Category: Picture Books

We found our first Elephant and Piggie Book when my oldest was in Kindergarten, I think, so around 2010. There were probably about 12 books out at that point. All 3 of my boys loved to listen to them and could even start sounding out words and reading them when they were first learning to read. (Though these books are easy to memorize, so after a few reads they’re not really sounding out words anymore.)

We have followed these books over the years and I think we’ve read all of them. We just checked out Mo Willems’ last book in the series, The Thank You book (#25).

This book does not disappoint. It’s just as funny as the other books and my 5 year old daughter has requested me to read it several times since we checked it out.

If you want to read more news about the Elephant & Piggie books, you can look at the author’s blog.

In fact, there are lots of fun ideas for celebrating Thank-o-rama month at this new website. So start thanking away.

We’d like to thank Mr. Willems for writing such fun, colorful, and witty books to be enjoyed by the whole family! Thank you Mo Willems.

When I was searching for an old post on the blog recently I found this list from 4 years ago of books I wanted to read to Blake before kindergarten. It’s funny to remember myself as a first-time parent trying to find all these books. I know that I didn’t, but it was a fun goal at the time.

Now, 4 years later, I’m more of a seasoned parent with 2 children already in school and I know that it doesn’t really matter. But I still am trying to read as much as I can with Isaac this year before he starts kindergarten in the fall.

Indiana does full-day kindergarten and I’ve finally resigned myself to putting Isaac in it, instead of fighting for half-day or something. So he’s not going to get home each day until 4pm. That makes me very sad. But Blake and Clark both took naps until kindergarten, so I am using this year without naps to spend time reading books with him, playing games, and doing little lessons.

It was hard to give up that nap-time break at first, since I’ve always had nappers in the afternoon. He does do quiet time for an hour each day, but somehow he slowly wanders into whatever room I’m in (usually my office or bedroom) and talks to me half the time. 🙂

So instead of trying to read all the picture books on those other lists I’m going to share a list of some of our favorites. It was fun to see that some of the ones I hadn’t heard of 4 years ago are now in our personal collection and some of our favorites.

Top 65 Books We Own:

1. Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
2. Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch
3. Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
4. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
5. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
6. Berenstain Bear Books by Stan & Jan Berenstain
7. Arthur books by Marc Brown
8. Goodnight, Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
9. Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
11. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
12. Bullies Never Win by Margery Cuyler
13. Jamberry by Bruce Degen
14. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
15. Are You My Mother? by P. D. Eastman
16. Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
17. Corduroy by Don Freeman
18. Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
19. Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland
20. Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
21. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
22. Owen by Kevin Henkes
23. Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
24. Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
25. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
26. My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza
27. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
28. Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
29. A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
30. Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel
31. George and Martha books by James Marshall
32. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Bill Martin
33. Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin
34. All By Myself by Mercer Mayer
35. Pig Pig Grows Up by David McPhail
36. Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
37. The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
38. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
39. Gossie & Gertie books by Dunrea Olivier
40. Dragon Tales by Dav Pilkey
41. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
42. The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
43. Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
44. Curious George by H. A. Rey
45. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
46. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs By A. Wolf by John Scieszka
47. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
48. The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
49. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
50. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
51. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
52. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
53. Dinosaur Roar! by Paul and Henrietta Stickland
54. Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
55. Duck at the Door by Jackie Urbanovic
56. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
57. Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
58. Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
59. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
60. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
61. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
62. Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
63. The Mouse, Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don & Audrey Wood
64. The Napping House by Audrey Wood
65. Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

And some other books we would love to own:

66. Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
67. Loveykins by Quentin Blake
68. Bink & Gollie books by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
69. The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
70. Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
71. Olivia by Ian Falconer
72. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
73. Beady Bear by Don Freeman
74. Let’s Do Nothing by Tony Fucile
75. The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers
76. Little Bunny Foo Foo by Paul Brett Johnson
77. The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
78. Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester
79. Pete the Cat by Eric Litwin
80. Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
81. I Need My Monster by Amanda Noll
82. Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
83. Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
84. The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
85. The Big Bad Wolf and Me by Delphine Perret
86. Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
87. Brownie & Pearl books by Cynthia Rylant
88. In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
89. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
90. Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Bernard Waber
91. Piggy & Gerald Books by Mo Willems
92. A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
93. Elbert’s Bad Word by Audrey Wood
94. Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

In case you can’t tell, I’m kind of a picture book addict. I just bought 10 new ones tonight at the library for 25 cents each. Can’t beat that!

Since I’m so close to 100 I’d love to think of a few more. What are some books you would add to my list?

I read to my kids everyday. We have a ton of picture books, but the majority of them fall into one of these series: Berenstain Bears, Curious George, Clifford, Arthur, Winnie The Pooh, or Little Critter.

And I get a little bored of reading those books over and over.

So recently we’ve found a few new series.

<strong>1. George & Martha by James Marshall</strong>

We don’t own any of these yet, but my boys always love them when we get them at the library. We just found a new one:

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A few others in the series:

George and Martha
George and Martha: Rise and Shine
George and Martha Encore
George and Martha Tons of Fun
George and Martha Back in Town
George and Martha One Fine Day
George and Martha: One More Time
George and Martha Two Great Friends
George and Martha: The Best of Friends
George and Martha: Full of Surprises

 

<strong>2. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems</strong>

We own this book and the kids enjoy it, but just recently I found 2 other ones in the series at the library and my boys absolutely loved them.

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There is also:

Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
The Pigeon Has Feelings, Too!
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy
The Pigeon Loves Things That Go!

<strong>3. The Teacher from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler</strong>

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My kids were a bit frightened of this at first, but Clark loves it now that he’s gotten used to it. We found a few other stories in the series at DI and they are just as good.

The Gym Teacher from the Black Lagoon
The Principal from the Black Lagoon
The Substitute Teacher from the Black Lagoon
The Art Teacher from the Black Lagoon
The School Bus Driver from the Black Lagoon
The Music Teacher from the Black Lagoon
The Cafeteria Lady from the Black Lagoon
The Custodian from the Black Lagoon
The Dentist from the Black Lagoon
The Bully from the Black Lagoon
The New Kid from the Black Lagoon
The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon
The Librarian from the Black Lagoon

 

<strong>4. Bear by Karma Wilson</strong>

We own Bear’s New Friend, but love any of the others that we can find at the library.

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Others:

Bear Wants More
Bear Feels Sick
Bear Snores On
Bear Stays Up

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5. Moonbear by Frank Asch</strong>

This is probably the most popular one:

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Some Others:

Moonbear’s Shadow
Skyfire
Moongame
Moonbear’s Dream
Mooncake
Moondance
Moonbear’s Pet

Since Blake will be starting kindergarten this fall I thought I would look up the 100 picture books to read before starting school. (I have looked at lists like this in the past) Problem is, I found multiple lists with very different books.

List 1

List 2

List 3

Any sane person would have browsed the lists and just marked down a few to get at the library. But not me.

I am a list person, and a book person…so this is right up my alley. I spent more time than I’d like to admit combining the lists and marking the ones we’ve read, own, etc. I will check out everyone of these books from the library this year. And happily with the past 4 years of reading we have covered a bunch of them already.

Without further ado, here is the most detailed list EVER of picture books, alphabetized for your easy pleasure.

Bold = books we own
Italics = books we’ve read
* = books to read

Books that made all 3 lists: (28 – we’ve read 22)

* Ten, Nine, Eight by Bang, Molly
Madeline by Bemelmans, Ludwig
Goodnight, Moon by Brown, Margaret Wise
* Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by Burningham, John
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle, Eric
Freight Train by Crews, Donald
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Cronin, Doreen
* Strega Nona by De Paola, Tomie
Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Emberley, Ed
Olivia by Falconer, Ian
Corduroy by Freeman, Don
Millions of Cats by Gag, Wanda
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Henkes, Kevin
Where’s Spot? by Hill, Eric
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Kasza, Keiko
The Snowy Day by Keats, Ezra Jack
* The Carrot Seed by Krauss, Ruth
Froggy Gets Dressed by London, Jonathan
Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey, Robert
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Numeroff, Laura
Good Night, Gorilla by Rathmann, Peggy
Curious George by Rey, H. A.
Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak, Maurice
Caps for Sale by Slobodkina, Esphyr
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Steig, William
* Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Viorst, Judith
The Napping House by Wood, Audrey
* Harry, the Dirty Dog by Zion, Gene

Books that made 2 lists: (37 – we’ve read 23)

Where’s My Teddy? by Alborough, Jez
Miss Nelson is Missing by Allard, Harry
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Barrett, Judi
The Three Bears by Barton, Byron
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Burton, Virginia Lee
* Abuela by Dorros, Arthur
Bark, George by Feiffer, Jules
* Is Your Mama a Llama? by Guarino, Deborah
Bread and Jam for Frances by Hoban, Russell
* Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color by Hoban, Tana
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Johnson, Crockett
* The Caterpillar and the Polliwog by Kent, Jack
* Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Kimmel, Eric
Leo the Late Bloomer by Kraus, Robert
The Story of Ferdinand by Leaf, Munro
* Swimmy by Lionni, Leo
* Mabela the Clever by MacDonald, Margaret
George and Martha by Marshall, James
Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Martin, Bill
Guess How Much I Love You by McBratney, Sam
* Martha Speaks by Meddaugh, Susan
The Little Engine That Could by Piper, Watty
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Potter, Beatrix
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Rosen, Michael
* Grandfather’s Journey by Say, Allen
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Duck on a Bike by Shannon, David
* No, David! by Shannon, David
* It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Shaw, Charles
Polar Express by Van Allsburg, Chris
* Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by Waber, Bernard
Mouse Paint by Walsh, Ellen Stoll
* Yoko by Wells, Rosemary
Knuffle Bunny by Willems, Mo
I Went Walking by Williams, Sue
* A Chair for My Mother by Williams, Vera B.
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Yolen, Jane

Books that made 1 list: (141 – we’ve read 36)

* Each Peach Pear Plum by Ahlberg, Janet and Allan
Happy Birthday, Moon by Asch, Frank
* Old Black Fly by Aylesworth, Jim
* Machines at Work by Barton, Byron
* The Little Red Hen by Barton, Byron
I Like Myself by Beaumont, Karen
* Little Gorilla by Bornstein, Ruth
The Mitten by Brett, Jan
Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Bridwell, Norman
Stone Soup by Brown, Marcia
* Turtle’s Race with Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story by Bruchac, Joseph
The Little House by Burton, Virginia
* Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Carle, Eric
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Christelow, Eileen
* Uptown by Bryan, Collier
* Miss Rumphius by Cooney, Barbara
Maisy Goes Swimming by Cousins, Lucy
* Today I Feel Silly by Curtis, Jamie Lee
* Happy Birthday, Jamela! by Daly, Niki
* Andy and the Lion by Daugherty, James
Jamberry by Degen, Bruce
* The Empty Pot by Demi
* Rap a Tap Tap : Here’s Bojangles-Think of That! by Dillon, Leo
* Bed Hogs by DiPucchio, Kelly
Are You My Mother? by Eastman, P. D.
Go, Dog, Go! by Eastman, P.D.
* A Handful of Sunshine : Growing a Sunflower by Eclare, Melanie
* Buz by Egielski, Richard
* Feathers For Lunch by Ehlert, Lois
* Growing Vegetable Soup by Ehlert, Lois
* Mean Soup by Everitt, Betsy
* Ask Mr. Bear by Flack, Marjorie
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Fleming, Candace
* The Everything Book by Fleming, Denise
* Lunch by Fleming, Denise
* Mama Cat has Three Kittens by Fleming, Denise
* The Magic Hat by Fox, Mem
* The Three Bears by Galdone, Paul
* The Three Little Pigs by Galdone, Paul
* The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Galdone, Paul
* The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Gerstein, Mordicai
* The Bossy Gallito: A Traditional Cuban Folk Tale by Gonzalez, Lucia M
* Barnyard Song by Greene, Rhonda
* A First Picture Book of Nursery Rhymes by Harbour, Elizabeth (Illustrator)
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Henkes, Kevin
Owen by Henkes, Kevin
* Off to School, Baby Duck! by Hest, Amy
* Bedtime for Frances by Hoban, Russell
Miss Mary Mack by Hoberman, Mary Ann
Rosie’s Walk by Hutchins, Pat
* You’ll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch by Pat Hutchins
* Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by Jenkins, Steve
* Julius by Johnson, Angela
* Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by Johnson, D. B.
* Round Trip by Jonas, Ann
* Splash! by Jonas, Ann
* Mama, Do You Love Me? by Joosse, Barbara
* Jump, Frog, Jump! by Kalan, Robert
Whistle for Willie by Keats, Ezra Jack
* I Took My Frog to the Library by Kimmel, Eric
* Over in the Meadow by Langstaff, John
* Tacky the Penguin by Lester, Helen
* John Henry by Lester, Julius
* A Color of His Own by Lionni, Leo
* Frog and Toad All Year by Lobel, Arnold
* Frog and Toad are Friends by Lobel, Arnold
* The Random House Book of Mother Goose by Lobel, Arnold
* The Stray Dog by Marc, Simont
* The Line-Up Book by Marisabina, Russo
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Martin, Bill
All By Myself by Mayer, Mercer
* Raven : a Trickster Tale From the Pacific Northwest by McDermott, Gerald
* Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale From West Africa by McDermott, Gerald
* Flora McDonnell’s ABC by McDonnell, Flora
* Widget by McFarland, Lyn
* Too Much Noise by McGovern, Ann
* Goin’ Someplace Special by McKissack, Patricia
* Growing Colors by McMillan, Bruce
* I stink! by McMullan, Kate
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by McPhail, David
* Sylvia Long’s Mother Goose
* Bruno Munari’s ABC by Munari, Bruno
* I Kissed the Baby! by Murphy, Mary
* The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Neitzel, Shirley
* The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Noble, Trinka
Gossie by Olivier, Dunrea
* Diez deditos / Ten Little Fingers by Orozco, Jose
Amelia Bedelia by Parish, Peggy
* Bee-Bim Bop! by Park, Linda
* Do’s and Don’ts by Parr, Todd
Kermit the Hermit by Peet, Bill
* The Kissing Hand by Penn, Audrey
* Puss in Boots by Perrault, Charles
* The Rainbow Fish by Pfister, Marcus
Not a Box by Portis, Antoinette
* Mouse Mess by Riley, Linnea
* Tar Beach by Ringgold, Faith
* The Toolbox by Rockwell, Anne
My Friend Rabbit by Rohmann, Eric
* Dog Heaven by Rylant, Cynthia
* The Relatives Came by Rylant, Cynthia
Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Scarry, Richard
* Richard Scarry’s Best First Book Ever by Scarry, Richard
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs By A. Wolf by Scieszka, John
* Pierre: A Cautionary Tale by Sendak, Maurice
* Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
* Spicy Hot Colors = Colores Picantes by Shahan, Sherry
* Lizard’s Song by Shannon, George
* Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Sharmat, Mitchell
* I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Sherry, Kevin
* Come Along, Daisy! by Simmons, Jane
* Fire Truck by Sis, Peter
* Imogene’s Antlers by Small, David
* Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by Steptoe, John
* And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Stevens, Janet
* The Gardener by Stewart, Sarah
Dinosaur Roar! by Stickland, Paul and Henrietta
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Stoeke, Janet
* The House in the Night by Swanson, Susan
* Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Taback, Simms
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Taback, Simms
* Spots, Feathers and Curly Tails by Tafuri, Nancy
* Who’s Counting by Tafuri, Nancy
Pigsty by Teague, Mark
* Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Titherington, Jeanne
* Farmer Duck by Waddell, Martin
* Owl Babies by Waddell, Martin
* Mr. Cookie Baker by Wellington, Monica
Noisy Nora by Wells, Rosemary
The Three Pigs by Wiesner, David
* Tuesday by Wiesner, David
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Willems, Mo
Bear Snores On by Wilson, Karma
Owl Moon by Yolen, Jane
* Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China by Young, Ed
* Seven Blind Mice by Young, Ed
* Rumpelstiltskin by Zelinsky, Paul O.
* The Wheels on the Bus by Zelinsky, Paul O.
* It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folktale by Zemach, Margot
* The Little Red Hen: An Old Story by Zemach, Margot
* Trashy Town by Zimmerman, Andrea Griffing

And here are a few I’m surprised didn’t make it.

Seriously, I’ve read some of the classic stories like Mike Mulligan and the Ferdinand one to my kids and they didn’t like them. Then some really good ones get cut out. Weird.

I was also surprised they had these series represented: Curious George, Clifford, and Little Critter. But nothing from the Berenstain Bears or Arthur series, which are two favorites in our home.

Oh well, 206 books were listed and we’ve only read 81. We’ve got some work to do!