Bibliography
The books listed below may be available through publishers, distributors such as bookstores or online retailers, or library systems.
Books for Browsing
- Count Down to Clean Up!
- Houghton 2001 (32p)
- Ten bunnies help to spiff up their town, Short Creek, on community cleanup day.
- Math
- Bear at Home
- Barefoot 2001 (24p)
- Bear gives readers a guided tour of his home, from the kitchen to the bedroom.
- Send It!
- Roaring Brook 2003 (24p)
- Readers follow a package from the time it is mailed on Monday through an entire week.
- Social Studies
- Feast for 10
- Clarion 1995 (32p)
- An extended African American family shops for food, prepares a meal, and eats together.
- Math
- Kitten Red, Yellow, Blue
- Simon 2005 (32p)
- All kinds of people in different professions line up to adopt sixteen kittens in sixteen different colors.
- Math
- Everybody Works
- Millbrook 2003 (32p)
- Photos and simple text show the many ways in which work is accomplished.
- Social Studies
- Lots of Dads
- Puffin 2000 (32p)
- Photographs show all kinds of dads working and playing with their children. See also Lots of Moms by the same author.
- Bear About Town
- Barefoot 2000 (24p)
- From visiting the bakery to strolling in the park, Bear stays busy all week long.
Books for Teacher Read Aloud
- Hide and Seek
- Harcourt 2005 (40p)
- A child looks for the best place to hide as his daddy counts to ten.
- Math
- On Mother's Lap
- Clarion (32p)
- An Inuit boy discovers there's room for himself and his baby sister on their mother's lap.
- Bee-Bim Bap
- Clarion 2005 (32p)
- A Korean American girl and her mother make bee-bim bap, a dish of rice and vegetables.
- Firefighter Frank
- Dutton 2002 (32p)
- Frank and his fellow firefighters keep their trucks in good shape, teach fire safety, and put out fires.
- Social Studies
- Beatrice Doesn't Want To
- Candlewick 2004 (32p)
- Beatrice doesn't like going to the library with her brother until she hears the librarian read a story.
- A Wild Cowboy
- Hyperion 2004 (32p)
- During a day spent at his grandma's, a boy pretends that he's a cowboy in this story in rhyme.
- Mama's Coming Home
- Farrar 2003 (32p)
- As Mama makes her way home from work, Papa and the boys prepare dinner and clean up for her arrival.
- Be My Neighbor
- Charlesbridge 2004 (32p)
- Photos and text describe different neighborhoods all around the world.
- Social Studies
- I Drive a Garbage Truck
- Picture Window 2005 (32p)
- A garbage truck driver describes how she and her partner help keep communities clean.
- Social Studies
- Sheep in a Shop
- Houghton Mifflin 1994 (32p)
- Five sheep visit a shop in search of the perfect birthday gift in this rhyming story.
- Career Day
- Harper 2000 (32p)
- On Career Day, the children in Mrs. Madoff's class introduce special visitors—from veterinarians to musicians.
- Busy, Busy Mouse
- Viking 2003 (40p)
- As a family goes through its busy day, a mouse, on a different schedule, eats supper, sleeps, and has breakfast.
- I Love Saturdays y domingos
- Atheneum 2002 (32p)
- A girl enjoys spending weekends with both her Spanish-speaking grandparents and her English-speaking ones.
Classics Corner
- Corduroy
- Viking 1968 (32p)
- A girl named Lisa gives a lonely teddy bear named Corduroy a home in this well-loved story.
- A Pocket for Corduroy
- Viking 1978 (32p)
- When Lisa and her mother take Corduroy with them to the laundromat, he searches for a pocket.
- Little Bear's Visit
- Harper 1962 (64p)
- A visit to Grandmother and Grandfather's house means a day of fun for Little Bear.
- A Birthday for Frances
- Harper 1968 (32p)
- As her little sister's birthday approaches, Frances the badger wavers between being jealous and being generous.