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Lisa Baldwin’s Music, Minds, and Motion
On pages 2- 11 my books are alphabetized by author. These books have a direct
connection to music. Some are included on my book list (with title listed first)
under an appropriate theme beginning on page 12. Those themes currently include:
Jack Tales
Appalachia
Reading, Books, Schools, and Libraries
Rhyming and Poetry
Grammar, Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Limericks, Proverbs, Riddles, the Alphabet,
and Alliteration
Picture Books
Persistence, Perseverance, and Dedication
Family and Traditions
Moods and Changing Behavior
Understanding, Unselfishness, and Giving
Family and Pets
Problem Solving
Adventures
Special Relationships and Respecting Diversity
Folktales and Other Stories From Around the World
A Twist on Tall Tales and Legends
A Twist on Fairy Tales, Fables, Nursery Rhymes, and Other Stories
Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Fables
Myths and Legends
Mythical Creatures
Suspense
Government, Politics, History, Geography, and Social Studies
Science Connections
Environment
Math Connections
Art Connections.
You may choose from these resources, and/or I will help you create a program for
any special holiday, occasion, or themed activities. I can also develop a program
with direct connections to your classroom curriculum. I will be adding resources
regularly, so please check back to my resource site.
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Adams, Pam (Illustrator). This Old Man; Old MacDonald; There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (Child‟s Play International)
Aliki. Go Tell Aunt Rhody Andreae, Giles and David Wojtowycz.
Cock-a-doodle-doo, Barnyard Hullabaloo Andreae, Giles and Guy Parker Rees. Giraffes Can‟t Dance
Archambault, John. Boom Chicka Rock Armstrong, Louis. Tape to be used with What A Wonderful World Armstrong, Louis. Disney songs the Satchmo way
Arnold, Ted. Five Ugly Monsters Asch, Frank. Barnyard Lullaby Augarde, Steve. Playtime Pop-ups. The Itsy Bitsy Spider and other Hand Rhymes Axton, Hoyt. Jeremiah was a Bullfrog! (tape with lyrics)
Baer, Gene. Thump, Thump, Rat-a-Tat-Tat Barner, Bob. Dem Bones
-------------. To Everything (tape of Byrds version)
Barnwell, Ysaye M. No Mirrors in My Nana‟s House (CD by Sweet Honey in the Rock)
Bates, Katharine Lee. America the Beautiful, Illustrated by Neil Waldman 2nd publication
is illustrated by Chris Gall
Beatles. Yellow Submarine
Beaumont, Karen. I Ain‟t Gonna Paint No More! Belafonte, Harry and Lord Burgess. Island In The Sun
Berkes, Marianne. Marsh Morning --------------------. Marsh Music Berlin, Irving. Easter Parade Berry, Holly. Old MacDonald Had a Farm (with tape)
Bentely, Dawn and Jeffrey Severn (Adapted and Illustrated). Old MacDonald Had A Farm Bonicatto, Marsha. Christmas Song of the North (Scholastic)
Boniface, William. Max the Minnow --------------------. Mystery in Bugtown Bowden, Joan. Happy Birthday: A Pop-up Treasury of World Birthday Legend and Lore. Bowles, Brad. Grandma‟s Band Boynton, Sandra. Barnyard Dance ------------------. Rhinoceros Tap and 14 other Seriously Silly Songs (with tape) Brett, Jan. The Twelve Days of Christmas Brown, Ruth. A Dark Dark Tale
Bryan, Ashley (Selected and Illustrated by).
--------------. All Night, All Day: A Child‟s First Book of African American Spirituals --------------. What A Wonderful World (written by Weiss and Thiele) Tape available
Bucchino, John. Grateful: A Song of Giving Thanks, with original recording by Art
Garfunkel
Buehner, Carolyn. Snowmen and Christmas
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Buffet, Jimmy and Savanah Jane. The Jolly Mon (with tape)
Bunting, Eve. December --------------. Sing a Song of Piglets Cabrera, Jane. Ten In the Bed Canyon, Christopher. John Denver‟s Sunshine On My Shoulders
----------------------. John Denver‟s Take Me Home, Country Roads Carle, Eric. I See A Song Carpenter, Mary Chapin. Dreamland (A Lullaby) Song Appears on Party Doll CD by Mary
Chapin Carpenter
--------------------------. Halley Came To Jackson (With Tape)
Carter, David. Bugs Pop-up Books --------------. Bugs in Space --------------. Bugs that go Bump in the Night --------------. Chanukah Bugs --------------. Easter Bugs --------------. How many Bugs in a Box? --------------. If You‟re Happy and You Know It --------------. Jingle Bugs --------------. More Bugs in Boxes --------------. Peekaboo Bugs --------------. The 12 Bugs of Christmas
Catalano, Dominic. Frog Went A-Courting ------------------. Wolf Plays Alone CDs:
A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein)
American Folksongs for Children (Mike and Peggy Seeger)
Dinosaurs, Big Songs Catch the Moon (Lisa Loeb)
The Sound of Music (Rodgers and Hammerstein)
The Wizard of Oz (CBS Special Products)
Cauley, Lorinda Bryan. Clap Your Hands (with tape)
Chalk, Gary. Mr. Frog Went a-Courtin‟ Charles, Bobby. Solution To Pollution: The Children‟s Environmental Program (Tape)
Cherry Lane Music Company. The Giant Book of Children‟s Songs
Child, Lydia Maria. Over the River and Through the Woods (Reading Rainbow Book)
Christelow, Eileen (Retold and Illustrated)
-------------------. Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree (with tape)
-------------------. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Coco, Eugene Bradley. The Fiddler‟s Son
Colandro, Lucille.
------------------. There Was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow ------------------. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell
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------------------. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell Cooper, Floyd. Cumbayah
Coplon, Emily, Doris Orgel, and Ellen Schecter. She‟ll Be Coming Around The Mountain
Cox, Judy. My Family Plays Music
Crebbin, June. Cows in the Kitchen
Dale, Penny. Ten In the Bed (Discovery Toys)
Davies, Gill, Illustrated by Gill Guile. Ten in a Bed A Pop-Up Counting Book
Delamare, David. The Twelve Days of Christmas Dewhirst, Carin and Joan (adapted by), narrated by Leonard Bernstein. Peter and the
Wolf (CD and book)
Dickinson, Rebecca. The Happy Hedgehog Band ---------------------. The 13 Nights of Halloween Dillon, Leo and Diane. Rap A Tap Tap -----------------------. To Every Thing There is a Season Discovery Toys. Sounds Like Fun (Tape Only)
Disney. Children‟s Favorites (Volumes one and two with book and tape)
Disney. Silly Songs (With Tape)
Disney. The Lion King (With Tape)
Disney. Travel Songs (With tape)
Dodds, Ann. Sing Sophie Dominion Entertainment. Kids Spooky Tunes and Stories (Tape Only)
Downey, Lynn. The Flea‟s Sneeze
Dudley, Dick. Old McDonald Had A Farm (A Barron‟s Pop-up Song Book)
Dylan, Bob. Forever Young
Eagle, Kin. Hey Diddle Diddle ----------. Humpty Dumpty ----------. It‟s Raining, It‟s Pouring ----------. Rub A Dub Dub Ember, Kathi. Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Little Golden Book) English, Tracey. Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Lift and Look Counting Book)
Erbsen, Wayne. Front Porch Old-Time Songs, Jokes, and Stories
Faulkner, Keith. Ten Little Monkeys, A Counting Storybook
Field, Eugene W. Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
Fitzgerald, Ella. a-tisket a-tasket
Fleischman, Paul. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter
For our Children. Music to Benefit Pediatric Aids Foundation (tape only)
Fountain, Clara Garrett. The Wreck of The Old 97
Fox, Mem. Hunwick‟s Egg
Frazee, Marla (illustrator). Hush, Little Baby
Garcia, Jerry and David Grisman.
-------------------. The Teddy Bear‟s Picnic (with tape)
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-------------------. There Ain‟t No Bugs On Me (This tape contains the word “hell” at the
end of the song where it reads “heck” in the book (with tape)
-------------------. What Will You Wear Jenny Jenkins? (with tape)
Garriel, Barbara S. I Know a Shy Fellow Who Swallowed a Cello Garson, Eugenia(Compiled and Edited by). The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook Gershwin, Dubose and Heyward Gershwin. Paintings by Mike Wimmer. Summertime (from
Porgy and Bess)
Gibson, Akimi (adapted by). There‟s A Hole In My Pocket Gold, Julie. From A Distance (CD available by Nanci Griffith or Bette Midler)
Golden Book. I Know An Old Lady (Golden Sound Story)
Gollub, Matthew. Gobble, Quack, Moon (with CD)
-----------------. Jazz Fly (with CD)
Goodhart, Pippa. Row, Row, Row Your Boat Goss, Linda. The Frog Who Wanted To Be A Singer Griffin, Rachel. Twelve Days of Christmas
Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Illustrated by Steven Kellogg
Guback, Georgia. The Carolers Gunson, Christopher. Over On The Farm: A Counting Picture Book Rhyme Guthrie, Woody and Marjorie Mazia. Woody‟s 20 Grow Big Songs (With Tape)
Guthrie, Woody. Howdi Do (with CD)
-----------------. This Land Is Your Land (paintings by Kathy Jakobsen)
Hague, Kathleen. Ten Little Bears: A Counting Rhyme Hallmark. Stories of Santa, Up on the Housetop and Jolly Old St. Nicholas Halpern, Shari (Illustrator). Hush Little Baby Hamanaka, Shelia (Pictures), Larry La Prise, Charles P Macak, and Baker Taftt (Words).
The Hokey Pokey (also in paperback)
Harding, Emma. Cock-a-doodle-do! Harley, Bill. Sitting Down To Eat Harness, Cheryl. The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal Hautzig, Deborah. Big Bird Plays the Violin Hayes, Ann. Meet The Orchestra Hayes. Geoffrey. The Ants Go Marching
Highlights Summer Songs Hillenbrand, Will. Down by the Station
-----------------. Fiddle-I-Fee Hoberman, Mary Ann and Nadine Bernard Westcott (Adapted).
----------------. Bill Grogan‟s Goat ----------------. Miss Mary Mack (with tape)
----------------. The Eensy-Weensy Spider (with tape)
----------------. There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnegan ----------------. Yankee Doodle Holmes, Brent. Cow Tunes for Kids (Tape Only)
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Holt, David. I Got A Bullfrog: Folksongs For The Fun Of It (tape and lyrics)
Hooper, Caroline. The Usborne Nursery Rhyme Songbook
Hort, Lenny. The Seals on the Bus (with tape)
Houston, Gloria. The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree Hubbard, Patricia. Trick or Treat Countdown Hudson, Wade and Cheryl (Selected by), Illustrated by Floyd Cooper. How Sweet The
Sound, African American Songs For Children (book and tape)
Hurd, Thacher. Mama Don‟t Allow (Reading Rainbow Book with video and CD)
Igloo Books Ltd. The Wheels on the Bus a pop-up book Isadora, Rachel. Ben‟s Trumpet (Scholastic)
Jackson, Alison. I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Pie Janovitz, Marilyn. Hey Diddle Diddle Jennings, Linda and Newton, Tania Hurt. Mary Had A Little Lamb(With lift-the-flaps and
giant fold out page, sheep included
Johnson, James Weldon. Lift Every Voice and Sing (paperback and hardback)
Johnson, Paul Brett. Little Bunny Foo Foo Jones, Bessie and Bess Lomax Hawes. Step It Down, A Book of Games, Plays, Songs and
Stories from the Afro-American Heritage Jones, Carol (Illustrator). Old MacDonald Had a Farm ----------------------------. This Old Man (arranged by John Ave)
Judd, Naomi. Guardian Angels (with CD)
-------------. Love Can Build A Bride (with tape)
Kaiser, Cecily. If You‟re Angry and You Know It
Karas G. Brian. I Know an Old Lady Karim, Roberta. Faraway Grandpa Karlin, Nurit. Ten Little Bunnies Katz, Alan. I‟m Still Here in the Bathtub-brand new silly songs -----------. Take Me Out of the bathtub and other silly dilly songs Kellogg, Steven. A Hunting We Will Go -----------------. I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago -----------------. Yankee Doodle Kemp, Moira. Humpty Dumpty (a Pop-up book)
Kherdian, David and Nonny Hogaogian. The Cat‟s Midsummer Jamboree Kirk, Daniel. Hush, Little Alien (with tape)
Knight, Hillary. The Twelve Days of Christmas Koller, Jackie French. Bouncing On The Bed Kovalski, Maryann. The Wheels On The Bus: An Adaptation of the Traditional Song Kroll, Virginia and Katherine Roundtree. Wood Hoopoe Willie Langstaff, John. Over in the Meadow -----------------. Frog Went A-Courtin‟ Lansky, Bruce. Mary Had a Little Jam Leanord, Hal (publishing). Big Book of Children‟s Songs
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Lisa W. Nikola-. Shake Dem Halloween Bones Lisberg, Rachel. Do Your Ears Hang Low? (with tape)
Lishak, Anthony. Row Your Boat (pop-up and push tabs)
Litzinger, Roasanne. The Wheels on the Bus. A Musical Pop-up Book Locker, Thomas. Anna and the Bagpiper London, Jonathan. Who Bop? Long, Sylvia. Hush Little Baby Loomis, Christine. The Hippo Hop Looney Tunes. Special Delivery Symphony Loredo, Elizabeth. Boogie Bones Los Lobos. Papa‟s Dream. (Tape only)
Mahal, Taj. Shake Sugaree (tape with lyrics) award winner for the Association For Library
Service to Children
Mallett, David. Inch by Inch, The Garden Song Manson, Christopher. The Tree in the Wood Martin, Bill Jr. and John Archambault. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (with tape)
Martin, Bill Jr., Michael Sampson, and Lois Ehlert. Chicka Chicka 1 2 3 Martin, Bill Jr. and Vladimir Radunsky. The Maestro Plays McCurdy, Michael. The Old Man and the Fiddle McGovern, Maureen. I Want to Learn to Fly
McPhail, David. Mole Music
Medearis, Angela Shelf. Seven Spools of Thread Mellentin, Kath. Five Little Speckled Frogs Messenger, Jannat (Illustrator). Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: A Lullaby Book with Light
and Music Metropolitan Museum of Art.
--------------------------------. Lullabies, An Illustrated Songbook
--------------------------------. Songs of the Wild West (arrangements by Dan Fox)
Metzger, Steve. Five Little Bats Flying in the Night Meyrick, Kathryn (Illustrator). The Musical Life of Gustav Mole (Discovery Toys by Child‟s
Play, with tape
Millen, C. M. The Low-Down Laundry Line Blues Miller, J. Philip and Sheppard M. Greene. We All Sing with the Same Voice Millman, Isaac. Moses Goes to a Concert (Sign Language)
Moss, Lloyd. Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin ------------. Music Is Muller, Robin and Suzanne Duranceau. Hickory, Dickory Dock. (Scholastic, with tape)
Myers, Walter Dean. The Blues of Flats Brown Nelson, Kadir. He‟s Got the Whole World in His Hands Nelson, Steve and Jack Rollins. Frosty the Snowman Newcome, Zita. Toddlerobics
Nick Jr. Gullah Gullah Island. Simeon Says Play Music
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Norworth, Jack, Illustrations by Alec Gillman. Take Me Out to the Ballgame Numeroff, Laura. Chimps Don‟t Wear Glasses ------------------. If You Give a Moose a Muffin ------------------. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie ------------------. If You Give a Pig a Pancake ------------------. If You Take a Mouse to School ------------------. If You Take a Mouse to the Movies Nygaard, Elizabeth. Snake Alley Band Offen, Hilda. A Fox Got My Socks --------------. The Sheep Made A Leap (Discovery Toys) O‟Malley. There Was A Crooked Man (movable parts book)
Oppenheim, Joanne. Eency Weency Spider ---------------------. Row, Row, Row Your Boat Ormerod, Jan. Ms. MacDonald Has A Class Paparone, Pam (Illustrator). Who Built the Ark? Paradise Press. Favorite children‟s Songs.
----------------. I‟m a Little Teapot ----------------. Old MacDonald Had a Farm ----------------. The Itsy Bitsy Spider ----------------. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Paris, Pat (Illustrator). Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Barron‟s Pop-up Song Book)
Parton, Dolly. Coat of Many Colors (tape or CD available)
Paul, Ann Whitford. Hello Toes! Hello Feet! Paxton, Tom. Engelbert The Elephant ------------------. Going to the Zoo Peek, Merle (Adapted and Illustrated). Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His
Green Sneakers (With tape)
Peek, Merle (Illustrator). The Balancing Act: A Counting Song Peter Pan Records. Trollies: Radio Show Sing-a-long Pickney, Andrea Davis and Brian Pickney. Duke Ellington Pickney, Brian. Max Found Two Sticks
Pienkowski, Jan. Oh My a Fly
Plume, Ilse (Illustrator). Lullaby and Goodnight~Songs and Poems For Babies~ Politi, Leo. Song of the Swallows
Price, Kathy. The Bourbon Street Musicians Purdy, Carol. Mrs. Merriwether‟s Musical Cat
Rabbit Ears contains a tape or CD with most books
Rabbit Ears Productions:
-----------------------------------. Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby -----------------------------------. Finn McCoul -----------------------------------. Follow The Drinking Gourd -----------------------------------. How The Leapard Got His Spots
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-----------------------------------. How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin -----------------------------------. John Henry -----------------------------------. King Midas -----------------------------------. Noah and the Ark -----------------------------------. Squanto and the First Thanksgiving -----------------------------------. The Bremen Town Musicians -----------------------------------. The Emperor and the Nightingale -----------------------------------. The Emperor‟s New Clothes -----------------------------------. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow -----------------------------------. The White Cat Rand, Ted. Faraway Grandpa Raschka, Chris. Simple Gifts (with CD)
Reader‟s Digest. Children‟s Songbook Reeves, Howard W. There Was An Old Witch Richardson, John. Ten Bears In a Bed (a pop-up counting book)
Ring A Ring O‟Roses (Finger Plays for Pre-School Children) Robinson, Sandra Chisholm. The Rainstick. A Fable Rock n‟ Learn. Nursery Rhymes. Caudle, Brad and Richard. The Little Red Hen and The
Ugly Duckling(with tape), and Nursery Rhymes
Roddie, Shen and Maureen Roffey. Tambourina‟s Troubles (A Pop-up Storybook)
Rodgers‟ and Hammerstein‟s. In My Own Little Corner -------------------------------. My Favorite Things Roffey, Maureen and Bernard Lodge. The Grand Old Duke of York Rogers, Sally. Earthsong Rosen, Michael and Arthur Robins. Little Rabbit Foo Foo (with tape)
Rosenberg, Jane. Play Me a Story-A Child‟s Introduction to Classical Music Through Stories and Poems
Rounds, Glen. I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Rubel, Nicola. Conga Crocodile Ryan, Pam Munoz. When Marian Sang Sabuda, Robert (Illustrator).
----------------------. America The Beautiful ----------------------. I Hear America Singing (written by Walt Whitman)
----------------------. The Christmas Alphabet ----------------------. The 12 Days of Christmas-A Pop-Up Celebration ----------------------. Winter‟s Tale Savage, Ann (illustrator). The Twelve Days of Christmas-A song To Unfold with Windows
to Open and Words to Sing Schnetzler, Pattie. Ten Little Dinosaurs Scholastic. Las Navidades: Popular Christmas Songs From Latin America (With Tape)
Scholastic.
-----------. A Band of Coyotes
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-----------. America The Beautiful B-I-N-G-O, Illustrated by Hans Wilhelm
-----------. Do Your Ears Hang Low? and other Silly songs (with tape)
-----------. The Ants Go Marching One By One (with tape)
-----------. The Wheels on the Bus and Other Transportation Songs (with tape)
Schroeder, Alan. Satchmo‟s Blues Schwartz, Amy. Old MacDonald Scruggs, Joe. Best of (tape only) Discovery Toys
Seeger, Pete. Abiyoyo (Reading Rainbow Book) (with tape)
--------------. Turn! Turn! Turn! Illustrated by Wendy Anderson Halperin (with CD)
Sesame Street. Elmo Sing-along Songs (with microphone)
Shaik, Fatima. The Jazz of our Street Sheldon, Dyan. The Whale‟s Song Sherman, Allan and Lou Busch. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah!
Siebert, Diane. Train Song Siegelson, Kim. Dancing the Ring Shout! Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends (CD available)
Simon, Carly. Midnight Farm
Sing With Me Books. Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush
Singer, Marilyn. Monster Museum Siomades, Lorianne. The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Slavin, Bill (Illustrator). The Cat Came Back
Sloat, Teri. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout! Songs of Kiwanis Songbook Spier, Peter (Illustrator). The Star Spangled Banner (Reading Rainbow Book)
Spin A Song Storybook. The Wheels On The Bus
Staines, Bill (words and music), Pictures by Margot Zemach. All God‟s Critters Got A Place in the Choir
Stewart, Sarah. The Library
Sturgis, Philemon. She‟ll Be Comin‟ „Round the Mountain
Suzuki Violin School #1. Tape only
Sweet, Melissa (adapted and illustrated by). Fiddle-I-Fee
Taback, Simms. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
Tazewell, Charles. The Littlest Angel There Was a Crooked Man, Little Simon Merchandise (Pop-up book)
Toms, Kate. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Trapani, Iza (Told and Illustrated by) Hardback or Scholastic makes a paperback/tape
combination for the following:
------------------. Baa Baa Black Sheep ------------------. Froggie Went A-Courtin ------------------. How Much Is That Doggie in the Window ------------------. I‟m A Little Teapot ------------------. Mary Had a Little Lamb
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------------------. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? ------------------. Shoo Fly! ------------------. The Itsy Bitsy Spider ------------------. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Trollies Radio Show and Sing-a-Longs (with tape)
Troupe, Quincy. Little Stevie Wonder (with CD)
Videos: ----------. Blues Clues: Rhythm and Blue ----------. Carnival of the Animals ----------. Peter and the Wolf ----------. The Adventures of Peer Gynt ----------. The Nutcracker ----------. Wizard of Oz Vozar, David.
--------------. M.C. Turtle and the Hip Hop Hare: A Happenin‟ Rap --------------. Yo, Hungry Wolf: A Nursery Rap Waddell, Bill and Jill Barton. The Happy Hedgehog Band Wallner, John. Old MacDonald Had A Farm (A Musical Pup-up Book)
Warnock, Natalie Kinsey. The Fiddler of The Northern Lights Warren, Holly George. Honky-Tonk Heroes and Hillbilly Angels Weeks, Sarah. Crocodile Smile (with tape)
Weiss, George David and Bob Thiele. What A Wonderful World
Wescott, Nadine Bernard. Easter Egg Hunt (A pop-up book) ----------------------------. I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly ----------------------------. I‟ve Been Working On The Railroad ----------------------------. Peanut Butter and Jelly (with tape) ----------------------------. Skip to My Lou (with tape) ----------------------------. The Lady with the Alligator Purse ----------------------------. There‟s a Hole in the Bucket (with tape) We‟re Back. A Dinosaur‟s Story (with tape)
Wheeler, Lisa. Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story
---------------. Turk and Runt: A Thanksgiving Comedy Where is Thumbkin? The Learning Station. Tape only
Whittaker, Roger. Children‟s songs. Tape only
Wiese, Kurt. Happy Easter
Wing, Natasha. The Night Before Easter
Yarrow, Pater and Lenny Lipton. Puff the Magic Dragon (with CD)
Yuccarino, Dan (Pictures) Five Little Pumpkins (Scholastic)
Zelinsky, Paul. The Wheels On The Bus (a book with parts that move) Ziefert, Harriet. Animal Music ------------------. I Need an Easter Egg
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Thematically categorized books:
Jack Tales: The Jack Tales: Stories by Ray Hicks as told to Lynn Salsi, Owen Smith
Appalachia: Walking Ribbon, Julia Taylor Ebel, Cheryl Powell
Smoky Mountain Rose, An Appalachian Cinderella, Alan Schroeder
T is for Tar Heel, A North Carolina Alphabet, Carol Crane
Ashpet, An Appalachian Tale, retold by Joanne Compton
Step in Time, A History of Clogging, Sarah Smith, April Eve Hill
The Tree Farmer, Chuck Leavell and Nicholas Cravotta, Rebecca Bleau (The
National Arbor Day Foundation Award Winner 2007)
MeeMa‟s Memory Quilt, Jane Wilson and Michaele Hass
Appalachia, The Voices of Sleeping Birds, Cynthia Rylant, Barry Moser
Coat of Many Colors, Dolly Parton
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, A Country Storybook as told by Pam Tillis
My Great-Aunt Arizona, Gloria Houston, Susan Condie Lamb
The Year of The Perfect Christmas Tree, Gloria Houston
Appalachian ABCs, Francie Hall, Kent Oehm
Jack and the Animals, An Appalachian Folktale, Donald Davis, Kitty Harvill
When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant, Diane Goode (Caldecott Honor
Book)
Addie Clawson: Appalachian Mail Carrier, Julia Taylor Ebel, Sherry Jensen
Reading, Books, Schools, and Libraries: The Library, Sarah Stewart, David Small
Please Bury Me in the Library, J. Patrick Lewis, Kyle M. Stone
Library Lion, Michelle Knudsen, Kevin Hawkes
The Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
The Bully from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
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The Substitute Teacher from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
The Class Pet from the Black Lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
The Book Fair from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
The Gym Teacher from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
The Principal from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
The Librarian from the Black lagoon, Mike Thaler, Jared Lee
My Teacher for President, Kay Winters, Denise Brunkus
The Wednesday Surprise, Eve Bunting, Donald Carrick
Read With Dick and Jane: Fun With Dick and Jane, Grosset and Dunlap
Easy-To-Tell Stories for Young Children, Annette Harrison
Beatrice Doesn‟t Want To, Laura Numeroff, Lynn Munsinger
The Pagemaster, David Kirschner and Ernie Contreras, Jerry Tiritilli, Based on the
Screenplay by David Casci, David Kirschner, and Ernie Contreras
Rhyming and Poetry: The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, Jack Prelutsky, Petra Mathers
Anna Banana: 101 Jump-Rope Rhymes, Joanna Cole, Alan Tiegreen
Runny Babbit, Shel Silverstein
Where The Sidewalk Ends, Shel Silverstein
A Giraffe and a Half, Shel Silverstein
The Classic Treasury of Silly Poetry, Edited by Jane P. Resnick, Joan Gallup
The Real Mother Goose, Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright
A Child‟s Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson, Eul Alie
A Treasure Chest of Nursery Favorites, Pictures by Margaret Evans Price and Milo
Winter
A Visit To William Blake‟s Inn: Poems For Innocent and Experienced Travelers, Nancy Willard, Alice and Martin Provensen (John Newberry Medal and
Caldecott Honor Book)
No More Homework! No More Test!: Kids Favorite Funny School Poems, Selected
By Bruce Lansky, Stephen Carpenter
Zoo Doings, Jack Prelutsky, Paul O. Zelinsky
When The Teacher Isn‟t Looking and Other Funny School Poems, Kenn Nesbitt,
Mike Gordon
Put Your Eyes Up Here and Other School Poems, Kalli Dakos, G. Brian Karas
Joyful Noise: Peoms for Two Voices, Paul Fleischman, Eric Beddows
The Snake‟s Mistake, Keith Faulkner and Jonathan Lambert
Chimps Don‟t Wear Glasses, Laura Numeroff, Joe Mathieu
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Haiku Hike, Written and Illlustrated by fourth grade students of St. Mary‟s
Catholic School in Mansfield, MA (Kids Are Authors Award)
Poetry For Young People Series: Robert Browning, Lewis Carroll, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Frost, Langton Hughes, Rudyard Kipling, Edward Lear, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams
Giant Children, Brad Bagert, Tedd Arnold
The Flea‟s Sneeze, Lynn Downey, Karla Firehammer
Grammar, Idioms, Similes, Metaphors, Limericks, Proverbs,
Riddles, the Alphabet and Alliteration: Even More Parts, Tedd Arnold
There‟s A Frog in My Throat, Loreen Leedy, Pat Street
Animalia, Graeme Base
Laughable Limericks, Compiled by Sara and John E. Brewton, Ingrid Fetz
Irish Proverbs, Compiled by Laurence Flanagan
Welsh Proverbs, Compiled by Tegwyn Jones, Brian Fitzgerald
Dictionary of Idioms, Marvin Terban
Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack, Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
Nitty-Gritte Grammar: A Not-So-Serious Guide to Clear Communication, Edith H.
Fine and Judith P. Josephson
Animal Riddles, Edited by Victoria Fremont, Nina Barbaresi
Watch William Walk, Ann Jonas
Is Your Mama a Llama?, Deborah Guarino, Steven Kellogg
Picture Books Snow, Isao Sasaki
Flotsam, David Weisner (Caldecott Medal and New York Times Book Review Best
Illustrated Children‟s Book Awards)
Dinosaur Dream, Robin Michal Koontz
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Persistence, Perseverance, and Dedication: John‟s Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon, Doreen Rappaport, Bryan Collier
Harrry‟s Stormy Night, Una Leavy, Peter Utton
Beatrice‟s Goat, Page McBrier, Lori Lohstoeter, with an afterword by Hillary
Rodham Clinton
The Endless Pavement, Jacqueline Jackson and William Perlmutter, Richard Cuffari
Bumper Tubbs, David McPhail
Emmett‟s Snowball, Ned Miller, Susan Guevara
Albie the Lifeguard, Louise Borden, Elizabeth Sayles
BIG Chickens, Leslie Helakoski, Henry Cole
Duck for President, Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin
Family and Traditions: A Sweet, Sweet Basket, Margie Willis Clary, Dennis L. Brown
Once Upon a Time and Grandma, Lenore Blegvad
Celebrate! Stories of the Jewish Holidays, Gilda Berger, Paintings by Peter
Catalanotto
I Heard Said the Bird, Polly Berrien Berends, Brad Sneed
Moods and Changing Behavior: Yesterday I Had the Blues, Jeron Ashford Frame, R. Gregory Christie (Ezra Jack
Keats Book Award)
Olivia forms a band, Ian Falconer
Lessons on Understanding, Unselfishness, and Giving: The Gift of the Magi, O‟Henry, Lisbeth Zwerger
The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde, Joanna Isles
Fire flies!, Julie Brinckloe
Stories For Children, Oscar Wilde, P.J. Lynch
The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real, Margery Williams, Michael Green
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Zen Shorts, Jon J Muth
Jamaica‟s Find, Juanita Havill, Anne Sibley O‟Brien
Alice the Fairy, David Shannon
No, David, David Shannon
David Gets in Trouble, David Shannon
Family and Pets: Not Norman: A Goldfish Story, Kelly Bennett, Noah Z. Jones
Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from Obedience School, Mark Teague
Good Boy Fergus!, David Shannon
The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!, Cynthia Rylant, Mark Teague
Millions of Cats, Wanda Ga‟g (Newberry Honor Book)
Floss, Kim Lewis
Snow Family, Daniel Kirk
I Wanna Iguana, Karen Kaufman Orloff, David Catrow
Oma and Bobo, Amy Scwartz
Timothy and Gramps, Ron Brooks
I‟m not Going Out There!, Paul Bright, Ben Cort
M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet, Helen L. Wilbur, Robert Papp
Moondog, Alice Hoffman and Wolfe Martin, Yumi Heo
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?, Jane Yolen, Mark Teague
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, William Steig (The Caldecott Medal)
Geraldine‟s Blanket, Holly Keller
Geraldine First, Holly Keller
Geraldine‟s Baby Brother, Holly Keller
Dogzilla, Dav Pilkey
Kat Kong, Dav Pilkey
Problem Solving: Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young (Caldecott Medal)
Make Way For Ducklings, Robert McCloskey (Caldecott Medal)
Mrs. McBloom, CLEAN UP Your Classroom! Kelly DiPucchio, Guy Francis
Daisy Comes Home, Jan Brett
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The Little Squeegy Bug, Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, Patrick Corrigan
The Turnip, Janina Domanska
Dragon Stew, Tom McGowen, Trina Schart Hyman
Adventures: Moldy Warp The Mole, Allison Uttley, Margaret Tempest Mooncake, Frank Asch Moonbear‟s Shadow, Frank Asch Moonbear‟s Pet, Frank Asch Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo, William Joyce
Dinosaur Dream, Dennis Nolan
The Trek, Ann Jonas
Dooby Dooby Moo, Coreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
The Knobby Boys to the Rescue, Wende and Harry Devlin
Little Cliff and the Cold Place, Clifton L. Taulbert, E. B. Lewis
The Day Jimmy‟s Boa Ate the Wash, Trinka Hakes Noble, Steven Kellogg
The Subway Mouse, Barbara Reid
Mud Puddle, Robert Munsch, Sami Suomalainen
White Snow Bright Snow, Alvin Tresselt, Roger Duvoisin
Duck on a Bike, David Shannon
Special Relationships and Respecting Diversity: The Hello, Goodbye Window, Norton Juster, Chris Raschka (Caldecott Medal)
Owen & Mazee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship, Isabella Hatkoff,
Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Photographs by Peter Greste
Tennis Shoe Love, Joe Shannon, Suzie Huskins
Bà-Năm, Jeanne M. Lee
You Are Special, Max Lucado, Sergio Martinez
Eulalie and the Hopping Head, David Small
Hunwick‟s Egg, Mem Fox
Honey…Honey…Lion!: A Story From Africa, Jan Brett
Knuffle Bunny, Mo Willems
Rebel, Allan Baillie, Di Wu
Duck at the Door, Jackie Urbanovic
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Daisy and the Doll, Michael Medearis and Angela Shelf Medearis, Paintings by
Larry Johnson
The Important Book, Margaret Wise Brown, Leonard Weisgard
How Droofis The Dragon Lost His Head, Bill Peet
Fish and Flamingo, Nancy White Carlstrom, Lisa Desimini
A Bad Case of Stripes, David Shannon
Emma Kate, Patricia Polacco
Pinduli, Janell Cannon
Folktales and Other Stories From Around the World: Akimba and the Magic Cow, Retold by Anne Rose, Woodcuts by Hope Meryman
The Lion and the Gypsy, Geoffrey Patterson
The Dancing Granny, Retold and illustrated by Ashley Bryan
Tales Alive: Multicultural Folktales with Activities as retold by Susan Milord,
Paintings by Michael A. Donato
Thirty-Three Multicultural Tales To Tell, Pleasant DeSpain, Joe Shlichta
Bo Rabbit, Smart For True: Tall Tales from the Gullah, Priscilla Jaquith, Ed Young
The Lizard and the Sun: La Lagartija y el Sol, Alma Flor Ada, Felipe Dávalos
Little Inchkin, Fiona French
Anansi The Spider: A Tale From the Ashanti, Gerald McDermott (Caldecott Medal)
Nine-In-One GRR! GRR! Told by Blia Xiong, Adapted by Cathy Spagnoli, Illustrated
by Nancy Hom
Pulling the Lion‟s Tail, Jane Kurtz, Floyd Cooper
Wiley and the Hairy Man, Molly Garrett Bang
Josephine‟s Imagination, Arnold Dobrin
Flying With the Eagle, Racing the Great Bear: Stories From Native North America, Told by Joseph Bruchac
Tales of nanabozho, Dorothy M. Reid, Donald Grant
How Glooskap Outwits The Ice Giants and Other Tales of the Maritime Indians, Retold by Howard Norman, Wood Engravings by Michael McCur
The Folktale Cat, Edited by Frank de Caro, Kitty Harvill
Gluskabe and the Four Wishes, Retold by Joseph Bruchac, Christine Nyburg
Shrader
Dancing With The Indians, Angela Shelf Medearis, Samuel Byrd
The Green Man, Gail Haley
The Story of Yuriwaka, Erik and Masako Haugaard, Birgitta Saflund
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Johnny-cake, William Stobbs
The Jungle Book, Disney
Crow Boy, Taro Yashima (Caldecott Honor Book)
One Fine Day, Nonny Hogrogian (Caldecott Honor Book)
Tales From Shakespeare, Tina Packer
A STORY A STORY: An African Tale, Retold and Illustrated by Gail E. Haley
A Twist on Tall Tales and Legends: The Bunyans, Audrey Wood, David Shannon
Paul Bunyan Finds A Wife, Adele deLeeuw
The Windigo‟s Return: A North Woods Story, Douglas Wood, Greg Couch
John Henry, Julius Lester, Jerry Pinkney (Caldecott Medal)
Old Dry Frye: A Deliciously Funny Tall Tale, Paul Brett Johnson
Paul Bunyan, Steven Kellogg
Johnny Appleseed, Steven Kellogg
Mike Fink, Steven Kellogg
Pecos Bill, Steven Kellogg
Heat Wave, Helen Ketteman, Scott Goto
A Twist on Fairy Tales, Fables, Nursery Rhymes, and Other
Stories: Goldilocks and the Three Bears as told by Pam Tillis, Jane Chambless Wright (with
CD)
Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella, Alan Schroeder, Brad Sneed
The Matzo Ball Boy, Lisa Shulman, Rosanne Litzinger
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenberry
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales, Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
(Caldecott Medal)
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! By A. Wolf, Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
The Three Silly Billies, Margie Palatini, Barry Moser
Gingerbread Baby, Jan Brett
Armadilly Chili, Helen Ketteman, Will Terry
Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood, Mike Artell, Jim Harris
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The Three Pigs, David Wiesner (Caldecott Medal)
The Pot That Juan Built, Nancy Andrews-Goebel, David Diaz
Wolf! Wolf!, John Rocco
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl, Virginia Hamilton, Paintings by James E.
Ransome
Fairytale News, Colin and Jacqui Hawkins
The Book That Jack Wrote, Jon Scieszka, Paintings by Daniel Adel
My Lucky Day, Keiko Kasza
The Dog Who Cried Wolf, Keiko Kasza
Rufferella, Vanessa Gill-Brown, Mandy Stanley
Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale, Pamela Duncan Edwards, Henry Cole
Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella, Tony Johnston, James Warhola
CinderHazel!: The Cinderella of Halloween, Deborah Nourse Lattimore
Yo, Hungry Wolf!: A Nursery Rap, David Vozar, Betsy Lewin
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp, Mercer Mayer
A Frog in the Bog, Karma Wilson, Joan Rankin
Cajun Night Before Christmas, “Trosclair,” Edited by Howard Jacobs, James Rice
You Read to Me, I‟ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together, Mary
Ann Hoberman, Michael Emberley
Ashpet: An Appalachian Tale, Retold by Joanne Compton, Kenn Compton
This is the Teacher, Rhonda Gowler Greene, Mike Lester
Manana, Iguana, Ann Whitford Paul, Ethan Lon
Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Fables: A Treasury of Ten Tiny Tales, Unicorn Publishing House
Fables, Arnold Lobel (Caldecott Medal)
Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back, Shel Silverstein
Jack and the Whoopee Wind, Mary Calhoun, Dick Gackenbach
The Magic Fishbone, Charles Dickens, F.D. Bedford
Aesop‟s Fables For Modern Readers, Illustrated by Eric Carle
Friedman‟s Fables, Edwin H. Friedman
Hansel and Gretel, The Brothers Grimm, Translated by Charles Scribner, Jr.,
Adrienne Adams
Fish Fry Tonight, Jackie French Koller, Catharine O‟Neill
The Lion and the Mouse & Other Fables, Aesop, Retold by Andrea Stacy Leach,
Holly Hannon The Last Bit-Bear: A Fable, Sandra Chisholm Robinson, Ellen Ditzler
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Frederick, Leo Lionni Caldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Children‟s Book, A New York Times Best Illustrated Children‟s book of the Year)
Chanticleer and the Fox, Adapted from the Canterbury Tales, Barbara Cooney, The
Caldecott Medal)
Puss in Boots, Charles Perrault, Fred Marcellino, Translated by Malcolm Arthur
(Caldecott Honor Book)
The Aesop for Children, Milo Winter
The Rainstick: A Fable, Sandra Chisholm Robinson, Peter Grosshauser
Myths and Legends: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving, Michael Garland
The Ring in the Prairie: A Shawnee Legend, Edited by John Bierhorst, Leo and
Daine Dillon
The Earth Is On a Fish‟s Back: Tales of Beginnings, Natalia Belting, Esta Nesbitt
Stories From Wales, Gwyn Jones
American Indian Myths and Legends, Selected and Edited by Richard Erdoes and
Alfonso Ortiz
Wonder stories: The Best Myths For Girls and Boys, Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Clara
M. Burd
The First Book of Mythology: Greek/Roman, Kathleen Elgin
The First Book of Legendary Beings, Helen Jacobson, Lewis Zack
Mythical Creatures: Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons, Greg Hildebrandt Giants and Fairies, Retold by Mildred L. Kerr, Elisabeth Harner, and Frances Ross,
Illustrations by Bert Tildeman, Ray Evans, Jr., and Fern Bisel Peat
Dragon and Monster Tales, retold by Corinne Denan, Jennie Williams
Suspense: The Signalman, Charles Dickens, Adapted by I.M. Richardson, Hal Ashmead
The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe, Adapted by David E. Cutts, Monroe
Eisenberg
The Nightmare Ship, Adapted by I.M. Richardson, Ann Toulmin-Rothes
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Creepy Classis: Hair-raising horror from the master of the macabre, Edited by
Mary Hill, Dominick R. Domingo
Humbug Witch, Lorna Balian
Government, Politics, History, Geography, and Social Studies: My Senator and Me: A Dog‟s-Eye View of Washington, D.C., Senator Edward M.
Kennedy, David Small
The Train of States, Peter Sis
We The Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States, David
Catrow
John, Paul, George, and Ben, Lane Smith
The Butterfly, Patricia Polacco
Rosa, Nikki Giovanni, Bryan Collier (Caldecott Honor Book)
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Eleanor Coerr
The Cats in Krasinski Square, Karen Hesse, Wendy Watson
Y is for Yellowhammer: An Alabama Alphabet, Carol Crane, Ted Burn
The Picture Man, Julia Taylor Ebel, Idalia Canter
Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, Gene Barretta
All About Codes, Gail Blasser Riley
Kate Heads West, Pat Brisoon, Rick Brown
M is for Majestic: A National Parks Alphabet, David Domeniconi, Pam Carroll
Henry‟s Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad, Ellen Levine,
Kadire Nelson
The Matchlock Gun, Walter D. Edmonds, Paul Lantz (Chosen by the American
Library Association as The Most Distinguished Contribution to Literature
for Children published in 1941
Science Connections: Dancing With the Manatees, Faith McNulty, Lena Shiffman
J. Rooker, Manatee, Jan Haley, Paul Brent
Pieces of Another World, Mara Rockliff, Salima Alikhan
Science Verse, Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith
The Umbrella, Jan Brett
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Stranger in the Woods: A Photographic Fantasy, Carl R. Sames II & Jean Stoick
(Benjamin Franklin Award, Publishers Marketing Association
The Glow-in-the-Dark Book of Animal Skeletons, Regina Kahney, Christopher
Santoro
Gregory, the Terrible Eater, Mitchell Sharmat, Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey
Swimmy, Leo Linni (Caldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Children‟s Book, A New York Times Best Illustrated Children‟s book of the Year)
A Good Day‟s Fishing, James Prosek
Dinner Time, Jan Pieńkowski
Animals Animals, Eric Carle
Chickens Aren‟t The Only Ones, Ruth Heller
Grossology Begins at Home: The Science of Really Gross Things in Your Everyday Life, Sylvia Branzei, Jack Keely
Down By the Cool of the Pool, Tony Mitton, Guy Parker-Rees
Environment: Is There Really a Human Race?, Jamie Lee Curtis & Laura Cornell
Save Our Planet: 750 Everyday Ways You Can Help Clean Up The Earth, Diane
MacEachern
Sharing Nature With Children, Joseph Cornell
Earth Child: Games, Stories, Activities, Experiments, & Ideas About Living Lightly on Planet Earth, Kathryn Sheehan and Mary Waidner, P.H.D.
Hands – On Nature: Information and Activities for Exploring the Environment with Children, Edited by Jenepher Lingelbach
Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children, Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac
The Complete Amateur Naturalist: Look, Learn, Collect, Conserve. Explore the Wild Life of Town and Country in Fascinating Projects and Experiments, Michael Chinery
The Listening Walk, Paul Showers, Aliki
The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono, Wood Engravings by Michael McCurd
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Math Connections: What‟s Your Angle, Pythagoras, Julie Ellis, Phyllis Hornung
Math Potatoes, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs
The Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs
The Grapes of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs
Math Appeal: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs
Math for All Seasons: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles, Greg Tang, Harry Briggs
Math Fables: Lessons That Count, Greg Tang, Heather Cahoon Pizza Counting, Christina Dobson, Matthew Holmes One Odd Day, Doris Fisher and Dani Sneed, Karen Lee
Inch by Inch, Leo Lionni (Caldecott Honor Book)
Art Connections: My Grandma Lived in Gooliculch, Graeme Base
Jungle Drums, Graeme Base
Nature Crafts for Kids: 50 Fantastic Things To Make With Mother Nature‟s Help, Gwen Diehn & Terry Krautwrust
Creatures of Paradise: Pictures to Grow Up With, Bryan Holmes
The Ultimate Alphabet, Mike Wilks