The 50 Books

1. The Ugly Duckling
   by Hans Christian Andersen/Jerry Pinkney
2. Hi! Fly Guy
   by Tedd Arnold
3. I Ain't Gonna Paint No More
   by Karen Beaumont
4. Book! Book! Book!
   by Deborah Bruss/Tiphanie Beeke
5. A Splendid Friend Indeed
   by Suzanne Bloom
6. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
   by Virginia Lee Burton
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
   by Eric Carle
8. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
   by Eileen Christelow
9. The Neighborhood Mother Goose
   by Nina Crews
10. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
    by Doreen Cronin
11. Strega Nona: an Old Tale
    by Tomie de Paola
12. Snowballs
    by Lois Ehlert
13. Bark, George
    by Jules Feiffer
14. In the Small, Small Pond
    Denise Fleming
15. Hattie and the Fox
    by Mem Fox
16. Corduroy
    by Don Freeman
17. How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods
    by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers
18. Millions of Cats
    by Wanda Gag
19. Three Billy Goats Gruff
    by Paul Galdone
20. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
    by Kevin Henkes
21. Bedtime for Frances
    by Russell Hoban
22. Harold and the Purple Crayon
    by Crockett Johnson
23. The Wolf's Chicken Stew
    by Keiko Kasza
24. The Snowy Day
    by Ezra Jack Keats
25. Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
    by Eric Kimmel
26. Tacky the Penguin
    by Helen Lester
27. Swimmy
    by Leo Lionni
28. Frog and Toad are Friends
    by Arnold Lobel
29. Make Way for Ducklings
    by Robert McCloskey
30. I Stink!
    by Kate and Jim McMullan
31. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
    by James Marshall
32. Little Bear
    by Else Holmelund Minarik
33. The Little Engine That Could
    by Watty Piper/Loren Long
34. The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit
    by Beatrix Potter
35. Mother, Mother I Want Another
    by Maria Polushkin Robbins/Jon Goodell
36. The Relatives Came
    by Cynthia Rylant
37. Down the Road
    by Alex Schertle
38. Where the Wild Things Are
    by Maurice Sendak
39. Green Eggs and Ham
    by Dr. Seuss
40. Spicy Hot Colors
    by Sherry Shahan
41. Gregory, the Terrible Eater
    by Mitchell Sharmat
42. Sheep in a Jeep
    by Nancy Shaw
43. Caps for Sale
    by Esphyr Slobodkina
44. Pete's a Pizza
    by William Steig
45. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed
    a Fly by Sims Taback
46. My Kindergarten
    by Rosemary Wells
47. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
    by Mo Willems
48. King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
    by Don and Audrey Wood
49. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
    by Jane Yolen
50. Harry, the Dirty Dog
    by Gene Zion



51. A Bad Case of Stripes
    by David Shannon
52. A Chair for My Mother
    by Vera B. Williams
53. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
    by Judith Viorst
54. Bear Snores On
    by Karma Wilson
55. Bill Grogan’s Goat
    by Mary Ann Hoberman
56. Biscuit
    by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
57. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
    by Judi Barrett
58. Fireman Small
    by Wong Herbert Yee
59. Fish, Swish! Splash, Dash!: Counting Round and Round 
    by Suse MacDonald
60. Froggy Gets Dressed
    by Jonathan London
61. Hurry! Hurry!
    by Eve Bunting
62. I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato
    by Lauren Child
63. It Looked Like Spilt Milk
    by Charles G. Shaw
64. Lemons Are Not Red
    by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
65. Leo the Late Bloomer
    by Robert Kraus
66. Llama, Llama Red Pajama
    by Anna Dewdney
67. Look Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come!
    by Nancy Carlson
68. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
    by Bernard Waber
69. Mañana, Iguana
    by Ann Whitford Paul
70. Me I Am!
    by Jack Prelutsky
71. Miss Nelson is Missing
    by Harry Allard
72. Mr. Gumpy’s Outing
    by John Burningham
73. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
    by Candace Fleming
74. Oh No, Gotta Go!
    by Susan Middleton Elya
75. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
    by Jane Cabrera
76. Olivia
    by Ian Falconer
77. Once I Ate a Pie
    by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest
78. Orange Pear Apple Bear
    by Emily Gravett
79. Owl Babies
    by Martin Waddell
80. Please, Puppy, Please
    by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
81. Rapunzel
    by Paul Zelinsky
82. Snowmen at Night
    by Caralyn Buehner
83. Stellaluna
    by Janell Cannon
84. Stone Soup
    by Marcia Brown
85. The Biggest Bear
    by Lynd Ward
86. The Carrot Seed
    by Ruth Krauss
87. The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
    by Trinka Hakes Noble
88. The Doorbell Rang
    by Pat Hutchins
89. The Empty Pot
    by Demi
90. The Jacket I Wear in the Snow
    by Shirley Neitzel
91. The Mitten
    by Jan Brett
92. The Mysterious Tadpole
    by Steven Kellogg
93. The Seals on the Bus
    by Lenny Hort
94. The Story of Ferdinand
    by Munro Leaf
95. The Stray Dog
    by Marc Simont
96. There’s a Nightmare in My Closet
    by Mercer Mayer
97. Tikki Tikki Tembo
    by Arlene Mosel
98. Too Much Noise
    by Ann McGovern
99. Turtle’s Race With Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story
    by Joseph Bruchac
100. Whose Chick Are You?
     by Nancy Tafuri