2005 K-2 Master List
- Bad Boys / Marjorie Palatini; Henry Cole, illustrator.
- HarperCollins, 2003, $15.95.
- Two hungry wolves in disguise attempt to raid a sheep farm.
- Beautiful Blackbird / Ashley Bryan.
- Atheneum, 2003, $16.95.
- In a story of the Ila people, the colorful birds of Africa ask Blackbird, whom they think is the most beautiful of birds, to make each of them unique by sharing some of his black color with them.
- Calabash Cat and his Amazing Journey / Jame Rumford.
- Hougton Mifflin, 2003. $16.00.
- A Calabash Cat, living in Africa, sets off to see where the world ends. A stripe of rainbow colors accents the journey across each page of habitats that various woodburned designed animals lead the cat.
- Diary of a Worm / Doreen Cronin; Harry Bliss, illustrator.
- HarperCollins, 2003. $15.99.
- Humorous diary entries provide a look at a worm's life at home, school, and with his friend, Spider.
- Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! / Mo Willems.
- Hyperion, 2003, $12.99.
- Pigeon won't rest until you, the reader, give him permission to drive the bus. He begs and pleads until he finally has a complete meltdown. He quickly loses interest in the bus when an eighteen wheeler shows up.
- The Elves and the Shoemaker / Retold from the Brothers Grimm and illustrated by Jim LaMarche.
- Chronicle Books, 2003. $16.95.
- This classic story of a shoemaker that receives help from elves to complete his shoes is illustrated with beautifully detailed art rendered in acrylic washes and colored pencil.
- A Frog In the Bog / Karma Wilson; Joan Rankin, illustrator.
- McElderry, 2003, $16.95.
- A delightfully bouncy, rhythmic jaunt through the culinary exploits of a frog in the bog.
- Hank and Fergus / Susin Nielsen-Fernlund; Louise-Andree Laliberte, illustrator.
- Orca Book Publishers, 2003. $16.95.
- When the new boy next door doesn't believe in Hank's invisible dog, Fergus, a friendship seems impossible.
- Old Cricket / Lisa Wheeler; Ponder Goembel, illustrator.
- Atheneum, 2003, $16.95.
- Crotchety Old Cricket feigns a cumulative series of ailments to avoid helping with chores. The onomatopoeia words and repetition invite the audience to join the story.
- One Is a Snail Ten Is a Crab: A Counting Book / April Pulley Sayre and Jeff Sayre; Randy Cecil, illustrator.
- Candlewick Press, 2003, $15.99
- An inventive counting book that takes you to 100 by counting and combining the feet of assorted beachcombers.
- Racecar Alphabet / Brian Floca.
- Atheneum, 2003, $15.95
- Rhymes and alliterations highlight an exciting day at the races as the letters of the alphabet show us race cars from one hundred year ago through the present.
- A Story for Bear / Dennis Haseley; Jim LaMarche, illustrator.
- Silver Whistle, 2002. $16.00.
- When a young bear finds a scrap of an old letter, he is so curious about the mysterious marks that he searches out their source--a cabin in the woods. There he meets a young woman and is mesmerized by the sound of her voice. Though he cannot understand her words, he returns every day to hear the woman's stories of sailors, goddesses, and far-off lands.
- The Teddy Bear / David McPhail.
- Henry Holt, 2002. $15.95.
- This sweet and romanticized tale of a homeless man who adopts a lost teddy bear, and the generous young owner who lets him keep it, is graced with some of McPhail's most tender art to date.
- Tracks in the Snow / Wong Herbert Yee.
- Henry Holt, 2003. $15.95.
- A little girl follows tracks in the snow, trying to determine what could have made them. The brief test rhymes and there is a repetitive verse.
- What Did You Put in Your Pocket? / Beatrice Schenck deRegniers.
- HarperCollins, 2003. $15.99.
- The onomatopoeia poem dances around the pages with bright colors as two groups of animals tell each other about the food and other things that they put in their pockets on each day of the week.
- Yikes!! / Robert Florczak.
- Blue Sky Press, 2003. $15.95.
- A young boy who appears to be on safari is pictured on each spread, alongside the world's most fearsome and exotic creatures--cobras, gorillas, and crocodiles! On every spread, a simple caption explains the true danger he is in. At the story's end, readers are in for a surprise.
updated: Thursday, 03-Aug-2006 14:17:02 EDT