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Hot Topics! Reading List for
Early Readers...
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Ant and Bee by Angela Banner
- These great little books are out of print, but worth looking for (watch the
prices - you can find them cheap, sometimes)
 Illustrated by Eric Carle...
Colorful artist of great stories. My kids were opposites: the eldest
preferred the large hardback versions; the little one preferred the kid-sized
board books or mini hardbacks...
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (board
book or
hardback)
The Very Quiet Cricket (board
book or
hardback)
The Very Lonely Firefly (board
book or
hardback)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (board
book or
hardback)
The Very Busy Spider (board
book or
hardback)
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle (school
& library binding only)
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (board
book or
hardback)
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (hardback
only)
Papa Please Get The Moon For Me (board
book or
hardback)
Draw Me a Star (hardback
only)
The Mixed-Up Chameleon (board
book or
hardback)
The Grouchy Ladybug (board
book or
hardback)
 A
House for Hermit Crab (mini
hardback or
paperback)
The Tiny Seed (hardback
or
paperback)
Pancakes, Pancakes! (hardback
or
paperback)
Today Is Monday (board
book or
paperback)
1,2,3 To the Zoo: A Counting Book (board
book or
paperback)
From Head to Toe (board
book or
paperback)
Do
You Want to Be My Friend? (board
book or
hardback)
Have You Seen My Cat? (board
book or
hardback)
Animals Animals (hardback
or
paperback)
Dragons Dragons: & Other Creatures That Never Were (paperback
only)
The Secret Birthday Message (board
book or
paperback)
Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth by Jane Goodall (school
& library binding only)
Hello, Red Fox (hardback
or
paperback)
The Foolish Tortoise (board
book or
paperback)
The Greedy Python (board
book or
hardback)
The Honeybee and the Robber: A Moving/Picture Book (hardback
or
school & library binding)
Mr.
Seahorse
The
Mountain that loved a Bird (hardback
or
school & library binding)
Does
a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?
123
to the Zoo (hardback
or
school & library binding)
10
Little Rubber Ducks (hardback)
My Body
Science by Shinta Cho (translated by Amanda Mayer Stinchecum)
Exploring subjects generally considered taboo, with light humor and simple
illustrations...
Everyone Poops
The Holes in Your Nose
The Gas We Pass
All About Scabs
Contemplating Your Bellybutton
Breasts
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Purple crayon in hand, Harold draws things, and joins right in...
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Harold's Fairy Tale
Harold's Trip to the Sky
Harold's Circus
Harold's ABC
A
Picture for Harold's Room
Harold at the North Pole
Harold's Circus
More Harold Books, by Liza Baker, illustrated by Kevin Murawski
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Animals, Animals, Animals!
Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Birthday Present
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Under the Sea
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Dinosaur Days
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Harold Finds a Friend
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Race Car
Still more Harold Books, illustrated by Kevin Murawski...
Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Giant Garden by Patricia Lakin
Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Giant Garden by Valerie Garfield
Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Birthday Present by Valerie Garfield
Harold and the Purple Crayon: The Giant Garden by Valerie Garfield
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Opposites by Jodi Huelin
Harold and the Purple Crayon: Shapes by Jodi Huelin
By Nathan Levy
Written for those young gifted children in our lives!
There
Were Those (also available directly from Nathan Levy
There Were
Those)
By Anne Margaret
Lewis and Kathleen Chaney Fritz
Gitchi Gumee A classic tale, with gorgeous illustrations...
Tom and Pippo by Helen Oxenbury
These great little books are also out of print, but are available quite
reasonably used, or borrow from your local library...
By Jon Scieszka
 The Stinky
Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables
The True
Story of the 3 Little Pigs
The Frog Prince, Continued
The Book that Jack Wrote
Math Curse
Science Verse
Seen Art?
Baloney (Henry P.)
By Shel Silverstein
 Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic
Falling Up
The Giving Tree
The Missing Piece
Meets the Big O
Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back
The Missing Piece
Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook
A Giraffe and a Half
 By
Timothy R. Smith
Buck
Wilder's Animal Wisdom
Buck Wilder and his animal friends show us the how nature and life are
interconnected - great lessons, and great fun!
By Eugene Trivizas
This fractured fairy tale has a subtle message... it's role-reversal time!
The Three
Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
The Learning to Get Along Series for Young Kids
Accept
and Value Each Person by Cheri J. Meiners
Simple picture book about diversity of all kinds
Reach
Out and Give by Cheri J. MeinersGenerosity is more than just
giving...
Try
and Stick With It by Cheri J. MeinersIntroduces children to
flexibility, stick-to-it-iveness (perseverance) - great for our little
perfectionists!
-
 The
ABCs of Halloween by Patti Reeder Eubank
- Two endearing black cats lead children through the alphabet as each letter
brings new words for the Halloween season. This tale is perfect for the young
child as there's nothing scary in the book...
-
 G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book
by David Schwartz
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Entries include abacus, binary, cubit, diamond ("There are no diamonds in math. We put diamond in this book so you would know it doesn't belong here"), equilateral, exponent, Fibonacci, googol, y-axis, and zillion
-
 The
Hands-On Marvelous Ball Book by Bradford Hansen-Smith
- A picture book for all ages, from 4 or 5 to adult. Jimmy discovers a
marvelous ball that keeps shifting its shape, size, and color, this book offers
directions for making three-dimensional geometric figures from simple materials:
thin paper plates, bobby pins, and masking tape... You can, too!
-
 Q is for Quark: A Science Alphabet Book
by David Schwartz
- Really cool science alphabet book, for beginner to adult!
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The
Weighty Word Book
by Janet Stevens, Paul M. Levitt and Elissa S. Guralnick
- From Abasement to Zealot, an alphabet book kids of all ages can really dive
into! With stories and puns and mnemonic memory clues for the
definitions...
- By Judy Blume
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Freckle Juice
- The Treehouse
Books by
Andy Griffiths, illustrated by Terry Denton
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Andy and Terry live in a treehouse. But it's not just any old
treehouse, it's the most amazing treehouse in the world! This treehouse has
thirteen stories, a bowling alley, a see-through swimming pool, a secret
underground laboratory, and a marshmallow machine that follows you around and
automatically shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you are hungry. Life
would be perfect for Andy and Terry if it wasn't for the fact that they have to
write their next book, which is almost impossible because there are just so many
distractions...
The 13-Story Treehouse
The 26-Story Treehouse
The 56-Story Treehouse
- Riverside Kids by
Johanna Hurwitz
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Six-year-old Nora and her little brother the favorite fiction friends of all
readers...
Rip-Roaring Russell
Nora and Mrs. Mind-Your-Own-Business
Busybody Nora
Russell Sprouts
New Neighbors for Nora
E
Is for Elisa
Russell and Elisa
Ever-Clever Elisa
Elisa in the Middle
Summer with Elisa
Superduper Teddy
Elisa Michaels, Bigger & Better - for older kids who loved Elisa and
Russell...
- Amanda and Oliver Pig by Jean Van Leeuwen
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Amanda Pig, her brother Oliver, and their parents share their lives...
Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
 Beginning readers will love the thrill of reading a chapter book by
themselves; the simple language and unique adventures encourage and entertain
those just entering the world of words. The endearing duo is depicted in the
warmest of browns and softest of greens, reflecting the tender gentleness of
their friendship
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Frog and Toad Together
Days with Frog and Toad
Frog and Toad All Year
More tales by Arnold Lobel
Owl at Home
Mouse Tales
Mouse Soup
Uncle Elephant
Grasshopper on the Road
Small Pig
 Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund Minarik
Meet Little Bear, a friend to millions of children. And meet Mother Bear,
who is there whenever Little Bear needs her...
Little Bear
Little Bear's Visit
Father Bear Comes Home
A
Kiss for Little Bear
Little Bear's Friend
Magic Tree House by
Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie travel the world, and through time, slipping
out of their house and into another dimension by way of their magic tree house
Nonfiction Magic Tree House Research Guides, companions to various Magic Tree
House titles...
Research Guide: American Revolution: A Companion to the
Revolutionary War on Wednesday
Research Guide: Space
Research Guide: Rain Forests
Research Guide: Dinosaurs
Research Guide: Pirates
Research Guide: Mummies & Pyramids
Research Guide: Dolphins & Sharks
Research Guide: Knights & Castles
Research Guide: Twisters and Other Terrible Storms
Research Guide: Titanic
Research Guide: Sabertooths and the Ice Age
Research Guide: Titanic
Research Guide: Titanic
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Amelia Bedelia is a housekeeper who takes her instructions quite literally.
Reading the list of chores that her employer has left her, Amelia begins with
"Dust the furniture." How odd, Amelia thinks to herself. "At my house we undust
the furniture."
Henry & Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
Henry, feeling lonely on a street without any other children, finds
companionship and love in a big dog named Mudge... Lively, reassuring, comical
-- just right for newly independent readers, with cartoon-style illustrations
that gallop, skip, and splash right along with the text
Time Warp
Trio by Jon Scieszka
20th-century time travelers Fred, Sam and Joe. Whether the
gang's fighting off the Black Knight in the middle of Camelot, practicing magic
tricks on Blackbeard and his pirates, stampeding cattle in the Old West, or
running from a woolly mammoth, one thing is for sure: no one's ever bored when
the Time Warp Trio's around!
Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
Nate the Great and his faithful dog Sludge solve mysteries...
Buck Wilder's Adventures, by Timothy R. Smith
 Who
Stole the Animal Poop?
The
Work Bees Go On Strike
The
Ants Dig to China
The
Owls Don't Give a Hoot
Buck Wilder, everyone's favorite outdoorsman, and his animal friends go on
grand adventures through the animal kingdom. Each story leads to an
important natural world message, plus a secret message in each book, and
flip-book animation on the edge of the pages...
Also read
Buck Wilder's Animal Wisdom
Buck Wilder and his animal friends show us the how nature and life are
interconnected - great lessons, and great fun! A picture book, but perfect
for older kids, too
- The Secrets
of Droon by Tony Abbott
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Eric and his two friends, Neal and Julie, discover a secret doorway in Eric's
basement that leads to the rainbow stairs. The stairs reach down into the
wondrous world of Droon - a land where many magical characters exist and all
kinds of amazing things occur...
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The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
A magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures...
The Indian
in the Cupboard
The Return of the Indian
The Secret of the Indian
The Mystery of the Indian
The Key to the Indian
by Edward Eager...
Half
Magic
Knight's
Castle
The
Time Garden
Magic
by the Lake
Tales about four children who encounter magical coins, time-travel herb
gardens, and other unlikely devices, is a warm, funny, original adventure. The
title refers to a coin that the children find. Through a comical series of
coincidences, they discover...
Seven
Day Magic
The
Well-Wishers
Magic
or Not?
When the family moves to Connecticut, twins James and Laura make new friends
and begin a series of unusual adventures after discovering an old well that
seems to be magic in their backyard.
The Great Brain series, by John D. Fitzgerald
The Great Brain,
or find the original hardback used The Great Brain
More Adventures of the Great Brain,
or original hardback
More Adventures of the Great Brain
Me and My Little Brain,
or original hardback
Me and My Little Brain
original hardback
Great Brain at the Academy
original hardback
Great Brain Reforms
original hardback
Return of the Great Brain
original hardback
The Great Brain Does It Again
and a new title, from chapters found after the author's death
The Great Brain Is Back
Three Tales of My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
the story of Elmer Elevator; the story is imaginative, delightful, and
downright funny in spots...
My
Father's Dragon
Elmer and the Dragon
The Dragons of Blueland
The Bobbsey Twins by
Laura Lee Hope
Tales of a family with two sets of mixed-gender fraternal twins:
Bert and Nan, who were twelve, and Flossie and Freddie, who were six...
Bunnicula by James and Deborah Howe
A vampire bunny who sucks the juices from vegetables...
Bunnicula
Howliday Inn
Nighty-Nightmare
The Celery Stalks at Midnight
Howliday Inn
Bunnicula Strikes Again
The Wayside
School by Louis Sachar
A magic cupboard that turns small toys into living creatures...
Wayside School Boxed Set
Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School...
The Five
Little Peppers by Margaret Sidney
Stories of the lives of five children of the Pepper family. The
series began with the Peppers in impoverished straits which they were eventually
rescued from by a wealthy gentleman who took an interest in the family...
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Five Little Peppers Midway
Five Little Peppers Grown Up
Phronsie Pepper, the Last of the Five Little Peppers
The Stories Polly Pepper Told To The Five Little Peppers In The Little Brown House
The Adventures of Joel Pepper
Five Little Peppers Abroad
Five Little Peppers at School
Five Little Peppers: Ben Pepper
Five Little Peppers and their Friends
Einstein
Anderson, Science Detective by Seymour Simon
A boy and girl outsmart the bullies with their brains, with a
science tidbit in every story
(some out of print, but often available from Amazon Marketplace)
Wings of Darkness
The Mysterious Lights and Other Cases
The Invisible Man: And Other Cases
Einstein Anderson Lights Up the Sky
Einstein Anderson Sees Through the Invisible Man
The Halloween Horror and Other Cases
The On-Line Spaceman: And Other Cases
Einstein Anderson Tells a Comet's Tale
Einstein Anderson Makes Up for Lost Time
Einstein Anderson Goes to Bat
Einstein Anderson, Science Sleuth, Shocks His Friends
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Captain Underpants
by Dav Pilkey
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Everybody's favorite waistband warrior, ready to fight for Truth, Justice,
and all that is Pre-Shrunk and Cottony
The Adventures of Captain Underpants: An Epic Novel
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets: Another Epic Novel
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies
from Outer Space
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants: The Fourth
Epic Novel
...and more!
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Ricky Ricotta by Dav
Pilkey
Ricky is a young mouse who needs a friend, is bullied by schoolmates, and is
waiting for something BIG to happen. But he never expected the arrival of
anything as big as Dr. Stinky McNasty's giant robot...
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus
...and more!
Super Diaper Baby by
Dav Pilkey
Move over, Captain Underpants! There's a tiny new superhero in town...
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby: The First Graphic Novel
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