Books For Independent Reading
Books for the Library Corner
- Cinderella
- by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Childrens 1985 (32p)
An easy-to-read telling of the tale of a girl who becomes a princess. Available in Spanish asCenicienta.
- Each Peach Pear Plum
- by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Viking 1979 (32p)
Puffin paper 1986
Children search the pictures for fairy tale characters in a game of I Spy.
- The Lion and the Mouse
- by Mary Lewis Wang
Childrens 1986 (32p)
A mouse saves the life of a lion in a simple version of the Aesop fable. Available in Spanish asEl leon y el raton.
- Deep in the Forest
- by Brinton Turkle
Dutton 1976 (32p) Puffin paper
A wordless retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
- The Little Red Hen
- by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Childrens 1985 (32p)
A short retelling of the tale of an industrious hen and her lazy friends.
Available in Spanish asLa gallinita roja.
- Puss in Boots
- by John S. Goodall
Macmillan 1990 (56p)
Wordless rendition of the tale of a cat who helps his master marry a princess.
- Three Billy Goats Gruff
- by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Childrens 1987 (32p)
The well-known tale of three billy goats who encounter a nasty troll.
Available in Spanish as Los tres chivitos.
- It's Too Noisy!
- by Joanna Cole
Crowell 1989 (32p)
Unable to stand his noisy house, a farmer seeks the advice of a wise man.
- The Owl and the Pussycat
- by Edward Lear
Clarion 1987 (32p)
Paul Galdone's large, colorful pictures enliven a nonsense rhyme about a romance between an owl and a pussycat.
Books for Teacher Read Aloud
- Tops & Bottoms
- by Janet Stevens
Harcourt 1995 (32p)
Hare reverses his hard luck by striking a clever bargain with Bear in this trickster tale.
- The Bremen Town Musicians
- by Hans Wilhelm
Scholastic 1992 (32p)
A donkey, a cat, a dog, and a rooster band together and set off to become musicians.
- The Bossy Gallito
- by Lucia Gonzalez
Scholastic 1994 (32p)
A traditional Cuban folktale about a bossy rooster. In English and Spanish.
- Red Hen and Sly Fox
- by Vivian French
Simon 1995 (32p)
A resourceful red hen outwits a sly fox who wants to have poultry for dinner.
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- by Janet Stevens
Holiday 1984 (32p) also paper
A cocky rabbit gets his comeuppance when a slow but steady tortoise beats him in a race.
- Mrs. Goat and Her Seven Little Kids
- by Tony Ross
Atheneum 1990 (32p)
Seven goat children try to keep a wolf out of their house.
- Anansi and the Talking Melon
- by Eric Kimmel
Holiday 1994 (32p)
Anansi the spider tricks Elephant into believing that the melon in which he is hiding can talk.
- Here Comes Henny
- by Charlotte Pomerantz
Greenwillow 1994 (24p)
Henny's picky chicks demand a snacky-snicky for their picnic-nicky.
- The Little Old Woman and the Hungry Cat
- by Nancy Polette
Greenwillow 1989 (32p) also paper
A hungry cat swallows everything in its path in this cumulative Scandinavian folktale.
- The Three Little Pigs
- by James Marshall
Dial 1989 (32p)
A wolf tries his best to have three pigs for dinner in this humorous version of a favorite tale.
- This Is the House That Jack Built
- by Jenny Stow
Dial 1992 (32p)
A Caribbean setting gives this cumulative rhyme lush new life.
- The Shoemaker and the Elves
- by Ilse Plume
Harcourt 1991 (32p)
A poor shoemaker becomes rich when he helps four elves.
- Little Tuppen: An Old Tale
- by Paul Galdone
Clarion 1967 (32p) also paper
A mother hen has trouble getting water for her chick in this cumulative tale.
- Town Mouse, Country Mouse
- by Jan Brett
Putnam 1994 (32p)
Lively illustrations bring new life to this traditional tale of two mice.
Books for Shared Reading
- The Three Bears
- by Byron Barton
Harper 1991 (32p)
The artist's characteristically bold artwork energizes this retelling of Goldilocks.
- Henny Penny
- by Stephen Butler
Morrow 1991 (32p)
Henny Penny meets a hungry fox on her way to tell the king that the sky is falling.
- Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill: An African Mother Goose
- by Virginia Kroll
Charlesbridge 1995 (32p)
African reinterpretations of familiar rhymes from Mother Goose.
- The Wee Little Woman
- by Byron Barton
Harper 1995 (32p)
A simple retelling of a favorite story about a wee little woman and her mischievous wee little cat.
- This Old Man
- By Carol Jones
Houghton 1992 (32p)
A favorite old rhyme is illustrated with peep-through-the-hole pictures.
- Little Robin Redbreast
- by Shari Halpern
North-South 1994 (32p)
Cut-paper collages brighten a catchy Mother Goose rhyme.
- Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook
- by Jane Yolen
Boyds Mills 1993 (96p)
A collection of songs from Mother Goose.
- The Missing Tarts
- by B. G. Hennessy
Viking 1988 (32p) Puffin paper 1991
The queen enlists the help of nursery rhyme characters in a spirited search for her missing tarts.
- Four and Twenty Dinosaurs
- by Bernard Most
Harper 1990 (32p)
Parodies of Mother Goose rhymes use dinosaurs as the main characters.