A Year's Illustrated Book Study for the Family

SEASONAL

A Time to Keep (Tasha Tudor's Book of Holidays) by Tasha Tudor
Around the Year by Tasha Tudor
A Child's Calendar by John Updike/ Trina Schart Hyman
A Child's Year (Little Golden Book) by Joan Walsh Anglund
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
My Favorite Seasons by Dandi/ Teddy Edinjiklian
The Little Golden Book of Holidays by Jean Lewis/ Kathy Wilburn
Homeplace by Anne Shelby/ Wendy Anderson Halperin
Math for All Seasons by Greg Tang/ Harry Briggs
Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
New Year Be Coming by Katharine Boling/ Daniel Minter

JANUARY

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost/ Susan Jeffers
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen/ Rachel Isadora
(January 1^st) Mary by Tomie dePaola
Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night by Bruce Coville/ Tim Raglin
(Born January 4, 1809) A Picture Book of Louis Braille by David Adler/ John & Alexandra Wallner
(Born January 17, 1706) How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
(January 19^th) I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr./ Foreword by Coretta Scott King
The Seeds of Peace by Laura Berkeley/ Alison Dexter
Molly Banneky by Alice McGill/ Chris K. Soentpiet
Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney/ Brian Pinkney
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson/ James Ransome
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter
The Rag Coat by Lauren A. Mills
A Weed is a Flower by Aliki
(Event January 1856) Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by Peter & Connie Roop/ Peter Hanson
(Born January 27, 1756) Mozart by Catherine Brighton/ Mozart Tonight by Julie Downing
The Cat Who Loved Mozart by Patricia Austin/ Henri Sorenson
(Event happened in Winter 1917) Baby in a Basket by Gloria Rand/ Ted Rand
100 School Days by Anne Rockwell/ Lizzy Rockwell

FEBRUARY

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss/ Marjorie Priceman
(February 2nd) Little Groundhog's Fun Year by Dalmatian Press
(Born Feb. 7, 1865) Pioneer Girl ~ Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson/ Dan Andreasen
Tea with Milk by Allen Say
Shakespeare’s MacBeth by Bruce Coville/ Gary Kelley
(Born Feb. 9, 1985) Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
(Born February 12, 1809) Abe Lincoln by Kay Winters/ Nancy Carpenter
Abe Lincoln Remembers by Ann Turner/ Wendell Minor
(February 14) Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
(President's Day) So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George/ David Small
Let’s Celebrate President’s Day by Connie and Peter Roop
(February 22, 1732) George Washington’s Teeth Deborah Chandra/ Madeleine Comora
George Washington by James Giblin/ Michael Dooling
Musicians of the Sun by Gerald McDermott
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert/ Anita Lobel
Rain Makes Applesauce by Julian Schneer/ Marvin Bileck
Redcoats and Petticoats by Katherine Kirkpatrick/ Ronald Himler
Katie’s Trunk by Ann Turner/ Ronald Himler
(Birth of Buffalo Bill Cody ~ February 26, 1845) The Sweetwater Run by Andrew Glass
(Born February 27, 1897) When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan/ Brian Selznick
Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert/ Robert Andrew Parker

MARCH

The Heart of the Wood by Marguerite W. Davol/ Sheila Hamanaka
Cold Feet by Cynthia DeFelice/ Robert Andrew Parker
(Born March 2, 1904) The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull/ Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher
(Born March 3, 1847) Alexander Graham Bell by Victoria Sherrow/ Elaine Verstraete
Meet the Orchestra by Ann Hayes/ Karmen Thompson
Jamie O'Rourke and the Pooka by Tomie dePaola
Spring Story by Jill Barklem
(Born March 6, 1475) Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
(March 17) Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie dePaola
(March 19) Song of the Swallows by Leo Politi
Montezuma & the Fall of the Aztecs by Eric A. Kimmel / Daniel San Souci
(Born March 21, 1685) Bach's Big Adventure by Sallie Ketcham/ Timothy Bush
The Song of Celestine by James Redfield/ Dee Lillegard/ Dean Morrissey
The Springs of Joy by Tasha Tudor
On Passover by Cathy Goldberg Fishman/ Melanie W. Hall
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett/ Ron Barrett
Children's Stations of the Cross by Susan Brindle/ Joan Bell/ Miriam Lademan
Archimedes: Ancient Greek Mathematician by Susan Katz Keating/ Stefano Tartarotti

APRIL

Hosanna to You, Jesus by Marisa Mignolli/ M. Luisa Benigni
The Tale of Three Trees by Angela Elwell Hunt
Little Rose of Sharon by Nan Gurley/ Tim Jonke
A Tale for Easter by Tasha Tudor
The Night Before Easter by Natasha Wing/ Kathy Couri
Petook: An Easter Story by Caryll Houselander/ Tomie dePaola
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams/ William Nicholson (another one with pictures by Elizabeth Miles) (another one illustrated by Michael Hague)
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes by DuBose Heyward/ Marjorie Hack
(Born April 13, 1743) Thomas Jefferson by James Giblin/ Michael Dooling
(Born April 15, 1452) Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley
(Event April 18, 1906) Earthquake by Molly Lee/ Yangsook Choi
(Event April 18-19, 1775)The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow/ Christopher Bing (also book Illustrated by Ted Rand)
(April 23^rd) St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges/ Trina Schart Hyman
(Born April 23, 1564) All the World's a Stage by Rebecca Piatt Davidson/ Anita Lobel
The Bard of Avon by Diane Stanley
William Shakespeare & the Globe by Aliki
The Kitchen Knight by Margaret Hodges/ Trina Schart Hyman
(Event April 26, 1777) Sybil Ludington’s Midnight Ride by Marsha Amstel/Ellen Beier
(Event April 1933) Amelia & Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan/ Brian Selznick
The Story of the Incredible Orchestra by Bruce Koscielniak
The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang/ Harry Briggs

MAY

Lovely Lady Dressed in Blue by Joan Bell/ Susan Brindle/ Miriam Lademan
The Most Beautiful Thing in the World by Susan Brindle/ Ann Brindle/ Margaret Brindle
The Weight of a Mass by Josephine Nobisso/ Katalin Szegedi
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
(Born May 5, 1864) Nellie Bly's Monkey by Joan W. Blos/ Catherine Stock
(Born May 18, 1920) Karol from Poland by M. Leonora Wilson/ Carla Koch
(Born May 25, 1803) Mr. Emerson's Cook by Judith Bryon Schachner)
(Born May 26, 1877) Isadora Dances by Rachel Isadora
(Born May 27, 1907) Rachel: The Story of Rachel Carson by Amy Ehrlich/ Wendell Minor
(Memorial Day) The Wall by Eve Bunting/ Ronald Himler
Miss Opal’s Auction by Susan Vizurraga/ Mark Graham
(May 30^th) Joan of Arc: The Lily Maid by Margaret Hodges/ Robert Rayevsky
Ah, Music! by Aliki
Hear, Hear, Mr. Shakespeare by Bruce Koscielniak
How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by Nathan Zimelman/Bill Slavin

JUNE

The Sandcastle by M. P. Robertson
Sea Story by Jill Barklem
Casey at the Bat by Ernest Lawrence Thayer/ Christopher Bing
My Life with the Indians by Robin Moore/ Victor Ambrus
Leah’s Pony by Elizabeth Friedrich/ Michael Garland
Two Scarlet Songbirds: A Story of Anton Dvorak by Carole Lexa Schaefer/ Elizabeth Rosen
(Born June 27, 1880) A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David Adler/ John & Alexandra Wallner
The Last Princess (Story of Princess Ka’iulani of Hawai’i) by Fay Stanley/ Diane Stanley
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
The Legend of Blue Jacket by Michael P. Spradlin/Ronald Himler
The Shaman’s Apprentice: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry & Mark J. Plotkin
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds and When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Lemonade for Sale by Stuart J. Murphey/ Tricia Tusa
Opt: An Illusionary Tale by Arline & Joseph Baum
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling/ Jerry Pinkney
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel/ Blair Lent

JULY

Red, White, and Blue by John Herman/ Robin Roraback
We the Kids by David Catrow
A Fourth of July on the Plains by Jean Van Leeuwen/ Henri Sorensen
Purple Mountains Majesties by Barbara Younger/ Stacey Schuett
America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates/ Wendell Minor
By Dawn’s Early Light by Steven Kroll/ Dan Andreasen
(Battle took place on July 4, 1863) We Played Marbles by Tres Seymour/ Dan Andreasen
(Groundbreaking of Erie Canel, July 4, 1817) Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness
(July 6, 1881) Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend by Robert D. San Souci/ Max Ginsburg
(Born July 10, 1759) Redoute' ~ The Man Who Painted Flowers by Carolyn Croll
(Born July 12, 1817) Henry David's House by Steven Schnur/ Peter Fiore
(Flag Day ~ July 14^th) Keep on Sewing, Betsy Ross by Michael Dahl/ Sandra D’Antonio
(July 25^th) Christopher, the Holy Giant by Tomie dePaola
(July 25, 1909) The Glorious Flight: Across the English Channel with Louis Bleriot by Alice Provensen/ Martin Provensen
(Born on July 28, 1866) Beatrix Potter by Alexandra Wallner
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin/ Marc Simont
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! by Shana Corey/ Chesley McLaren
Anno’s Magic Seeds/ Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Masaichiro & Mitsumasa Anno

AUGUST

Juanita and Our Lady of the Angels by Elizabeth Loch
A Spoon for Every Bite by Joe Hayes/ Rebecca Leer
The Cataract of Lodore by Robert Southey/ Mordicai Gerstein
Train to Somewheres by Eve Bunting/ Ronald Himler
(August 19, 2001) Hurricane! by Corinne Demas/ Lenice Strohmeier
(Born August 19, 1871 & April 16, 1867) The Wondrous Whirligig by Andrew Glass
Ride Like the Wind by Bernie Fuchs
They’re Off!: Story of the Pony Express by Cheryl Harness
The Way West by Amelia Stewart Knight
(August 27, 1910) Stories Told by Mother Teresa by Teresa/ Edward LeJoly/ Jaya Chaliha/ Allan Drummond
What Charlie Heard by Mordicai Gerstein
How to Make an Apple Pie & See the World by Marjorie Priceman
All the Secrets in the World by Jane Yolen/ Leslie Baker
The Bat Boy & His Violin by Gavin Curtis/ E. B. Lewis
A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney/ Michael Maydak
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema/ Leo & Diane Dillon
Five Secrets in a Box by Catherine Brighton
One Grain of Rice by Demi

SEPTEMBER

It's Fall by Linda Glaser
(Remembrance of September 11, 2001) The Man Who Walked Between The Towers by Mordicai Gerstein
A Song for Lena by Hilary Horder Hippely/ Leslie Baker
Into the Woods by Robert Burleigh/ Wendell Minor
(Born September 26th) Johnny Appleseed books by Will Moses/ Aliki/ Stephen Kellogg/ Reeve Linbergh & Kathy Jakobsen/ Stephen & Rosemary Benet & Steven Schindler
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats
The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler/ Greg Couch
The Magical Garden of Claude Monet by Laurence Anholt
Autumn Story by Jill Barklem
Sam and the Tigers by Julius Lester/ Jerry Pinkney
Qu’Appelle by David Bouchard/ Michael Lonechild
Little Country Town by Jandelyn Southwell/ Kay Chorao
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone by Cindy Neuschwander/ Wayne Geehan
Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland by Cindy Neuschwander/ Wayne Geehan

OCTOBER

(October 2) My Guardian Dear by Miriam Lademan/ Susan Brindle
(October 4) The Good Man of Assisi by Mary Joslin/ Alison Wisenfeld
Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi by Tomie dePaola
(Columbus Observance October 12^th) Encounter by Jane Yolen/ David Shannon
(Born October 13, 1754) They Called Her Molly Pitcher by Anne Rockwell/ Cynthia von Buhler
(October 31) Father Phillip Tells a Ghost Story by Miriam Lademan/ Susan Brindle
Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving/ John Howe (another book by Will Moses)
Georgie by Robert Bright
Where Do Balloons Go? by Jamie Lee Curtis/ Laura Cornell
Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saens by Barry Carson Turner/ Sue Williams
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving/ Will Moses
The Ghost of Nicholas Greebe by Tony Johnston/ S. D. Schindler
Wicked Jack by Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge/ Will Hillenbrand
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table by Cindy Neuschwander/ Wayne Geehan
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka/ Lane Smith
When the Frost is on the Punkin by James Whitcomb Riley/ Glenna Lang

NOVEMBER

I Sing a Song of the Saints of God by Lesbia Scott/ Judith Gwyn Brown
(Published November 10, 1855) Hiawatha by Longfellow/ Susan Jeffers
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Little Red Riding Hood by Trina Schart Hyman
Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson/ Matt Faulkner
Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende/ Harry Devlin
Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki/ Dom Lee
(November 19, 1863)The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln/ illustrated by Michael McCurdy
Rivka’s First Thanksgiving by Elsa Okon Rael/ Maryann Kovalski
Peter and the Wolf by Vladimir Vagin
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson/ Jane Chapman
Runaway Dreidel! by Leslea Newman/ Krysten Brooker
The Boy Who Loved to Draw: Benjamin West by Barbara Brenner/ Olivier Dunrea
(Born November 29, 1832) Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau's Flute by Julie Dunlap & Marybeth Lorbiecki/ Mary Azarian
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
Math-Terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving by Greg Tang/ Greg Paprocki
Math Appeal by Greg Tang/ Harry Briggs

DECEMBER

(December 6^th) The Real Santa Claus by Marianna Mayer/
Saint Nicholas by Ann Tompert/ Michael Garland
(Event December 7, 1941) Pearl Harbor by Stephen Krensky/ Larry Day
(December 12, 1531) The Lady of Guadalupe by Tomie dePaola
(Event December 17, 1903) My Brother's Flying Machine by Jane Yolen/ Jim Burke
(Born December 17, 1770) Beethoven Lives Upstairs by Barbara Nichol/ Scott Cameron
An Early American Christmas by Tomie dePaola
(Event December 18, 1773) The Boston Tea Party by Steven Kroll/ Peter Fiore (or) Boston Tea Party by Pamela Duncan Edwards/ Henry Cole
The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore/ Tasha Tudor
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote/ Beth Peck
The Elves and the Shoemaker by Brothers Grimm/ Jim LaMarche
(December 24^th) The Night of Las Posadas by Tomie dePaola
The Miracle of Saint Nicholas by Gloria Whelan/ Judith Brown
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens/ Arthur Rackham
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
The Clown of God by Tomie dePaola
The Dolls' Christmas by Tasha Tudor
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
Silent Night by Will Moses
On Hanukkah by Cathy Goldberg Fishman/ Melanie W. Hall
The Donkey’s Dream by Barbara Helen Berger
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski/ P.J. Lynch
The Crippled Lamb by Max Lucado/ Liz Bonham
Moishe’s Miracle by Laura Krauss Melmed/ David Slonim
Latkes and Applesauce by Fran Manushkin/ Robin Spowart
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto/ Ed Martinez
The Baker’s Dozen by Heather Forest/ Susan Gaber
The Baker’s Dozen by Aaron Shepard/ Wendy Edelson
(Born December 23, 1790) Seeker of Knowledge by James Rumford
(Born December 24, 1809) A Right Fine Life ~ Kit Carson by Andrew Glass
(Born December 27, 1822) Louis Pasteur by Carol Greene