books

I love to read. 

I love to read aloud.

I love stories.

I love learning with books.

I hope to leave this love with my students. 

Here are some of the books we read and love

and some activities to go with them.

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arranged in alphabetical order by title

A
Aliens Love Underpants - Claire Freedman

Animalia - Graeme Base

The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy - Ursus Wehrli


B

Beekle - Dan Sandat

Big Green Monster - Ed Emberly

The Book With No Pictures - B. J. Novak

A Butterfly is Patient - Dianna Hutts Aston

Bones - Steve Jenkins

C
A Colour of His Own - Leo Lionni

Compost: Growing Gardens from Your Garbage - Linda Glaser


D
The Day the Crayons Quit - Drew Daywalt

Dr. Seuss - Cat in the Hat 
Dr. Seuss - The Lorax

Draw Me a Star - Eric Carle


E
Eggbert: the Slightly Cracked Egg - Tom Ross

The Emperor's Egg - Martin Jenkins

Everybody Needs a Rock - Byrd Baylor

Except If - Jim Averbeck

F

Friends - Mies van Hout

G
George and the Dragon - Chris Wormell

The Gingerbread Girl - Lisa Cambell Ersnt

Giraffes Can't Dance - Giles Andrae
and here

The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
more The Gruffalo

H
Happy - Mies Van Hout

Have You Seen Bugs - Joanne Oppenheim

Home Now - Lesley Beake

Hope for the Flowers - Trina Paulus

How the Elephant Got his Trunk - Andrea Forens

How to Catch a Star - Oliver Jeffers

I

I am a Bunny - Ole Risom

I Wish You More - Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Ice Cream Bear - Jez Alborough

The I'm Not Scared Book - Todd Parr

Interrupting Chicken - David Ezra Stein

Is Your Mama a Llama - Deborah Guarino

It Didn't Frighten Me - Janet L Goss and Jerome C Harste

If You Could Wear My Sneakers - Sheree Fitch

J

K
Kate's Castle - Julie Lawson


L
Let's Make Rabbits - Leo Lionni

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything - Linda Williams

Little Mole -  Zdeněk Miler

The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) - Philemon Sturges

M
The Man with the Violin - Kathy Stinson

The Most Magnificent Thing - Ashley Spiers

Mrs. Spitzer's Garden - Edith Pattou


N
 None the Number - Oliver Jeffers

O

Our Grandparents - Maya Mjmera, Sheila Kinkade, and Cynthia Don 

Out on the Ice in the Middle of the Bay - Peter Cumming

P
Penguin and Pinecone - Salida Yoon

Pete the Cat: I Love My School Shoes - Eric Litwin

Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons - Eric Litwin
and here and here and here

Pete the Cat - Wheels on the Bus - James Dean

Pierre the Penguin: a true story  - Jean Marzollo

Pigeon (and Elephant and Piggie) - Mo Willems

The Problem with Chickens - Bruce McMillan

Q 
The Quiltmaker's Gift - Jeff Brumbeau


R
The Rain Came Down - David Shannon


S 
Salmon Stream - Carol Reed-Jones

The Scarecrow's Hat - Ken Brown

A Seed is Sleepy - Dianna Hutts Aston

Simply Delicious  - Margaret Mahy

Skeleton Hiccups - Margery Cuyler

Snowmen at Christmas - Caralyn Beuhner

The Squiggle - Carole Lexa Shaefer

Stick and Stone - Beth Ferry

Stone Soup - Ann McGovern

Super Hero ABC - Bob McLeod


T
Ten Red Apples - Pat Hutchins

That is Not a Good Idea - Mo Willems

This Is Not My Hat - Jon Klassen

The Tooth Mouse - Susan Hood

Tops and Bottoms - Janet Stevens

A Tribe of Kids - Lane Smith


U

V
Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle

W
Waiting for Wings - Lois Ehlert

We Share Everything! - Robert Munsch

When Emily Carr Met Woo - Monica Kulling

Will You Fill My Bucket - Carol McCloud and Karen Wells

X

Y

Z