Picture Books for Ella and Nora
Overview
- Fiction - text
- Nonfiction - mostly text
- Concept books
- Poetry & nursery rhymes
- Anthologies
- Series
Overview
A list of books in our library!
Fiction
Animal fantasy
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?
by Eric Carle - Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
by Al Perkins
- Jump, Frog, Jump!
by Robert Kalan
- Little Blue Truck
by Alice Schertle
- My Truck Is Stuck
by Kein Lewis & Daniel Kirk
- One fish two fish red fish blue fish
by Dr. Seuss
- Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale
by Marcus Pfister
- Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
- Are you a COW?
By Sandra Boynton - summary
- Barnyard Dance
By By Sandra Boynton - summary - song - audio on sound cloud - Moo, Baa, La La La
by Sandra Boynton
- Fifteen Animals
by Sandra Boynton
- A to Z
by Sandra Boynton
- One, Two, Three!
by Sandra Boynton
- A Color of His Own
by Leo Lionni
- Frederick
by Leo Lionni
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Swimmy
by Leo Lionni
- The Little Mouse The Red Ripe Strawberry & The Big Hungry Bear
by Deon & Audrey Wood
- The Mitten
by Jan Brett
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
- 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
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
- Trouble with Trolls
by Jan Brett
Fable
Science fiction
- The Tiny Seed
by Eric Carle
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
Modern fantasy
- Going on a Bear Hunt
by Michael Rosen &
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Realistic Fiction List
- Madeline
by Ludwig Bemelmans
- Gooney Bird Greene
by Lois Lowry
- Sheila Rae the Brave
by Kevin Hankes
Historical Fiction
Concept books
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault
illustrated by Lois Ehlert - Eric Carle's A B C
by Eric Carle - First Thousand Words
by In English - little blue and little yellow
by Leo Lioni
- Mouse Paint
by Ellen Stoll Walsh
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
- Animal Picture Atlas
by Osborne book
illustrator Linda Edwards
- What Makes Day and Night
by Chris Arvetis & Carole Palmer
Poetry, anthologies, & collection books
Poem & Nursery rhymes
- Jamberry
by Bruce Degen
- 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 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 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.
Series
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.