Dear LM_Netters:
Thanks to everyone who suggested books about readers and reading. I
have deleted the names and eliminated the duplicates for faster
reading. Because some of the suggestions don’t have authors, I have
chosen to arrange all of the books by title.
Alistair in outer space by Sadler
Johnston, Tony. Amber on the Mountain. Dial, 1994.
Andy and the lion by Daugherty
Hoban, Lillian. Arthur's Prize Reader. Harper & Row, [1984].
Arthur's Reading race by Marc Brown
*Polacco, Patricia. Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek dam affair. New
York: Philomel Books, [1996].
Note: Aunt Chip saves the town of Triple Creek, where everyone has
forgotten how to read because of the invasion of television.
Beatrice doesn't want to by Numeroff
Polacco, Patricia. The bee tree. New York: PaperStar/Putnam & Grosset
Group, [1998, 1993].
Bertram, Debbie. The Best Time to Read. Random, 2005.
Stadler, Alexander. Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book. Harcourt, 2002.
Bookstore Mouse_ by Peggy Christian. It's a great story of how we
learn to read told through a boy and a dragon. There are a few great
drawing of the dragon in it.
The Boy Who Loved eating Books
Pak, Soyung and Hartung, Susan Kathleen. Dear Juno. New York: Puffin,
[2001,1999].
Note: Although Juno, a Korean American boy, cannot read the letter he
receives from his grandmother in Seoul, he understands what it means
from the photograph and dried flower that are enclosed and decides to
send a similar letter back to her.
Delilah D. at the Library by Jeanne Willis
Drop everything, it's D.E.A.R. by McGovern, Petunia by DuVoisin,
Brown, Marc. D. W.'s Library Card. Little Brown, 2001.
McPhail, David A. Edward and the pirates. Boston: Little, Brown, [1997].
Edward in the Jungle
McKissack, Patricia. Goin' Someplace Special. Atheneum, 2001.
Good Books, Good Times (poetry) by Hopkins
Bare, Colleen Stanley. Guinea pigs don't read books. New York: Putnam,
[1989,1985].
Note: Points out that though guinea pigs don't read books or play
checkers, they make good friends and are gentle and lovable.
Crimi, Carolyn and Manders, John. Henry & the Buccaneer Bunnies. 1st
ed. Cambridge, Mass: Candlewick Press, [2005].
Meddaugh, Susan. Hog-eye. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [1995].
Heide, Florence Parry and GrandPre, Mary. The House of Wisdom. 1st ed.
New York: DK Publishing, [1999].
Seuss. I can read with my eyes shut. New York: Beginner Books/Random,
[1978].
Marshall, Rita and Delessert, Etienne. I hate to read! Mankato, MN:
Creative Editions, [1992].
Note: As a third-grader who hates to read unwillingly looks at a book,
the characters come alive and interest him so much that he really begins
to care about them, and begins turning the pages.
I took my frog to the library by Eric Kimmel
The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers.
Thaler, Mike. The Librarian from the Black Lagoon. Scholastic, 1997.
Stewart, Sarah. The Library. Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1995.
Williams, Suzanne. Library Lil. Dial, 1997.
Library Lion by Michelle Knudson
Deedy, Carmen Agra and White, Michael P. The library dragon. Atlanta:
Peachtree, [1994]
Max's Words by Kate Banks
Mike's House by Sauer
Miss Malarkey will leave no reader behind
Bradby, Marie. More than Anything Else. Orchard, 1995.
Recorvits, Helen. My Name is Yoon. Frances Foster, 2002.
Johnson, Dolores. Papa's Stories. New York: Macmillan, [1994].
Note: Kari loves to have her father read to her, until she discovers
that he cannot read and is making the stories up.
Rylant, Cynthia and Teague, Mark. Poppleton. New York: Blue Sky
Press/Scholastic, [1997].
The Problem With Pulcifer (Paperback) by Florence Parry Heide
(Author), Judy Glasser (Illustrator)
Hip, contemporary-looking black-and-white drawings complement this
wry cautionary tale of a boy who insists upon reading instead of
bettering himself by watching TV. Ages 7-up.
Read Anything Good Lately (can't remember author)
Reading makes you feel good by Todd Parr
Miller, William. Richard Wright and the Library Card. Lee & Low, 1997.
McPhail, David. Santa's book of names. Boston: Little, Brown, [1993].
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Stella Louella's Runaway Book. Simon & Schuster,
1998.
Haseley, Dennis and LaMarche, Jim. A story for bear. San Diego: Silver
Whistle/Harcourt, [2002].
Take Care, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas.
The tale of Thomas Mead by Hutchins,
Tell me some more by Bonsall, ,
Polacco, Patricia. Thank you, Mr. Falker. New York: Philomel, [1998].
Note: At first, Trisha loves school, but her difficulty learning to read
makes her feel dumb, until, in the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her
understand and overcome her problem.
Giff, Patricia Reilly and Natti, Susanna. Today was a terrible day.
1st ed. New York: Viking Press, [1980
Mora, Pat. Tomás and the Library Lady. Random House, 1997.
Miller, Sara Swan and Kelley, True. Three Stories you can read your dog.
Boston: Hougton Mifflin, [1995].
Note: Stories addressed to dogs and written from a dog's point of view,
featuring such topics as a burglar, bones, and running free.
Bunting, Eve and Carrick, Donald. The Wednesday surprise. New York:
Clarion, [1989].
Cohen, Miriam and Hoban, Lillian. When will I read? New York:
Greenwillow Books, [1977].
Wild about Books by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown
Note all the illustrations. The book titles tie to the animals'
characteristics. Some are plays on words of famous titles.
Will You Read to Me? by Denys Cazet.
*Bloom, Becky and Biet, Pascal. Wolf! 1st American ed. New York: Orchard
Books,[1999].
Note: A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of farmyard
animals he has met.
Chapter Books
Wilson, Nancy Hope and Ramsey, Marcy D. Old people, frogs, and Albert.
New York: Farrar, [1997].
Couloumbis, Audrey. The misadventures of Maude March, or, Trouble
rides a fast horse. 1st ed. New York: Random House, [2005].
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Inkheart. 1st American ed. New York:
Scholastic, [2003].
Funke, Cornelia Caroline. Inkspell. 1st American ed. New York:
Scholastic, [2005].
Stanley, Diane. The mysterious matter of I.M. Fine. 1st ed. New York,
NY: HarperCollins Publishers, [2001].
Spinelli, Jerry. The library card. New York: Scholastic Press, [1997].
Scieszka, Jon and Smith, Lane. Summer reading is killing me! New York:
Puffin, [2000, 1998].
Pinczes, Elinor J and Enos, Randall. My full moon is square. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, [2002].
Lewis, J. Patrick and Stone, Kyle M. Please bury me in the library.
1st ed. Orlando: Harcourt, [2005].
Sylvia Jacquard, MLS
Library Technician
Coldbrook & District School
2305 English Mountain Rd.
Coldbrook, NS
B4R 1B6
902-690-3830
sjacquar@ca.inter.net
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