LynnG in Arizona Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I'm planning for this next school year, when I'll have a kindergarten boy (age 5 this summer) and a late 1st/early 2nd grade girl (age 7 this coming October). I already have selected a list of high quality picture books, taken primarily from the Memoria Press K and 1st grade lists. In addition, I want to start slowly reading some longer read alouds. We've already done My Father's Dragon and The Dragonling with great success. However, my kids are still quite young - the boy won't turn 5 until mid summer - and so I'm looking for captivating books that are likely to interest them and be fairly easy to read aloud. I'm ok with a mix of "classics" and "fun" choices. Humor is a plus. Here's what I have so far: Little House in the Big Woods The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Beezus and Ramond Hank the Cowdog Socks Mr. Popper's Penguins Stuart Little Homer Price The Happy Hollisters Owls in the Family Am considering adding in (or substituting): The Trumpet Swan James Herriott The Railway Children The Sword in the Tree All of a Kind Family James and the Giant Peach Any thoughts or advice from those of you who have recently done the above books with kids about my age? Thanks in advance!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thescrappyhomeschooler Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I'm planning for this next school year, when I'll have a kindergarten boy (age 5 this summer) and a late 1st/early 2nd grade girl (age 7 this coming October). I already have selected a list of high quality picture books, taken primarily from the Memoria Press K and 1st grade lists. In addition, I want to start slowly reading some longer read alouds. We've already done My Father's Dragon and The Dragonling with great success. However, my kids are still quite young - the boy won't turn 5 until mid summer - and so I'm looking for captivating books that are likely to interest them and be fairly easy to read aloud. I'm ok with a mix of "classics" and "fun" choices. Humor is a plus. Here's what I have so far: Little House in the Big Woods The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Beezus and Ramond Hank the Cowdog Socks Mr. Popper's Penguins Stuart Little Homer Price The Happy Hollisters Owls in the Family Am considering adding in (or substituting): The Trumpet Swan James Herriott The Railway Children The Sword in the Tree All of a Kind Family James and the Giant Peach Any thoughts or advice from those of you who have recently done the above books with kids about my age? Thanks in advance!! :) We read all the bolded ones at those same ages- 5-8 with my boys. Some they read themselves, some we listened to on audiobooks. I think those are good choices for those ages. My boys also liked The Enormous Egg, The Mouse and the Motorcycle books, and the Boxcar Children books at those ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMWB Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 We have done lots of those. The Mouse and the Motorcycle were the first that my DS4 could finally sit through as a chapter book. Anything by Roald Dahl was also a big hit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have to ask: WHERE IS CHARLOTTE'S WEB?!?!? This is the absolute MUST first "real" read aloud in our home. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnG in Arizona Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have to ask: WHERE IS CHARLOTTE'S WEB?!?!? This is the absolute MUST first "real" read aloud in our home. ;) Well . . . I was planning to wait a year or two on this one because of the emotional impact. What do you all think? I can't for the life of me remember when I read it to my big girls. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwimummy Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I am saving Charlotte's Web for that reason too, so you're not the only one :001_smile: My DS is 5yrs. We've read and enjoyed quite a few on your list. He's also enjoyed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, George's Marvellous Medicine, Dr Dolittle and Farmer Boy. We're doing Stuart Little at the moment. We might do some more Oz books, because he liked The Wonderful Wizard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BugsMama Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 On my list (that you don't have listed) for this year: Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher (DH's pick) BFG Detectives in Togas Cricket in Times Square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenmama2 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 My older son read it around that age and was very upset by it. My vote is to wait. There are so many books to pick from so I don't know the reason it has to be done at this point. :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiraejb Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 We've read these: Charlottes Web - one of our faves James and the Giant Peach - I censored the centipede a bit, but my son ws laughing out loud during this book Mouse and the Motorcycle - this one went do fast, but my son liked it Stuart Little - we enjoyed it, but the ending perplexed us. We used it for imagination and discussion, though. We've slowly made our way through these, probably because they don't quite grab us: Winnie the Pooh Just so Stories We also like Shel Silverstein poetry, I have a couple of his books. I want to read: Swiss Family Robinson (maybe) and more Dahl books. I guess I need to sit down and make a list, too. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnG in Arizona Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I am saving Charlotte's Web for that reason too, so you're not the only one :001_smile: My DS is 5yrs. We've read and enjoyed quite a few on your list. He's also enjoyed Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, George's Marvellous Medicine, Dr Dolittle and Farmer Boy. We're doing Stuart Little at the moment. We might do some more Oz books, because he liked The Wonderful Wizard. Those are some good ones as well . . . I love Farmer Boy, and I was a HUGE fan of all the Oz books growing up. How is your 5 yo enjoying Stuart Little? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnG in Arizona Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 On my list (that you don't have listed) for this year: Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher (DH's pick) BFG Detectives in Togas Cricket in Times Square I had never heard of Jeremy Thatcher Dragon Hatcher and just went to go look it up. That looks promising - we are big fantasy/dragon fans around here - but it does strike me as something we might want to wait a few years on. Then again, my son is probably always up for a dragon story, so . . . :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnG in Arizona Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 We read all the bolded ones at those same ages- 5-8 with my boys. Some they read themselves, some we listened to on audiobooks. I think those are good choices for those ages. My boys also liked The Enormous Egg, The Mouse and the Motorcycle books, and the Boxcar Children books at those ages. Oh THANK YOU for recommending The Enormous Egg. Just two weeks ago, my son found an egg-shaped white stone in my parents' yard and promptly decided that it was obviously a dinosaur egg. He and my husband have made a hatching box for it, and now the fierce debate revolves around the type of dinosaur it's going to be when it hatches. :lol: Not if, but when. So I will order this today and start it very soon - thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 (edited) I think it looks good. I would add Charlotte's Web, and Babe, The Gallant Big. I also hate with all my hate, Mr Popper's Penguins. To continue with my heresy; I have never been much of a Stuart Little fan. I would substitute the above for these. Another thought: The All of a Kind Family series is one I would read to children a bit older. I love the books, I just think they are better for the 8-12 set. Edited May 31, 2012 by LibraryLover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 We did many of those around those ages. For Hank the Cowdog, I highly recommend checking out an audio book version of one of the books from the library. The voices of Hank, Drover, and Pete the barn cat are just hilarious. He truly is the John Wayne of dogs. The Cricket in Times Square is also a fantastic audio book—it has the cricket song as part of it. If you decide to add in James Herriot, there is a James Herriot Treasury for Children that is abridged/adapted for children from the longer books. The one we have is beautifully illustrated and each story is a nice stand-alone read aloud. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynnG in Arizona Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 I think it looks good. I would add Charlotte's Web, and Babe, The Gallant Big. I also hate with all my hate, Mr Popper's Penguins. To continue with my heresy; I have never been much of a Stuart Little fan. I would substitute the above for these. Another thought: The All of a Kind Family series is one I would read to children a bit older. I love the books, I just think they are better for the 8-12 set. Well, I've never read either of these books . . . so I am open to what you have to say about these choices. Seriously! Care to share? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have a giant list for K and 1st if you guys want it. But, it's giant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have a giant list for K and 1st if you guys want it. But, it's giant. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Chapter Books: Five True Dog Tales My Father’s Dragon series Dolphin Adventure Dolphin Treasure James Herriot’s Stories for Children Story of Dr. Doolittle (and many sequels) Mary on Horseback Cappyboppy No Dogs Allowed Twenty and Ten The Apple and the Arrow The Light at Tern Rock The Family Under the Bridge The Hundred Dresses Follow My Leader Beverly Cleary (Ramona books; Mouse and the Motorcycle series) Homer Price Understood Betsy The Year of Miss Agnes The Wheel on the School Along Came a Dog Gooney Bird Greene Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House books Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (huge favorite) Oz books (Frank Baum) The Boxcar Children (They love these!) Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Superfudge by Judy Blume Dragon of the Lost Sea series The Enormous Egg Babe, the Gallant Pig Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series Owls in the Family A Tarantula in My Purse Roald Dahl books (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, The BFG, Matilda) A Llama in the Family Ramona the Brave (and other Beverly Cleary books) The Children of Noisy Village Stone Fox The Courage of Sarah Noble Betsy-Tacy; Betsy Tacy and Tib Stories Julian Tells; Stories Huey Tells, etc Five Children and It; Book of Dragons and other books by E. Nesbitt (huge favorite) - My then six yr old said that E. Nesbitt was her favorite author The Penderwicks Thorton Burgess books Half Magic The Railway Children Betsy-Tacy The Moffats Sword in the Tree The Story of St. John Bosco Minn of the Mississippi/ Paddle to the Sea, etc Detectives in Togas Squanto: Friend of Pilgrims and Pocahontas when we did US history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Story Collections Uncle Wiggly’s Story Book Beatrix Potter books* Dr. Seuss books* Molly Milly Mandy In Grandma’s Attic Usborne Stories from Around the World* Lion Storyteller Book* Five True Dog Stories* Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe Classic Brer Rabbit Easy Picture Books (Including Sonlight) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom* The Little _____ Animal Books* Big Green Pocketbook Angus Lost (and other Angus books) Play with Me Katy No Pocket* The Red Carpet* Where the Wild Things Are* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble* Amos and Boris* Doctor Desoto Pete’s a Pizza A Chair for My Mother and sequels Madeleine books Curious George books The Snowy Day and other books by Peter Keats There’s an Alligator Under My Bed Frances Books Stellaluna and other books by author* Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Katy and the Big Snow* Maybelle the Cable Car The Little House* Crictor* The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Caps for Sale* Leo the Late Bloomer Quiltmaker’s Gift* and Journey* Blueberries for Sal One Morning in Maine Make Way for Ducklings Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Courduroy books Maple Hill Farm and A Year at Maple Hill Farm Beatrix Potter books* Dr. Seuss books* Miss Nelson Is Missing Golden Book collections Berenstein Bears Book of Science and Nature* Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?* What’s Smaller than a Pygmy Shrew?* How Do You Lift a Lion* People (Peter Spier) Then and Now What Do People Do All Day How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World Kevin Henkes books (Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse; Julius the Baby of the World; Wemberly Worried, etc) Millions of Cats Curious George books A Birthday for Frances (and other Frances books) To Market, To Market* Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present Pretzel Five in a Row Books ( Mostly we didn’t row these books, but we did read them a lot) The Story About Ping Lentil* A Pair of Red Clogs The Rag Coat* The Glorious Flight* How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World Grandfather’s Journey Cranberry Thanksgiving* Another Celebrated Dancing Bear* Papa Piccolo* Storm in the Night The Very Last First Time Night of the Moonjellies* Clown of God* Wee Gillis Story of Ferdinand* Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening Owl Moon A New Coat for Anna Mrs. Katz and Tush Mirette on the High Wire (and sequels) Miss Rumphius Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge* When I Was Young in the Mountains Truman’s Aunt Farm The Wild Horses of Sweetbriar* Paul Revere’s Ride Follow the Drinking Gourd* The Finest Horse in Town The Salamander Room Climbing Kansas Mountains Amber on the Mountain Daniel’s Duck Down, Down the Mountain Gramma’s Walk Roxaboxen The Raft* Mailing May Snowflake Bentley The Gullywasher Arabella Higgins Bend Song and Dance Cowboy Charlie Grass Sandals Albert The Hickory Chair* Hanna’s Cold Winter The Hatmaker’s Sign Retold The Pumpkin Runner* Angelo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Fairy and Folk Tales Three Billy Goats Gruff* Jack and the Bean Stalk (Spirin, Cech) The Selfish Giant Rapunzel* (Zelinsky) The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids* Rumplestilskin* (Zelinsky) Little Red Cap (Hyman, Zwerger) Little Red Riding Hood (Marshall, Pinkney, Ruby by Emberley, Bridget of the Gray Wolves, No Dinner!, Adventures of Polly and the Wolf) Mother Holly (Watts) East of the Sun and West of the Moon* Golden Goose (Dennis McDermott, Uri Schulevitz) Snow White and Rose Red Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (Santore, Barett, Hyman, Jeffers) Hansel and Gretel (Zelinsky, Zwerger, Jeffers) Brother and Sister Jorinda and Joringal Puss in Boots Why the Owl Has Big Eyes The Blind Man and the Elephant Legends of the World series How Iktomi Lost His Eyes How the Camel Got His Hump El Pajaro Cu The Tongue Cut Sparrow The Tiger, the Brahman, and the Jackal American Tall Tales (Mary Pope Osborne) Tales from the Odyssey (Mary Pope Osborne) Greek Myths for Young Children Lazy Jack Mortimer Little Rooster and the Diamond Button Old Woman and Her Pig Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin Sody Sallyratus Lon Po Po Rough Faced Girl* Persian Cinderella Cinderella 12 Dancing Princesses* Snow Queen Fisherman and His Wife Sleeping Beauty* Dear Mili* The Bear and the Kingbird* The King’s Equal* McBroom’s Wonderful One Acre Farm* The Donkey Prince Clever Kate* The Juniper Tree Frog Prince* Beauty and the Beast Little Mermaid Magic Porridge Pot (Paul Galdone) The Shoemaker and His Elves (Watts, Cech, Plume The Little Match Girl (Isadora, Pinkney) Iron John (Hyman, Marianna Myer)* Tom Thumb (Richard Watson, Craft, Mayer) Princess and the Pea (Cech, Oberdieck) Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Marshall) Goldilocks and the Three Hares Guarnaccia The Ugly Duckling (Watts, Meilo So, Canley, Pinkney, Hale, Pirkko, Vanio) The Rainbabies Bearskin (Hyman)* King Stork (Hyman)* Water of Life (Hyman)* Pegasus (K. Y. Craft)* King Midas (Craft)* Thumbelina (Zwerger, Ehrlich, Lauren Mills) The Princess and the White Bear King* The Wild Swans The Emperor and the Nightingale King Long Shanks Little Claus and Big Claus The Woman with the Eggs Fairy Tale Collections (Jane Ray, Zwerger, Szyk, Eric Carle) Fin M’Coul (Tomie DePaola)* Baba Yaga and Vasilia the Brave* The Wild Swans (Ehrlich, Lewis, Gilbert) The Valiant Little Tailor (Victor Ambrus) The Steadfast Tin Soldier (P.J. Lynch) Emperor’s New Clothes (Virginia Lee Burton, John Rowe) Pied Piper of Hamelin (Kate Greenway) Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters* In the Land of Small Dragon The Princess and the Snake/ Sea Serpant Yeh-Shen Firebird and Prince Ivan* Vasilia and Her Doll* The Snake Prince (under words/ phrase, not title – part of a collection) The Princess in the Tower Jumping Mouse Mud Pony/ Horse Sootface (Cinderella story) The Calabash Cat* Bearskin* Goose Girl Snow White and the Seven Dwarves Silkie* The Twelve Swans The Seven Ravens* The Water of Life (Rogasky/ Hyman?) Two Brothers and their Magic Gourds Three Little Pigs and the Fox Three Little Javalinas Cinder Edna Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella The Princess and the Goblin A Three Hat Day The Monkey Bridge The Brave Little Parrot The Fortune Tellers Days of the Blackbird Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato Abiyoyo The Golden Sandal The Cat’s Vacation A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back The Boy at the Dike Anansi books Issun Boshi: One Inch Boy Tom Thumb The Knee High Man Medio Pollito Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 More Complex Picture Books Peter Sis books (especially Madelinka, but all are wonderful) Uri Shulevitz books (Snow, The Treasure*, Dawn, Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, How I Learned Geography*) What Mary Jo Shared* The House in the Night* Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride* Coming on Home Soon* Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus* (and other Don’t Let the Pigeon books) The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins* Joseph Had a Little Overcoat * Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince* Golem* Smoky Night* Time Flies* Pepe the Lamplighter* The Talking Eggs* Look to the North* Flute’s Journey* Mirandy and Brother Wind* Village of Round and Square Houses* The Relatives Came* King Bigood’s in the Bathtub* The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher* Ben’s Trumpet The Desert Is Theirs* Duffy and the Devil* Hildild’s Night* If All the Seas Were One Sea* Soft House* Grandma’s Hurrying Child* Hoptoad* Harvest Home* The Lion and the Mouse (Pinkney)* All the World* Red Sings from the Treetops* Zelda and Ivy* Fiona Loves the Night* Jazz Baby* Vulture View* Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator* One Boy* Benny and Penny In the Big No-No!* Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea* My Abuelita* Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day* A Tree Is Nice* The Moon Jumpers* Charlotte Zolotow books* Sing to the Stars* A Pocketful of Cricket* Island Boy* Not So Fast, Songolo* Now One Foot, Now the Other* Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge* Wombat Divine* Presenting Tanya the Ugly Duckling* Christina Katerina and the Box* The Friday Nights of Nana* A Band of Angels* Birdie’s Lighthouse* The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree* Miss Fannie’s Hat* The Lot at the End of My Block* Davy’s Dream: A Young Boy’s Adventure with Wild Orca Whales* Those Can-Do Pigs* Granddaddy’s Gift* Dear Benajamin Banneker* A Day’s Work* Eve Bunting books Molly Bannaky* Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine* Cranberry Christmas, etc* Tom Tit Tot An English Folk Tale* All the Way Home The Whispering Cloth* The Journey (Sarah Stewart)* The Library (Sarah Stewart)* Do Not Open* Through Moon and Stars and Night Skies* Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch* Corgiville Fair* Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea* Flossie and the Fox* The Honest to Goodness Truth* Officer Buckle and Gloria* The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog!* The Signmaker’s Assistant* Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* Olivia* Bill Peet books (Bufford, the Little Bighorn; Caboose Who Got Loose; Kermit the Hermit) Gilberto and the Wind* Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains* Ted Lewin books Henry Hikes to Fitchburg* The Bear That Heard Crying* A Farm of Her Own* Dancers in the Garden* Waterman’s Child* Aurora Means Dawn* The Big, Big Sea* Before and After (Jan Thornhill)* Letting Swift River Go* The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks* Dick Whittington and His Cat* The King at the Door* Buttons* The Log Cabin Quilt Rip Van Winkle (Will Moses) Come Sunday* Pegasus, the Flying Horse* Raising Yoder’s Barn* Miz Berlin Walks* The Orange Shoes* Robert Wells books (How Do You Know What Time It Is; What’s Faster than a Cheetah; What’s Older than a Giant Tortoise; Polar Bear Why Is Your World Melting; Did a Dinosaur Drink This Water; What’s So Special About Planet Earth; Why Do Elephants Need the Sun?; Frog and Toad books Patricia Polacco books* Tommy DePaola books (Strega Nona; Finn M’Coul*; Legend books) Gerald McDermott books (Jabuti, etc) Cynthia Rylant books* American Tall Tales (Mary Pope Osborne) Rain Makes Applesauce* Thy Friend, Obadiah* Chanticleer and the Fox St. George and the Dragon* Zin Zin Zin a Violin* The Bat Boy and His Violin You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer* Loud Emily* Six Dinner Sid* The Grannyman Leonardo’s Horse* Mama Played Baseball* Loop the Loop* Marie in Fourth Position* The Cello of Mr. O* Sweet Clara and Her Freedom Quilt (and sequel)* Three Cheers for Catherine the Great* My Great Aunt Arizona* How Pizza Came to Queens I Know Why I Brush My Teeth Uncle Jed’s Barber Shop Amazing Grace* Rattletrap Car* The Hello, Goodbye Window* Sourpuss and Sweetie Pie Ox Cart Man* The Quest to Digest How the Ladies Stopped the Wind* The Problem with Chickens* Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman* Mommy, Carry Me Please* Elizabeti’s Doll* Fannie in the Kitchen* Jan Brett books* Gershon’s Monster How Nanita Learned to Make Flan* The Egg (M. P. Robertson) Kim Lewis books Emma and the Night Dogs Seneca (by Karen Baker) Just Us Women* Harriet and the Roller Coaster* Archaeologists Dig for Clues Grandmother’s Pigeon* When Agnes Caws* Blackberry Booties* Maria’s Comet When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Really Angry Pancakes for Supper Sophie Skates* Night of the Goat Children* Nessa’s Fish* Swish (Bill Martin)* Beautiful Warrior: the Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu* Hog-Eye* Raising Dragons* Peg and the Whale* Mrs. Mack* Beware the Brindlebeast* Tar Beach (Faith Ringgold) Someplace Else* A Symphony of Whales* Bea and Mr. Jones* The Day Gogo Went to Vote Margauerite Makes a Book The Widow’s Broom* Whistling Dixie* Painted Dreams (about Haiti) Library Lil* Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe* Borreguita and the Coyote (Mexican folk tale)* A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back* The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars (Japanese folk tale)* Brave Margaret (Irish story)* Fa Mulan: The Story of a Woman Warrior* Clever Gretchen* Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter* The Wave of the Sea-Wolf* The Emperor and the Kite* Abigail Takes the Wheel Clipper Ship Molly the Brave and Me* Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries Uncommon Traveler: Mary Kingsley in Africa* Martina the Beautiful Cockroach (tale from Cuba)* A Weed Is a Flower: the Life of George Washington Carver Books by Aliki Mama and Papa have a Store, Carling* Abuela’s Weave, Castaneda* Sleeping Bread: Story, Czernecki* Lotus Seed, Garland Walking Stick, Trottier Brave Charlotte* The Bookshop Dog* The Tale of Pale Male* A Mother’s Journey The Village that Vanished Stephen Kellog books (tall tales) Big Book of Brambly Hedge (Jill Barklem)* The Big Snow (Berta Hader) Church Mice books (Graham Oakley)* The Cock, the Mouse, and the Little Red Hen The Crane Maiden Cross Country Cat* Rikki Tikki Tavi Frog Band and the Onion Seller* Luckiest One of All* Rain, Rain Rivers* Saint Valentine Twenty Elephant Restaurant* Zarafa: The Giraffe That Walked to the King* Mirette on the High Wire and sequels Herbert: The True Story of a Brave Sea Dog* My Travels with Clara* The Reluctant Dragon* Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library* The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela Lila and the Secret of Rain My Great-Grandmother’s Gourd* Planting the Trees of Kenya* Always Come Home to Me* The Pet Dragon* Monsoon Afternoon* The Legend of the Persian Carpet* Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story A Peddler’s Dream* My Heart Glow* The Secret Cave: Discovering Lascaux (and other books by Emily McCully) Katie’s Wish* I, Vivaldi Katie, the Windmill Cat* Welcome Back, Sun* Maria de Sautuola: the Bulls in the Cave (and others by Dennis Fradin)* Isabel Saves the Prince* Mary of Mile 18* Floss Uncle Blue’s New Boat Elsa Beskow’s books The King of Ireland’s Son The Magic Gourd A Day on Skates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Geography Books Beginning Geography Books Me on the Map My Town There’s a Map on My Lap Where Do I Live? Follow That Map The Seven Continents What Is a Community? From A to Z “Africa:†Bimwili and the Zimwi* Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain* Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali* The Fortune Tellers* The Magic Gourd Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky* Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper* The Spider Weaver* Peaceful Protest: The Life of Nelson Mandela* A Is for Africa* Jambo Means Hello* The Village of Round and Square Houses* 14 Cows for America* I Lost My Tooth in Africa* Ogbo: Sharing Life in an African Village* Emeka’s Gift* The Gift of the Sun (tale from South Africa)* Mama Panya’s Pancakes (tale from Kenya)* For You Are a Kenyan Child (about Kenya) Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Wangari’s Trees of Peace* Come with Me to Africa Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion How the Guinea Fowl Got Her Spots Anansi stories Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain Arctic Sailing off to Sleep* Akiak* The Raven’s Gift* Snow Bear* Iditarod Dream* The Very Last First Time Australia: Pumpkin Runner, Arnold Where the Forest Meets the Sea, Baker Katy No Pocket Polly Hopper’s Pouch Wombat Stew Bright Star, Crew* Dial-a-Croc, Dumbleton Flood Fish, Eversole Possum Magic and Koala Lou, Fox Wombat Walkabout, Morpurgo Farmer Schulz’s Ducks, Thiele Wombat Stew, Vaughan Biggest Frog in Australia * Old Woman Who Loved to Read, Winch* The Gift Stone – Eversoul* Brazil: Count your way through Brazil, Haskins* How Night Came From the Sea, Gerson* Rosa Raposa (rainforest)* The Dancing Pig* Bitter Bananas* China Ruby’s Wish, Bridges* Visit to China, Packard Chinese New Year, Schaefer* Chinatown, Low My Chinatown: One Year in Poems, Mak The Runaway Rice Cake* The Empty Pot Liang and the Magic Paintbrush* The Chinese Mirror The Story about Ping* Tikki Tikki Tembo* Two of Everything* The Emperor and the Kite Beautiful Warrior: Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu* (China unit) Little Pear* A Grain of Rice* Granny Han’s Breakfast Five Chinese Brothers* Lon Po Po Maples in the Mist Always Come Home to Me Long Long’s New Year Japan Chibi, a True Story from Japan* The Funny Little Woman The Paper Dragon* Sayonara, Mrs. Kackleman* Shibumi and the Kitemaker* The Two Bullies* The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks* The Boy of the Three Year Nap* Tasty Baby Belly Buttons* The Magic Fan, Baker Crane Girl, Charles* How My Parents Learned to Eat, Friedman * Ten Oni Drummers, Gollub* Yoshi’s Feast, Kajikawa* Carp for Kimiko, Kroll* Seven Gods of Luck, Kudler Dragon Kite, Luenn* Emperor’s Plum Tree, Nikly* Tea with Milk, Say* Long Silk Strand, Williams* Grandfather’s Journey (Japan unit)* Emma’s Rag Allison Bicycle Man* Three Samurai Cats India: The Monkey and the Crocodile Story of Little Babaji, Bannerman Cow for Jaya, Grant Baya, Baya, Lulla-by-a, McDonald Gay-Neck: Story of a Pigeon, Mukerji Nine Animals and the Well, Rumford Once a Mouse Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India Monsoon Afternoon Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Italy: Big Tony, Clown of God, and other dePaola books Angelo Papa Piccolo I, Vivaldi Mexico *Mexico ABC’s Nine Days to Christmas, Ets* Under the Lemon Moon, Fine* *How Nanita Learned to Make Flan, Geeslin On Ramon’s Farm, Geeslin* *Day of the Dead, Johnston Ghost Wings, Joosse* Piggy Bank Gonzales, Kent* Butterfly Boy, Kroll* Hill of Fire, Lewis Erandi’s Braids, Madrigal Mice and Beans, Ryan* The Legend of the Poinsettia* Middle East: An Arab Family, Dutton The Three Princes The House of Wisdom The Day of Ahmed’s Secret What’s the Matter, Habibi? We’re Riding on a Caravan Sitti’s Secrets The Boy without a Name Forty Fortunes Traveling Man The Hundredth Name Nasreen’s Secret School The Librarian of Basra Russia: A Look at Russia, Frost Look What Came from Russia Babushka Babayaga, Polacco* Philipok, Tolstoy Three Cheers for Catherine the Great* Trees of the Dancing Goats, Polacco Uncle Vova’s Tree, Polacco* Dream Jar, Pryor Twenty-two Russian Tales for Young Children, Tolstoy Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave (Mayer)* Baba Yaga The Magic Nesting Doll* The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship* The Little Humpbacked Horse The Firebird* The Sea King’s Daughter Bearhead* The Castle of a Thousand Cats One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes* The Birds Gift Clever Katya* Another Celebrated Dancing Bear Scandinavia: The Trouble with Trolls The Raven’s Gift: A True Story from Greenland* Eric the Red: Viking Adventurer Welcome Back, Sun! East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon The Problem with Chickens How the Ladies Stopped the Wind Spain: The Beautiful Butterfly The Story of Ferdinand Pepito the Brave Great Lesson Books Born with a Bang (not in library) From Lava to Life Mammals Who Morph (not in library) Big Bang: The Tongue Tickling Tale of a Speck that Became Spectacular The Tree of Life (classification) – Strauss Older than the stars The Birth of the Earth (Cartoon History) Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest In My Own Backyard Virginia Burton book history of world General Science: Let’s Read and Find Out books Magic School Bus books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Thanks! That is a big list :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in TN Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Honestly, I liked the first bit of Trumpet of the Swan, and then once it got to the "story" part, it sort of fizzled out for me. My kids also loved Little Britches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Amazing list, Terabith! I love how you have it separated into countries, themes, etc. Thank you for posting. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Lynn, I'm reading Charlotte's Web right now to my youngest dds - ages 5 and 7 - and they are enthralled by the story. It really is a fantastic read-aloud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 (edited) DD is a month shy of 6. This year, she has enjoyed: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Invention of Hugo Cabret Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (multiple books) My Father's Dragon (and sequels) Charlotte's Web (she didn't seem phased by it) Stuart Little (the ending is a bit of a let down) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Babe, the Gallant Pig (current read aloud) There were other books we read, or started, but gave up on....these are the books she wanted to keep reading. Edited June 1, 2012 by Punchie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Terabith, you're my hero! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Well, it makes me feel better about my freakish, ocd, daughter of a librarian nature to help others........ (I have a number of other lists.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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