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You are encouraged to read other titles by these authors and poets.

Please use this list only as a guide.  These books have been chosen for their quality, their appeal to children, and their availability at the Baldwin Public Library.

If a particular title is not available, the librarian will assist you in selecting another title on the same topic, by the same author and/or the same genre.

 

Beginning Chapter Books

Caple, Kathy - The Friendship Tree (ER Caple)
Danziger, Paula - Get Ready for 2nd Grade Amber Brown (ER Danziger)
Ehrlich, Amy - (Leo, Zack and Emmie) Together Again (series) (ER Ehrlich)
Giff, Patricia Reilly - The Kids of the Polk Street School (series) (J Fic Giff)
Kessler, Leonard - Here Comes the Strikeout (ER Kessler)
Kline, Suzy - Horrible Harry (series) (J Fic Kline)
Lobel, Arnold - Days with Frog and Toad  (Series) (ER Lobel)
Minarik, Else - Little Bear (series) (ER Minarik)
Park, Barbara - Junie B. Jones & the Stupid, Smelly Bus (J Fic Park)

Rylant, Cynthia
- Henry and Mudge under the Yellow Moon (series) (ER Rylant)
- Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet (ER Rylant)

Schwartz, Alvin -  In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories (ER Schwartz)
Sharmar, Marjorie - Nate the Great (series) (ER Sha)
Warner, Gertrude - Magic Show Mystery (ER War)

 

Biography

DePaola, Tomie - What a Year (JB DePaola)
Houston, Gloria - My Great Aunt Arizona (JB Hughes)
Stevenson, James - When I was Nine (JB Stevenson)

 

Folk & Fairy Tales

Aardema, Verna - Who's in Rabbit's House (J 398.09676A)
Carle, Eric - Eric Carle's  Treasury of Classic Stories For Children (J 398C)
Demi - One Grain of Rice (A Mathematical Folktale) (J 398.20954)
Haley, Gail E. - A Story, A Story (J 398.096H)

Kellogg, Steven
- Pecos Bill, A Tall Tale (J 398.0976 K)

Young, Ed - Seven Blind Mice (J 398.0954Y)

 

Magazines

National Geographic Kids
Ranger Rick
Scienceland
Zoo Books

 

Non-Fiction

Aliki - My Five Senses (J 612.8 A)
Anno, Mitsumasa -  Anno's Math Games (J 793.7 A)
Branley, Franklin - Volcanoes (series: Read-and-find-out Science Books) (J 551.21 B)
Brown, Laurence - Visiting the Art Museum (J708.13 B)
Brown, Marc  - Dinosaurs Beware (J 363.1075 B)
Cole, J. - Magic School Bus (Series)
DePaolo, Tomie -  The Quicksand Book (J 552.5 D)
Fowler, Allan
- Rookie Read About Series: Feeling Things (J 152.182 F)
- Hearing Things (J 152.15 F)
- Smelling Things (J 612.84 F)
- Tasting Things (J 612.87 F)
Gibbons, Gail  
- Monarch Butterfly (J 595.789 G)
- Penguins (J 598.47 G)
Hall, Derek  - Prehistoric Mammals (J 569 H)
McMillan, Bruce - Eating Fractions (J 513.26 M)
Marzollo, Jean - In 1776 (J 973.3 M)
Stone, Lynn - Pond Life (J 574.52632 S)

 

Parent's Reference Guide

Trelease, Jim - Read Aloud Handbook (JPC 372.45 T)

 

Picture Books

Bridwell, Norman - Clifford (E Bridwell)
Brisson, Pat - Hot Fudge Hero (E Brisson)
Brown, Marc - Arthur Series (E Brown)
Browne, Anthony - Piggybook (E Browne)
Carle, Eric - The Tiny Seed (E Carle)
Cherry, Lynne - Great Kapok Tree (E Cherry)
Fox, Mem
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Koala Lou (E Fox)
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The Magic Hat (E Fox)
Gordon, Gaelyn - Duckat (E Gordon)
Gray, Libba Moore - My Mama had a Dancing Heart (E Gray)
Heide, Florence - Some Things Are Scary (E Heide)
Howe, James - Horace and Morris Join The Chorus (But What About Dolores?) (E Howe)
Hurd, Thatcher - Mystery on the Docks (E Hurd)
Hutchins, Pat - The Doorbell Rang (E Hutchins)
Johnson, D.B. - Henry Likes To Fitchburg (E Johnson)
Jonas, Ann  - Round Trip (E Jonas)
Kraus, Robert - Leo the Late Bloomer (E Kraus)
Mayer, Mercer - Little Critter Series (E Mayer)
Naylor, Phyllis - King of the Playground (E Nay)
Peet, Bill
- Cowardly Clyde and other Bill Peet books (J Fic Peet)
- The Whingdingdilly (J Fic Peet)
- The Gnats of Knotty Pine (E Peet)
Pinkney, Andrea and David - Multicultural Picture Books (E Pin)
Priceman, Marjorie - How To Make an Apple Pie & See the World (E Priceman)
Rathmann, Peggy
- Officer Buckle and Gloria (E Rathmann)
Say, Allen
- Grandfather's Journey (J Fic Say)
Sharmat, Marjorie - Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport  (E Sharmat)
Taback, Simms - Joseph Had A Little Overcoat (E Taback)
Van Allsburg, Chris  - Two Bad Ants (E Van Allsburg)
Viorst, Judith - Rosie and Michael ( E Viorst)
Waber, Bernard - Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (series) (E Waber)
Wood, Audrey - King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (E Wood)
Ziefert, Harriet - A New Coat for Anna (E Ziefert)

 

Poetry

Carle, Eric  - Animals Animals (J 808.81 C)
Floridan, Douglas - Lizards, Frogs and Polliwogs (J 811.54 F)
Hopkins, Lee Bennett
- More Surprises (J 811.08)
Lewis, Patrick
- A Hippopopotamusn't (J 811L)
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Two-Legged, Four-Legged, No-Legged Rhymes   (J 811 L) 
Lobel, Arnold  - The Book of Pigericks (J 811.07 L)
Nash, Ogden  - The Tale of Custard the Dragon (J 811 N)
Prelutsky, Jack
- The Random House Book of Poetry For Children (J 811.08 R)
- It's Raining Pigs and Noodles (J 811.54 P)
Sendak, Maurice - Chicken Soup with Rice (E Sendak)
Silverstein, Shel
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (J 811 S)
Viorst, Judith - If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries (J 811.54 V)

 

Read Aloud Chapter Books

Blume, Judy - The Pain and the Great One (E Blume)
Cleary, Beverly - Ramona (J Fic Cleary)
Hurwitz, Johanna - New Neighbors for Nora (J Fic Hurwitz)
Wilder, Laura Ingalls - Little House in the Big Woods (J Fic Wilder)

 

Riddles

Hall, Katy - Buggy Riddles (series) (J 793.735H)