Hathaway Brown School Primary School Library December 2008 The best gift that you can give your child this holiday season is a good book or two AND the time to read them together. Each year several thousand childrens books are published, making it hard for parents to make good choices about what to buy. Here are some titles that we liked this year. Some are reprints of old favorites; some are new. Call us if you have any questions or would like to see some of the books before you head to the bookstore. Kathy Englehart Paula Rownd Kathie Young

Books for Preschool and Kindergarten New Clothes for New Years Day by Hyun-Joo Bae We Are One by Ysaye M. Barnwell & Brian Pinkney Sally and the Purple Socks by Lisze Bechtold Duck Dunks by Lynne Berry & Hiroe Nakata Big Bad Bunny by Franny Billingsley & G. Brian Karas Will You Read to Me? by Denys Cazet Market Day by Carol Foskett Cordsen & Douglas B. Jones Rain Play by Cynthia Cotton & Javaka Steptoe Horse by Malachy Doyle & Angelo Rinaldi Oodles of Animals by Lois Ehlert A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee Little Ballet Star by Adle Geras & Shelagh McNicholas Turtles Penguin Day by Valeri Gorbachev

Dannys First Snow by Leonid Gore Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett Old Bear by Kevin Henkes 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe by Anna Grossnickle Hines Little Rabbits New Baby by Harry Horse Skunkdog by Emily Jenkins & Pierre Pratt Princess Baby by Karen Katz

Space Boy by Leo Landry The Wave by Suzy Lee

Bats at the Library by Brian Lies Hello, Day! by Anita Lobel Albert the Fix-It Man by Janet Lord & Julie Paschkis Hen Hears Gossip by Megan McDonald & Joung Un Kim Playground Day! by Jennifer J. Merz Mrs. Muddles Holidays by Laura Nielsen & Thomas Yezerski The Mommy Book and The Daddy Book by Todd Parr Fancy Nancy: Bonjour, Butterfly by Jane OConnor & Robyn

Preiss Glasser A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann Puppies and Piggies by Cynthia Rylant & Ivan Bates

Friday My Radio Flyer Flew by Zachary Pullen Trout Are Made of Trees by April Pulley Sayre & Kate Endle Kids Like Us by Carole Lexa Schaefer & Pierr Morgan Sheep Blast Off by Nancy Shaw & Margot Apple Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle & Matt Phelan Fabulous Fishes by Susan Stockdale The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson & Beth Krommes Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup Truck Driver Tom by Monica Wellington Maxs Bunny Business by Rosemary Wells Bella Gets Her Skates On by Ian Whybrow & Rosie Reeves

Books for Grades 1 and 2 The Retired Kid by Jon Agee

Frogs by Nic Bishop Off to First Grade by Louise Borden & Laura Rankin The Umbrella Queen by Shirin Yim Bridges & Taeeun Yoo Abraham Lincoln Comes Home by Robert Burleigh & Wendell Minor Helen Keller: The World in Her Heart by Lesa Cline-Ransome & James Ransome Lila and the Secret of Rain by David Conway & Jude Daly Willie and the All-Stars by Floyd Cooper The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin, Rosana Fara & Elisa Amado Dodsworth in New York by Tim Egan The Wolves Are Back by Jean Craighead George & Wendell Minor Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship by Nikki Giovanni & Bryan Collier Storytellers Candle/La velita de los cuentos by Lucia Gonzalez & Lulu Delacre Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes & Bryan Collier Great Big Book of Spacey Snakey Buggy Riddles by Katy Hall, Lisa Eisenberg & Simms Taback

Twenty Heartbeats by Dennis Haseley & Ed Young The Dog Who Belonged to No One by Amy Hest Princess Grace by Mary Hoffman, Cornelius Van Wright & Ying-Hwa Hu Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek by Deborah Hopkinson & John Hendrix Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson & Bryan Collier Sisters of Scituate Light by Stephen Krensky & Stacey Schuett Looking Out for Sarah by Glenna Lang The Elephant Quilt: Stitch by Stitch to California by Susan

Lowell & Stacey Dressen-McQueen Follow the Line Around the World by Laura Ljungkvist The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog by Margaret Read MacDonald & Julie Paschkis Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison & Kevin Hawkes My Chincoteague Pony by Susan Jeffers Owney the Mail-Pouch Pooch by Mona Kerby and Lynne Barasch Marshmallow by Claire Turlay Newbery How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. by Marjorie Priceman Mr. Lincolns Boys by Staton Rabin & Bagram Ibatoulline Artful Reading by Bob Raczka

The Apple-Pip Princess by Jane Ray Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City by Janet Schulman & Meilo So Abbys Birds by Ellen Schwartz & Sima Elizabeth Shefrin How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz Madam President by Lane Smith The Best Story by Eileen Spinelli & Anne Wilsdorf Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Janet Stevens & Susan Stevens Crummel LaRue for Mayor by Mark Teague Natures Paintbox: A Seasonal Gallery of Art and Verse by Patricia Thomas & Graig Orback Gai See: What You Can See in Chinatown by Roseanne Thong & Yangsook Choi Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why Every Punctuation Mark Counts by Lynne Truss & Bonnie Timmons Building Manhattan by Laura Vila I Will Surprise My Friend! by Mo Willems I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems The Story Blanket by Ferida Wolff & Harriet May Savitz Johnny Appleseed by Jane Yolen & Jim Burke Naming Liberty by Jane Yolen & Jim Burke Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw by Kaethe Zemach

Books for Grades 3 and 4 Heroes for Civil Rights by David A. Adler & Bill Farnsworth

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street by Jeanne Birdsall We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin by Larry Dane Brimner Priscilla and the Hollyhocks by Anne Broyles & Anna Alter Buffalo Song by Joseph Bruchac & Bill Farnsworth A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant & Melissa Sweet Night Running by Elisa Carbone & E. B. Lewis

Philliss Big Test by Catherine Clinton & Sean Qualls When Harriet Met Sojourner by Catherine Clinton & Shane Evans William Shakespeares The Winters Tale by Bruce Coville & LeUyen Pham Women Daredevils by Julie Cummins & Cheryl Harness Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells by Philip Dray & Stephen Alcorn March On: The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World by Christine King Farris & London Ladd Bird Lake Moon by Kevin Henkes Brothers and Sisters: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World

by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page What to Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley & Edwin Fotheringham Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story by Hena Khan & Julie Paschkis

Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia by Ted & Betsy Lewin A Song for Cambodia by Michelle Lord & Shino Arihara The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry Pass It Down by Leonard S. Marcus My Heart Glow: Alice Cogswell, Thomas Gallaudet, and the Birth of American Sign Language by Emily Arnold McCully Julia Gillian (and the Art of Knowing) by Alison McGhee & Drazin Kozjan Way Up and Over Everything by Alice McGill & Jude Daly As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson & Raul Coln One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway & Eugenie Fernandes Zen Ties by Jon J. Muth Ida B. Wells: Let the Truth Be Told by Walter Dean Myers & Bonnie Christensen Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out by National Childrens Book and Literacy Alliance We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball by Kadir Nelson Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Mark Tyler Nobleman & Ross MacDonald Pitching in for Eubie by Jerdine Nolen & E.B. Lewis Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum by Robert A. Parker

Clementines Letter by Sara Pennypacker Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation by Andrea Davis Pinkney & Brian Pinkney My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem by Jack Prelutsky Lady Liberty by Doreen Rappaport & Matt Tavares Wanda Gg: The Girl Who Loved to Draw by Deborah K. Ray Our Farm: Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Familys Farm by Michael J. Rosen Walt Disneys Cinderella by Cynthia Rylant & Mary Blair Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln by Judith St. George & Matt Faulkner The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick One City, Two Brothers by Chris Smith and Aurlia Fronty Riding to Washington by Gwyneth Spain & David Geister Elizabeth Leads the Way by Tanya Lee Stone & Rebecca Gibbon Sandys Circus: A Story about Alexander Caldwell by Tanya Lee Stone & Boris Kulikov The 13 Clocks by James Thurber & Marc Simont I, Matthew Henson: Polar Explorer by Carole Boston Weatherford & Eric Velasquez Art from her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter by Kathy Whitehead & Shane W. Evans

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