The Read-Aloud Handbook

by Jim Trelease

Carpenter’s Gift

A Chair for My Mother

Chewy Louie

The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit

There is a wealth of Potter information on the Web, beginning with www.peterrabbit.co.uk/.

A Day’s Work

Jim’s Favorite Books in Rhyming Verse (in order of complexity)

The Everything Book

Jim’s Favorite Friendship

A House in the Woods

Stink! BY KATE

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Ira Sleeps Over BY BERNARD WABER

The Minpins BY ROALD DAHL; PATRICK

Miss Nelson Is Missing! (series) BY HARRY ALLARD; JAMES MARSHALL, ILLUS. Grades PreS

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi BY RUDYARD KIPLING; ADAPTED AND ILLUSTRATED BY JERRY PINKNEY Grades K–4

The Secret Shortcut (series) BY MARK TEAGUE

High-Scoring Sports Picture Books

Toy Boat

Jim’s Favorite Kindergarten Novels

Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (series)

My Father’s Dragon (series) BY RUTH S. GANNETT Grades K–2