| Suggested Books for Early Literacy
1. A Chair for my Mother
Author: Gerald McDermott
Illustrator: Gerald McDermott
2. Arrow to the Sun, a Pueblo Indian tale
Author: Vera B. Williams
Illustrator: Vera B. Williams
3. Good Night, Gorilla
Author: Peggy Rathmann
Illustrator: Peggy Rathmann
4. Kipper’s A to Z an Alphabet Adventure
Author: Mick Inkpen
Illustrator: Mick Inkpen
5. Night Noises
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Terry Denton
6. Rosie’s Walk
Author: Pat Hutchins
Illustrator: Pat Hutchins
7. The American Heritage Picture Dictionary
Author: Houghton Mifflin
Illustrator: Maggie Swanson
Cover Design: Stoltze Design
Cover photographs: Ken Karp
8. The Story of Ferdinand
Author: Munro Leaf
Illustrator: Munro Leaf & Robert Lawson
9. Tomie dePaola’s Mother Goose
Author: Tomie dePaola
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
10. Bring the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale
Author: Verna Aardema
Illustrator: Beatriz Vidal
11. Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun
Author: Ellen Jackson
Illustrator: Victoria Raymond
12. Can I Keep Him?
Author: Steven Kellogg
Illustrator: Steven Kellogg
13. Fish Eyes: A Book you can count on
Author: Lois Ehlert
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
14. Good Morning, Chick
Author: Mirra Ginsburg
Illustrator: Byron Barton
15. Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
Author: Nancy White Carlstrom
Illustrator: Bruce Degan
16. Little Brother of the Wilderness: The Story of Johnny Appleseed
Author: Meridel Le Seur
Illustrator: Suzy Sansom
17. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Author: Bill Martin, Jr.
Illustrator: Erle Carle
18. Splash!
Author: Ann Jonas
Illustrator: Ann Jonas
19. The Snowy Day
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Illustrator: Ezra Jack Keats
20. When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry…
Author: Molly Bang
Illustrator: Molly Bang |