Picture Books for Ella and Nora

Overview

A list of books in our library!

Fiction

Animal fantasy

  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
    by Eric CarleBrown Bear book cover
  • Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
    by Al Perkins
    Hand Hand Finger Thumb book cover
  • Jump, Frog, Jump!
    by Robert Kalan
    Jump, Frog, Jump book cover
  • Little Blue Truck
    by Alice Schertle
    Little Blue Truck Leads the Way coverLittle Blue Truck's Halloween coverLittle Blue Trucks Springtime cover
  • My Truck Is Stuck
    by Kein Lewis & Daniel Kirk
    My Truck Is Stuck book cover
  • One fish two fish red fish blue fish
    by Dr. Seuss
    One fish two fish red fish blue fish book cover
  • Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale
    by Marcus Pfister
    Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale book cover
  • Make Way for Ducklings
    by Robert McCloskey

    Make way or ducklings book cover Make way or ducklings book cover
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  • Are you a COW?
    By Sandra Boynton - summary

  • Barnyard Dance
    By By Sandra Boynton - summary - song - audio on sound cloudBarnyard Dance cover
  • Moo, Baa, La La La
    by Sandra Boynton
    Moo, Baa, La La La cover
  • Fifteen Animals
    by Sandra Boynton
    Fifteen Animals cover
  • A to Z
    by Sandra Boynton
    A to Z cover
  • One, Two, Three!
    by Sandra Boynton
  • A Color of His Own
    by Leo Lionni
    A Color of His Own cover
  • Frederick
    by Leo Lionni
    Frederick book cover
  • Swimmy
    by Leo Lionni
    Swimmy book cover
  • The Little Mouse The Red Ripe Strawberry & The Big Hungry Bear
    by Deon & Audrey Wood
    The Little Mouse The Red Ripe Strawberry & The Big Hungry Bear book cover
  • The Mitten
    by Jan Brett
    The Mitten book cover
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    by Eric Carle
    The Very Hungry Caterpillar book cover
  • Charlotte's Web
    by E. B. White. 1952. One of the greatest children's story ever written. Hopefully every child either reads it or has it read aloud to him or her. It is truly a masterpiece of character and plot development that enthralls it readers and listeners. See story elements
    Charlottes Web book cover

Fairy tales, folk tales, fables, myths, legends, tall tales see also in picture books

Fairy tales

Myth, legend, & tall tale

  • The First Strawberries
    by Joseph Bruchac
    Illustrator Anna Vojtech
    The First Strawberries book cover
  • Trouble with Trolls
    by Jan Brett
    Trouible with Trolls book cover

Fable

Science fiction

  • The Tiny Seed
    by Eric Carle
    The Tiny Seed book cover
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    by Eric Carle

Modern fantasy

  • Going on a Bear Hunt
    by Michael Rosen &
    Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
    Going on a Bear Hunt book cover

 Realistic Fiction List

  • Madeline
    by Ludwig Bemelmans
  • Gooney Bird Greene
    by Lois Lowry
    Gooney Bird Greene book cover
  • Sheila Rae the Brave
    by Kevin Hankes
    Sheila Rae the Brave book cover
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Historical Fiction

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Concept books

  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
    by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
    illustrated by Lois Ehlert Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book cover
  • Eric Carle's A B C
    by Eric Carle Eric Carles A B C book cover
  • First Thousand Words
    by In English First Thousand Words book cover
  • little blue and little yellow
    by Leo Lioni
  • Mouse Paint
    by Ellen Stoll Walsh
    Mouse Paint book cover

Nonfiction

  • How a Seed Grows
    by Helena J. Jordan
    illustrated Lorelia Kruponski

  • Water's Children: Celebrating the resource that unites us all
    by Angèle Delaunois (Author),
    illustrator Gérard Frischeteau
    Waters Children book cover
  • Animal Picture Atlas
    by Osborne book
    illustrator Linda Edwards
    Animal Picture Atlas book cover
  • What Makes Day and Night
    by Chris Arvetis & Carole Palmer
    What makes day and night book cover

Poetry, anthologies, & collection books

Poem & Nursery rhymes

  • Jamberry
    by Bruce Degen
    Jamberry book cover
  • Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein. 1974. The most loved children s anthology of poems ever written. Copies have literally been worn out by children reading.

Anthologies

Anthology is a collection of literature with a common theme like: poems, stories, videos, holidays ...

The Family Read-Aloud Holiday Treasury

Selected by Alice Low and illustrated by Marc Brown. 1991. A collection of short stories that are arranged around the calendar. A story of two for each significant date of the year. Delightful stories from key authors and illustrated with recognized child illustrators. A great book to have available for all those holidays.

Stories include: - Me, New Year's Day, Martin Luther King's Day, Valentine's Day, Lincoln, Washington, St.Patrick's Day, April Fool's Day, Passover, Easter, Earth/ Arbor Day, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Happy Birthday, Father's Day, Summer Vacation, Canada Day, Independence Day, Friendship Day, Labor Day, First Day of School, Grandparent's Day, Rosh-Shanah Eve, Columbus Day, Halloween, Veterans Day, Book Week, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, End of Year.

The Family Read-Aloud Holiday Treasury cover

The Read-Aloud Treasury Favorite nursery rhymes, poems, stories, and more for the very young

compiled by Joanna Cole & Stephanie Calmenson
illustrated by Ann Schweninger

Many of the traditional nursery rhymes.

Also includes stories: Corduroy, by Don Freeman, Sylvester an theMagic Pebble by William Steig, Hoppity by A.A. Milne, Little Pictures by Arnold Lobel , and more.

The Read Aloud Treasury of Nursery Rhymes book cover

The Big Book for Peace

Edited by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs Designed by Jane Byers Bierhorst. An anthology of stories for the purpose to contribute to the celebration of peace. While there have been numerous books and stories that celebrate war and acts of violence there have been less that celebrate ideas and actions that contribute to the maintenance of peace and a peaceful state. This book is an initial start to initiate a change in this condition with stories that one after another powerfully tell a story of discoveries of peace.

Stories include: The Dream by Steven Kellogg, The Two Brothers by Lloyd Alexander, There is an Island by Jean Fritz, The Game by Myra Cohn Livingston, The Tree House by Lois Lowery, They That Take the Sword by Milton Meltzer, Law of Great Peace, adapted by John Bierhorst, The Bus for Deadhorse by Natalie Babbitt, Letter from a Concentration Camp by Yoshiko Uchida, Enemies by Charlotte Zolotow, The Bird's Peace by Jean Craighead George, The Silent Lobby by Mildred Pitts Walter, A Wil Safe Place by Maurice Sendak, One MOre Time by Nancy Willard, I was There by Marilyn Sachs, A Midnight Clear by Katherine Paterson, A Ruckus by Thacher Hurd.

The Big Book of Peace book cover

Series

The Boxcar Children book cover

The Boxcar Children

by Gertrude Chandler Warner. 1942.

Series is about a family of four children: Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny. Who are recently orphaned. Wrongly believing their grandfather is a cruel old man, they run away, discover an abandoned box car in a forest, make it home, and have adventures based on their new lives.

Later they discover their beliefs about their grandfather are false. And they end up living with him and he moves the boxcar to his backyard.

Gertrude wrote 19 books in the series, however there are now over 100 in the series.

Dr. Robert Sweetland's notes
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