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A. Science and Nature Stories
- A Drop Around the World
- Agate, What Good is a Moose?
- Animals Asleep
- Are You a Grasshopper?
- Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
- Baby Whale's Journey
- BATS by Gail Gibbons
- Beaver at Long Pond
- Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
- Bonny's Big Day
- CATS by Gibbons
- Chameleon, Chameleon
- Do Tornadoes Really Twist?
- Earthquake in the Early Morning
- Everybody Needs a Rock
- FROG OR TOAD Nonfiction
- Frogs, Toads, and Turtles
- Fun Facts About Pets
- GATHERING A Northwoods Counting Book
- Hawk, I’m Your Brother
- Honk, Honk, Goose
- Hummingbirds ZOOBOOK
- Hurricanes
- I See a Kookaburra! Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World
- Knut How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World
- Long Night Moon
- Lost In The Woods: A Photographic Fantasy
- Make Way For Ducklings
- My Visit to the Aquarium
- MY VISIT TO THE DINOSAURS
- Night Cat
- Night in the Country
- On the Way to the Beach
- OWL MOON by Jane Yolen
- OWLS by Gail Gibbons
- Rock Picker’s Guide to Lake Superior’s North Shore
- Science Experiments & Amusements for Children
- Spiders
- SPRING
- STARS BENEATH YOUR BED
- STELLALUNA
- SUN
- The Emperor's Egg
- The Night of the Fireflies
- The Pumpkin Book
- The Sea House
- The Vegetables We Eat
- There is a Tree
- Tracks in the Wild
- Trees, Leaves, and Bark
- Volcanoes and Earthquakes
- Wait Till the Moon is Full
- Waterdance
- WETLANDS A Survival Story
- White Owl, Barn Owl
- WIND
B. Math Stories
- 1 + 1 = 5 and Other Unlikely Additions
- 88 Pounds of Tomatoes
- Actual Size
- Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
- Capacity
- Domino Addition
- Double the Ducks
- EATING FRACTIONS
- FRACTION FUN
- Goldie Locks and the Three Squares
- Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest
- How Big is a Foot?
- Length
- MATH POTATOES
- Measuring Penny
- Monster Math
- North Star Numbers a Minnesota Number Book
- On the Same Day in March
- Place Value Story
- Quack and Count
- Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
- Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland
- The Doorbell Rang
- The Frogs Buy a New House
- THE GRAPES OF MATH
- The Greedy Triangle
- The Spoons Eat Ice Cream: A Math Measuring Story
- What's Up with that Cup?
- When it is 6 O'clock in San Francisco
- Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game
Books for beginning and ending the school year:
Books of Poetry
C. Chapter Books for Grades 4-6
D. Spring Stories
E. Worthy Anytime Stories
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Amazing Grace
- Antler, Bear, Canoe, a Northwoods Alphabet Year
- Are You My Mother?
- ART
- Arthur's First Sleepover
- ARTHUR'S TV TROUBLE
- Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
- Best Friends for Frances
- Cézanne and the Apple Boy
- Charlie Anderson
- D.W. Picky Eater
- Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb?
- Dreamcatcher
- ELMER and the Rainbow
- Fancy Nancy Bonjour Butterfly
- Farmer Duck
- Froggy Builds a Tree House
- Froggy Goes to Hawaii
- Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians
- Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?
- Hiawatha's Childhood
- Hunter's Best Friend at School
- I is for India
- I Like the Music
- Jane and the Magician
- Jumanji
- JUNGLE DRUMS
- Knuffle Bunny
- Liar, Liar Pants on Fire
- Merry-Go-Round
- Millions of Cats
- Miss Rumphius
- My Many Colored Days
- Night Cat
- Night Driving
- O'Canada
- Pirate Boy
- RAINBOW CROW
- Red, White and Blue
- Spy on Third Base
- Strega Nona
- Suki's Kimono
- Tacky the Penguin
- The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
- The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with CHORES
- The Berenstain Bears Go Back to School
- The Berenstain Bears New Baby
- The Black Book of Colors
- The Blue Hill Meadows
- The Boy in the Garden
- The Colors of Us
- The Doll People
- THE DOT
- The Elephant's Child
- The Giving Tree
- THE HOUSE IN THE NIGHT
- The Korean Cinderella
- The New Baby
- The Red Book
- The Runaway Bunny
- The Seven Blind Mice
- The Story About Ping
- The Story of Jumping Mouse
- The Whipping Boy
- This is Rome
- Three Cheers for Tacky
- To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: WHAT IS A VERB?
- Tools
- Tough Boris
- When Times are Tough
- Where the Wild Things Are
F. Pre-reading stories
Fall and Winter Books
- A Mountain of Mittens
- Arthur's Thanksgiving
- Fiddler of the Northern Lights
- Ice Palace
- Inside, Outside Christmas
- Little Polar Bear and the Whales
- Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree
- SHINGEBISS
- Stranger in the Woods
- Thanksgiving Day
- THE EARTH UNDER SKY BEAR'S FEET: NATIVE AMERICAN POEMS OF THE LAND
- The Missing Mitten Mystery
- The Mitten
- The Perfect Thanksgiving
- The Polar Express
- The Pumpkin Book
- The Raven’s Gift: A True Story From Greenland
- Winter Days in the Big Woods
- Winter is the Warmest Season
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G. Beginning Readers
- Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole
- DIXIE
- Fancy Nancy: Pajama Day
- First Grade Ladybugs
- Footprints In The Snow
- FROG AND TOAD ALL YEAR
- Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea
- Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night
- Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test
- Henry and Mudge, the First Book
- Martin's Dream
- Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree
- Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon
- Minnie and Moo Save the Earth
- Morris Goes to School
- OWL AT HOME by Arnold Lobel
- PIERRE
- STAR WARS The Story of Darth Vader
- Tall
- Three by the Sea
- Uncle Elephant
- Zack's Alligator
H. Reading Aloud to Children, Books to Help Parents and Grandparents
I. Self-Esteem Stories
J. Let's Work it Out series by Rachel Lynette
K. Some Fun Easter Stories
M. Historical Fiction
- Abe Lincoln’s Hat
- Blaze and the Indian Cave
- How I Learned Geography
- Keep the Fires Burning, Abbie
- Let Freedom Sing
- My First Little House Book Series
- Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt
- The Bicycle Man
- The Elephant Quilt: Stitch by Stitch to California
- THE FIRST FOUR YEARS
- The Train They Call the City of New Orleans
- TSUNAMI!
- When I Was Young in the Mountains
- Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
- Winter Days in the Big Woods
N. FUN Stories
- ALBERT
- Basil's Birds
- CINDERELLA PENGUIN
- Curious George
- Curious George and the Dinosaur
- Curious George Plays Baseball
- Curious George Takes a Job
- Going the Moose Way Home
- Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree
- Mr. Putney's Quacking Dog
- Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
- Pirate Boy
- STAR WARS The Story of Darth Vader
- The Bubble Factory
- THE END
- The Escape of Marvin the Ape
- The Irish Piper
- The Stupids
- There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout!
O. Beginning chapter readers
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Printable Books
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Teacher Books
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Carolyn,
You’ve done so much work on this site! It’s so much fun to look at everything you’ve posted. You have many titles that I love! Great literature!!
Ruth
Ruth,
Thanks for visiting! I’m going to be posting some books and then provide links to your wonderful novel units for middle and high school. I think we agree on which books are wonderful. So many books, so little time.
Carolyn