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Reading List

Imagination And Creativity
Harold and the Purple Crayon  - Crockett Johnson.
Where the Wild Things Are  - Maurice Sendak.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs  - Judi Barrett.
Three  - the Sea  - Edward Marshall.
Barn Dance!  - Bill Martin,Jr.
Ben's Trumpet  - Rachel Isadora.
Max Found Two Sticks  - Brian Pinkney.
The Squiggle  - Carole Lexa Schaefer.

Interaction Between Generations
Grandmas at Bat  - Emily Arnold McCully.
Song and Dance Man  - Karen Ackerman.
When I Am Old with You  - Angela Johnson.
The Gardener  - Sarah Stewart.
Papa Lucky's Shadow  - Niki Daly.
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart  - Libba Moore.

Friendship
Dreams  - Ezra Jack Keats.
Poppleton  - Cynthia Rylant.
Mine's the Best  - Crosby Bonsall.
Friends  - Kim Lewis.
Days with Frog and Toad  - Arnold Lobel.
Bird Boy  - Elizabeth Starr Hill.
The Friendship of Milly and Tug  - Dian Curtis Regan.

Multi-Cultural
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship  - Arthur Ransome.
The Long Way to a New Land  - Joan Sandin.
The Magic of Spider Woman  - Lois Duncan.
Anansi Does the Impossible  - Verna Aardema.
A World of Children's Stories edited  - Anne Pellowski.
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World  - Marjorie Priceman.

Honesty
I'll Tell On You  - Joan M. Lexau.
I Did It, I'm Sorry  - Caralyn Buehner.
That's Mine, Horace  - Holly Keller.
Nina, Nina, Star Ballerina  - Jane O'Connor.
The Peddler's Gift  - Maxine Rose Schur.

Courage And Individuality
Sheila Rae, the Brave  - Kevin Henkes.
Pip's Magic  - Ellen Stoll Walsh.
The Art Lesson  - Tomie de Paola
A Color of His Own  - Leo Lionni
The Bat Boy and His Violin  - Gavin Curtis.


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