As a teacher, I am often asked for book recommendations from pre-school to 6th grade. So here are my top choices for you all!
With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark, and to follow where it takes us. This is such a fun story to tie into an art activity. After you are done re...
The Dot (book)
Camilla Cream is very worried about what other people think about her, but at the very moment she most wants to fit in, she becomes completely covered in colorful stripes! This is a great book about learning to be happy with who you are!
A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf)
As a teacher, mother, grandmother this was and is one of my favorite books to read to the little ones. It is so fun to read about David, and then talk about how he could make better choices. It hits home for sure!!
No, David! by David Shannon
This is just a classic story of love, and the importance of giving to others. Shel Silverstein does an amazing job following this young boy into adulthood and showing us the true message of how love shines through!
The Giving Tree - The Way
An alphabet story that is amusing and funny with a twist that is sure to bring laughs, this is one little story that you will never tire of reading with your little ones. My favorite thing to do with this story is turn it into a rap with the little o...
Amazon.com: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Board Book)
THIS book will quickly become your favorite if you have kiddos that like to interrupt! Funny story on how sometimes it's hard to just listen. Love reading this story even to my upper grade students, great lessons to be learned!
Interrupting Chicken
Rhyming is so much fun and a much needed skill for all children to master! When Mosquito finds himself inside a burrito, he's determined to not to be an extra ingredient and plans his escape. But curiosity gets the better of him, and he nibbles a lit...
The Mosquito Burrito: A Hilarious Children's Book
This is my favorite book to start off the school year with! Either to a child going off to school, or in the classroom this story helps students deal with change. As Chester goes off to school, mom gives him a kiss on the hand so whenever he feels sc...
The Kissing Hand Paperback Picture Book
Poor bear can't find his hat! Just about when he is ready to give up, deer comes along and gets him back on track. This is a book that’s told entirely in dialogue, and is a new twist on the classic repetitive tale. Visual humor and clever illustratio...
Amazon.com: I Want My Hat Back
“The Book with No Pictures” is simple but completely different from the typical books out there. Filled with silliness, humor, and encouraging novel ...if you want to have some fun with your children check this one out!
The book With No Pictures - by BJ Novak
This story is told from the perspective of the Wolf, who in his opinion isn't really a bad guy at all. Love this story for older children because it allows a glimpse into what really happened, or the different possibilities!!
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
This book is a twist on your classic fairy tales. Kids of all ages go crazy over these! It is funny, witty, and one of my favorites!
The Stinky Cheese Man & Other Tales
This story will help children and adults alike look at their part in the world around them in a more productive way. Miss Rumphius shows how much difference one person can make in the beauty of the world they live in. It is a beautifully told story o...
Amazon.com: Miss Rumphius: 9780140505399: …
This book had me rolling with my grandkids, and students. It tells the story through a crayons, eyes of being extremely overworked. The crayons petition for change, and what follows is a beautiful creation of all things working together for good!