Picture Books for High School

  • A Fine, Fine School     Sharon Creech -
  • A My Name is Alice
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day  By Judith Viorst
  • Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
  • All the places to love - MacLachlan
  • Amelia Bedelia (any one)- Parrish
  • Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock  By Eric Kimmel, Illustrated by Janet Stephens
  • Anansi and the Talking Melon by Eric Kimmel
  • Anansi the spider - McDermott
  • Animalia (Graeme Base)
  • Arthur books
  • Bad Case of Stripes
  • Bad Day At Riverbend      Van Allsburg
  • Bark, George - Feiffer*
  • Bartholomew, an enthusiastic young bear, discovers how to make friends with a small black kitten.
  • Baseball Saved Us
  • Be Gentle  Written and illustrated by Virginia Miller
  • Bedtime for Francis
  • Big Fat Hen  Written and illustrated by Keith Baker
  • Boo to a Goose
  • Bremen Town Musicians         Plume
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?       Martin
  • Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells
  • Bunny Money, Bunny Cakes, and Bunny Party  - Rosemary Wells
  • Butter Battle Book
  • Butterflies by Sabuda
  • Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
  • Cat in the Hat
  • Chair For My Mother         Williams
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by John Archambault and Bill Martin Jr.  ill. By Lois Ehlert
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Cinderella, Marcia Brown
  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type     Doreen Cronin -
  • Clifford books
  • Cloudy with a chance of meatballs - Barrett*
  • Cook-A-Doodle-Do
  • Corduroy Written and illustrated by Don Freeman.  A not-so-perfect teddybear finds a home with a loving little girl.
  • Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down           Johnson
  • Crickwing
  • Cucumber Soup
  • David Goes to School, Shannon.
  • Duke the Dairy Delight Dog,
  • Early Morning in the Barn Written by Nancy Tafuri,  A group of adventurous chicks visit their friends.
  • Edward and the Pirates
  • Everybody Cooks Rice
  • Everybody Poops
  • Faithful Elephants
  • First Dog             Brett
  • First Forest            Gile
  • Five Chinese Brothers          Bishop
  • Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed             Christelow
  • Five/Sixes
  • Flossie and the Fox
  • Frederick
  • Freedom school, yes - Littlesugar
  • Freedom Summer     Deborah Wiles -
  • Friday Night at Hodges Cafe - Tim Egan
  • George and Martha - Marshall
  • Gingerbread Baby - Brett
  • Go Away Big Green Monster (Ehlert)
  • Golem by Wisinewski
  • GOOD LUCK CAT.
  • Good Night Moon
  • Gracias, the Thanksgiving Turkey     Joy Cowley -
  • Grandfather's Journey
  • Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
  • Harold and the Purple Crayon.  by Crockett Johnson
  • Harris Burdick by Van Allsburg, and The Wretched Stone by him.
  • Heckedy Peg  By Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood
  • Henry Hikes to Fitchburg     Donald B. Johnson -
  • Hooray for Diffendoofer Day
  • Horace and Morris but mostly Delores - Howe*
  • I know an old lady who swallowed a fly - Taback
  • I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato, Clarisse Bean books     Lauren Child -
  • If You Give A Moose A Muffun          Numeroff
  • If You Give A Mouse A Cookie           Numeroff
  • Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
  • It Could Always Be Worse        Zemach
  • Jan Brett's The Three Bears
  • JINGLE DANCER
  • Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
  • Juan Bobo Goes to Work     Marisa Montes -
  • Julius, the Baby of the World (Kevin Henkes)
  • Jumanji
  • Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
  • Listen, Buddy
  • Little Critter books
  • Little Engine That Could         Piper
  • Little engine that could - Gramatky
  • Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza     Philemon Sturges -
  • Lon Po Po
  • Madeline  by Ludwig Bemelmans
  • Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
  • Mama Cat Had Three Kittens.  Written and illustrated Denice Fleming.  Fluffy and Skinny have fun with Mama Cat while Boris naps.  Boldly dyed torn paper illustrations
  • Martha Blah Blah        Meddaugh
  • Martha calling - Meddaugh
  • Martha Speaks  Written and illustrated by Susan Meddagh
  • May I Bring A Friend? De Regniers
  • Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel              Burton
  • Millions of Cats      by Wanda Gag
  • Minnie And Moo Go To The Moon        Cazet
  • Mirette On The High Wire           Mccully
  • Miss Rumphius   Written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney
  • Mitten       Brett
  • Miz Berlin walks - Yolen
  • Mooncake by Frank Asch
  • Mr. Rabbit And The Lovely Present      Zolotow
  • Mr. Tanen's Ties
  • Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
  • My Dog Rosie.  By Isabelle Harper, ill by Barry Moser.  While grandpa works nearby, a three-year-old girl reads to, plays with and feeds his big dog. Appealing pictures.
  • My Teacher Sleeps In School         Weiss
  • Never Ride Your Elephant To School        Johnson
  • Night Noises - Fox
  • No Fighting, No Biting!              Minarik
  • No, David! (Shannon)
  • Nobody Listens To Andrew          Guilfoile
  • Now I Will Never Leave The Dinner Table             Martin
  • Officer Buckle and Gloria  Written and illustrated by Peggy Rathman
  • Old Man and His Door     Gary Soto -
  • Old Turtle
  • Olivia by Ian Falconer.  Olivia is an enthusiastic, determined little pig. Charming.
  • On Market Street
  • One Fish
  • Owen - Henkes
  • Owl Babies (Martin Waddell)
  • Parade Written and illustrated Donald Crews.  Greenwillow Simple text and bright illustrations depict the anticipation, enjoyment and letdown that are part of a parade.
  • Parts
  • Peter Rabbit (and other Potter titles)
  • Piggie Pie (M. Palatini)
  • Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore - David MacPhail
  • Ping - Flack
  • Pink and Say
  • Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?                  Martin
  • Polar Express - VanAllsberg
  • Prayer for the Twenty-First Century
  • Principal From The Black Lagoon           Thaler
  • Quarreling Book         Zolotow
  • Rainbow Fish (PFister)
  • Relatives Came       Rylant
  • Roxaboxen     Alice McLerren ­
  • Runaway Book
  • Sam And The Tigers
  • Scrambled States of America by Laurie Keller.
  • Sister Anne's hands - Lorbiecki ** (a sleeper about a black teacher in the fifties in a white school)
  • Smoky Night
  • Snowflake Bentley
  • Snowy day - Keats
  • So Far from the Sea
  • So you want to be president
  • Something Good
  • Squids will be squids - Scieska
  • Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon
  • Step Into The Night     Ryder
  • Stephanie's Ponytail
  • Stone Soup  Retold and illustrated by Marcia Brown
  • Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
  • Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by William Steig
  • Tacky the Penguin  or Listen Buddy by Helen Lester
  • Talking Eggs  San Souci
  • Tasty Baby Bellybuttons Written by Judy Sierra, Illustrated by Meilo So
  • Teacher From The Black Lagoon        Thaler
  • Ten out of  bed - Dale
  • Ten,Nine,Eight.  Written and illustrated Molly Bang.  An African-American father cuddle his daughter as they enjoy counting together. Rhythmic language and vibrant colors.
  • Thank you Mr. Falker - Polacco*
  • The 12 Days of Christmas : A Pop-Up Celebration by Sabuda
  • The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud
  • The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's
  • The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
  • The Color of Us
  • The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
  • The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
  • The Little Engine That Could
  • The Mitten (by Jan Brett)
  • The Napping House
  • The night before Christmas - Brett
  • The Other Side     Jacqueline Woodson -
  • The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg
  • The Runaway Bunny
  • The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales     Jon Scieszka -
  • The Talking Eggs (SanSouci)
  • The Three Javelinas
  • The Three Little Pigs and the Fox
  • The Three Pigs (by Wiesner).
  • The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
  • The WIde-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner  (get this one anyway)
  • There's A Nightmare In My Closet       Mayer
  • There's No Such Thing As A Dragon     Kent
  • Three little pigs - Kellogg
  • Three Little Wolves And The Big Bad Pig        Trivizas
  • Threes
  • Tikki Tikki Tembo      Mosel
  • Too Many Tamales By Gary Soto, illustrated by Ed Martinez
  • Too Much Noise   by Ann McGovern, illlustrated by Simms Taback
  • Tootle        Crampton
  • True story of the 3 little pigs by A. Wolf
  • True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs!             Scieszka
  • Tuesday - David Weisner
  • Turkey Girl
  • Verdi
  • Very Busy Spider
  • Very Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)
  • Very Quiet Cricket
  • Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys
  • We Were Tired of Living in a House     Liesel Skorpen -
  • Weekend With Wendell
  • Wemberly Worried, by Kevin Henkes.   A young mouse who worries about everything and discovers school is nothing to worry about.  Comforting.
  • We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
  • What a Truly Cool World     Julius Lester -
  • When Agnes Caws - Fleming
  • When Sophie gets angry - Bang
  • Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
  • Whistle for Willie  by Ezra Jack Keats
  • Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's ears: A West African Folk Tale, Written by Verna Aardema,  ill. By Leo and Diane Dillon  A moral tale of jungle justice imposed on a foolish and mischievous mosquito.
  • Willy books by Anthony Browne
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