ATLANTASPEECHSCHOOL
STUDENT READING LIST
AND PARENT RESOURCE GUIDE
2013- 2014
Dear Parents,
This list of books is intended as a guide in helping you and you child/children select reading materials. When choosing books to read, it will help to keep the following in mind:
- The grade levels are approximate; do not expect your child to be able to read them all without assistance. Make sure that the reading experience does not become frustrating.
- Read to your child frequently and consistently, even to those who can read alone. Remember that research shows that children who are read to become better readers and develop better vocabularies.
- Let your child see you read; your example is the most valuable.
- Encourage your children to read to each other. It is particularly helpful when the child with difficulties reads to others.
- Try to encourage more reading and less TV!
- Take your child to the public library to obtain his or her own library card and encourage him/her to use that card frequently.
Mary Ellen ThornDiane Kellum
LibrarianLibrarian
CONTENTS
Award Winners
TODDLERS
Nursery/Kindergarten
Alphabet Books
Bedtime Stories
Colors
Concept Books
Counting Books
Fairy Tales/Folk Tales
Nursery Rhymes / Mother Goose / Poetry
KINDERGARTEN
FIRST Level
sECOND Level
tHIRD Level
fOURTH Level
FIFTH/SIXTH Level
Books for Children About Learning Disabilities AND ADD/ADHD
Books for Parents About Learning Disabilities and adhd
Books for Children About Hearing Loss
Books for Parents About Hearing Loss
Books for Parents About Children
AWARD WINNERS
Caldecott Medal
2013-Moor, JodiWhen a Dragon Moves In
2012-Raschka, ChrisA Ball for Daisy
2011-Stead, ErinA Sick Day for Amos
2010-Pinkney, JerryThe Lion and the Mouse
2009-Swanson, Susan MarieThe House in the Night
2008– Selznick, BrianThe Invention of Hugo Cabret
2007 – Wiesner, DavidFlotsam
2006 – Raschka, ChrisThe Hello, Goodbye Window
2005 – Henkes, KevinKitten’s First Full Moon
2004 – Gerstein, MordicaiThe Man Who Walked Between the Towers (791.3 GER)
2003 – Rohmann, EricMy Friend Rabbit
2002 – Wiesner, DavidThe Three Pigs
2001 - St. George, JudithSo You Want To Be President?
2000 - Taback, S.Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (E TAB)
1999 - Martin, J.Snowflake Bentley (B BEN)
1998 - Zelinsky, P.Rapunzel (398.22 ZEL)
1997 - Wisniewski, D.Golem(398.21 WIL)
Newbery Medal
2013-Lupia, MikeHero
2012-Gantos, JackDead End in Norvelt
2011-Vanderpool, ClareMoon over Manifest
2010-Stead, RebeccaWhen You Reach Me
2009-Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book
2008 - Schlitz, Laura Amy Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
2007 – Patron, SusanThe Higher Power of Lucky
2006 – Perkins, Lynne RaeCriss Cross
2005 – Kadahota, CynthiaKira-Kira
2004 - DiCamillo, KateThe Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story Of a Mouse, a Princess, Stone Soup, and a Spool Of Thread
2003 – AviCrispin: The Cross Of Lead
2002 – Park, Linda SueA Single Shard
2001 - Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder
2000 - Curtis, Christopher P.Bud, Not Buddy
1999 - Sachar, LouisHoles
1998 - Hesse, K.Out Of the Dust
1997 - Konigsburg, E.View From Saturday
Georgia Children’s Book Award (Grades 4-8)2012 – Lupia, Mike / Hero
2011 –Feldman, JodyThe Golly-Whopper Games
2010 – Haln, Mary DowningDeep and Dark and Dangerous
2009 - Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief
2008 - Hiaasen, CarlFlush
2007- Ogilvy, IanMeasle and the Wrathmonk
2006 - Bauer, MarionRunt
2005 – Spinelli, JerryLoser
2004 – Bruchac, JosephSkeleton Man
2003 – Etchemendy, NancyThe Power Of Un
2002 – Fields, T.S.Danger In the Desert
2001 - Levy, ElizabethMy Life As a Fifth Grade Comedian
2000 - Yep, L.Imp That Ate My Homework
1999 - Clements, AndrewFrindle
1998 - Robinson, BarbaraBest School Year Ever
1997 - Park, BarbaraMick Harte Was Here
Georgia Picture Storybook Award (Grades K-4)
2012 - Moor, JodiWhen a Dragon Moves In
2011 - McCarthy, MeghanAliens Are Coming!The True Account of the 1938 War of the
Worlds Broadcast(791.44 MCC)
2010 - Beaumont, KarenI Ain’t Gonna Paint No More
2009 - Palatini, MargieSweet Tooth
2008 - Buehner, CaralynSuperdog: The Heart of a Hero
2007 – Willems,MoDon’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
2006 - Kasza, KeikoMy Lucky Day
2005 – Bailey, LindaStanley’s Party
2004 – Lester, HelenHooway for Wodney Wat
2003 – Lovell, PattyStand Tall Molly Lou Melon
2002 – Feiffer, JulesBark, George
2001 - Cannon, JanellVerdi
2000- Shannon, DavidNo David
1999 - Martin, AnnLeo the Magnificat.
1998 - Pilkey, DavDog Breath
1997 - Scieszka, JonThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales(E SCI)
TODDLERS
Alborough, JezWhere’s My Teddy?
Arma, TomAnimal Time, Dress-Up Time
Bailey, DebbieToys (Board)
Barton, ByronMy Car (Board)
Beaumont, KarenBaby Danced the Polka (Board)
Bedtime: First Words, Rhymes, and Actions
Berenstain, StanThe Berenstain Bears Inside Outside Upside Down (Board)
Boynton, SandraPajama Time(Board)
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker.Favorite Things
Bridwell, NormanClifford Counts (Board)
Brown, MargaretGoodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny(Board)
Bruna, DickI Can Read
Burningham, JohnThe Rabbit, The School, The Snow
Bynam, JanieOtis
Campbell, RodDear Zoo
Dunrea, OlivierGossie and Friends books
Eastman, PhillipGo Dog Go
Edwards, BeckyFirst Day At Nursery School
Ehlert, LoisHands (Board)
Ernst, Lisa CampbellBear’s Day (Board)
Falconer, IanOlivia’s Opposites(Board)
Katz, KarenWhere is Baby’s Belly Button? (Board)
Hoban, TanaIs It Red? Is It Yellow?
Hill, EricWhere’s Spot
Hurd, ThacherCat’s Pajamas (Board)
Inkpen, MickWibbly Pig is happy (Board)
Old MacDonald (782.42 OLD)
Oxenbury, HelenI can (Board)
Marzollo, JeanI Spy Little Bunnies (Board)
Martin, BillBrown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
McBratney, SamGuess How Much I Love You
Murphy, ChuckMy First Book of Colors (Board)
Numeroff, LauraIf You Give a Moose a Muffin,If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
Ricklen, NeilBaby’s 1,2,3, Mommy and Me(Board)
Scarry, RichardThe Best Word Book Ever (423 SCA)
Seuss, Dr.The Cat In the Hat(Beginner Book series)
The Cat In the Hat Comes Back(Beginner Book series)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish(Beginner Book series)
Stinson, KathyRed Is Best
Strickland, PaulDinosaur ROAR (Board)
Taylor, AnnBaby Dance
Trapani, IzaItsy Bitsy Spider
Walsh, EllenMouse Paint
Warhola, JamesIf You’re Happy and You Know It(782.42 WAR)
Wellington, MonicaBunny’s Rainbow Day (Board)
Wells, RosemaryMcDuff’s New Friend (Board)
Williams, SueI Went Walking
Williams, VeraMore More More Said the Baby
Wildsmith, BrianThe Cat On the Mat
Wood, AudreyI’m as Quick as a Cricket (Board)
PRESCHOOL / KINDERGARTEN
ALPHABET BOOKS
Agee, JonZ Goes Home
Aylesworth, JimOld Black Fly
Base, GraemeAnimalia
Bayer, JaneA My Name Is Alice(398 BAR)
Bustard, AnneT Is For Texas(976.4 BUS)
Carlson, NancyABC I Like Me!(158.1 CAR)
Cronin, DoreenWiggle
Dog Artist CollectionThe Dog From Arf! Arf! To ZZZZ(428.1 DOG)
Eichenberg, FritzApe In a Cape (Caldecott Honor) (590 EIC)
Ehlert, L.Eating the Alphabet(411 EHL)
Ernst, Lisa CampThe Turn-Around Upside-Down Alphabet Book(428.1 ERN)
Grover, MaxThe Accidental Zucchini; An Unexpected Alphabet ( E GRO)
Gustafson, ScottAlphabet Soup: A Feast Of Letters(E GUS)
Hoban, T.26 Letters and 99 Cents(E HOB)
Hoena, B.A.Dogs ABC An Alphabet Book(428.1 HOE)
Horenstein, HenryA Is For … ?: A Photographer’s Alphabet of Animals(590 HOR)
Lindbergh, ReeveThe Awful Aardvarks Go To School(E LIN)
Lobel, AnitaOn Market Street(BB F LOB)
Mauer, DonnaAnnie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores: A School Day Alphabet(E MAU)
MacDonald, SuseAlphabatics (Caldecott Honor) (E MAC)
McDonnell, FloraFlora McDonnell’s ABC(E MEO)
McLeod, BobSuperhero ABC ( E MCL)
Micklethwait, LucyI Spy: An Alphabet In Art (759 MIC)
Milich, Zoran The City ABC Book(421 MIL)
Nickle, JohnAlphabet Explosion! Search and Count from Alien to Zebra (428.13 NIC)
Rose, Deborah LeeInto the A, B. Sea (591.77 ROS)
Seeger, LauraThe Hidden Alphabet(428.1 SEE)
Seeley, LauraBook of Shadow Boxes (811 SEE)
Shannon, GeorgeTomorrow’s Alphabet(E SHA)
Wood, AudreyAlphabet Adventure ( E WOO)
BEDTIME STORIES
Apperley, DawnNighty-Night
Ashman, LindaHow to Make a Night
Ashman, LindaSailing Off To Sleep
Bang, MollyTen, Nine, Eight
Boynton, SandraPajama Time
Brown, Marg. WiseGoodnight Moon
Burningham, JohnHushabye
Child, LaurenI Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go To Bed
Cooper, HelenThe Boy Who Wouldn’t Go To Bed.
Dewdney, AnnaLlama, Llama Red Pajama
Di Pucchio, KellyBed Hogs
Dunbar, JoyceTell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep
Fore, S.J.Tiger Can’t Sleep
Fox, MemTime For Bed
Gal, SusanNight Lights
Hest,AmyKiss Good Night
Himmelman, JohnLights Outs
Hoban, RussellBedtime For Frances
Koller, Jackie F.No Such Thing
Mayer, MercerThere’s a Nightmare In My Closet, Little Critter: Just Go to Bed
McBrantney, SamGuess How Much I Love You
Milne, A.A.Pooh’s Bedtime Book
Peck, JanWay Up High In a Tall Green Tree
Raschka, ChristopherCan’t Sleep
Rathman, Peggy10 Minutes Till Bedtime
Roth, CarolLittle Bunny’s Sleepless Night
Roth, CarolWho Will Tuck Me In Tonight?
Rydell, KatyWind Says Good Night
Rylant, CynthiaHenry and Mudge & the Bedtime Thumps
Rymill, LindaGood Knight
Saltzberg, BarneyCornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready For Bed?
Scotton, RobRussell the Sheep
Thomas, Shelley M.Good Night, Good Knight
Waber, BernardIra Sleeps Over
Whybrow, IanThe Noisy Way to Bed
Wilson, KarmaSleepyhead
Wood, AudreyThe Napping House
Yaccarino, DanGood Night, Mr. Night
Yolen, JaneHow Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
COLORS
Baker, AlanWhite Rabbit’s Color Book
Barry, FrancesDuckie’s Rainbow
Blackstone, StellaCleo’s Color Book
Carle, EricThe Mixed-Up Chameleon
Crews, DonaldFreight Train (Caldecott Honor)
Emberly, EdGo Away Big Green Monster
Ehlert, LoisColor Farm. Color Zoo. Planting a Rainbow
Fleming, DeniseLunch
Grace, WilliamRed Train
Hoban, TanaOf Colors and Things
Jeunesse, GallimardColors (First Discovery Book)
Jonas,AnnColor Dance
Leuck, LauraTeeny, Tiny Mouse Book about Colors
Lionni, LeoA Color Of His Own
McMillan, BruceGrowing Colors
Seuss, Dr.Green Eggs and Ham
Shannon, GeorgeWhite is for Blueberry
Walsh, EllenMouse Paint
Young, EdSeven Blind Mice
Zolotow, CharlotteMr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
CONCEPT BOOKS
AlikiI’m Growing
Applet, KathiElephants Aloft (prepositions)
Barton, ByronAirport
Brown, MarcHand Rhymes,Play Rhymes
Bunting, EveLittle Bear’s Little Boat
Carlson, NancyThink Big!
Kalan, RobertBlueSea (size)
DeRegniers, BeatriceMay I Bring a Friend? (Caldecott Medal)
Ehlert, LoisColor Zoo
Freymann, SaxtonHow Are You Feeling?
Gill, Janie SpahtShapes, Shapes, All Over the Place
Gravett, EmilyOrange Pear Apple Bear
Hartman, GailAs the Crow Flies: A First Book Of Maps
Hoban, TanaIs It Larger? Is It Smaller? Shapes, Shapes, Shapes.
Jenkins, SteveActual Size
Jenkins, SteveBiggest, Strongest, Fastest
Lillie, PatriciaWhen This Box Is Full (months)
Lionni, LeoInch by Inch
Lobel, ArnoldFrog and Toad All Year (seasons)
Macdonald, SuseCircus Opposites
Newman, LesleaThe Best Cat In The World
Onyefulu, IfeomaA Is For Africa
Parker, KimCounting in the Garden
Rau, DanaA Star In My Orange
Rex, MichaelTruck Duck
Seeper, Laura VaccaroBlack? White! Day? Night! (concept)
Spier, PeterPeople
Weeks, SarahTwo Eggs Please
Wildsmith,BrianBrian Wildsmith’s 1,2,3’s (numbers and shapes)
Wolff, FeridaA Year For Kiko (months)
COUNTING BOOKS
Anno, MitsumasaAnno’s Counting House
Barry, FrancesDuckies, Ducklings: A One-To-Ten Counting Book
Base, GraemeThe Water Hole
Brooks, AlanFrogs Jump: A Counting Book
Carle, Eric10 Little Rubber Ducks
Carle, EricOne, Two, Three To the Zoo
Carlstrom, NancyLet’s Count It Out, Jesse Bear
Cronin, DoreenClick, Clack, Splish, Splash
DiPucchio, KellyBed Hogs
Ellwand, DavidTen In the Bed
Giganti, PaulEach Orange Had Eight Slices. How Many Snails.
Hoban, TanaCount and See. 26 Letters and 99 Cents.
Huck, CharlotteA Creepy Countdown (Halloween)
Inkpen, MickKipper’s Book Of Numbers
Katz, KarenCounting Kisses
Kellogg, StevenFrogs Jump
McFarland,Lyn RossiterMouse Went Out to Get a Snack
Numeroff, LauraMonster Munchies
Pallotta, JerryIcky Bug Counting Book
Schwarts, DavidHow Much Is a Million?
Schmandt-Besserat, DeniseThe History Of Counting
Szekeres, CyndyCyndy Szekeres I Can Count 100 Bunnies: And So Can You
Tafuri, NancyWho’s Counting?
Tudor, Tasha1 is One
Walsh, EllenMouse Count
Wise, WilliamTen Sly Piranhas
Wormell, ChristopherTeeth, Tails,&Tentacles(Best Illustrated Children’s Book NY Times)
Young, EdSeven Blind Mice
FOLK and FAIRY TALES*** Be sure to try alternative versions of folk and fairy tales.
AesopThe Classic Treasury Of Aesop’s Fables
Andersen, Hans ChristianThe Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Little Mermaids and Ugly Ducklings: Favorite Fairy Tales
Beneduce, Ann Keay Jack and the Beanstalk
Cole, JoannaBest Loved Folktales Of the World
Galdone, PaulThe Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears
GrimmGrimm’s Fairy Tales
Hamilton, VirginiaHer Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales & True Tales (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
The Girl Who Spun Gold
Haviland, VirginiaFavorite Fairy Tales Told In France
Lewin, BetsyCat Count
Lewis, NaomiClassic Fairy Tales To Read Aloud
Little Red Hen (398.2 LIT)
Paye, Won-LdyMrs. Chicken and the Hungary Crocodiles
San Souci, RobertCendrillon
Scieszka, JonStinky Cheese Man ,The True Story of the Three Little Pigs(F SCI)
Schart, TrinaLittle Red Riding Hood(398.2 SHA)
Yolen, JaneFavorite Folktales From Around the World
Zelinsky, PaulRapunzel
NURSERY RHYMES / MOTHER GOOSE / POETRY
Adoff, ArnoldLove Letters
Brenner, BarbaraThe Earth Is Painted Green
Brown, MarcHand Rhymes (finger plays)
Denton, KadyA Child’s Treasury Of Nursery Rhymes
DePaola, TomieTomie DePaola’s Mother Goose
Dyer, JaneAnimal Crackers
Florian, DouglasLaugh-eteria
Hamanaka, SheilaAll the Colors Of the Earth
Hague, MichaelMother Goose A Collection Of Classic NurseryRhymes
Hoberman, Mary AnnMiss Mary Mack: A Hand-clapping Rhyme
Kennedy, X.J.Talking Like the Rain: A First Book Of Poems
Larcher, DouglasFather Gander Nursery Rhymes
Marks, AlanOver the Hills and Far Away
Marshall, JamesJames Marshall’s Mother Goose
Martin, BillFire! Fire! Said Mrs. McGuire
Most, BernardFour and Twenty Dinosaurs
Moses, WillWill Moses Mother Goose
Moss, JeffThe Butterfly Jar
Opie, IonaMy Very First Mother Goose
Potter, BeatrixBeatrix Potter’s Nursery Rhyme Book
Prelutsky, J.A Pizza the Size Of the Sun
Scarry, RichardRichard Scarry’s Best Mother Goose Ever
Sutherland, ZenaThe Orchard Book Of Nursery Rhymes
Schwartz, AlvinAnd the Grass Grew All Around
Silverstein, S.The Light In the Attic
Stevenson, R.L. A Child’s Garden Of Verses
Westcott, NadineNever Take a Pig To Lunch
PRESCHOOL / KINDERGARTEN
Adoff, ArnoldDaring Dog and Captain Cat
Agee, Jon Milo’s Hat Trick
Apple, MargotSheep In a Jeep
Araki, MieKitten’s Big Adventure
Archambault, John Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Arnold, TeddParts
Bang, MollyWhen Sophie Gets Angry…, (Caldecott Honor)
Banks, KateClose Your Eyes
Barrett, JudiCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Beaty, AndreaWhen the Giants Come to Play
Bemelmans, LudwigMadeline (series)
Bonning, TonySnog the Frog
Brett, JanDaisy Comes Home(E BRE), The Mitten (398.2 BRE)
Bridwell, NormanClifford, The Big Red Dog
Broach, EliseWhen Dinosaurs Came With Everything
Burton, VirginiaMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Cannon, JanellVerdi
Carle, EricThe Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Mixed-up Chameleon
Carlson, NancyIt’s Not My Fault
Child, LaurenBeware Of Storybook Wolves
Christoelow, EileenLetters from a Desperate Dog
Conrad, PamThe Tub People
Cousins, LucyHooray for Fish
Creech, SharonA Fine, Fine School
Crews, NinaBelow
Cumpiano, InaQuinito, Day and Night (Text in English and Spanish)
DePaola, TomieThe Popcorn Book, Pancakes for Breakfast
Dewdney, AnnaLlama, Llama Red Pajama
Dragonwagon, CrescentBat In the Dining Room
Eastman, P.D.Are You My Mother?
Edwards, PamelaSome Smug Slug (Alliteration)
Ehlert, LoisCuckoo (Text also in Spanish)
Emberley, EdGo Away, Big Green Monster
Ericsson, JenniferWhoo Goes There?
Ernst, Lisa CampbellStella Louella’s Runaway Book
Falconer, IanOlivia
Fisher, AileenKnow What I Saw?
Fore, S.J.Tiger Can’t Sleep
Freeman, DonDandelion
+Chu’s Day
Galdone, PaulThe Gingerbread Boy
Guarino, DeborahIs Your Mama a Llama?
Gutman, AnneLisa's Airplane Trip
Hays, AnnaKindergarten Countdown
Henkes, Kevin Sheila Rae’s Peppermint Stick. Wimberley Worried
Hoban, RussellBedtime for Frances
Hoban, TanaI Read Signs
Hobbie, HollyToot and Puddle
Henkes, KevinLilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Owen
Herriot, JamesBonny’s Big Day
Hoban, RussellBedtime For Frances
Jennings, SharonBearcub and Mama
Johnson, Paul BrettLittle Bunny Foo Foo
Johnson, SuzanneFribbity, Ribbit!
Keats, EzraSnowy Day
Kirk, DavidMiss Spider’s Tea Party
Klein, AdriaMax goes on the Bus (Read-it! Readers series)
Kraus, RobertLeo the Late Bloomer
Leaf, MunroStory of Ferdinand
Lionni, LeoSwimmy (Caldecott Honor)
Lobel, ArnoldFrog and Toad (series)
London, JonathanFroggy (series)
Long, MelindaHow I Became a Pirate
MacCarone, GraceItchy, Itchy, Chicken Pox (Hello Reader series)
MacDonald, AlanThe Pig In a Wig
Manning, Maurie J.Kitchen Dance
Marshall, James“George and Martha” books
Martchenko, MichaelPaper Bag Princess
Martin, BillPolar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Martin, DavidWe’ve All Got Bellybuttons!
McCloskey, RobertMake Way For Ducklings (Caldecott Honor)
Milgrim, DavidMy Dog, Buddy (Beginning Reader)
Milne, A.A.Winnie the Pooh and the House at Pooh Corner
Minarik, ElseA Kiss for Little Bear (An I can read series)
Munsch, RobertAlligator Baby
Numeroff, LauraIf You Give a Moose a Muffin
O’Connor, JaneFancy Nancy
Ommen, Sylvia vanThe Surprise(wordless)
Palatini, MargieThe Three Silly Billies, Earthquack
Peet, BillCock-A-Doodle Dudley
Penn, AudreyThe Kissing Hand
Pfister, MarcusRainbow Fish
Pilkey, DavDogzilla
Pinkwater, DanielAt the Hotel Larry
Piper, WattyThe Little Engine That Could
Potter, BeatrixTales of Peter Rabbit
Pluckrose, HenryOn the Move (Machine at Work series)
Rey, MargaretCurious George (series)
Rosales, Melodye BLeola and the Honeybears
Rosen, MichaelWe’re Going On A Bear Hunt
Sendak, MauriceWhere the Wild Things Are