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Early Literacy: Literature to Share

Alphabet Books

Gone Wild by David McLimans (Illustrator)
Call Number: 591.68 McL
Publication Date: 2006-09-05
Once upon an alphabet by Jeffers, Oliver
Call Number: Pic Jef
Publication Date: 2014
ABC X 3 by Marthe Jocelyn; Tom Slaughter (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Joc
Publication Date: 2005-10-11
ABC of Canada by Kim Bellefontaine; Per-Henrik Gürth (Illustrator)
Call Number: 971 Bel
Publication Date: 2002-03-01
Work by Kellen Hatanaka
Call Number: 421.1 Hat
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin; John Archambault; Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Mar
Publication Date: 1989-10-01
Alphabet under Construction by Denise Fleming (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Fle
Publication Date: 2002-08-01
Tribal Alphabet by Claudia Pearson (Artist); Nan Richardson (Editor)
Call Number: 421.1 Ric
Publication Date: 2008-05-01

Poetry

Stories That Rhyme

Pete the Cat and the New Guy by James Dean (Illustrator); Kimberly Dean
Call Number: Pic Dea
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic See
Publication Date: 2012-03-27
Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin; Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Mar
Publication Date: 2011-08-30
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin; John Archambault; Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)
Call Number: 421.1 Mar
Publication Date: 1989-10-01
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont; David Catrow (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bea
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae; Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic And
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
The Gruffalo by Donaldson, Julia; Scheffler, Axel
Call Number: Pic Don
Wild about Books by Judy Sierra; Marc Brown (Illustrator, Translator)
Call Number: Pic Sie
Publication Date: 2004-08-10
Counting Crows by Kathi Appelt; Rob Dunlavey (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic App
Publication Date: 2015-03-03

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Wordless Books

Pool by Jihyeon Lee
Call Number: Pic Lee
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson; Sydney Smith
Call Number: Pic Law
Publication Date: 2015-03-17
Float by Daniel Miyares (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Miy
Publication Date: 2015-06-09
A Cat Named Tim and Other Stories by John Martz
Call Number: GN Mar
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: 398.245 Pin
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Ras
Publication Date: 2011-05-10
The Red Book by Barbara Lehman (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Leh
Publication Date: 2004-09-27

Concept Books

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert
Call Number: 582.16 Ehl
Publication Date: 1991-09-15
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Wal
Publication Date: 1989-03-10
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox; Judy Horacek
Call Number: Pic Fox
Publication Date: 2004-04-01
Green Is a Chile Pepper by Roseanne Greenfield Thong; John Parra (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Tho
Publication Date: 2014-02-18
Perfect Square by Michael Hall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Hal
Publication Date: 2011-03-29
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (Illustrator)
Call Number: 535.6 See
Publication Date: 2004-11-01
Black? White! Day? Night! by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Call Number: 428.1 See
Publication Date: 2006-10-03

Classic Stories

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Slo
Publication Date: 2008-04-22
Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Hut
Publication Date: 1968-04-01
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble; Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Nob
Publication Date: 1980-01-01
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Hen
Publication Date: 1991-09-16
The Garden of Elois Loon by Edna Alford
Call Number: PS 8551 L42 G3 1986
Publication Date: 1986-01-01
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf; Robert Lawson (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Lea
Publication Date: 2011-03-31

Traditional Literature and Folklore

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.245 You
Publication Date: 1992-04-29
Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Call Number: 398.2 Ste
Publication Date: 1995-03-29
The Princess and the Warrior by Duncan Tonatiuh
Call Number: 398.20972 Ton
Publication Date: 2016-09-20
Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
Call Number: 398.2096 McD
Publication Date: 1992-09-15
Chicken Little by Ed Emberley (Illustrator); Rebecca Emberley
Call Number: 398.2 Emb
Publication Date: 2009-03-03
The Twelve Dancing Princesses by John Cech (Retold by); Lucy Corvino (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.2 Cec
Publication Date: 2009-05-05
The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney (Illustrator)
Call Number: 398.245 Pin
Publication Date: 2006-05-18

Current Favourites

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bar
Publication Date: 2014-10-14
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt; Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Day
Publication Date: 2013-06-27
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Kla
Publication Date: 2016-10-11
Red by Michael Hall (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Hal
Publication Date: 2015-02-03
Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg
Call Number: Pic Sal
Publication Date: 2010-09-23
The Dark by Snicket, Lemony; Klassen, Jon
Call Number: Pic Sni
Publication Date: 2013, Frist Canadian edition
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Wil
Publication Date: 2004-09-01
This Book Just Ate My Dog! by Richard Byrne (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Byr
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino; Isabelle Malenfant (Illustrator)
Call Number: Pic Bal
Publication Date: 2014-05-13
This Moose Belongs To Me by Jeffers, Oliver
Call Number: Pic Jef
Publication Date: 2012
Nancy Knows by Cybèle Young
Call Number: Pic You
Publication Date: 2014-08-05
Small Saul by Ashley Spires (Illustrator)
Call Number: PIc Spi
Publication Date: 2011-03-01