Children's Literature

Booklist 105 total

	The Adventures of Max the Minnow By:  William Boniface Max is a minnow who wants to be big. So he visits other larger sea creatures and  eats and becomes fat. This turns out to be trouble when Max's new size makes him slower. Max learns it is not his size, it is how he uses his brain that is important. Fidgity Fish By: Ruth Galloway Tiddler cannot stay still. His mom sends him off to burn up his energy.  He swims past jellyfish, crabs and other sea creatures. Then he swims into a dark cave. Here he gets into big trouble. Dr. DeSoto By: William Steig Dr. DeSoto is a busy mouse dentist who is requested to help a craft fox. The Dr. does not want to get eaten so he hatches a plan to both fix the fox’s bad tooth and finish the job alive. Blaze and the Forest Fire By: C.W. Anderson Billy and Blaze go for a run in the forest and discover a forest fire. They run for help but have to jump many things. They get help before the fire is out of control and save the forest. Just Me and My Mom By: Mercer Meyer Him and his mom go to the city. He tries to help, but ends up messing up everything he does. Its ok though, because she loves him. Loin Hunt By: David Axtell Two girls go on a lion hunt. They travel thought all sorts of things. At the end they get scared and go back through all those things. Maybe tomorrow. Nothing to Do By: Liza Alexander Big bird has nothing to do so his grandma keeps him busy. Then he keeps himself busy, but still there is nothing to do. The Teacher From the Black Lagoon By: Mike Thaler A boy thinks that his teacher might be a monster and dreams how that might be. The teaches is nice and pretty and he gives her a hug. Sassafras By: Audrey Penn Poor Sassafras is self conscious of his stinky smell but his friends help him discover that his smell is what makes him special. Oliver Has Something to Say! By: Pamela Edwards Oliver never says anything. People think he is shy, because his chatty parents and bossy sister always talk for him. When he starts prekindergarten and is asked what he would like to do, at first the words don’t come out. He realizes that this is his big chance to speak up for himself, nothing can stop him! I Don't Want to Go!  By: Addie Meyer Sanders Joey is visiting his grandparents on his own for the very first time. Nervous about being far from home, sleeping in a strange bedroom, eating new foods, and leaving his favorite toys behind, Joey is absolutely positive this will be the worst trip ever. One Potato  By: Sue Porter All of the animals want to eat the last potato on the plate. Goat manages to trick the others out of their share, but when he finally claims his prize it has already been eaten by a family of mice. The Tree by Dana Lyons An 800-year-old Douglas fir ponders the many things it has seen in the natural world as it hears bulldozers coming, and then people arrive to save it from destruction. Where Does the Sun Go? by Gary Craig This tale is an adventure of the sun and its journey across the sky and over the earth, written in rhyming verse. Pound Dog and Frog by Mathew Price, Moira Kemp Pound Dog sat in front of the doll’s house and waited. “Are you coming out yet?” “Never,” said Frog. “I’m not coming out. Go away.”Frog soon changes his mind when Pound Dog tells him what’s happening down at the pond. Something Special by Terri Cohlene A frog finds a gift outside his house and tries to solve the riddle. the gift is only good unless it is given away.   You Can Be Anything by Gary Craig This tale tells of all the possibilities a child can be. you really can be anything. Inside Out by Wendy Stofan Halley  Karly'simaginary friend teaches her abou t spirit in her heart. When Karly goes to school she loses her friend and gets made fun of. When she gets home her friend is there  and reminds her to let others see her spirit. A Mother's Promise by Lisa Humphrey  A lifetime of sharing between mother and child begins with A Mother’s Promise, the sacred vow a woman makes as she prepares to bring life into the world. Is a Worry Worrying You? by Ferida Wolff and Harriet Savitz This tale addresses childhood worries  from common to crazy. It helps kids to cope with univ ersal issues  and use problem solving skills. The One Sea by David Pierce Hughes A warning to take care of the ocean, we hear the plight of many sea creatures doomed to extinction. When Pigs Fly by Valerie Coulman Ralph can have a bike "when pigs fly." So to get his bike he tries many ways to get the pigs to fly. Penelope and the Humongous Burp by Sheri Radford Penelope is thursty and gulps down tons of grape soda. Her mother warns her, but she does not listen.

	On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer  A boy's best friend drowns in a river they wernt suposed to be swimming in. It is about dealing with guilt and other emotions of growing up. The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown by Betsy Byars   Bingo is confused by the questions of youth and worried by scarry insights into adult issues. these are both funny and bewildering. The Tulip Touch by Anne Fine Natile and Tulip are friends, but Tulip is turning into a criminal. Tulip is a disadvantaged girl, but her games are getting out of hand. The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin Wanda is an immigrant girl in American who is teased for wearing the same dress every day. She tells her classmates that she has one hundred dresses. This only makes the teasing worse. Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Dicamillo A girl who is lonely with her dad finds  a dog in a super market. together they make lots of interesting friends. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech sal's mother leaves, so her and her grandpairents follow her trail across the country. while they drive sal tells stories. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery The Cuthberts adopt an orphan. They wanted a boy but they get a girl instead.  Anne is mischievous and talkative and  gets into some trouble, but everyone begins to love her any way. Black Beauty by Anna Sewell Diffrent owners ask very different jobs from Black Beauty. He grows and has many adventures. He goes from being a riding and carriage horse through being a mistreated town cab horse to eventual happiness in a secure home. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Little Women is about a family of girls who have both hard and good times while they grow up. It has romance, illness,  sadness, happieness, humor and more. Baby by Patricia  MacLachla Taking care of an abandoned baby helps a family come to terms with the death of their own  baby son.

	The Giver by: Lois Lowry Jons is given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve. he i sthe new giver, reciver of memories. He discovers the terrible truth about his society and decides to take a baby doomed to death and excape. A Wrinkle in Time by: Madeleine L'Engle Meg meets some whitches who help her save her family. She must confront the monster IT on a far away planet. She discovers information about her father and her and her siblings travel to many far away planets.   It Came From Outer Space by: Tony Bradman A visitor from outer space visits an elementary school class and brings an important message about physical beauty. Ellsworth and the Cats From Mars. By: Patience Brewster An ordinary young cat is visited by green-haired cats from Mars who want to study the ways of earthly felines. Grandpa Takes Me to the Moon By: Timothy R. Gaffney A child whose grandfather was an astronaut asks for a story in which the they blast off for the moon together. Moon Boy By: Barbra Brenner A moonbeam comes to life one night and pays a visit to a young boy Suoer Chuck. By: Jane O'Connor. An alien chick living on Earth, earns the name Supercluck when he uses super strength to save baby chicks from a rat.