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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

©Susie Wilde 1998