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                                Reading Skills Cause/Effect

*   Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – Aardema - kit

*   Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema – videorecording

*   Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema – 398.2 AAR  1975

*   Por qué zumban los mosquitoes en los oídos de la gente (2 copies) – Aardema– 398.2 AAR

*   Miss Nelson Is Missing – Allard – E ALL

*   Miss Nelson Is Missing – Allard - kit

*   ¡La Señorita Nelson ha desaparecido! – Allard – E ALL

*   Anno's Magic Seeds – Anno - 513 ANN

*  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs -  Barrett - E BAR

*  Pickles to Pittsburgh: A Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett - E BAR

*   Comet’s Nine Lives – Brett – E BRE

*   Comet’s Nine Lives – Brett – kit

*   The Mitten:  A Ukrainian Folktale – Brett – 398.209 BRE      

The Wish Giver - Brittain

*   An Important Book – Brown – E BRO

*   An Important Book – Brown – kit

*   Another Important Book – Brown – E BRO

   The Big Sneeze – Brown 1985

*  The Runaway Bunny (2 copies) – Brown – E BRO   1972       

*   El conejito andarin – Brown – E BRO

*  The Little House – Burton – E BUR

*   The Little House – Burton – audiocassette/book kit

*  La Casita – Burton – E BUR

 *  Fortunately (2 copies) – Charlip – E CHA

*   Shortcut – Crews – E CRE

*  That’s Good, That’s Bad – Cuyler – E CUY

*  That's Good, That's Bad: In the Grand Canyon – Cuyler - E CUY

That's Good, That's Bad:  In Washington D.C. - Cuyler

* One Grain of Rice – Demi - 398.909 DEM

*   Legend of the Persian Carpet – DePaola – 398.2 DEP - unstated cause/effect

*   Now One Foot, Now the Other (2 copies) - DePaola

Un pasito y otro pasito – DePaola  

Julie of the Wolves – George

*  Julie y los lobos – George – FIC GEO (Gr. 5-6)

Old Ladies Who Liked Cats – Greene    1991

*   Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse – Henkes – E HEN

*   Lily y su bolso de plastico morado (2 copies) – Henkes – E HEN

*   Snowy Day – Keats – E KEA

*   Snowy Day – Keats – kit

*   Un día de nieve – Keats – E KEA

*   Chicken Little=El cielo se esta cayendo – Kellogg – E KEL

*   The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Kellogg – E KEL

*   Click Clack, Moo Cows that Type:  And More Fun on the Farm  (includes  The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Kellogg) – Travis – videorecording DVD

*   The End – LaRochelle – E LAR

*   Nim and the War Effort – Lee – E LEE

*  It Wasn’t My Fault – Lester – E LES

*   Tacky the Penguin (paperback) – Lester – E LES

*   The Giant Jam Sandwich – Lord – E LOR

*   Why the Chicken Crossed the Road – Macaulay – E MAC

Mr. Peabody’s Apples – Madonna   2003

Las manzanas del Peabody – Madonna   2003

*   Stephanie’s Ponytail – Munsch – E MUN

*   La cola de caballo de Estefania – Munsch – E MUN

*  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das una galletita a un raton – Numeroff – E NUM

*  If You Give a Moose a Muffin – Numeroff – E NUM

 *  Si le das un panecillo a un alce – Numeroff - E NUM

*  If You Give a Pig a Pancake – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das panqueque a una cerdita (2 copies) – Numeroff – E NUM

*  If You Give a Pig a Party – Numeroff – E NUM

  *  Si haces una fiesta a una cerdita – Numeroff - E NUM

*   Recess Queen – O’Neill – E ONE

The Kid in the Red Jacket – Park   1987

*  Milo and the Mysterious Island – Pfister – E PFI

*   Dogzilla – Pilkey – E PIL

*   Dogzilla – Plkey – kit

*   The Little That Could – Piper – E PIP

*   La pequena locomotora que sli pudo – Piper – E PIP

* Baloney (Henry P.) – Scieszka - E SCI

* Pamplinas (Henry P.) – Scieszka - E SCI

*  Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*  Pierre:  A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue  – Sendak – E SEN

* The Lorax – Seuss - E SEU

* El Lorax – Seuss - E SEU

*  A Bad Case of the Stripes – Shannon - E SHA

*  Un caso grave de rayas – Shannon - E SHA

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

*  Silvestre y la piedrecita magica – Steig – E STE

*   Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – Steptoe – E STE

*   Las bellas hijas de Mufaro:  Cuento popular Africans (2 copies) – Steptoe – E STE

Tops and Bottoms – Stevens – 398.208 STE 

*   Tops and Bottoms – Stevens – videorecording - unstated cause/effect

The Gardener – Stewart    1997

*   Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*   Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg - kit

*   Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Viorst – E VIO  1972

*   Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Good Day – Viorst – kit

*   Alexander y día terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso – Viorst – E VIO

*   Alexander y día terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso – Viorst – kit

*  Follow the Drinking Gourd – Winter – E WIN

*   Follow the Drinking Gourd – Winter - videorecording

*   The Napping House – Wood – E WOO

*   La casa adormecida – Wood – E WOO

*   The Other Side (4 copies) – Woodson – E WOO

*   Encounter (3 copies) – Yolen – E YOL

*   Encuentro – Yolen – FIC YOL  -located in E YOL

*   Hey, Al – Yorinks – E YOR

                                                    Reading Skills Characterization

*  Song and Dance Man – Ackerman - E ACK

*   Dear Peter Rabbit (2 copies) – Ada – E ADA

*   Querido Pedrin (2 copies) – Ada – E ADA

*   Old Henry – Blos – E BLO

The Moves Make the Man – Brooks (basketball)

*  Wednesday Surprise – Bunting – E BUN

Cracker Jackson – Byars

That Julia Redfern - Cameron

*   Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  Querido Senor Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

Ramona and her Mother - Cleary

*  The School Story – Clements - FIC CLE

*   Miss Rumphius – Cooney – E COO   1985

*   La señorita Runfio (2 copies) – Cooney – E COO

*   Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods – Curtis – E CUR

* Jamela's Dress – Daly - E DAL

*  El vestido de Jamela – Daly - E DAL

*  Legend of the Bluebonnet – DePaola – E LEG

*  La leyendea de la flor “el conejo” (paperback) – DePaola

*   Fairy Trails:  A Story Told in English and Spanish – Elya – E ELY

*  Patchwork Quilt – Flourney – E FLO

*   The Wolf’s Story:  What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood – Forward – E FOR

Great Little Madison - Fritz

*  Stella, Fairy of the Forest – Gay - E GAY

  Stella, Star of the Sea – Gay

Stella, Queen of the Snow – Gay

Gooney Bird Greene – Lowry  2004

Where’s Mum? – Gleeson  1993

Darkness and the Butterfly – Grifalconi  1987

*  A Weekend with Wendell – Henkes  - E HEN

*   Sheila Rae, the Brave – Henkes - E HEN

*   Sheila Rae, the Brave – Henkes - kit

*  Chrysanthemum (2 copies) – Henkes – E HEN

*   Chrysanthemum – Henkes – videorecording  DVD

*   Crisantemo (3 copies) – Henkes – E HEN

*  Crisantemo – Henkes - videorecording (VHS)

*   Julius, Baby of the World (2 copies) – Henkes – E HEN and PRO

*  Julius, el rey de la casa (paperback) – Henkes - E HEN

  *  Amazing Grace (2 copies)– Hoffman – E HOF

* La asombrosa Graciela – Hoffman - E HOF

*  Boundless Grace (2 copies)– Hoffman – E HOF

*   My Great-Aunt Arizona – Houston – B HUG (bio Arizona Houston Hughes)

Dogger – Hughes

*   The End – LaRochelle – E LAR

*  Tacky the Penguin (paperback) – Lester – E LES

*  El pinguino Taky - Lester- E LES

*  Sarah Plain and Tall – MacLachlan – FIC MAC

*   Sarah, sencilla y alta (paperback) – MacLachlan – E FIC

*   Snowflake Bentley (2 copies) – Martin – E MAR

*   Doña Flor :  A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart – Mora – E MOR

*   Doña Flor:  Un cuento de una mujer gigante con un gran corazón(2 copies) – Mora – E MOR

*  The Paper Bag Princess – Munsch – kit

*   La princesa vestida con una bolsa de papela – Munsch – E MUN

*   Wings (2 copies) – Myers – E MYE

Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life – Nolen  2005

*   Thunder Rose (2 copies) – Nolen – E  NOL - located in Tall Tale section

* Piggie Pie – Palatini -  kit

*  Sweet Tooth - Palatini - E PAL

*   The Cheese – Palatini – E PAL

* The Big Orange Splot – Pinkwater - E PIN

   Peggony Po:  A Whale of a Tale – Pinkney  2006  (Gr. K-4)

*   Martin’s Big Words:  The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Rappaport – PRO B KIN

Goodnight, Gorilla – Rathman           1994

*  Holes – Sachar – FIC SAC

*  Hoyas – Sachar - FIC SAC - located in Span. Fiction section

*   The Faithful Friend – San Souci – 398.21 SAN

 *  El Chino – Say – B ELC (Bio of Bill Wong)

*  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! located in Your Favorite Seuss anthology - E SEU

*  Como el Grinch Robo la Navidad!  - Seuss - E SEU

My Little Car=Mi carrito – Soto    2006

*   Loser – Spinelli – FIC SPI

Amos and Boris – Steig

Amos y Boris - Steig

*   Song of the Trees – Taylor – FIC TAY

The Land – Taylor – FIC TAY

*  Shy Charles – Wells - E WEL

*   Sleeping Ugly - Yolen

                                          Reading Skills Compare/Contrast

                                          Reading Skills Context Clues

Context Clues General Vocabulary

Inside a Barn in the Country:  A Rebus Read-Along Story – Capucilli   1995

*  Miss Alaineus:  A Vocabulary Disaster (2 copies) - Frasier - E FRA

*  There’s a Wocket in my Pocket – Seuss (included in The Cat in the Hat Comes Back and Fox in Socks) – videorecording

*   ¡Hay un molillo en mi bolsillo! – Seuss – E SEU

Oops! – Shannon

*   ¡Huy! – Shannon – E SHA

*  Thesaurus Rex – Steinberg - E STE

*  Carmine, A Little More Red – Sweet - E SWE

Context Clues Context Clues

Rajah's Rice: A Mathematical Folktale from India  - Barry

*   A River Ran Wild – Cherry – 974.4 CHE

*  The Great Kapok Tree - Cherry - E CHE

*  El gran capoquero - Cherry - E CHE

*  Diary of a Worm – Cronin - E CRO

*  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2 copies) – Dahl - FIC DAH

*   Charlie y la fabrica de chocolate – Dahl – FIC DAH

*  Paper Dragon – Davol - E DAV (Gr. 1-4)

*  Abuela (2 copies) – Dorros - E DOR

*   Abuela – Dorros – videorecording

*   Abuela (Spanish text) – Dorros – E DOR

*  Saturday Market – Grossman - E GRO

*  Featherless/Desplumado - Herrerra

The Phantom Tollbooth – Juster - FIC JUS (Gr. 5)

*  La caseta mágica – Juster - FIC JUS  (Gr. 5)

*  Wilma Unlimited:  How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman   - Krul l- B RUD

*  Voyage of the Dawn Treader – Lewis - FIC LEW

Barn Dance - Martin

*  Raising Dragons – Nolen - E NOL

*  Big Bad Bruce – Peet - E PEE

*   Cock-A-Doodle Dudley - Peet - E PEE

*  Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis – Pilkey - E PIL

Hally Tosis: El horrible problema de un perro - Pilkey

*  JoJo's Flying Sidekick – Pinkney - E PIN

*  The Bee Tree – Polacco - E POL

*  Pink and Say (3 copies) – Polacco - E POL

*   Pink and Say – Polacco – videorecording and kit

*  Pink y Say  - Polacco - E POL

Yettele's Feathers - Rothenburg

*  Baloney (Henry P.) - Sciezscka - E SCI

* Pamplinas (Henry P.) – Sciezscka - E SCI

*  Baseball in April – Soto - FIC SOT  (RL 5.0) (IL 6-YA)

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig - E STE

*  Silvestre y La Piedrecita Magica – Steig - E STE

*  Wizzil – Steig - E STE       

Lizards for Lunch- A Roadrunner's Tale - Storad 

*  Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World – Walter - FIC WAL        

*  Toby and His Old Tin Tub – West - E WES

*  Going Back Home:  An Artist Returns to the South - Wood

*  Piggins – Yolen - E YOL

                    Reading SkillsDrawing Conclusions

*  Miss Nelson Is Missing! – Allard – E ALL

*  La Senorita Nelson ha desaparecido – Allard – E ALL

*  Tuck Everlasting – Babbit – FIC BAB

*  Tuck para siempre – Babbit – FIC BAB - located in Span. fiction section

Gleam and Glow – Bunting   2001

*  Stellaluna – Cannon – E CAN

*  Stelaluna – Cannon – E CAN

   *  Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel – E LOB

*  Sapo Y Sepo son amigos – Lobel – E LOB

*  Wolf!   Bloom- E BLO

*  Wolf!  Bloom – videorecording – VHS

*   Smoky Night – Bunting - FIC BUN

*   Noche de humo (2 copies) – Bunting – E BUN

*   The Story of Ruby Bridges – Cole – B BRI (bio of Ruby Bridges)

*  Click Clack Moo:  Cows that Type – Cronin – E CRO

*  Clic, Clic, Muu:  Vacas escritoras – Cronin – E CRO

*  The Art Lesson – DePaola - E DEP

*   Koala Lou – Fox – E FOX

*  Tough Boris – Fox - E FOX

*  Julius, Baby of the World – Henkes – E HEN

*  Julius, el rey de la casa (paperback) – Henkes - E HEN

 The World of Ants - Henkes

*  New Shoes for Silvia – Hurwitz – E HUR  (Gr. 1-2)

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry – James – E JAM

*  Quiero Salvatierra – James – E JAM

Old MacDonald Had a Farm – Jones

*  Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel

*  Sapo y Sepo son amigos - Lobel

*  Knots on a Counting Rope - Martin Jr. - E MAR

Marti and the Mango - Moreton

The Cow that Went Oink - Most

 *  Dog Breath: the horrible trouble with Hally Tosis – Pilkney – E PIL

Hally Tosis: el horrible problema de un perro – Pilkney

*  The Big Orange Splot – Pinkwater - E PIN

*  How to Eat Fried Worms – Rockwell – FIC ROC

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

*  Silvestre y la piedrecita magica – Steig – E STE

*  The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (2 copies) – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*   The Stranger – Van Allsburg – E VAN

The Wretched Stone – Van Allsburg   1991

*   Wreck of the Zephyr – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*   El naufragio de Zéfior (2 copies) – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  A Chair for my Mother – Williams – E WIL

*  Un sillon para mi mamá (paperback) - Williams - E WIL

                                       Reading SkillsFact/Nonfact

 Fact/Opinion

*   Patrick’s Dinosaurs – Carrick - kit

*  Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  Querido Senor Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*   Frindle (2 copies) – Clements – FIC CLE

*   Fríndel – Clements – FIC CLE

*   I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat – Hall – E HAL

*   Swamp Angel – Isaacs – 398.2 ISA

*   I Have a Dream – King – 305.896 KIN

Magic School Bus Series

*  Hattie and the Fox (2 copies) – Mem – E MEM

A Place Called Freedom – Sanders – (PreK-2)

Grass Sandals:  The Travels of Basho – Spivak (Gr 1-6) travels of a 17^th cent. Japanese poet

Fact/Nonfact

*   Frogs – Crawford – 597.8 CRA

*   Ranas – Crawford – 597.8 CRA

*   Bats – Gibbons – 599.4 GIB

*   Dogs – Gibbons – 636.7 GIB

*   Sea Turtles/Arañas – Hall – 595.44 HAL

*  Snowflake Bentley – Martin - B BEN

*  Snowflake Bentley – Martin - audiocassette/book kit

The Magic School Bus Series

*   Bats=El murcieálago (2 copies) – Wilson – 599.4 WIL

                                             Reading Skills Foreshadowing

*  Hedgie's Surprise – Brett - E BRE

*  Grandfather’s Journey – Say – E SAY

*  Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*  The Wreck of the Zephyr – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  The Z Was Zapped:  A Play in Twenty-Six Acts - Van Allsburg - E VAN

*  Owl Moon – Yolen - E YOL

*  Encounter (3 copies) – Yolen - E YOL

*  Encuentro – Yolen - FIC YOL - located in E YOL

                                 Reading SkillsFeelings/Emotions of Characters

* When the New Baby Comes, I'm Moving Out – Alexander - E ALE

* Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister – Alexander - E ALE

* Amelia's Road – Altman - E ALT (Gr. 3-5)

* El camino de Amelia – Altman - E ALT (Gr. 3.5)

* The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings – Bailey - E BAI

* Franklin tiene un mal día – Bourgeois - E BOU

* Tight Times – Hazen - E HAZ

* Jessica – Henkes - E HEN

* Weekend with Wendell – Henkes - E HEN

* Amber on the Mountain – Johnston - E JOH

* Peach and Blue – Kilborne - E KIL

* Hurty Feelings – Lester - E LES

* Alicia's Happy Day – Starr - E STA (Gr. K-2)

* El día más feliz de Alicia – Starr - E STA (Gr. K-2)

* Alexander, Who's Not, (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move – Viorst - E VIO

* Alexander, que de ninguna manera --le oyen?-- lo dice en serio!-- se va a mudar – Viorst - E VIO

                                           Reading SkillsGenre

                                                                Genre Autobiography

*   On the Bus with Joanna Cole:  A Creative Autobiography – Cole – B COL

*  Michelle Kwan, Heart of a Champion:  An Autobiography – Kwan – B KWA

*  Author- Lester- B LES

*   Bill Peet:  An Autobiography – Peet – B PEE

*  It Came from Ohio- Stine- B STI

                                                                Genre Biography

*   Elizabeth Blackwell – Mader – B BLA 

*   Cesar Chavez:  lucha por los trabajodores del campo – Braun – B CHA

* ¡Azúcar! (Celia Cruz)- Da Coll- B CRU

*   The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin (2 copies) – Giblin – B FRA

*   Helen Keller – Dolan – B KEL

*   John F. Kennedy:  The Making of a Leader – Upadhyay – B KEN

*  A Picture Book About Martin Luther King, Jr.- Adler- B KIN

*   Sieur de la Salle – Nardo – B LAS

*   Rosa Parks – Schaefer – B PAR

*   Pocahontas – Schaefer – B POC

*   A Picture Book of Sacagawea – Alder – B SAC

*  Jennifer Lopez: Realizando los suenos-(2 copies) Smith- B LOP

*   Booker T. Washington – Schaefer – B WAS

                                                                             Genre  Drama/Play

*  Pignocchio- Alexander- E ALE (paperback)

                                                                            Genre Fables- moral/talking animals

                                                                            Genre Fantasy

*   Perloo:  The Bold – Avi – FIC AVI – Gr 406

*   Tuck Everlasting – Babbitt – FIC BAB

*   Tuck para siempre – Babbitt – FIC BAB 

* The Seventh Unicorn- Barber- E BAR

*   The Wizard of Oz – Baum – DIC BAU

*   A Dangerous Secret – Bone – FIC BON – Gr 3-6

*   James and the Giant Peach  (2 copies) – Dahl – FIC DAH

*   Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland – Disney – E DIS

*   La estatuilla del mago – Doyle – FIC DOY – Gr 4-6

*   Corduroy – Freeman – E FRE

*  Bunnicula- Howe- FIC HOW- located in Spooky Book Section

*  Bonicula- Howe- FIC HOW- located in Spooky Book Section

*   Harold and the Purple Crayon – Johnson – E JOH

*   Harold’s Trip to the Sky – Johnson – E JOH

*   The Phantom Tollbooth(2 copies)   – Juster – FIC JUS

 *   La caseta magica – Juster – FIC JUS 

*   Princess Buttercup:  A Flower Princess Story – Lewison – E LEW – PK-Gr 1

*   Un monton de unicornios – Machado – E – MAC – Gr 2-4

*   The Tale of Jack Frost – Melling – E MEL – Gr K-3

*   El duende del mar – Perera – FIC PER – Gr 3-5

*   Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2 copies) – Rowling – FIC ROW – Gr 4-8

*   Harry Potter y el prisonero de Azkaban – Rowling – FIC ROW

*   Outside Over There – Sendak – E SEN

 *   Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*   Donde viven los monstruos – Sendak – E SEN 

*   The Sneetches, and Other Stories (2 copies) – Seuss – E SEU

*   The Cat in the Hat=El gato ensombrerado – Seuss – E SEU

*   Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

 *   Charlotte’s Web – White – FIC WHI

                                                                                                Genre Folk Tale -supernatural

*   Anansi Does the Impossible:  An Ashanti Tale – Aardema – 398.209 AAR

 *   The Children’s Book of Home and Family – Bennett – SC CHI

*   Train to Somewhere – Bunting – E BUN 

*   Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans Christian, and the Brothers Grimm – 398.2 CAR

 *   Earth Care:  World Folktales to Talk About – MacDonald – 398.2 EAR

*   Fiestas feminina:  Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale – Gerson – 398.209

*   Fiestas femenia:  Homenaje a las mujeres  a través de historias tradicionales Mexicanas – Gerson – 398.2 GER

*   Her Stories:  African American Folktales – Hamilton – 398.2 HAM

*   The Golden Sandal:  a Middle Eastern Cinderella (2 copies) – Hickox – 398.2 HIC

*   Paul Bunyan Swings his Axe – McCormick – 398.22 MCC

*   Joy to the World:  Christmas Stories from Around the Globe – Pirotta – 398.23 PIR

*   The Samurai’s Daughter:  A Japanese Legend – San Souci – 398.2 SAN

*   A Weave of Words:  An Armenian Tale Retold (2 copies) – San Souci – 398.209 SAN

*   Cut from the Same Cloth:  American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tales – San Souci – 398.21 SAN

*   More Short and Shivery:  Thirty Terrifying Tales – San Souci – 398.25 SAN- spooky book section

*   A Coat for the Moon and Other Jewish Tales – Schwartz – 398.2 SCH

*   In a Dark, Dark Room:  And Other Scary Stories – Schwartz – E SCH- spooky book section

*   More Stories to Solve:  Fifteen Folktales from Around the World – Shannon– 398.2 SHA

*   A Forest of Stories:  Magical Tree Tales from Around the World – Singh - 398.24 SIN

*   A Pride of Africa:  Tales – Washington – 398.2 WAS

*   It Could Always Be Worse:  A Yiddish Folk Tale – Zemach – 398.2 ZEM

                                                                             Genre Historical Fiction

*  Train to Somewhere- Bunting- E BUN

*   Almost to Freedom – Nelson – E NEL (Gr 1-4)

*  Pink and Say – Polacco – E POL

*   Pink y Say – Polacco – E POL

*   Uncle Nacho’s Ha=El sombrero de Tío Nacho (3 copies) – Rohmer – E ROH

*   A Paradise Called Texas – Shefelman – FIC SHE

*   The Gold Cadillac – Taylor – FIC TAY 

*   Wingwalker  (2 copies) – Wells – FIC WEL

*   The Earth Dragon Awakes:  The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 – Yep – FIC YEP

                                                                                Genre Mystery

*   Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery- Adler – FIC ADL (Gr. 2-5)

(all of the Cam Jansen series (Gr. 2-5)- FIC ADL)

* Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery- Adler- E ADL (Gr. K-1)

(all of the Cam Jansen easy series-(Gr. K-1)- E ADL)

* Arthur's Mystery Files- videorecording (VHS)

* Chasing Vermeer- Balliett- FIC BAL

*   Arturo y el misterioso sobre – Brown – FIC BRO

*   Arthur’s Mysterious Babysitter – Brown – E BRO

*   Room One:  A Mystery or Two – Clements – FIC CLE

* Inspector Hopper- Cushman - E CUS (Gr. K-1)

* The Secret of the Old Mill (Hardy Boys Mystery)- Dixon -FIC DIX

(other Hardy Boys Mysteries- FIC DIX)

* The Case of the Burrowing Robot (Hank the Cowdog)-Erickson- FIC ERI

(other Hank the Cowdog Mysteries- FIC ERI)

* Las aventuras de Hank: el perro vaquero- Erickson- FIC ERI

*   Harriet the Spy – Fitzhugh – FIC FIT

* The Adventures of Minnie and Max: Mary Moon is Missing- Giff- FIC GIF (Gr. 1-2)

(other Minnie and Max mysteries- FIC GIF)

* This Gum for Hire: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye- Hale- FIC HAL

(Chet Gecko series- FIC HAL)

*   The Vampire Bunny – Henson – E HEN

* Bunnicula- Howe- FIC HOW

* Bonicula- Howe- FIC HOW

* Ghost Trap: A Wild Willie Mystery- Joosse- FIC JOO - located in spooky book section (Gr. 2)

*   The Missing Mitten Mystery – Kellogg – E KEL – PK-Gr 1

* The Gumdrop Ghost (Nancy Drew Mystery)- Keene- FIC KEE

(Nancy Drew series- FIC KEE

*   From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Konigsburg – FIC KON – Gr 4-5

* Arthur Accused! Krensky- FIC KRE

(other Arthur mysteries- FIC KRE)

* Gus and Gertie and the Missing Pearl- Nixon- FIC NIX (Gr. 2)

(other Gus and Gertie mysteries- FIC NIX

* The Case of the Detective in Disguise (Jigsaw Jones Mystery)- Preller- FIC PRE

(Jigsaw Jones Mystery series- FIC PRE)

* Nate the Great and the Monster Mess- Sharmat- E SHA (Gr. 2)

* Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog- Sobol -FIC SOB

*   The Mud Flat Mystery – Stevenson – E STE

* The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid: A Geronimo Stilton Mystery)- FIC STI

(other Geronimo Stilton mysteries- FIC STI)

* El misterio del ojo esmeralda (A Geronimo Stilton Mystery)- Stilton- FIC STI

*   Alphabet Mystery – Wood – E WOO – PK-Gr 2

*   Piggins – Yolen – E PIG

* A to Z Mysteries: The Missing Mummy- Roy- FIC ROY

(A to Z Mysteries- FIC ROY)

* The High-Rise Private Eyes- The Case of the Troublesome Turtle- Rylant-E RYL (Gr. 1-2) 

(for more in Rylant's series- E RYL)

* Wishbone Mysteries: The Treasure of Skeleton Reef (paperback)- Strickland- FIC STR

* Mal dia en el Rio Seco- van Allsburg- E VAN

* Los misterios del Señor Burdick- van Allsburg- E VAN

* The Mystery of the Star Ruby- (Boxcar Children Mysteries)-Warner- FIC WAR

(Boxcar Children Mystery series- FIC WAR)

* El misterio del barco fantasma -Williams- FIC WIL

* An Unsolved Mystery from History: The Mary Celeste- Yolen - E YOL

* The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History- Yolen - E YOL

Myths

*   Ingri and Edger Paris D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths – D’Aulaire – 292 DAU

 * Fabulas Clasicas- Kincaid- FIC FAB

*   Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Greeks – Martell – 938 MAR

*   Greek Myths – McCaughrean – 292.2 MCC

*   Famous Greek Myths – Osborne – 292 OSB

*   Famous Norse Myths – Osborne – 293 OSB 

*   Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians – Quie – 932 QUI

*   Native American Myths and Legends – Taylor – 398.2 NAT

*   The Random House Book of Greek Myths – Vinge – 292 VIN

*   Myths and Civilization of the Native Americans – Wood – 970.004 WOO

                                                                                                Genre Nonfiction

*   La tierra – Adamson – 550 ADA

*   Sharks! – Betz – 597.77 SHA

*   Barack Obama – DeMedeiros – B OBA

*   The Statue of Liberty – Firestone – 974.7 FIR

*   Kittens=Gatitos – Twine – 636.8 TWI

*   Cars – Graham – 629.222 GRA

*   Boxers – Green – 636.73 GRE

*   La Estatua de Libertad – Harris – 974.7 HAR

*   ¿Como se siete al tacarlo? – Kalman – 612.88 KAL

*   Camiones de bomberos/FireTrucks – Lindeen – 628.9 LIN

*   Rock Basics – Lindeen – 552 LIN

*   Clown Fish and other Coral Reef Life (2 copies) – Morgan – 591.77 MOR

*   Soldiers of the U. S. Army – Simons – 355.3 SIM

*   Rabbits – Spilsbury – 636.9 SPI

*   Fall – Thayer – 508.2 THA

*   Spring – Thayer – 508.2 THA

*   Summer – Thayer – 508.2 THA

*   Winter – Thayer – 508.2 THA

*   ¿Que es una constitucion? – Thomas – 342.73 THO

*   Puppies=Cachorros – Twine – 636.7 TWI

*   A Drop of Water:  A Book of Science and Wonder (3 copies) – Wick – 546 WIC

                                                                        Genre Poetry

*   Dogku – Clements - 811 CLE

*   Cowboy Slim – Danneberg – E DAN

*   Hey You!:  Poemas to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes, and Other Fun Things – Janeczko – 811 Hey

*   Confeti:  Poems para niños – Mora – 811 MOR

*   Poems about Air – Peters – 820.008 PET

*   Awful Ogre Running Wild – Prelutsky – 811 PRE

*   The Blacker the Berry:  Poems – Thomas – 811 THO

                                                                        Genre Realistic Fiction

*   Your Move – Bunting – E BUN

*   The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown – Byars – FIC BYA

*   Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  Querido Señor Henshaw – Cleary - FIC CLE

*  Night in the Barn – Gibbons - E GIB

*  The Leaving Morning – Johnson - E JOH

*   Shiloh – Naylor – FIC NAY

*   The Great Gilly Hopkins – Paterson – FIC PAT

*   A Taste of Blackberries – Smith – FIC SMI

*   Taking Sides – Soto – FIC SOT

*   Maniac Magee – Spinelli – FIC SPI

                                                                                                    Genre Science Fiction

* The Diversion: Animorphs- Applegate- FIC APP

(Animorphs series)

* El encuentro: Animorphs (Spanish)- Applegate- FIC APP

* The Monsters of Morely Manor- Coville- FIC COV

* Aliens Ate My Homework- Coville- FIC COV

*  Hedgie Blasts Off! – Brett – E BRE – (Gr. K-2)

*   Akiko and the Great Wall of Trudd – Crilley – FIC CRI – (Gr. 3-5) 

* Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars – Dodd - FIC DOD

*   The Fungus that Ate my School – Dorros – E DOR - (Pk-1)

*   Aliens for Breakfast – Etra – FIC ETR – (Gr. 3-6)

*   Aliens for Lunch – Etra – FIC ETR – (Gr. 3-6)

*   Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby – McPhail – E MCP – (Pk-2)

*   Midnight on the Moon – Osborne – FIC OSB – (Gr. 2-3)

*   Night of the New Magicians – Osborne – E OSB – (Gr. 2-4)

* Into the Dream – Sleator - FIC SLE

*   Expiration Date:  Never – Spinner – FIC SPI

*   June 29, 1999 – Wiesner – E WIE – (K-3)

*   Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy - Yolen – E YOL – (Gr. 2-3)

                                                                                            Genre Tall Tale

Reading SkillsIdioms

*   Parts – Arnold - E ARN

*  More Parts – Arnold - E ARN

*   Even More Parts – Arnold - E ARN

My Momma Likes to Say – Brennan-Nelson

*  Arthur in a Pickle – Brown - E BRO

Dumb Bunnies - Denim

*   A Chocolate Moose for Dinner (3 paperbacks) – Gwynne - 428.1 GWY

*   A Little Pigeon Toad (paperback) – Gwynne – 428.1 GWY

*   The King Who Rained (paperback) – Gwynne – 428.1 GWY

*   You Let the Cat Out of the Bag!:  (And Other Crazy Animal Sayings) – Klingel – 428 KLI

Theres' a Frog in My Throat! - Leedy

*  Batter Up, Wombat – Lester - E LES

*   Stink and the Incredible Super-galactic Jawbreaker – McDonald – FIC MCD

*   Amelia Bedelia – Parish - E PAR

*   Amelia Bedelia (Spanish) - Parish - E PAR

*  Amelia Bedelia  4 Mayor – Parish - E PAR

*  Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm – Parish - E PAR

*  Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia – Parish - E PAR

*  Thank You, Amelia Bedelia – Parish - E PAR

*  The Big Orange Splot – Pinkwater - E PIN - located w/ 4th Grade UBD books

Super Silly Sayings: A Children's Illustrated Book of Idioms – Snodgrass

*   Raising Sweetness – Stanley - E STA

*  Saving Sweetness – Stanley - E STA

*   Mad as a Wet Hen:  And Other Funny Idioms – Terban – 428.1 TER

*   Punching the Clock:  Funny Action Idioms – Terban – 428.1 TER

Amy's Award * Ve Lo Que Dices/See What You Say-(2 copies) Taylor- 428.2 TAY

* Mad as a Wet Hen! and Other Funny Idioms – Terban - 428.1 TER

* Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms – Terban - 428.1 TER

In a Pickle and Other Funny Idioms - Terban

*   The Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms (2 copies) – Terban - 428.1 TER

Monkey Business: Fun with Idioms - Turhan, Hambleton, Tullet

*  World Almanac for Kids - 031.02 WOR

                                Reading Skills  Inference

Back to Inference Inference Books for K-1

(cover the title and ask what can be inferred from the pictures)

Window – Baker 1991  wordless picture book

*   Grandfather Twilight – Berger – E BER (K-3)

*   Dandelions (2 copies) – Bunting – E BUN

*   The Wednesday Surprise – Bunting – E BUN – (PK-3)

*   Grandfather Twilight – Berger – E BER

The Winter Fox – Brutschy – (K-2)

*  Hot-Air Henry – Calhoun  (baby-PS) – E CAL

*   Stellaluna – Cannon – E CAN

*   Stellaluna – Cannon – videorecording DVD

*  Stelaluna – Cannon – E CAN

*   The Story of Ruby Bridges – Coles – B BRI

*   Shortcut – Crews – E CRE - (K-3)

*   Oliver Button Is a Sissy – DePaola – E DEP   1979

*   Oliver Button es una nena – DePaola – E DEP  2002

*   The Art Lesson (2 copies) – DePaola – E DEP (K-3)

*   La clase de dibujo – DePaola – E DEP (K-3)

*   In the Small, Small Pond – Fleming – E FLE (seasons)

*   Lunch – Fleming

*   Tough Boris – Fox – E FOX – (PK-2)

* In the Garden: Who's Been Here?  George - E GEO

* Around the Pond: Who's Been Here?  George - E GEO

* Around the World: Who's Been Here?  George - E GEO

*   Teammates – Golenbock – 920 GOL

*   Compañeros de equipo – Golenbock – 920 GOL - (K-6)

* Dirty Larry – Hamsa - E HAM

*   Tight Times – Hazen – E HAZ

My Lucky – Kasza  (Gr. K-3)   2003

* Rain Romp – Kurtz - E KUR

* Hello, Doctor- Marx - E MAR

* Hola, Doctor – Marx - E MAR - located in Spanish E section

*  Messy Bessy's School Desk – McKissack - E MCK

*  Snow? Let's Go! - Nagel - E NAG

*   The Royal Bee – Park – E PAR

Miss Maggie – Rylant   (K-3) 1983

*   David Goes to School – Shannon – E SHA – (K-3)

*   David va al colegio – Shannon – E SHA – (K-3)

*   No, David! – Shannon – E SHA – (K-2)

*   ¡No, David! – Shannon – E SHA – (K-2)

Letter to the Lake – Swanson – (K-1)  1997

*   Joseph Had a Little Overcoat – Taback – E TAB

Ben’s Dream – Van Allsburg

*   Free Fall – Wiesner – E WIE - (K-3)

*   Hurricane – Wiesner – E WIE – (K-4)

*   June 29, 1999 – Wiesner – E WIE - (K-3)

*   The Three Little Pigs – Wiesner – E WIE – (K-3)

*   Tuesday – Wiesner – E WIE    (almost wordless)

Knuffle Bunny:  A Cautionary Tale – Willems

*   El conejito knuffle:  Un cuento aleccionador (paperback)– Willems – E WIL

Coming On Home Soon – Woodson – (K-3) 2004

*   Something Beautiful – Wyeth – E WYE - (K-3)

*   Seven Blind Mice (2 copies) – Young – 398.24 YOU

Siete ratones ciegos – Young

If You Listen – Zolotow     2002

Back to Inference Inference Books for Gr. 2-5

*   Howie Bowles, Secret Agent – Banks – FIC BAN (Gr. 2-3)

The Table Where Rich People Sit – Baylor - (RL Gr. 4-8)

*   Grandfather Twilight – Berger – E BER

   *  The Five Chinese Brothers – Bishop - audiocassette/book KIT

*   Anna Banana and Me – Blequad – E BLE

Jim and the Beanstalk - Briggs

*   Five Secrets in a Box – Brighton – E BRI  1987

*   Fireflies:  Story and Pictures – Brinkloe – E BRI  1985

The Shape Game – Browne

*   Dandelions (2 copies) – Bunting – E BUN  (Gr. 2-4)

Fly Away Home – Bunting (RL 4.3)  1991

*   How Many Days to America?:  A Thanksgiving Story  - Bunting – E BUN (K-4)

*   Hoops – Burleigh – 811 BUR - (Gr. 4-8)

*   Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*   Querido Señor Henshaw – FIC CLE

*  Big Al – Clements- E CLE

See the Ocean – Condra

*   The Library Dragon – Deedy – E DEE – (IL K-3) (RL 5.5)

*   Oliver Button Is a Sissy – DePaola – E DEP

*  Oliver Button es una nena – DePaola - E DEP

*  The Art Lesson (2 copies) – DePaola - E DEP

* La clase de dibujo – DePaola - E DEP

Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in your Soup – DePaola

*   Barefoot:  Escape on the Underground Railroad – Edwards – E EDW

   Swing Around the Sun – Esbensen            2003

*   Bull Run – Fleischman – FIC FLE  (Gr. 5-8)  (1993)

*  Koala Lou - Fox - E FOX - (RL 4.3)

*  Leah’s Pony – Friedrich – E FRI

*   Corduroy – Freeman – E FRE

*  Corduroy (Spanish) (paperback) – Freeman - E FRE

A Fairy Went a-Marketing - Fyleman

A Bag Full of Pups – Gackenbach

*  In the Garden: Who's Been Here? - George - E GEO

*  Around the Pond: Who's Been Here? - George - E GEO

*  Teammates – Golenbock – 920 GOL - (K-6)

*   Compañeros de equipo – Golenbock – 920 GOL – (K-6)

*   Tight Times – Hazel – E HAZ

Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky(poems) – Heard

For the Good of the Earth and Sun: Teaching Poetry - Heard

*  The Day of Ahmed’s Secret  – Heide – E HEI  (propane gas)

 Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt – Hopkinson – (RL 4.5) 1995

   Dreams (poem) – Hughes

Rose Blanche – Innocenti - (Gr. 3-6)

Rosa Blanca – Innocenti - (Gr. 3.6)

My Lucky - Kasza           2003

*   The Raft (2 copies) – LaMarche – E LAM – (Gr. 3-5)

The Great Migration – Lawrence

*   Knots on a Counting Rope - Martin Jr. - E MAR

*   Ma Dear’s Aprons – McKissack – E MCK - (Gr.1-4)

Annie and the Old One - Miles

*  Ani y la anciana – Miles - E MIL

*  The Rag Coat (2 copies) – Mills - E MIL   (Gr. 1-5)

Eaglet’s World – Minshull    2002

*   Just a Minute:  A Trickster Tale and Counting Book (bilingual) – Morales -     298.2 MOR – (Gr. PK-4)

*   Love You Forever – Munsch – E MUN – (Gr. 3)

*   Siempre te querre – Munsch – E MUN – (Gr. 3)

* Saving Shiloh – Naylor - E NAY

Shadow Ball: The History of the Negro Leagues – O’Connor

Dreamcatcher - Osfsky

*   The Royal Bee – Park – E PAR  Korean school

The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman – Pattison    2003

The Warlord’s Puppeteers – Pilegard      2003

*  Pink and Say (3 copies) – Polacco - E POL

*   Pink and Say – Polacco – videorecording and kit

*  Pink y Say – Polacco - E POL

If Not for the Cat – Prelutsky     2004

Scranimals – Prelutsky

*   Yo?  Yes! – Raschke – E YO

*   Yo?  Yes! – Raschke – videorecording

*  The Flag We Love – Ryan – 929.0 RYA

Miss Maggie – Rylant - (Gr. I-3)

*   The Old Woman Who Named Things – Rylant – E RYL – (RL 3.8)

*  Grandfather’s Journey – Say – E SAY - (Gr. 3 up)

Buster’s Echo – Scamell    1993

*   Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*  A Bad Case of the Stripes – Shannon – E SHA

*  Un caso grave de rayas – Shannon - E SHA

*   The Stray Dog(2 copies) – Simont – E SIM – (Gr. K-3)

*   The Stray Dog – Simont – kit - (Gr. K-3)

*   El perro vagabundo – Simont – E SIM – (Gr. K-3)

Where Are You Going, Manyoni? – Stock (2 hr walk to school in Africa) 1993

Winter Fox – Stock

Wise Old Woman - Uchida

*   Bad Day at Riverbend – van Allsburg – E VAN

*  Mal Dia en El Rio Seco- van Allsburg - E VAN

*   Jumanji – Van Allsburg – E VAN    1981

*    Jumanji(Spanish) – Van Allsburg – E VAN    1995

*   Just a Dream – Van Allsburg – E VAN (RL 4.2)

*   The Sweetest Fig – Van Allsburg – E VAN – (K-3)

*   El higo mas dulce – Van Allsburg – E VAN – (K-3)

The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (2 copies) – Van Allsburg

*  The Mysteries of the Harris Burdick – Van Allsburg- E VAN

*  Los misterios del Senor Burdick – Van Allsburg –E VAN

*   The Stranger – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  The Widow's Broom – Van Allsburg- E VAN

* La escoba de la viuda (2 copies) Van Allsburg - E VAN

*   The Wreck of the Zephyr – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*   El nanfragio naufragio del Zéfiro (2 copies) – Van Allsburg – E VAN

The Wretched Stone – Van Allsburg - (Gr. 5-8)  1991

*   Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg – E VAN  (K-4)

*   Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg – kit  -  (K-4)

*   The Secret to Freedom – Vaughan – E VAU – (Gr. 2-4)

*   Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich on Sunday (2 copies) – Viorst - E VIO

*   Alexander, que era rico el domingo pasado – Viorst – E VIO

Keepers – Watts – (Gr.2-4)  1997

*   Sector 7: Poems (2 copies) – Wiesner – E WIE

*   Sector 7: Poems – Wiesner - E WIE

*   Tuesday – Wiesner – E WIE    wordless

Grandma Essie’s Covered Wagon – Williams

Music Music for Everyone – Williams

Librarian of Basra:  A True Story from Iraq – Winter – (Gr. 2-5)  2005

*   Something Beautiful – Wyeth – E WYE

*   Encounter (3 copies) – Yolen – E YOL

*  Encuentro – Yolen - E YOL

*  Mother Earth, Father Sky: poems of our planet – Yolen – 808.819 MOT

*   Seven Blind Mice(2 copies) – Young – 398.24 YOU –(Gr. K-3)

*  Siete ratones ciegos (paperback) -Young - 398.24 YOU

If You Listen - Zolotow

Back to Inference Gr. 2-5: infer from pictures

Window – Baker              1991  wordless picture book

* Just Another Ordinary Day- Clements- E CLE

*  My Working Mom- Glassman- E GLA

*  Tight Times- Hazen- E HAZ

* Hey Al -Yorinks- E YOR

                                                        Reading SkillsIrony

*  Que nervios!  Danneberg- E DAN

*  First Day Jitters -(2) Danneberg -E DAN

* A Porcupine Named Fluffy- Lester- E LES

*   The Frog Prince – Scieszka – E SCI

* George and the Dragon- Wormell- E WOR

                                                        Reading Skills  Main Idea and Supporting Details

*  Firefighters – Bourgeois – 363.37 BOU

*   Another Important Book – Brown – E BRO

*   The Important Book – Brown – E BRO

*   The Important Book – Brown – kit

*   Summer of the Swans – Byars – FIC BYA

*  A River Ran Wild – Cherry - 974.4 CHE

*   The Great Kapok Tree:   A Tale of the Amazon – Cherry – E CHE

*   El gran capoquero:  Un cuento de la selva amazónica – Cherry – E CHE

*   Fables – Gobel – FIC LOB

*   Fábulas – Gobel – FIC LOB

*   The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses – Goble – E GOB

* A Weekend with Wendell – Henkes - E HEN

City of Snow:  The Great Blizzard of 1888 – Hugh

*   The Boy on Fairfield Street:   How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss – Krull – B SEU

*   Number the Stars – Lowry – FIC LOW

Through Grandpa’s Eyes – MacLachlan   1980

*  Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights – Miller - 591.4 MIL

*   The Keeping Quilt – Polacco – E POL

*   The Keeping Quilt – Polacco - viderorecording

*   La colcha de los recuerdos (2 copies)– Polacco – E POL

*   Wilma Unlimited:  How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman – Krull – B RUD

*   Wilma sin limites:  Como Wilma Rudolph se convirtio en la mujer en la mujer mas rapida del mundo – Krull – B RUD

*   Black and White – MacCaulay – FIC MAC

*   Martin’s Big Words:  The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Rappaport – B KIN

*  When Marian Sang -   Ryan - B AND

*   When You and I Were Young in the Mountains – Rylant – E RYL

How Ben Franklin Stole Lightning – Schanzer

*   Frog Prince Continued – Scieszka – E SCI

Brother Eagle and Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle – Seattle

Hermana agbuila, hermano cielo: un mensaje del Jafe – Seattle

Something to Tell the Grandcows – Spinelli – (Pk-2)  2004

The Amazing Bone – Steig     1993

The Gardener – Stewart    2000

*   So You Want to Be President – St. George – 973.09 STG

*   A Chair for my Mother (2 copies) – Williams – E WIL

*   A Chair for my Mother – Williams – videorecording

*   Un sillón para mi mama(2 copies) – Williams – E WIL

                                                Reading Skills  Motive

                                    Reading Skills Pattern Books

                                                Reading SkillsPhonics

BEGINNING SOUNDS

(Red/white book series)- Moncure- E MON

ENDING SOUNDS

* Lots of Pots- Lagonegro- E LAG

*  -at as in cat- Salzmann- 428.1 SAL

                                         Reading SkillsPicture Clues

         *  Just Another Ordinary Day- Clements- E CLE      

 *   My Working Mom- Glassman- E GLA

                                        Reading Skills    Point of View

*  Nobody Asked Me if I Wanted a Baby Sister- Alexander- E ALE

* When the New Baby Comes, I'm Moving Out- Alexander- E ALE

*  Los seis ciegos y el elefant – Backstein – 398.21 BAC

*  Common Ground- Bang- E BAN

*   Pain and the Great One – Blume – E BLU

*   Voices in the Park (2 copies) – Browne - E BRO

*  Voces en el parque (3 copies) Browne- E BRO

Great Shaking:  An Account of the Earthquakes  of 1811 and 1812 – Carson

*   The Great Kapok Tree:  A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest – Cherry – E CHE

*   El gran capoquero:  Un cuento de la selva amazónica – Cherry – E CHE

*   Call me Ahnighito – Conrad – E CON

Shipwreck Saturday - Cosby

*  Diary of a Worm – Cronin – E CRO

*  Diary of a Spider- Cronin- E CRO

*  Disney's My Side of the Story: Sleeping Beauty/Maleficent- Disney- E DIS

*  Barefoot – Edwards – E EDW

*  Bringing Down the Moon- Emmett- E EMM (similar to Kitten's First Full Moon- E HEN)

*  Tough Boris- Fox- E FOX

*  Diary of a Wombat- French- E FRE

*   Tight Times – Hazen – E HAZ

*  Kitten's First Full Moon- Henkes - E HEN (similar to Bringing Down the Moon- E EMM)

* La primera luna llena de Gatita- Henkes- E HEN

*  Hey, you! : poems to skyscrapers, mosquitoes, and other fun things - Janeczko - 811 HEY

*  Round Trip –Jonas- E JON

*  I Need a Snake- Jonell- E JON

*  George Shrinks – Joyce – E JOY

* The Giant Jam Sandwich- Lord- E LOR

The Blind Men and the Elephant – Quigley (Six blind men describe elephant)

*  Once I Ate a Pie- MacLaughlan and MacLaughlan- 811.6 MAC

*   The Journal of James Edmond Pease:  A Civil War Union Soldier – Murphy – FIC MUR 

*   The Three Questions – Muth – E MUT

*  Cat Chat - (pet's point of view)- Phillips- 636.8 PHI

*  Rodents Rule- (pet's point of view) - Phillips- 636.9 PHI

*  Welcome Comfort- Polacco- E POL

*  The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – Scieszka- E SCI

*  La Verdadera historia de los tres cerditos! - Scieszka- E SCI (paperback) and (hardback)

*  Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*   Donde viven los monstrous – Senkak – E SEN

*   Bartholomew and the Oobleck – Seuss – E SEU

*   The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins – Seus – E SEU

*   Los 500 sombreros de Bartolome Cubbins – Seuss – E SEU

*   Dear Mrs. LaRue, Letters from Obedience School – Teague – E TEA  Letter form

*   Querida Sra. LaRue:  Cartas desde la academia carina – Teague – E TEA

*  Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  Earrings! Viorst- E VIO

*   If the Shoe Fits:  Voices from Cinderella – 811 WHI (located in Fairy Tales)

Amy's Award*  Little Mouse's Painting- Wolkstein -  E WOL

George Washington’s Socks – Woodruff  

*  Encounter-Yolen- E YOL

*  Encuentro- Yolen- E YOL

First Person Nonfiction Animal Stories

*  Plenty of Penguins- Black- 598.47 BLA

* Farm Animals (Scholastic Reader)- Cooper- 636 COO

* Polar Animals (Scholastic Reader)- Cooper- 591.7 COO

* Animal Show and Tell: Animals at the Pond- Lambilly-Bresson- 591.763 LAM

* Animal Show and Tell: Baby Animals- Lambilly-Bresson- 591.3 LAM

* Los animales nos cuentan su vida: Animales de las regiones polares- Lambilly-Bresson- 591.70911 LAM

* Los animales nos cuentan su vida: Crías de animales-Lambilly-Bresson- 591.3 LAM

Amy's Award* Animal Babies in Polar Lands- Schofield- 591.7 SCH

                                Reading Skills  Prediction

*  Miss Nelson Is Missing – Allard- E ALL

*  La Señorita ha desaparecido - Allard- E ALL

*  The Aminal [sic]- Balian - E BAL

   *  Hedgie’s Surprise – Brett – E BRE

*   Flat Stanley (3 copies) – Brown – 1964, 2003. 2006

The Shape Game – Browne

*   How Many More Days to America?:  A Thanksgiving Story – Bunting – E BUN (Gr. K-3)

*  The Wednesday Surprise – Bunting – audiocassette/book kit

*  Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey – Cowley - E COW

* Gracias, el pavo de Thanksgiving – Cowley - E COW

 * The Mystery of King Kharfu – Cushman - E CUS

*   First Day Jitters (2 copies) – Danneburg – E DAN

*  Koala Lou – Fox - E FOX

*   Possum Magic – Fox – E FOX

*  Pauline – Hallensleben - E HAL

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry – James - E JAM

*  Querido Salvatierra – James - E JAM

*   The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Kellogg – E KEL

My Teacher’s Secret Life - Krensky

The Enormous Watermelon - Parkes

*   Fables – Lobel – FIC LOB

*   Fables – Lobel - kit

*   Fábulas – Lobel – FIC LOB

Suddenly!:  A Preston Pig Story - McNaughton

*  Stephanie’s Ponytail – Munsch - E MUN

*   La cola de caballo de Estefania – Munsch

*   The Royal Bee – Park – E PAR

The Enormous Watermelon – Parkes - 1988

*  Big Bad Bruce – Peet - audiocassette/book KIT

*  Pink and Say (3 copies) – Polacco – E POL

*   Pink and Say – Polacco – videorecording and kit

*  Pink y Say – Polacco – FIC POL

*  Ruby the Copy Cat – Rathmann – E RAT

* Ruby the Copy Cat - Rathmann - audiocassette/book KIT

*  Ruby, mono ve, mono hace (Paperback) - Rathmann - E RAT

*  Cat Heaven – Rylant – E RYL

The Van Gogh Café – Rylant   1998

*   Skippyjon Jones – Schachner – E SCH  (and others in this series)

*   Caps for Sale – Slobodkina – E SLO

Amos and Boris – Steig

Amos y Boris - Steig

            *  The Great Fuzz Frenzy - Stevens & Stevens-Crummel – E STE

*  Bad Day at Riverbend – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  Mal día en Rio Seco – Van Allsburg - E VAN

*  Just a Dream – Van Allsburg – E VAN

* Ben's Dream – Van Allsburg - E VAN

*  The Wretched Stone – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  The Z Was Zapped – Van Allsburg – E VAN

Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg

Keepers - Watts

Bremen Town Musicians - Wilhelm

*  Hurricane – Wiesner – E WIE

*   June 29, 1999 – Wiesner – E WIE

*  Tuesday – Wiesner – E WIE

*  Elbert’s Bad Word – Wood - E WOO

The Ghost of Ernie P. – Wright - 1990

*  The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved Mystery from History – Yolen - E YOL

                                               Reading Skills Prefixes/Suffixes

  If You Were a Suffix – Aboff   2009

*  Fortunately (2 copies) – Charlip - E CHA

   Prefixes and Suffixes – Heinrichs   2006

                                        Reading SkillsRhyming Books

*   Old Black Fly – Aylesworth – E AYL

*   Captain Duck – Alborough – E ALB

*   Ice Cream Bear – Alborough – kit – sound cassette/book

*   My Friend Bear – Alborough – E ALB

*   Tall – Alborough – E ALB

*   One, Two, Skip a Few – Arenson – E ARE

*  Sunshine, Moonshine:  First Number Rhymes – Armstrong – E ARM

*   Naughty Little Monkeys – Aylesworth – E AYL

*   Quack and Count – Baker – 513.2 BAK

*   Playtime Rhymes for Little People - Beaton – E BEA

*   Duck Duck Goose!: A Coyote’s on the Loose! (2 copies) – Beaumont – E BEA

*   Secret Seahorse – Blackstone – E BLA

*  La familia activa de Oso - Blackstone- E BLA

 *   Tumble Bumble – Bond – E BON

*   One Glad Man – Bowdish – E BOW

*  Cowboy Up! – Brimner – E BRI

*  Beach is to Fun: A Book About Relationships – Brisson - E BRI

*   Another Important Book – Brown – E BRO

*   The Important Book – Brown – E BRO

*   Kangaroos Have Joeys – Browne – E BRO 

*  Yikes—Lice! – Caffey – 616.5 CAF

*  Happy Birthday, Jesse Bear! – Carlstrom – E CAR

*  Clap Your Hands – Cauley – E CAU

*   Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed – Christelow – E CHR

*   Cinco monitos brincando en la cama=Five Little Monkeys  Jumping on the Bed – Christelow – E CHR

*   Quilt Alphabet – Clline-Ransome – 811 CLI

*  El libro apestoso - Cole- E COL

*   A tu ritmo! – Cronin – E CRO

*  Terrible Teresa and other Very Short Stories – Cuetara – E CUE

*   Go-With Words – Dobkin – E DOB 

*  The House Book – DuQuette – E DUQ

* Are You My Mother? (3 copies) – Eastman - E EAS

*  Eres tu mi mama? Eastman - E EAS

*  Bebé Goes Shopping – Elya – E ELY (Span./Eng. mix)

*  Mary Engelbreit's A Merry Little Christmas – Engelbreit - E ENG

*   Nonsense! He Yelled – Eschbacher – E ESC

*  In the Small, Small Pond (2 copies) – Fleming – E FLE 

*   Pumpkin – Fleming – E FLE

*   The Everything Book – Fleming – E FLE

*   Bow Wow Meow Meow:  It’s Rhyming Cats and Dogs – Florian – 811 FLO

Time for Bed – Fox

*   Shells – Franco – E FRA

 *  Wagons West – Gerrard – E GER

*   At Grandma’s – Greene – E GRE

*  The Very First Thanksgiving Day – Greene – E GRE

*  Is Your Mama a Llama? (2 copies) - Guarino - E GUA

*  Tu mamá es una llama? (2 copies) – Guarino - E GUA

*   I  Forgot my Shoes – Harper – E HAR

*   When Cows Come Home – Harrison – E HAR

*   Hands Can – Hudson – E HUD

*   Little Bird, Biddle Bird – Kirk – E KIR

*  Little Pig, Biddle Pig – Kirk – E KIR

*  Lots of Pots – Lagonegro - E LAG

*  Grow, Seeds, Grow! Lagonegro- E LAG

*   Hooper Humperdink -----? Not Him! – LeSieg – E LES

*   Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 (4 copies) – Martin – E MAR

*   Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Martin – E MAR

*   Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: And Lots More Learning Fun! – Martin - DVD

*   From Anne to Zach – Martin – E MAR

*  Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?  Martin Jr. - E MAR

*  Oso pardo. oso pardo, qué ves ahi?  (2 copies) Martin Jr. - E MAR

*   Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? – Martin Jr. – E MAR

*  Oso polar, oso polar, qué es ese ruido?  Martin Jr. - E MAR

*   Pretend You’re a Cat – Marzollo – E MAR

*   Edward Lear’s A Was Once an Apple Pie – MacDonald – E LEA

*   Big Brown Bear=El gran oso pardo – McPhail – E MCP

*   Six Silly Foxes – Moran – E MOR

*   Music Is – Moss – E MOS

  *   Snow?  Let’s Go – Nagel – E NAG

*   Karate Hour – Nevius – E NEV

*  Bear in Air - North - E NOR

*  The Cheese – Palatini – E PAL

*   The Web Files – Palatini – E PAL

*   Los cinco patitos:  Una rima tradicional – Paparone – E PAP

*   Snowflake Kisses and Gingerbread Smiles – Parker – E PAR

*   Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck – Peters – E PET

*   October Smiled Back – Peters – E PET

*   Slithery Jake – Provencher – E PRO

*   On Beyond Bugs – Rabe – 595.7 RAB

*  Feet – Rau – E RAU

*   Los pies – Rau – E RAU

*   The House that Jack Built – Root – E ROO

*   Avalanche – Rosen – E ROS

*   Hello, Ocean! – Ryan – E RYA

*  Hello, Ocean!=Hola Mar - Ryan- E RYA

*   Giggle Belly – Sakelaris – E SAK

*   Penquins 1-2-3 – Schafer – 513.2 SCH

*   Fox in Socks – Seuss – E SEU   1965

*   Hop on Pop (2 copies) – Seuss – E SEU

*   Hop on Pop:  Oh Say Can You Say?  Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! – Seuss - videorecording (VHS)

*   If I Ran the Zoo – Seuss – E SEU

*   If I Ran the Zoo (included with How the Grinch Stole Christmas) – Seuss - videorecording

*   One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (3 copies) – Seuss – E SEU

*  Un pez, dos peces, pez rojo, pez azul – Seuss - E SEU

*  Un pez, dos peces, pez rojo, pez azul (2 copies) - videorecording (VHS)

*   There’s a Wocket in my Pocket – Seuss - videorecording

*  Hay un molillo en mi bolsillo! Seuss - E SEU

*   Green Eggs and Ham (3 copies) – Seuss – E SEU

*   Green Eggs and Ham; The Cat in the Hat – Seuss - videorecording

*  Juevos verdes con jamon (3 copies) - Seuss - E SEU

*   What Time Is It, Mr. Crocodile? – Sierra – E SIE

Kangaroo and Cricket – Siomades

*   Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten – Slate – E SLA

*   Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100^th Day of Kindergarten – Slate – E SLA

*   Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten – Slate – E SLA

*   Miss Bindergarten Stays Home – Slate – E SLA 

*   Patty’s Pumpkin Patch – Sloat – E SLO

*   And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (4 copies) – Stevens – E STE

*   Dinosaur Roar! – Stickland – E STI

*   Mama Loves You – Stutson – E STU

*   Delivery – Suen – E SUE

*   When Winter Comes – Van Laan – E VAN

*   So Say the Little Monkeys – Van Laan – E VAN

*   Scrubba Dub – Van Lean – E VAN

*   So Many Bunnies:  a Bedtime ABC and Counting Book – Walton – E WAL

*  Drip Drop – Weeks – E WEE

*  I’m a Pig – Weeks – E WEE

*   Read to your Bunny – Wells – E WEL

*   Leale a su conejito – Wells – E WEL

*   A Frog in the Bog – Wilson – E WIL

*   I Went Walking (2 copies) – Williams – E WIL

*  Sali de paseo- Williams- E WIL

*  Sali de paseo (board book) – Williams - E WIL

*   Ten Naughty Little Monkeys – Williams – E WIL

Susan Laughs – Willis – E WIL   (not at MCWH)

*   Silly Sally – Wood – E WOO

*   Bear in Air – Worth – E WOR

*   Buzzy’s Bedtime Book – Ziefert – E ZIE

                                Reading Skills   Sequence

Annie and the Wild Animals – Brett – E BRE

*  The Mitten – Brett – E BRE

*   The Mitten – Brett – kit

*   The Snowman (2 copies) – Briggs – E BRI    1978

*   How Many Days to America? – Bunting – E BUN

* George Washington's Teeth (2 copies) - Chandra/Comora - 973.4 CHA

Poniendo el cas cabel al gato (Span. - Belling the Cat) – DeHoogh

*   Possum Magic – Fox – E FOX

*  Leah’s Pony – Friedrich – E FRI

*   Rosie’s Walk – Hutchins – E HUT

El paseo de Rosie – Hutchins

*   Peter’s Chair – Keats – E KEA

*   La silla de Pedro – Keats – E KEA

*   Snowy Day – Keats – E KEA

*   Un día nieve – Keats – E KEA

*   The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Kellogg – E KEL

* Animals at the Pond (Animal Show and Tell series) – Lambilly - 591.763 LAM

*  Animales marinos (Los animales nos cuentan su vida) – Lambilly - 591.77 LAM

Matthew’s Dream – Lionni

El sueno de Matias – Lionni

Little Painter of Sabana Grande – Markum (Gr 1-3)

* Soy Una Oruga (I'm a Caterpillar) (paperback) – Marzollo - 598.28 MAR

*   The Paperbag Princess – Munsch – kit

*   La princesa vestida con una bolsa de papel– Munsch – E MUN

*   Rabbit’s Pajama Party (1 book/1 paperback) – Murphy – 515 MUR

* If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das un galletita a un ratón – Numeroff – E NUM

*   Si le das un galletita a un raton=If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Numeroff – E NUM

*  If You Give a Moose a Muffin (3 copies) – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das un panecillo a un alce – Numeroff - E NUM

*  If You Give a Pig a Pancake (3 copies) – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das panqueque a una cerdita (2 copies) – Numeroff – E NUM

*  If You Give a Pig a Party – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le haces una fiesta a una certita (2 copies) – Numeroff – E NUM

*  If You Take a Mouse to the Movies (2 copies) – Numeroff - E NUM

*  Si llevas un ratón al cine – Numeroff - E NUM

*   If You Take a Mouse to School (2 copies) – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si llevas un ratón a la escuela (2 copies) – Numeroff – E NUM

*   Piggie Pie – Palatin – E PAL

Car Washing Street – Patrick

Belling the Cat and other Aesop fables – Paxton

*   My Friend Rabbit (2 copies) – Rohmann – E ROH

*   Where the Wild Things Are (2 copies) – Sendak – E SEN

*   Donde viven los monstrous – Sendak – E SEN

* The Rain Came Down - Shannon- E SHA

*  Y siguio lloviendo(paperback) - Shannon- E SHA

Victoria House – Shefelman

*   Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

*   Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – videorecording

*   Silvestre y la piedrecita mágica – Steig – E STE

   *  Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – Steptoe – E STE (fairy tale- Cinderella section)

*  Las bellas hijas de Mufaro - Steptoe - E STE (fairy tale- Cinderella section)

*   Jumanji – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*   Jumanji (Spanish text) – Van Allsburg – E VAN

Bullfrog Pops! – Walton    1999

Knuffle Bunny – Willems

*   El conejito Knuffle:  Un cuento aleccionador – Willems – E WIL

*   The Napping House – Woods – E WOO

*  La casa adormecida - Wood - E WOO

*   King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub – Wood – E WOO

*   Sleeping Ugly – Yolen – E YOL

                                Reading Skills  Setting

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Babe Ruth Baseball – Adler

*   Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2 copies) – Barrett – E BAR

*   Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett – kit

*   Pickles to Pittsburg:  The Sequel to Cloudy with Meatballs – Barrett – E BAR

High as a Hawk:  A Brave Girl’s Historical Climb – Barron – E BAR  2004

Fish for the Grand Lady – Bootman   2006

*  Good Night, Moon – Brown – E BRO

*  Night Tree - Bunting- E BUN

*   Black Whiteness – Burleigh – FIC BUR - (Gr. 4-6)

Uptown – Coolier - (Gr. K-3)      2000

Once Upon a Time – Daly  2003  (Cinderella connection)

*  Little Grunt and the Big Egg: a prehistoric fairy tale – DePaola – E DEP

Twilight Comes Twice – Fletcher   1997

*  Koala Lou - Fox- E FOX

Last Night at the Zoo – Garland   2001

*   Water Hole Waiting – Kurtz – E KUR - (Gr. Pk-3)

*   The Red Book – Lehman – E LEH - (Gr. K-6)

*   All the Places to Love – MacLachlan – E MAC

*   Black Cat – Myers – E MYE - (Gr. 2-5)

*   Harlem:  A Poem – Myers – 811 MYE - (Gr. 3-6)

The Hello, Goodbye Window – Norton    2005

*   The Web Files – Palatini – E PAL

*   Canoe Days – Paulsen – E PAU

*   Thunder Cake – Polacco – E POL

*   Tar Beach – Ringgold – E RIN

*   Hello Ocean=Hola mar – Ryan – E RYA

*   The Relatives Came – Rylant – E RYL

*  When I Was Young in the Mountains – Rylant - E RYL

Aurora Means Dawn – Sanders      1989

  Someplace Else – Saul – E SAU     1995

*  Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*  Donde viven los monstrous (paperback) - Sendak - E SEN

*   The Lorax – Seuss – E SEU

*   The Lorax – Seuss – videorecording

*   Your Favorite Seuss:  Thirteen Stories (including The Lorax) – Seuss – SC SEU

*  El Lorax (2 copies)– Seuss – E SEU

*   Chipmunk at Hollow Tree Lane – Sherrow - E SHE

Wet Pebble Under our Feet – Stojic     2002

*  The Polar Express – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*   Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg – E VAN

Flotsam – Weisner    2006

*   Charlotte’s Web (2 copies) – White – FIC WHI    1980

*   Charlotte’s Web – White (Nichols video) – videorecording

Knuffle Bunny:  A Cautionary Tale – Willems

*   El conejito Knuffle:  Un cuento aleccionador – Willems – E WIL

*   Follow the Drinking Gourd – Winter – E WIN

When the Root Children Wake Up – Wood    2002

Tracks in the Snow – Yee    2003

*  Encounter - Yolen- E YOL

*  Encuentro - Yolen- E YOL

                The Pumpkin Blanket – Zagwyn

                            Reading SkillsSpeech Bubbles/Dialogue

*   Tall – Alborough – E ALB

*   Manners – Aliki – 395 ALI

*   The Grouchy Ladybug (4 copies) – Carle – E CAR

*   La marquita malhumorada – Carle – E CAR

The Very Lonely Firefly – Carle    1999

*   Never Spit on Your Shoes – Cazet - E CAZ

*   The Magic School Bus  series

* Mail Harry to the Moon! Harris- E HAR

Nine Ducks Nine – Hayes    2000

*   Bird Talk:  Overheard – Jonas – E JON

*   Squirrelly Gray – Kochalka - E KOC

The Bunny Play – Leady    1988

*  Sticky Burr: Adventures in Burrwood Forest – Lechner - E LEC

*  A Flea Story: I Want to Go There! I Want to Stay Here! (paperback) – Lionni - E LIO

*   Day The Sheep Showed Up – McPhail – E MCP

*  El día que apareció la oveja (2 copies) – McPhail – E MCP

*   ¡No abras este libro! – Muntean - E MUN

*   Lucky Leaf - O'Malley - E OMA

*   Johnny Mutton, He's So Him! - Proimos -E PRO - located in FIC Graphic Novel section

*   Mutton Soup: More Adventures of Johnny Mutton - Proimos -E PRO - located in FIC Graphic Novel section

*   The Many Adventures of Johnny Mutton (3 copies) – Proimos - E PRO - located in FIC Graphic Novel section

*  Yo!  Yes? – Raschka - videorecording

*   Buenas noches, Gorila – Rathmann - E RAT

*   The Three Pigs – Wiesner – E WIE

*   Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! – Willems - E WIL

* ¡No dejes que la paloma conduzca el autobus! (2 copies) – Willems - E WIL

I Love my New Toy! – Willems   2008

 I Will Surprise My Friend! – Willems   2008

*   Knuffle Bunny:  A Cautionary Tale – Willems – E WIL

*   El conejito Knuffle:  Un cuento aleccionador (2 copies) – Willems – E WIL

*   The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog – Willems – E WIL

*   The Pigeon Wants a Puppy – Willems - E WIL

                                                Reading SkillsStory Elements

Amy's Award*  The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings- Bailey- E BAI

*  Albert y Lila- Schami- E SCH

                                Reading SkillsSummarization

*  Ducky – Bunting – E BUN

So Far from the Sea - Bunting

*  Baseball Ballerina – Cristaldi – E CRI

Ox-cart Man – Hall – E HAL

*   Un leon en la biblioteca (The Library Lion) - Knudsen- E KNU

*   Snowflake Bentley – Martin – E MAR

*   Snowflake Bentley – Martin - videorecording

A Birthday Basket for Tia – Mora

*  The Paper Bag Princess – Munsch – kit

*   La princesa vestida con una bolsa de papel – Munsch – E MUN

*   Katy No Tiene Bolsa – Payne - E PAY

*  Chicken Sunday – Polacco – E POL

*   Chicken Sunday – Polacco – videorecording

*   El pollo de los domingos (3 copies) – Polacco – E POL

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig - ESTE

*  Silvestre y la piedrecita magica – Steig - located in the prof. dev. section

*  Enormous Carrot – Vagin – 398.209 VAG (teamwork-mouse solves the problem)

*  The Garden of Abdul Gasazi – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  Zathura: A Space Adventure – Van Allsburg – E VAN

The Pumpkin Blanket - Zagwyn

                                   Reading Skills  Text-to-Self Connections/Schema

The Two of Them - Aliki

*   Amelia's Road – Altman - E ALT

*   El camino de Amelia – Altman - E ALT

*  The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings – Bailey - E BAI

*  I'm in Charge of Celebrations (paperback) - Baylor - E BAY

*  Moving Day - Berenstain - E BER

Osos Berenstain dia de mudanza - Berenstain

*  The Pain and the Great One – Blume - E BLU

*  Franklin tiene un mal dia – Bourgeois - E BOU

*  Fireflies – Brinkloe - E BRI

*  El diente flojo de Clifford (Clifford's Loose Tooth) – Bridwell - E BRI

The Shape Game - Browne

Going Home - Bunting

*  Smoky Night - Bunting - E BUN

*   Noche de huma – Bunting – E BUN

*  Up North at the Cabin (2 copies) – Chall - E CHA

*   The Great Kapok Tree:   A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest – Cherry – E CHE

*   El gran capoquero:  Un cuento de la selva amazónica – Cherry – E CHE

*  Night Driving(2 copies) - Coy - E COY

*   Bigmamma’s (2 copies) – Crews – B CRE

Mrs. Katz and Tush – DePaola

*   Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs (2 copies) – DePaola – E DEP

Now One Foot, Now the Other - DePaola

*  Oliver Button is a Sissy – DePaola - E DEP

*  Oliver Button es una nena – DePaola - E DEP

*   26 Fairmount Avenue (2 copies) – DePaola – E DEP

*  Koala Lou – Fox - E FOX

*  Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge – Fox - E FOX

*  Guillermo Jorge Manuel Jose – Fox - E FOX

*  Corduroy (2 copies) – Freeman – E FRE  

*   Corduroy(paperback and kit) – Freeman – E FRE 

*   My Mama Had a Dancing Heart – Gray – E GRA

Grandfather's Face - Greenfield

*  Saturday Market – Grossman - E GRO

*  Chester's Way – Henkes - E HEN

*  Chrysanthemum – Henkes - E HEN

*  Crisantemo(3 copies) - Henkes - E HEN

*  Crisantemo – Henkes - videorecording VHS

*  Julius, Baby of the World – Henkes - E HEN

*  Julius, El Rey de Casa(1 book/1 paperback) – Henkes - E HEN

*  Lilly's Big Day – Henkes - E HEN

*  Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse – Henkes - E HEN

*  Lilly y su de plástico morado(book/paperback) - Henkes - E HEN

*   Lilly y su de plástico morado – Henkes - kit

*  Owen – Henkes - E HEN

*  Owen (Spanish) – Henkes - E HEN

*  Sheila Rae, the Brave (2 copies) – Henkes - E HEN

*   Sheila Rae, the Brave – Henkes - kit

*  A Weekend with Wendell (2 copies) – Henkes - E HEN

*  Wemberley Worried - Henkes - E HEN

*  Prudencia se preocupa (paperback) - Henkes - E HEN

*  Amazing Grace – Hoffman - E HOF

* La asombrosa Graciela – Hoffman - E HOF

*  My Great-Aunt Arizona – Houston - B HUG (bio of Arizona Houston Hughes)

*   My Pony – Jeffers – E JEF

*  Franklin and the New Teacher – Jennings - E JEN

   Do Like Kyla – Johnson      1993

* The Leaving Morning – Johnson - E JOH (moving day)

*  Amber on the Mountain (2 copies) – Johnston – E JOH

*  I Need a Snake – Jonell - E JON

   The Hello, Goodbye Window – Juster       2005

*  Goggles! - Keats - E KEA

*   Peter’s Chair – Keats – E KEA

*   La silla de Pedro – Keats – E KEA

*  The Snowy Day – Keats - E KEA

*  Un día de nieve – Keats - E KEA

*  Mort the Sport – Kraus - E KRA

*  Zelda and Ivy and the Boy Next Door – Kvasnosky - E KVA

*   All the Places to Love – MacLachlan – E MAC

*  Hooway for Wodney Wat (2 copies) -  Lester - E LES

*  Listen, Buddy – Lester - E LES

*  Me First – Lester - E LES

*  I Hate English - Levine - FIC LEV

Hey World, Here I Am! – Little    1990

*  Days with Frog and Toad – Lobel - E LOB

*  Dias con sapo y sepo - Lobel - E LOB

*  Frog and Toad All Year – Lobel - E LOB

*  Sapo y sepo, un año entero – Lobel - E LOB

* Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel - E LOB

*  Sapo y sepo son amigos – Lobel - E LOB

*  Frog and Toad Together - Lobel - E LOB

* Sapo y sepo, inseparables - Lobel - E LOB

*  Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon - Lovell - E LOV

*   All the Places to Love – Maclachlan – E MAC

*  Frog Goes to Dinner – Mayer - E MAY

*  Trick or Treat, Little Critter – Mayer - E MAY

*  What a Bad Dream – Mayer - E MAY

*  Just a Thunderstorm – Mayer - E MAY

*  Just Lost – Mayer- E MAY

Mirette on the High Wire - McCully

*  Roxaboxen – McLerran - E MCL  (RL Gr. 4.3)

*  Friendship Day – Parent - E PAR

*  The Little Engine That Could - Piper - E PIP

*  La pequena locomotora que si pudo - Piper - E PIP

*  Chicken Sunday - Polacco - E POL

*  El pollo de los domingos(3 copies) – Polacco - E POL

*  Thank You, Mr. Falker - Polacco - E POL

*  Gracias, Señor Falker - Polacco - E POL

The Cloud Book - Polacco

*  Thundercake – Polacco - E POL

Mud is Cake – Ryan   2002

*  The Relatives Came – Rylant - E RYL

*  When I Was Young in the Mountains – Rylant - E RYL

Mud Is Cake – Ryan     2002

Nothing Ever Happens on 90^th Street – Schotter    2004

*   Chato and the Party Animals – Soto – E SOT

Letter to the Lake – Swanson    1997

The Secret Shortcut – Teague    1996

*  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - Viorst - E VIO

*  Earrings! - Viorst - E VIO

The Tenth Good  Thing About Barney - Viorst

*  Ira Sleeps Over – Waber - audio cassette/book

*  Ira Sleeps Over- Waber - E WAB

*  Quique duerme fuera de casa - Waber - E WAB

*  Hazel's Amazing Mother – Wells - E WEL

*  La estupenda mamá de Roberta – Wells - E WEL

*  Owl Moon – Yolen - E YOL

I Like to Be Little – Zolotow  1987

*  This Quiet  Lady - Zolotow

                             Reading Skills  Text-to-Text Connections

                      Reading Skills  Text-to-World Connections

*  Supply and Demand – Adil - 338.5 ADI

*  Scarcity – Adil - 338.5 ADI

*  The Story of Ruby Bridges – Bridges - B BRI

*  Through My Eyes - – Bridges - B BRI (bio of Ruby Bridges)

Fly Away Home – Bunting

*   How Many Days to America? – Bunting – E BUN

Jin Woo - Bunting

*  Smoky Night - Bunting - E BUN

*   Noche de humo (2 copies) – Bunting – FIC BUN

The Train to Nowhere - Bunting

*  The Wednesday Surprise- Bunting - audiocassette/book kit

*  Harvesting Hope - B CHA

*   A River Ran Wild – Cherry – 974.4 CHE

*  The Great Kapok Tree – Cherry - E CHE

*  El gran capoquero - Cherry - E CHE

*  Roxaboxen – Cooney - E COO - (Gr. 3-5)

*  Manners in the Classroom – DeGezelle - 395.1 DEG

Whoever We Are - Fox

*  On The Day You Were Born - Frasier - 508 FRA and E FRA

The Lotus Seed- Garland

*  Julius, Baby of the World - Henkes- E HEN

*  Julius El Rey De la Casa- (1  hardback & 1 paperback) Henkes- E HEN

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry – James - E JAM (whales)

*  Querido Salvatierra – James - E JAM

*  The Snowy Day – Keats - E KEA

*  Una día de nieve – Keats - E KEA

Hey World, Here I Am – Little     1990

*  Katie and the Mona Lisa – Mayhew - E MAY

*   Tomás and the Library Lady – Mora – 1997

*   Tomás y la senora de la biblioteca – Mora

*  Tight Times – Hazen - E HAZ

*  Compasses - Richardson - 912 RIC

* Hurricane - Weisner - E WEI

*  I Went Walking – Williams - E WIL

*  Sali de paseo (1 large board book/1 regular hardback) – Williams - E WIL

Librarian of Basra:  A True Story from Iraq – Winter    2005

                                     Reading Skills Visualization

*   Old Black Fly – Aylesworth – E AYL

* The Aminal [sic] – Balian - E BAL

The Wolf – Barbalet    1992

*   Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett – E BAR

*   Cloudy with a Change of Meatballs – Barrett - videorecording

*   I’m in Charge of Celebrations (paperback) – Baylor –  FIC BAY - (Gr. 3-4)

*   Fireflies:  A Story and Dance – Brinkloe – E BRI

The Sailor Dog – Brown    1989

Toad – Brown    1997

Voices in the Park – Browne

*   Voces en el parque (3 copies) – Browne – E BRO

*   Night Tree – Bunting – E BUN

*   Smoky Night – Bunting – E BUN

*   Noche de humo – Bunting – FIC BUN - located in E BUN     

*   Hoops – Burleigh – 8111 BUR - (Gr. PK-K)

* Counting on Frank – Clement - 513.5 CLE

* Just Another Ordinary Day – Clement - E CLE

*   Miss Rumphius – Cooney – E COO

*  La señorita – Cooney – E COO

Good Dog, Carl – Day 1985

When Grampa Kissed his Elbow – DeFelice      1992

*   Donavan’s Word Jar – DeGross – FIC DEG

*   Abuelo (2 copies) – Dorros – E DOR

*   Abuelo – Dorros – videorecording

*   Abuelo (Spanish text) – Dorros – E DOR

Sailboat Lost – Fisher - (PK-2)  1991

Twilight Comes Twice – Fletcher - (Pk-2) 1997

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Frost    2001

*  My Working Mom – Glassman - E GLA

Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky – Heard    1996

*   Picture This – Jay – E JAY - (Gr. K-3)

Condor’s Eggs – London

*   Puddles – London – E LON

*   All the Places to Love – MacLachlan – E MAC

*   Knots on a Counting Rope – Martin – E MAR

*   Roxaboxen – McLerran – E MCL

*   The Kissing Hand – Penn – E PEN

*   The Kissing Hand – Penn – kit

*  Un beso en mi maro – Penn – E PEN

*   Thunder Cake – Polacco – E POL

*   The House on Maple Street – Pryor – E PRY

*   Tar Beach – Ringgold – E RIN

*   Hello Ocean=Hola mar – Ryan – E RYA

*   Henry and Mudge (series) – Rylant – E RYL

Night in the Country – Rylant    1991

*   A Bad Case of the Stripes – Shannon – E SHA

*   Un caso grave de rayas – Shannon – E SHA

*   A Lucky Thing (3 copies) – Schertle – 811 SCH - (Gr. K-6)

*   Let’s Go Home – Waddell – E WAD

*   Hurricane – Wiesner – E WIE

*   A Chair for my Mother (2 copies) – Williams – E WIL

*   Un sillón para mi mamá (2 copies) – Williams – E WIL

*   Elbert’s Bad Word – Wood – E WOO

All the Small Poems and Fourteen More – Worth         1996

*   Owl Moon (2 copies) – Yolen – E YOL

If You Listen – Zolotow - (Gr. K-4) 2002

The Seashore Book – Zolotow    1992 

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                               Book ListsAlphabet Books for Younger Kids

*   Gathering the Sun:  An Alphabet in Spanish and English – Ada – 861 ADA

*  Abecedario de los animales- Ada- audiocassette/book KIT

*   Naughty Little Monkeys – Aylesworth – E AYL

*  Old Black Fly – Aylesworth – E AYL

*  Black and White Rabbit’s ABC – Baker  -E BAK

*   A -  My Name Is Alice – Bayer – 398.8 BAY

*   A to Z Beastly Jamboree – Bender 421 BEN

*   Ashley Bryan’s ABC of African-Americans – Bryan- 811 BRY

*  A is for Apple and Things That Grow- Bryant- E BRY

*  T Is for Texas – Bustard – 976.4 BUS

*  Care Bears ABC: A book about letters- E CAR

*  A Is for Amos – Chandra – E CHA

*  The Hullabaloo ABC- Cleary- E CLE

*   Quilt Alphabet – Cline-Ransome – 811 CLI

*   Bug in a Rug:  Reading Fun for Just Beginners – Cole – E COL

*   M is for Mexico – Cordero – 972 COR (RL 4)

*  Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack- Cronin- E CRO

*   Las letras hablan – Cruz-Contarini – 461.1 CRU (K-3)

*   ABC Dogs – Darling – 636.7 DAR

*   Birds A to Z – DeGezelle – 598 DEG (K-3)

*  El alfabeto- Connelly- 411 ALF

*   Bugs A to Z – DeGezelle – 595.7 DEG

*  Cowboy ABC- Demarest- 978 DEM

*  An Alphabet of Dinosaurs - (2 copies - 1 book, 1 bound) Dodson- 567.91 DOD

*  School ABC: An Alphabet Book - Doering- 371 DOE

*  The Dog: From Arf! Arf! to Zzzzz- Dog Artist Collection- E DOG

*   Eating the Alphabet:  Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z – Ehlert – 412 EHL

*   Mary Engelbreit’s A Merry Little Christmas – Engelbreit – E ENG (PK-3)

*   Nonsense! He Yelled – Eschbacher – E ESC  (K-2)

*  Handsigns:  A Sign Language Alphabet – Fain – 419 FAI

*   A Is for Aloha – Feeney – 919.69 FEE

*   Food for Thought:  The Complete Book of Concepts – Freymann – 736.9 (PK-K)

*  Apaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover's Alphabet- Haas- E HAA

*   Alphabears - Hague - audiocassette/4book KIT (K-3)

*  Goblins in Green- Heller- E HEL

*  Farms ABC: An Alphabet Book- Hoena- 636 HOE

*  Weather ABC: An Alphabet Book- Hoena - 551.5 HOE

*   ABC Drive!  A Car Trip Alphabet - Howland – E HOW

*  Everyday Structures from A to Z – Kalman – 624 KAL

*   Colonial Times from A to Z – Kalman – 973.2 KAL (Gr.1-2)

*   Santa Claus from A to Z – Kalman – 394.266 KAL

*   What Is a Community? From A to Z – Kalman – E KAL

*   Pioneer Life from A to Z – Kalman – 973 KAL (Gr.1-2)

*   School Fun from A to Z – Kalman – 373.2 KAL (GR.1-2)

*   Sports from A to Z – Kalman – 796 KAL (Gr.1-2)

*   The Computer – Kalman – 004 KAL (Gr.1-2)

*  Miss Spider's ABC- Kirk- E KIR

*  ABC Under the Sea- Knox- 591.77 KNO

*  A Was Once an Apple Pie – Lear – E LEA

*   Hooper Humperdink---?  Not Him! – Lesieg – E LES (K-3)

*  A Is for Salad – Lester – E LES (Gr.1-3)

*  My Gigantosaurus ABC - Lewis- E LEW

*   Allison’s Zinnia – Lobel – E LOB

*  Zoopa: An Animal Alphabet- Marino - 428.1 MAR

*   Look Once, Look Twice – Marshall – 421 MAR

Amy's Award*  From Anne to Zach- Martin- E MAR

*   Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Martin – E MAR

*   Chicka, Chicka Boom Boom – Martin – DVD

*  Chicka Chicka ABC- Martin- E MAR (board book)

*   A Is for Autumn – Mauer – 428.1 MAU (K-3)

*  Superhero ABC – McLeod – E MCL

*  The City ABC Book – Milich – 421 MIL

* Richard Scarry's Chipmunk's ABC- Miller- E MIL

 *  Alphabet Fiesta:  An English/Spanish Alphabet Story – Miranda - E MIR

*  Cleo’s Alphabet Book – Mockford - E MOC

*  Dinosaur ABC- Mugford- 567.9 MUG

*  Ashanti to Zulu:  African Traditions – Musgrove – 960 MUS

*  Museum ABC- The Metropolitan Museum of Art- 701 MUS

*  Texas Alphabet – Parker – 976.4 PAR (K-3)

*  The Graphic Alphabet – Pelletier – 428.1 PEL

*   A Walk in the Rainforest – Pratt-Serafini – 577.34 PRA

*  I Spy:  An Alphabet of Art – Rankin – 419 RAN

*   The Handmade Alphabet – Rankin – 419 RAN

*   Curious George Leans the Alphabet! – Rey – audiocassette/book KIT

*  Cowboy Alphabet- Rice- E RIC

*  El alfabeto= The alphabet- Rosa-Mendoza- E ROS

*  Michael Rosen's ABC- 821 ROS

*  Into the A, B, Sea: An Ocean Alphabet -Rose 591.77 ROS

*   Richard Scarry’s Best ABC Video Ever! – Scarry – videorecording (VHS)

*   Penguins A-B-C – Schafer – E SCH

*   Autumn:   An Alphabet Acrostic – Schnur -793.73 K-4)

*   Spring:  An Alphabet Acrostic – Schnur – 793.73 (K-4)

*  Alligators All Around:  An Alphabet – Sendak – E SEN

*   Dr. Seuss’ A B C – Seuss – E SEU

*  Dr. Seuss' ABC- videorecording (VHS)

*  Grandmother’s Alphabet – Shaw – E SHA

*  Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC- Sobel - E SOB

*   The Alphabet from Z to A:  (with much confusion on the way) – Viorst – 811 VIO