Resources

Recommended books to be read with young and beginning readers:

• Alborough, J.    Duck in the Truck    HarperCollins, 1999
• Ashman, L.    Babies on the Go    Harcourt, 2003
• Baker, A.    Little Rabbit's First Word Book Ever    Kingfisher/Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, 2001
• Bang, M. G.    Tye May and the Magic Brush    Mulberry Books/William Morrow and Company, 1981
• Barrett, J.    Which Witch is Which?    Athaneum Books/Simon & Schuster, 2001
• Bauer, M. D.    If You Were Born A Kitten    Aladdin Paperbacks, 2001
• Beames, M.    Night Cat    Orchard Books, 2000
• Berenstain, S. and J.    Berenstain's C Book    Beginner Books (Random House), 1997
• Berenstain, S. and J.    Inside, Outside, Upside Down    Bright and Early Books (RandomHouse), 1968
• Bridges, S. Y.    Ruby's Wish    Chronicle Books, 2002
• Byars, B.    My Brother, Ant    Puffin Books/Penguin-Putnam Books, 1996
• Casanova, M.    One-Dog Canoe    Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003
• Cazet, D.    Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree    DK Publishing Inc., 2000
• Choi, Y.    The Name Jar    Alfred A. Knopf, 2001
• Christelow, E.    Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed    Clarion Books, 1984
• Clifton, L.    Everett Anderson's 1-2-3    Henry Holt and Company, 1977
• ______    The Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring    Puffin Books/Penguin-Putnam Books, 1973
• Coy, J.    Two Old Potatoes    Alfred A. Knopf, 2003
• Crozat, F.    I am a little giraffe    Barron's Educational Series, 1995
• Daly, N.    Once Upon A Time    Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2003
• Dodds, D. A.    Where's Pup?    Dial Books/Penguin-Putnam, 2003
• Eastman, P. D.    Are You My Mother?    Beginner Books (Random House), 1989
• ______    Go, Dog, Go    Beginner Books (Random House), 1989
• Endredy, J.    The Journey of Tunuri and the Blue Deer    Bear Cub Books/Inner Traditions International, 2003
• Fleming, D.    Alphabet Under Construction    Henry Holt and Company, 2002
• Frith, M.    I'll Teach My Dog 100 Words    Beginner Books (Random House), 1973
• Gallaudet U. Press    Winnie the Pooh's ABC Sign Language Edition    Dutton Children's Books, 1995
• Geisert, A.    A Giant Ball of String    Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin, 2002
• Gerstein, M.    The Absolutely Awful Alphabet    Harcourt Brace, 1999
• Grimps, N.    C is for City    Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 1995
• Graham, B.    Let's Get A Pup Said Kate    Candlewick Press, 2001
• Grolier Inc.    My Storybook Dictionary    Grolier Incorporated, 1987
• Gustafson, S.    Alphabet Soup: A Feast of Letters    Contemporary Books, 1990
• Hague, K.    Alphabears: an ABC Book    Henry Holt and Company, 1999
• Harris, J.    The Three Little Dinosaurs    Pelican Publishing Company, 2000
• Harris, J.    A is for Artist: A Getty Museum Alphabet    The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997
• Haseley, D.    A Story for Bear    Silver Whistle/Harcourt, 2002
• Hoban, T.    I Read Signs    Greenwillow Books, 1983
• Hobbie, H.    Toot & Puddle: Puddle's ABC    Little, Brown and Company, 2000
• Hoffman, M.    Amazing Grace    Dial Books for Young Readers, 1991
• Hubbard, W.    C is for Curious: An ABC of feelings    Chronicle Books, 1990
• Inkpen, M.   Kipper's A to Z Red Wagon Books (Harcourt Brace), 2000
• Johnson, S. T.    Alphabet City    Viking Press, 1995
• Kennedy, J.    The Teddy Bear's Picnic    Alladin Paperbacks, 2000
• Lesieg, T.    Ten Apples Up On Top    Beginner Books (Random House), 1989
• Lester, M.    A is for Salad    Penguin Books Group, 2000
• Lionni, L.    The Alphabet Tree    Dragonfly Books (Random House), 1990
• ______    Pezzetino    Pantheon Books (Random House), 1975
• Livingstone, S.    Harley    SeaStar Books/Nord-Sud Verlag AG, 2001
• McCarthy, M.    The Alphabet Keeper    Alfred A. Knopf (Random House), 2002
• McClintock, M. and M.    A Fly Went By    Random House Children's Books, 1958
• McDonnell, F.    Flora McDonnell's ABC    Candlewick Press, 2001
• McMullan, K. and J.    I Stink    Joanna Cotter Books/HarperCollins, 2002
• Metropolitan Museum of Art    Metro Museum ABC    Little, Brown, 2002
• Morris, A.    Grandma Hekmatt Remembers    The Millbrook Press, 2003
• Muth, J. J.    Stone Soup    Scholastic Press/Scholastic, 2003
• Okimoto, J. D.    Dear Ichiro    Kumagai Press, 2002
• O'Malley, K.    Little Buggy    Gulliver Books/Harcourt, 2002
• Pak, S.    A Place to Grow    Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press/Scholastic, 2002
• Palatini, M.    Earthquack!    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002
• Pattison, D.    The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman    Harcourt, 2003
• Perkins, A.    Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb    Random House, 1969
• Pope, G.    The Empty Creel    David R. Godine Publisher, 1995
• Pulver, R.    Punctuation Takes a Vacation    Holiday House, 2003
• Reynolds, P. H.    The Dot    Candlewick Press, 2003
• Rose, D. L.    Into the A, B, Sea: an ocean alphabet    Scholastic Press, 2000
• Scarry, R.    Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever    Golden Books, 1991
• Schotter, R.    In the Piney Woods    Melanie Kroupa Books/Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2003
• Schrager, H.    LMNOP & all the Letters A-Z    Lemon Tree Press, 2000
• Scieszka, J.    The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, by A. Wolf    Puffin Books/Penguin-Putnam, 1989
• Seeger, P.    One Grain of Sand: A Lullaby    Megan Tingley Books: Little, Brown, 2002
• Sendak, M.    Where the Wild Things Are    Harper Collins Publishers, 1991
• Dr. Seuss    Dr. Seuss's ABC    Beginner Books (Random House), 1963
• ______    Fox in Sox    Beginner Books (Random House), 1993
• ______    Green Eggs and Ham    Beginner Books (Random House), 1988
• ______    Hop on Pop    Beginner Books (Random House), 1991
• ______    Horton Hatches the Egg    Random House, 1968
• ______    One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish    Beginner Books (Random House), 1958
• ______    The Cat in the Hat    Beginner Books (Random House), 1987
• ______    The Cat's Quizzer    Beginner Books (Random House), 1976
• ______    The Foot Book    Bright and Early Books (Random House), 1996
• Dr. Seuss & P. D. Eastman    The Cat in the Hat Beginner Book Dictionary    Beginner Books (Random House), 1964
• Shannon, G.    Tomorrow's Alphabet    Greenwillow Books, 1996
• Sneed, B.    Picture A Letter    Penguin-Putnam/Penguin Books, 2002
• Tan, S.    The Red Tree    Simply Read Books, 2003
• Thomas, S. M.    Good Night Good Knight    Puffin Books, 2002
• Turhan, S. & S. Hagin    Milet Picture Dictionary: English    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Albanian    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Arabic    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Bengali    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Chinese    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and French    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and German    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Italian    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Somali    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Spanish    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Turkish    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Urdu    Millet Publishing, 2003
• ______    Milet Picture Dictionary: English and Vietnamese    Millet Publishing, 2003
• Turner, P.    The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants    Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996
• Waber, B.    Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover    Houghton Mifflin, 1997
• ______    Courage    Walter Lorraine Books/Houghton Mifflin, 2002
• Wilbur, R.    The Disappearing Alphabet    Harcourt, 2001
• Wildsmith, B.    Brian Wildsmith's ABC    Star Bright Books, 1997
• Williams, L.    The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything    Harper Collins, 1986
• Willis, J.    The Boy Who Thought He Was a Teddy Bear    Peachtree Publishers, 2002
• Wood, A.    The Napping House    Red Wagon Books/Harcourt, 1984