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Classic Picture Books

Classic Picture BooksWhat makes a book a classic?  Story line?  Illustrations?  Language?  That indefinable “something”?  These wonderful read-aloud books have delighted children through the years.  Some are relatively new and some are books parents will remember reading as children.  Each author listed has written many books so be sure to enjoy their other titles. Books are arranged on the shelves by the author’s last name in the sections below.


JE PICTURE BOOKS

Author

Title

Allard Miss Nelson is Missing
Asch Happy Birthday, Moon
Bangs Ten, Nine, Eight
Barrett Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Bemelmans Madeline
Briggs The Snowman
Brown Arthur series
Brown Goodnight Moon
Burton Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
Carle The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Cousins Maisy Drives the Bus
Crews Freight Train
Day Good Dog, Carl
Ehlert Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables From A to Z
Fleming Time to Sleep
Freeman Corduroy
Guarino Is Your Mama a Llama?
Henkes Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
Hoban Bread and Jam for Frances
Holabird Angelina Ballerina
Hutchins Rosie’s Walk
Johnson Harold and the Purple Crayon
Joose Mama Do You Love Me?
Jorgensen Crocodile Beat
Keats Snowy Day
Kellogg Mysterious Tadpole
Kraus Whose Mouse Are You?
Lester Tacky the Penguin
Lionni Frederick
London Froggy Gets Dressed
Martin Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
McCloskey Make Way for Ducklings
McKee Elmer
Munsch Thomas’ Snowsuit
Neitzel Jacket I Wear in the Snow
Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Piper The Little Engine that Could
Potter The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit
Rey Curious George
Scott On Mother’s Lap
Sendak Where the Wild Things Are
Slobodkina Caps for Sale
Steig Doctor De Soto
Stoeke A Hat for Minerva Louise
Viorst Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Waber The House on East 88th Street
Waddell Owl Babies
Walsh Mouse Paint
Wells Max Cleans Up
Wiesner Tuesday
Williams “More, More, More,” Said the Baby: 3 Love Stories
Wood Napping House
Yolen Owl Moon
Zolotow William’s Doll


JR READERS

Lobel Frog and Toad Are Friends
Minarik Little Bear
Seuss The Foot Book


J FOLKTALES, RHYMES, AND POETRY

J 398.209477 BRE Brett The Mitten: a Ukrainian Folktale
J 398.8 HER Opie Here Comes Mother Goose
J 398.8 MOT   The Real Mother Goose
J 811.008 REA Prelutsky Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young

This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library
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hp 10/04, 10/06, 6/09

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