Picture+Books+or+Favorite+Read-Alouds


 * Here's a link to a comprehensive picture book book list: **

[|Picture Book Lists]


 * Theme: Gettting Along **

//**Let's Be Enemies**// //**Horace and Morris and Mostly Delores**// by James Howe.

If you visit abookandahug.com and click on Find a Book in the right hand corner, you'll see the search features. Click on picture book for category; then select picture book for reading level; now, scroll down through the keywords (the list toward the bottom of the search features that begins with middle reader/careful content) and select getting along! :) If you hit search, you'll get a list of picture books that have getting along as part of their storyline.

//**Dog and Bear: Two Friends Three Stories**// by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, //**A Visitor For Bear,**// by Bonnie Becker //**Leonardo the Terrible Monster**//, by Mo Willems and all of his Elephant and Pig Early Reader series //**Cowboy and Octopus**//, by Jon Scieszka //**Bear Feels Scared**// by Karma Wilson

I also just discovered some **books by Maria Desmondy** which deal with self esteem, being a good friend and bullying..check her out on her website([|www.mariadismondy.com]) There is also a link to the Bloom and Grow series, which I think all have wonderful messages for kids about acceptance of others.

//**Princess Penelope's Parrot**// by Lynn Munsinger //**When Sophie Gets Angry**//

Proimos, James. //**Paulie Pastrami Achieves World Peace**//. 2009. (kindness) Robbins, Jacqui. //**Two of a Kind**//. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. 2009. (girl bullies)

//**Don't Squeal Unless It's a Big Deal**// (on tattling) //**Jamaica's Blue Marker**// by Juanita Havill, //**The Recess Queen**//. //**The Meanest Thing You Can Say**// by Bill Cosby. He has a whole series of Little Bill books. //**Enemy Pie**// by Derek Munson //**Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"**// by Carol McCloud (You can even build a whole classroom theme around it by having a bucket and filling it with compliments about one another, etc.)


 * Theme: Fear of Failure: **

//**The Dot,**// by Peter Reynolds //**Scaredy Squirrel**//, by Melanie Watts //**Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again**//, by Dave Horowitz


 * Holiday-themed Read-Alouds: **

1. //**A Certain Small Shepherd**// by Caudill //**2. A Kwanzaa miracle Gayle,**// Sharon Shavers //**3. Apples and Pumpkins**// by Anne Rockwell //**4. Arthur's Halloween**// Marc Brown //**5. Auntie Claus Primavera,**// Elise //**6. Big Pumpkin**// by Silverman //**7. Big Purple Gorilla**// //**8. Brave Irene**// //**9. Dancing Skeleton**// //**10. Going on a Bear Hunt**// //**11. Goodnight Goon**// //**12. Great Joy**// by DiCamillo //**13. Halloween Skyride,**// //**14. Hanukkah lights everywhere**// //**15. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins**// //**16. @http://madamepince.edublogs.org/**// //**17. Humbug Witch**// by Lorna Balion //**18. In November**// by Cynthia Rylant 19. //**Is The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza**// by David Shannon //**20. It's a Fruit, It's a Vegetable, It's a Pumpkin**// by Allen Fowler //**21. It's Pumpkin Time**// by Zoe Hall //**22. King of the Cats**// //**23. Latkes and applesauce**// Manushkin, Fran //**24. Let's get ready for 3 kings' day**// //**25. Light the candle, Bang the drum**// //**26. Light the Lights**// //**27. Magic Dreidels**// //**28. Maria, a Christmas Story**// by Taylor //**29. Molly's Pilgrim**// //**30. Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree**// //**31. Nicholi**// //**32. No Such Thing**// //**33. One Halloween Night**// Mark Teague //**34. Piggie Pie**// //**35. Plump Perky Turkey**// by Teresa Bateman //**36. Precious and the Boo Hag (Recorded Books has a great narrator)**// //**37. Pumpkin Head!**// by Wendell Minor //**38. Pumpkin, Pumpkin**// by Jeanne Tetherington //**39. Rabbit's gift**// 40. //**Santa’s Kwanzaa**// //**41. Seven spools of thread**// //**42. Silver Packages**// by Cynthia Rylant //**43. Ghost of Tom**// //**44. Skeleton Hiccups**// //**45. Something from Nothing which is a traditional Jewish tale though not specifically Hannakah.**// //**Scaredy-Cat Splat**// //**46. Sop Doll or Chunk o Meat**// //**47. Tailypo**// //**48. Teeny Tiny Woman**// //**49. Thanksgiving at the Tappleton’s**// //**50. The Big Snow**// by Hader //**51. The Black Snowman**// by Mendez //**52. The Bones of Fred McFe**// //**53. The Christmas Cricket**// //**54. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey**// by Wojciechowski //**55. The Christmas Pinata**// //**56. The Gift of the Magi**// //**57. The Hallo-weiner**// by Dav Pilkey //**58. The House of Boo**// //**59. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Williams**// //**60. The Memory Cupboard**// by Charlotte Herman //**61. The Old Devil Wind, Pumpkin Jack, and The Gashlycrumb Tinies**// //**62. The Runaway Mummy**// //**63. The Runaway Pumpkin**// Kevin Lewis 64. //**The Story of Holly & Ivy**// by Godden //**65. The Terrible Trick or Treat**// //**Wake the Dead**// //**66. The Ugly Pumpkin**// by Dave Horowitz //**67. The Wee Christmas Cabin of Carn-na-ween**// by Ruth Sawyer //**68. The Widow's Broom**// Chris Van Allsburg //**69. The Witch's Little House**// //**70. There was an old Monster**// by Emberly //**71. Tree of Cranes Allen Say**// //**72. Trees of the Dancing Goats**// by Patricia Pollaco //**73. Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving**// Dav Pilkey //**74. Velcome**// by Kevin O'Malley //**75. Welcome Comfort**// Polacco, Patricia //**76. Welcome Comfort**// by Patricia Polacco //**77. Who will help Santa this year?**// //**78. Winnie the Witch**// //**79. Winter is the warmest season**// //**80. Zigazak! : a magical Hanukkah night**// Kimmel, Eric A
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(Thanks to Monica Steffer as posted on LM_Net)