There are many lists of books recommended for children. I add mine own here as a beginning point. It is not intended as a definitive list of children´s literature. It does not feature the latest greatest book. Instead these are books that may have wone awards, may have been overlooked, but all have been "hits" with my students.

The following books are especially recommended for kindergarten and first grade students:

• Bamboozled, by Legge
  
• Bit By Bit, by Sanfield
  
• Friday Night at Hodge’s Café, by Egan
  
• From Pictures To Words, by Stevens
  
• George Washington’s Cows, by Small
  
• Hat For Minerva Louise, by Stoeke
  
• Hip Cat, by London
  
• Night In the Barn, by Gibbons
  
• Suddenly, by McNaughton
  
• Story of the Three Kingdoms, by Myers
  
• Tanya and Emily In a Dance For Two, by Gauch
  
• Three Cool Kids, by Emberley
  
• Three Star Billy, by Hutchins
  
• Tiger Soup, by Temple
  
• Truman’s Aunt Farm, by Rattigan
  
• Wind Says Good Night, by Rydell

The following books are especially recommended for second and third grade students:

• Amelia Bedelia, by Parish
  
• Bats, Bugs and Biodiversity, by Goodman
  
• Behind the Back of the Mountain, by Aardema
  
• Buffalo Days, by Hoyt-Goldsmith
  
• Faithful Friend, by San Souci
  
• Dog That Pitched a No Hitter, by Christopher
  
• Golem, by Wisniewski
  
• Hush!:A Thai Lullaby, by Ho
  
• John Henry:An American Legend, by Keats
  
• Paperboy, by Pilkey
  
• Poppy, by Avi
  
• Ramona the Pest, by Cleary
  
• Starry Messenger, by Sis
  
• Sun and Spoon, by Henkes
  
• Velveteen Rabbit, by Williams

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