What to Read When: The Little Fire Engine

It's What to Read Wednesday, March 31st! Here's your weekly list from Parents Ask literacy expert Pam Allyn! Happy Reading!

Baby:

•    Baby Einstein’s My First Book of Shapes by Julie Aigner-Clark, illustrated by Nadeem Zaidi (Disney Press: 2007)

•    Baby Touch and Feel series by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley Publishing)

•    The Little Fire Engine by Lois Lenski (Random House Books for Young Readers: 2000)

•    Pat the Puppy by Edith Kunhardt Davies (Golden Books: 2001)

•    I’m the Best by Lucy Cousins (Candlewick: 2010)

Toddler:

•    I Can Do It Too! by Karen Baicker, illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max (Chronicle Books: 2010)

•    You Can Do It Too! by Karen Baicker, illustrated by Ken Wilson-Max (Chronicle Books: 2010)

•    Popville by Anouck Boisrobert and Louis Rigaud (Roaring Brook Press: 2010)

Preschool:

•    I Am an Inventing Invention by Penguin Group USA (Grosset & Dunlap: 2010)

•    Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink by Victoria Kann (HarperFestival: 2010)

•    Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I Don’t) by Barbara Bottner (Knopf Books for Young Readers: 2010)

•    Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow Books: 2010)

•    Herbert: The True Story of a Brave Sea Dog by Robyn Belton (Candlewick: 2010)

Ages 5-7:

    •    I Wonder Why I Blink and Other Questions About My Body by Brigid Avison (Kingfisher: 2003)

    •    500 Hilarious Jokes for Kids by Jeff Rovin (Penguin Putnam: 1990)

    •    George and Martha: The Complete Story of Two Best Friends by James Marshall (Houghton Mifflin Company: 1997)

    •    1000 Knock Knock Jokes for Kids by Michael Kilgariff (Random House: 1986)

    •    Amazing Snakes! by Sarah L. Thomson, photographs by Wildlife Conservation Society (HarperCollins Children’s Books; 2006)

Ages 8-10:

    •    Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat by Lynne Jonell, illustrated by Jonathan Bean (Square Fish: 2008)

    •    Justin Case: School, Drool and Other Daily Disasters by Rachel Vail, illustrated by Matthew Cordell (Feiwell & Friends: 2010)

    •    Melonhead by Katy Kelly, illustrated by Gillian Johnson (Yearling: 2010)

    •    Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci by Joseph D’Agnese, illustrated by John O’Brien (Henry, Holt & Company: 2010)

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