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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Read All About It



Ever since my trip to Ikea, I've been obsessed with turning my classroom into a forest filled with animal friends.  Recently, I decided to cull my classroom library for Forest Friends books. Here are some great titles that I recommend:
Picture books
  • Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
  • The Bear Books series by Karma Wilson (8 books) 
  • Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
  • Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert
  • The Mitten by Jan Brett
  • Night Tree by Eve Bunting (Christmas theme) 
  • A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson
  • Moose Tracks! by Karma Wilson
  • Where's My Teddy? by Jez Alborough
  • All The Baby Animals In The Woods by Emily Thomson
  • In the Forest (Look Once, Look Again) by David M. Schwartz
  • Looking Closely through the Forest by Frank Serafini
  • Deep in the Forest by Brinton Turkle
  • Don't Wake Up the Bear! by Marjorie Dennis Murray
  • How Do You Sleep? by Louise Bonnett-Rampersaud
  • A Picture Book of Forest Animals by Joanne Gise
  • The Busy Tree by Jennifer Ward
  • Who's in the Forest? by Phyllis Gershator
  • Over in the Forest: Come and Take a Peek by Marianne Berkes
  • I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
  • What Forest Knows by George Ella Lyon
  • The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book by Nancy Tafuri
  • Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan
  • Nature Trails: In the Woods (Maurice Pledger Nature Trails) by Maurice Pledger
  • In the Forest: A Nature Trail Book (Maurice Pledger Nature Trails) by Maurice Pledge 
  • Hiding in the Woods: A Nature Trail Book (Maurice Pledger Nature Trails)by Maurice Pledger 
  • The Legend of the Beaver's Tail by Stephanie Shaw

Chapter books 

  • The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint
  • Tales from Dimwood Forest by Avi (series) 
  • American Woodland Tales by Jean Craighead George (series) 
  • A Cabin By The Lake by Debi S. Nelson
  • Woodland Village Stories (Animal Mischief) (Volume 2) by Peter Blight 
  • A Badger's Tale by Mike Tibbetts




I'd love to add to my Forest Friends library. What books do you recommend?




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