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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