Favorite Books Read or Audio, Picture Books (before, during, and after Cores)

First Books:  I should preface this by saying that we have read thousands of Picture Books and most were never written down or specifically remembered.  Here are some that I wrote down b/c we enjoyed them a little more than the others.

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Bedtime For Frances (series) by Russell Hoban
The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
Blueberries For Sal,  Make Way For the Ducklings, One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Eric Carle: *just about all his books; own most
Beatrix Potter: *many read; many owned
A Chair For My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett (saw the movie too)
Corduroy; A Pocket For Corduroy, Norman The Doorman by Don Freeman
Crow Boy by Taro Yashima
Curious George (many read & owned)
Dawn,   Ten, Nine, Eight  by Molly Bang
Doctor DeSoto  , Brave Irene  by William Steig (like Steig)
Arnold Lobel -many read & owned : Fables, Frog and Toad....
Frederick by Lionni
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Hans Anderson-classic fairy tails-read and owned
A Birthday for Francis by Russell Hoban
The Jolly Postman (series) by Allan Ahlberg
Eloise (series) by Kay Thompson
Falling for Rapunzel by Leah Wilcox
Yo! Yes!  by Chris Raschka
Goldie and the Three Bears by Diane Stanley
 Froggy (series) by Jonathan London
Miss Nelson is Missing (series)by  Harry Allard
 Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Swimmy  by Leo Lionni
Goodnight Opus by Berkeley Breathed
Jessica, Owen...by Kevin Henkes
Harry The Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
The Island of Skog, The Mysterious Tadpole, many by Steven Kellogg
Katy and The Big Snow, The Little House, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel...by Virginia Burton
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
Little Bear (series) by Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
Madeline (series) by Ludwig Bemelmans
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Where The Wild Things Are, Dear Mili   by Maurice Sendak
Thy Friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle
The Wreck of the Zephyr, The Stanger, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog! by Cynthia Rylant and Mark Teague
The Secret Shortcut,  How I Spend My Summer Vacation,   Detective La Rue..,  Pigsty,   One Halloween Night,   Frog Medicine,  How Do Dinosaurs Eat There Food  by Mark Teague
Chrysanthemum,  Sheila Rae, the Brave, Chester's Way,  Wemberly Worried,  Owen,  Lily's Purple Plastic Purse.... by Kevin Henkes
Max's Dragon Shirt (Max and Ruby series) by Rosemary Wells
Henny Penny, The Little Red Hen, Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Boy, Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
There's a Nightmare in My Closet, There's Something in the Attic, There's an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
Island Boy, Chanticleer and the Fox, Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Just Plain Fancy, The Keeping Quilt, Pink and Say, Rechenka's Eggs, Thank You, Mr. Falker, Thundercakes, When Lightning Comes In A Jar, The Butterfly, The Bee Tree, An Orange For Frankie, Ginger and Petunia, Welcome Comfort, John Philip Duck, Some Birthday, The Graves Family, Picnic at Mudsock Meadow, Something About Hensley's, Luba and the Wren,  Chicken Sunday and many more by the wonderful Patricia Polacco
A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
Toot and Puddle, Wish You Were Here, Charming Opal, The New Friend, Top of the World, I'll Be Home For Christmas, You Are My Sunshine, A Present for Toot and more by Hollie Hobby
George and Martha series by James Marshall
The Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson
Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon


Extra Favorite Picture Books:
***Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney 
***The Raft by Jim LaMarche 
***Albert by Donna Jo Napoli
***Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky & Kevin Hawkes
***Angelo by David Macaulay
***The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
***Westlandia by Paul Fleischman
***The Library,  The Gardener by Sarah Stewart

***The Rag Coat by Lauren A. Mills
***The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
***Crickwing, Stellaluna, Pinduli, Verdi,  by Janell Cannon
***Paul O. Zelinsky-if he illustrated it; it has to be great!
***Little Oh,  The Rainbabies   by Laura Krauss Melmed
***Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann



Favorite Picture Book Authors:
Patricia Polacco
Steven Kellogg
Jane Yolen
Joanne Cole & Bruce Degan
Jan Brett
Ezra Jack Keats
Kathryn Lasky
Kevin Hawkes
Beatrix Potter
Mark Teague
William Joyce
Barbara Cooney
Tomie DePaola
Diane Stanley

Robert D. San Souci
Kevin Henkes
Bill Peet

David McPhail
Holly Hobbie
Ted Arnold
Bill Peet
David Shannon
Janell Cannon





Favorite Series:
Little House on the Prairie
American Girl Historical Characters: Kit, Julie, Samantha, Kaya, Josephina,Addy,Rebecca,Molly
American Girl books-"Welcome To....World"
American Girl Mystery Books--most AG books are very good.
Magic School Bus
Magic Tree House
The Boxcar Children
Elizabeth Enright-The Melendy Family
Eleanor Estes-The Moffats
Dear America

Narnia by C.S. Lewis



Favorite Authors for Children:
E.B. White
AVI
Elizabeth Enright
Beverly Cleary
Roald Dahl

Jean Fritz
Robert Clyde Bulla

Judith St. George
Cheryl Harness
Dave & Neta Jackson
Geoff & Janet Benge
Andrew Clements
Kate DiCamillo
Diane Stanley





Favorite Audio Stories:
Cherry Jones narrating any Little House on the Prairie stories; we've heard 'em all!
Jim Weiss-he has lots & lots of great audio resources, which we love 'em all too!

Five Years & Older:
Kathryn Lasky: The Librarian Who Measured the Earth, **Marven of the Great North Woods, The Man Who Made Time Travel.
Cynthia Rylant: Henry and Mudge & Mr. Potter and Tabby & Poppleton series
Rudyard Kipling: Just So Stories, and Jungle Book
Michael Bond: Paddington Bear Series
Astrid Lindgren: Pippi Longstocking  Series
Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and parts of Little Dorritt
James Herriot-Dog Stories, Cat Stories, and Treasury of his Stories
The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
Mary Poppins,  Mary Poppins in the Park   by Pamela Travers
The House at Pooh Corner, Now We Are Six, When We Were Very Young... by A.A. Milne
Stuart Little by E.B. White
Ralph S. Mouse series, Ramona the Pest series by Beverly Cleary
Peter Pan  by J.M. Barrie
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Little House series by Laura Ingles Wilder
Ingri D'Aulaire: Pocahontas, and George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo Bill ...
E. Nesbit: The Railway Children (great), The Cockatoucan
Roald Dahl-James and the Giant Peach, Charlie series, Matilda, Twits, on and on - all great!
The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Borrowers by Mary Norton