EYC LITERACY CONNECTION
Thanks to the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, every child in our community is eligible to receive a free book every month from birth to age five through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.
These EYC Literacy Connection strategy sheets were developed by The Family Connection for the Early Years Count! Education Initiative as a guide for teachers to fully integrate these books into the classroom.
Index of titles based on HighScope COR content areas.
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INFANTS/TODDLERS
Group I (0 - 12 months range):
Babies Love Animals - Susanne Konig
Baby! Talk! - Stella Blackstone
Bedtime for Baby - Sassy Books
Can you Guess? Animal Sounds with the Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
Colors - Roald Dahl
I Love My Mommy Because - Laurel Porter-Gaylord
Llama Llama Hide & Seek - Anna Dewdney
Look at the Animals - Peter Linenthal
Sleep Tight, Polar Bear - Sabina Gibson
The Little Engine that Could - Watty Piper
The Pudgy Book of Mother Goose - Richard Walz
The Pudgy Pat-a-Cake Book - Terri Super
The Pudgy Peek-a-Boo Book - Amye Rosenberg
Who Says Quack? - A Pudgy Book
Group 2 (12 - 24 months range):
ABC Look at Me - Roberta Grovel Intrater
Animals (The Kids' Picture Show) - Chieri & Steve DeGregorio
Baby's First Words - Sassy
Clap Your Hands - Lorinda Bryan Cauley
Corduroy's Shapes - Scott/Freeman
Eric Carle's Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes - Eric Carle
Good Morning, Farm Friends - Annie Bach
Good Night Gorilla - Peggy Rathman
I Love My Daddy Because - Laurel Porter-Gaylord
Learning with Llama Llama Feelings - J.T. Morrow
Learning with Llama Llama Shapes - J.T. Morrow
Let's Count - Sassy
Little Poems for Tiny Ears - Lin Oliver
Little's: and How they Grow - Kelly DiPucchio
Llama, Llama Red Pajama - Anna Dewdney
Madeline's 1,2,3 - Ludwig Bemelmans
Play with Me - Kat Chen
Richard Scarry's 100 First Words/Las Primeras 100 Palabras
Sleep Tight with the Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth - Eric Carle
Tad and Dad - David Ezra Stein
The Home Builders - Varsha Bajaj
Vehicles (The Kids' Picture Show) - Chieri & Steve DeGregorio
When the Elephant Walks - Keiko Kasza
Where is Your Nose? - Keith Plechaty
Group 3 (24 - 36 months range):
Baking Day at Grandma's - Anika Dense
Birding for Babies: Backyard Birds - Chloe Goodhart
Buffalo Fluffalo - Bess Kalb
Dandelion Magic - Darren Farrell
Dog's Colorful Day - Emma Dodd
Green Tractor - Kersten Hamilton
I am a Rainbow - Dolly Parton
I Hear a Pickle - Rachel Isadora
Ice Cream Face - Heidi Woodard Sheffield
If I Were a Kangaroo - Mylisa Larsen
Jake at Gymnastics - Rachel Isadora
Just Like My Brother - Gianna Marino
K is for Kindness - Rina Horiuchi
Little Dog Lost - Monica Carnesi
Little Owl's Night - Divya Srinivasan
Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa - Anna Dewdney
Maple - Lori Nichols
My NO NO NO Day - Rebecca Patterson
One Leaf, Two Leaves, Count With Me - John Micklus, Jr.
Play with Me - Marie Hall Ets
Red House Tree House Little Bitty Brown Mouse - Jane Godwin
Shh! Bears Sleeping - David Martin
Sleep Train - Jonathan London
Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild - Joshua David Stein
SQUEAK! - Laura McGee Kvasnosky
The Animal Songs - Jonty Howley
The Big Slide - Daniel Kirk
The Bug Book - Sue Fliess
The Hueys in What's the Opposite? - Oliver Jeffers
The Little Excavator - Anna Dewdney
There is a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake - Loren Long
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Nature Walk - The World of Eric Carle
Tomorrow I'll Be Brave - Jessica Hische
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? - Brianna Caplan Sayers
PRESCHOOLERS
Group 4 (Age 3-ish):
A Little Emotional - Christopher Eliopoulus
A Little Like Magic - Sarah Hurpiel
A Story for Small Bear - Alice B. McGinty
Baby Builders - Elissa Haden Guest
Bear and Bird Explore the Seashore - Jonny Lambert
Chimpanzees for Tea - Jo Empson
Corduroy - Don Freeman
Corduroy Takes a Bow - Viola Davis
Daniel's Good Day - Micha Archer
Donut: The Unicorn Who Wants to Fly - Laura Gehl
Edie is Ever so Helpful - Sophy Henn
Families Belong - Dan Saks
Gaga Mistake Day - Emma and Susan Straub
Gift and Box - Ellen Mayer
Goodnight, Numbers - Danica McKellar
Hair Love - Matthew A.Cherry
How We Say I Love You - Nicole Chen
I Just Want to Say Goodnight - Rachel Isadora
I Wonder - K.A. Holt
Just Try One Bite - Adam Mansbach & Camila Alves McConaughey
Little Owl's Love - Divya Srinivasan
Max and the Tag-Along Moon - Floyd Cooper
My Dog Laughs - Rachel Isadora
Nubby - Dan Richards
Ocean Lullaby - Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Philomena's New Glasses - Brenna Maloney
Play with Clay! - Jenny Pinkerton
Police Officers on Patrol - Kersten Hamilton
Pretend - Jennifer Plecas
Read to Tiger - S. J. Fore
Richard Scarry's Busy, Busy People - Richard Scarry
Roar-Choo! - Charlotte Cheng
Rocket Ship, Solo Trip - Chiara Colombi
Silly Goose's Big Story - Keiko Kasza
Somewhere Right Now - Kerry Dochery
The Giant Jumparee - Julia Donaldson
The Rabbit Listened - Cori Doerrfeld
The Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats
The Spiffiest Giant in Town - Julia Donaldson
The Three Little Pigs - Carly Gledhill
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
This is the Tree We Planted - Kate McMullan
What's New, Daniel? - Micha Archer
With Any Luck I'll Drive a Truck - David Friend
Group 5 (Age 4-ish):
A Book for Bear - Ellen L. Ramsey
A Unicorn, a Dinosaur, and a Shark were Riding a Bicycle - Jonathan Fenske
ABC and You and Me - Corinna Luyken
Alex's Good Fortune - Benson Shum
Being Home - Traci Sorell
Brick by Brick - Heidi Woodward Sheffield
Bunny's Book Club - Annie Silvestro
Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
Danbi's Favorite Day - Anna Kim
Enola's Best Friend - Katie Kordesh
Excellent Ed - Stacey McAnulty
Find Fergus - Mike Boldt
Full Moon Pups - Liz Garton Scanlon
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - James Marshall
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Jan Brett
Grandpa and Jake - Julie Fortenberry
Gwendolyn's Pet Garden - Anne Renaud
How to Get your Octopus to School - Becky Scharnhorst
How to Say Hello to a Worm - Kari Percival
Ladybug Girl and the Rescue Dogs - David Soman & Jacky Davis
Lily's Cat Mask - Julie Fortenberry
Lion Lessons - Jon Agee
Llama Llama Loves to Read - Ann Dewdney
Milo's Hat Trick - Jon Agee
Miss Maple's Seeds - Eliza Wheeler
Otis and the Kittens - Loren Long
Peace is an Offering - Annette LeBox
Pup and Bear - Kate Banks
Raccoon on His Own - Jim Arnosky
Run Wild - David Covell
Ten Thank-You Letters - Daniel Kirk
Ten Ways to Hear Snow - Cathy Camper
The First Strawberries - retold by Joseph Bruchac
The Night Before the Dentist - Natasha Wing
The Night is Yours - Abdul-Razak Zachariah
The Outside - Gianna Marino
The Ring Bearer - Floyd Cooper
There's a Monster in Your Book - Tom Fletcher
This Beach is Loud! - Samantha Cotterill
When the Storm Comes - Linda Ashman
When you Love a Book - Kaz Windness
Group 6 (Age 5-ish):
At the Mountain's Base - Traci Sorell
Blue Sky White Stars - Sarvinder Naberhaus
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky - message from Chief Seattle
Carl and the Meaning of Life - Deborah Freedman
Carpenter's Helper - Sybil Rosen
Cinderella with Dogs! - Linda Bailey
Daniel Finds a Poem - Micha Archer
Drop: An Adventure through the Water Cycle - Emily Kate Moon
Eat Pete - Michael Fox
Exactly As Planned - Tao Nyeu
First Day Critter Jitters - Jory John
Fly, Butterfly - Bonnie Bader
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please! - Tim Kleyn
Help Wanted: One Rooster - Julie Falatko
Hooray, a Pinata - Elisa Kleven
Hugo and the Impossible Thing - Renee Felice Smith/Chris Gabriel
I'm Not Scared, YOU'RE Scared! - Seth Meyers
In Our Garden - Pat Zietlow Miller
Joy takes Root - Gwendolyn Wallace
Last Stop on Market Street - Matt de la Pena
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come - Nancy Carlson
Max Explains Everything Soccer Expert - Stacy McAnulty
My Papi has a Motorcycle - Isabel Quintero
Old Rock (is not boring) - Deb Pilutti
Rabbit's Snow Dance - James and Joseph Bruchac
Something Wild - Molly Ruttan
Spend It - Cinders McLeod
Steppin' Out – Jaunty Rhymes for Playful Times - Lin Oliver
Tarra and Bella - Carol Buckley
Thank You, World - Alice B. McGinty
The Gruffalo - Julia Donaldson
The Power of Yeti - Rebecca VanSlyke
The Tale of Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
The Tree in Me - Corinna Luyken
Violet the Pilot - Steve Breen
Wild Horses - Kate Riggs
Wonder Walkers - Micha Archer
You are a Honey Bee - Laurie Ann Thompson
You can be ABCs - Robert Samuel White II & Robert Samuel White III