Pre-school books
Doppelganger at 50 Books has compiled a list of books for preschools that feature female characters. Thank you, Doppelganger!
* Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
* The Miss Spider series by David Kirk
* Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
* The Frances series by Russell and Lillian Hoban
* The Paper Bag Princess, A Promise is a Promise, Angela’s Airplane, David’s Father, Millicent and the Wind, Moira’s Birthday, Murmel Murmel Murmel, Pigs!, Something Good, Stephanie’s Ponytail, and The Boy in the Drawer by Robert Munsch
* Chrysanthemum, Lily and her Purple Plastic Purse, and Julius, The Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
* The Little House and Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
* Helga’s Dowry and Adelita by Tomie DePaola
* When I’m Sleepy by by Jane R. Howard and Lynne Cherry
* The Charlie and Lola series by Lauren Child
* Big Momma Makes the World and Lucia and the Light by Phyllis Root
* The Princess Knight, plus many other titles by Cornelia Funke
* The Seven Chinese Sisters by Kathy Tucker and Grace Lin
* The Library by Sarah Stewart
* Moonstruck by Gennifer Choldenko
* Roxaboxen by Alice Mclerran and Barbara Cooney
* A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
* The Balloon Tree by Phoebe Gilman
* Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty Macdonald
* Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
* The Little Princess series (which, trust me, is NOT all princess-y) by Tony Ross
* The Daisy series by Jane Simmons
* Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
* If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Joffe Numeroff and Felicia Bond
* Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
* Ugly Truckling by David Gordon
* Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems (I can vouch for this one. The story is cute and the illustrations are fabulous.)
* Lizzy’s Lion by Dennis Lee
* Ganzy Remembers by Mary Grace Ketner
* Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Joan Rankin
* Who Said Boo? by Anne Miranda
* Attic of the Wind by Doris Herold Lun and Ati Forberg
* Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink
* George and Martha: One Fine Day by James Marshall
* Maggie and the Pirates by Ezra Jack Keats
* Katy No-Pocket by Emmy Payne
* Fairy Wings by Lauren Mills
* Dahlia by Barbara McClintock
* Red Riding by Jean Merrilla
* Outside, Over There by Maurice Sendak
* Peg and the Yeti by Kenneth Oppel
* Bullfrog Builds a House by Rosamond Dauer and Byron Barton
* Petronella by Jay Williams
* A Cowboy Named Ernestine by Nicole Rubel
* Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson
* Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell
* Eloise by Kay Thompson
* Sleepless Beauty by Frances Minters
* Christina Katerina and the Box by Patricia Lee Gauch
* The Maggie B by Irene Haas
* The Stella series by Marie-Louise Gay (Bonus: She has a little brother named Sam!)
More of what we’re reading here next week, and thanks to some of the Readergirlz for stopping in and commenting!
October 12th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Ooooh! I love “The Paperbag Princess”! My sister gave it to me when I was leaving for college. I gave a copy as 6th birthday gift last year, and I read it to Kelly’s kiddos all the time. And my dad bought me “Blueberries for Sal” because well, I’m Sal.
I read them “Miss Spider’s Tea Party”, too, but Kelly accused me of reading vegetarian literature to them.
This is a great list, but not all are really for preschoolers. The Chrysanthemum and Lily books are FUN! but too long for even very attentive young ones. Miss Piggle-Wiggle is a chapter book; I loved it in elementary school.
Here’s some to add: “Christina Katerina and the Box”, the Olivia the Pig books, and - my fave - “Fancy Nancy”!
okay…can you tell that I don’t want to work today?
October 16th, 2007 at 9:57 am
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