MY SUGGESTED BOOKLIST

 FROM NEW YORK STATE COMMON CORE EXEMPLAR TEXTS:

STORIES

Minarik, Else Holmelund. Little Bear                  

Eastman, P.D. Are you My Mother?                   

Seuss, Dr.  Green Eggs and Ham                 

Lopshire, Robert.  Put Me in the Zoo 

Lobel, Arnold.  Frog and Toad Together   

 Lobel, Arnold.  Owl at Home                             

DePaola, Tomie.  Pancakes for Breakfast     

Arnold, Tedd.  Hi! Fly Guy

 POETRY

Anonymous.  "As I Was Goin to St. Ives"        

 Rossetti, Christina. "Mix a Pancake"              

 Fyleman, Rose. "Singing-Time"                

 Milne. A.A. "Halfway Down"

       Chute, Marchette. "Drinking Fountain"          

               Hughes, Langston.  "Poem"                          

            Ciardi, John.  "Wouldn't You?"                  

Wright, Richard.  "Laughing Boy"

                         Greenfield, Eloise. "By Myself"                          

                          Giovanni, Nikki.  "Covers"                               

                   Merriam, Eve.  "It Fell in the City"             

Lopez, Alonzo.  "Celebration"

Agee, Jon.  "Two Tree Toads"

READ-ALOUD STORIES

Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderfil Wizard of Oz                  

Wilder, Laurs Ingalls.  Little House in the Big Woods        

 Atwater, Richard and Florance.  Mr. Popper's Penguins

Jansson, Tove.  Finn Family Moomintroll                         

Haley, Gail E.  A Story, A Story                                              

 Bang, Molly.  The Paper Crane

Young, Ed. Lon Po Po: A Red- Riding Hood Story from China       

Garza, Carmen Lomas.  Family Pictures                         

Mora, Pat.  Tomas and the Library Lady

Henkes, Kevin. Kitten's First Full Moon

READ ALOUD POETRY

Anonymous. "The Fox's Foray"                                   

Langstaff, John. "Over the Meadow"                           

Lear, Edward. " The Owl and the Pussycat"

Hughes, Langston. "April Rain Song"                           

Moss, Loyd. Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin"

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