====== 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up ======
This wiki page attempts to compile book suggestions

[[children_s_books_by_age_mn1a]]\\

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===== AGE 0-3 =====
==== Bedtime for Frances ====
**AUTHOR:** Russell Hoban\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark. For preschool-grade 2. **1960**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/55972|DB 55972]] - Read by Laura Giannarelli. Reading time: 12 minutes.

==== Elmer ====
**AUTHOR:** David McKee\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Elmer is not gray like all the other elephants in his herd. Elmer is a patchwork of beautiful, brilliant colors, and he hates it! He hates it because the other elephants laugh and tease him day after day. When Elmer devises a way to look like all the other elephants, he and they learn to appreciate individual differences. For preschool-grade 2. **1989**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 34857]] - Read by Laura Giannarelli.

==== Goodnight Moon ====
**AUTHOR:** Margaret Wise Brown\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A little bunny already tucked into his bed says goodnight to the familiar things in his room as the light dims gently until all is dark. For grades K-3. **1947**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/24603|DB 24603]] - Read by Kay Bergen. Reading time 2 minutes.
  * [[BR 13012]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 20050]] - (SPANISH) **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * See also //**Baby's First Library**/////**La Primera Biblioteca del Bebé**// (SPANISH) [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74988|DB 74988]]

==== Lavender's Blue ====
**AUTHOR:** Kathleen Lines\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A distinctive collection of traditional nursery rhymes from England. For adults to share with children from preschool-grade 2. **1954**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 22661]] - Read by Phyllis Dorflinger.

==== The Little Engine That Could ====
**AUTHOR:** Watty Piper\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
When a train carrying good things for children breaks down, only the little engine offers to help, and everyone wonders if she can pull the train over the mountain. For preschool-grade 2. **1930**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/32652|DB 32652]] - Read by Barbara Rappaport.  Reading time: 5 minutes.
  * BR 02259 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.
  * BR 12016 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.

==== Make Way For Ducklings ====
**AUTHOR:** Robert McCloskey\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Five helpful Boston policemen stop busy city traffic so that Mrs. Mallard can move her family of eight ducklings from their island in the Charles River to their new home in the Public Garden. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal 1942. **1941**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/42913|DB 42913]] - Read by John Horton. Reading time: 8 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/16447|BR 16447]] - 1 volume.
  * BR 01739 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.
  * BR 10039 - PRINT/BRAILLE - 1 volume.

==== Owl Babies ====
**AUTHOR:** Martin Waddell\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Three baby owls wake in the night to find their Mommy GONE! Will she come back soon? For preschool-grade 2. **1992**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BRC/bookmag/00808|BRC00808]] - 1 volume.

==== The Runaway Bunny ====
**AUTHOR:** Margaret Wise Brown\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him. For preschool-grade 2. **1942**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/31481|DB 31481]] - Read by Kerry Cundiff. Reading time: 4 minutes.
  * See also //**Baby's First Library**/////**La Primera Biblioteca del Bebé**// [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/74988|DB 74988]] 

==== The Very Hungry Caterpillar ====
**AUTHOR:** Eric Carle\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A hungry caterpillar eats holes through plums, cheese, sausage, and other food and gets a stomach ache. Then something wonderful happens to the fat caterpillar. For grades K-3. **1969**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/24609|DB 24609]] - Read by Edward C. Stern. Reading time: 4 minutes.
  * [[BR 12015]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 06130]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.

==== We're Going on a Bear Hunt ====
**AUTHOR:** Michael Rosen\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Delightful retelling of an action-packed chant that tells the story of a brave young family who set out to hunt a bear. They go through long grass--"swishy swashy!" And through a river--"splash splosh!" Through the mud--"squelch squerch!" And through the forest--"stumble trip!" Through a snowstorm--"hoooo woooo!" And into a long, narrow, gloomy cave. For preschool-grade 2. **1989**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/34744|DB 34744]] - Read by Jon Beryl. Reading time: 4 minutes.

==== BOOKS NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT ====
  * //**Alvin Says Good Night**// (1996) by Ulf Lofgren
  * //**The Baby's Catalogue**// (1982) by Allan Ahlberg
  * //**Bathwater's Hot**// (1985) by Shirley Hughes
  * //**The Bear Went Over the Mountain**// (1999) by John Prater
  * //**Bunny Bath**// (1990) by Lena Anderson
  * //**Dear Zoo**// (1982) by Rod Campbell
  * //**Each Peach Pear Plum**// (1978) by Allan Ahlberg
  * //**The Elephant and the Bad Baby**// (1969) by Elfrida Vipont
  * //**Fly, Little Bird**// (1977) by Francesco Tullio Altan
  * //**Good Dog, Carl**// (1985) by Alexandra Day
  * //**Good Night, Alfie Atkins**// (1972) by Gunilla Bergstrom
  * //**Handa's Surprise**// (1994) by Eileen Browne
  * //**Humphrey's Corner**// (1999) by Sally Hunter
  * //**Julian the Rabbit**// (2001) by Nicoletta Costa
  * //**Kipper**// (1991) by Mick Inkpen
  * //**Little Brown Bear**// (1975) by Claude Lebrun
  * //**Little Spook's Baby Sister**// (1977) by Inger Sandberg
  * //**Maisy Goes to Playschool**// (1992) by Lucy Cousins
  * //**Meg and Mog**// (1972) by Helen Nicoll
  * //**Miffy**// (1963) by Dick Bruna
  * //**Mr. Grumpy's Outing**// (1970) by John Burningham
  * //**Pat the Bunny**// (1940) by Dorothy Kunhardt
  * //**Rosie's Walk**// (1968) by Pat Hutchins
  * //**Thomas the Tank Engine**// (1946) by Rev. W. Awdry
  * //**Three Railway Engines**// (1945) by Rev. W. Awdry
  * //**Tickle, Tickle**// (1987) by Helen Oxenbury
  * //**Where's Spot?**// (1980) by Eric Hill

===== AGE 3+ =====
==== Alfie Gets in First ====
**AUTHOR:** Shirley Hughes\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Alfie accidentally locks his mother and baby sister, Annie Rose, out of the house, and he can't reach the latch to let them in. Soon the whole neighborhood is involved in getting the door open. For grades 2-4. **1981**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/09562|BR 09562]] - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 05454]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Amazing Grace ====
**AUTHOR:** Caroline Binch\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Grace is a child who loves stories. And she loves to act them out. When her teacher announces that the class will do the play Peter Pan, Grace knows just what part she wants. Raj tells her she can't be Peter Pan because she's a girl. Natalie tells her she can't be Peter Pan because she's black. But Grace discovers that she can be anything that she sets her mind to be. For grades K-3 and older readers. **1991**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[BR 08955]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Angelina Ballerina ====
**AUTHOR:** Katharine Holabird\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Angelina, her cousin Henry, and the rest of the Mouseling family share Christmas cheer with a lonely, retired postman. For grades K-2. **1983**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/23630|DB 23630]] - Read by Sylvia Grandmaison. Reading time: 6 minutes.
  * [[BR 06435]] - 1 volume.
==== A Bear Called Paddington ====
**AUTHOR:** Michael Bond\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
On a London railway platform a family finds Paddington, a Peruvian bear with a "Please look after this bear" sign around his neck, so they adopt him immediately and discover more excitement than they can handle. For grades 3-6. **1958**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/26425|DB 26425]] - Read by Burt Blackwell. Reading time: 2 hours, 34 minutes.
==== Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? ====
**AUTHOR:** Bill Martin, Jr.\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A brown bear sees a red bird. What does the red bird see? Each animal sees another colorful animal until a goldfish sees a teacher, the teacher sees her class, and the class sees each one of the animals again. For preschool-grade 2. **1967**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[BR 09944]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== The Cat in the Hat ====
**AUTHOR:** Dr. Seuss\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A story in rhyme tells about two bored children sitting at home on a  rainy day while their mother is out. Then the Cat in the Hat arrives on their door mat to show them good fun with his tricks and games. For grades K-3. For grades K-3. **1957**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/33062|DB 33062]] - Read by Bruce Huntey. Reading time: 9 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/13461|BR 13461]] - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 16724]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 08932]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 02663]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Clifford, the Big Red Dog ====
**AUTHOR:** Norman Bridwell\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Emily Elizabeth has a big red dog - the biggest, reddest dog on her street - and his name is Clifford. Clifford is so big that when he runs after cars, he catches them in his mouth, and his doghouse is bigger than Emily Elizabeth's house. For preschool-grade 2. **1963**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/78605|DB 78605]] - IN PROCESS
==== Corduroy ====
**AUTHOR:** Don Freeman\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him, he finds what he has wanted most of all. For grades K-3. **1968**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/41225|DB 41225]] - Read by Madelyn Buzzard. Reading time: 6 minutes.
  * [[BR 19005]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/58583|DB 58583]] - //**Corduroy & Company: A Don Freeman Treasury**// - Read by Erik Synnestvedt. Reading time: 1 hour, 45 minutes.
==== Curious George ====
**AUTHOR:** Margret Rey\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Curious George, a very curious little monkey, has such difficulty adjusting to city life that he keeps himself and his owner in one scrape after another. For preschool-grade 2. **1941**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 28932]] - Read by Ray Hagen.
  * [[RC 52885]] - (SPANISH) //**Jorge el Curioso**// - Read by Maria Pino.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/47946|DB 47946]] - //**The Complete Adventures of Curious George**// - Read by Erik Sandvold. Reading time: 1 hour, 46 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/12910|BR 12910]] - //**The Complete Adventures of Curious George**// - 1 volume.
==== Eloise ====
**AUTHOR:** Kay Thompson\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Six-year-old Eloise describes her escapades at the Plaza Hotel in New York where she lives with her nurse Nanny, her dog Weenie, and her turtle Skipperdee. For grades 2-4 and older readers. **1955**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 49221]] - Paired with //**Eloise in Paris**// - Read by Laura Giannarelli.
==== Freight Train ====
**AUTHOR:** Donald Crews\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A train of many colorful cars - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and black - starts slowly, then moves in a rainbow blur across the countryside. Bilingual book in English and Spanish. For preschool-grade 2. Caldecott Honor. **1978**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[BR 17043]] - (ENGLISH and SPANISH) **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Green Eggs and Ham ====
**AUTHOR:** Dr. Seuss\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
In this rhyming story, Sam-I-am follows his companion everywhere, begging him to taste a dish of green eggs and ham. For preschool-grade 2. **1960**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/34056|DB 34056]] - Read by John Horton. Reading time: 5 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/72997|DB 72997]] - (SPANISH) //**Huevos Verdes con Jamón**// Read by Maria Fernanda Lloreda. Reading time: 7 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/13450|BR 13450]] - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 16721]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 08956]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Guess How Much I Love You ====
**AUTHOR:** Sam McBratney\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Little Nutbrown Hare wants to tell Big Nutbrown Hare how much he loves him. When Little Nutbrown Hare says he loves his dad as far as his arms will stretch, Big Nutbrown Hare says the same thing, but his arms are much longer. How can Little Nutbrown Hare show he loves his dad more? For grades K-3. **1994**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 41891]] - Read by Andy Chappell.
  * [[BR 16174]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Harry, the Dirty Dog ====
**AUTHOR:** Gene Zion\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Harry buries his scrubbing brush and spends a glorious day getting dirty before he finally realizes that soap has its uses, after all. For preschool-grade 2. **1956**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/44939|DB 44939]] - Read by Jack Fox. Reading time: 3 minutes.
  * [[BR 14034]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 03390]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== In the Night Kitchen ====
**AUTHOR:** Maurice Sendak\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Mickey's dream tumbles him into the night kitchen, where three singing bakers mistake him for milk. Mickey sets them straight and flies to the Milky Way in an airplane made of dough to find milk for the bakers. **1970**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 43615]] - Read by Christopher Hurt.
  * [[BR 10036]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale ====
**AUTHOR:** Mo Willems\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A trip to the laundromat becomes a momentous occasion when Trixie, too young to speak words, realizes that her favorite stuffed animal is missing and struggles to explain the problem to her father. For preschool-grade 2. Caldecott Honor Book. **2004**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[BR 16029]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== The Little House ====
**AUTHOR:** Virginia Lee Burton\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
The story of a pretty little house built for a family by a man who never wanted it to be sold. The seasons and the years pass, and gradually a city surrounds the little house until it is rescued in a wonderful way. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal. **1942**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/50547|DB 50547]] - Read by Kimberly Schraf. Reading time: 10 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/13455|BR 13455]] - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 05903]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray ====
**AUTHOR:** Hildegarde H. Swift\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
After the beacon atop the George Washington Bridge is installed, the little lighthouse fears he will no longer be useful, until an emergency arises. For grades K-3. **1942**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/34063|DB 34063]] - Read by George Backman. Reading time: 9 minutes.
  * [[BR 15032]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 02174]] - 1 volume.
==== Little Toot ====
**AUTHOR:** Hardie Gramatky\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Although Little Toot comes from a famous family of hard-working tugboats, he himself hates work and is scared of the ocean. One day Little Toot happens into an ocean storm with a stranded ocean liner and surprises everyone. For grades K-3. **1939**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/40469|DB 40469]] - Read by Andy Chappell. Reading time: 11 minutes.
==== Love You Forever ====
**AUTHOR:** Robert Munsch\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A young woman holds her newborn son and looks at him lovingly. Softly she sings to him. This is a story of how that little boy goes through the stages of childhood and becomes a man. It is also about the enduring nature of parents' love and how it crosses generations. A book for children and adults to enjoy. **1986**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BRC/bookmag/00186|BRC00186]] - 1 volume.
==== Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile ====
**AUTHOR:** Bernard Waber\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Lyle the crocodile is very happy living with the Primm family on East Eighty-eighth Street. But Mr. Grumps and his cat, Loretta, are very unhappy with Lyle's presence. Mr. Grumps even has Lyle put in the zoo! But there will soon come a day when Mr. Grumps and Loretta cannot thank Lyle enough. For preschool-grade 2. **1965**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 28122]] - Read by Mary O'Neal.
  * [[BR 19018]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Madeline ====
**AUTHOR:** Ludwig Bemelmans\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Mischievous Madeline, the nonconformist in a Paris convent school, makes an adventure out of having appendicitis. For preschool to grade 2. **1939**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[BR 03644]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[RC 54416]] - //**Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales**// - Read by Laura Giannarelli.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/13202|BR 13202]] - //**Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales**// - 1 volume.
==== Max ====
**AUTHOR:** Bob Graham\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Born into a family of superheroes, Max is a late bloomer when it comes to flying. But when a baby bird falls from a nest, Max flies to its rescue without even thinking about it. For preschool-grade 2. **2000**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[BR 13079]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel ====
**AUTHOR:** Virginia Lee Burton\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Mike Mulligan remains loyal to his steam shovel, Mary Anne, against the threat of the new gas and diesel-engine contraptions and digs his way to a surprising and happy ending. For grades K-3. **1939**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/25281|DB 25281]] - Read by Robert O'Keefe. Reading time: 10 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/13645|BR 13645]] - 1 volume.
==== Mousehole Cat ====
**AUTHOR:** Antonia Barber\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Mowzer the cat tells the tale of how she and her human, an old fisherman named Tom, save Mousehole, their tiny Cornish fishing village, from starvation at Christmas time. For preschool-grade 2. **1990**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 35244]] - Read by Jennifer Mendenhall.
==== Old Bear ====
**AUTHOR:** Jane Hissey\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Bramwell Brown, Duck, Rabbit, and Little Bear - stuffed toy animals - set out to rescue their friend, Old Bear, placed in the attic years ago and since forgotten. For preschool-grade 2. **1986**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 26580]] - Read by John Stratton.
  * [[BR 07128]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Olivia ====
**AUTHOR:** Ian Falconer\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Olivia, a preschooler pig, lives with her mother, father, and  younger brother Ian (who is always copying her). Olivia is good at lots of things--dressing up, singing songs, building sand castles, dancing, and painting on walls. And she is very good at wearing people out. For preschool-grade 2. Caldecott Honor. **2000**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[BR 13074]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== One Snowy Night ====
**AUTHOR:** Nick Butterworth\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Percy the park keeper lives in a little hut in the center of the park. Every day he shares his lunch with the animals, who all know about his hut. One cold snowy night the animals come, one by one, to share the warmth of Percy's bed. Soon the bed is so crowded that everyone is tied in a knot and poor Percy is squashed. But the problem is surprisingly solved by the appearance of a special, final guest. For preschool-grade 2. **1989**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 38684]] - Read by John Horton.
==== Owl Moon ====
**AUTHOR:** Jane Yolen\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
On a cold winter's night, under a bright full moon, a young girl and her father trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. For preschool-grade 2. Caldecott Medal. **1987**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/42932|DB 42932]] - Read by Mary Kane. Reading time: 8 minutes.
  * [[BR 07903]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Ox-Cart Man ====
**AUTHOR:** Donald Hall\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A lyrical journey through the days and weeks, the months, and the changing seasons in the life of one nineteenth-century New Englander and his family. For grades K-3. **1980**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 21584]] - Read by David Palmer.
  * [[BR 05914]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/64104|DB 64104]] - **//White Apples and the Taste of Stone: Selected Poems, 1946-2006//** - Read by Gregory Gorton. Reading time: 6 hours, 33 minutes.
==== The Sea-Thing Child ====
**AUTHOR:** Russell Hoban\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
A delicate fantasy about the sea-thing child, born to dive deep, fly high, and wander far. But a howling storm uproots him and flings him on the beach in a terrified little heap until other sea creatures help him triumph over his fears. For grades 4-7 as well as older readers. **1972**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 09496]] - Read by George Backman.
==== The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant ====
**AUTHOR:** Jean De Brunhoff\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Babar, a young elephant, leaves the jungle to live in Paris. When he returns home he is proclaimed king of the elephants. For Preschool-grade 2. **1931**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 11365]] - Read by John Richardson.
  * [[BR 03385]] - 1 volume.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/51368|DB 51368]] - //**Bonjour, Babar! The Six Unabridged Classics by the Creator of Babar**//
==== The Story of Ferdinand ====
**AUTHOR:** Munro Leaf\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Ferdinand, a bull who prefers to sit and smell the flowers, is mistakenly thought to be the most ferocious bull in Spain. He is carted off to the arena for a bullfight, but a surprise awaits the spectators. For grades K-3. **1936**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/25500|DB 25500]] - Read by J. P. Linton. Reading time: 6 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/16631|BR 16631]] - 1 volume.
==== The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck ====
**AUTHOR:** Beatrix Potter\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Jemima the duck is a simpleton, and in trying to establish her nest in a secluded place, she very nearly falls victim to a foxy gentleman. For preschool-grade 2. **1908**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 25766]] - Read by Betty Williams.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48836|DB 48836]] - //**The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter**// - Read by Laura Giannarelli. Reading time: 5 hours, 25 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/16551|BR 16551]] - //**The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter**// - 2 volumes.
==== The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher ====
**AUTHOR:** Beatrix Potter\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Mr. Jeremy Fisher, a frog, encounters some problems when he goes fishing. For Preschool-grade 2. **1906**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 13917]] - Read by Patricia Beaudry.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48836|DB 48836]] - //**The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter**// - Read by Laura Giannarelli. Reading time: 5 hours, 25 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/16551|BR 16551]] - //**The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter**// - 2 volumes.
==== The Tale of Peter Rabbit ====
**AUTHOR:** Beatrix Potter\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
All about the famous rabbit family: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and especially Peter, who disobeys Mother Rabbit's order to stay out of Mr. McGregor's garden. For Preschool-grade 2. **1902**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[RC 13917]] - Read by Patricia Beaudry.
  * [[BR 05087]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48836|DB 48836]] - //**The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter**// - Read by Laura Giannarelli. Reading time: 5 hours, 25 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/16551|BR 16551]] - //**The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter**// - 2 volumes.
==== Where the Wild Things Are ====
**AUTHOR:** Maurice Sendak\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
After being sent to bed without supper for misbehaving, Max puts on his wolf suit and sails away 'through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year' to where the wild things are. An imaginative fantasy for grades K-3. Caldecott Medal 1964. **1963**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/22906|DB 22906]] - Read by Michael McCullough. Reading time: 4 minutes.
  * [[BR 16352]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
  * [[BR 05919]] - **PRINT/BRAILLE** - 1 volume.
==== Winnie-the-Pooh ====
**AUTHOR:** A.A. Milne\\
**ANNOTATION:**\\
Winnie-the-Pooh is a lovable little bear who is always getting himself into trouble. On a visit to Rabbit, greedy Pooh eats so much that he gets stuck in Rabbit's hole and has to stay there a week until he gets thin again! For grades 2-4. **1926**.\\
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:**
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48132|DB 48132]] - //**The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh**// - Read by Jack Fox. Reading time: 2 hours, 49 minutes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/BR/bookmag/16417|BR 16417]] - //**The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh**// - 2 volumes.
  * [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/56966|DB 56966]] - (SPANISH) //**Winny de Puh**//
  * [[RC 13967]] - //**The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner**// - Read by Yvonne Fair Tessler.
  * [[BR 07883]] - //**The World of Pooh: The Complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner**//
==== BOOKS NOT AVAILABLE IN ANY FORMAT ====
  * //**Avocado Baby**// (1982) by John Burningham
  * //**Bad Habits!**// (1998) by Babette Cole
  * //**Barbapapa**// (1970) by Annette Tison & Talus Taylor
  * //**The Berenstain Bears**// (1962) by Stan & Jan Berenstain
  * //**Blinky Bill**// (1933) by Dorothy Wall
  * //**Burglar Bill**// (1977) by Allan Ahlberg
  * //**Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?**// (1988) by Martin Waddell
  * //**The Children of the Forest**// (1910) by Elsa Beskow
  * //**The Church Mouse**// (1972) by Graham Oakley
  * //**Clever Bill**// (1926) by William Nicholson
  * //**Clown**// (1995) by Quentin Blake
  * //**The Cow Who Fell in the Canal**// (1957) by Phyllis Krasilovsky
  * //**Crispin: The Pig Who Had It All**// (2000) by Ted Dewan
  * //**Crocodile Beat**// (1988) by Gail Jorgensen
  * //**Dogger**// (1977) by Shirley Hughes
  * //**Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!**// (2003) by Mo Willems
  * //**Dusty Wants to Help**// (1983) by Inger Sandberg
  * //**Ernest and Celestine (Have Lost Simon)**// (1981) by Gabrielle Vincent
  * //**Father Christmas**// (1973) by Raymond Briggs
  * //**Felix and Alexander**// (1985) by Terry Denton
  * //**Fire-Engine Lil**// (1989) by Janet McLean
  * //**Frog in Winter**// (1992) by Max Velthuijs
  * //**Garden of Little Creatures**// (1994) by Antoon Krings
  * //**Go, Dog, Go**// (1961) by P.D. Eastman
  * //**Gorilla**// (1983) by Anthony Browne
  * //**The Gruffalo**// (1999) by Julia Donaldson
  * //**Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy**// (1983) by Lynley Dodd
  * //**Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs**// (1999) by Ian Whybrow
  * //**Is That a Monster, Alfie Atkins?**// (1978) by Gunilla Bergstrom
  * //**Ivor the Engine**// (1962) by Oliver Postgate
  * //**Jamela's Dress**// (1999) by Niki Daly
  * //**The Jolly Aunt**// (1891) by Lothar Meggendorfer
  * //**Leo and Popi**// (1980) by Marie-Agnes Gaudrat
  * //**Little Blue and Little Yellow**// (1959) by Leo Lionni
  * //**Little I Am I**// (1972) by Mira Lobe
  * //**Lost and Found**// (2005) by Oliver Jeffers
  * //**Lotta's Bike**// (1971) by Astrid Lindgren
  * //**Madlenka**// (2000) by Peter Sis
  * //**The Magic Pocket**// (1998) by Michio Mado
  * //**Marc Just Couldn't Sleep**// (2001) by Gabriela Keselman
  * //**Marigold Garden**// (1885) by Kate Greenaway
  * //**Martine**// (1954) by Gilbert Delahaye
  * //**Mister Magnolia**// (1980) by Quentin Blake
  * //**Molly Goes Shopping**// (1998) by Eva Ericksson
  * //**Moomin, Mymble and Little My**// (1952) by Tove Jansson
  * //**Morris's Disappearing Bag (A Christmas Story)**// (1975) by Rosemary Wells
  * //**Mother Goose**// (1881) by Kate Greenaway
  * //**Mr. Archimedes' Bath**// (1980) by Pamela Allen
  * //**Mr. Tickle**// (1971) by Roger Hargreaves
  * //**My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes**// (1973) by Eve Sutton
  * //**My Naughty Little Sister**// (1952) by Dorothy Edwards
  * //**Okilele**// (1993) by Claude Ponti
  * //**One Woolly Wombat**// (1982) by Rod Trinca
  * //**Orlando**// (1938) by Kathleen Hale
  * //**Pancakes for Findus**// (1985) by Sven Nordqvist
  * //**Peace at Last**// (1980) by Jill Murphy
  * //**Peter in Blueberry Land**// (1901) by Elsa Beskow
  * //**Poems for the Very Young**// (1993) by Michael Rosen
  * //**Possum Magic**// (1983) by Mem Fox
  * //**Postman Pat's Treasure Hunt**// (1981) by John A. Cunliffe
  * //**Pumpkin Soup**// (1998) by Helen Cooper
  * //**The Quangle Wangle's Hat**// (1876) by Edward Lear - Might be found in //**The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear**// ([[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/19669|DB 19669]]) or //**The Complete Verse and Other Nonsense**// ([[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/61260|DB 61260]])
  * //**Rosa Goes to Daycare**// (1999) by Barbro Lindgren
  * //**Runaway Train**// (1995) by Benedict Blathwayt
  * //**Sleep Well, Little Bear**// (1993) by Quint Buchholz
  * //**Slinky Malinki**// (1991) by Lynley Dodd
  * //**The Snowman**// (1978) by Raymond Briggs
  * //**Stina**// (1988) by Lena Anderson
  * //**The Story About Ping**// (1933) by Marjorie Flack
  * //**The Story of the Little Mole**// (1994) by Werner Holzwarth
  * //**The Story of the Root Children**// (1906) by Sibylle von Olfers
  * //**Tatu and Patu in Helsinki**// (2003) by Aino Havukainen & Sami Toivonen
  * //**T'choupi**// (1992) by Thierry Courtin
  * //**This Is the Bear**// (1986) by Sarah Hayes
  * //**Unknown or Forgotten Princesses**// (2004) by Philippe Lechermeier
  * //**Up in the Tree**// (1978) by Margaret Atwood
  * //**Uppo the Bear**// (1977) by Elina Karjalainen
  * //**We Are the Triplets**// (1983) by Roser Capdevila
  * //**What Do People Do All Day?**// (1968) by Richard Scarry
  * //**What Does the Mouse Think on Thursday?**// (1967) by Josef Guggenmos
  * //**Where's My Teddy?**// (1992) by Jez Alborough
  * //**Who's Seen the Scissors?**// (1975) by Fernando Krahn
  * //**The Widemouthed Frog**// (2001) by Francine Vidal
  * //**Window**// (1991) by Jeannie Baker
  * //**Winnie the Witch**// (1987) by Valerie Thomas
  * //**The Wonderful Tree**// (1969) by Ulf Lofgren
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