References

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Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy home page (2011). Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy. Retrieved from www.clel.org.

Hansen, D.; Bernstorf, E.; Stuber, G. M. (2004). The Music and Literacy Connection. Reston, Virginia: The National Association for Music Education

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Hisrich, K., & Blanchard, J. (2009). Digital media and emergent literacy. Computers in the Schools, 26(4), 240-255.

 

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Peck, P. (2009). Crash course in storytime fundamentals. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited.

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Appendix A: Books to Read to Your Child

Ahlberg, A. (1986). Each peach pear plum. New York: Puffin.

Bemelmans, L. (1967). Madeline. New York: Viking.

Boynton, S. (1982). The going to bed book. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Brett, J. (1989). The mitten. New York: Putnam.

Brown, L.K. (1998). Dinosaurs Travel. New York: Little, Brown.

Brown, M.W. (1947). Goodnight moon. New York: Harper.

Carle, E. (2007). 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo. New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

Day, A. (1997). Good dog, Carl. New York: Aladdin.

Day, A. (2008). Carl’s summer vacation. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Degan, B. (1985). Jamberry. New York: HarperCollins.

DK Publishing (2005). Baby faces. New York: DK Publishing.

Demarest, C. (2001). Cowboy ABC. New York: DK Children.

Ehlert, L. (2004). Eating the alphabet. New York: Sandpiper.

Feiffer, J. (1999). Bark, George. New York: HarperCollins.

Fleming, D. (2006). Alphabet under construction. New York: Henry Holt.

Fox, M. (1997). Time for bed. New York: Sandpiper.

Freeman, D. (1968). Corduroy. New York: Viking.

Galdone, P. (2011). The little red hen. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Gibbons, G. (1996). How a house Is built. New York: Holiday House.

Henkes, K. (2000). A good day. New York: HarperCollins.

Hoban, T. (1993). White on black. New York: Greenwillow.

Hoberman, M.A. (2003). Skip to My Lou. New York: Megan Tingley.

Jay, A. (2007).1-2-3: A child’s first counting book. New York: Dutton.

Jenkins, S. (2003). What do you do with a tail like this? New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Katz, K. (2001). Counting kisses. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Keats, J.E. (1999). Over in the meadow. New York: Puffin.

Krauss, R. (1945). The carrot seed. New York: Harper and Brothers.

Laden, N. (2000). Peek-a-who? San Francisco: Chronicle.

LaRochelle, D. (2010). 1+1=5 and other unlikely additions. New York: Sterling.

Lear, E. (2005). A was once an apple pie. New York: Orchard.

Lehman, B. (2004).The red book. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Martin, B. Jr. (1983). Brown bear, brown bear what do you see? New York: Henry Holt.

Martin, B. Jr. (2009). Chicka chicka boom boom. New York: Beach Lane Books.

McCloskey, R. (1948). Blueberries for Sal. New York: Viking.

Morris, A. (1993). Bread, bread, bread. New York: HarperCollins.

Numeroff, L. (1985). If you give a mouse a cookie. New York: HarperCollins.

Park, L.S. (2005). Bee-bim bop. New York: Clarion.

Patricelli, L. (2004). Big little. New York: Walker.

Pickney, J. (2009). The lion and the mouse. New York: Little, Brown.

Raffi (1988). The wheels on the bus. New York: Crown.

Raffi (1992). Baby beluga. New York: Crown.

Raffi (1999). Down by the bay. New York: Crown.

Rathmann, P. (1994). Goodnight Gorilla. New York: Putnam.

Rey. H.A (1998).Curious George’s ABCs. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Rockwell, H. (1975). My dentist. New York: Greenwillow.

Scanlon, L. G. (2009). All the world. New York: Beach Lane Books.

Schaefer, L. (2010). Just one bite. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Seuss (1960). Green eggs and ham. New York: Random House.

Seuss (1996). Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An amazing alphabet book. New York: Random House.

Slate, J. (2001). Miss Bindergarten gets ready for kindergarten. New York: Puffin.

Stickland, P. (2002). Dinosaur roar. New York: Puffin.

Taback, S. (1999). Joseph had a little overcoat. New York: Viking.

Taback, S. (2004). This is the house that Jack built. New York: Puffin.

Tafuri, N. (2009). The big storm: A very soggy counting book. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Waddell, M. (2010). Owl babies. New York: Candlewick.

Wallner, A. (1998). The farmer in the dell. New York: Holiday House.

Wells, R. (1998). The bear went over the mountain. New York: Scholastic.

Wiesner, D. (2006). Flotsam. New York: Clarion.

Willems, M. (2004). Knufflebunny. New York: Hyperion.

Yarrow, P. (2007). Puff the magic dragon. New York: Sterling.

Yolen, J. (2000). How do dinosaurs say goodnight? New York: Blue Sky Press.



Appendix B: More Information for Parents

1001 rhymes & fingerplays: for working with young children (1994). Everett, Wash.: Warren Pub. House. 

Cohen, B., & Ghoting, S. N. (2010). The early literacy kit: a handbook and tip cards. Chicago: American Library Association.