BOOKSLOG 2006

* recommended titles


january
* jolly snow - jane hissey
* penguin dreams - j. otto seibold
* 10 little rubber ducks - eric carle
* shhhhh! everyone is sleeping - julie markes
anansi the spider - gerald mcdermott
flossie and the fox - patricia mckissack
the dark at the top of the stairs - sam mcbratney
* the salamander room - anne mazer
* old devil wind - bill martin jr
* elmer- david mckee
* edward and the pirates - david mcphail
fables - arnold lobel
* officer buckle and gloria - peggy rathman
* charlie's checklist - rory lerman
* the best thing about puppy - judy hindley
get out of bed - robert munsch
we share everything - robert munsch
* the pigeon finds a hot dog! - mo willems
giggle, giggle, quack - doreen cronin
diary of a worm - doreen cronin
* days with frog and toad - arnold lobel
* frog and toad together - arnold lobel
* frog and toad all year - arnold lobel
* frog and toad are friends - arnold lobel
* read to your bunny - rosemary wells
* traction man is here! - mini grey
* if you give a mouse a cookie - laura numeroff
* martha speaks - susan meddaugh
* come back puppies - jan ormerod
i want to be - thylias moss

february
five chinese brothers - claire huchet bishop
tikki tikki tembo - arlene mosel
fun dog, sun dog - deborah heiligman
* corduroy - don freeman
* amazing grace - mary hoffman
more, more, more said the baby - vera b williams
* shoes shoes shoes - ann morris
* ben's trumpet - rachel isadora
tar beach - faith ringgold
* leonardo the terrible monster - mo willems
widget - lyn mcfarland
i'm not going to chase the cat today! - jessica harper
* sit, truman! - cara moser
carl goes shopping - alexandra day
circus family dog - andrew clements
* little new kangaroo - bernard wiseman
* bark, george - jules feiffer
* i kissed the baby! - mary murphy
mr grumpy's outing - john burningham
zomo the rabbit - gerald mcdermott
* spots feathers and curly tails - nancy tufari
* duck on a bike - david shannon
* the gardener - sarah stewart
the fire truck - peter sis
* the birthday fish - dan yaccarino
gilbert the great - jane clarke
a brave spaceboy - dana kessimakis
squashed in the middle - elizabeth winthrop
and tango makes three - justin richardson
starry safari - linda ashman
* bear goes shopping - harriet ziefert
* be brown - barbara bottner
perfect puppy - stephanie calmeson
* dinosaur roar! - paul and henrietta strickland
edward in deep water – rosemary wells
five little ducks – beck
i heard said the bird – berends
in the tall tall grass – denise fleming
* mouse paint – walsh
the big sneeze – brown
* the scarecrow’s hat - brown
* another important book - margaret wise brown
* cock a doodle moo! - most
* pigsty - mark teague
gotcha! - jorgenson
* little elephant - tana hoban
miss spider's abc - david kirk
* so many circles, so many aquares - tana hoban
king biggood's in the bathtub - audrey wood
* little rabbit's loose tooth - lucy bate
* more than anything else - marie bradby
my puffer train - mary murphy
aunt harriet's underground railroad in the sky - faith finggold
in november - cynthia rylant
sheep in a jeep - nancy shaw
do not open - brinton turkle
cookie's week - cindy ward
tuesday - david wiesner
edward unready for school - rosemary wells
max's chocolate chicken - rosemary wells
mcduff and the baby - rosemanry wells
the monster bed - jeanne willis
no roses for harry! - gene zion
* harry the dirty dog - gene zion
* sylvester and the magic pebble - william steig
* dog eared - amanda harvey
shelf elf - jackie hopkin
* the busy body book - lizzy rockwell
* city 1 2 3 - zoran milich
* hello usa - higashi glaser
a was once an apple pie - edward lear
clifford y los sonidos de los animales - norman bridwell
what day is it? que dia es? - pamela zagarenski
1,2,3 count with me - naomi kleinberg
buenas noches, bebe - mike good
ain't no mountain high enough - charles smith
just a dump truck - mercer mayer
diddle, diddle, dumpling - tracey campell pearson
* hello shapes! - higashi glaser
* hey diddle, diddle! - salley mavor
* hands are not for hitting - martine agassi
* feet are not for kicking - elizabeth verdick
* blankie - leslie patricelli
ruby's rainy day - rosemary wells
max and ruby's snowy day - rosemary wells
spot loves his daddy - eric hill
what do you do? - mandy stanley
abc - alison jay
* run, mouse, run - petr horacek
* moo, baa, la la la! - sandra boyton
* under my hood i have a hat - karla kuskin
circles of hope - karen williams
happy to be girls - sarah davies
three feet small - michael rosen
* the secret - lindsay barrett george
dancing matilda - sarah hager
* because of you - b.g. hennessy

march
* under my hood i have a hat - karla kuskin
circles of hope - karen williams
happy to be girls - sarah davies
three feet small - michael rosen
* the secret - lindsay barrett george
dancing matilda - sarah hager
* because of you - b.g. hennessy
* my nana and me - irene smalls
buzy's birthday - harriet ziefert
* mother, mother i want another - maria robbins
* bear all year - harriet ziefert
* superhero - marc tauss
tucker's four-carrot school day - susan winget
otto goes to school - todd parr
the amazing bone - william steig
* the quarreling book - charlotte zolotow
* a kiss for little bear - else holmelund minarik
* henry and mudge - cythia rylant
* wiggle - doreen cronin
* what shall we do with boo hoo baby? - cressida cowell
* a mother for choco - keiko kasza
are you my mother? - pd eastman
go dog go - pd eastman
flap your wings - pd eastman
henny penny - paul galdone
who took the famer's hat - joan nodset
* who hops? - katie davis
* parts - tedd arnold
there's something in my attic - mercer mayer
bootsie barker bites - barbara bottner
peas - nicholas heller
there's an alligator under my bed - mercer mayer
miss doesn't live in room 10 - judy finchler
little chicken chicken - david martin
the dinosaurs are back - wendy hartman
* when you were a baby - ann jonas
inch by inch - leo lionni
pig, pig grows up - david mcphail
titch - pat hutchins
* anansi and the talking melon - eric kimmel
just like daddy - frank asch
seven blind mice - ed young
* the journey that saved curious george - louise borden
* happy hockey family - lane smith

april
* creativity - john steptoe
* how my parents learned to eat - ina freidman
* jalapeno bagels - wing
yo, vikings! - judith schachner
rosy's visitors - judy hindley
american wei - marion pomeranc
inside mouse, outside mouse - george
mouse went out to get a snack - mcFarland
mice are nice - ghigna
* possum came a-knockin' - nancy van lann
* jessica - kevin henkes
* be bim bop - linda sue park
* there is no such thing as a dragon - jack kent
* papa, do you love me? - barbara joose
swim, little wombat, swim! - charles fuge
sweet dreams, maisy - lucy cousins
i ain’t gonna paint no more! – karen beaumont
the important book - margaret wise brown
* enemy pie - derek munson
* monster cake - rebecca dickinson
* polar bear night - laura thompson
* hello goodbye window - norton juster
* wow! city! - robert neubecker
hooray fish! - lucy cousins
swimmy - leo lionni
* a house for hermit crab - eric carle
* mister seahorse - eric carle
into the a,b, sea - deborah lee rose
* rainbow fish - marcus pfister
rainbow fish to the rescue - marcus pfister

may
* whose feet? - nina hess
* slap, squeak and scatter - steve jenkins
* actual size - steve jenkins
* what do you do with a tail like this? - steve jenkins
* biggest, strongest, fastest - steve jenkins
* on your potty! - virginia miller
* be gentle! - virginia miller
* go to bed! - virginia miller
* we’re going on a bear hunt - michael rosen
* jesse bear what will you wear? - nancy carlstrom
* a kiss for little bear - else minarik
* can’t sleep – chris raschka
* 10 minutes till bedtime - peggy rathmann
goodnight, goodnight - eve rice
kitten from one to ten - mirra ginsburg
edna’s tale - lisze bechtold
* hug - jez alborough
* tall - jez albourough
* little gorilla - chris bornstein
* good night gorilla - rathman
* slither swoop and swing - alex ayliffe
* whose nose and toes? - john butler
* do monkeys tweet? - melanie walsh
* guess who’s in the jungle? - naomi russell
* animals sleeping - masayuki yabuuchi
* barnyard banter - denise fleming
* hot city - barbara joose
* my hands can - holzenthaler
when you were a baby - ann jonas
a children’s zoo - hoban
1,2,3 to the zoo - eric carle
rabbit’s good news - chris bornstein
five little ducks - ivan bates
fancy nancy - jane o'connor
* many ways - chelley rotner
* the peace book - todd parr
families - susn kuklin
* bessie smith and the night riders - sue stauffacher
* subway sparrow - leyla torres
* erandi's braids - antonio hernandez madrigal
* mrs. katz and tush - patricia polacco
* no laughing, no smiling, no giggling - james stevenson
* smoky night - eve bunting
reading makes you feel good - todd parr

september
* matilda - dahl
* esperanza rising - munoz ryan
grandma fina and her wonderful umbrellas
* my very own room/ mi propio cuarito - perez
my name is/ me llamo celia - brown
* i love saturdays y domingos - flor ada
* waiting for snow in havana - carlos eire
* mi carrito - gary soto cesar chavez si se puede - carmen t. bernier-grand

december
* postsecret - frank warren
* my secret - frank warren
* baby mouse : queen of the world! - jennifer holm
* johnny mutton, he's so him - james proimos
* don't get too comfortable - david rakoff
i like you : hospitality under the influence - amy sedaris
* flotsam - david weisner
* dream snow - eric carle