Books For Independent Reading
Books For the Library Corner
Flannel Kisses
- by Linda Crotta Brennan
Houghton 1997 (32p)
After a snowstorm, a brother and sister spend a happy day playing outdoors, eating warm meals, and reading a story before going off to bed.
Daddy Calls Me Man
- by Rhonda Mitchell
(Multicultural)
Orchard 1997 (32p)
Inspired by his artist parents' paintings, an African American boy creates four simple, rhyming poems about them.
Lots of Dads
- by Shelley Rotner
(Multicultural)
Dial 1997 (32p)
Color photographs and simple text show dads engaged in activities from working to playing with their children.
- Sailaway Home
- by Bruce Degan
Scholastic 1996 (32p)
A young pig imagines lively adventures sailing the seas and flying a plane, but
he always returns to the security of home.
- Za-Za's Baby Brother
- by Lucy Cousins
Candlewick 1995 (32p)
Things change for Za-Za when a new baby brother arrives, but she discovers that her parents' love remains the same.
- Lots of Moms
- by Shelley Rotner
(Multicultural)
Dial 1996 (32p)
Mothers engage in all kinds of activities with their children in this photoessay.
- Big Help!
- by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Clarion 1995 (32p)
Sam's little sister Lucy wants to help him do everything, but she's always making a mess.
- Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three
- by Pat Mora
(Multicultural)
Clarion 1996 (32p)
Two sisters shop for a birthday present for their mother at a Mexican market in this rhyming counting book.
Books for Teachers to Read Aloud
The Birthday Swap
- by Loretta Lopez
(Multicultural)
Lee & Low 1997 (32p)
A Mexican American girl looks for the perfect birthday gift for her older
sister, but gets a wonderful surprise of her own instead. Available in Spanish as ¡ÁQué sorpresa de cumpleaños!
Little Coyote Runs Away
- by Craig Kee Strete
Putnam 1997 (32p)
Tired of doing what he is told, Little Coyote runs away with a medicine bag to protect him, but discovers that home is the best place to be after all.
You're the Boss, Baby Duck!
- by Amy Hest
Candlewick 1997 (32p)
Baby Duck feels neglected with the arrival of her new sister, but Grandpa helps her to realize that she's still important.
- Goose
- by Molly Bang
Scholastic 1996 (32p)
A gosling raised by woodchucks discovers that despite their differences, the woodchucks are her true family.
- Baby Duck and the Bad Eyeglasses
- by Amy Hest
Candlewick 1996 (32p)
In this sequel to In the Rain with Baby Duck, Grandpa helps Baby Duck see that glasses aren't so bad.
- Cousin Ruth's Tooth
- by Amy MacDonald
Houghton 1996 (32p)
When Cousin Ruth loses a tooth, the entire Fister family helps her to look for it.
- In the Rain with Baby Duck
- by Amy Hest
Candlewick 1995 (32p)
Baby Duck hates the rain until Grampa gives her a red umbrella and matching red boots.
- A Drop of Rain
- by Wong Herbert Yee
(Multicultural)
Houghton 1995 (32p)
Mistaking drops of rain for a baby's tears, an extended family tries to cheer up the baby.
Books for Shared Reading
Sleepy-O!
- by Harriet Ziefert
(Music)
Houghton 1997 (32p)
In this humorous version of an Appalachian folksong, an extended family does their best to get the baby to go to sleep.
Big Brother, Little Brother
- by Penny Dale
Candlewick 1997 (32p)
When Little Brother is unhappy, Big Brother always knows just how to make things better.
- Hush! A Thai Lullaby
- by Mingfong Ho
(Multicultural)
Orchard 1996 (32p)
From a tiny mosquito to a huge elephant, a mother shushes all of the creatures around her home so that her baby can sleep peacefully.
- Toby, Where Are You?
- by William Steig
Harper 1997 (28p)
Toby hides from his parents upstairs, downstairs, behind the fish tank, under the rug, and just about anywhere, but when he thinks they're never going to find him, he jumps out with a cry of “Here I am!”
- To the Tub
- by Peggy Perry Anderson
Houghton 1996 (32p)
While his father tries to get him to take a bath, Joe the frog procrastinates by gathering up all of his toys to take with him to the tub
- Five Little Ducks: An Old Rhyme
- by Pamela Paparone
(Math)
North-South 1995 (32p)
When her five little ducks disappear one by one, Mother Duck sets out to find them.
- Don't Wake Up Mama!
- by Eileen Christelow
Clarion paper 1995 (32p)
Five little monkeys try to bake a cake for their mama's birthday, with some
unexpected results
Now Available in Paperback
Five Little Ducks
- by Pamela Paparone
North-South
- Do Like Kyla
- by Angela Johnson
Orchard
- Koala Lou
- by Mem Fox
Harcourt
- It Wasn't Me
- by Alma Flor Ada
Santillana
Now Available in Spanish
Five Little Ducks (Los cinco patitos)
- by Pamela Paparone
North-South
- Peter's Chair (La silla de Pedro)
- by Ezra Jack Keats
Now Available as a Big Book
- Peter's Chair
- by Ezra Jack Keats
Harper
- Whose Mouse Are You?
- by Robert Kraus
Scholastic
- Nicki's Walk
- by Jane Tanner
Modern Curriculum Press
- Noisy Nora
- by Rosemary Wells
Scholastic
Now Out of Print
- Ducks Fly
- by Lydia Dabcovich
Dutton
- Bye-Bye, Baby
- by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Little