Beginning Ages

Beginning Ages


Aladdin. Retold by Andrew Lang. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
New York: Puffin, 1983. [Courage]

All Night, All Day: A Child's First Book of African-American
Spirituals. Selected and illustrated by Ashley Bryan. New York:
Atheneum, 1991.

Andersen, Hans Christian. The Emperor's New Clothes.
Illustrated by Anne Rockwell. New York: HarperCollins, 1982.
[Honesty]

Atwater, Richard & Florence. Mr. Popper's Penguins. Illustrated
by Robert Lawson. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1938. [Kindness;
Humor; Imagination]

Barrett, Judi. Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People.
Illustrated by Ron Baffet. New York: Aladdin, 1988.
[Self-Control]

Baylor, Byrd. I'm in Charge of Celebrations. Illustrated by
Peter Parnall. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1986. [Respect
for Home and the Natural World; Imagination]

Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline & the Bad Hat. New York: Puffin,
1977. [Humor]

Brott, Ardyth. Jeremy's Decision. Illustrated by Michael
Martchenko. New York: Kane-Miller, 1990.

Burleigh, Bob. Flight. Illustrated by Mike Wimmer. New York:
Putnam, 1991. [Courage; Aspirational]

Burton, Virginia L. Choo Choo: The Story of a Little Engine Who
Ran Away. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988.

______. Katy & the Big Snow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1971. [Perseverance]

______. Little House. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1978.

______. Mike Mulligan & His Steam Shovel. Boston: Houghton
Mifflin Co., 1987.

Caseley, Judith. Dear Annie. New York: Greenwillow, 1991.

Childcraft. The How & Why Library. 15 Volumes. Chicago: World
Book, 1991. [For ages 4-10, fine illustrations. Volumes 1-3
contain literature from all ages and around the world. Volumes
4-14 teach children about living things, machines, the world
and its people, and about themselves. Volume 15 is for
parents.]

Cleary, Beverly. Henry Huggins series. Various editions.

______. Ramona series. Various editions.

Climo, Shirley. The Cobweb Christmas. Illustrated by Joe
Lasker. New York: HarperCollins, 1982. [Kindness]

Cooney, Barbara. Miss Rumphius. New York: Viking, 1982.

De Brunhoff, Jean. The Story Babar. New York: Dragonfly Books,
1989.

Demi. The Empty Pot. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1990.
[Honesty]

De Paola, Tomie. The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard &
Her Dog. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981.

Dr. Seuss. Horton Hatches the Egg. New York: Random House,
1940. [Dependability]

Dorros, Arthur. Abuela. New York: Dutton, 1991. [Family
Commitment]

Eastman, P. D. Are You My Mother? New York: Random House, 1986.
[Family Commitment]

Family Pictures--Cuadros de Familia. Illustrated by Carmen L
Garza. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1990. [Family
Commitment]

Flack, Marjorie. The Story About Ping. Illustrated by Kurt
Wiese. New York: Puffin, 1977.

Fox, Mem. Koala Lou. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
1989.

______. Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge. Illustrated by Julie
Vivas. New York: Kane-Miller, 1985.[Kindness; Helping Each
Other; Friendship; Careful Thinking]

Freedman, Florence B. Brothers. New York: HarperCollins, 1985.
[Family Commitment; Religious Faith]

Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats. New York: Coward, 1977.

Galdone, Paul. The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Boston: Clarion,
1981.

Gantschev, Ivan. The Christmas Train. Boston: Little, Brown &
Co., 1984. [Courage; Careful

Garfield, Leon. Fair's Fair. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler. New
York: Doubleday, 1983. [Friendship]

Greenfield, Eloise. Honey, I Love: And Other Love Poems.
Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon. New York: HarperCollins,
1978. Includes a poem about Harriet Tubman.

Griffith, Helen V. Grandaddy's Place. Illustrated by James
Stevenson. New York: Greenwillow, 1987. [Family Commitment;
Respect for Home and the Natural World]

Grimm's Fairy Tales. Various editions. Includes "The Brave
Little Tailor"; "The Bremen Town Musicians"; "Cinderella"; "The
Elves & the Shoemaker"; "The Fisherman & His Wife"; "Hansel &
Gretel"; "Rapunzel"; "The Sleeping Beauty"; "Snow White & Rose
Red"; "Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs"; "The Twelve Dancing
Princesses"; and others.

Hendershot, Judith. In Coal Country. Illustrated by Thomas B.
Allen. New York: Knopf, 1987. [Work Well Done; Family
Commitment]

Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum. New York: Greenwillow, 1991.
[Courage; Self-Respect]

Hoban, Russell. A Baby Sister for Frances. Illustrated by
Lillian Hoban. New York: HarperCollins, 1976. [Love]

Hoffman, Mary. Amazing Grace. New York: Dial Books for Young
Readers, 1991.

The Hole in the Dike. Retold by Norma Green. Illustrated by
Eric Carle. New York: Crowell, 1975. [Courage; Perseverance]

Howard, Elizabeth F. Chita's Christmas Tree. Illustrated by
Floyd Cooper. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1989.

Jakes, John. Susanna of the Alamo: A True Story. San Diego:
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1986. [Courage]

Joosse, Barbara M. Mama, Do You Love Me? Illustrated by Barbara
Lavallee. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1991.

Keats, Ezra J. The Snowy Day. New York: Puffin, 1976.

Lasky, Kathryn. Sea Swan. Illustrated by Catherine Stock. New
York: Macmillan Child Group, 1988. [Aspiration]

Leprince de Beaumont, Marie. Beauty & the Beast. Various
editions.

Lester, Helen. The Wizard, the Fairy, & the Magic Chicken.
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.,
1988. [Friendship]

Lionni, Leo. A Color of His Own. New York: Pantheon, 1976.

______. It's Mine. New York: Knopf, 1986.

______. Nicolas, Where Have You Been? New York: Knopf, 1987.

______. Swimmy. New York: Pantheon, 1968.

Lobel, Arnold. Fables. New York: HarperCollins, 1980.

______. Frog & Toad Are Friends. New York: HarperCollins, 1970.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Hiawatha. Illustrated by Susan
Jeffers. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1983.

Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China. Translated &
Illustrated by Ed Young. New York: Putnam, 1989. [Careful
Thinking Humor; Courage]

Luttrell, Ida. Three Good Blankets. Illustrated by Michael
McDermott. New York: Macmillan Child Group, 1990. [Kindness;
Helping Each Other]

MacDonald, Betty. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. Illustrated by Hilary
Knight. New York: HarperCollins, 1957.

Martin, Bill, Jr. & John Archambault. Knots on a Counting Rope.
Illustrated by Ted Rand. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1987.
[Courage; Family Commitment]

McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. New York: Puffin, 1989.

______. Make Way for Ducklings. New York: Puffin, 1991.

McGuire, Leslie. Baby Night Owl. Illustrated by Mary Szilagyi.
New York: Random House, 1989.

McKissack, Patricia C. Flossie & the Fox. Illustrated by Rachel
Isadora. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1986.
[Self-Reliance; Self-Knowledge; Careful Thinking; Humor]

______. Lost! Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1990.

McQueen, Lucinda. Little Red Hen. New York: Scholastic, 1985.

Miles, Miska. Annie & the Old One. Illustrated by Peter
Parnall. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1972. [Family Commitment;
Respect for Home and the Natural World]

Milhous, Katherine & Alice Dalgliesh. The Turnip: An Old
Russian Folktale. Illustrated by Pierr Morgan. New York:
Putnam, 1990. [Cooperation]

Milne, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.
New York: Dutton, 1988. [Friendship; Helping Each Other; Humor]

Mosel, Arlene. Tikki Tikki Tembo. Illustrated by Blair Lent.
New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1968. [Humor, Family Commitment]

Mother Goose. Various editions, for example:
The Just Right Mother Goose. Selected and illustrated by
Arnold Lobel.

Mother Goose. Selected and illustrated by Tomie De Paola.

The Real Mother Goose. Selected and illustrated by Blanche
F. Wright. Lakewood, Ohio: Smarty Pants.

Murphy, Jill. Five Minutes' Peace. New York: Putnam, 1989.
[Generous Understanding]

Olson, Arielle N. The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter. Illustrated
by Elaine Wentworth. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1987.
[Courage; Unselfishness; Dependability; Responsibility]

Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could. Various editions.

Polacco, Patricia. Babushka's Doll. New York: Simon & Schuster,
1990.

______. Chicken Sunday. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
[Family Commitment]

Porter, Sue. Little Wolf & the Giant. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1990.

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit. London: Warne, 1902.

Rey, H. A. Curious George. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.

Ringgold, Faith. Tar Beach. New York: Crown Publishers Inc.,
1991. [Self-Reliance; Concern for Others]

Rylant, Cynthia. When I Was Young in the Mountains. Illustrated
by Diane Goode. New York: Dutton, 1985.

San Souci, Robert D. The Talking Eggs. Illustrated by Jerry
Pinkney. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1989.

Scarry, Richard. What Do People Do All Day? New York: Random
House, 1968.

Schindel, John. Who Are You? Illustrated by James Watts. New
York: Macmillan Child Group, 1991. [Family Commitment; Concern
for Others; Humor]

Schwartz, David. Supergrandpa. New York: Lothrop, 1991.

Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York:
HarperCollins, 1988.

Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Why Noah Chose the Dove. Illustrated by
Eric Carle. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1974.
[Dependability; Justice]

Steig, William. Brave Irene. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
1986. [Perseverance; Courage]

______. Sylvester & the Magic Pebble. New York: Simon &
Schuster, 1988.

Steptoe, John. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale.
New York: Lothrop, 1987. [Kindness; Helping Each Other;
Justice]

Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child's Garden of Verses. Various
editions.

Thayer, Ernest L. Casey at the Bat. Illustrated by Wallace
Tripp. New York: Putnam, 1980. [Self-Knowledge; Humor]

Watson, Jane W., et al. Sometimes I Get Angry. Illustrated by
Irene Trivas. New York: Crown, 1986.

Williams, Vera B. Cherries & Cherry Pits. New York:
Greenwillow, 1986. [Careful Thinking; Imagination; Kindness;
Helping Each Other]

______. More More More, Said the Baby. New York: Greenwillow,
1990.

Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy. New York: Viking, 1955.
[Responsibility; Self-Control]

Zemach, Margot. It Could Always Be Worse. New York: Farrar,
Straus & Giroux, 1990.