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Predictable BooksPredictable books have rhyming or repetitive word patterns, familiar concepts and simple story lines. The text and illustrations enable children to anticipate words, phrases or events. Predictable books are not only fun and predictable; they can be stepping stones in the reading development process. | ||||||
Nonfiction for Young ChildrenBringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale.........………….Goldilocks and the Three Bears......….........…...…...…………. Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear: A Traditional Rhyme...…......………. Whose Baby Am I?...…......................................................….. If You’re Happy and You Know it...…...…...............……..……. From Head to Toe...…....................................…..........………. Three Little Bears...…............……...............…........................ Fire, Fire! Said Mrs. McGuire........................…..................….. Ten Cats Have Hats: A Counting Book...…...…......…………… Whose Shoe?.....................................................................….. Whose Hat?......................................................……………….. Roll Over! A Counting Song.......................................………... What Does the Wind Say?.................................…………….... Henny Penny.......................................…………...……………. | Aardema, Verna Brett, Jan Bush, Timothy Butler, John Cabrera, Jane Carle, Eric Galdone, Paul Martin, Bill Marzollo, Jean Miller, Margaret Miller, Margaret. Peek, Merle Silvano, Wendi J. Wattenberg, Jane | Fiction for ReadersA Picture of Hollis Woods...………………..........Love, Ruby Lavender...………...………............. When Zachary Beaver Came to Town...…........ Holes...…………………...……...………….......... Tom’s Midnight Garden...………………….......... Listening for Lions...………...…………...…........ Day of Tears...……...………………………......... Flipped...…………………......…………...…........ Dicey’s Song...…………...…………………........ Mob...……………...…………...………...…......... Tunnels of Time...…...………………......…........ The Story of the Sea of Glass...……...…........... | Giff, Patricia Reilly Wiles, Deborah Holt, Kimberly Willis Sachar, Louis Pearce, Philippa Whelan, Gloria Lester, Julius Van Draanen, Wendelin Voigt, Cynthia Martini, Clem Bishop, Mary Harelkin Dodd, Anne | |||
Fiction for Young ChildrenWe’re Going on Safari.........…......……...........................……..Cock-a-doodle Quack! Quack!......……........................………. And the Train Goes...…….............................................…...…. Snip Snap! What’s That?......…...…......………………………... The Five Chinese Brothers...…...…...……...............…………. Alligator Alphabet...…......….....................…...………………... Ten in the Bed...….....................…......…..................…......….. Miss Rumphius...….................................…........................….. That’s Good! That’s Bad......…......…...……............….........…. The Flea’s Sneeze......…………...........................…............… Splash, Joshua, Splash!......…........................…….................. This is the Van That Dad Cleaned......…...........................…… Bark, George......….............................…………………………. This is the Baby......…...............…............…………………….. The Cow Who Clucked........................…...……...……………. The First Day of Winte….....................…................................. Red, Red, Red...…...............…............…...….......................... Does a Cow Say Boo?......………...…...…...…...……………… My Truck is Stuck......……...…...………..............................….. What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story......………...… The Aunts Go Marching...…...….........…...…...……...………... We’ve All Got Bellybuttons!...……......…...….........……...……. The Baby BeeBee Bird.....................…...............…................. Is This a House for Hermit Crab?...…...….....................……... | Hort, Lenny Baddiel, Ivor Bee, William Bergman, Mara Bishop, Claire Blackstone, Stella Cabrera, Jane Cooney, Barbara Cuyler, Margery Downey, Lynn Doyle, Malachy Ernst, Lisa Campbell Feiffer, Jules Fleming, Candace Fleming, Denise Fleming, Denise Gorbachev, Valeri Hindley, Judy Lewis, Kevin Lum, Kate Manning, Maurie Martin, David Massie, Diane McDonald, Megan | To Market, To Market...…...…......…................. How Kind!...………...........................…............. Hippo Goes Bananas...……...…....................... The Baby Goes Beep......…...…....................... Your Kind of Mommy........................................ Oh, Look!.......................................................... Ten Little Sleepyheads...........................…....... The Rattletrap Car............................................ The Bunnies Are Not in Their Beds.................. 1, 2, I Love You................................................. Chicken Soup With Rice: A Book of Month...... Quiet Night........................................................ This is the House That Was Tidy and Neat...... Clickety Clack................................................... Joseph Had a Little Overcoat........................... The Wreck of the Zephyr.................................. Farmer Duck..................................................... Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story........................ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus.................. A Chair for My Mother...................................... A Frog in the Bog............................................. 10 Rubber Duckies........................................... The Deep Blue Sea: A Book of Colors............. The Napping House.......................................... | Miranda, Anne Murphy, Mary Murray, Marjorie O’Connell, Rebecca Parker, Marjorie Blain Polacco, Patricia Provost, Elizabeth Root, Phyllis Russo, Marisabina Schertle, Alice Sendak, Maurice Singer, Marilyn Sloat, Teri Spence, Robert Taback, Simms Van Allsburg, Chris Waddell, Martin Willans, Tom Willems, Mo Williams, Vera B. Wilson, Karma Winburn, William Wood, Audrey Wood, Audrey | |||
Predictable BooksRepetitive books are books that have a phrase that repeats several times or a pattern that repeats several times. These books are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers because they allow pre-readers to become active participants in read-aloud time. Young children will enjoy the rhythmic, lyrical patterns, as well as being able to chime in with a phrase that has become familiar to them. As pre-readers memorize and then repeat the line that appears throughout the text, they are matching words to text and developing a concept of the word. As children see the same print over and over again, many of the words on the page will become sight words as they make the transition to early-readers. | ||||||
Nonfiction for Young ChildrenBefore John Was a Jazz Giant: A Song of John Coltrane.................Charlie Parker Played Be Bop.......................................................... Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months..................................... The Deep Blue Sea: A Book of Colors............................................. Dig, Dig, Digging.............................................................................. Dilly Dilly Picadilli: Poems for the Very Young.................................. Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?........................................... Drummer Hoff................................................................................... Excuse Me!: A Little Book of Manners.............................................. The First Day of Winter..................................................................... Flying................................................................................................. The Gingerbread Man....................................................................... A Giraffe and a Half........................................................................... Go Tell Aunt Rhody........................................................................... Gobble It Up!: A Fun Song About Eating!.......................................... Henny Penny..................................................................................... Here Comes the Cat!: Syuda Idet Kot!.............................................. Lemons Are Not Red......................................................................... Mary Wore Her Red Dress, and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers.. My Little Sister Ate One Hare............................................................ My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz......................................... My People......................................................................................... One Duck Stuck................................................................................ The Teeny Tiny Woman: A Ghost Story............................................ This is the Rain.................................................................................. Today is Monday............................................................................... Vulture View...................................................................................... Whoever You Are.............................................................................. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale.......... | Carole Boston Weatherford Christopher Raschka Maurice Sendak Audrey Wood Margaret Mayo Myra Cohn Livingston Eric Carle Barbara Emberley Karen Katz Denise Fleming Donald Crews Eric A. Kimmel Shel Silverstein Aliki Jim Arnosky Paul Galdone Frank Asch Laura Vaccaro Seeger Merle Peek Bill Grossman Monica Brown Langston Hughes Phyllis Root Paul Galdone Lola M. Schaefer Eric Carle April Pulley Sayre Mem Fox Verna Aardema | Fiction for ReadersAre You My Mother?..........................................Bears in the Night.............................................. Biscuit................................................................ “Buzz” Said the Bee........................................... The Cat in the Hat............................................. Cat the Cat, Who Is That?................................. Chicken Said, “Cluck!”....................................... Dirty Larry.......................................................... Downtown Lost and Found................................ Eloise and the Snowman................................... The Foot Book................................................... Go, Dogs, Go..................................................... Go, Go, Go........................................................ Green Eggs and Ham........................................ Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy............. Here Comes the Snow...................................... Inside Outside Upside Down............................. Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill............................ More Spaghetti, I Say!....................................... Peek-a-boo at the Zoo....................................... A Picture of Hollis Woods.................................. Shoo, Fly Guy!................................................... The Teeny Tiny Woman..................................... There is a Bird on Your Head............................ Three Stories You Can Read to Your Cat.......... Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog......... The Zookeeper’s Sleepers................................ | Stan & Jan Berenstain Alyssa Satin Capucilli Wendy Cheyette Lewison Dr. Seuss Mo Willems Judyann Ackerman Grant Bobbie Hamsa Frank Edwards & John Bianchi Lisa McClatchy Dr. Seuss P.D. Eastman Read with Dick and Jane Dr. Seuss Lynley Dodd Angela Shelf Medearis Stan & Jan Berenstain Martha Weston Rita Golden Gelman Frank Edwards & John Bianchi Patricia Reilly Giff Tedd Arnold Jane O’Connor Mo Willems Sara Swan Miller Sara Swan Miller Frank Edwards & John Bianchi | |||
Fiction for Young ChildrenAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.Ask Mr. Bear............................................................................. Bark George.............................................................................. Bear Snores On........................................................................ Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?.......................... The Busy Little Squirrel............................................................. Caps for Sale............................................................................ The Chick and the Duckling...................................................... Chicka Chicka Boom Boom...................................................... Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type............................................ Dear Zoo................................................................................... Dini Dinosaur............................................................................. Do You Want to Be My Friend?................................................. The Doorbell Rang.................................................................... Don’t Squish the Sasquatch!..................................................... Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.................................. The Flea’s Sneeze.................................................................... From Head to Toe..................................................................... From My Window...................................................................... Give That Back, Jack!............................................................... Good Night, Gorilla................................................................... Goodnight, Moon...................................................................... The Grouchy Ladybug.............................................................. Hattie and the Fox.................................................................... Have You Seen My Cat?.......................................................... Have You Seen My Duckling?.................................................. Higher! Higher!......................................................................... A House Is a House For Me..................................................... I Am Eyes: Ni Macho................................................................ I Can Do It Too!........................................................................ I Went Walking.......................................................................... If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Series).................................... The Important Book.................................................................. In the Small, Small Pond.......................................................... Is Your Mama a Llama?............................................................ It Could Have Been Worse....................................................... It Looked Like Spilt Milk........................................................... | Judith Viorst Marjorie Flack Jules Feiffer Karma Wilson Bill Martin Nancy Tafuri Esphyr Slobodkina V. Suteev and Mirra Ginsburg Bill Martin Doreen Cronin Rod Campbell Karen Beaumont Eric Carle Pat Hutchins Kent Redeker Eileen Christelow Lynn Downey Eric Carle Olive Wong Phil Roxbee Cox Peggy Rathmann Margaret Wise Brown Eric Carle Mem Fox Eric Carle Nancy Tafuri Leslie Patricelli Mary Ann Hoberman Leila Ward Karen Baicker Sue Williams Laura Numeroff Margaret Wise Brown Denise Fleming Deborah Guarino A.H. Benjamin Charles G. Shaw | Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?..................... Jump, Frog, Jump!............................................. Just For You....................................................... Just Like Daddy................................................. King Bidgood’s In the Bathtub........................... Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up?.......... Leo the Late Bloomer........................................ Let’s Eat!............................................................ The Little Engine That Could............................. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything............................................................. Love You Forever.............................................. Mama, Do You Love Me?.................................. Millions of Cats.................................................. The Napping House........................................... No No, Jo!.......................................................... No, No, Jack!..................................................... Not a Box........................................................... Old Black Fly..................................................... Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes................ Sailor Bear......................................................... Silly Sally........................................................... Taking a Bath with the Dog and Other Things that Make Me Happy......................................... Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes................ That’s Good, That’s Bad.................................... The Thing that Bothered Farmer Brown............ This is the Bear.................................................. This is the Sunflower......................................... Time For Bed..................................................... Uh-Oh!............................................................... The Very Busy Spider........................................ The Very Hungry Caterpillar.............................. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.............................. Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?........................ Who Took the Farmer’s Hat............................... Whose Footprints?............................................ The Wind Blew.................................................. | Nancy White Carlstrom Robert Kalan Mercer Mayer Frank Asch Audrey Wood Bill Martin Jr. Robert Kraus Ana Zamorano Watty Piper Linda D. Williams Robert Munsch Barbara M. Joosse Wanda Gág Audrey Wood Kate and Jim McMullan Ron Hirsch Antoinette Portis Jim Aylesworth Eric Litwin Martin Waddell Audrey Wood Scott Menchin Mem Fox Margery Cuyler Teri Sloat Sarah Hayes Lola M. Schaefer Mem Fox Rachel Isadora Eric Carle Eric Carle Michael Rosen Karen Beaumont Joan M. Lexau Molly Coxe Pat Hutchins | |||
If You Like...Then You Will Like... | |||
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid | |||
If you enjoy Jeff Kinney’s "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, then you might enjoy the following books: | |||
| Adventures of Captain Underpants...…………………... Amelia’s Notebook...…………...…………...…………… Attack of the Mutant Underwear......……………………. Babymouse………...……......…………………………… Bad Kitty...………………………………………………… Bad Kitty Gets a Bath...…...…………………………….. Clarice Bean...…………………...………………………. Clementine...………………………......…………………. The Curse of Addy McMahon...…...……………………. Dear Dumb Diary...……………………………...………. Dexter the Tough...…………………...…...……………... The Diary of a Killer Cat...………......…………………... Ellie McDoodle......…………...……...……...…………… Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist...................................... Ghostyshocks and the Three Scares............................ It’s Only Temporary....................................................... Jake Drake.................................................................... | Dav Pilkey Marissa Moss Tom Birdseye Jennifer L. Holm Nick Bruel Nick Bruel Lauren Child Sara Pennypacker Katie Davis Jim Benton Margaret Peterson Haddix Anne Fine Barshaw Jim Benton Laurence Anholt Sally Warner Andrew Clements | Lucy Rose...……………………………………… Lunch Money...…………………………………... Martin Bridge...…………………………………... My Weird School...………………………………. Pinky and Rex...…………………………………. The Riot Brothers...……………………………… Sardine in Outer Space...………………………. Seriously Silly Stories...………………………… Snow White and the Seven Aliens...…………... Shampoozel………………………………………. Rumply Crumply Stinky Pin...…………………... Shredderman……………………………………... Sixth Grade Glommers, Norks and Me...……… Stepping on the Cracks...…………………...….. Stink...…...………...………......………...……….. Wringer...………………………………………….. Zack Files...………………………………………. | Katy Kelly Andrew Clements Jessica Scott Kerrin Dan Gutman James Howe Mary Amato Guibert Laurence Anholt Laurence Anholt Laurence Anholt Laurence Anholt Wendelin Van Draanen Lisa Papademetriou Mary Downing Hahn Megan McDonald Jerry Spinelli Dan Greenburg |
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If you enjoy R.L. Stine’s "Goosebumps" series, then you might enjoy the following books: | |||
| Diane Goode’s Book of Scary Stories and Songs...….. Dissolution: R.A. Salvatore’s War of the Spider Queen Even More Short and Shivery...…………………...……. If You Want to Scare Yourself...………………………… Man Who Tricked a Ghost............................................ Scared Silly! A book for the brave................................. Scary Classics, Stories from the Greatest Horror Writers............................................................... Scary Stories 3, More Tales to..................................... | An Anthology Richard Lee Byers Robert San Souci Angela Sommer-Bodenburg Laurence Yep Marc Brown An Anthology By Alvin Schwartz | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark...……………… Spooky Tales About Witches...…………...…….. The Best of Scary Stories for Stormy Nights..... The Dark Thirty...………………………………… The Pigeon........................................................ The Scary Book................................................. Twin Sisters....................................................... Whispering Room: Haunted Poems.................. X-Men: Magneto................................................ | By Alvin Schwartz Mildred Luckhardt An Anthology Patricia McKissack Jay Bennett By Joanna Cole By Janice Harrell By Gillian Clarke By Steven A. Roman |
Harry PotterIf you enjoy J.K. Rowling’s "Harry Potter" series, then you may enjoy the following books: | |||
| A Series of Unfortunate Events (series)........................ A Swiftly Tilting Planet................................................... A Wrinkle in Time.......................................................... Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland................................ Artemis Fowl................................................................. Bartimaeus...................................................................... Camelot............................................................................. Charlie and The Chocolate Factory...................................... Children of the Lamp..................................................... Cry of the Icemark......................................................... Daughters of the Moon.................................................. Dealing With Dragons................................................... Dragon Cauldron........................................................... Dragon of the Lost Sea................................................. Dragon Rider................................................................. Edge Chronicles............................................................ Ella Enchanted.............................................................. Ender’s Game............................................................... Eragon........................................................................... Faerie Wars................................................................... Golden Compass.......................................................... Here, There Be Dragons............................................... Inkheart.......................................................................... Kingdom Keepers.......................................................... Leven Thumps............................................................... Lord of the Rings........................................................... | Lemony Snicket Madeleine L’Engle Madeleine L’Engle L. Carroll Eoin Colfer Jonathan Stroud Jane Yolen Roald Dahl P.B. Kerr Stuart Hill Lynne Ewing Patricia C. Wrede L. Yep L. Yep Cornelia Funke Paul Stewart G. Levine Orson Scott Card Christopher Paolini Herbie Brennan Philip Pullman James A. Owen Cornelia Funke Ridley Pearson Obert Skye J.R.R. Tolkien | Lost Years of Merlin........................................... Matilda............................................................... Maximum Ride................................................... Merchant of Death............................................. Midnight for Charlie Bone.................................. Mister Monday................................................... Peter and the Starcatchers................................ Prydain Chronicles............................................. Rangers Apprentice........................................... Septimus Heap.................................................. So You Want to be a Wizard.............................. The Alchemyst................................................... The Chronicles of Narnia (series)...................... The Dark is Rising............................................. The Day of the Unicorn...................................... The Enchanted Forest Chronicles..................... The Hobbit......................................................... The Lightning Thief............................................ The Redwall Series............................................ The Shamer Chronicles..................................... The Thief Lord................................................... The Wizard of Oz (series).................................. Uglies................................................................. Wind in the Door................................................ Wizard in Wonderland....................................... | T.A. Barron Roald Dahl James Patterson D.J. MacHale Jenny Nimmo Garth Nix Dave Barry Lloyd Alexander Star Flanagan Angie Sage Diane Duane Michael Scott C. S. Lewis Susan Cooper M. Hunter Patricia Wrede J.R.R. Tolkien Rick Riordan Brian Jacques Lene Kaaberbol Cornelia Funke L. Frank Baum Scott Westerfeld Madeleine L’Engle J. Ure |