Books for Young Children
Repeated Phrases/Sentences/Rhythm
Title Author Years
| Are You My Mother? | P.D Eastman | 3-5 |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | Bill Martin, Jr. | 0-2 |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Bill Martin, Jr. | 0-5 |
| Goodnight Moon | Margaret Wise Brown | 0-5 |
| I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie | Alison Jackson | 2-5 |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Laura Numeroff | 3-5 |
| It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny | Marilyn Sadler | 2-5 |
| Panda Cake | Rosalie Seidler | 2-5 |
| Tikki Tikki Tembo | Arlene Mosel | 3-5 |
| The House that Jack Built | Jeanette Winter | 3-5 |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle | 2-6 |
| The Wheels on the Bus | Maryann Kovalski | 2-5 |
Picture / Story Books
Title Author Grades
| Aesop’s Fables | Jerry Pinkney | 2-5 |
| The Biggest Bear | Lynd Ward | K-3 |
| Brave Irene | William Steig | K-5 |
| The Carpenter’s Gift | David Rubel; Jim Lamarche, Illus. | K-4 |
| A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams | K-3 |
| The Complete Adventure of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter | PS-1 |
| Corduroy | Don Freeman | PS-2 |
| Music, Music for Everyone | Vera B. Williams | K-3 |
| Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey | PS-2 |
| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Virginia Lee Burton | K-4 |
| Miss Nelson is Missing (series) | Harry Allard; James Marshall, Illus. | PS-4 |
| Stone Soup | Marcia Brown | 3-6 |
| The Story of Ping | Marjorie Flack | 3-6 |
| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Michael Morpurgo; Emma Chichester Clark, Illus. | K-5 |
| Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | Rudyard Kipling | K-4 |
| Something Special for Me | Vera B. Williams | K-3 |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | William Steig | PS-4 |
| The Ugly Duckling | Hans Christian Andersen; Robert Ingpen, Illus. | 1-up |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Williams; William Nicholson, Illus. | PS-1 |
Short Novels-Younger Audience
Title Author Grades
| Cam Jansen: Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones (series) | David Adler | 1-3 |
| The Courage of Sarah Noble | Alice Dalgliesh | 1-3 |
| The Littles (series) | John Peterson | 1-3 |
Full Novels
Title Author Grades
| Black Beauty | Anna Sewell; Charles Keeping, Illus. | 4-8 |
| The Boxcar Children (series) | Gertrude Chandler Warner | 2-4 |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Katherine Paterson | 4-7 |
| Caddie Woodlawn | Carol Ryrie Brink | 4-6 |
| The Cricket in Time Square | George Seldon | 3-5 |
| Charlotte’s Web | E. B. White; Garth Williams, Illus. | K-4 |
| Five Little Peppers and How they Grew | Margaret Sidney | K-3 |
| The Indian in the Cupboard (series) | Lynn Reid Banks | 2-6 |
| The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia series) | C.S. Lewis | 3-6 |
| The Mouse and the Motorcycle | Beverly Cleary | K-2 |
| Mr. Popper’s Penguins | Richard and Florence Atwater | 2-4 |
| The Trumpet of the Swan | E. B. White | 1-5 |
| Where the Red Fern Grows | Wilson Rawls | 3-6 |
| The Whipping Boy | Sid Fleischman | 3-6 |
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