Picture books
Allard, H. (1977). Miss Nelson is Missing! New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Burton, V. L. (1942). The Little House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
Carle, E. (1984). The Very Hungry Caterpillar. New York: Philomel.
Fox, M. (1988). Koala Lou. San Diego: Harcourt.
Henkes, K. (1991). Chrysanthemum. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Houston, G. (1992). My Great-Aunt Arizona. New York: HarperCollins.
Martin, B. & Archambault, J. (1989). Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. New York: Simon & Schuster.
McCloskey, R. (1948). Blueberries for Sal. New York: Viking.
Numeroff, L. J. (1985). If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. New York: HarperCollins.
Wood, A. (1984). The Napping House. San Diego: Harcourt.

Realistic/Historical Fiction
Blume, J. (1974). Blubber. New York: Yearling.
Bunting, E. (1991). Fly Away Home. New York: Clarion.
Cleary, B. (1955). Beezus and Ramona. New York: Avon Camelot.
Greene, B. (1974). Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe. New York: Puffin Books.
Hoffman, M. (1991). Amazing Grace. New York: Dial.

Traditional Literature
Aardema, V. (1981). Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale. New York: Dial.
Marshall, J. (1988). Goldilocks and the Three Bears. New York: Dial.
Scieszka, J. (1992). The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. New York: Viking.
Steptoe, J. (1987). Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. New York: Lothrop, Lee, & Shepherd.
Wells, R. (1993). Max and Ruby’s First Greek Myth: Pandora’s Box. New York: Dial.

Poetry
Milne, A. A. (1988). Now We are Six. New York: Dutton Children’s Books.
Prelutsky, J. (1990). Something Big Has Been Here. New York: Greenwillow Books.
Silverstein, S. (1974). Where the Sidewalk Ends. New York: HarperCollins.

Biography/Informational Books
Aliki. (1979). Mummies Made in Egypt. New York: HarperCollins.
Cole, J. (1987). The Magic School Bus inside the Earth. New York: Scholastic.
Freedman, R. (1987). Lincoln: A Photobiography. New York: Houghton Mifflin.
Gibbons, G. (1983). Thanksgiving Day. New York: Holiday House.
Simon, S. (1995). Sharks. New York: HarperCollins.

Modern Fantasy/Sci-fi
Henkes, K. (1996). Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. New York: Greenwillow Books.
White, E.B. (1952). Charlotte’s Web. New York: HarperCollins.