Great Picture Books

I read 42 books today.

Picture books.

Good picture books. Great picture books.

A few weeks ago, I ran across a wonderful meme:  What are the ten books that you, as a teacher, could not teach without? I browsed the lists of the participants and then spent most of an evening requesting picture books from the public library.

Here's a photo selection of those I liked best and can't wait to read with the PreK-2nd graders at my school:

Here's a list:

Chalk by Bill Thomson

All Those Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen

Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw by Bruce McMillan

Goal! by Mina Javaherbin

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

Hero Cat by Eileen Spinelli

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! by Rosetta Stone

The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed

My People by Langston Hughes

My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman

We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woodson

The Hard-Times Jar by Ethel Footman Smothers

Monkey With a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem by Curtis Monroe

Animal Colors by Beth Fielding

Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski

Walk On! A Guide for Babies of All Ages by Marla Frazee

Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley

Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski

The Bugliest Bug by Carol Diggory Shields

Posy by Linda Newbery and Catherine Rayner

One by Kathryn Otoshi

Now I'm off to order these for my own school library! Thank you, Read and Refine and Enjoy and Embrace Learning for this wonderful meme!