Preschool: Books We Love
Picture Books that Vivienne Loves:
The Elm Tree and Three Sisters by Norma Sommerdorf
Miss Fanny’s Hat by Jan Karon
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Authors: Arnold Lobel, Ian Falconer, Don Freeman, Peggy Parish, Chris Van Allsburg, June O’Conner
Books that are helping to lengthen Vivienne’s attention span from picture books to chapter books:
Winnie the Pooh series by Milne
Peter Rabbit series by Beatrix Potter
The Order of Read-Aloud Chapter Books that we are enjoying together:
The Velveteen Rabbit (an edition with large, colorful pictures helps to make this a first chapter book)
(I tried Little House in the Big Woods next, but it was too descriptive and lost V’s attention. We’ll come back to it later!)
Stuart Little by E.B. White (most of the chapters are short and action-based; she loves that Snowbell!)
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
The Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner