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Childrens
Literature
Wordless Picture Books
The following list of books is a good example of the wordless
books which can be used to "tell" stories together with
your student.
- The Snowman by Briggs
- Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Carle
- Rosie's Walk by Hutchins
- Ah-Choo! by Mayer
- Frog Goes to Dinner by Mayer
- Dreams by Spier
Beginning Readers
The following books are good choices for beginning readers.
Many of them have patterned, predictable language or rhyming words
which make them easy for beginning readers to follow. This list
of books ranges from those with very few words on a page to a few
sentences. Remember to choose books for your student carefully
based on their reading level. Keep in mind that success is the
key and appropriate materials will ensure success.
- Each Peach, Pear, Plumb by Ahlberg
- Overnight at Mary Bloom's by Aliki
- Hush Little Baby by Aliki
- Who Sank the Boat? by Allen
- Look What I Can do by Aruego
- The Last Puppy by Asch
- The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Berenstain
- Bears in the Night by Berenstain
- I Like Books by Browne
- Things I like by Browne
- My Brown Bear Barney by Butler
- Have You Seen My Cat? by Carle
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle
- Flying by Crews
- School Bus by Crews
- No Peas for Nellie by Demarest
- Are You My Mother? by Eastman
- Hattie and the Fox by Fox
- More Spaghetti I Say by Gelman
- The Chick and the Duckling by Ginsburg
- My Friends by Gomi
- Is Your Mama a Llama? by Guarino
- Count and See by Hoban
- Barney's Horse by Hoff
- Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Hudson & Ford
- Goodnight Owl by Hutchins
- One Hunter by Hutchins
- Rosie's Walk by Hutchins
- Don't Forget the Bacon by Hutchins
- George Shrinks by Joyce
- Rain by Kalan
- Jump, Frog, Jump! by Kalan
- Come Out and Play Little Mouse by Kraus
- Whose Mouse Are you? by Kraus
- The Carrot Seed by Krauss
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Martin
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Martin
- Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Peek
- Yo! Yes? by Raschuka
- It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Shaw
- Sheep in a Jeep by Shaw
- One Monday Morning by Shulevitz
- I Love Mud and Mud Loves Me by Stephens
- Spots, Feathers, and Curl Tails by Tafure
- Cookie's Week by Ward
- Where Does the Brown Bear Go? by Weiss
- Noisy Nora by Wells
- Cat on the Mat by Wildsmith
- I Went Walking by Williams
- The Napping House by Wood
Books That Repeat Phonetic Elements
The following list is a compilation of books that repeat
specified sounds. These books may reinforce the instruction your
child is already receiving at school. Paying attention to sounds
may help struggling readers to make sense of print.
Short a
- Angus and the Cat by Marjorie Flack
- Alex and the Cat by Helen Griffith
- The Fat Cat by Jack Kent
- There's an Ant in Anthony by Bernard Most
- Who Took the Farmer's Hat by Joan Nodset
- Addie Meets Max by Joan Robins
- The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Long a
- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
- The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
- The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
- The Lace Snail by Betsy Byars
- Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes
- Taste the Raindrops by Anna Hines
- Short and Long a
- Jack and Jake by Aliki
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Short e
- Elephant in a Well by Marie Hall Ets
- The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
- Yeck Eck by Evaline Ness
- Hester the Jester by Ben Shecter
- Ten Pennies for Candy by Henry Richet Wing
Long e
- Little Bo-Peep by Paul Galdone
- Ten Sleepy Sheep by Holly Keller
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
- Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim
- Never Tease a Weasel by Jean Soule
- "Stand Back," said the Elephant, "I'm Going
to Sneeze!" by Patricia Thomas
Short i
- Willy the Wimp by Anthony Browne
- Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets
- Tich by Pat Hutchins
- Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
- Call for Mr. Sniff by Thomas P. Lewis
- Small Pig by Arnold Lobel
- Fix It by David McPhail
- This Is... by Gloria Patrick
- My Brother, Will by Joan Robins
Long i
- The Bike Lesson by Stan and Jane Berenstain
- If Mice Could Fly by John Camern
- When the Tide Is Low by Sheila Cole
- Why Can't I Fly? by Rita Gelman
- Tight Times by Barbara S. Hazen
Short o
- Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley
- Flossie & the Fox by Particia C. McKissack
- Big Frogs, Little Frogs by Patricia Miller and Ian Seligman
- Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
Long o
- The Giant's Toe by Brock Cole
- Roll Over! by Mordicai Gerstein
- The Adventures of Mole and Troll by Tony Johnston
- Night Noises and Other Mole and Troll Stories by Tony Johnston
- One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz
- White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
Short u
- Where's the Bunny by Ruth Carroll
- Donald Says Thumbs Down by Nancy Cooney
- Seven Litle Ducks by Margaret Friskey
- Big Gus and Little Gus by Lee Lorenz
- The Cut-Ups by James Marshall
- Thump and plunk by Janice May Udry
- Umbrella by Taro Yashima
Long u
- The Troll Music by Anita Lobel
- Tell Me a Trudy by Lore Segal
- "Excuse Me--Certainly!" by Louis Slobodkin
Magazines for Children
- Sports Illustrated for Kids
- Field and Stream, Jr.
- Zillions (Consumer Reports for children)
- Hopsotch (no advertisments)
- P3 (no advertisments)
- KidSports
- Racing for Kids
- Game Player's Sports for Kids
- Challenge Plus
- Hidden Pictures
- Ladybug
Books for Middle Readers
- Gr. 5-8: Growing Up in Coal Country by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
- Gr. 5-12: Anastasia's Album by Hugh Brewster
- Gr. 2-5: Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting
- Gr. 1-3: My Brother, Ant by Marc Simont
- Gr. 5-8: The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
- Gr. 3-6: Sees Behind Trees by Michael Dorris
- Gr. 4-8: Life Cycles of a Dozen Diverse Creatures by Paul
Fleisher
- Gr. 5-8: The Cuckoo's Child by Suzanne Freeman
- Gr. 3-6: See You Around, Sam! by Lois Lowry
- Gr. 4-8 Out of the Dump: Writings and Photographs by Children
from Guatemala by Kristine Franklin and Nancy McGirr
- Gr. 3-6: A Pizza the Size of the Sun by jack Prelutsky
- Gr. 3-6: Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
- Gr. 4-6: The Heart: Our Circulatory System by Seymour Simon
- Gr. 4-7: Leonardo da Vinci by Diane Stanley
- Gr. 3-6: Golem by David Wisniewsk
Magazines, Themebooks, & Newspapers for the Intermediate
Grade Readers
- Calliope World History for Kids
Cobblestone Publishing, 7 School
Rd. , Peterborough , NH 03458
- Cobblestone The History magazine for Young People
Cobblestone Publishing,
7 School Rd. , Peterborough , NH 03458
- Cricket Magazine
Cricket, P.O.Box 7433 , Red Oak , IA 51591
- Dolphin Log
The Cousteau Log, 870 Greenbrier Circle , Chesapeake
, VA 23320
- Dragonfly
Dragonfly Magazine, NSTA, 1840 Wilson Blvd ,Arlington , VA 22201
- Faces: People, Places, and Culture
Cobblestone Publishing, 7 School
Rd. , Peterborough , NH 03458
- Muse
Muse, P.O. Box 7468 , Red Oak , IA 51591
- Ranger Rick
National Wildlife Federation, 8925 Leesburg Pike, Vienna
, VA 222184
- Time for Kids
Time, Inc, Time-Life Building , Rockefeller Center
, New York , NY 10020
- 3-2-1- Contact Children's Television Workshop, 1 Lincoln Plaza,
NY 10023
- Zillions Consumer Reports for Kids
Consumer Union , 101 Truman Ave.
Yonkers , NY 10703
- Zoobooks San Diego
Wildlife Education, Ltd. 9820 Willow Creek Rd.
San Diego , CA 92131
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