favorite children’s books April 25, 2008
Here are some of the books I can’t live without in my classroom:
- Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Mo Willems
- The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog, Willems
- Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!, Willems
- (Looking forward to buying The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, once it’s available from Scholastic book clubs)
- Knuffle Bunny, Willems
- My Friend is Sad, Willems
- Owl Babies, Martin Waddell
- Farmer Duck, Waddell
- Stellaluna, Janell Cannon
- Chrysanthemum, Kevin Henkes
- Julius, the Baby of the World, Henkes
- Chester’s Way, Henkes
- No, David!, David Shannon
- How I Became a Pirate, Melinda Long
- Hug, Jez Alborough
- Swimmy, Leo Lionni
Classroom classics:
- The Napping House, Don & Audrey Wood
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin Jr.
- Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
- I Went Walking, Sue Williams
- The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats
Books my family loves:
- Punk Farm, Jarrett Krosoczka
- Slide Already!, Kit Allen
- Traction Man is Here, Mini Grey
- Scaredy Squirrel, Melanie Watt (the 2 sequels are almost as good)
- Goodnight, Gorilla, Peggy Rathmann
- The Day the Babies Crawled Away, Rathmann
- Beegu, Alexis Deacon
Favorite authors — I use almost their complete works:
- Jan Brett
- Dr. Seuss
- Eric Carle
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Mo Willems, natch
Books for Older Kids:
- Twilight, Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon, Meyer
- Eclipse, Meyer
- His Dark Materials trilogy, Philip Pullman
- The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, E. Lockhart
- The Fly on the Wall, Lockhart
Great list. You can tell so much about a classroom and teacher by the books they use and love. I know how awesome your class is looking at this list.
Thanks, ninja. I appreciate the support — thanks for putting me on your blogroll. (I notice you’ve got very good taste in books too.) If you’re going to have to read a book over and over, it might as well be awesome.