Treasures Theme Bibliography

Kindergarten

Unit 1 – Families

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. Bright Eyes, Brown Skin by Cheryl Willis Hudson
  2. Friend Frog by Alma Ada
  3. Me and the Family Tree by Carole Weatherford
  4. Stars! Stars! Stars! by Bob Barner
  5. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  6. While You Were Sleeping by John Butler

Related to the Theme:

  1. And Here’s to You! by David Elliot
  2. A New Room for William by Sally Grindley
  3. Bittle by Patricia MacLachlan
  4. Climb the Family Tree, Jesse Bear by Nancy Carlstrom
  5. I Am Me by Karla Kuskin
  6. In My World by Lois Ehlert
  7. It’s Hard to Be Five by Jamie Lee Curtis
  8. M is for Music by Kathleen Krull
  9. Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
  10. Moosekitos: A Moose Family Reunion by Margie Palatini
  11. My Family is Forever by Nancy Carlson
  12. Off to School, Baby Duck by Amy Hest
  13. Oh, Look! by Patricia Polacco
  14. Rap a Tap Tap by Leo and Diane Dillon
  15. The Family Book by Todd Parr
  16. There’s Only One of Me by Pat Hutchins
  17. Violet’s Music by Angela Johnson
  18. When You Visit Grandma and Grandpa by Anne Bowen

Unit 2 Friends

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. Good Morning, Good Night by Michael Grejniec
  2. My Friend and I by Lisa Jahn-Clough
  3. Sunflower by Miela Ford

Related to the Theme:

  1. Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
  2. Hi, Harry by Martin Waddell
  3. Horace and Morris but Mostly Doloresby James Howe
  4. Hunter’s Best Friend at School by Laura Malone Elliott
  5. Hunwick’s Egg by Mem Fox
  6. Little Bear’s Friend by Else Holmelund Minarik
  7. Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Leonni
  8. Maisy Cleans Up by Lucy Cousins
  9. My Best Friend Moved Away by Nancy Carlson
  10. My Big Brother by Valorie Fisher
  11. My Friend Rabbitt by Eric Rohmann
  12. Sumi’s First Day of School Ever by Soyoung Pak
  13. That’s What Friends Are For by Florence Parry Heide
  14. Titch and Daisy by Pat Hutchins
  15. Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie
  16. We Are Best Friends by Aliki
  17. Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen

Unit 3 Transportation

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
  2. David Goes to School by David Shannon
  3. Work by Anne Morris

Related to the Theme:

  1. A Long Way by Katherine Ayers
  2. Alphabeep by Debora Pearson
  3. Bear on a Bike by Sheila Blackstone
  4. City Signs by Zoran Milich
  5. Clickety Clack by Amy and Rob Spence
  6. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
  7. Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson
  8. I Love Boats by Flora McDonnell
  9. Messenger, Messenger by Robert Burleigh
  10. My Car by Byron Barton
  11. My Subway Ride by Paul Dubois Jacobs
  12. Roads by Marc Harshman
  13. School Bus by Donald Crews
  14. The Wheels on the Bus by Raffi
  15. This Is the Way We Go to School by Edith Baer
  16. Trucks. Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! by Patricia Hubbell
  17. Two Little Trains by Margaret Wise Brown

Unit 4 Food

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
  2. Sleeping Cutieby Andrea Pinkney
  3. Squeaking of Art: The Mice Go to the Museum by Monica Wellington

Related to the Theme:

  1. A Cake for Barney by Joyce Dunbar
  2. A Cow, a Bee, a Cookie, and Me by Meredith Hooper
  3. Animal Snackers by Betsy Lewin
  4. Apple Pie Fourth of July by Janet S. Wong
  5. A Taste of Honey by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
  6. Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
  7. Dim Sum for Everyone! by Grace Lin
  8. Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
  9. Food for Thought by Joost Elffers and Saxton Freeman
  10. Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
  11. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
  12. Making Minestrone by Stella Blackstone and Nan Brooks
  13. Pancakes, Pancakes! by Eric Carle
  14. Potluck by Anne Shelby
  15. The Beastly Feast by Bruce Goldstone
  16. The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth
  17. This Is the Way We Eat Our Lunch by Edith Baer

Unit 5 Animals

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
  2. Is That What Friends Do? by Marjorie Newman
  3. Under the Sea 1, 2, 3: Counting Ocean Life by Barbara Knox

Related to the Theme:

  1. African Animals ABC: An Alphabet Safari by Sarah L. Schutte
  2. A Huge Hog is a Big Pig by Francis X. McCall
  3. Animal Mothersby Atsushi Komori
  4. Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs by Linda Ashman
  5. Guji Gujiby Chih-Yuan Chen
  6. Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
  7. Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
  8. Little Loon and Papa by Toni Buzzeo
  9. Little One Step by Simon James
  10. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
  11. Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson
  12. Silly Little Goose by Nancy Tafuri
  13. Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth by Eric Carle
  14. Tree Frogs by Helen Frost
  15. What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
  16. Where Have You Been? by Margaret Wise Brown
  17. Who Hops? by Katie Davis
  18. Whose House Is This? by Elizabeth Gregoire

Unit 6 Neighborhood

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. Coming Home: A Story of Josh Gibson, Baseball’s Greatest Home Run Hitter by Nanette Mellage
  2. Russ and the Apple Tree by Janet Elizabeth Rickert
  3. Spring Is Here by Taro Gomi

Related to the Theme:

  1. At the Firehouse by Anne Rockwell
  2. Be My Neighbor by Maya Ajmera
  3. Career Day by Anne Rockwell
  4. Community Helpers by Bobbie Kalman
  5. Dig! by Andrea Zimmerman
  6. Hi, Cat! by Ezra Jack Keats
  7. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
  8. Little House, Little Town by Scott Beck
  9. Madlenka by Peter Sis
  10. Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
  11. My Street by Rebecca Treays
  12. One Afternoonby Yumi Heo
  13. On the Town by Judith Caseley
  14. Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes
  15. Something’s Happening on Calabash Street by Judith Ederle and Stephanie Gordon
  16. The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews
  17. The Night Worker by Kate Banks
  18. Wake Up! City by Alvin Tresselt

Unit 7 Weather

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. A Snowy Day by Robin Nelson
  2. Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
  3. Explore in a Cave by Dana Meachen Rau

Related to the Theme

  1. All Year Long by Kathleen Dead
  2. Animals in Winter by Henrietta Bancroft
  3. A Winter Day by Douglas Florian
  4. Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens by Louise W. Borden
  5. I Know It’s Autumn by Eileen Spinelli
  6. Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
  7. Little Cloud by Eric Carle
  8. One Dark Night by Hazel Hutchins
  9. One Hot Summer Day by Nina Crew
  10. Rain by Manya Stojic
  11. Right Outside My Window by Mary Ann Hoberman
  12. Snow by Manya Stojic
  13. Snow on Snow on Snow by Cheryl Chapman
  14. Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming
  15. The Ant and the Grasshopper by Amy Lowry Poole
  16. The Rain Came Down by David Shannon
  17. The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
  18. Toby and the Snowflakes by Julie Halpern

Unit 8 Plants

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting
  2. One Small Place by the Sea by Tom Leonard
  3. Snakes (Life Cycles) by Melanie Mitchell

Related to the Theme:

  1. A Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert
  2. A Tree Is Nice by Janice May Udry
  3. Four Friends in a Gardenby Sue Heap
  4. Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim
  5. How a Seed Growsby Helene J. Jordan
  6. Jody’s Beans by Malachy Doyle
  7. Leo’s Tree by Debora Pearson
  8. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
  9. One Little Seed by Elaine Greenstein
  10. Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
  11. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
  12. Seeds! Seeds! Seeds! by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
  13. Sunflower by Miela Ford
  14. The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
  15. The Grandad Tree by Trish Cook
  16. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
  17. The Wind’s Garden by Bethany Roberts
  18. Two Old Potatoes by John Coy

Unit 9 Amazing Creatures

By the Authors and Illustrators:

  1. Four and Twenty Dinosaurs by Bernard Most
  2. Ice by Laura Norbert Wu
  3. Watching the Seasons by Edana Eckart

Related to the Theme:

  1. ABC T-Rex by Bernard Most
  2. A Swim Through the Sea by Kristin Joy Pratt
  3. Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner
  4. Dinosaur Cousins? by Bernard Most
  5. Find-a- Saurus by mark Sperring
  6. Hello, Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan
  7. How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by IJane Yolen
  8. I Like Bugs by Margaret Wise Brown
  9. Ladybugs by Mia Posada
  10. Manuelo the Playing Mantis by Don Freeman
  11. Mister Seahorse byEric Carle
  12. My Riverby Shari Halpern
  13. Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
  14. Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies
  15. The Icky Bug Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta
  16. Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
  17. Walking Through the Jungle by Debbie Harter
  18. Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Valerie Petron

Unit 10 I Know a Lot!

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