Share a Story 2011: The Bookshelf

All week long, our hosts and guests have talked about the gift of literacy. To a person they shared personal stories ... rich tales that identified specific titles, how the book affected them, and ways that they've enjoyed sharing them with the children in their lives. They marveled at the books their kids ask them to read and/or  the processes their kids used in making their own book choices.

For our Writing @ Reading prompts, they created picnics and more to share with their favorite characters. They told us why they'd buy X book as a gift. They remembered a title, a moment, a memory. They showed us how the experience of giving and sharing literacy is a gift. And that once given, it transforms the recipient and lives on.

Some of the books mentioned may be familiar to you and inspire you to renew the gift anew by pulling one from the shelf and sharing the joy / magic / laughter all over again. Some may be new, but the story that came with it so powerful that you want to seek it out.

It is for all of those reasons that we created a complete list of all the books that moved and inspired our participants, introduced them to new friends, helped them become readers, or gave them the medium to share their gift with a new reader or reader-to-be. These are books listed as personal favorites, selected by 6-year-olds on a Saturday in the bookstore, and shared with the children in our lives. They are well-worn copies and books given as gifts to new parents, new babies, tweens, young adults, and adults.

So whether you're looking for a book to share or a book to give, we're sure you'll find the perfect gift.

Picture Books
ABC, Baby Me! by Susan B. Katz
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Badjelly the Witch by Spike Milligan
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Begin Smart Baby Faces
Begin Smart Animal Faces
Best Best Friends by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
Chicken, Chips and Peas (Fast Fox, Slow Dog) by Allan Ahlberg
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo by Kevin Lewis
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae
Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman
Cora Cooks Pancit by Dorina K. Lazo Gilmore
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Dora's Easter Basket by Sarah Wilson
Doctor De Soto by William Steig
Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg
Easy Street by Rita Gray
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals by Ed Emberley
Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World by Ed Emberley
Elephant and Piggie Easy Reader series by Mo Willems (links to search page of all titles)
The Elves and the Shoemakerby Jacob Grimm>
Fancy Nancy Petite Library by Jane O'Connor
The Farmer by Mark Ludy
Father Bear Goes Fishing by Randell
The Feelings Book by Todd Parr
Firefighters to the Rescue by Kersten Hamilton
Fix-It Duck by Jez Alborough
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
The Giant Carrot by Jan Peck
The Going-To-Bed Book by Sandra Boynton
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Goodnight Train by June Sobel
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Horton Hears A Who! by Dr. Seuss
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
I Stink! by Kate McMullan
The I LOVE YOU Book by Todd Parr
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Imogene's Antlers by David Small
Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas
Jump into Science: Rocks and Minerals by Steve Tomecek
Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
Lilly's Big Day by Kevin Henkes
Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown
Little Skink's Tail by Janet Halfmann
Marvin Gets MAD! by Joseph Theobald
Goodnight Max (Max and Ruby) by Rosemary Wells
Marley and the Kittens by John Grogan
The Mitten Board Book Edition by Jan Brett
Mog at the Zoo (Puffin Classics) by Helen Nicoll
Moo Baa La La La by Sandra Boynton
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
The Munschworks Grand Treasury by Robert N. Munsch
My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh by Nick Sharratt
My Truck is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis
Octopus Socktopus by Nick Sharratt
On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frasier
Pat the Bunny (Touch and Feel Book) by Dorothy Kunhardt
Pink Me Up by Charise Mericle Harper
Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
Pop!: The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy
Pop's Bridge by Eve Bunting
Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
Robot Zot! by Jon Scieszka
Scaredy Squirrel by  Melanie Watt
Silverlicious (Pinkalicious)by Victoria Kann - student reviews
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald by Roxane Orgill
So Big! (Playtime Rhymes) public domain
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
SuperHero ABC by Bob Mcleod
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Tails by Matthew Van Fleet
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
There's a Wocket in My Pocket! by Dr. Seuss
Toddlerobics: Animal Fun by Zita Newcome
Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
Toy Boat by Randall de Seve
Underwear Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr
Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
What Was I Scared Of?: A Glow-in-the Dark Encounter (Classic Seuss) by Dr. Seuss
When Sophie Gets Angry...really, Really Angry by Molly Bang
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Where's Waldo? The Complete Collection by Martin Handford
Who Do You See? (My First Taggies Book) by Will Grace
Would You Rather...? for Kids! by Justin Heimberg, David Gomberg
Yoko & Friends: School Days  by Rosemary Wells
Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli
1001 Pirate Things to Spot (1001 Things to Spot) by Rob Lloyd Jones

Short Stories and Chapter Books up through Middle Grade
The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey
The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by George Beard
Aliens on Vacation by Clete Smith - here's the student review
The Anne of Green Gables Series by L.M. Montgomery
Bone Series by Jeff Smith
The Boxcar Children Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit by Paula Danziger
Champion Dog prince Tom by Jean Fritz
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Comet in Moominland by Tove Jansson - student review
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Dogtag Summer by Elizabeth Partridge - student review
The Door in the Forest by Roderick Townley - student review
Dragon Ball Box Set by Akira Toriyama
The Dreamer by Pam Munoz Ryan - student review
The Emily series (3 Book Set) by L.M. Montgomery
The Fourth Stall by Chris Rylander - student review
The Genius Files: Mission Unstoppable by Dan Gutman - student review
Hardy Boys Complete Series by Franklin W. Dixon
Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus - student review
Hothead (Cal Ripken Novel) by Cal Ripken, Jr. - student review
The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford
Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai - student review
Jake by Audrey Couloumbis - student review
Junie B. Jones's First Boxed Set Ever! (Books 1-4) by Barbara Park
Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry
Kevin's Point of View by Del Shannon
Kick by Walter Dean Myers - student review
Kids' Fun and Healthy Cookbook by Nicola Graimes
King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
The Kneebone Boy by Ellen Potter - student review
Leepike Ridge by N.D. Wilson - student review
Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame (and What the Neighbors Thought) by Kathleen Krull
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
Old Yeller by Fred Gipson
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia - student review
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
Owls by Gail Gibbons
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Peak by Roland Smith
The Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall - student review
Phyllis A. Whitney Paperback Book Collection by Phyills A. Whitney
The Best of Pippi Longstocking: Three Books in One by Astrid Lindgren
Pollyanna by Eleanor Hodgman Porter
Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Saltwater Taffy by Eric DelaBarre
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner - student review
Surprising Sharks (Nature Storybooks) by Nicola Davies
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
Swallows and Amazons (Godine Storyteller) by Arthur Ransome
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger - student review
A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Treasure Island (Classic Starts Series) by Robert Louis Stevenson
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex - student review
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
The Complete Tales of Winnie-The-Pooh by A. A. Milne
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Young Adult & Adult
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
How to Get Your Child to Love Reading: For Ravenous and Reluctant Readers Alike by Esme Raji Codell
In the Middle: New Understandings About Writing, Reading, and Learning by Nancie Atwell
Monster by Walter Dean Myers
The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition by Jim Trelease
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson


Author Collections (links to search page of all titles)
Jan Brett Books 
Steve Jenkins Books
David Shannon books
Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)
Mo Willems books
Robert Munsch books
Eric Carle books
Jan Thomas books
Rob Scotton books
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Teri Lesesne also shared with us the same Title X Booklist she shared with Literacy Curators in Texas public schools.


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