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information in the introductory letter. Turn the journal into
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Picture Books: A perfect choice for a read aloud with your child. It is a literary form combining viusal imagery and text to tell a story. It can come in complex or simple forms.
| Aardema, Verna | Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain |
| Ackerman, Karen | Song and Dance Man |
| Bemelmans, Ludwig | Madeline |
| Bunting, Eve | Wednesday Surprise |
| Brett, Jan | The Hat |
| Brett, Jan | Noah's Ark |
| Buehner, Caralyn and Mark | Fanny's Dream |
| Chocolate, Deborah | The Piano Man |
| Conney, Barbara | Miss Rumphis |
| Daly, Niki | Jamela's Dress |
| dePaola, Tomie* | The Legend of Indian Paintbrush (any titles by this author |
| Dooley, Norah | Everyone Cooks Rice |
| Dorros, Arthur | Abuela |
| Flack, Marjorie | The Story of Ping |
| Greenfield, Eloise | Grandma's Joy |
| Gerstein, Mordicai | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers |
| Henkes, Kevin | Chrysanthemum (any titles by this authur) |
| Hoffman, Mary | Amazing Grace |
| Hort, Lenny | How many stars in the Sky? |
| Howard, Elizabeth | Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) |
| Huck, Charlotte S. and Lobel, Anita | Princess Furball |
| Hughes, Shirley | Alfie Gets in First |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Whistle for Willie |
| Kraus, Robert | Leo the Late Bloomer |
| Macdonald, Margaret | Pickin' Peas |
| Marshall, James | Little Red Riding Hood |
| McCloskey, Robert | Make Way for Ducklings |
| McCloskey, Robert | One Morngin in Maine |
| McKissack, Patricia | Flossie and the Fox |
| Opie, Iona | My Very First Mother Goose and Here Comes Mother Goose |
| Oppenheim, S. L. | Fireflies for Nathan |
| Peet, Bill | How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head |
| Pinczes, Elinor J. | One Hundrd Hundred |
| Potter, Beatrix | The Tale of Peter Rabbit* |
| Rohmann, Eric | My Friend Rabbit |
| Rylalnt, Cynthia | The Relatives Came (any title by this author) |
| Steig, William | Doctor De Soto |
| Steig, William | Sylvester and Magic Pebble |
| Stevens, Janet | Tops and Bottoms |
| Weber, Bruce | Ira Sleeps Over |
| Wiesner, David | The Three Pigs |
| White, Linda | Too Many Pumpkins |
| Williams, Vera | A Chair for My Mother (any title by this author) |
ALPHABET BOOKS: Always a good choice for children, these suggestions are favorites.
| Duke, Kate | The Guinea Pig ABC |
| Hoguet, Susan | I Unpacked My Grandmother's Trunk |
| Martin, Bill | Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom |
I CAN READ FAVORITES:
| Cerf, Benenett | Riddles; More Riddles; Animal Riddles |
| Eastman, P.D. | Go Dogs! Go! |
| Eastman, P.D. | Are You My Mother? |
| Eastman, P.D. | The Best Nest |
| Hoff, Sid | Danny and the Dinosaur |
| Kessler, Leonard | Here Comes the Strikeout! |
| Le Seig, Theo | Ten Apples Up on Top |
| Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad are Friends (and series) |
| Lopshire, Robert | Put Me in the Zoo |
| Minarik, Else | Little Bear (and series) |
| Parish, Peggy | Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Henry and Mudge First Book (and series) |
LONGER BOOKS:
| Atwater, Richard | Mr. Pooper's Penguins |
| Cleary, Beverly | Ramona the Brave |
| Kipling, Rudyard | Just So Stories |
| Lindgren, Astrid | Pippi Longstocking |
| White, E. B. | Stuart Little |
NON-FICTION:
| Joanna Cole | Magic Schoolk Bus series |
| ----------------------- | Eyewitness Jr. Books and other Eyewitness Books |
| ----------------------- | New True Books - All Topics |
| Gibbons, Gail | Sharks, Whales; Trucks; Up Goes the Skyscraper |
| National Geographic Series | Books for Young Explorers (i.e. Ways Animals Sleep, Creepy Crawly Things, Animal Architects) |
| Thos, Crowell Co. | Let's Read and Find Out Science Books |
| Morris, Robert | Dolphin |
| Random House | Step-up and Step Into Books |
| Cole, Joanne | Hungry Hungry Sharks |
| Milton, Joyce | Whales, the Gentle Giants |
| Rounds, Glen | Beaver |
* See other books in this series by the same author