December Reading List

This month I will admit to not covering all the books we have read. There are too many things going on I am sure I am missing a few here and there, but here is a sample atleast.

Curious George and the Puppies - Rey, H.A.
Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon - Lovell, Patty
Sleeping Beauty - Treasury of Fairy Tales Adaptation
Frog Went a Courtin - Langstaff, John
Abuela - Dorros, Arthur
Graders: Big Machines at Work - Rogers, Hal
Dr Suess ABC - Dr Suess
Gusts and Gales: A Book About Wind - Sherman, Josepha
Gift From the Sea, A - Banks, Kate
Outside Over There - Sendak, Maurice

First Bear of Africa, The - Ichikawa, Satomi
Cottage Garden Alphabet, A - Wisnewski, Andrea
Mary Poppins - Walt Disney adaptation
Wide Mouthed Frog, The - Faulknet, Kaith
Golden Sandal, The: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story - Hickox, Rebecca
Make Way for Ducklings - McClosky, Robert
Mama Do You Love Me - Joose, Barbara M.
Kissing Hand, The - Penn, Audrey
Little House, The - Burton, Virginia Lee
Miss Rumphius - Cooney, Barbara

Twas the Night Before Christmas - classic version
Polar Express - Van Allsburg, Chris
Giraffe That Walked to Paris, The - Milton, Nancy
Bear's Christmas, The - Morett, Bridgett
I Spy Christmas - Wick, Walter
How Do Dinosaur's Say Goodnight - Yolen, Jane
Christmas Story, The - Downing, Julie
God Made All the Colors - Lion Publishing
Kisses - Cyndy Szekeres
Frog and Toad are Friends - Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad Together - Lobel, Arnold
Frog and Toad All Year - Lobelm Arnold
Goodnight Moon - Brown, Margaret Wise
Friendship Garden, The - Walt Disney Pooh
Good Morning, Good Night - Mitchell, Melanie
Gulliver's Travels - Swift, Jonathan (great illustrated classics abridged)
Jacob's Gift - Lucado, Max
Polar Express, The - Van Alssburg, Chris
Night Before Christmas, The - Moore, Clement
Christmas in the Big Woods - Wilder, laura Ingalls (adapted)

Nativity, The - Illustrated by Winjngaard, Juan
Star Tree, The - Colle, Gisela
Bear's Christmas, The - Moret, Brigette
Merry Christmas Big Hungry Bear - Wood, Don and Audrey
Good Mousekeeping and other animal home poems - Lewis, J Patrick
Tortoise and the Hare - Stevens Janet adaptation
Christmas Carol, A (adapted by Annie McKie)
Nativity Play, The - Hall, Valerie
LIttle Fir Tree, The - McKie, Anne
Sam's Special Sandwiches - Hall, Valerie

Little Toy Theater The - Hall, Valerie
North Wind - Johnston, Beryl
Wide Mouthed Frog - Faulkner, Kaith
Tigger's Breakfast - Milne, AA (adapted)
Black Beauty - Sewell, Anna
Disney Princess The Little Mermaid
Disney Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Friendship Garden, The - Walt Disney
Disney Winnie the Pook and the Honey Tree


Rhiannon's Reads

Frog Prince, The: We Both Read - McKay, Sindy (adapted by)
Stop Train Stop: A Thomas the tank engine story - Awdry
Pony for a Princess, A - Disney Princess
Hop on Pop - Dr Suess
Up Book, The - Dr Suess
There's a Wocket in my Pocket - Dr Suess
Little Bear - Minarik - Else Holmelund
Today I Feel Silly and other moods that make my day - Curtis, Jamie Lee
I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem - Curtis, Jamie Lee
When I Was Little: A Four Year Old's Memoir of Her Youth - Curtis, Jamie Lee

Twelve Days of Christmas - by Granddreams (mostly because she knows the song so well)
Olivia - Falconer, Ian
If You Give a Moose a Muffin - Numeroff, Laura
Mom's Day Off - Coco, Eugene
Peter's Present - deMauro, Lisa
Word Bird's Winter Words- Moncure, Jane Belk
Snow Child, The - Ziefert, Harriet
Twelve Days of Christmas The - Knight's, Hilary
GingerBread Man, The - (retold by Roxanna Marino Knapp)
Little Red Riding Hood - (retold by Roxanna Marino Knapp)

Three Little Pigs, The - (retold by Roxanna Marino Knapp)
Three Billy Goats Gruff, The - (retold by Roxanna Marino Knapp)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The - (retold by Roxanna Marino Knapp)
I feel Happy - Doudna, Kelly
Getting a Haircut - Radabaugh, Melinda
Olivia - Falconer, Ian
Where Do Ballons Go - Curtis, Jamie Lee
Horses - Klingel, Cynthia
Ballerina Bear - Siewart, Pauline
Chad Checks: The Sound of CH - Ballard, Peg

My H Soundbox - Moncure, Jane Belk
You Smell and taste and feel and see and hear - Murphy, Mary
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The - Carle, Eric
Let's Find Out About Houses - Shapp, Martha and Charles


Mommy Reads

Good to Great - Collins, Jim
One Minute Manager - Blanchard, Kenneth
Anna Karenina - Tolstoy, Leo
Help for the Harried Homeschooler - Field, Christine
Built to Last - Collins, Jim
Treason - Ingrahm, Laura
The Bad Beginning - Snicket, Lemony
Purpose Driven Life, The - Warren, Rick

Last updated December 29th, 2004