Books (mostly picture books) for the beginning of library/school

Nancy Keane has a great site with lots of lists about books

• Orientation http://nancykeane.com/rl/314.htm
• Libraries http://nancykeane.com/rl/217.htm
• Library as Sanctuary http://nancykeane.com/rl/847.htm

Teaching ideas for the first month - from Helpful links and information for New Library Media Specialists

What I read in September for:

Kindergarten

Quiet, there’s a canary in the library – Freeman
Beverly Billingsly borrows a book – Stadler
Beatrice doesn’t want to –Numeroff
Wolf – Becky Bloom
Book, book, book - Bruss

1st grade

Librarian from the black lagoon- Thaler
Charlie Cook's favorite book - Donaldson
Wild about books – Sierra
Hog-eye – Meddaugh
Petunia – Duvoisin

2nd grade

Library dragon – Deedy
Library Lil - Williams
Stella Louella’s runaway book – Ernst
Who’s afraid of the big bad book – Child
Beware of the storybook wolf - Child

Also about libraries
B is for bookworm: a library alphabet - Prieto (also - L is for Library and T is for teacher)
BB Wolf, mind your manners - Judy Sierra NEW
Boy who was raised by librarians - Carla Morris
IQ goes to the library - Fraser
Carlo and the really nice librarian - Spanyol
Corduroy goes to the library - Freeman
Curious George visits the library - Rey
D. W.'s library card - Brown
The library – Stewart
Library lion - Knudsen - (activity kit from publisher)
Library Mouse - Daniel Kirk NEW
Lola at the librry, by McQuinn
Maisy goes to the library - Cousins
When the library lights go out by McDonald

Or books about books and reading
Amelia Bedelia, bookworm – Parish
Aunt Chip and the great Triple Creek Dam Affair - Polacco
Book! by George
But, excuse me, that is my book - Child
Charlie Cook's favorite book - Donaldson
Claire and the unicorn happily ever after - Hennessy
Come back, Jack - Anholt
Do not open this book - Muntean
Henry and the buccaneer bunnies - Crimi
I can read with my eyes shut – Seuss
I love going though this book - Burleigh
Incredible book eating boy - Jeffers NEW
Janie and the famous author - Hahn
Miss Malarkey leaves no reader behind -Martin
Miss Smith’s incredible storybook - Garland
Mr. George Baker - Hest
Mr. Katapat's incredible adventures - Battou
My book box - Hillenbrand
Once upon a time - Daly
Pirates - Lamm
Read anything good lately? by Allen and Lindaman
The red book - Lehman
A story for bear - Haseley
Wait, I want to tell you a story - Willans
Wednesday Surprise - Bunting
When will I read - Cohen (and others by author)
Winston, the book wolf - McGee
Wish, change, friend - Whybrow
You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Fairy Tales to read together - Hoberman
You read to me, I'll read to you: very short Mother Goose Tales to read together - Hoberman

For the bigger kids
All of a kind Family - Taylor
Read any good books lately? - Allen (Written anything good lately)
Miss Smith’s incredible storybook - Garland

Or a poem from
Good books, good times - selected by Hopkins
Bury me in the Library - Lewis
Almost Late to School and more school poems - Shield
If you're not here, please raise your hand: poems about school - Dakos
There's a zoo in Room 22 - Judy Sierra

Or books about school /starting school / first day of school
Bad case of stripes – Shannon
Brand new kid – Couric
Brand new pencils, brand new books - DeGroat
Ella the elegant elephant - D"Amico
I am absolutely too small for school - Child
Late for school - Reiss
Lost and found - Teague
Miss Mingo and the first day of school - Harper
Moses goes to school - Millman
My name is Yoon - Recorvits
Never spit on your shoes - Cazet
Officer Buckle and Gloria - Rathman
Suki's kimono -Uegaki
Vera's first day of school - Rosenberry
We share everything - Munsch
Wemberly worried - Henkes

Or a bully books/pushy characters– some of my favorites:
Stand tall Molly Lou Melon –Lovell
Enemy pie – Munson
Lily's purple plastic purse - Henkes
Weekend with Wendell – Henkes
Hooway for Wodney Wat – Lester – also Score one for the sloths
Recess Queen – O’Neill
Rotten Ralph - Gantos
Bootsie Barker Bites – Bottner
Goggles – Keats

Or books about being special/individual
Bad case of stripes - Shannon
Crayon box that talked - DeRolf
Ella Sarah gets dressed - Chados-Irvine
Fancy Nancy - Jane O'Connor
Finklehopper frog - Livingston
Giraffes can't dance - Andreae
Goose - Bang
Mommy doesn't know my name - Williams
Owliver - Krause
Pig's picnic - Kasza
Pinduli - Cannon
Sylvia Jean, drama queen - Ernst
Unhappy Harry - Merriam
Wings - Meyer

Or books about words
The boy who loved words - Schotter (printable activity)
Donavan's word jar - DeGross
Max's Words - Banks
Miss Alaineus: vocabulary disaster - Frasier
Mom and Dad are palindromes -Shulman
Thesaurus Rex -
Word Wizard - Falwell (anagrams)

Or about parts of the books / writing books/ storytelling
The biggest soap - Schaefer
Do not open this book - Muntean
Hippo goes bananas - Murray
Kamishibai man - Say
Max's words - Banks
Meanwhile... - Pfeiffer
Stinky Cheese Man - Scieszka
Wait! I want to tell you a story, by Willans
Written anything lately?