Classic Picture Books

EASY BURTON, V.	Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton. When Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Ann, lose their jobs, they go to a little country town where one new job leads to another.
EASY BEMELMANS, L.	Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
EASY BROWN, M.	Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Say goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room.
EASY CARLE, E.	The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The story of a very hungry caterpillar that turns into a beautiful butterfly.
EASY CAUDILL, R.	A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill. A boy takes his pet cricket to school where it first disturbs the class with its chirping, but then becomes the show-and-tell attraction.
EASY COONEY, B.	Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. As a child, Great-aunt Alice Rumphius resolved that when she grew up she would go to faraway places, live by the sea in her old age, and do something to make the world more beautiful.
EASY CRONIN, D.	Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin. When Farmer Brown’s cows find a typewriter in the barn, they start making demands and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
EASY CREWS, D.	Freight Train by Donald Crews. Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train.
EASY FALCONER, I.	Olivia by Ian Falconer. Olivia is a feisty pig who has too much energy for her own good.
EASY FLACK, M.	The Story about Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese. A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master’s houseboat one evening.
EASY FREEMAN, D.	Corduroy by Don Freeman. A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.
EASY GAG, W.	Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag. An old man looking for a cat suddenly finds himself with millions.
EASY GALDONE	i by Paul Galdone. A hardworking hen teaches her friends about responsibility and sharing.
EASY HENKES, K.	Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes. Lilly loves everything about school, but when her teacher asks her to wait to show her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.
EASY JOHNSON, C.	Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. Harold uses his purple crayon to go on magical adventures.
EASY KEATS, E.	The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats. The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day.
EASY KRAUSS, R.	The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss. Despite everyone’s dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot he plants.
EASY LIONNI, L.	Swimmy by Leo Lionni. A little fish creates a plan to camouflage himself and his friends for safety in the open waters.
EASY LOWREY, J.	The Poky Little Puppy by Jannette Sebring Lowrey. A little puppy learns the consequences of always coming home late for dinner.
EASY MARSHALL, J.	George and Martha by James Marshall. Two lovable hippopotamuses teach us the true meaning of friendship.
EASY MCCLOSKEY, R.	Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey. Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up switching mothers.
EASY MCCLOSKEY, R.	Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.
EASY MCKISSACK, P.	Flossie & the Fox by Patricia C. McKissack. A wily fox meets his match when he encounters a bold little girl in the woods.
EASY POTTER, B.	The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor’s garden and almost gets caught.
EASY REY, H.	Curious George by H. A. Rey. The tale of an adventurous monkey who unintentionally wreaks havoc on an entire city.
EASY RYLANT, C.	When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant. Reminiscences of the pleasures of life in the mountains as a child.
EASY SAY, A.	Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say. A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather’s journey to America and the feelings of being torn by a love for two different countries.
EASY SENDAK, M.	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
EASY SEUSS	Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss. When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg, which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.
EASY SLOBODKINA, E.	Caps for Sale; a Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys & Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina. A band of mischievous monkeys steals every one of a peddler’s caps while he takes a nap under a tree.
EASY STEIG, W.	Doctor De Soto by William Steig. Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.
EASY WILLIAMS, V.	A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams. A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
EASY ZION, G.	Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion. When a white dog with black spots runs away from home, he gets so dirty his family doesn’t recognize him as a black dog with white spots.
EASY MARTIN, B. ABC	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. The letters of the alphabet come to life in this rhyming story.