17 June 2009 - 100 Books Your Child Should Hear Before Starting School
I posted this list last year and decide to see how much we have done on the list without really trying.
Where’s My Teddy? by Alborough, Jez
Miss Nelson is Missing by Allard, Harry
Happy Birthday, Moon by Asch, Frank
Ten, Nine, Eight by Bang, Molly
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Barrett, Judi
The Three Bears by Barton, Byron
I Like Myself by Beaumont, Karen
*Madeline by Bemelmans, Ludwig
The Mitten by Brett, Jan
*Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Bridwell, Norman
*Stone Soup by Brown, Marcia
*Goodnight, Moon by Brown, Margaret Wise
*Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by Burningham, John
*Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Burton, Virginia Lee
*The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle, Eric
*Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Christelow, Eileen
*Miss Rumphius by Cooney, Barbara
Freight Train by Crews, Donald
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Cronin, Doreen
oday I Feel Silly by Curtis, Jamie Lee
Strega Nona by De Paola, Tomie
Bed Hogs by DiPucchio, Kelly
Are You My Mother? by Eastman, P. D.
Feathers For Lunch by Ehlert, Lois
Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Emberley, Ed
Olivia by Falconer, Ian
Lunch by Fleming, Denise
The Magic Hat by Fox, Mem
*Corduroy by Freeman, Don
Millions of Cats by Gag, Wanda
*The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Galdone, Paul
Barnyard Song by Greene, Rhonda
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Guarino, Deborah
A First Picture Book of Nursery Rhymes by Harbour, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Henkes, Kevin
Where’s Spot? by Hill, Eric
Bread and Jam for Frances by Hoban, Russell
Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color by Hoban, Tana
Miss Mary Mack by Hoberman, Mary Ann
Rosie’s Walk by Hutchins, Pat
*Harold and the Purple Crayon by Johnson, Crockett
Splash! by Jonas, Ann
Jump, Frog, Jump! by Kalan, Robert
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Kasza, Keiko
*he Snowy Day by Keats, Ezra Jack***
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Kent, Jack
Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Kimmel, Eric
Leo the Late Bloomer by Kraus, Robert
The Carrot Seed by Krauss, Ruth
Over in the Meadow by Langstaff, John
The Story of Ferdinand by Leaf, Munro
Tacky the Penguin by Lester, Helen
A Color of His Own by Lionni, Leo
Frog and Toad are Friends by Lobel, Arnold
Froggy Gets Dressed by London, Jonathan
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Martin, Bill
*All By Myself by Mayer, Mercer
*Guess How Much I Love You by McBratney, Sam
*Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey, Robert
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by McPhail, David
Martha Speaks by Meddaugh, Susan
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Neitzel, Shirley
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Noble, Trinka
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Numeroff, Laura
Amelia Bedelia by Parish, Peggy***
The Kissing Hand by Penn, Audrey
The Rainbow Fish by Pfister, Marcus
The Little Engine That Could by Piper, Watty
*The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Potter, Beatrix
Good Night, Gorilla by Rathmann, Peggy
*Curious George by Rey, H. A.
*We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Rosen, Michael
The Relatives Came by Rylant, Cynthia
*Grandfather’s Journey by Say, Allen
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Scarry, Richard
*Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak, Maurice
*The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
*Duck on a Bike by Shannon, David
Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Sharmat, Mitchell
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Shaw, Charles
Caps for Sale by Slobodkina, Esphyr
Imogene’s Antlers by Small, David
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Steig, William
And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Stevens, Janet
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Taback, Simms
Who’s Counting by Tafuri, Nancy
Pigsty by Teague, Mark
Polar Express by Van Allsburg, Chris
*Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Viorst, Judith
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Waber, Bernard
Farmer Duck by Waddell, Martin
Mouse Paint by Walsh, Ellen Stoll
Noisy Nora by Wells, Rosemary (I don't like that Nora calls the baby 'dumb' in this book!)
Knuffle Bunny by Willems, Mo
I Went Walking by Williams, Sue
A Chair for My Mother by Williams, Vera B.
The Napping House by Wood, Audrey
Owl Moon by Yolen, Jane
Seven Blind Mice by Young, Ed
Harry, the Dirty Dog by Zion, Gene
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23 June 2009 - One from our list
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