family’s
outing to the lake in their rattletrap car.
Mice
and Beans
by Pam Muñoz Ryan;
illustrated by Joe Cepeda
Rosa Maria’s birthday
preparations are attracting some fun-loving
mice.
Mrs.
Biddlebox
by Linda Smith; illustrated
by Marla Frazee
With baking magic, Mrs. Biddlebox
transforms a rotten day into a sweet cake.
Little
Cliff and the Cold Place
by Clifton L. Taulbert;
paintings by E.B. Lewis
After learning about the Arctic in school, Cliff wants
to travel there.
Bunny
Cakes: A Max & Ruby Picture Book
by Rosemary Wells
Max and Ruby each make Grandma
a unique cake for her birthday.
Look
for More Picture Books by These Popular Authors
Jez Alborough
Margaret Wise Brown
Eric Carle
Miriam Cohen
Tomie DePaola
Lois Ehlert
Marie-Louise Gay
Ezra Jack Keats
Bill Martin, Jr.
Laura Joffe Numeroff
Nonfiction
What
Makes a Shadow?
by Clyde Robert Bulla;
illustrated by June Otani
Learn what shadows are and
how they form. Look for other books in the “Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out”
series.
Red-Eyed
Tree Frog
story by Joy Cowley; illustrated with photographs
by Nic Bishop
A tree frog spends the night looking for food.
Snowflake
Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs
Martin; illustrated by Mary Azarian
A self-taught scientist photographs thousands of snowflakes.
Reading
Grows
by Ellen B. Senisi
Reading grows letter by letter.
Seymour
Simon’s Book of Trucks
by Seymour Simon
Photographs of different kinds of trucks appear with
explanations of how they are used.
Furaha
Means Happy: A Book of Swahili Words
written and illustrated
by Ken Wilson-Max
Swahili words are introduced
as a brother and sister in Kenya go on a picnic.
