Barton, Byron. My Car. Greenwillow, 2001.

Burningham, John. Hushabye. Knopf, 2001.

Cobb, Vicki. I Get Wet. Illus. Julie Gorton. HarperCollins, 2002. Also recommended I See Myself (HarperCollins, 2002).

Cotten, Cynthia. At the Edge of the Woods: A Counting Book. Illus. Reg Cartwright. Holt, 2002.

Emberley, Rebecca. My Animals/Mis animals. Little, 2002. Also recommended My Clothes/Mi ropa, My Food/Mi comida, and My Toys/Mis juguetes (Little, 2002).

Falconer, Ian. Olivia. Atheneum, 2000. Also recommended Olivia Counts (Atheneum, 2002), Olivia Saves the Circus (Atheneum, 2000), and Olivia’s Opposites (Atheneum, 2002).

George, Kristine. Little Dog Poems. Illus. June Otani. Clarion, 1999. Also recommended Little Dog and Duncan (Clarion, 2002).

Hindley, Judy. Does a Cow Say Boo? Candlewick, 2002.

Hoberman, Mary Ann. "It’s Simple," said Simon. Knopf, 2001.

Horse, Harry. Little Rabbit Lost. Peachtree, 2002.

Hort, Lenny. The Seals on the Bus. Illus. G. Brian Karas. Holt, 2000.

Jeram, Anita. I Love My Little Storybook. Candlewick, 2002.

Lawrence, John. This Little Chick. Candlewick, 2002.

McCarty, Peter. Hondo and Fabian. Holt, 2002.

McKay, Hilary. Was That Christmas? McElderry, 2002.

McMullan, Kate. I Stink! Illus. Jim McMullan. HarperCollins, 2002

Meyers, Susan. Everywhere Babies. Illus. Marla Frazee. Harcourt, 2001.

Peters, Lisa Westberg. Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck. Illus. Sam Williams. Greenwillow, 2000.

Schertle, Alice. All You Need for a Snowman. Illus. Barbara Lavallee. Harcourt, 2002.

Shannon, David. Duck on a Bike. Scholastic, 2002.

Sis, Peter. Madlenka’s Dog. Farrar, 2002.

Stoeke, Janet. Minerva Louise and the Red Truck. Dutton, 2002.

Tafuri, Nancy. Mama’s Little Bears. Scholastic, 2002.

Andersen, Hans Christian. The Ugly Duckling. Illus. Jerry Pinkney. Morrow, 1999.

Bang-Campbell, Monika. Little Rat Sets Sail. Harcourt, 2002.

Bierhorst, John, reteller. Is My Friend at Home? Pueblo Fireside Tales. Illus. Wendy Watson. Farrar, 2001.

Bruchac, Joseph. Crazy Horse’s Vision. Illus. S.D. Nelson. Lee & Low, 2000.

Brutschy, Jennifer. Just One More Story. Illus. by Cat Smith. Orchard, 2002.

Byars, Betsy. Little Horse. Illus. David McPhail. Holt, 2002.

Christelow, Eileen. The Great Pig Search. Clarion, 2001.

Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Illus. Betsy Lewin. Simon & Schuster, 2000.

Cushman, Doug. Inspector Hopper. HarperCollins, 2000.

dePaola, Tomie. 26 Fairmount Avenue. Putnam’s, 1999. Also recommended Here We All Are (Putnam’s, 2000), On My Way (Putnam’s, 2001), and What a Year (Putnam’s, 2002).

Geisert, Arthur. The Giant Ball of String. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Harris, Robie. Hello Benny! What It’s Like to Be a Baby. Illus. Michael Emberley. McElderry, 2002.

Hines, Anna. Pieces: A Year in Poems and Quilts. Greenwillow, 2001.

Hoberman, Mary Ann. You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. Illus. Michael Emberley. Little, 2001.

Holabird, Katharine. Angelina’s Christmas. Illus. Helen Craig. Crown, 1985.

Hopkins, Lee, selector. Sports! Sports! Sports!: A Poetry Collection. Illus. Brian Floca. HarperCollins, 1999.

James, Simon, illus. Days Like This: A Collection of Small Poems. Candlewick, 1999.

Jenkins, Emily. Five Creatures. Illus. Tomek Bogacki. Farrar, 2001.

Jimnez, Francisco. The Christmas Gift/El regalo de Navidad. Illus. Claire Cotts. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Krensky, Stephen. How Santa Got His Job. Illus. S.D. Schindler. Simon & Schuster, 1998. Also recommended How Santa Lost His Job (Simon & Schuster, 2001).

Kvasnosky, Laura. Zelda and Ivy One Christmas. Candlewick, 2000.

Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene. Illus. Middy Thomas. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Lunge-Larsen, Lise. The Race of the Birkebeiners. Illus. Mary Azarian. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Lupton, Hugh. The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud. Barefoot Books, 2001.

Mathers, Petra. A Cake for Herbie. Atheneum, 2000.

Nelson, S.D. Gift Horse: A Lakota Story. Abrams, 1999.

Pinkney, Jerry. Noah’s Ark. North-South, 2002.

Prelutsky, Jack. The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders. Illus. Petra Mathers. Greenwillow, 2002

Teague, Mark. Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School. Scholastic, 2002.

Thomas, Shelley. Good Night, Good Knight. Illus. Jennifer Plecas. Dutton, 2000.

Wiesner, David. The Three Pigs. Clarion, 2001.

Winslow, Marjorie. Mud Pies and Other Recipes: A Cookbook for Dolls. Walker, 2001.

Worth, Valerie. Peacock and Other Poems. Illus. Natalie Babbitt. Farrar, 2002.

Burgess, Melvin. The Copper Treasure. Illus. Richard Williams. Holt, 2000.

DeLaCroix, Alice. The Hero of Third Grade. Illus. Cynthia Fisher. Holiday House, 2002.

Doyle, Malachy. Tales from Old Ireland. Illus. Niamh Sharkey. Barefoot Books, 2000.

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Hansel and Gretel: A Fairy Tale. Illus. Dorothee Duntze. North-South Books, 2001.

Haskins, Jim. Champion: The Story of Muhammad Ali. Illus. Eric Velasquez. Walker, 2002.

Heard, Georgia, selector. This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort. Candlewick, 2002.

Herrera, Juan. The Upside Down Boy/El nino de cabeza. Illus. Elizabeth Gomez. Children’s Book Press, 2000.

Hickman, Janet. Ravine. Greenwillow, 2002.

Hopkins, Lee, ed. Hoofbeats, Claws and Rippled Fins: Creature Poems. Illus. Stephen Alcorn. HarperCollins, 2002.

Hopkins, Lee, selector. My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States. Illus. Stephen Alcorn. Simon & Schuster, 2000.

Janeczko, Paul, selector. A Poke in the I: A Collection of Concrete Poems. Illus. Chris Raschka. Candlewick, 2001.

Kennedy, X.J. Exploding Gravy: Poems to Make You Laugh. Illus. Joy Allen. Little, 2002.

Kindl, Patrice. Goose Chase. Houghton Mifflin, 2001.

Lawrence, Caroline. The Thieves of Ostia: A Roman Mystery. Roaring Brook Press, 2002.

Lewis, J. Patrick. A World of Wonders: Geographic Travels in Verse and Rhyme. Illus. Alison Jay. Dial, 2002.

Lunge-Larsen, Lise, reteller. The Troll with No Heart in His Body and Other Tales of Trolls from Norway. Illus. Betsy Bowen. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.

McKay, Hilary. Saffy’s Angel. Simon & Schuster, 2002.

Paterson, Katherine. The Same Stuff as Stars. Clarion, 2002.

Polacco, Patricia. A Christmas Tapestry. Putnam, 2002.

Sierra, Judy. Can You Guess My Name?: Traditional Tales Around the World. Clarion, 2002.

Soto, Gary. Fearless Fernie: Hanging Out with Fernie and Me. Illus. Regan Dunnick. Putnam, 2002.

Spinelli, Jerry. Loser. HarperCollins, 2002.

Zwerger, Lisbeth, illus. Stories from the Bible. North-South, 2002.

Middle School – Junior High Level

Bang, Molly. Picture This: How Pictures Work. SeaStar Books, 2000.

Brashares, Ann. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Delacorte, 2001.

Cadnum, Michael. Forbidden Forest: The Story of Little John and Robin Hood. Scholastic, 2002.

Crossley-Holland, Kevin. The Seeing Stone: Arthur Trilogy, Book One. Scholastic, 2001.

Durbin, William. The Journal of Sean Sullivan: A Transcontinental Railroad Worker. Scholastic, 1999.

Geras, Adele. Troy. Harcourt, 2001.

Hoobler, Dorothy. The Demon in the Teahouse. Philomel, 2001.

Hoose, Phillip. We Were There, Too! Young People in U.S. History. Farrar, 2001.

Jennings, Richard. Orwell’s Luck. Houghton Mifflin, 2000.

Kindle, Patrice. Lost in the Labyrinth. Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Lisle, Janet. The Art of Keeping Cool. Atheneum, 2000.

Marrin, Albert. Sitting Bull and His World. Dutton, 2000.

McKinley, Robin. Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits. Putnam, 2002.

Napoli, Donna Jo. Daughter of Venice. Random, 2002.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Simply Alice. Atheneum, 2002.

Nye, Naomi. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. Greenwillow, 2002

Pearce, Philippa. Familiar and Haunting: Collected Stories. Greenwillow, 2002.

Salisbury, Graham. Island Boyz: Short Stories. Random, 2002.

Taylor, Mildred. The Land. Phyllis Fogelman Books, 2001.

Weaver, Will. Memory Boy. HarperCollins, 2001.

Weaver, Will. Striking Out. HarperTrophy, 1993. Also recommended Farm Team (HarperCollins, 1999) and Hard Ball (HarperCollins, 1999).

Wittlinger, Ellen. What’s In a Name? Simon, 2000.

Elleman, Barbara. Tomie dePaola: His Art and His Stories. Putnam’s, 1999.

Elleman, Barbara. Virginia Lee Burton: A Life in Art. Houghton, 2002.

Hettinga, Donald. The Brothers Grimm: Two Lives, One Legacy. Clarion, 2001.

Compiled by Carol H. Sibley, Curriculum Librarian, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, Minnesota 12/02.