Daniel Boone by James Daugherty, The Viking Press, New York, 1939
A Newbery Medal winning story about scouting the American frontier in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Harcourt, Brace & Company, New York, 1943
The classic story of a little Prince who lived on a small planet but came to earth.
Gobble Growl Grunt by Peter Spier, Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY, 1971
A lot of creatures and the sounds they make.
Hector Protector and As I Went Over the Water by Maurice Sendak, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1965
Two Nursery Rhymes illustrated in Sendak's inimitable style.
Heidi by Johanna Spyri, Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Charles Scribners, New York, 1958
An all time favorite tale of a girl living in the Swiss Alps.
A Starlit Somersault Downhill by Nancy Willard, Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, Little Brown, Boston, 1993
Instead of sleeping through the winter with Bear, Rabbit finds a lot to do outside.
Strudwick A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing by Robert Kraus, Viking, New York, 1995
When Strudwick dresses in a wolf costume he is the one who is fooled.
Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion retold by Verna Aardema, picures by Jerry Pinckney, Dial Books for Young Readers, NY, 1989
A Swahili folk tale
Richard Scarry's Great Big School House by Richard Scarry, Random House, New York, 1969
Huckle's adventures in Miss Honey's Classroom and other locations.
Titch by Pat Hutchins, The Macmillan Co., New York, 1971
What happens when Titch plants a seed.
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsberg, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1979
Fritz the dog causes some problems in a strange garden. A Caldecott Honor Book.
Lost by David McPhail, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1990
A little boy helps a bear lost (in Boston) find his way home.
A Tree is Nice by Janice May Udry, pictures by Marc Simont,Harper & Row, New York, 1956
A Caldecott Medal winner about trees.
America's Paul Revere by Esther Forbes, pictures by Lynd Ward, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1946
A story of Paul Revere and the historic events of 1775.
Walter the Baker, retold and illustrated by Eric Carle, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York, 1972
Walter makes a new twist out of dough.
King of the Cats A Ghost Story by Joseph Jacobs retold & illustrated by Paul Galdone, Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books, New York, 1980
A story about a gravedigger and black cats with a surprise ending.
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