To include: Book Title (date) Genre Gingerbread Baby Picture (1999) Book

Grade Level Preschool and up

The Mitten (1989) Picture Book

Preschool and up

The Hat (1997)

Picture Book

Preschool and up

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Picture Book /Tradition al Lit

Preschool and up

Trouble with

Picture

Preschool

Synopsis This is a story about a boy who is making a gingerbread man but opens the oven too soon and the gingerbread Baby escapes. The story continues on to tell how the boy captures the runaway gingerbread man. This story is about a boy who loses his mitten while playing outside. Meanwhile, some animals decide to make his mitten their home for the winter. This story is about a hedgehog that finds a lost hat and gets it stuck on his head. After being made fun of by the other animals throughout the book, at the end, all of the animals decide to start wearing clothing on their heads. This is the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, retold by Jan Brett. Its about a young girl who sneaks into a family of bears house and they are shocked to find her asleep in their bed when they return. This story is about a

Theme(s) Cooking, Cleverness, Family Life, Creativity, Imagination and Magic

Wintertime, Grandparents, Grandchildren

Friendship, Animals, Farm and Ranch Life

Discovery, Learning and Curiosity

Legends, Myths and

Trolls (1992)

Book

and up

Hedgie Loves to Read (2006) Berlioz the Bear (1991)

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The First Dog (1988)

Picture Book

Preschool and up

Beauty and the Beast (1989)

Daisy Comes Home (2002)

Picture Book/ Traditiona l Lit Picture Book

Preschool and up

Preschool and up

young girl who takes her dog into the mountains and runs into trouble when she encounters a group of trolls. This is a story about a hedge hog who loves to read. This story is about a bear who is trying to make it to an orchestra when his wagon gets stuck in a hole and it takes a group of animals and one small bee to get them out, just in time for the orchestra. This story is about a boy who finds a dog in the woods that follows him around and saves his life more than once. At the end of the book he realizes how lucky he is to have a dog like this. This is the classic story of Beauty and the Beast, retold by Jan Brett. This is a story about a hen that gets lost from her owner and eventually makes her way back home.

Fantasy

Reading, Animals

Friendship, Team Work, and Music

Dogs, Friendship and Danger

Fairytale

Bullying, adventures, animal stories, self esteem, Chinese

Gingerbread Friends (2006) Hedgie Blasts Off (2006) The Umbrella (2004) Christmas Treasury (2001)

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Hedgies Surprise ( 2000) Comets Nine Lives (1996) Armadillo Rodeo (1995) Christmas Trolls (19913 The Wild Christmas Reindeer (1990) Annie and the Wild Animals (1985) Fritz and the Beautiful Horses (1981) The Three Snow Bears (2007) HoneyHoney Lion (2005) Oh Noahs Ark (2003) Whos that knocking on Christmas Eve (2002) Town Mouse, Country Mouse (1994) The Night Before Christmas (1998) The Owl and the Pussycat (1991) Happy Birthday Dear Duck (1988) The Twelve Days of Christmas (1986) Scary, Scary Halloween (1986) Mothers Day Mice (1986)

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Noelle of the Nutcracker (1986) Valentine Bears (1983) St. Patricks Day in the Morning (1980) Cinders A chicken Cinderella (coming 2013)

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