Summer is half way over, and that is hard to believe. As I have said before, one of my favorite things about summer is being able to enjoy some great fiction books. I have fond memories from my childhood of lying on the beach and getting lost between the pages of a good book.
I thought I would share with you some of my favorites and hope that you all will share your favorites as well. This week I will share with you my favorites for Kindergarten through second grade. (All of these books are available from Veritas Press. Just give us a call, and we will be happy to help you.)
The Knight and the Dragon | Tomie dePaola |
The Day the Crayon Quit | Drew Daywalt |
Corduroy | Don Freeman |
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore | William Joyce |
Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See | Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle |
Frog and Toad Are Friends | Arnold Lobel |
Goodnight Moon | Margaret Wise Brown |
Green Eggs and Ham | Dr. Seuss |
Snowy Day | Anna Milborne |
Madeline | Ludwig Bemelmans |
Winnie the Pooh | A.A. Milne |
The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Smith |
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Laura Jaffe Murneroff |
The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter |
Are You My Mother? | P.D. Eastman |
Love You Forever | Robert Munsch |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Judi Barrett |
Curious George | H.A. Rey |
The Snowy Day | Ezera Jack Keats |
Blueberries for Sal | Robert McCloskey |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Bill Martin, Jr. |
Amelia Bedelia | Peggy Parish |
Miss Nelson Is Missing | Harry Allavey |
The Rainbow Fish | Marces Pfister |
Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey |
Caps For Sale | Esphyr Slobodkina |
The Mitten | Jan Brett |
If You Give a Moose a Muffin | Laura Jaffe Numeroff |
One Bear Lost | Karen Hayles |
Stone Soup | Marcie Brown |
Where’s Spot? | Eric Hill |
Clifford the Big Red Dog | Norman Bridwell |
A Pocket for Corduroy | Don Freeman |
The Runaway Bunny | Margaret Wise Brown |
The Carrot Seed | Ruth Krauss |
Billy’s Picture | H.A. Rey |
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Virginia Lee Burton |
Owl Moon | Jane Yolen |
Harry the Dirty Dog | Gene Zion |
Hop On Pop | Dr. Seuss |
Bedtime For Frances | Russel Hobon |
The Napping Tree | Audrey Wood |
Olivia | Ian Falconer |
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash | Trinka Hakes Wogel |
The Curious Garden | Peter Brown |
The Egg Tree | Katherine Millhouse |
The Story Of Babar | Jean de Brunhoff |
Little Bear | Else Holmelund Minarick |
Fox in Socks | Dr. Seuss |
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Virginia Bee Burton |
The Napping House | Audrey Wood |
The Very Busy Spider | Eric Carle |
The Story About Ping | Marjorie Flack |
The Story of Ferdinand | Munroe Leaf |
The Little Mouse | Don Wood |
The Red Ripe Strawberry | Don Wood |
The Big Hungry Bear | Don Wood |
The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton |
Bread and Jam for Frances | Frances Russell Hoban |
The Grouchy Ladybug | Eric Carle |
Danny and the Dinosaur | Syd Hoff |
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | Bernard Waber |
Scuffy the Tugboat | Gertrude Crampton |
The Hat | Jan Brett |
Jamberry | Bruce Degen |
Swimmy | Leo Lionni |
A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams |
The Little Red Caboose | Maurian Potter |
How I Became a Pirate | Melinda Long |
Chester | Melanie Watt |
Fables | Arnold Lobel |
Doctor DeSoto | William Steig |
Petunia | Roger Duvoisn |
Saint George and the Dragon | Margaret Hodges |
Tea Rex | Molly Idle |
Doug Unplugged | Dan Yaccarino |
The Little Island | George MacDonald |
Otto the Bear | Katie Clemenson |
The Real Mother Goose | Blanche Fisher Wright |
Sheep in a Jeep | Nancy E. Shaw |
Sammy the Seal | Syd Hoff |
Bear’s New Friend | Karma Wilson |
Ginger and Petunia | Patricia Palacco |
Ox Cart Man | Donald Hall |
Laundry Dog | Maurie J Manning |
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me | Eric Carle |
The Red Sled | Lita Judge |
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse | Eric Carle |
Is Your Mama A Llama? | Deborah Guarino |
Lentil | Robert McCloskey |
When I Was Young in the Mountains | CYbthia Rylant |
The Art Lesson | Tommy DePaula |
Dogger | Shirley Hughes |
The Pirates Next Door | Jonny Duddle |
If Your’re Hoppy | April Pulley Sayre |
Floss | Kim Lewis |
King Jack and the Dragon | Peter Bently |
The Egg | M.P. Robertson |
The Emperor's New Clothes | Ned Bustard |
By Laurie Detweiler
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