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We are grateful for the Durham County Public Library and some books that recommend good books. 

All of these books were recommended by one of the following three books: 

Mary Ruth Wilkinson & Heidi Wilkinson Teel: A Time to Read: Good Books for Growing Readers

Mary
Ruth Wilkinson & Heidi Wilkinson Teel: A Time to Read: Good Books
for Growing Readers


William Kilpatrick and Gregory and Suzanne M. Wolfe: Books That Build Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories

William
Kilpatrick and Gregory and Suzanne M. Wolfe: Books That Build
Character: A Guide to Teaching Your Child Moral Values Through Stories


Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition

Jim
Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition


I usually list the books our kids have gotten from the library at my category: Library Books.  I figure for some that will be a nice resource.  I find these recommended books tend to be far better (and far more fun to read for the adults) than the ones we pick while browsing at the library. 

This first group will likely be better for our five year old Ryan.  The latter set below will be better for 2 year old Jacob.

Requested Title Status Position Expires Suspend Until
Apple tree / written and illustrated by Peter Parnall.
by Parnall, Peter,
E PARNALL, P.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Burt Dow, deep-water man; a tale of the sea in the classic tradition.
by McCloskey, Robert, 1914-
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The crane wife / retold by Sumiko Yagawa ; translation from the Japanese by Katherine Paterson ; illustrated by Suekichi Akaba.
by Yagawa, Sumiko.
E YAGAWA, S.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
A fairy went a-marketing / by Rose Fyleman ; illustrated by Jamichael Henterly.
by Fyleman, Rose, 1877-1957,
E FYLEMAN, R.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
A handful of seeds / Monica Hughes ; paintings by Luis Garay.
by Hughes, Monica.
E HUGHES, M.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Hazel's amazing mother / Rosemary Wells.
by Wells, Rosemary
E WELLS, R.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 2 01/06/2011  
How Droofus the dragon lost his head, written and illustrated by Bill Peet.
by Peet, Bill.
E PEET, B.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
The island light / Rosemary Wells.
by Wells, Rosemary.
E WELLS, R.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Johnny Crow's garden : a picture book / drawn by L. Leslie Brooke.
by Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940.
E
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 2 10/07/2010  
Marianthe's story one : painted words ; Marianthe's story two : spoken memories / Aliki.
by Aliki.
E ALIKI
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Miss Rumphius [sound recording] / by Barbara Cooney.
by Cooney, Barbara, 1917-
READALONG E COONEY, B.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Ox-cart man [sound recording] / by Donald Hall.
by Hall, Donald, 1928-
READALONG E HALL, D.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
People / written and illustrated by Peter Spier.
by Spier, Peter,
J 155.2 S
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Rumpelstiltskin / retold & illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky ; from the German of the Brothers Grimm.
by Zelinsky, Paul O.,
E ZELINSKY, P.
Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 10/07/2010  
Something from nothing / adapted from a Jewish folktale [by] Phoebe Gilman.
by Gilman, Phoebe, 1940-2002.
E GILMAN, P.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The sun egg / Elsa Beskow.
by Beskow, Elsa, 1874-1953.
E BESKOW, E.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  

The three little pigs / Paul Galdone.
by Galdone, Paul.
E GALDONE, P.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The warrior and the wise man / story and pictures by David Wisniewski.
by Wisniewski, David.
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The waterfall's gift / by Joanne Ryder ; illustrated by Richard Jesse Watson.
by Ryder, Joanne.
E RYDER, J.
Date Plac
ed: 07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The whales' song / by Dyan Sheldon ; paintings by Gary Blythe.
by Sheldon, Dyan.
E SHELDON, D.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
When the sun rose / Barbara Helen Berger.
by Berger, Barbara, 1945 Mar. 1-
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011 &#0160
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Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge / written by Mem Fox ; illustrated by Julie Vivas.
by Fox, Mem, 1946-
E FOX, M.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The young artist / Thomas Locker.
by Locker, Thomas, 1937-
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  

Here are some more that will likely be better for two year old Jacob. 

Requested
Title		 Status Position Expires Suspend
Until
The
angel and the soldier boy / Peter Collington.
by Collington, Peter.
E COLLINGTON, P.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Ask
Mr. Bear / story and pictures by Marjorie Flack.
by Flack, Marjorie, 1897-1958.
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The
cake that Mack ate / written by Rose Robart ; illustrated by Maryann
Kovalski.
by
Robart, Rose.
E
Date
Placed: 07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The
complete story of the Three blind mice / by John W. Ivimey ;
illustrated by Victoria Chess.
by Ivimey, John W. (John William), b. 1868.
E IVIMEY, J.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Good
dog, Carl / by Alexandra Day.
by Day, Alexandra
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The
house that Jack built / Jeanette Winter.
by Winter, Jeanette.
E WINTER, J.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The
hunter and the animals : a wordless picture book / by Tomie de Paola.
by De Paola, Tomie.
E DE PAOLA, T.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
I
know an old lady who swallowed a pie / by Alison Jackson ; pictures by
Judith Byron Schachner.
by Jackson, Alison.
E JACKSON, A.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Mrs.
McNosh hangs up her wash / by Sarah Weeks ; pictures by Nadine Bernard
Westcott.
by
Weeks, Sarah.
E WEEKS,
S.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Noah's
ark / illustrated by Peter Spier.
by Spier, Peter
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Over
in the meadow : a counting rhyme / by Olive A. Wadsworth ; illustrated
by Anna Vojtech.
by Wadsworth, Olive A., 1835-1886.
E WADSWORTH, O.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Pancakes
for breakfast / by Tomie de Paola.
by De Paola, Tomie.
E DE PAOLA, T.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 2 01/06/2011  
Peter
Spier's Rain.
by Spier, Peter,
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Rainy
day dream / Michael Chesworth.
by Chesworth, Michael.
E CHESWORTH, M.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Rosie's
walk / Pat Hutchins.
by Hutchins, Pat, 1942-
E HUTCHINS, P.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Sector
7 / David Wiesner.
by Wiesner, David.
E WIESNER, D.
Date Placed:
07/10/2010		 Pickup Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Through
Grandpa's eyes / Patricia MacLachlan ; pictures by Deborah Ray.
by MacLachlan, Patricia
E
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
The
very hungry caterpillar / by Eric Carle.
by Carle, Eric
E CARLE, E.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
Waiting
for Hannah / by Marisabina Russo.
by Russo, Marisabina.
E RUSSO, M.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011  
We're
going on a bear hunt / retold by Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Helen
Oxenbury.
by
Rosen, Michael, 1946-
E
ROSEN, M.
Date Placed: 07/10/2010 Pickup
Location: North Regional
Active 1 01/06/2011