Leapin’ Louie’s Best Books Ever!

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The Best Picture Books ever!
Dmitri the Astronaut <>Agee, Jon
Miss Nelson is Missing <>Allard & Marshall
Kofi and his Magic <>Angelou, Maya
Madeline (series) <>Bemelmans
Berenstain Bears (series) <>Berenstain, Stan & Jan
The Snowman <>Briggs,Raymond
Aldo <>Burningham, John
Stellaluna <>Cannon, Janell
Please Get the Moon for Me <>Carle, Eric
Visions of a Vanishing Race <>Curtis, Edward Sheriff
The Clown of God <>De Paoli
The Library Dragon <>Deedy, Carmen Agra
Strega Nona <>DePaola
Jimmy Zangwow’s Out of the World Moon Pie kAdventure <>DeTerlizzi, tony
The Magic Gourd <>Diakite, Baba Wague
Horton Hears a Who <>Dr. Seuss
If I Ran the Circus <>Dr. Seuss
The Lorax Dr. Seuss
Yertle the Turtle and other stories Dr. Seuss
Mean Soup Everitt, Betsy
Spirit of the Maya Garcia
This is my Family Gehr & Aliki
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Gerstein
Chuck Close Up Close Greenburg/Jordan
My Little Sister Ate One Hare Grossman & Hawkes
The Pea Patch Jig Hurd, Thacher
John Henry Keats, Ezra jack
Ferdinand Leak & Lawson
A Worm’s Tale Larsen, Gary
Something Queer at the Library Levy & Gerstein
Bugs Lowenstein & Lechner
I, Crocodile Marcellino, Fred
One Morning in Maine McCloskey, robert
Mirette on the High Wire McCully, Emily
Arrow to the Sun McDermott,Gerald
Linda’s Indian Home McKeown
The Paper Bag Princess Munsch, Robert
Piggie Pie Palatini,Margie
Koko’s Kitten Patterson, Francine
A Day with Picasso Prestel
Oregon’s Journey Rascal/Joos
Curious George Rides a Bike Rey
Tar Beach Ringgold
The Little Prince Saint-Exupery, Antoine de
El Chino Say, Alan
Grandfather’s Journey Say, Alan
Tree of Cranes Say, Alan
Richard Scarry’s Funniest Story Book Ever Scarry, Richard
Math Curse Scieszka & Smith
The Stinky Cheese Man Scieszka & Smith
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Scieszka & Smith
Free Lunch Seibold & Walsh
Where the Wild Things Are Sendak
Winnie the Pooh Shepard, E. H.
Uncle Shelby’s ABZ Book Silverstein
Dr. De Soto Steig, William
Shrek Steig, William
Slyvester and the Magic Pebble Steig, William
Jumanji Van Allsburg
Just a Dream Van Allsburg
The Wretched Stone Van Allsburg, Chris
Material World Wenzel
The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups Wisniewski
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub Wood, Audrey
Owl Moon Yolen, Jane
Harry the Dirty Dog Zion & Graham
The Clown Blake, Quinton
Arthur (series) Brown, Marc

The Best True Life Picture Books eEver!

Red Land, Yellow River- A Story from the Cultural Revolution Zhang, Ange
Daddy and Me Moutoussamy-Ashe
Master Weaver from Ghana Ahiable/Meyer
Corn is Maize Aliki
Mayeros Ancona
Charro Ancona, George
Powwow Ancona, George
Anne Frank in th World Anne Frank House
Anthropologist, Scientist of the People Batten, Mary
Kids on Strike Bartoletti, Susan C.
Through My Eyes Bridges, Ruby
Abuela’s Weave Castaneda, Omar
Magic School Bus (series) Cole/Degens
In the Days of the Vaquero Freedman, Russel
Children of Guatemala Hermes, Jules
Apache Rodeo Hoyt-Goldsmith & Migdale
Hoang Anhh: A Vietnamese American Boy Hoyt-Goldsmith/Migdale
Sam the Sea Cow Jacobs, Francine
Pieter Bruegel’s Tower of Babel Jockel, Nils
Torina’s World Kabana, Joni
Hidden Worlds: Looking Through A Scientist’s Microscope Kramer, Stephen
Lakota Hoop Dance Left Hand Bull, Jacquelin
Snowflake Bentley Marin, Jacqueline B.
One Boy From Kosovo marx /Knapp
Salmon Summer McMillan, Bruce
A braid of Lives: Native American Childhood Philip, Neil
Thank You Mr. Falker Polacco, Patricia
Science Books by Seymour Simon (series) Simon, Seymour
If the World Were a Village Smith/Armstrong
People Spier, Peter
A Drop of Water Wick, Walter

The best chapter books ever!
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (series) Adams, Douglas
The Book of Three (series) Alexander, Lloyd
The Andalite Chronicles Applegate
Hope Was Here Bauer
Donald Duk Chin, Frank
Ramona the Pest (series) Cleary
Frindle Clements, Andrew
School Story Clements, Andrew
Artemus Fowl (series) Colfer, Eoin
Bud Not Buddy Curtis, Christopher Paul
The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963 Curtis, Christopher Paul
D’Auliares’ Book of Greek Myths D’auliare, Ingri and Edgar Parin
D’Auliares’ Book of Norse Myths D’auliare, Ingri and Edgar Parin
Charlie and the Choclate Factory Dahl
Matilda Dahl
The Giggler Treatment Doyle, Rodney
Momo Ende, MIchael
The Hundred Dresses Estes, Eleanor
The House of the Scorpion Farmer, Nancy
The Great Brain Fitzgerald
The Thief Lord Funke
My Father’s Dragon Gannett, Ruth Stiles
Joey Pigza Loses the Key Gantos, Jack
Asterix Goscinny & Uderzo
Tin Tin Herge
Hoot Hiaasen
Circuit & Breaking Through Jimenez, Francisco
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Konigsburg
King Matt Korczak
Parrot in the Oven Martinez, Victor
No Turning Back, A Novel of South Africa Naidoo, Beverly
The Wind Singer Nicholson
Eragon Paolini, Christopher
Junie B. Jones (series) Park, Barbara
The 21 Balloons Pene du Bois, William
The Golden Compass (series) Pullman, Phillip
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (series) Rowling, J. K.
Holes Sachar, Louis
Maniac McGee Spinelli, Jerry
Stargirl Spinelli, Jerry
The Amulet of Samarkand Stroud, Jonathan
Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief (series) Van Draanen, Wendelin
Charlotte’s Web White, E. B.
Stuart Little White, E. B.
The Sword in the Stone White, T. H.
Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon
Junie B Jones (series) Park

The Best Biography Ever!
Boy Dahl, Roald
Going Solo Dahl, Roald
My Family and Other Animals Durrell, Gerald
John Lennon, All I Want is the Truth Partridge, Elizabeth
Woodsong Paulsen, Gary
Persepolis Sartrapi, MarjaneWarriors Don’t Cry Beals
Ethel and Earnest Briggs, Raymond
Educating Esme Codell, Esme Raji
Lincoln: A Photobiography Freedman

The Best Poetry Ever!
Archy and Mehitabel
Songs of Innocence and Experience Blake, William
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Blake, William
Plants That Never Bloom Heller, Ruth
The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear Lear, Edward
A Light in the Attic Silverstein, Shel
Where the Sidewalk Ends Silverstein, Shel
Mountains and Rivers Without End Snyder, Gary

The Best Non-fiction Chapter Books Ever!
Ssh! We’re Writing the constitution Fritz
The World in 1492 Fritz, McKissack
Rocket Boys Hickham, Homer
A Dream of Freedom McWharter, Diane
Never Cry Wolf Mowat, Farley
A Thousand Cranes Sadako
Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perce Pollock

The Best Comic Books -for a while.
Mad comic books (series)
Bloom County (series of comics) Breathed, Burke
The Far Side (series of comics) Larson, Gary
The Mad Adventures of Captain Klutz Martin, Don
Captain Underpants (series) Pilkey
Peanuts (series) Schultz, Charles
Calvin and Hobbes Watterson, Bill

The Best Easy Readers Ever!
The Big Honey Hunt Berenstain
Bennett Cerf’s book of Animal Riddles Cerf/McKie
Come Over to my House Dr. Seuss
Fox in Socks Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham Dr. Seuss
Hands hands fingers thumb Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop Dr. Seuss
One Fish two fish red fish blue fish Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss
Are You My Mother? Eastman, P. D.
Go Dog Go! Eastman, P. D.
The Best Nest Eastman, P. D.
Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff, Syd
Peach Boy Hooks, william H.
Harold and the Purple Crayon Johnson, Crockett
The Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack
Frog and Toad (series) Lobel, Arnold
Hocus and Pocus at the Circus Manushkin
Little Bear Minarik/Sendak
Henry and Midge (series) Rylant/Stevenson
Incredible Sharks Simon, Seymour
The Monster at the End of this Book Stone, Jon

The Best ---I don’t know but read ‘em--- Ever
Italian Folk Tales Calvino, Italo
Mad Libs Price and Stern