Sunday, July 19, 2009

Get Thee To A Library

We read storybooks constantly around here. When Jane came across this list online, she was shocked how few of these books that we've read with our kids. The bolded titles are the ones we've read with Isaac and Simon. Only 8 of 100?! Looks like we've got to get cracking! :)

100 Books Every Child Should Hear Before Kindergarten

Each Peach Pear Plum Ahlberg
Wheres My Teddy? Alborough
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Barrett
Ten, Nine, Eight Bang
The Three Bears Barton
Madeline Bemelmens
Little Gorilla Bornstein
Goodnight Moon Brown
Turtles Race with Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story Bruchac
Mr. Gumpys Outing Burningham
The Little House
Burton
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle
Freight Train Crews
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type Cronin
Happy Birthday, Jamela! Daly
Strega Nona De Paola
Jamberry Degen
The Empty Pot Demi
Rap a Tap Tap: Heres Bojangles-Think of That Dillon
Abuela Dorros
Go, Dog, Go Eastman
A Handful of Sunshine: Growing a Sunflower Eclare
Growing Vegetable Soup Ehlert
Go Away Big Green Monster Emberley
Mean Soup Everitt
Olivia Falconer
Bark George Feiffer
Ask Mr. Bear Flack
The Everything Book Fleming
Corduroy Freeman
Millions of Cats Gag
The Three Little Pigs Galdone
Is Your Mama a Llama Guarino
Lillys Purple Plastic Purse Henkes
Wheres Spot Hill
Bedtime for Frances Hoban
Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color Hoban
You'll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch Hutchins
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest Jenkins
Mama, Do You Love Me? Joosse
The Wolfs Chicken Stew Kasza
The Snowy Day Keats
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog Kent
I Took My Frog to the Library Kimmel
Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus
The Carrot Seed Krauss
Swimmy Lionni
Frog and Toad All Year Lobel
Froggy Gets Dressed
London
Sylvia Longs Mother Goose Mother
Mabela the Clever MacDonald
George and Martha Marshall
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Martin
Guess How Much I Love You? McBratney
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey
Raven: a Trickster Tale from the American
Northwest McDermott
Flora McDonnells ABC McDonnell
Widget McFarland
Too Much Noise McGovern
Growing Colors McMillan
I Stink McMullan
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Numeroff
Diez Deditos: Ten Little Fingers Orozco
BeeBimBopPark
Dos and Donts Parr
Kermit the Hermit Peet
The Little Red Hen LITTLE
The Little Engine that Could Piper
Not a Box Portis
Goodnight Gorilla Rathmann
Curious George Rey
Mouse Mess Riley
The Toolbox Rockwell
Were Going on a Bear Hunt Rosen
Dog Heaven Rylant
Richard Scarrys Best First Book Ever Scarry
Where the Wild Things Are Sendak
The Cat in the Hat Seuss
Spicy Hot Colors; Colores Picantes Shahan
No David Shannon
Lizards Song
Shannon
It Looked Like Spilt Milk Shaw
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean Sherry
Caps for
Sale Slobodkina
Night Shift Daddy Spinelli
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble Steig
A Hat for Miverva Louise Stoeke
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Viorst
Owl Babies Waddell
Mouse Paint Walsh
Mr. Cookie Baker
Wellington
Yoko Wells
The Three Little Pigs Wiesner
I Went Walking Williams
Knuffle Bunny Willems
Bear Snores On
Wilson
The Napping House Wood
Big Black Bear Yee
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Yolen
Harry the Dirty Dog
Zion


And if we had to add some of our favourites to this list, they would be...

Oh My Baby Little One Appelt
That's How Much God Loves You Shea
Get Out Of Bed (Isaac's current obsession) Munsch
Hand Hand Fingers Thumb Perkins


1 comment:

Lindsay said...

Where the heck is "Pat Them Gently"....or is that only required for Briggs' children???