Category: Library Books

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

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

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 ;
	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

I'm excited about 50 new library books that I ordered tonight.  I mostly drew from 

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  Jim Trelease: The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition and 

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

  but I also picked some Chicago books since we are going there soon and some new baby books since that is coming up soon and some "truck" books for Jacob.  I record these big orders of library books in my Library Books category.   

	Requested Title	Status	Position	Expires	Suspend Until
	All about Alfie / Shirley Hughes. by Hughes, Shirley. E HUGHES, S. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	The biggest bear. by Ward, Lynd, 1905- E WARD, L. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	The cat in the hat comes back! / By Dr. Seuss. by Seuss, Dr. ER SEUSS, DR. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	2	10/07/2010
	Chester's way / by Kevin Henkes. by Henkes, Kevin. E Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Encore for Eleanor / Bill Peet. by Peet, Bill. E Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	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
	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
	The Josefina story quilt / by Eleanor Coerr ; pictures by Bruce Degen. by Coerr, Eleanor. ER COERR, E. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Kermit the hermit / 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
	Lilly's purple plastic purse / by Kevin Henkes. by Henkes, Kevin. E HENKES, K. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	3	10/07/2010
	Little Donkey close your eyes / Margaret Wise Brown ; illustrated by Ashley Wolff. by Brown, Margaret Wise, 1910-1952. E BROWN, M. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Millions of cats / Wanda Gag. by Gag, Wanda, 1893-1946. E GAG, W. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	My father's dragon / story by Ruth Stiles Gannett ; illustrations by Ruth Chrisman Gannett. by Gannett, Ruth Stiles. JF GANNETT, R. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Rip-roaring Russell / Johanna Hurwitz ; illustrated by Debbie Tilley. by Hurwitz, Johanna. JF HURWITZ, J. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	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
	Sheep in a shop / Nancy Shaw ; illustrated by Margot Apple. by Shaw, Nancy (Nancy E.) E SHAW, N. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Sing, Sophie! / Dayle Ann Dodds ; illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. by Dodds, Dayle Ann. E DODDS, D. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Stuart Little / E.B. White ; pictures by Garth Williams ; watercolors of Garth Williams ; artwork by Rosemary Wells. by White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899- JF WHITE, E. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	The three billy goats Gruff / Paul Galdone. by Galdone, Paul. E GALDONE, P. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Tikki tikki tembo [sound recording] / retold by Arlene Mosel. by Mosel, Arlene. READALONG E MOSEL, A. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	We're going on a bear hunt / retold by Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. by Rosen, Michael, 1946- E ROSEN, M. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	The wedding procession of the rag doll and the broom handle and who was in it / by Carl Sandburg ; pictures by Harriet Pincus. by Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. E SANDBURG, C. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein. by Silverstein, Shel. J 811 SILVERSTEIN Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Wolf story / by William McCleery ; with illustrations by Warren Chappell. by McCleery, William. JF MCCLEERY, W. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	2	10/07/2010

	Requested Title	Status	Position	Expires	Suspend Until
	Animals : a children's encyclopedia.   RJ 590.3 ANIM Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Appalachia : the voices of sleeping birds / by Cynthia Rylant ; illust rated by Barry Moser. by Rylant, Cynthia. J 974.009 RYLANT Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	The baby's catalogue / Janet and Allan Ahlberg. by Ahlberg, Janet. E AHLBERG, J. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Baseball / written by James Kelley. by Kelley, James, 1963- J 796.357 KELLEY Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	Big book of rescue vehicles / Caroline Bingham. by Bingham, Caroline, 1962- J 629.04 BINGHAM Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Big sister now : a story about me and our new baby / written by Annette Sheldon ; illustrated by Karen Maizel. by Sheldon, Annette. E SHELDON, A. Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	Brand-new baby blues / words by Kathi Appelt ; illustrations by Kelly Murphy. by Appelt, Kathi, 1954- E APPELT, K. Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	Chicago Bears / Pat Ryan. by Ryan, Pat. J 796.332 RYAN Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	Chicago Bulls / Tom Peterson. by Peterson, Tom, 1963- J 796.323 PETERSON Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	The dreamer / Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Barry Moser. by Rylant, Cynthia. E RYLANT, C. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Elisabeth / Claire A. Nivola. by Nivola, Claire A. E NIVOLA, C. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Eyewitness NASCAR / written by James Buckley, Jr. by Buckley, James, 1963- J 796.72 BUCKLEY Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Fire truck / Caroline Bingham. by Bingham, Caroline, 1962- J 628.925 BINGHAM Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	The garden of Abdul Gasazi / written and illustrated by Chris van Allsburg. by Van Allsburg, Chris. E Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Go!   J 629.04 GO Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	The great big book of mighty machines / Jean Coppendale and Ian Graham ; [editor, Paul Manning]. by Coppendale, Jean. J 629.046 COPPENDALE Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	A new coat for Anna / by Harriet Ziefert ; pictures by Anita Lobel. by Ziefert, Harriet. E ZIEFERT, H. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Olympics / written by Chris Oxlade and David Ballheimer ; [photographers, Andy Crawford, Bob Langrish, Steve Teague]. by Oxlade, Chris. J 796.48 OXLADE Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Peter's chair / Ezra Jack Keats. by Keats, Ezra Jack. E KEATS, E. Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	Sara's city / by Sue Alexander ; illustrated by Ronald Himler. by Alexander, Sue, 1933- E ALEXANDER, S. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	The story of the Chicago Cubs / by Tyler Omoth. by Omoth, Tyler. J 796.357 OMOTH Date Placed: 04/11/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/08/2010
	Truck-mania! / by Caroline Bingham. by Bingham, Caroline, 1962- J 629.224 BINGHAM Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Tucking Mommy in / by Morag Loh ; illustrated by Donna Rawlins. by Loh, Morag Jeanette, 1935- E Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010
	Two bad ants / Chris Van Allsburg. by Van Allsburg, Chris. E VAN ALLSBURG, C. Date Placed: 04/10/2010 Pickup Location: North Regional	Active	1	10/07/2010