You will find an index of books from the blog under the following subtitles:
- Baseball Reads
- Community Building
- Fun Read Alouds
- Love of Reading
- Poetry
- Writing Connection
Baseball Reads:
ALL STAR!: Honus Wagner and the most famous baseball card ever by Jane Yolen
Baseball Hour by Carol Nevius
Dad, Jackie, and Me by Myron Uhlberg
Just Like Josh Gibson by Angela Johnson
Michael’s Golden Rules by Deloris Jordan and Roslyn Jordan
Mighty Jackie: the Strike-Out Queen by Marissa Moss
Oliver’s Game by Matt Tavares
Satchel Paige: Don’t Look Back by David Adler
She Loved Baseball: the Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick
Testing the Ice A True Story about Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax? by Jonah Winters
Community Building:
Dex: the Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner
The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Smile! by Leigh Hodgkinson
Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clarke
‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey
Uncle Jed’s Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell
Fun Read Alouds:
Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieszka
Dex: the Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner
Dirty Joe the Pirate: a True Story by Bill Harley
The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotte
Jumpy Jack and Googily by Meg Rosoff
The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
Mud by Mary Lyn Ray
My Big Dog by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
The OK Book by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Peter Spit a Seed at Sue by Jackie French Koller
Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
The Shivers in the Fridge by Paul Zelinsky
Sloppy Joe by Dave Keane
the Snagglegrollop by Daniel Postgate
Souperchicken by Mary Jane and Herm Auch
Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks by Robert Kinerk
Wag! by Patrick McDonnell
We’re Off to Look For Aliens by Colin McNaughton
Yo-Yo Man by Daniel Pinkwater
Love of Reading:
The Bookshop Dog by Cynthia Rylant
Charlie Cook’s Favorite Book by Julia Donaldson
The Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town by Mary Casanova
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates
Have I Got a Book for You! by Melanie Watt
How To Teach a Slug to Read by Susan Pearson
The Library Doors by Toni Buzzeo
More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
My Librarian is a Camel: How Books are Brought to Children Around the World by Margriet Ruurs
Read All About It by Laura and Jenna Bush
Will You Read to Me? by Denys Cazet
Winston the Book Wolf by Marni McGee
Poetry:
Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems by the Numbers by Jane Yolen
Fall is Here! I Love It! by Elaine W. Good
I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track by Joshua Prince
Metal Man by Aaron Reynolds
Mud by Mary Lyn Ray
The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing
Off Go Their Engines, Off Go Their Lights by Janice Milusich
Puppy Poetry by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan
Skeleton Hiccups by Margaery Cuyler
The Turning of the Year by Bill Martin Jr.
‘Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving by Dav Pilkey
Who Swallowed Harold? and Other Poems about Pets by Susan Pearson
Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling
Writing Connection:
Library Mouse by Daniel Kirk
Library Mouse: a Friend’s Tale by Daniel Kirk
The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
Miss Alaineous A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier
Ms. McCaw Learns to Draw by Kaethe Zemach
Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynn Rae Perkins
Silent Letters Loud and Clear by Robin Pulver
Tell Me a Story, Mama by Angela Johnson
Thank You, Sara: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson
Thea’s Tree by Allison Jackson
The Tyrannosaurus Game by Steven Kroll