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Autobiography/Biography
Margaret Davidson. Louis Braille the boy who invented books
for the blind. The story of Louis Braille who at the age of twelve decided he
was going to invent an easier way for the blind to read. It took him three years
to perfect his alphabet of raised dots, which is still used today.
Fantasy
Richard Scarrys. Sniff the Detective. Sniff is a detective
who uses his powerful nose to sniff out a crime. There is a story about a case he solves and his surprise birthday celebration.
Hans Wilhelm. Tyrone the Double Dirty Rotten Cheater. Tyrone is bigger than all his friends and is cheating to win all the games on their
camping trip. He spoils all the fun for everyone but gets caught in the end.
Stephen Cosgrave. Dragolin. Dragolin is
a pudgy little dragon who cannot blow a flame nor a puff of smoke. He is an outcast
but meets a new friend who says if you believe then you can do anything.
Katherine Paterson. The Tale of the Mandarin
Ducks. A possessive emperor claims possession of a beautiful mandarin duck that becomes love sick. Two servants let him go and then are sent away and saved mysteriously by the ducks.
William Joyce. Dinosaur Bob and his Adventures
with the Family Lazardo. The Lazardo family goes on safari and meets Bob who invite on their trip and they like him so much. They invite him home with them which he loves the idea. He joins the local baseball team and lives happily with the family and town.
Arnold Label. Owl at Home. A few different
stories about Owl spending time at home and all the different things he does at night.
Robert Talbon. Fish Story. A story about
a little fish and a big cat who is trying to trick the little fish. In the end
the little fish has the last laugh not the big cat.
Jane Thayer. Gus was a Friendly Ghost.
A story about a Ghost named Gus who makes a new friend.
Jane Thayer. Gus and the Baby Ghost. A story about Gus the Ghost who finds a baby
ghost. Gus takes the responsibility of raising the baby ghost who everyone loves.
Syd Hoff. Julius. Davy and his father
find Julius a gorilla to come join the circus. Julius loves the circus and being a part of the team.
Marjorie Weinman Sharmot. Mooch the Messy. Mooch is a rat who lives in a hole under
Boston Massachusetts who likes it to be messy. His father is coming for a visit
who likes things to be neat so he cleans up his mess.
Robert McCloskey. Make way for Ducklings.
Two Mallard ducks find a perfect new home with a great new friend. They love
it so much they walk their duckling’s trough town to get to their new home.
Peggy Parish. The Chimp that went to school.
Corky the chimpanzee is mistaken for a seven year old boy by a truant officer with bad eyesight.
Lucy Bate. Little Rabbits Loose Tooth.
A little rabbit loose a front tooth and leaves it for the tooth fairy. She makes
sure to let her parents know about it and that the “toothfairy” will get it and leave a surprise.
Madia Silversman. The get along gang and
the bad looser. Zipper is a soar looser and is a bad sport when he looses. He
didn’t win the contest and is taking it out on everyone but then realizes that he is over reacting.
Jack Outwits the Giants. By Paul Brett Johnson. Jack
is a young boy who gets caught in a rain storm so he goes to the closest house for shelter. Two giants live there a husband
and wife who offer him dinner and a place to stay dry from the storm. He is nervous so he puts a bag of feed under the blanket
to make it look like him sleeping. The husband giant comes at midnight and grabs
what he thought was jack and ate it. The next morning they were surprised to
see Jack they thought that he was a witch. So they ask him to do a few different
impossible tasks and he ends up out smarting them in the end.
Ruby Fairy Tales. Retold by Jane Carruth. A collection of classic fairy tales.
The Dream Tree. Stephen Casgrave. A cute story about
a fuzzy caterpillar who learns about and becomes a butterfly.
Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon. Jean Claudio Marzollo. Baby
Unicorn and Baby Dragon have no magical powers but use their smarts to out wit the wicked elf.
Smurphany in C. Harmony Smurf was playing out of tune so was sent away. He runs across a fairy who
gives Harmony a new horn that blows a spell casting tune.
Folktales
Retold for Lucky book club. Jack and the Beanstock. The classic
tale of Jack and his magical beans that grow the magical bean stock he climbs.
Romeo
Muller Puff the Magic Dragon. The story and adventures of puff the magic dragon.
Beatrix Potter. The Tale of Peter the Rabbit. The classic
tale of Peter the rabbit and his family.
Barbara Loots. Old Macdonald’s Farm. Sing a long animal sounds and pictures.
Alvin Schwartz. Ten Copycats in a boat and other riddles. A collection of many classic riddles and jokes.
Hanes Christian Anderson. Fairy Tales. A collection of classic
fairy tales and fables.
Historical Fiction
Francene Sabin. Elizabeth Blackwell the first women doctor.
A tale about Elizabeth Blackwell her growing up all she accomplished and her wisdom.
Bruce Grant. My Indian Book.
Tells a version of how Indians live and play etc.
Non Fiction/ Informational
Robert A. Morris. Dolphin.
Tells about dolphins what they do and eat and about the baby dolphins and how the mothers take care and raise them.
Lauren Pringle. Follow a Fisher. Tells about a fisher what it is what they eat and where they live.
Helen
R Haddad. Truck and Loader. Tells about different types of tractors and how they all work.
Karate! Russell Kozuki. Instructions on how to perform basic Karate steps/moves.
Adventures in Camping. A how to guide to camping that shows all the necessary
steps and supplies.
Exploring the Wonders of the World. David Seidman. Pictures and excerpts on
many of the magnificent land marks around the world.
Be a Plant Detective. Linda Gamlin. A informational guide to plants and all
there is to learn about them.
Picture Books
Angela Ballerinas Shapes. Katherine Holabird. This book is great with applying
shapes to every day life and the objects we encounter daily.
Hello Kitty Sleeps Over- Robin Harris-This is a book that
tells the about Hello Kitty’s sleep over at her grandparents and what they did.
In the Rain Forest, A Nature Tail book- Maurice Pledger- This is a touch feel and see picture book. It has furry, fuzzy, sticky, rough
and soft all different feeling for all the creatures you will see in the rainforest.
In the Forrest, A Nature Trail Book- Maurice Pledger- This
is a touch and fell picture book that employs many things there is frogs to count and many fuzzy thing to feel.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar- Eric Carle- This book is great at teaching about counting, fruit and how a caterpillar becomes
a butterfly.
Mike Thaler. It’s Me, Hippo! A variety of stories about hippo making his
house another about painting a picture. There are also two others about wonderful Hippo feels and his Birthday celebration.
Norman Birdwell. Clifford
the Small Red Puppy. Emily Elizabeth tells her story about how she got Clifford her big red dog.
Maurice Senderk. Where the Wild Things Are. Max is a wild thing; he travels
to the land of wild things where he becomes king.
Erica Frost. I can
Read about Ghosts. Andrew is a new young ghost who is having trouble spooking and is afraid of the dark. He gets some lesions from the new family that moves into the castle he haunts. They all become god friends and he helps protect the family and their things from a robber.
Nan Roloff. Baby Animals.
Pictures many different baby animals.
Euloise Wirlkin. Baby’s First Christmas. A family has a new baby and is preparing for Christmas. They are getting ready for the Christmas celebration.
Peyo. Papa Smurf and the Show-offs. Papa smurf teaches the smurfs that trying to be a show-off and know it all can back fire in the end. He wants them all to learn that each smurf has their own special job.
Margaret Mahy. The Adventures of a Kite. Children go to fly
their kite and it gets away. The kite fly’s around looking for home and
it finally finds it.
Daphne Doward Hogstrom. Noni the Christmas Reindeer. Noni is the smallest reindeer that is too small to help pull Santa’s sleigh. So she decides to help in her own way.
Renee Bartkowski. Dolls from Many Lands. Shows many different dolls from all over the world and also about where they come from.
Joy Cowley. The Kangaroo from Wooloomoloo. What you would see at the Sydney Zoo.
Joy Cowley. The Terrible Armadillo. A reckless Armadillo causes
bath time to get
pretty messy. The Armadillo disappears when he hears mom coming
so she never sees him so she doesn’t believe the boy.
Mary
DeBall Kwitz. Little Chicks Big Day. A little chicks big day out and all of his
adventures.
Sarah Weeks. Drip Drop. Pip Squeaks story about his leafy
roof.
Dr. Seus. One fish Two fish, Red fish Blue fish. A fun and
classic tale by Dr. Seus.
Bob Ottum. My Little Book of Big Machines. A picture book
that shows many different types of big machines and the big jobs they do.
Elise Holmelund Minarik. Little Bear. Little bears birthday
soup and what will he wear. A tale of little bear going to the moon and another
of how he makes a wish.
Cat and Dr. P.D. Eastman. The cat in the hat Beginner Book
Dictionary. A load of fun with a little story and pictures for every letter from A-Z.
Animals on the Farm. Kenneth Lilly. Animals and their babies one might see on
a farm.
Clifford Takes a Trip. Norman Birdwell. Clifford didn’t like to
be left at home alone so he goes on his own adventure to vacation with the family.
Truck Driver Tom. By Monica Wellington. Tom is a truck
driver who hauls fresh fruits and vegetables in his truck that he loves to drive. This
a great picture book with pictures of real fruits and vegetables and a recap activity at the end where you go back and locate
the different trucks.
Poetry & Verse
John Grandits. Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems. Jessie a 15-year-old girl voices
her typical—and not so typical—teenage concerns in this, hilariously unique collection of poems. She has a funny, sarcastic take on high school life she reveals through concrete poetry with words, ideas, design
which all combine to make pictures and patterns.
The Moon is La Luna: Silly Rhymes in English and Spanish. Jay M. Harris and Matthew Cordell (illustrated
by). Funny rhymes to help children to learn numerous Spanish words.
Oh, Theodore! Susan Katz. Poems about an adorable little guinea pig who's sure to waddle his way into the heart of everyone
who reads the book.
Where the Sidewalk Ends. By Shel Silverstein. A collection
of children appropriate poems and drawings by Silverstein. This is sure to capture
the readers no matter their age.
101 Fast Food Jokes. Phil Hirsch. Funny kids jokes all about food.
101 Dinosaur Jokes. Phil Hirsch. Funny jokes for kids about dinosaurs.
Nursery Rhymes. Selected
by Marie. A collection of classic nursery rhymes
Lou Moore. I live in the
City. Rhymes the A-B-C’s with objects you would see in the city.
Dr. Seus. Hop on Pop. A rhyme book by Dr. Seus.
Realistic Fiction
Susan Jeschke. Perfect the Pig. Perfect is the smallest little pig of the bunch
and always wished for wings. He was granted his wish and found a new home he
loved so very much. He went out one day and got lost. After a very unhappy adventure he finally found his home and real owner. Jessica Potter Broderick. Little Elephant. Baby elephant
is celebrating his fourth birthday and gets a great surprise after a walk with his mother.
Judy
Bloom. Superfudge. A new baby is joining the family and they are moving. Peter the oldest brother is nervous that the new
baby will turn out to be a pain like his younger brother Fudge.
Jean Richardson & Joanna Corey. Clara’s Dancing Feet. A great story about a little
girl who loves to dance and wants to take dance lesions.
J.I. Anderson. I can read about Whales and
Dolphins. Tells about different kinds of whales how big they get what they eat, swim and all about their cousin the dolphins.
Judy Dunn. The Little Duck Book. A boy makes a friend Henry who is a baby duck.
The boy helps Henry to grow up until he is ready to go out on his own.
Judy Dunn. The Little Lamb. Emily a young girl helps raise a baby lamb
Timothy who become the best of friends.
Science Fiction
Lynn Haney. The Lost Starfight.
An average boy playing a video game is in for a big surprise. He is about to
become a part of the game and excitement and will have a major job.
The Runaway Robot. Lester Del Rey. A boy Paul is told
they are moving from Ganymede back to earth. Paul is excited until he is told he has to leave his best friend his robot Rex.
This begins their adventures.
G.I. Joe. Operation Star Fight. Barbara and Scott Siegel. The G.I. Joes battle Cobra commander at
Cape Caneraville to protect a NASA rocket,
Graphic Novels
Charles M. Schultz. It's a Mystery Charlie
Brown. Sally decides to take Woodstock’s nest to use for her nature project. Snoopy
and Woodstock try to solve the mystery of his lost nest.
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