Parent Resources
Here Are Some Great Web Sites to Explore With Your Children
Author Sites:
Aylesworth, Jim – Aunt Pitty Patty’s Piggy, Teddy Bear Tears
Brett, Jan – The First Dog (a Reading Rainbow book), Gingerbread Baby
Carle, Eric – The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Christelow, Eileen – Five Little Monkeys series, The Great Pig Escape
De Paola, Tomie – The Art Lesson, The Baby Sister
Dr. Seuss – The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street
Hillenbrand, Will – Down by the Station, illustrator for many books including Counting Crocodiles
Wells, Rosemary – Bingo, Bunny Cakes
Williams, Suzanne – Library Lil, My Dog Never Says Please
Wood, Audrey – Ballonia, Heckedy Peg
Search Engines for Kids:
Sites for Parents:
ALA Parents Page
Fantastic Books for Kindergarten Students
Aminal by Lorna Balian
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow
Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood
Little Penguin’s Tale by Audrey Wood
Mole Music by David Mc Phail
Puddles by Jonathan London
Three Ducks Went Wandering by Ron Roy
To Bathe a Boa by C. Imbior Kudrna
When the Fly Flew In by Lisa Westberg Peters
Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains? by May Garelick
Books for First Graders
A Garden for a Groundhog by Lorna Balian
Bedtime for Frances by Russell and Lillian Hoban
Different Just Like Me by Lori Mitchell
I am Really a Princess by Carol Diggory Shields
If You Hopped Like a Frog by David M. Schwartz
No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie
Trade-In Mother by Marisabina Russo
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
Wonderful Books for Second Grade Students
Anansi and the Talking Melon by Eric Kimmel
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky, A Message from Chief Seattle illustrated by Susan Jeffers
Crickwing by Jannell Cannon
Great Pig Escape by Eileen Christelow
I Had a Lot of Wishes by James Stevenson
Little Mouse’s Painting by Diane Wolkstein
Livingstone Mouse by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon
CHAPTER BOOKS FOR 2ND AND 3RD GRADERS
American Girl series by Adler, Shaw, or Tripp
Arthur Chapter Books series by Brown or Krensky
Bailey School Kids series by Dadey
Boxcar Children series by Warner
Cam Jansen series by Adler
Encyclopedia Brown series by Sobol
First Stepping Stone Books (a series of transitional readers by various authors)
Henry and Mudge series by Rylant
Herbie Jones series by Kline
Horrible Harry series by Kline
Junie B. Jones series by Park
Kids of the Polk Street School series by Griff
Little House chapter book series adapted by Peterson
Magic Treehouse series by Osborne
Marvin Redpost series by Sacher
Mary Marony series by Kline
Mr. Putter and Tabby series by Rylant
Pee Wee Scouts series by Delton
Pinky and Rex series by Howe
Poppleton series by Rylant
Serendipity series by Cosgrove
Small Potatoes Club series by Ziefert
The Time Warp Trio series by Scieszka
Troll Easy to Read Mysteries series by various authors
