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Mini-Lesson BOOK TITLE AUTHOR
Topic Selection All the Places to Love P. MacLachlan
All Those Secrets of the Worls J. Yolen
Always My Dad S.D. Wyeth
Art Lesson, The T. dePaola
Arthur Writes a Story M. Brown
Author – A True Story H. Lester
Baby Sister, The T. dePaola
Berlioz the Bear J. Brett
Best Friends S. Kellogg
Bigmama’s D. Crews
Carousel, The L. Rosenberg
Daddy Day, Daughter Day L. King
Day I Had to Play With My Sister, The C. Bonsall
Hat, The J. Brett
Hurricane J. London
I Can’t Get My Turtle to Move E.L. O’Donnell
Lost P. Johnson & C. Lewis
My Little Island F. Lessac
My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother P. Polacco
Our Teacher is Having a Baby E. Bunting
Potato: A Tale from the Great Depression K. Lied
Relatives Came, The C. Rylant
Roller Coaster K. O’Malley
Seneca K. L. Baker
Snapshots from the Wedding G. Soto
Something Beautiful S. D. Wyeth
Storm, The A. Rockwell
Tell Me a Story, Mama A. Johnson
Yell Me Again About the Night I Was Born J.L. Curtis
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet M. Mayer
Twinnies E. Bunting
Two Mrs. Gibsons T. Igus
Up North at the Cabin M. Chall
When I was Little J. L. Curtis
When I Was Young in the Mountains C. Rylant
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge M. Fox
Leads/Beginnings Amazing Bone, The W. Steig
Art Lesson, The T. dePaola
Arthur Babysits M. Brown
Bat Poet, The R. Jarrell
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain V. Aardema
But I’ll Be Back Again C. Rylant
Butterfly House E. Bunting
Chicken Sunday P. Polacco

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 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs J. Barrett
Dinosaur Dreams D. Nolan
Feathers for Lunch L. Ehlert
Fireflies! J. Brinckloe
Flood M. Calhoun
Flossie and the Fox P. McKissack
Frog Prince Continued, The J. Scieszka
Funny, Funny Lyle B. Waber
Granpa J. Burningham
Heckedy Peg A. Wood
Hooray for Wodney Wat H. Lester
Iron Man, The T. Hughes
James and the Giant Peach R. Dahl
Louis the Fish A. Yorinks
Mirandy and Brother Wind P. McKissack
On the Day You Were Born D. Frazier
Raising Sweetness D. Stanley
Red Riding Hood J. Marshall
Relatives Came, The C. Rylant
Shrek! W. Steig
Sitti’s Secrets N. S. Nye
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble W. Steig
Tar Beach F. Ringgold
True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The J. Scieszka
Very Busy Spider, The E. Carle
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge M. Fox
Willy the Wimp A. Browne
Leads, Using Questions What is the Sun? R. Lindbergh
Endings, General Dr. DeSoto W. Steig
Frederick L. Leonni
Frog Prince Continued, The J. Scieszka
Little Engine That Could, The W. Piper
Paper Bag Princess, The R. Munsch
Polar Express, The C. Van Allsburg
Red Riding Hood J. Marshall
Up North at the Cabin M. Chall
Endings, Surprise Charlie Anderson B. Abercrombie
Earthlets J. Willis
Flossie and the Fox P. McKissack
In the Attic H. Oram
Just Like Daddy F. Asch
Just Like Everyone Else K. Kuskin
Super Dooper Jezebel T. Rose
Wednesday Surprise, The E. Bunting
Endings, Circular Bob and Shirley B. Berger
Grandfather Twilight H. Ziefert
Hobbit, The J.R. Tolkien
If You Gave a Moose a Muffin L. Numeroff
If You Gave a Mouse a Cookie L. Numeroff
Journey, The P. MacLachlan
Louis the Fish A. Yorinks
“Poem” by Langston Hughes in Best Friends L.B. Hopkins (editor)
Relatives Came, The C. Rylant
Two Bad Ants C. Van Allsburg
Very Last First Time J. Andrews
Winter Place, A R. Y. Radin
Wrinkle in Time, A M. L’Engle

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Endings, Poignant Bridge to Teribethia K. Paterson
Children We Remember, The C. B. Abels
Dear Daddy P. Dupasquier
Faithful Elephants Y. Tsuchiya
Father Like That, A C. Zolotow
Gorilla A. Browne
Keeping Quilt, The P. Polacco
Ring and the Window Seat, The A. Hest
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes E. Coerr
Thank You, Mr. Faulker P. Polacco
Two of Them, The Aliki
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge M. Fox
William’s Doll C. Zolotow
Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, The G. Houston
Strong Characters Ace the Very Important Pig D. King-Smith
Agnes the Sheep W. Taylpor
Amanda’s Perfect Hair L. Milstein
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out P. Parish
Amos and Boris W. Steig
An Enchanted Hair Tale A. De Veaux
Anastasia Krupnick L. Lowry
Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener A. Schwartz
Arnie Goes to Camp N. Carlson
Babushka’s Doll P. Polacco
Bedspread, The S. Fair
Bedtime for Frances R. Hoban
Best Christmas Pageant Ever, The B. Robinson
Bridge to Terabithia K. Paterson
Bully of Barkham Street, The M. Stolz
Bnunnicula D. & J. Howe
Burning Questions of Bingo Brown, The B. Byars
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory R. Dahl
Christina Katerina and the Time She Quit the Family P.L. Gauch
Class Clown J. Hurwitz
Crow Boy T. Yashima
Day No Pigs Would Die, A R.N. Peck
Diana, Maybe C. Dragonwagon
Dr. DeSoto W. Steig
Flossie and the Fox P. McKissack
Fritz and the Mess Fairy R. Wells
Grandpa’s Song T. Johnston
Granpa J. Burningham
Henry and Mudge C. Rylant
Hey, Al A. Yorinks
Hey World Here I Am J. Little
How Does It Feel To Be Old? N. Farber
I Know a Lady C. Zolotow
I Wish I Were a Butterfly J. Howe
It’s Not the End of the World J. Blume
Lemonade Babysitter, The K. Waggoner
Louis the Fish A. Yorinks
Lyddie K. Paterson
Maniac Magee J. Spinelli
Matilda R. Dahl
Miss Maggie C. Rylant
Miss Rumphius B. Cooney
Molly’s Pilgrim B. Cohen

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 More Stories Julian Tells A. Cameron
Mouse and the Motorcycle, The B. Cleary
Mr. Grigg’s Work C. Rylant
My Mother’s House, My Father’s House C. B. Christiansen
Pigman P. Zindel
Pinballs, The B. Byars
Queenie Peavy R. Burch
Ramona Books B. Cleary
Rosalie J. Hewell
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch E. Spinelli
Song and Dance Man, The K. Ackerman
Stone Fox J.R.Gardner
Stories Julian Tells, The A. Cameron
Super Dooper Jezebel T. Rose
Tales of a Gambling Grandma D. K. Khalsa
Through Grandpa’s Eyes P. MacLachlan
Tuck Everlasting N. Babbitt
Two of Them, The Aliki
William’s Doll C. Zolotow
Wombat and Badicoot, Best of Friends K. Argent
Using Voice A Medieval Feast Aliki
A River Ran Wild L. Cherry
Agatha’s Feather Bed C.A. Deedy
All the Places to Love P. Maclachlan
All Upon a Sidewalk J.C. George
An Enchanted Hair Tale A. De Veaux
Anniranni and Mollymishi C. D. Lamm
Arctic Memories N. Ekoomiak
Boat Book G. Gibbons
Box Turtle W. T. George
BUGS N. Parker & J. Wright
Carrot Seed, The R. Krauss
Chipmunk Song J. Ryder
Chicken Sunday P.Polacco
Comet and You, The E. C. Krupp
Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed, The K. Kuskin
David Goes to School D. Shannon
Dear Children of the Earth S, Schimmel
Dinosaurs G. Gibbons
Early Morning in the Barn N. Tafuri
Egg to Chick M. E. Selsam
Farm Alphabet J. Miller
Flossie and the Fox P. McKissack
Fly Away Home E. Bunting
Friend, The J. Burningham
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport M. Sharmat
Goodbye Geese N. Carlstrom
Great Kapok Tree, The L. Cherry
Hey, Al A. Yorinks
Hey World, Here I Am! J. Little
Hiroshima No Pika Maruki
Hoops R. Burleigh
House is a House for Me, A M. A. Hoberman
How Much is a Million? D. M. Schwartz
How We Learned series P. Lauber
I Am the Ocean S. Marshak
I’ll Fix Anthony J. Viorst

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 In My Garden, In the Woods, The Spider in Its Web E. Cristini & L. Puricelli
Insectopedia D. Florian
John Henry J. Lester
Johnny Appleseseed S. Kellogg
Jolly Pocket Postman, The J & A Ahlberg
Julius, the Baby of the World K. Henkes
Keeping Quilt, The P. Polacco
Knots on a Counting Rope B. Martin, Jr. & J.
Archambault
Little Schubert, A M. B. Goffstein
Magic Schoolbus series, The J. Cole
Medieval Feast, A Aliki
Microscope, The M. Kumin
More More More Said the Baby V. Williams
Music Music for Everyone V. Williams
My Five Senses Aliki
My Special Best Words J. Steptoe
Nettie’s Trip South A. Turner
N, David! D. Shannon
On Monday When It Rained C. Kachenmeister
On the Day You Were Born D. Frasier
Ox-Cart Man D. Hall
Pain and the Great One, The J. Blume
Philharmonic Gets Dressed, The K. Kuskin
Picture Book Biography series D. Adler
Piggie Pie! M. Palatini
Popcorn Book, The T. dePaola
Prairie Boy’s Winter, A W. Kurelek
Raising Sweetnness D. Stanley
Ramona the Pest and other Ramona books B. Cleary
Recycle G. Gibbons
Relatives Came, The C. Rylant
River Ran Wild, A L. Cherry
Sleeping Ugly J. Yolen
Snake is Totally Tail, A J. Barrett
Snowman, The R. Briggs
Soccer is Our Game L.B. Gemme
Soda Jerk, The (poetry) C. Rylant
Some Birthday P. Polacco
Stevie J. Steptoe
Tales of a Gambling Grandma D. K. Khalsa
Taste of Blackberries, A D.B. Smith
Three Little Wolves, The and the Big Bad Pig E. Trivizas
Three Sillies, The S. Kellogg
Through Grandpa’s Eyes P. MacLachlan
Tight Times B. S. Hazen
Time Train P. Fleishman
Top Cat L. Ehlert
Tough Cookie D. Wisniewski
True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The J. Scieszka
Two of Them, The Aliki
Very Busy Spider, The E. Carle
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The E. Carle
Way to Start the Day, The B. Baylor
When I Was Young in the Mountains C. Rylant
Where the Forest Meets the Sea J. Baker
William’s Doll C. Zolotow

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 White Dynamite and the Curly Kid B. Martin, Jr. & J.
Archambault
Vivid Word Choice/ Descriptive Alphabugs D. Carter
Language
Amazing Bone, The W. Steig
Amos and Boris W. Steig
Anniranni and Mollymishi C.D. Lamm
Apple Tree P. Parnall
Arctic Memories N. Ekoomiak
Babushka’s Doll P. Polacco
Bad Case of Stripes, A D. Shannon
Berlioz the Bear J. Brett
Brave Irene W. Steig
Buried Alive R. Fletcher (poetry for
teenagers)
Changing Maze, The Z.K.Snyder
Charlotte’s Web E.B. White
Chicken Sunday P. Polacco
Chipmunk Song J. Ryder
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs J. Barrett
Dakota Dugout A. Turner
Dancing Moons N. Wood
Dark and Full of Secrets C. Carrick
Dr. DeSoto W. Steig
Earthdance J. Ryder
Feathers and Fools M. Fox
Fireflies! J. Brincknoe
Flossie and the Fox P. McKissack
Fox’s Dream K. Tejima
Frederick L. Lionni
Fritz and the Mess Fairy R. Wells
Frog Prince Continued, The J. Scieszka
Funny, Funny Lyle B. Waber
Ghost-Eye Tree, The B. Martin, Jr.
Ghost’s Hour, Spook’s Hour E. Bunting
Goodbye Geese N.W. Carlstrom
Grandma According to Me K.M. Bell
Grandpa Loved J. Nobisso
Great Kapok Tree, The L. Cherry
Guess Who My Favorite Person Is B. Baylor
Hoops R. Burleigh
House is a House For Me, A M.A. Hoberman
I Am the Ocean S. Marshak
I Am Wings R. Fletcher (poetry for
teenagers)
I Love You the Purplest B. M. Joosse
I’m in Charge of Celebrations B. Baylor
In Coal Country J. Hendershot
I Wish I Were a Butterfly J. Howe
Jemima Remembers C. Dragonwagon
Listen to the Rain B. Martin, Jr.
Little House on the Prairie, The L.I. Wilder
Many Moons J. Thurber
Miss Spider’s Tea Party D. Kirk
Mitandy and Brother Wind P. McKissack
Mohave D. Siebert
Moire More Said the Baby V.B. Williams

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 Morning Girl M. Dorris
Mousehole Cat, The A. Barber
My Mama Had a Dancing Hearty L.M. Gray
My Special Best Words J. Steptoe
Nathaniel Willy, Scared Silly J. Matthews & F.
Robinson
Owl Moon J. Yolen
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See? B. Martin, Jr., & E. Carle
Polar Express, The C. Van Allsburg
Praiirie Boy’s Winter, A W. Kurelek
Red Riding Hood J. Marshall
Re-Zoom I. Banyai
Rough-Face Girl, The R. Martin
Salamander Room, The A. Mazer
Sam and the Lucky Money K. Chinn
Senca K.L. Baker
Sierra D. Siebert
Stina L. Anderson
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble W. Steig
Sarah, Plain and Tall P. MacLachlan
Snow Speaks, The N. W. Carlson
Storm in the Night M. Stolz
Tar Beach F. Ringgold
Ten, Nine, Eight M. Bang
There’s More..Much More S. Alexander
Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, The E. Trivizas
Through Grandpa’s Eyes P. PacLachlan
Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My J.L. Curtis
Day
Tuck Everlasting N. Babbitt
Twilight Comes Twice R. Fletcher
Verdi J. Cannon
Very Last Time J. Andrews
Whale Song T. Johnston
When I Was Young in the Mountains C. Rylant
Winter Barn P. Parnall
Winter Room, The G. Paulsen
Woodpile P. Parnall
Z Was Zapped, The C. Van Allsburg
Strong Verbs Charlie and the Chocolate Factory R. Dahl
I’m in Charge of Celebrations B. Baylor
Night Thief, The V. Allen
Over in the Ocean J. Hartman
Secret to Freedom, The M. Vaughan
Zoom I. Banyai
Welcome to the Sea of Sand J. Yolen
Poetry with Unforgettable All the Small Poems V. Worth
Language
“From Mother to Son” L. Hughes
Hist Wist e. e. cummings
Honey, I Love E. Greenfield
Jabberwocky L. Carrol
Joyful Noise, Poems for Two Voices P. Fleishman
Many Winters N. Wood
Ordinary Things: Poems from a Walk in Early R. Fletcher
Spring
Place My Words Are Looking For, The P. B. Janeczko (editor)

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 Pocket Poems P. B. Janeczko (editor)
Rondo in C P. Fleishman
Secrets of a Small Brother R. Margolis
Soda Jerk, The C. Rylant
Story Structure, Cumulative Football That Won, The M. Sampson
Too Much Noise A. McGovern
What Do You Do With a Kangaroo? M. Mayer
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears V. Aardema
Story Structure, Chain One Fine Day Hogrogian
Story Structure, Circular Grouchy Ladybug, The E. Carle
If You Give a Moose a Muffin L. Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie L. Numeroff
Story Structure, Chronological Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs T. dePaola
Life Events
Story Structure, Home-Journey- Grandfather’s Journey A. Say
Home
Millions of Cats W. Gag
Where the Wild Things Are M. Sendak
Story Structure, Parallel Plots Blueberries for Sal R. McCloskey
Setting All I See C. Rylant
All the Places to Love P. MacLachlan
Appalachia C. Rylant
Arctic Memories N. Ekoomiak
Beach Before Breakfast, the M. W. Kumin
Best Town in the World, the B. Baylor
Borreguita and the Coyote V. Aardema
Box Turtle at Long Pond W. T. George
Chalk Doll, The C. Pomerantz
Dakota Dugout A. Turner
Desert is Theirs, The B. Baylor
First Dog, The J. Brett
Goggles E. J. Keats
Great Kapok Tree, the L. Cherry
I Am the Ocean S. Marshak
I’m in Charge of Celebrations B. Baylor
In Coal Country G. Houston
In the Attic H. Oram
Inside Turtle’s Shell J. Ryder
John Henry J. Lester
Little Red Cowboy Hat E. S. Lowell
Ma Dear’s Aprons P. McKissack
Make Way for Ducklings R. McCloskey
Merlin and the Dragons J.Yolen
Miss Rumphius B. Cooney
Morning, Noon, and Night J.C. George
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters J. Steptoe
My First Little House Books: Going to Town L.I.Wilder
My Little Island F. Lessac
Night in the Country C. Rylant
Night Ride B. & M. Karlin
No Stars Nights A. E. Smucker
On Call Back Mountain E. Bunting
Once There was a Tree N. Romanova
Owl Moon J. Yolen
Sierra D. Siebert
Snowflake Bentley J.B. Martin
Snow White in New York F. French

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 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble W. Steig
Symphony of Whales, A S. Schuch
Tar Beach F. Ringgold
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe V. B. Williams
Tickleoctopus, The A. Wood
Tunnel, The A. Browne
Up North at the Cabin M. W. Chall
Up North in Winter D. Hartley
Very Last First Time J. Andrews
Wall, The E. Bunting
When I Was Young in the Mountains C. Rylant
Where the Forest Meets the Sea J. Baker
Where the River Begins T. Locker
Woodpile P. Parnall
Yonder T. Johnston
Your Own Secret Place B. Baylor
Time (non-linear way) The 18th Emergency B. Byers
Angel With the Mouth-Organ C. Mattingly
Chair for My Mother, A V. Williams
Changing Maze, The Z.K.Snyder
Dakota Dugout A. Turner
Fat Chance, Claude J.L. Nixon
Frog Prince, Continued., The J. Scieszka
Girl Called Boy, A B. Hurmence
Grandma Didn’t Wave Back R. Blue
House on Maple Street, The B. Pryor
How My Parents Learned to Eat I.R. Friedman
Island Rescue C.H. Martin
Journey P. MacLachlan
Julie of the Wolves J.C. George
Just a Dream C. Van Allsburg
Lost and Found J.P.Walsh
Miracle Tree, The C. Mattingly
Miss Rumphius B. Cooney
Night in the Country C. Rylant
Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver, A E.L. Konigsburg
Quilt Story, The T. Johnston
Rapscallion Jones J. Marshall
Runa A. James
Stopwatch, The D. Lloyd
Sing for a Gentle Rain A. James
Time Train P. Fleishman
Watch the Stars Come Out R. Levinson
When I Was Young in the Mountains C. Rylant
When I Was Nine J. Stevenson
Why the Chicken Crossed the Road D. Macauly
Wreck of the Zephyr C. Van Allsburg
Medieval Feast, A Aliki
Point of View Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very J. Viorst
Bad Day
Anna Banana and Me L. Blegvad
Bicycle Man, The A. Say
Daddy Day, Daughter Day L. King
Pain and the Great One,The J. Blume
Rosie and Michael J. Viorst
Sanil’s Spell, The L. Cherry

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 Teeny Tiny Baby, A A. Schwartz
True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The J. Scieszka
Wreck of the Zephyr, The C. Van Allsburg
Flashback Dagota Dugout A. Turner
Fat Chance, Claude J.L. Nixon
House on Maple Street, The B. Pryor
How My Parents Learned to Eat I. Friedman
Miss Rumphius B. Cooney
Watch the Stars Come Out R. Levinson
What’s Under My Bed J. Stevenson
Flash-Forward Quilt Story, The T. Johnston
Relatives Came, The C. Rylant
Narrowing a Topic Paperboy, The D. Pilkey
Swish! B. Martin, Jr. & M.
Sampson
Combing Fiction with Magic Schoolbus series, The J. Cole
Nonfiction
Rattlesnake Dance Dewey
Thinking About Ants B. Brenner
Cause and Effect Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse K. Henkes
Old Henry J. W. Blos
Onomatopoeia Barnyard Song R.G. Greene
Crash, Bang, Boom P. Spier
Ghost Eyed Tree, The B. Martin, Jr.
Gobble, Growl, Grunt P. Spier
Good Night Owl P. Hutchins
Listen to the Rain B. Martin, Jr. & J.
Archambault
Listening Walk, The P. Showers
Mortimer R. Munsch
Very Quiet Cricket, The E. Carle
Welcome to the Green House J. Yolen
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears V. Aardema
Alliteration Animalia G. Base
Away From Home A. Lobel
Desert is Theirs, The B. Baylor
Dinorella P.D. Edwards
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss
New Kid on the Block, The J. Prelutsky
Rotten Island W. Steig
Walk in the Rainforest. A K.J. Pratt
Zinnia A. Lobel
Simile Amber on the Mountain T. Johnston
As Silly as Knees, As Busy as Bees, An Astounding N. Juster
Assortment of Similes
Bicycle Man, The A. Say
Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, The P. Goble
Library Lil S. Williams
Man Who Called Down Owls, The E. Bunting
Nettie’s Trip South A. Turner
Owl Moon J. Yolen
Quick as a Cricket R. Wood
Seven Blind Mice E. Young
Storm in the Night M. Stolz
Tale of Custard the Dragon, The O. Nash
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge M. Fox
Metaphor Amber on the Mountain T. Johnston

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 Encounter J. Yolen
Knots on a Counting Rope B. Martin, Jr. & J.
Archambault
Oregon’s Journey Rascal
Owl Moon J. Yolen
Where the Buffaloes Begin O. Baker
Personification Desert is Theirs, The B. Baylor
Ghost’s Hour E. Bunting
January Rides the Wind: A Book of Months C. F. Otten
October Smiled Back L. W. Peters
Old Elm Speaks: Tree Poems K. O’Connell
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble W. Steig
Adaptations of Familiar Tales Frog Prince Continued, The J. Scieszka
Little Red Cowboy Hat E. S. Lowell
Runaway Tortilla E. Kimmel
True Story of the Three Little Pigs, The J. Scieszka
Memoirs All About You C. & L. Anholt
All the Places to Love P. MacLachlan
Aunt Flossie’s Hats E. Howard
Birthday Presents C. Rylant
Boy R. Dahl
Child Times: A Three Generation Memoir E. Greenfield & L. J.
Little
Girl From Yamhill B. Cleary
Good Days, Bad Days C. Anholt
Keeping Quilt, The P. Polacco
Knots on a Counting Rope B. Martin, Jr. & J.
Archambault
Little By Little J. Little
Quiet Lady, The C. Zolotow
Something to Remember Me By L. McGaw
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born J. L. Curtis
What I Like C. & L. Anholt
When I AM Old With You A. Johnson
When I was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of J. L. Curtis
Her Youth
When I Was Young in the Mountains C. Rylant
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge M. Fox
Dialogue Alexander and the Terrible, No Goo,d Very Bad Day J. Viorst
Amelia Bedelia P. Parish
Anastasia Krupnik L.Lowry
Dr. DeSoto W. Steig
Ernest and Celestine G. Vincemt
The Ghost-Eye Tree B. Martin, Jr.
The Ginger Man J.P.Dunleavy
Fig Pudding R. Fletcher
Fourth Grade Rats J. Spinelli
Grandaddy’s Place H.V. Griffith
Greta Gilly Hopkins, The K. Paterson
Happy Birthday Moon F. Asch
Ira Sleeps Over B. Waber
Jumanji C. Van Allsburg
Leo the Late Bloomer R. Kraus
Rosie and Michael J. Viorst
Velveteen Rabbit, or How Toys Became Real, The M. Williams
Wayside School is Falling Down L. Sachar
White Dynamite and Curly Kid B. Martin, Jr.

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 Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge M. Fox
Winnie the Pooh A.A. Milne
Word Play Big Orange Splot, The D. Pinkwater
Cache of Jewels (And Other Collective Nouns, A R. Heller
Dandelions Don’t Bite L. Adelson
First Thesaurus, A H. Wittels & J. Greisman
From the Horses Mouth A. Nevins
Heaven to Betsy! And Other Curious Sayings C. funk
Hog on Ice and Other Curious Sayings, A C. Funk
Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words C. Funk
It’s Raining cats and Dogs C. Ammer
King Who Rained, The F. Gwynne
Kites Said High (A Book About Verbs) R. Heller
Little Pigeon Toad, A F. Gwynne
Many Luscious Lollipops (A Book About R. Heller
Adjectives)
Merry Go Round (A Book About Nouns) R. Heller
Morris Dictionary of Words and Phrase Origins W. & M. Morris
Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and J. H. Byrne
Preposterous Words
Murfles and Wink-a-Peeps: Funny Old Words for S. Kelz
Kids
Play of Words, The R. Lederer
Put Your Foot in Your Mouth and Other Silly J. Cox
Sayings
Superdupers! Really Funnuy Real Words M. Terbamn
What a Funny Thing to Say B.K. Hunt
Words P. Dickson

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