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Picture Books for Early Literacy Most picture books can be used to introduce every pre-reading skill. However, some are better for certain skills than others.

See the list of current books below and the early literacy skill(s) they highlight. Share these examples of fine literature with your child and ask questions that emphasize that skill as you read. Ask questions like: “What do you think will happen next in the story?” or, “Is this the front or back of the book?” or, “How big do you think an enormous T. Rex would be?” or, “What a funny, little dog! What sound would he make?” or, “Look at this big “M.” Where did we see a big, yellow ‘M’ when we were out today?”

LETTERS The following books are recommended for Letter Knowledge. They highlight the alphabet and numbers.

Cover Author Title of Book Age Snds Words Story Dir Let Description

Ainsworth Hootenanny! A Festive Counting Book P x x x counting/numbers

Andreae ABC Animal Jamboree T/P x x x x alphabet/animals

Basher Go! Go! BoBo Shapes (BB) P x x Shapes

Basher Basher 123 P x x numbers/use "in part" with younger group

Bingham Z Is for Moose P x alphabet/humor

Birkett A Is for Apple (BB) T/P x letters/first words

Bond Big Hugs, Little Hugs T/P x x different ways to hug

Cousins Maisey's Amazing Big Book of Learning T/P x x x beginning icons/use in part or all

Crews Jack and the Beanstalk P x x x x retelling

Crews Ten Black Dots (BB) T/P x numbers/colors/circles

Czekaj Oink-a-Doodle-Moo P x x gossip/farm animals

Dodd I Am Small T/P x x x penguins/colors/size

Doodler What Color Is Bear's Underwear? (BB) T/P x x x colors

George That Pup! P x x counting/dogs/squirrels/acorns

Godwin One Moon, Two Cats P x x x x x cats/town & country/nighttime

Going Dog in Charge P x x dogs/cats/friendship

Halfmann Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be? P x x animals/counting

Hines 1,2 Buckle My Shoe T/P x x x nursery rhyme/counting

Holub Pumpkin Countdown P x x colors/counting/farms/school

Hruby Counting in the Garden P x counting/gardens/food/flowers

Hulbert Who Has These Feet? T/P x x x x feet/animals

Jane Little Goblins Ten P x x x x x monsters/Halloween/counting/ trad. song anew

Jocelyn Ones and Twos T/P x x x counting/rhyming/ones and twos

Katz Ten Tiny Babies (BB) P x x x counting/babies

Kimura 999 Tadpoles P x x x x frogs/numbers

Lewison Two Is for Twins T/P x x x twins/numbers

Long Soup for One P x x insects/lunch/counting

Long Up! Tall! And High! T/P X x sizes/shapes

Maass A Is for Autumn P x fall season icons/alphabet

Maizes On My Way to the Bath P x baths/imagination

Martin Ten Little Caterpillars P/T x x x counting/insects

Menotti How Many Jelly Beans? P x counting/mathematics/jelly beans

Murray One Two That's My Shoe T/P x x dogs/counting

Norman I Know a Wee Piggy P x x colors/pigs/cumulative/art

Schulman 10 Valentine Friends P x x valentine’s day/counting

Singleton The King Who Wouldn't Sleep P x

royal families/farmers/sheep/ sleep

Stills The House of 12 Bunnies P x rabbits/counting

Sturgis 10 Turkeys in the Road P x x counting/turkeys/farmers

Suen Road Work Ahead P x x x signs

Thurley Paul Thurley's Alphabet P x x alphabet/one letter per page

Van Lieshout Backseat A-B-See T/P x x unique road signs/alphabet

Vasilovich The 13 Nights of Halloween P x x x to tune of "Twelve Days of Xmas"

Wolff Baby Bear Sees Blue P x x colors/mother & baby bear/discovery

Wolf Candy 1 to 20 (BB) P/T x candy/colors

Yamashita Seven Little Mice Go to School P x x

mother & child/school/ separation anxiety

SOUNDS The following picture books are suggested for Phonological Awareness. They highlight the small sounds in words.

Cover Author Title of Book Age Snds Words Story Dir Let Description

Ada Ten Little Puppies P x adapt. of Spanish rhyme/span. & eng.

Adler All of Baby Nose to Toes T x babies/body parts/chanting

Adler Baby, Come Away P x babies

Ainsworth Hootenanny! A Festive Counting Book P x x x counting/numbers

Alda Except the Color Grey T/P x x x colors

Andreae ABC Animal Jamboree T/P x x x x alphabet/animals

Arnosky At This Very Moment P x x nature/animals/habits & behavior

Aylesworth Cock-a-doodle-doo, Creak, Pop-Pop, Moo P x

farms/noises/animal sounds/ rhyme

Baker No Two Alike T/P x birds/uniqueness of the world

Barner Animal Baths T/P x x bathing/animals

Bartoletti Naamah and the Ark at Night P x x x x animals/Noah's ark

Basher Go! Go! BoBo Shapes (BB) P x x shapes

Basher Basher 123 P x x numbers/use "in part" with younger group

Beaumont Where's My Truck? P x x x x toys/lost truck

Bond Big Hugs, Little Hugs T/P x x different ways to hug

Braum Toot and Pop! P x boats/tugboats/friends

Bunting Hey Diddle Diddle T/P x x x animals/musical instruments

Cabrera Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star P x traditional song extended

Casenova Utterly Otterly Night P x x x x otters/families

Child Over the River and Through the Wood P x x x x traditional song/winter

Christelow Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed P x x monkeys/reading books/bedtime

Coccca-Leffler Time to Say Bye-Bye T/P x x x x toddlers' daily activities

Comden What's New at the Zoo P x x x x zoos/animals

Craig Farmyard Beat T/P x x x x domestic animals/bedtime

Crimi Pugs in a Bug P x x dogs/counting/Volkswagens

Crow The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare P x x x

retelling Aesop/races/rabbits/ tortoises

Dodd I Am Small T/P x x x penguins/colors/size

Doodler What Color Is Bear's Underwear? (BB) T/P x x x colors

Doyle Get Happy T x x x x happiness/behavior

Dunbar Arthur's Dream Boat P x dreams

Elliott In the Sea P x x ocean animals/facts

Emberley Mice on Ice T/P x ice skating/mice/cats

Falwell Gobble Gobble P x x x turkeys/seasons/turkey facts

Geist Who's Who? P x x x twins/animals/traditional song interpretation

Godwin One Moon, Two Cats P x x x x x cats/town & country/nighttime

Gorbachev Shhh! P x x babies/big brothers/naps

Halfmann Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be? P x x animals/counting

Harline When You Wish Upon a Star P x x x x song lyrics/stars/CD included

Haughton Oh No, George! P x x dogs/behavior

Hernandez Dog Gone! P x x lost dog

Hines 1,2 Buckle My Shoe T/P x x x nursery rhyme/counting

Holub Pumpkin Countdown P x x colors/counting/farms/school

Hubbell Horses Trotting! Prancing! Racing! P X X horse breeds/work, rest, play

Hulbert Who Has These Feet? T/P x x x x feet/animals

Isop How Do You Hug a Porcupine? P x x affection/porcupines/animals

Jane Little Goblins Ten P x x x x x monsters/Halloween/counting/ trad. song anew

Jocelyn Ones and Twos T/P x x x counting/rhyming/ones and twos

Kaizer The Smiley Book of Colors P x x colors/smiles found in surroundings

Katz Ten Tiny Babies (BB) P x x x counting/babies

Ketteman If Beaver Had a Fever P x x animals/sick /nursing & getting well

Kranz You Be You T/P x fish/individuality

Kroll Mosquito! P x x mosquitoes/animals

Kumin Oh, Harry! P x x x horses/behavior with children

Lewison Two Is for Twins T/P x x x twins/numbers

Lindberg Homer The Library Cat P x x cats/libraries

Litwin Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes P x x x x cats/shoes/singing/back to school

Long Soup for One P x x insects/lunch/counting

Lord Happy Birthday, Hamster P x birthdays/friends/dogs & hamsters

Love You Are My Wonders P x teachers/students/school

Low Machines Go to Work in the City P x

large trucks/machines/cities & towns

Manushkin The Belly Book P x x bellies/comparison/ definitions of

Markell Hush, Little Monster P x bedtime song/father & child/classic song anew

Martin Ten Little Caterpillars P/T x x x counting/insects

Mastnak Dancing with Grandma P x grandmothers/grandchildren/ interaction

Mayo Zoom, Rocket, Zoom! P x x x rockets/astronauts

Meadows Itsy Bitsy Baby Mouse P x x mice/getting lost

Mitton The Jungle Run P x racing/jungle animals/size

Modarressi Owlet's First Flight P x x baby owl/night

Morales Jam & Honey P x berries/jam/bees/honey

Mortimer Three Billy Goats Fluff P x goats/fleece/troll/cooperation

Murray One Two That's My Shoe T/P x x dogs/counting

Nichols Whoa, Baby, Whoa! P x x babies

Norman I Know a Wee Piggy P x x colors/pigs/cumulative/art

Norrington Look See, Look at Me! P x x actions of three year old/Aboriginal

O'Hair My Kitten T/P x x cats/kitten behavior/pets

Owen I Could Be, You Could Be P x x imagination

Perlman Good Night, World P x x nighttime

Puttock Little Lost Cowboy P x coyote/toads/lost from mother

Quattlebeam Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond P x traditional song adaptation

Raczka Fall Mixed Up P x autumn/humorous mix ups

Rae Count the Sheep to Sleep P x counting/bedtime/sheep

Reidy Light Up the Night P x sleep/cumulative

Reidy Too Princessy! T/P x x x choices/playtime

Riley Mouse Mess P x mice/eating

Rinker Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site P x x x x Construction equipment

Sayre If You're Hoppy P x reminiscent of trad. song/ animals

Sayre Rah, Rah, Radishes! A Vegetable Chant P x x x

vegetables/healthy eating/ farmers markets

Sayre Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant T/P x x x fruit/shapes/colors/concepts

Sayres Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night P x toys/trucks/bedtime

Scanlon Noodle & Lou P x x x friends/birds/worms/self-acceptance

Schaefer Who's There? P x x x bedtime/fear of dark

Schulman 10 Valentine Friends P x x valentine’s day/counting

Sedaka Dinosaur Pet (with CD) P x dinosaurs/growth

Shaskan A Dog Is a Dog T/P x dogs/animals/comparison

Sierra

Suppose You Meet a Dinosaur: A First Book of Manners P x manners

Siminovich Monkey See, Look at Me! T/P x jungle animals/individuality

Singer Every Day’s a Dog’s Day: A Year in Poems P x poetry/dogs

Srinivasan Little Owl's Night T/P x x x x owls/night

Steggall Busy Boats P x x boats/shipmen

Stein Bugs Galore P x insects

Sturgis 10 Turkeys in the Road P x x counting/turkeys/farmers

Suen Road Work Ahead P x x x signs

Symes Yawn P x sleep/yawning

Tafuri All Kinds of Kisses T/P x kissing/animals

Vasilovich The 13 Nights of Halloween P x x x to tune of "Twelve Days of Xmas"

Walker I Love to Dance P x x x dancing/zebras

Walsh The Biggest Kiss T/P x kisses/families

Ward There Was an Odd Princess Who Swallowed a Pea P x traditional son/new verses

Wardlow Red, White, and Boom! T/P x x fireworks, parades

Wells Love Waves P x x parent & child/separation anxiety

Wilson Hogwash! P x x x x bathing/farm animals

Wright Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! P x x x hibernation/bears

Wright Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze! P x x x wind/sneezes/ bears

Yolen Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters P x x monsters/bedtime

Yolen How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday? P x x dinosaurs/birthday parties

Zuravicky Mister Doodle: A Color for Sketch (BB) P x x colors

WORDS The following picture books are recommended for Vocabulary. They highlight new words for your child to learn.

Cover Author Title of Book

Age Snds Words Story Dir Let Description

Alda Except the Color Grey T/P x x x colors

Allum The Best Kind of Kiss P x kisses/families

Amani Excuse Me, I'm Trying to Read! P x animals/books/reading

Andreae ABC Animal Jamboree T/P x x x x alphabet/animals

Antle Suryia & Roscoe: True Story of an Unlikely Friendship P x x x wildlife refuges/orangutans/dogs

Aspen-Baxter Animals on the Farm P x Animals & duties/large pictures/ simple text

Bartoletti Naamah and the Ark at Night P x x x x animals/Noah's ark

Beard Crocodile’s Tears P x x endangered animals/ crocodiles

Beaumont Where's My Truck? P x x x x toys/lost truck

Bleiman ABC ZooBorns! T/P X zoo animals/alphabet

Bloom Feeding Friendsies P x food/animals

Bonwill Bug and Bear P x x x friendship

Bowles Scary Mary P x x friendship/barnyard animals

Brocket Spotty, Stripy, Swirly P x patterns

Brown You Will Be My Friend! x x x making friends

Bunting Hey Diddle Diddle T/P x x x animals/musical instruments

Buzzeo Inside the Books: Readers & Libraries Around the World P x libraries (older preschoolers)

Carle The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse T/P x x animals/colors

Casenova Utterly Otterly Night P x x x x otters/families

Child Over the River and Through the Wood P x x x x traditional song/winter

Christensen Plant a Little Seed ( lengthy) P x x gardening

Clarke Dancing with the Dinosaurs P x dinosaurs/dancing contests

Coccca-Leffler Time to Say Bye-Bye T/P x x x x toddlers' daily activities

Comden What's New at the Zoo P x x x x zoos/animals

Conway Bedtime Hullabaloo P x x x cumulative/African animals/ bedtime

Cousins Maisey's Amazing Big Book of Learning T/P x x x beginning icons/use in part or all

Craig Farmyard Beat T/P x x x x domestic animals/bedtime

Crews Jack and the Beanstalk P x x x x retelling

Czekaj Oink-a-Doodle-Moo P x x gossip/farm animals

Doyle Get Happy T x x x x happiness/behavior

Elliott In the Sea P x x ocean animals/facts

Endle Augie to Zebra: An Alphabet Book! P x x alphabets

Freedman Blue Chicken P x x colors/chickens

Gal Into the Outdoors P x x camping/nature/animals/ concepts/prepositions

Garland Fish Had a Wish P x fish/wishes/self-acceptance

Geist Who's Who? P x x x twins/animals/traditional song interpretation

Godwin One Moon, Two Cats P x x x x x cats/town & country/nighttime

Harline When You Wish Upon a Star P x x x x song lyrics/stars/CD included

Hernandez Dog Gone! P x x lost dog

Hines I Am a Tyrannosaurus P x x dinosaurs/imagination

Horacek Jonathan & Martha P X sharing/worms

Hubbell Horses Trotting! Prancing! Racing! P X X horse breeds/work, rest, play

Hubbell Check It Out! T/P x librarians/books/reading

Hulbert Who Has These Feet? T/P x x x x feet/animals

Isop How Do You Hug a Porcupine? P x x affection/porcupines/animals

Jane Little Goblins Ten P x x x x x monsters/Halloween/ counting/trad. song anew

Janovitz I Will Try T/P x determination

Kaizer The Smiley Book of Colors P x x colors/smiles found in surroundings

Ketteman If Beaver Had a Fever P x x animals/sick /nursing & getting well

Kimura 999 Tadpoles P x x x x frogs/numbers

Kroll Mosquito! P x x mosquitoes/animals

Levine Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home P x x sea otters/wildlife rescue

Litwin Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes P x x x x cats/shoes/singing/back to school

Long Up! Tall! And High! T/P X x sizes/shapes

Lunde Hello, Baby Beluga P x beluga whales/facts

Manushkin The Belly Book P x x bellies/comparison/definitions of

Mayo Zoom, Rocket, Zoom! P x x x rockets/astronauts

Mayo Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp! P x x dinosaurs/consider partial use

Messner Over and Under the Snow P X x animals in winter/snow

Mortensen Cindy Moo P x cows/ moon/ nursery rhyme

Mortimer Pumpkin Cat P X x cats/mice/gardening/Halloween

Nascimbeni Animals…and Their Families P x familial behavior/animals

Nichols Whoa, Baby, Whoa! P x x babies

Numeroff If You Give a Dog a Donut P x x dogs/activities

Ogburn

Little Treasures: Endearments from Around the World P x terms and phrases/maxims

Perlman Good Night, World P x x nighttime

Ray Stars P x x stars/night sky

Reidy Too Princessy! T/P x x x choices/playtime

Rinker Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site P x x x x Construction equipment

Robinson What To Do If an Elephant Stands on Your Foot P X jungle animals/accidents

Rylant Brownie & Pearl Grab a Bite T/P x food habits/cats

Sayre Rah, Rah, Radishes! A Vegetable Chant P x x x

vegetables/healthy eating/ farmers markets

Sayre Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant T/P x x x fruit/shapes/colors/concepts

Sierra Zoozical P x x x zoo animals/talent shows

Soltis Nothing Like a Puffin P x x compare and contrast/puffins

Srinivasan Little Owl's Night T/P x x x x owls/night

Thurley Paul Thurley's Alphabet P x x alphabet/one letter per page

Van Hout Happy P x fish/vocabulary/emotions

Walker I Love to Dance P x x x dancing/zebras

Wardlow Red, White, and Boom! T/P x x fireworks, parades

White Ruby's Sleepover P x x friendship/camping/ imagination

Willems Big Frog Can't Fit In T/P x popup book/interaction on every page

Wilson Hogwash! P x x x x bathing/farm animals

Wolff Baby Bear Sees Blue P x x colors/mother & baby bear/ discovery

Wood Blue Sky T/P x different aspects/looks of the sky

Yolen How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday? P x x dinosaurs/birthday parties

Yoo You Are a Lion! And Other Fun Yoga Poses P x playful animal poses

STORY The following books are recommended for Narrative Skills. They highlight the sequence of events and storytelling. Cover Author Title of Book Age Snds Words Story Dir Let Description

Alter A Photo for Greta P x Father & daughter/ photography

Antle Suryia & Roscoe: True Story of an Unlikely Friendship P x x x

wildlife refuges/orangutans/dogs

Bartoletti Naamah and the Ark at Night P x x x x animals/Noah's ark

Beard Crocodile’s Tears P x x endangered animlas/crocodiles

Beaumont Where's My Truck? P x x x x toys/lost truck

Bjorkman Dinosaurs Don't, Dinosaurs Do P x etiquette/manners

Bonwill Bug and Bear P x x x friendship

Bowles Scary Mary P x x friendship/barnyard animals

Brown You Will Be My Friend! x x x making friends

Bunting Pirate Boy P x mother and child/imagination

Burkert Mouse & Lion P x x retelling Aesop/lions/mice

Casanova Some Cat! P x cats/dogs/adoption

Casenova Utterly Otterly Night P x x x x otters/families

Castillo Melvin and the Boy P x turtles/turtles as pets/turtle facts

Cecil Horsefly and Honeybee P x cooperativeness/bees/flies use in part

Child Over the River and Through the Wood P x x x x traditional song/winter

Christelow Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed P x x

monkeys/reading books/bedtime

Christensen Plant a Little Seed ( lengthy) P x x gardening

Clark Peepsqueak! P x x chickens & farm animals/flight

Cleminson Otto the Book Bear P x books&reading/bears/ contentment

Coccca-Leffler Time to Say Bye-Bye T/P x x x x toddlers' daily activities

Collet All By Myself! P x chickens/independence/ cooperation

Comden What's New at the Zoo P x x x x zoos/animals

Conway Bedtime Hullabaloo P x x x cumulative/African animals/bedtime

Craig Farmyard Beat T/P x x x x domestic animals/bedtime

Crews Jack and the Beanstalk P x x x x retelling

Crow The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare P x x x

retelling Aesop/races/rabbits/tortoises

Dodd Foxy P x starting school concerns/ helpful fox with magic tail

Donaldson A Gold Star for Zog P x dragons/friends/repetitive phrases

Doyle Get Happy T x x x x happiness/behavior

Falkenstern A Dragon Moves In P x dragons/big & little/houses

Falwell Gobble Gobble P x x x turkeys/seasons/turkey facts

Feiffer No Go Sleep! P x babies/bedtime

Ford No More Hitting for Little Hamster! pr x manners

Freedman Blue chicken P x x colors/chickens

Gaydos First Day of School P x girl/first day in school

George That Pup! P x x counting/dogs/squirrels/acorns

Godwin One Moon, Two Cats P x x x x x cats/town & country/nighttime

Goodhart Little Nelly's Big Book P x x identity/mice/elephants

Gorbachev Shhh! P x x babies/big brothers/naps

Hall Mammoth and Me P x mammoths/friendship

Harline When You Wish Upon a Star P x x x x song lyrics/stars/CD included

Haughton Oh, No, George! P x x dogs/behavior

Hill Spot Goes to the Library (BB) P X libraries/storytimes

Hills Duck, Duck, Goose P X friendship/ducks/geese

Himmelman Cows to the Rescue P X cows/farm life/humorous

Horowitz Chico the Brave P x courage/chickens/llamas

Jane Little Goblins Ten P x x x x x monsters/Halloween/counting/ trad. song anew

Kimura 999 Tadpoles P x x x x frogs/numbers

Kumin Oh, Harry! P x x x horses/behavior with children

Levine Seababy: A Little Otter Returns Home P x x sea otters/wildlife rescue

Lindberg Homer The Library Cat P x x cats/libraries

Litwin Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes P x x x x

cats/shoes/singing/back to school

Mayer Too Many Dinosaurs P x x pets

McGhee Making a Friend P x x snowmen/seasons

McGuinness My Bear Griz P x teddy bears/imagination

McPhail Pig Pig Returns P x aunts/uncles/vacations/pigs

Meadows Itsy Bitsy Baby Mouse P x x mice/getting lost

Melling Don't Worry, Douglas! P x x bears/hats/gifts/fathers and sons

Menchin What If Everything Had Legs? P X x imagination

Menchin Harry Goes to Dog School P X boys/dogs/school

Modarressi Owlet's First Flight P x x baby owl/night

Moore When a Dragon Moves In P x x imagination/beaches/dragons

Mortimer Pumpkin Cat P X x cats/mice/gardening/ Halloween

Muller Goldilocks and the Three Bears P x x folktale retelling

Oud Going to the Beach with Lily and Milo P x ocean/sand

Oud Going to the Zoo with Lily and Milo P x animals/friends

Peterkin The Flyaway Blanket P x x blankies/security

Proimos The Best Bike Ride Ever P x X bicycles/families

Puttock The Baby That Roared P x x parenting/monsters/babies

Ransome New Red Bike! T/P x x bicycles/bicycling/sharing

Rim Birdie's Big-Girl Dress P x clothing/birthdays

Rinker Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site P x x x x Construction equipment

Robertson The Perfect Present P x x

human-animal relationships/cats/dogs/ birthdays

Ross I Want a Party! P x princess/parties/guests

Ross I Want to Win! P x competitiveness/ winning and losing

Rylant Brownie & Pearl Hit the Hay P x bedtime/activities/cats

Rylant Brownie & Pearl See the Sights T x x cat & girl/city tour

Sayre Rah, Rah, Radishes! A Vegetable Chant P x x x

vegetables/healthy eating/farmers markets

Scanlon Noodle & Lou P x x x friends/birds/worms/self-acceptance

Schaefer Who's There? P x x x bedtime/fear of dark

Schaefer One Special Day: A Story for Big Brothers & Sisters T/P x new siblings/behavior

Scheffler Pip and Posy: The Scary Monster P x friends/dress up

Sierra Zoozical P x x x zoo animals/talent shows

Slegers Kevin Goes to the Library P x experiences at the library

Smallman Icky Little Duckling P x rabbits/ducks/loneliness

Srinivasan Little Owl's Night T/P x x x x owls/night

Steggall Busy Boats P x x boats/shipmen

Stower Silly Doggy! P x pets

Verburg The Kiss Box P x mother & child/separation anxiety

Wahman A Cat Like That P x friendships/cats

Walsh Living with Mom and Living with Dad P x

families/divorce/lift the flap format

Wells Love Waves P x x parent & child/separation anxiety

Wells Yoko Learns to Read P x books and reading

Willis Caterpillar Dreams P x x caterpillars/moths/butterflies/ diversity

Wilson Hogwash! P x x x x bathing/farm animals

Wright Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! P x x x hibernation/bears

Wright Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze! P x x x wind/sneezes/ bears

Yamashita Seven Little Mice Go to School P x x

mother & child/school/ separation anxiety

Yum The Twins' Blanket P x twins/sharing/sleep

Zuravicky Mister Doodle: A Color for Sketch (BB) P x x colors

Direction The following picture books are recommended for Print Awareness. They highlight how the print on the page is read. Cover Author Title of Book Age Snds Words Story Dir Let Description

Ainsworth Hootenanny! A Festive Counting Book P x x x counting/numbers

Alda Except the Color Grey T/P x x x colors

Andreae ABC Animal Jamboree T/P x x x x alphabet/animals

Antle Suryia & Roscoe: True Story of an Unlikely Friendship P x x x

wildlife refuges/orangutans/dogs

Arnosky At This Very Moment P x x nature/animals/habits & behavior

Balouch The Little, Little Girl with the Big, Big Voice P x friendship/play/jungle animals

Barner Animal Baths T/P x x bathing/animals

Bartoletti Naamah and the Ark at Night P x x x x animals/Noah's ark

Beaumont Where's My Truck? P x x x x toys/lost truck

Bonwill Bug and Bear P x x x friendship

Brown You Will Be My Friend! x x x making friends

Bunting Hey Diddle Diddle T/P x x x animals/musical instruments

Burkett Mouse & Lion P x x retelling Aesop/lions/mice

Carle The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse T/P x x animals/colors

Casenova Utterly Otterly Night P x x x x otters/families

Child Over the River and Through the Wood P x x x x traditional song/winter

Clark Peepsqueak! P x x chickens & farm animals/flight

Coccca-Leffler Time to Say Bye-Bye T/P x x x x toddlers' daily activities

Comden What's New at the Zoo P x x x x zoos/animals

Conway Bedtime Hullabaloo P x x x cumulative/African animals/ bedtime

Cousins Maisey's Amazing Big Book of Learning T/P x x x beginning icons/use in part or all

Craig Farmyard Beat T/P x x x x domestic animals/bedtime

Crews Jack and the Beanstalk P x x x x retelling

Crimi Pugs in a Bug P x x dogs/counting/Volkswagens

Crow The Really Groovy Story of the Tortoise and the Hare P x x x

retelling Aesop/races/rabbits/ tortoises

Dahl Nap Time for Kitty (BB) T/P x cats/naps

DiPucchio Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet P x fish in fishbowl

Dodd I Am Small T/P x x x penguins/colors/size

Doodler What Color Is Bear's Underwear? (BB) T/P x x x colors

Doyle Get Happy T x x x x happiness/behavior

Endle Augie to Zebra: An Alphabet Book! P x x alphabets

Falwell Gobble Gobble P x x x turkeys/seasons/turkey facts

Feeney Small Bunny's Blue Blanket P x rabbits/attachments to toys/insecurity

Gal Into the Outdoors P x x camping/nature/animals/ concepts/prepositions

Geist Who's Who? P x x x twins/animals/traditional song interpretation

Godwin One Moon, Two Cats P x x x x x cats/town & country/nighttime

Going Dog in Charge P x x dogs/cats/friendship

Goodhart Little Nelly's Big Book P x x identity/mice/elephants

Gravett Wolf Won't Bite! P x wolves/pigs/circus

Harline When You Wish Upon a Star P x x x x song lyrics/stars/CD included

Hines I Am a Tyrannosaurus P x x dinosaurs/imagination

Hines 1,2 Buckle My Shoe T/P x x x nursery rhyme/counting

Hulbert Who Has These Feet? T/P x x x x feet/animals

Hutchins Up Cat T/P x the word "up" and busy kitten

Hutchins Up Dog T/P x the word "up" and busy dog

Jane Little Goblins Ten P x x x x x monsters/Halloween/counting/ trad. song anew

Jocelyn Ones and Twos T/P x x x counting/rhyming/ones and twos

Katz Ten Tiny Babies (BB) P x x x counting/babies

Killen Not Me! T/P x cleanliness/responsibility/ repetition

Kimura 999 Tadpoles P x x x x frogs/numbers

Kumin Oh, Harry! P x x x horses/behavior with children

LaRochelle It's a Tiger! P x tigers/ animals/imagination

Lewison Two Is for Twins T/P x x x twins/numbers

Litwin Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes P x x x x

cats/shoes/singing/back to school

Martin Ten Little Caterpillars P/T x x x counting/insects

Mayer Too Many Dinosaurs P x x pets

Mayo Zoom, Rocket, Zoom! P x x x rockets/astronauts

Mayo Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp! P x x dinosaurs/consider partial use

McGhee Making a Friend P x x snowmen/seasons

Melling Don't Worry, Douglas! P x x bears/hats/gifts/fathers and sons

Menchin What If Everything Had Legs? P X x imagination

Messner Over and Under the Snow P X x animals in winter/snow

Mongredien Super-Duper Dudley! P x dogs/pride and vanity/friendship

Moore When a Dragon Moves In P x x imagination/beaches/dragons

Muller Goldilocks and the Three Bears P x x folktale retelling

Murguia Zoe Gets Ready P x dressing/clothing

Norrington Look See, Look at Me! P x x actions of three year old/Aboriginal

Numeroff If You Give a Dog a Donut P x x dogs/activities

Numeroff What Puppies Do Best T/P x dogs/habits

O'Hair My Kitten T/P x x cats/kitten behavior/pets

Owen I Could Be, You Could Be P x x imagination

Peterkin The Flyaway Blanket P x x blankies/security

Proimos The Best Bike Ride Ever P x X bicycles/families

Puttock The Baby That Roared P x x parenting/monsters/babies

Ransome New Red Bike! T/P x x bicycles/bicycling/sharing

Ray Stars P x x stars/night sky

Rayner Solomon Crocodile P x crocodiles/cumulative

Reasoner Black & White (BB) T x black & white icons of oceans, pets, jungles …

Reidy Too Princessy! T/P x x x choices/playtime

Reidy Time Out for Monsters! P x imaginations/"time out"/ behavior

Rinker Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site P x x x x Construction equipment

Robertson The Perfect Present P x x

human-animal relationships/cats/dogs/ birthdays

Rylant Brownie & Pearl See the Sights T x x cat & girl/city tour

Sayre Go, Go, Grapes! A Fruit Chant T/P x x x fruit/shapes/colors/concepts

Scanlon Noodle & Lou P x x x friends/birds/worms/self-acceptance

Schaefer Who's There? P x x x bedtime/fear of dark

Sierra Zoozical P x x x zoo animals/talent shows

Slegers Kevin Discovers Autumn T x introduction to fall/very young

Soltis Nothing Like a Puffin P x x compare and contrast/puffins

Srinivasan Little Owl's Night T/P x x x x owls/night

Suen Road Work Ahead P x x x signs

Thomas Pumpkin Trouble P x jack-o-lanterns/pumpkins/ friends

Van Lieshout Backseat A-B-See T/P x x unique road signs/alphabet

Vasilovich The 13 Nights of Halloween P x x x to tune of "Twelve Days of Xmas"

Viva Along a Long Road P x bicycles/riding a bike with changing scenes

Walker I Love to Dance P x x x dancing/zebras

White Ruby's Sleepover P x x friendship/camping/ imagination

Willis Caterpillar Dreams P x x caterpillars/moths/butterflies/ diversity

Wilson Hogwash! P x x x x bathing/farm animals

Wright Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! P x x x hibernation/bears

Wright Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze! P x x x wind/sneezes/bears

Yolen Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters P x x monsters/bedtime