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Education - Children's Literature in the Classroom
A guide for locating grade-appropriate children's literature for use in the classroom.
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EDCI 591 – Research in Children’s Literature
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I Am Small
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ISBN: 054535370X
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
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ISBN: 1442475277
Publication Date: 2014-03-18
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by
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ISBN: 1481422898
Publication Date: 2015-07-07
Monkey and Me
by
Emily Gravett
ISBN: 1416954570
Publication Date: 2008-03-04
The Odd Egg
by
Emily Gravett
ISBN: 1416968725
Publication Date: 2009-01-27
The Wheels on the Bus
by
James Dean (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0062198718
Publication Date: 2013-06-25
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by
Eric Carle
ISBN: 0399208534
Publication Date: 1981-10-15
Do You Want to Be My Friend?
by
Eric Carle
ISBN: 069024276X
Publication Date: 1971-01-01
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
by
Bill Martin; Eric Carle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0805017593
Publication Date: 1991-10-15
Very Busy Spider
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ISBN: 0241114306
Publication Date: 1985
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Publication Date: 2012-05-01
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ISBN: 0062198734
Publication Date: 2014-02-18
I Love My White Shoes
by
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ISBN: 0061906220
Publication Date: 2010-03-02
Orange Pear Apple Bear
by
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ISBN: 1416939997
Publication Date: 2007-05-22
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?
by
Bill Martin; Eric Carle (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0805017585
Publication Date: 2003-08-01
Silly Sally
by
Audrey Wood
ISBN: 0152744282
Publication Date: 1992-03-15
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
by
Audrey Wood; Don Wood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0152055789
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
The Napping House
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Audrey Wood; Don Wood (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0547481470
Publication Date: 2010-08-23
Goodnight Moon
by
Margaret Wise Brown
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The Important Book
by
Margaret Wise Brown; Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780060207205
Publication Date: 1999-05-19
Each peach pear plum
by
Janet Ahlberg; Allan Ahlberg
ISBN: 0722653352
Publication Date: 1978
Henny Penny
by
H. Werner Zimmermann (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590423894
Publication Date: 1996-05-01
Here Are My Hands
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Bill Martin; John Archambault; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0805003282
Publication Date: 1987-04-15
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
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Pam Adams (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0859536351
Publication Date: 2001-01-01
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There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish
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Jennifer Ward; Steve Gray (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0761461965
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
There Was an Odd Princess Who Swallowed a Pea
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Jennifer Ward; Lee Calderon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0761458220
Publication Date: 2011-09-01
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
by
Simms Taback
ISBN: 0670869392
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea
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ISBN: 0873588983
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Chick!
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Lucille Colandro; Jared Lee (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0545161819
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
This Old Man
by
Pam Adams
ISBN: 085953636X
Publication Date: 1999-04-01
This is a big book.
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
by
Eileen Christelow (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395557011
Publication Date: 1989-03-15
The haunted house that Jack built
by
Helaine Becker ; illustrated by David Parkins.
ISBN: 0545985390
Publication Date: 2010
The House That Jack Built
by
Elizabeth Falconer (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0824984595
Publication Date: 1990-09-01
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round
by
Annie Kubler (llustrator)
ISBN: 0859538958
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
This is a big book
I Went Walking
by
Sue Williams; Julie Vivas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0152380108
Publication Date: 1991-05-15
This is a big book.
The cake that Mack ate
by
Rose Robart ; illustrated by Maryann Kovalski.
ISBN: 0919964966
My friend is sad
by
Mo Willems
ISBN: 054507147X
Publication Date: 2008
What's up, Bear?
by
Frieda Wishinsky; Sean L. Moore (Illustrator)
ISBN: 1926973410
Publication Date: 2012-10-15
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