JAA - Classics Database_Working Draft April 2025

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	J	K
2		Author	Title	Type	Suggested Method	Keep Book	Subject Specific	ISBN	Description (date of publication). Short synopsis. Movie or retellings? Recomendation when to use.	Listening Length

3	TK	Freeman, Don	Corduroy	Required	Read Aloud	Required	Literature	9780140501735
4	TK	Mother Goose	Mother Goose Treasury	Required	Read Aloud	Required	Literature	9780375855528
5	TK	Dr. Seuss	Horton Hears a Who!	Required	Read Aloud	Teacher Option	Literature	978-0394800783	found in Cat in the Hat audiobook
6	TK	Freeman, Don	A Pocket for Corduroy	Required	Read Aloud	Teacher Option	Literature	978-0670561728
7	TK	Galdone, Paul	Three Little Pigs	Required	Read Aloud	Teacher Option	Literature	978-0547370200
8	TK	Galdone, Paul	The Little Red Hen	Required	Read together (Tutorial Style)	Teacher Option	Literature	9780899193496
9	TK	Laura Numeroff books	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (series)	Required	Read Aloud	Teacher Option	Literature	978-0060245863
10	TK	Mayer, Mercer	A Boy, A Dog and A Frog	Required	Read to Self (Athenaeum Reading)	Teacher Option	Literature	978-0140546101	Picture book, no words
11	TK	Pickney, Jerry	The Lion and the Mouse	Required	Read Aloud	Teacher Option	Literature	978-0316013567	Beautiful picture book of classic fable,
12	TK	Piper, Watty	The Little Engine That Could	Required	Read Aloud	Teacher Option	Literature	9781402730672
13	TK	Scarry, Richard and Nolte, Nancy	The Gingerbread Man	Required	Read Aloud	Teacher Option	Literature	978-0899191638
14	TK	Aesop	Aesop’s Fables (selections)	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9781604338102
15	TK	Brown, Margaret Wise	Goodnight Moon	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0064430173
16	TK	Classic Tale	How the Turtle Cracked his Shell	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-1-59577-137-7
17	TK	Classic Tale	The Shoemaker and the Elves	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9781402730672	Paul Galdone Classics- has naked little elves (9780544530997); Jim LaMarche beautiful illustrations has shabbily dressed little elves. 9780811834773
18	TK	Classic Tale	Thumbelina	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0746096710
19	TK	Dr. Seuss	How the Grinch Stole Christmas	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0394800790	found in Cat in the Hat audiobook
20	TK	Eastman, P.D.	The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books (selections)	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0375855528
21	TK	Martinez-Neal, Juana	Alma & How She Got Her Name	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-1536220438
22	TK	McCloskey, Robert	Make Way for the Ducklings	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780140564341
23	TK	Scholastic	The Pledge of Allegiance	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Core Values	9780439241847
24	TK	Morris, Ann	Houses and Homes	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	History	978-0688135782
25	TK	Aker, Suzanne	What Comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's?	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Math	978-0671792473
26	TK	Bullard, Lisa	Marvelous Me: Inside and Out (All About Me)	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Math	978-1404801578
27	TK	Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Required	Read together (Tutorial Style)	N/A	Math	9780399255564
28	TK	Dale, Penny	Ten in the Bed	Required	Read together (Tutorial Style)	N/A	Math	9780763635145
29	TK	Hoban, Tana	Shapes, Shapes, Shapes	Required	Read together (Tutorial Style)	N/A	Math	9780688058326
30	TK	Morris, Ann	Shoes, Shoes, Shoes	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Math	978-0688161668
31	TK	Rosinsky, Natalie	Rocks Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough	Required	Read together (Tutorial Style)	N/A	Math	9781404803343
32	TK	Sadler, Marilyn	Ten Eggs in a Nest	Required	Read together (Tutorial Style)	N/A	Math	9780449810828
33	TK	Aliki	All by Myself!	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9780064462532
34	TK	Aliki	My Five Senses	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9780062381927
35	TK	Arlon, Penelope	See Me Grow	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9780449810828
36	TK	Bodach, Vijaya Khristy	Flowers	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9781515742432
37	TK	Cooke, Trish	Full, Full, of Love	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	978-0763638832	CKLA
38	TK	Dunphy, Madeline	Here is the Southwestern Desert	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	978-0977379569
39	TK	George, Lindsay Barrett	In the Woods: Who's Been Here?	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9780688161637
40	TK	Hewitt, Kathryn	Sunflower House	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9780152019525
41	TK	Lindeen, Carol	Life in a Pond	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9781515734635
42	TK	Morris, Ann	Families	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	978-0688171988
43	TK	Richards, Jean	A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	9780822559917
44	TK	Rotner, Shelley	Shades of People	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science		CKLA
45	TK	Sweeney, Joan	Me and My Amazing Body	Required	Read Aloud	N/A	Science	978-1524773625	CKLA
46	TK	Woodson, Jacqueline	The Day You Begin	Required	Read together (Tutorial Style)	N/A	Science
47	TK	Aesop	The Lion and The Mouse	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780735821293
48	TK	Aesop	Tortoise and the Hare	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780316183567
49	TK	Anderson, Hans Christian	The Ugly Duckling	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780307302649
50	TK	Anholt, Laurence	The Magical Garden of Claude Monet	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature		CKLA
51	TK	Bannister, Emily	Build Me a Home	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature
52	TK	Beskow, Elsa	Pelle's New Suit	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9781782507659
53	TK	Brinckloe, Julie	Fireflies	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780689710551
54	TK	Brown, Marcia	Stone Soup	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780689711039
55	TK	Burton, Virginia Lee	Katy and the Big Snow	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780395181553
56	TK	Burton, Virginia Lee	The Little House	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9781328741943
57	TK	Cannon, Janell	Stellaluna	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780590967976
58	TK	Coelho, Joseph	Luna Loves Art	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature		CKLA
59	TK	Craft, Charlotte	10 King Midas and the Golden Touch	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0060540630
60	TK	Dr. Seuss	And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0394844947
61	TK	Dr. Seuss	Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0394806228
62	TK	Dr. Seuss	The Cat in the Hat	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	‎ 978-0394800011
63	TK	Dr. Seuss	There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0007169955
64	TK	Eastman, P.D.	Are You My Mother?	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0394800189
65	TK	Eastman, P.D.	The Big Purple Book of Beginning Readers	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature
66	TK	Flack, Marjorie	all titles	Teacher Option	Read to Enjoy	N/A	Literature
67	TK	Flack, Marjorie	Ask Mr. Bear	Teacher Option	Read to Enjoy	N/A	Literature	978-0020430902
68	TK	Gladone, Paul	The Three Billy Goats Gruff	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	‎ 978-0899190358
69	TK	Gramatky, Hardie	Little Toot	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0593095454
70	TK	Grimm, Brothers	The Bremen Town Musicians	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0735843844
71	TK	Hyman, Trina Schart	Little Red Riding Hood	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0823406531
72	TK	Jan Brett	Any book by Jan Brett	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature
73	TK	Jan Brett	The Mitten	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0750028677
74	TK	Johnson, Crockett	Harold and the Purple Crayon	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0064430227
75	TK	Kovalski, Maryann	Wheels on the Bus	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0316502566
76	TK	Lindbergh, Reeve & Jakobsen, Kathy	Johnny Appleseed	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0316526340
77	TK	Martin, Bill	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-1442450707
78	TK	Martin, David	All for Pie, Pie for All	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	9780763638917
79	TK	Mayer, Mercer	Little Critter books	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature		9781984894526 Collection of original books. To purchase individual titles, will need separate ISBNs
80	TK	McCloskey, Robert	Blueberries for Sal	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0140501698
81	TK	McDonald, Jill	Hello World! How do Apples Grow?	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature		CKLA
82	TK	Messner, Kate	Over and Under Series	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature
83	TK	Minarik, Else Holmelund	Little Bear	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0064440042
84	TK	Obama, Barack	Of Thee I Sing	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature		CKLA
85	TK	Penn, Audrey & Harper, Ruth	The Kissing Hand (Series)	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-1933718002
86	TK	Pfister, Marcus	Rainbow Fish	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-1558585362
87	TK	Potter, Beatrix	Peter Rabbit	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0723247708
88	TK	Rey, H.A.	Curious George	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0395698037
89	TK	Rosen, Michael & Oxenbury, Helen	We're Going on a Bear Hunt	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0689815812
90	TK	Seidler, Rosalie	Panda Cake	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	‎ 978-0819309624
91	TK	Sendak, Maurice	Where the Wild Things Are	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0064431781
92	TK	Silverstein, Shel	The Giving Tree	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0060256654
93	TK	Steig, William	Brave Irene	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0312564223
94	TK	Steptoe, John	The Legend of Jumping Mouse (Native American: Northern Plains legend)	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0688087401
95	TK	Stoeke, Janet Morgan	Minerva Luise Series	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature
96	TK	The Metropolitan Museum of Art	Vincent's Colors	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature		CKLA
97	TK	Tucker, Kathy	The Seven Chinese Sisters	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0807573105
98	TK	Usborne	Classic Stories for Little Children	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature
99	TK	Usborne	Illustrated Stories from Aesop	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature
100	TK	Wood, Audrey	The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0859530125
101	TK	Wood, Don	The Napping House	Teacher Option	Read Aloud	N/A	Literature	978-0152567088