Book List - Name That Book Contest: K-2
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Last Updated September 1, 2008
- +597.981 T - A Crocodile Grows Up. by Amanda Doering Tourville
A newly hatched crocodile learns the skills of survival from her mother. - +811 K - Oh, Theodore! : Guinea Pig Poems by Susan Katz
Lively poems and vibrant illustrations combine to tell the story of a boy who wanted a dog but got a personable guinea pig instead - +811.54 C - Dogku by Andrew Clements
A haiku poem about a loveable dog. - +B G798M - Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Meet one of America's earliest Jewish-American heroes. The 1930s were a time when "outsiders" were not welcome in Major League Baseball. Henry Benjamin Greenberg began as one of those outsiders, but went on to become one of baseball's greatest right-hande - +E ADLER - Young Cam Jansen and the Lions' Lunch Mystery by David A. Adler
On a field trip to the zoo, Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to help solve what happened to Danny's lunch. - +E ARNOS - Babies in the Bayou by Jim Arnosky
The mommies of the bayou stay busy teaching their babies how to survive while protecting their little ones from the dangers all around. - +E AYRES - Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
Gardening becomes a delightful adventure where some grow up, some down, some around and around providing nutritious, delicious food for everyone. - +E BRUEL - Bob and Otto by Robert O. Bruel
A worm and a caterpillar enjoy spending time together until life takes them apart. When they meet again they come to appreciate the other’s role in life. - +E FICOC - Kid Tea by Elizabeth Ficocelli
The dirt on the kid makes color in the tub when you make kid tea. Whether it’s Brown Kid Tea on Mud-Pie Monday or Blue Kid Tea on Saturday Splatter Day—getting clean is fun every day of the week. - +E FRIEN - The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
Jack the Cat’s scheme to build the perfect nest to attract the perfect chicken, who will lay the perfect egg for him to make a perfect omelet, turns out a little differently than he plans. - +SPAN E GONZA - My Colors, My World/Mis colores, mi mundo by Maya Christine Gonzalez
The colors of the southwestern desert surround Maya with the unique beauty of hot pink sunsets, purple and orange blossoms, and the dark blue of the night sky. - +E HORAC - Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors by Petr Horacek
Colorful die cut pages compel the reader to join Lucy exploring in the garden in search of a butterfly. - +E JAY - 1 2 3: A Child’s First Counting Book by Alison Jay
Fairy tale surprises and stories within the story provide pages to peruse again and again. - +E JOHNS - Lily Brown's Paintings by Angela Johnson
Lily Brown’s everyday experiences are reflected in the pictures she paints and her imagination allows them to become magical and wondrous. - +E KASZA - Badger’s Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza
Badger is in search of a fancy meal---something out of the ordinary, and then discovers that veggies, fruit and worms might be best after all. - +E KLISE - Imagine Harry by Kate Klise
Having an invisible friend named Harry makes Little Rabbit’s days special until he goes to school and makes many new friends. - +E MCELL - Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott
When friends share 13 beans, it all works out perfectly, if not evenly, in this mathematical quest for equal shares. - +E MCNUL - If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNulty
Written in the second person, the text allows the reader to participate in every aspect of the journey, from packing to lift-off to traveling through space, ultimately landing at the Sea of Tranquility, the site of the first lunar landing. Full color. - +E PAUL - Fiesta Fiasco by Ann Whitford Paul
When shopping for Culebra's birthday, Conejo convinces his friends Iguana and Tortuga to buy all the wrong presents. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used. - +E RYLAN - The Case of the Climbing Cat by Cynthia Rylant
The High Rise Private Eyes, animal detectives, try to find the cat who stole their neighbor's binoculars. - +E RYLAN - Mr. Putter and Tabby See the Stars by Cynthia Rylant
Mr. Putter eats too many sweet treats and gets a tummy ache. After a midnight walk with Tabby, he has a lovely chat with his neighbor, Mrs. Teaberry. - +E SCHER - Very Hairy Bear by Alice Schertle
Spring, summer, fall and winter come and go with a lovable, boulder-big, shaggy, raggy, very hairy bear and his no-hair nose. - +E SCHOE - Pip and Squeak by Ian Schoenherr
The surprise of snow distracts Pip and Squeak as they leave for a friend’s party and later discover that they forgot the present. - +E SEEGE - Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
In three short stories, two friends have fun around the house getting down from a chair, reading and playing together, and trying to decide on a new name for dog. - +E TEAGU - LaRue for Mayor: Letters From the Campaign by Mark Teague
With Mrs. LaRue injured and in the hospital, Ike decides to uphold justice and take the laws of Snort City into his own paws. - +E TECKE - Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
Big Smelly Bear doesn’t see the need for a bath until a new friend points out that he really needs one! - +E WONG - Alex and the Wednesday Chess Club by Janet S. Wong
Alex quits playing chess after losing a game to Uncle Hooya; but when other activities fail to satisfy him, he gives his favorite game another try by joining the chess club. - +BARRO - Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows
When seven-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister, she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first suspected. - +DICAM - Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise by Kate DiCamillo
Persuaded by the word "treating" to dress up as a princess for Halloween, Mercy the pig's trick-or-treat outing has some very unexpected results. - Dog by Matthew Van Fleet
Dog photos that almost leap off the page combine with furry textures, pull-tabs, rhyming words, opposites and concepts that will entice children to repeated readings.
