Great Books for Children

 

Great Books in a Series

 

Henry and Mudge By Cynthia Rylant

The Case of the Climbing Cat (The High-Rise Private Eye) By Cynthia Rylant

Fox on the Job By James Marshall

Little Bear’s Visit By Else Holmelund Minarik

Pish and Posh  By Barbara Bottner 

Willy's Pictures by Anthony  Browne

What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? By Lauren Child
Agapanthus Hum and the Angel Hoot
By Joy Cowley
That's Good! That's Bad! in the
Grand Canyon By Margery Cuyler
Corduroy
by Alison Inches
Amelia Bedelia!
by Peggy Parish

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience SchoolBy Mark Teague

Drip, Drop By Sarah Weeks
Everything I Know About Pirates By Tom Lichtenheld

Nate the Great Series By Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

 Magic Tree House Series By Mary Pope Osborne

 Days With Frog and Toad and series By Arnold Lobel

 Mr. Putter and Tabby By Arthur Howard

 Poppleton By Cynthia Rylant

 Judy Moody By Megan McDonald

 Young Cam Jansen By David A. Adler

 Good Night, Good Knight By Shelley Moore Thomas

Amanda Pig and the Really Hot Day By Jean Van Leeuwen

 Flat Stanley By Jeff Brown

Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

Rex and Lilly Playtime By Laurie Krasny Brown

Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon By Denys Cazet

Bill and Pete By Tomie dePaola

 

FUN NONFICTION BOOKS

 

Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights By Debbie Miller

Spinning Spiders By Melvin Berger

Archaeologist Dig for Clues By Kate Duke

Gail Gibbons series covering plants, animals, natural resources and transportation.

The Little Ballerina By Sally Grindley 

 

SUMMER THEME BOOKS

 

A Fourth of July on the Plains, Jean Van Leeuween
A Summer Day, Douglas Florian
A Summer in the South, James Marshall
A Summertime Song, Irene Haas

Camp Granada, Frane Lessac
County Fair, Laura Ingalls Wilder
County Fair, Raymond Bial
Fireflies at Midnight, Marilyn Singer 
From the Bellybutton of the Moon and other summer poems, Francisco X. Alarcón
Happy Birthday, America, Mary Pope Osborne   
It's Summertime!, Elaine W. Good
Lucy's Summer, Donald Hall
One Hot Summer Day, Nina Crews
Summer, June Factor
Ten Flashing Fireflies, Philemon Sturges
The Summer of the Monkeys, Wilson Rawls

Take Me Home, Country Roads, Christopher Canyon

 

 

 

WINTER THEME BOOKS

(Thank you Mrs. McGowan for your wonderful list of books)

A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart
A Snowman Named Just Bob by Mark Kimball
A Winter Day by Douglas Florian
Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear
by Hans de Beer
Artic Fives Arrive
by Elinor Pinczes
Axle Annie by
Robin Pulver
Bob the Snowman
by Sylvia Loretan and Jan Lenica 
Brave Irene
by William Steig
Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here
by Jean Craighead George
Flowers for the Snowman by Gerda Marie Scheidl
Froggy Gets Dressed
by Jonathan London
Frozen Noses by Jan Carr
Geraldine's Big Snow
by Holly Keller
Grandmother Winter
by Phyllis Root
I Am Snow
by Jean Marzollo
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
by Laura Numeroff
In the Snow
by Huy Voun Lee
In the Snow: Who's Been Here
by Lindsay Barrett George
Is That You, Winter?
by Stephen Gammell
Katy and the Big Snow
by Virginia Lee Burton
Little Penguin's Tale
by Audrey Wood
Little Polar Bear Finds A Friend
by Hans de Beer
Manatee Winter
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld   
Mrs. Toggle's Zipper
by Robin Pulver
Old Winter
by Judith Benet Richardson   
Red Fox in Winter
, a Troll First Start Science Book
Red Wolf Country
by Jonathon London
Sheepdog in the Snow
by Martin Hall 
Snow!
by Uri Shulevitz
Snowball by Nina Crews
Snowballs by Lois Elhert
Snow Bear
by Jean Craighead George
Snow Bear
by Miriam Moss
Snow Dance
by Lezlie Evans
Snow Day
by Betsy Maestro
Snow Day
by Lynn Plourde
Snow Inside the House
by Sean Diviny
Snow on Bear's Nose
by Jennifer Bartoli 
Snow Ponies
by Cynthia Cotten
Snow Riders
by Constance W. McGeorge
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Snowmen at Night
by Caralyn Buehner   
Something is Going to Happen
by Charlotte Zolotow
Stan, the Hot Dog Man
by Ethel and Leonard Kessler
Stella: Queen of the Snow
by Marie-Louise Gay
Stranger in the Woods
by Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick
The Big Snow
by Berta & Elmer Hader
The Biggest, Best Snowman
by Margery Cuyler
The Biggest Snowball Ever
by John Rogan   
The First Snow by David Christiana
The Hat
by Jan Brett
The Mitten
by Jan Brett
The Mousehole Cat
by Antonia Barber
The Night the Moon Blew Kisses
by Lynn Manuel
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
(Christmas theme)
The Selfish Giant
by Oscar Wilde
The Snow Lambs
by Debi Gliori
The Snowman
by Raymond Briggs
The Snowman's Path
by Helena Clare Pittman
The Snowy Day
by Ezra Jack Keats        
The Snow Speaks
by Nancy White Carlstrom
The Snow Whale
by Caroline Pitcher
The Tomten
by Astrid Lindgren
Trouble with Trolls
by Jan Brett
What Will I Do Without You?
by Sally Grindley
When It Snows
by JoAnne Nelson  
When It Starts to Snow
by Phillis Gershator
While the Bear Sleeps: Winter Tales and Traditions
retold by Caitlin Matthews
White Snow, Bright Snow
by Alvin Tresselt
Wild Horse Winter
by Tetsuya Honda
Winter Days in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Winter Eyes
by Douglas Florian    
Winter Poems
selected by Barbara Rogasky
Winter's Gift
by Norma L. Gentner  
Wolves by Seymour Simon