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August 3, 2008

First Day of School

From the August 3rd, 2008 Pigeon Post essay of the same name.
This book list is divided into two sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use the following link to skip directly to books for Independent Readers.
Go to books for Independent Readers


Picture Books

Starting School by Janet Ahlberg Recommended
I Am Too Absolutely Small for School by Lauren Child Recommended
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes Recommended
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate and illustrated by Ashley Wolff Recommended
The Berenstain Bears Go to School by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain Suggested
The Berenstain Bears Go Back to School by Stan Berenstain and illustrated by Michael Berenstain and Jan Berenstain Suggested
First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg and illustrated by Judith Dufour Love Suggested
Carl Goes to Daycare by Alexandra Day Suggested
My First Day at Nursery School by Becky Edwards and illustrated by Anthony Flintoft Suggested
Back to School, Mallory by Laurie B. Friedman and illustrated by Tamara Schmitz Suggested
I Am Not Going to School Today! by Robie H. Harris and illustrated by Jan Ormerod Suggested
Owen by Kevin Henkes Suggested
Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth by Alison McGhee and illustrated by Harry Bliss Suggested
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn and illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak Suggested
Vera's First Day of School by Vera Rosenberry Suggested
Richard Scarry's Great Big Schoolhouse by Richard Scarry Suggested
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate and illustrated by Ashley Wolff Suggested
Little Cliff's First Day of School by Clifton L. Taulbert and illustrated by Earl B. Lewis Suggested
Emily's First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells Suggested
My Kindergarten by Rosemary Wells Suggested
Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells Suggested
Yoko's World Of Kindness by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by John Nez and Jody Wheeler Suggested
Do Dinosaurs Go to School by Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mark Teague Suggested


Independent Readers

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren and illustrated by Lauren Child Recommendation
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary Recommended
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Recommended
Teach Us Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish and Lynn Sweat Recommended

Posted by Charles Bayless on August 3, 2008 11:39 PM | | Comments (0)

August 11, 2008

Space Exploration

From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, August 10, 2008.

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults

What are your recommendations?


Picture Books

Wait Till the Moon Is Full by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Garth Williams Recommended
Find the Constellations by H. A. Rey Recommended
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System by Joanna Cole Suggested


Independent Readers

Freddy and the Space Ship by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended
Destination Moon by Herge Recommended
Explorers on the Moon by Herge Recommended
Exploring Our Solar System by Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy Recommended
John Glenn by Michael Burgan and illustrated by Robert S. Brown Suggested
A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky by Michael Driscoll and illustrated by Meredith Hamilton Suggested
Neil Armstrong by Montrew Dunham and illustrated by Meryl Henderson Suggested
The Jumbo Book of Space by Paulette Bourgeois and Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and illustrated by Bill Slavin Suggested
How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space? by William R. Pogue Suggested
Black Holes by Dana Meachen Rau Suggested


Young Adult

2001 A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Highly Recommended
October Sky by Homer H. Hickam Highly Recommended
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells and illustrated by Tom Kidd Highly Recommended
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Recommended
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Recommended
Dune by Frank Herbert Recommended
Foundation by Isaac Asimov Suggested
Mercury by Ben Bova Suggested
2010 by Arthur C. Clarke Suggested
Contact by Carl Sagan Suggested
The First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells Suggested
Entering Space by Robert Zubrin Suggested

Posted by Charles Bayless on August 11, 2008 12:00 AM | | Comments (0)

August 17, 2008

Folktales from the Middle East

From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, August 17, 2008.
This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults

What are your recommendations? Please use the comments section.


Picture Books

How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt by Tamara Bower Recommended
The Persian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Robert Florczak Recommended
Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
Sindbad's Secret by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
The Revenge of Ishtar by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmila Zeman Recommended
The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo and illustrated by Ruth Helle Suggested
Muhammad by Demi Suggested
Clever Ali by Nancy Farmer and illustrated by Gail De Marcken Suggested
The White Ram by Mordicai Gerstein Suggested
The Golden Sandal by Rebecca Hickox and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand Suggested
The Stone by Dianne Hofmeyr and illustrated by Jude Daly Suggested
Aziz the Storyteller by VI Hughes and illustrated by Stefan Czernecki Suggested
My Father's Shop by Satomi Ichikawa Suggested
A Gift Of The Sands by Julia Johnson and illustrated by Emily Styles Suggested
Goha the Wise Fool by Denys Johnson-Davies and illustrated by Hag Hamdy and Mohamed Fattoug Suggested
Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! by Margaret Read MacDonald and Ibrahim Muhawi and illustrated by Alik Arzoumanian Suggested
The Hundredth Name by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim and illustrated by Michael Hays Suggested
Aladdin And The Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman and illustrated by Sophy Williams Suggested
The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor by James Riordan and illustrated by Shelley Fowles Suggested


Independent Readers

1001 Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean and illustrated by Rosamund Fowler Recommended
Genies, Meanies, and Magic Rings by Stephen Mitchell and illustrated by Tom Pohrt Recommended
Traveling Man by James Rumford Recommended
Saladin by Diane Stanley Recommended
Arabian Nights Retold and illustrated by Earle Goodenow Recommended
The Arabian Nights by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora A. Smith and illustrated by Maxfield Parrish Recommended
Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights Retold and illustrated by W. Heath Robinson Suggested
The Children's Encyclopedia of Arabia by Mary Beardwood Suggested
Seven Daughters & Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen and Bahija Lovejoy Suggested
Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights by N. J. Dawood and illustrated by William Harvey Suggested
From The Land Of Sheba by Carolyn Han Suggested
Tales of Juha by Salma Khadra Jayyusi Suggested
Arabian Nights and Days by Naguib Mahfouz and translated by Denys Johnson-Davies Suggested
The Akhenaten Adventure by Philip Kerr Suggested
Mosque by David MacAulay Suggested
Abu Jmeel's Daughter and Other Stories by Jamal Sleem Nuweihed and Salma Khadra Jayyusi Suggested
Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales by Josepha Sherman Suggested
Watermelons, Walnuts and the Wisdom of Allah by Barbara K. Walker and illustrated by Harold Berson Suggested


Young Adult

The Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton Recommended
The Arabian Nights by Husain Haddawy Recommended
Arabian Nights II by Husain Haddawy Recommended
The Arabian Nights by Robert Irwin Recommended
Gilgamesh by John Gardner Suggested
Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell Suggested

Posted by Charles Bayless on August 17, 2008 8:26 PM | | Comments (0)

August 23, 2008

Flying

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections.
Go to books for Independent Readers
Go to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

Stellaluna written and illustrated by Janell Cannon Highly Recommended
Bat Loves the Night written by Nicola Davies and illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies Recommended
To Fly written by Wendie C. Old and illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker Recommended
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride written by Pam Munoz Ryan and illustrated by Brian Selznick Recommended
The Silver Pony written and illustrated by Lynd Ward Recommended
Tuesday written and illustrated by David Wiesner Recommended
Sector 7 written and illustrated by David Wiesner Recommended
Hey, Al written by Arthur Yorinks and illustrated by Richard Egielski Recommended
Hot-Air Henry written by Mary Calhoun and illustrated by Erick Ingraham Suggested
Flying written and illustrated by Donald Crews Suggested
Room on the Broom written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler Suggested
Abuela written by Arthur Dorros and illustrated by Elisa Kleven Suggested
The Noisy Airplane Ride written by Mike Downs and illustrated by David Gordon Suggested
Neil, Buzz and Mike Go to the Moon written and illustrated by Richard Hilliard Suggested
Wind Flyers written by Angela Johnson and illustrated by Loren Long Suggested
Hot Air written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman Suggested
Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon written and illustrated by Margret Rey Suggested
Tar Beach written and illustrated by Faith Ringgold Suggested
The Wreck of the Zephyr written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg Suggested


Independent Reader

Peter Pan written by J. M. Barrie and illustrated by Scott Gustafson Highly Recommended
The Little Prince written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Highly Recommended
Twenty-One Balloons written and illustrated by William Pene Du Bois Highly Recommended
The Sword in the Stone written by T. H. White and illustrated by Dennis Nolan Highly Recommended
Hawk, I'm Your Brother written by Byrd Baylor and illustrated by Peter Parnall Recommended
Big Book of Airplanes written and illustrated by Caroline Bingham Recommended
Origami Paper Airplanes written and designed by Didier Boursin Recommended
Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans written by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt WieseRecommended
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure written by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended
Flight Number 116 Is Down written by Caroline B. Cooney Recommended
James and the Giant Peach written by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake Recommended
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang written by Ian Fleming Recommended
The Wright Brothers written by Russell Freedman Recommended
The Snow Goose written by Paul Gallico Recommended
The Fledgling written by Jane Langton Recommended
Catwings Collection written by Ursula K. Le Guin Recommended
The Phoenix and the Carpet written by Edith Nesbit and illustrated by H. R. Millar Recommended
Bed-Knob and Broomstick written by Mary Norton and illustrated by Erik Blegvad Recommended
Eragon written by Christopher Paolini Recommended
Around The World In Eighty Days written by Jules Verne Recommended

Young Adults

Jonathan Livingston Seagull written and illustrated by Richard Bach Recommended
Going Solo written by Roald Dahl Recommended
Night Flight written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Recommended
Wind, Sand and Stars written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Recommended
Airframe written by Michael Crichton Suggested
Flight to Arras written by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Suggested
B for Buster written by Iain Lawrence Suggested

Posted by Charles Bayless on August 23, 2008 3:51 PM | | Comments (2)

August 30, 2008

New Sibling

Books to read to a child in anticipation of a new sibling.

Picture Books

A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Lillian Hoban Highly Recommended
All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan and illustrated by Mike Wimmer Highly Recommended
If You Were My Bunny by Kate McMullan and illustrated by David McPhail Recommended
Mcduff And the Baby by Rosemary Wells and illustrated by Susan Jeffers Recommended

Posted by Charles Bayless on August 30, 2008 11:38 AM | | Comments (0)

August 31, 2008

Cowboys

From the Pigeon Post essay of the same name, August 31, 2008.

This book list is divided into three sections:
(1) Picture Books
(2) Books for Independent Readers
(3) Books for Young Adults

The list begins below with Picture Books, but you can use one of the following links to skip directly to either of the other two sections:
Skip to books for Independent Readers
Skip to books for Young Adults


Picture Books

Cowboy Small written and illustrated by Lois Lenski Highly Recommended
The Brave Cowboy written and illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund Recommended
Calico the Wonder Horse written and illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton Recommended
Cowboy Night Before Christmas written and illustrated by James Rice Recommended
Pappy's Handkerchief by Devin Scillian and illustrated by Chris Ellison Recommended
Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell and illustrated by Ted Rand Recommended (OK not quite about cowboys but a great story about living on the frontier)
Bad Day at Riverbend written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg Recommended
The Cowboy's Christmas written and illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund Suggested
Armadillo Rodeo written and illustrated by Jan Brett Suggested
Little Old Big Beard and Big Young Little Beard by Remy Charlip and illustrated by Tamara Rettenmund Suggested
Pecos Bill written and illustrated by Steven Kellogg Suggested
Why Cowboys Sleep With Their Boots On by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton and illustrated by James Rice Suggested
Why Cowgirls Are Such Sweet Talkers by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton and illustrated by James Rice Suggested
Gift Horse by S. D. Nelson Suggested (Indian Lore)
Cowboy Rodeo written and illustrated by James Rice Suggested
Texas Night Before Christmas written and illustrated by James Rice Suggested
B Is for Buckeroo by Louise Doak Whitney and Gleaves Whitney and illustrated by Susan Guy Suggested
A Cowboy Christmas by Audrey Wood and illustrated by Robert Florczak Suggested


Independent Reader

Pecos Bill by James Cloyd Bowman and illustrated by Laura Bannon Recommended
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. Erickson and illustrated by Gerald L. Holmes Recommended
Brighty of the Grand Canyon by Marguerite Henry & Wesley Dennis and illustrated by Wesley Dennis Recommended
Smoky The Cowhorse by Will James Recommended
Silver Canyon by Louis L'Amour Recommended
Cowboy (DK Eyewitness series) by David H. Murdoch and illustrated by Geoff Brightling Recommended
The Man from Snowy River and Other Verses by Andrew Barton Paterson Recommended
Cowboy Country by Ann Herbert Scott and illustrated by Ted Lewin Recommended
Geronimo by Joseph Bruchac Suggested
In the Days of the Vaqueros by Russell Freedman Suggested
The Life and Death of Crazy Horse by Russell Freedman and illustrated by Amos Bad Heart Bull Suggested
Will Jame's Book of Cowboy Stories by Will James Suggested
All in the Day's Riding by Will James Suggested
Horses I've Known by Will James Suggested
Crossfire Trail by Louis L'Amour Suggested
The Rider of Lost Creek by Louis L'Amour Suggested
Bull's-Eye by Sue Macy Suggested
The Journal of Joshua Loper by Walter Dean Myers Suggested
Tall Tales of the Wild West (And a Few Short Ones) by Eric Ode and illustrated by Ben Crane Suggested