Books For Four- To Five-Year-Olds
a bibliography by Susie Wilde
Independence
Sibling
Unusual Characters
Animal Heroes
Fantasy/ Imagination
Non-Fiction
Young and Old/Death
Friends
Beginning to Read
Independence:
Bemelmans.
Madeline
. Viking, l939; Penguin, l977
Hutchins, Pat.
Happy Birthday, Sam
. Greenwillow, l978; Penguin, l985
McPhail, David.
Pig Pig Grows Up
. Dutton, l980
Winthrop, Elizabeth.
Sloppy Kisses
. Macmillan, l980; Penguin, l983
Waber, Bernard.
Ira Sleeps Over
. Houghton Mifflin, l972, l975
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Sibling:
Alexander, Martha.
Nobody Asked Me If I Wanted a Baby Sister
. Dial, l971, l977
Alexander, Martha.
When the New Baby Comes I'm Moving Out
. Dial, l979,1981
Lakin, Patrica.
Don't Touch My Room
. Little,Brown and Co., l985
Lasky, Kathryn.
A Baby for Max
. Scribner's, l984
Manushkin, Fran.
Baby Come Out
. Harper and Row, l984
Root, Phyllis.
Moon Tiger
. Holt, Rinehart, Winston, l985
Smith, Dian G.
My New Baby and Me: A First Year Record Book for Big Brothers and Sisters
. Scribners, l986
Viorst, Judith.
I'll Fix Anthony
. Harper and Row, l969, l983
Walsh, Ellen Stoll.
Brunus and the New Bear
. Doubleday, l979
Wells, Rosemary.
A Lion for Lewis
. Dial, l982
Wells, Rosemary.
Noisy Nora
. Dial, l973, l980
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Unusual Characters:
Allard, Harry.
The Stupids Step Out
. Part of a series. Houghton Mifflin, l974,l977
Barbour, Karen.
Little Nino's Pizzeria
. Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, l987
Browne, Anthony.
Piggy Book
. Knopf, l986
George, Lindsay Barrett.
William and Boomer
. Greenwillow, l987
Henkes, Kevin.
Sheila Rae, the Brave
. Greenwillow, l987
Isodora, Rachael.
Ben's Trumpet
. Caldecott Honor. Greenwillow, l979
Isodora, Rachael.
Max
. Macmillan, l976
Isodora, Rachael.
No Agatha
. Greenwillow, l980
McKissak, Patricia C.
Flossie & the Fox
. Dial, l986
Rylant, Cynthia.
When I Was Young in the Mountains
. Caldecott Honor. Dutton, l982
Rylant, Cynthia.
The Relatives Came
. Caldecott Award. Bradbury, l986
Sendak, Maurice.
Nutshell Library
Harper and Row, l962
Zolotow, Charlotte.
William's Doll
. Harper and Row, l972, l985
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Animal Heroes:
Browne, Anthony.
Gorilla
. Knopf, l983
Browne, Anthony.
Willy the Wimp
. Knopf, l984
Hoban, Lillian and Russell. The Frances series. Harper and Row, l960-78
Munro, Leaf.
Ferdinand the Bull
. Viking, l936; Puffin, l977
Potter, Beatrix.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
. Frederick Warne,l903
Stadler, John.
Animal Cafe
. Macmillan, l980
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Fantasy/ Imagination:
Ahlberg, Janet and Allan.
The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
. Little, Brown and Co., 1986
Bang, Molly.
The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher
. Caldecott Honor. Four Winds, l980
Jonas, Ann.
The Trek
. Greenwillow, l985
Mahy, Margaret.
The Boy Who Was Followed Home
. Dial, l983
Mayer, Mercer.
Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp
. Four Winds, l980
Mayer, Mercer.
One Monster After Another
. Golden Press, l974
Pappas, Michael.
Sweet Dreams for Little Ones
. Harper and Row, l982
Ryder, Joanne.
Chipmunk Song
. Macmillan, l987
Ryder, Joanne.
Snail's Spell
. Macmillan,1982
Wagner, Jenny.
The Bunyip of Berkeley Creek
. Bradbury,l977; Penguin, l980
Wood, Audrey.
Heckedy Peg
. Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1987
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Non-Fiction:
Bowers, Kathleen Rice.
At This Very Minute
. Little Brown and Co., l983
Brown, Laurene Krasny and Marc.
Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families
. Atlantic, l986
Cole, Joanne.
How You Were Born
. Morrow, 1984
Cole, Joanne.
The New Baby at Your House
. Morrow, l985
de Paola, Tomie.
Charlie Needs A Cloak
. Prentice Hall, l973, l982
Hall, Donald.
Ox Cart Man
. Caldedott Honor. Viking, l979; Penguin, l983
Heller, Ruth.
The Reason for a Flower
. Putnam, l983
Heller, Ruth.
A Cache of Jewels
. Putnam, l987
Kitzinger, Sheila.
Being Born
. Grosset, l986
Pearse, Patricia.
See How You Grow
. Barron's, 1988
Quinsey, Mary Beth.
Why Does That Man Have Such a Big Nose?
. Parenting Press, l986
Schwartz, David M.
How Much Is A Million?
. Lothrop Lee, Scholastic, l985
Smallman, Clare.
Outside-In
. Barron's, 1986
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Young and Old/Death:
Aliki.
The Two of Them
. Greenwillow, l979
Brown, Margaret Wise.
The Dead Bird
. Addison-Wesley, l938
de Paola, Tomie.
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
. Penguin, l978
de Paola, Tomie.
Now One Foot, Now the Other
. Putnam, l981
Fox, Mem.
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
. Kane/Miller, l985
Moore, Elaine.
Grandma's House
. Lothrop, l985
Moore, Elaine.
Grandma's Promise
. Lothrop, l988
Viorst, Judith.
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
. Atheneum, l971, l975
Wittman, Sally.
A Special Trade
. Harper and Row, 1978
Zolotow, Charlotte.
My Grandson Lew
. Harper and Row, l972, l985
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Friends:
Brinckloe, Julie.
Fireflies
. Macmillan, l985
Burton, Virginia Lee.
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
. Houghton Mifflin, l949, l977
de Paola, Tomie.
Bill and Pete
. Putnam, l978
Lamorisse, Albert.
The Red Balloon
. Doubleday, l956, l978
Marshall, James.
George and Martha
. Part of a series. Houghton, Mifflin, l972,1974
Marshall, James.
Yummers!
Houghton Mifflin, l973,l986
Marshall, James.
Yummers Two: The Second Course
. Houghton Mifflin, l986
Silverstein, Shel.
The Giving Tree
. Harper and Row, l964
Wells, Rosemary.
Peabody
Dial, l983, l986
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Beginning to Read:
Ahlberg, Allan.
Happy Worm
. Random House, l985
Ahlberg, Janet and Allan.
Yum Yum; Playmates
. Knopf, l986
Base, Graeme.
Animalia
. Abrams, 1987
Handforth, Martin.
Where's Waldo?
Little Brown and Co, l987
Heuck, Sigrid.
Who Stole the Apples
. Knopf, l986
Prokofiev, Sergei. Illustrated by Jorg Muller.
Peter and the Wolf
. Knopf, l986
Van Allsburg, Chris.
The Z Was Zapped
. Houghton Mifflin, l987
Wyllie, Stephen and Maureen Roffey.
There Was An Old Woman
. Harper and Row, 1985
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