2008-2009 Book Club List


Welcome to our first Literature Leaflet Online!

Listed below you will find oodles of books for every interest the children in your life may have. Click on a book the delights your curiosity and find yourself transported to an image and description of that specific book. From there you can order directly online and have the books shipped to your home. Ho, ho, ho and Happy Holidays indeed!

As you peruse, don’t forget that books make FABULOUS gifts - in a stocking, under a tree, given to friends and family! Don’t be afraid to order multiples of your favorites as they never go out of style or fall out of favor. All in all, books as gifts are a great value and a loving and personal gesture. Enjoy!!

And, as always a portion of your purchase will benefit our school. It’s a gift that keeps on giving!

 

ABC’s and 123’s

 

1.    Chicka Chicka Boom Boom - Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert

2.    Alligators All Around: An Alphabet - Maurice Sendak

3.    The Abc Bunny - Wanda and Howard Gag

4.    Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany - Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser

5.    Ten, Nine, Eight - Molly Bang

6.    Count and See. - Tana Hoban

 

All Dressed Up

 

1.    My Very 1st Tea Party - Michal Sparks (2 and up)

2.    Tea for Ruby - Sarah Ferguson and Robin Preiss Glasser  (3 and up)

3.    Fancy Nancy and the Posh Puppy - Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser (3 and up)

4.    Pinkalicious - Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann (3 and up)

5.    Gigi: God's Little Princess - Sheila Walsh (3 and up)

6.    Ella Sarah Gets Dressed - Margaret Chodos-Irvine (3 and up)

7.    Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse - Kevin Henkes (4 and up)

 

All Things Go

 

1.    The Little Engine That Could - Watty Piper, George and Doris Hauman (2 and up)

2.    My Truck Is Stuck! - Kevin Lewis and Daniel Kirk (2 and up)

3.    Thomas the Really Useful Engine - The Rev W. Awdry and Tommy Stubbs (3 and up)

4.    Dig Dig Dig Digging - Margaret Mayo (3 and up)

5.    Who Is Driving? - Let Timmers (3 and up)

6.    I Stink! - Kate and Jim McMullan (3 and up)

7.    If You Decide To Go To The Moon - Faith McNulty and Steven Kellogg (4 and up)

 

Animal Lovers

 

1.    Noah's Ark - Peter Spier (2 and up)

2.    Hurry! Hurry! - Eve Bunting and Jeff Mack (2 and up)

3.    Kitten's First Full Moon - Kevin Henkes (2 and up)

4.    Bruno Munari's Zoo - Bruno Munari (2 and up)

5.    What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? - Robin Page and Steve Jenkins (2 and up)

6.    Actual Size - Steve Jenkins (3 and up)

7.    Giggle, Giggle, Quack - Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin (3 and up)

8.    The Ugly Duckling - Hans Christian Andersen and Jerry Pinkey (4 and up)

 

Around the World

 

1.    Story of Ferdinand - Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson (2 and up)  

2.    Hush! A Thai Lullaby - Minfong Ho and Holly Meade (2 and up)

3.    Tikki Tikki Tembo - Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent (3 and up)

4.    Five Chinese Brothers - Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese (3 and up) T

5.    The Mitten: An Old Ukrainian Folktale - Alvin Tresselt and Yaroslova (4 and up)

6.    One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale - Demi (4 and up)

7.    Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story - Tomie dePaola (4 and up)

 

Avid Adventurers

 

1.    Harold and the Purple Crayon - Crockett Johnson (2 and up)

2.    Duck on a Bike - David Shannon (2 and up)

3.    Olivia Saves the Circus - Ian Falcorner (3 and up)

4.    The Bravest Knight - Mercer Mayer (3 and up)

5.    Bats at the Library - Brian Lies (3 and up)

6.    The Maggie B - Irene Haas ( 4 and up)

 

Cuddle up with a Classic - Caldecott Award Winners

 

1.    First the Egg - Laura Vaccaro Seeger (2 and up)

2.    The Man Who Walked Between the Towers - Mordicai Gerstein (3 and up)

3.    The Three Pigs - David Wiesner (3 and up)

4.    Joseph Had a Little Overcoat - Simms Taback (2 and up)

5.    Song and Dance Man - Karen Ackerman (3 and up)

6.    Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - William Steig (4 and up)

7.    Always Room for One More - Sorche Nic Leodhas and Nonny Hogrogian

8.    Madeline's Rescue - Ludwig Bemelmans (3 and up)

9.    Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey (3 and up)

 

Dizzy for Dinosaurs

 

1.    Ten Little Dinosaurs - Jim Harris (2 and up)

2.    Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs - Byron Barton (2 and up)

3.    Bones, Bones, Dinosaur Bones - Byron Barton (3 and up)

4.    How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? - Jane Yolen and Mark Teague (3 and up)

5.    The Big Book of Dinosaurs: A First Book for Young Children - Angela Wilkes (4 and up)

6.    Dinosaurs: Encyclopedia Prehistorica - Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart (4 and up)

 

Fun and Friendship

 

1.    My Friend Rabbit - Eric Rohmann (2 and up)

2.    Dog and Bear: Two's Company - Laura Vaccaro Seeger (2 and up)

3.    Ella the Elegant Elephant - Carmela D’amico and Steve D’amico (3 and up)

4.    May I Bring a Friend? - Beatrice de Regniers and Beni Montresor (3 and up)

5.    Jumpy Jack & Googily - Meg Rosoff ad Sphoie Blackall (3 and up)

6.    George and Martha: One Fine Day - James Marshall (3 and up)

7.    Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship - Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu and Peter Greste (5 and up)

 

Kids in the Kitchen

 

1.    Sesame Street C Is for Cooking: Recipes from the Street - Susan McQuillan and Sesame Workshop

2.    Betty Crocker's Cookbook for Boys and Girls - Betty Crocker

3.    The Usborne First Cookbook - Angela Wilkes, Sally Griffin, Carrie Armstrong, and Rebecca Gilpin

4.    The Star Wars Cookbook II: Darth Malt and More Galactic Recipes - Frankie Frankeny and Wesley Martin

5.    Pink Princess Cookbook - Barbara Beery and Marty Snortum

 

Libros Favoritos!

 

1.    My First Spanish Word Board Book/Mi Primer Libro De Palabras En Espanol: A Bilingual Word Book

2.    Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, Que Ves Ahi? - Bill Martin and Eric Carle

3.    Buenas Noches Luna / Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd

4.    How Do I Feel?/Como Me Siento? - Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and Pamela Zagarenski

5.    What Color Is It?/ de que color es? - Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries and Pamela Zagarenski

6.    Count With Dora!: A Counting Book in Both English and Spanish - Phoebe Beinstein and Thompson Bros.

 

Little Ballerinas

 

1.    Ballerina! - Peter Sis (2 and up - Board Book)

2.    Angelina And the Princess - Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig (3 and up)

3.    My First Ballet Class - Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig (3 and up)

4.    Belinda Begins Ballet - Amy Young (3 and up)

5.    Lili at Ballet - Rachel Isadora (3 and up)

6.    The Story of the Nutcracker Ballet - Diane Goode (3 and up)

7.    The Illustrated Book of Ballet Stories - Barbara Newman (5 and up)

 

Mad for Manners

 

1.    Polite As a Princess - Melissa Lagonegro, Niall Harding, and Atelier Philippe Harchy (2 and up)

2.    Excuse Me!: A Little Book of Manners - Karen Katz (2 and up)

3.    Oops! Excuse Me Please!: And Other Mannerly Tales - (2 and up)

4.    Richard Scarry's Please and Thank You Book - Richard Scarry (2 and up)

5.    The Berenstain Bears and the Truth - Stan and Jan Berenstain (3 and up)

6.    May I Pet Your Dog?: The How-to Guide for Kids Meeting Dogs and Dogs Meeting Kids - Stephanie Calmenson and Jan Ormerod (3 and up)

7.    Manners Can Be Fun - Munro Leaf (3 and up)

 

Monster Mashers

 

1.    Go Away, Big Green Monster! - Edward R Emberley (2 and up)

2.    The Monster at the End of This Book - Jon Stone and Michael Smollin (2 and up)

3.    There's a Nightmare in My Closet - Mercer Mayer (3 and up)

4.    Harry and the Terrible Whatzit - Dick Gackenback (3 and up)

5.    Jitterbug Jam - Barbara Jean Hicks and Alexis Deacon (3 and up)

 

Mini Musicians

 

1.    Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin - Lloyd Moss and Margorie Priceman (2 and up)

2.    Let it Shine (2 and up)

3.    Forever Young - Bob Dylan and Paul Rogers (2 and up)

4.    Olivia Forms a Band - Ian Falconer (3 and up)

Can You Hear It? - Dr. William Lach and Metropolitan Museum of Art (4 and up)

6.    The Story of the Orchestra: Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music - Robert Levine and Meredith Hamilton (5 and up)

7.    Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra - Andrea and Brian Pinkey (5 and up)

 

Once Upon a Time...

 

1.    The Elves And the Shoemaker - John Cech and Kirill Chelushkin (3 and up)

2.    Goldilocks and the Three Bears - James Marshall (3 and up)

3.    Puss in Boots - Charles Perrault, Fred Marcellino, and Malcolm Arthur (4 and up)

4.    Rapunzel - Brothers Grimm and Paul O. Zelinsky (4 and up)

 

Petite Poets

 

1.    The Classic Treasury Of Best-Loved Children's Poems - Penny Daan

2.    Lavender's Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes - Kathleen Lines and Harold Jones

3.    Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry - Jane Yolen, Andrew Fusek Peters, Polly Dunbar

4.    My Very First Mother Goose - Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells

5.    Soup for Breakfast - Calef Brown

6.    A Light in the Attic - Shel Silverstein

 

Pretty as a Princess

 

1.    Do Princesses Really Kiss Frogs? - Carmela LaVigna Coyle and Mike Gordon (2 and up)

2.    Princesses (Touchy-Feely Board Books) - Fiona Watt and Elena Temporin (2 and up)

3.    The Twelve Dancing Princesses - Rachel Isadora (3 and up)

4.    Princess Penelope's Parrot - Helen Lester and Lynn M. Munsinger (3 and up)

5.    The Paper Bag Princess - Robert N. Munsch and Michael Martchenko (3 and up)

6.    Disney Princess Little Golden Book: Cinderella/Snow White/The Little Mermaid/Sleeping Beauty/Beauty and the Beast/Aladdin - Golden Books (3 and up)

7.    Don't Kiss the Frog! - Fiona Waters (4 and up)

 

Ready for Bed

 

1.    Grandfather Twilight - Barbara Helen Berger (2 and up)

2.    Prayer for a Child - Rachel Field and Elizabeth Orton Jones (2 and up)

3.    Give Me Grace: A Child's Daybook of Prayers - Cynthia Rylant (2 and up)

4.    The Napping House - (2 and up)

5.    When I was a Boy . . . I Dreamed - Justin Matott and Mark Ludy (3 and up)

6.    When I Was A Girl . . . I Dreamed - Justin Matott and Mark Ludy (3 and up)

7.    I Love You, Stinky Face - Lisa McCourt and Cyd Moore (3 and up)

 

Rhyming and Chiming

 

1.    Silly Sally - Audrey Wood (2 and up)

2.    Horton Hatches the Egg - Dr. Seuss (3 and up)

3.    The Cat In The Hat - Dr. Seuss (3 and up)

4.    The Lorax - Dr. Seuss (3 and up)

5.    The Hound from the Pound - Virginia Kahl (3 and up)

 

Silly and Sweet

 

1.    I Love It When You Smile - Sam McBratney and Charles Fuge (2 and up)

2.    A Bear and His Boy - Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy (2 and up)

3.    Emily's Balloon - Komako Sakai (2 and up)

4.    I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem - Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell (3 and up)

5.    On the Night You Were Born - Nancy Tillman (3 and up)

 

Walking the Plank

 

1.    Do Pirates Take Baths? - Kathy Tucker and Nadine Bernard Westcott  (2 and up)

2.    Edward and the Pirates - David McPhail (2 and up)

3.    How I Became a Pirate - Melinda Long and David Shannon (3 and up)

4.    Pirates Don't Change Diapers - Melinda Long and David Shannon (3 and up)

5.    The Night Pirates - Peter Harris and Deborah Allwright (3 and up)

6.    I Love My Pirate Papa - Laura Leuk and Kyle M. Stone (3 and up)

 

Wiggly Gigglers

 

1.    Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale - Mo Willems (2 and up)

2.    Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus - Mo Willems (2 and up)

3.    Harry the Dirty Dog - Gene Zion and Margaret Bloy Graham (3 and up)

4.    Curious George and the Birthday Surprise - HA and Margret Rey and Martha Weston (3 and up)

5.    If You Give a Cat a Cupcake - Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond (3 and up)

6.    Skippyjon Jones - Judith Schachner (4 and up)

 

Christmas Theme:

 

1.    The Sweet Smell of Christmas - Patricia M. Scarry and JP Miller (2 and up)

2.    The Night Before Christmas - Christian Birmingham and Clement C. Moore (2 and up)

3.    Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale - Martin Waddell and Jason Cockcroft (2 and up)

4.    Who Is Coming to Our House? - Joseph Slate (2 and up)

The Night Before Christmas: A Pop-Up - Clement C. Moore and Robert Sabuda (2 and up)

6.    Bear Stays Up: For Christmas - Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman (2 and up)

7.    Madeline's Christmas - Ludwig Bemelmans (3 and up)

8.    How the Grinch Stole Christmas - Dr. Seuss (3 and up)

9.    A Wish to Be a Christmas Tree - Colleen Monroe (3 and up)

10.    Drummer Boy - Loren Long (4 and up)

11.    I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles - Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick (3 and up)

12.    The Christmas Story - Jane Werner Watson and Eloise Wilkin (3 and up)

13.    Thomas's Christmas Delivery - Rev. W. Awdry and Tommy Stubbs (3 and up)

14.    Olivia Helps with Christmas - Ian Falconer (3 and up)

15.    Angelina's Christmas - Katharine Holabird and Helen Craig (3 and up)

16.    Merry Christmas, Curious George - HA and Pargret Rey, Cathy Hapka, and Mary O’Keefe Young (3 and up)

17.    Kay Thompson's Eloise at Christmastime - Kay Tompson and Hilary Knight (3 and up)

18.    Velveteen Rabbit - Margery Williams and William Nicholson (4 and up)

19.    The Gingerbread Man - Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock (4 and up)

20.    The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg (4 and up)



Books for Parents


Blessings of a Skinned Knee (Audiobook) - Wendy Mogul

Giving Good Gifts: The Spiritual Journey of Parenthood - George Conway

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk - Adele Faber



Are you looking for ways to strengthen your relationship with your children and make family interactions less stressful? If so, you are in luck! This spring, the Good Shepherd Parent Book Club will focus on the National Bestseller How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. This book is full of down-to-earth, innovative ways to solve everday problems and build foundations for enduring relationships with children of all ages..