Picture Books for LA

These books are available from the RLMS Library Media Center

Allegory

Baaa by David Macaulay -- on order

Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss (E SEU)

The Orphan Boy [Massai folktale] by Tolowa Mollel)

Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (E LEA)

Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury (E BRA)

Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust by Eve Bunting (E BUN)

Alliteration

Black Cat by Christopher Myers (E MYE)

Jazz A-B-Z by Winton Marsalis (811.6 MAR)

Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury (E BRA)

Allusion

Tar Beach by Faith Ringold (E RIN)

Widow's Broom by Chris VanAllsburg (FIC VAN)

Atmosphere

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (E EAY)

Mirette on the High Wire by Emily McCully (E MCC)

The Polar Express by Chris VanAllsburg (E VAN)

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (E KEA)

The Wall by Eve Bunting (E BUN)

Authors

The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr. Seuss (B SEU)

Character

Louis the Fish by Arthur Yorinks (E YOR)

My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston (B HOU)

My Rotten Headed Older Brother by Patricia Polacco (E POL)

Through Grandpa's Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan (E MAC)

Tough Boris by Mem Fox (E FOX)

Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margee King Mitchell (E MIT)

Creative Writing

Alphaboat by Michael Chesworth (E CHE)

Carmine A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet (E SWE)

Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color by Mary O'Neil (811.54 ONE)

The Z was Zapped: Alphabet Theater by Chris Van Allsburg

Descriptive Language

Butternut Hollow Pond by Brian Heinz (E HEI)

Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin (E MAR)

Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

Endings

Jessica by Kevin Henkes (E HEN)

Widow's Broom by Chris VanAllsburg (FIC VAN)

Folktales

The Orphan Boy [Massai folktale] by Tolowa Mollel)

Foreshadowing

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (E EAY)

Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox (E FOX)

Lentil by Robert McCloskey (E MCC)

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McClsokey (E MCC)

Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy (E FLO)

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (E LEA)

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (E STE)

Fractured Fairy Tales

Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas (E TRI)

Hyperbole

Hog Eye by Susan Meddaugh (E MED)

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (E SEN)

Imagery

Black Cat by Christopher Myers (E MYE)

Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe (E BRI)

How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting (E BUN)

Imagine a Night by Rob Gonsalves (E GON)

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Martin (B BEN)

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (E KEA)

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (E STE)

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

Idioms

Raining Cats and Dogs by Will Moses (428.1 MOS)

Irony

Gift of the Magi by O. Henry (E HEN)

Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say (E EAY)

Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson (E JOH) -- inspired by Thoreau

Hog Eye by Susan Meddaugh (E MED)

The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant (E MAU)

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (E LEA)

Sweetest Fig by Chris VanAllsburg (E VAN)

Switch On the Night by Ray Bradbury (E BRA)

Leads

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst (E VIO)

"Listening" to Summarize the Story

Miz Berlin Walks by Jane Yolen (E YOL)

Memoir

All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan (E MAC)

Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Howard (E HOW)

The Bat Boy & His Violin by Gavin Curtis (E CUR)

Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton (E PAR)

The Days Before Now by Margaret Wise Brown (E BRO)

Crow Call by Lois Lowry (E LOW)

Flora and Tiger: 19 Very Short Stories from My Life by Eric Carle (B CAR)

The Good Lion by Beryl Markham (B MAR)

Home by Jeannie Baker [mostly wordless book] (E BAK)

How Many Days to America: A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting (E BUN)

The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco (E POL)

Memorial by Gary Crew (E CRE)

Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (E COO)

My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Gray (E GRA)

Oma's Quilt by Paulette Bourgeois (E BOU)|Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (E YOL)

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran (E MCL)

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (E RIN)

Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Wilson Chall (E CHA)

What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan (MAC)

The Wall by Eve Bunting (E BUN)

When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Olds's Memoir of Her Youth by Jamei Lee Curtis (E CUR)

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

Metaphor

An Angel for Soloman Singer by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

Black Cat by Christopher Myers (E MYE)

Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss -- on order

The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper (E PIP)

Lorax by Dr. Suess (E SEU)

Owl Moon by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury (E BRA)

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold (E RIN)

Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg

Non-linear Narrative

Black and White by David Macaulay (E MAC)

Parts of Speech

Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions by Ruth Heller (E HEL)

Breezier, Cheezier, Newest and Bluest: What are Comparative Superlatives? (E CLE)

But and For, Yet and Nor: What is a Conjunction? (E CLE)

Chocolate Moose for Dinner [homonyms] by Fred Gwynne (E GWY)

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb? by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions by Ruth Heller (E HEL)

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is and Adjective? By Brian Cleary (E CLE)

I and You and Don't Forget Who (E CLE)

I'm and Won't, They're and Don't: What's aContraction (E CLE)

Lazyily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally More About Adverbs by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns by Ruth Heller (E HEL)

Mine All Mine: A Book About Pronouns (E HEL)

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? (E CLE)

King Who Rained [homonyms] by Fred Gywnn (E GWY)

A Lime, A Mime, A Pool of Slime: More About Nouns by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

A Mink, a Fink, A Skating Rink: What is a Noun? by Brain Cleary (E CLE)

Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day -- on order

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What is a Synonym? by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day (E PUL)

Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More About Verbs by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What are Similes and Metaphors? (E CLE)

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym? By Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More About Antonyms (E CLE)

Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More About Synonyms by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What is a Compound Word? (E CLE)

To Root, To Toot, Parachute: What is a Verb? by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is A Preposition? by Brain Cleary (E CLE)

Passage of Time

The Two of Them by Aliki (E ALI)

Perspective

Black and White by David Macaulay (E MAC)

Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Sharmat (E SHA)

Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas (E TRI)

Persuasive Writing

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague (E TEA)

Poetry

Wonderful Words: Poems About Reading, Writing, Speaking, and Listening selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins (811 WON)

Punctuation Content

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why Commas Really Do Make a Difference (428.2 TRU)

Punctuation Celebration by Elsa Bruno (E BRU)

Punctuation Takes a Vacation (E PUL)

Twenty-Odd Ducks Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts! by Lynne Truss (428.2 TRU)

Punctuation Models

Amazing Grace [ellipses, dashes] by Mary Hoffman (E HOF)

Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) [dashes, quotation marks within quotation marks] (E HOW)

Come On, Rain! [ellipses, quotation marks in dialog] by Karen Hesse (E HES)

The Important Book [commas in lists] by Margaret Wise Brown (E BRO)

Goodnight Circle [dashes] by Carolyn Lesser (E LES)

Mrs. Katz and Tush [ellipses, dashes] by Patricia Polacco (E POL)

My Mama Had a Dancing Heart [hyphens] by Libba Moore Gray (E GRA)

Scarecrow [apostrophes, colons, commas in lists, ellipses] by Cynthia Rylant (E RYL)

Snow [commas] by Uri Shulevitz (E SHU)

The Straight Line [quotes] by Mem Fox (E FOX)

Thunder Cake [ellipses, dashes] by Petricia Polacco (E POL)

Wolf by Becky Bloom [quotes] (E BLO)

Perspective

Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury (E BRA)

Prediction

Two Bad Ants (E VAN)

Widow's Broom (FIC VAN)

Setting

What You Know First by Patricia MacLachlan (E MAC)

Simile

Black Cat by Christopher Myers (E MYE)

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague (E TEA)Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury (E BRA)

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Martin (B BEN)

Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury (E BRA)

Spelling

Miss Pell Would Never Misspell (E CLE)

Silent Letters Loud and Clear (E PUL)

Surprise Endings

Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch (E ASC)

Voice

Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Marjorie Sharmat (E SHA)

The Straight Line Wonder by Mem Fox (E FOX)

Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne (E BRO)

Word Play

The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter (E SCH)

Carmine A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet (E SWE)

It Looks a Lot Like Reindeer by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Jamaica Sandwich by Brian Cleary (E CLE)

Macho Nacho and Other Rhyming Riddles by Guilio Maestro (E MAE)