Preparatory Book List

Brightly Beaming Steps to Reading Program
Preparatory Curriculum
Adaptable for Ages 2 - 4
by Katrina Lybbert

Preparatory Book List
Compiled by Katrina Lybbert

You might like to choose one book to read for the whole week, or a different book for each day.

Lesson One Theme – Cows

Babcock, Chris – No Moon, No Milk
Bolam, Emily – (Chunky Farm) Cow
Cronin, Doreen – Click Clack Moo
Doyle, Malachy – Cow
Dubanevich, Arlene – Calico Cows
Hiskey, Iris – The Little Calf That Couldn’t Moo
Johnson, Paul Brett – The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down
Lewis, Kim – Little Calf
MacVeety, Sue – Helper Cow
Most, Bernard – The Cow That Went Oink
Phillips, Mildred – And the Cow said Moo!
Speed, Toby – Two Cool Cows

Lesson Two Theme – Jungle

Alborough, Jez – Hug
Andreae, Giles – Rumble in the Jungle
Bentley, Dawn – Who’s in the Jungle?
Carle, Eric – Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth
Cousins, Lucy – Jazzy in the Jungle
Faulkner, Keith – The Tallest, Shortest, Longest, Greenest, Brownest Animal in the Jungle
McDonnell, Flora - Splash!
Royston, Angela – (Eye Openers) Jungle Animals
Russell, Naomi - Guess Who's in the Jungle
Taylor, Thomas – The Loudest Roar

Lesson Three Theme – Kittens

Dunn, Judy – The Little Kitten
Fleming, Denise – Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
Galdone, Paul – Three Little Kittens
Jewell, Nancy – Five Little Kittens
McCue, Lisa – Kittens Love
Pfloog, Jan – Kittens Are Like That
Volkmann, Roy – Curious Kittens

Lesson Four Theme – Eyes

Karlin, Nurit – I See, You Saw
London, Jonathan – I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me
MacKinnon, Debbie – Eye Spy Colors
Seuss, Dr. - I Can Read With My Eyes Shut
Seuss, Dr. – The Eye Book
Showers, Paul – Look at Your Eyes

Lesson Five Theme – Lighthouses

Briggs, Kelly Paul – Lighthouse Lullaby
Fearrington, Ann – Who Sees the Lighthouse?
Gibbons, Gail – Beacons of Light – Lighthouses
Hoff, Syd – The Lighthouse Children
Swift, Hildegarde H. – The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge

Lesson Six Theme – Rainbows

Amery, Heather – Noah’s Ark (Usborne Bible Tales)
Ehlert, Lois – Planting a Rainbow
Feeney, Stephanie – Hawaii is a Rainbow
Fowler, Allan – All the Colors of the Rainbow
Freeman, Don – A Rainbow of my Own
Hayward, Linda – Noah’s Ark
Kalan, Robert – Rain
Pfister, Marcus – The Rainbow Fish
Schwartz, Betty Ann – What Makes a Rainbow? (Pop-Up)
Warren, Jean – Huff and Puff’s Hawaiian Rainbow

Lesson Seven Theme – Stars

Allen, Marky – There are 508 Stars in the Sky
Brady, Kymberli W. – The Sleepy Little Star
Branley, Franklyn, M. – The Big Dipper
Branley, Franklyn, M. – The Sky is Full of Stars
Friedersdorf, Melanie – Where Do Falling Stars Go?
Runnells, Treesha – Ten Wishing Stars
Simon, Seymour – Stars (use for the pictures)
Trapani, Iza – Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

Lesson Eight Theme – Sun

Asch, Frank – The Sun is My Favorite Star
Branley, Franklyn M. – The Sun: Our Nearest Star
Gibbons, Gail – Sun Up, Sun Down
Hines, Anna Grossnickle – What Can You Do in the Sun?
Kleven, Elisa – Sun Bread

Lesson Nine Theme – Cookies

Albee, Sarah – No Cookies?
Albee, Sarah – The Oreo Cookie Counting Book
Asch, Frank - Milk and Cookies
Brett, Jan – Gingerbread Baby
Cousins, Lucy – Maisy Makes Gingerbread
Galdone, Paul – The Gingerbread Boy
Lass, Bonnie & Philemon Sturges – Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?
Numeroff, Laura J. – If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
Numeroff, Laura J. – The Best Mouse Cookie
Seymour, Jane and James Keach – Yum!: A Tale of Two Cookies

Lesson Ten Theme – Trains

Calmenson, Stephanie – Engine, Engine, Number Nine
Crews, Donald – Freight Train
Lenski, Lois – The Little Train
Lewis, Kevin – Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo
Piper, Watty – The Little Engine That Could
Sturges, Philemon – I Love Trains!

Lesson Eleven Theme – Moon

Asch, Frank – Happy Birthday, Moon
Asch, Frank – Mooncake
Brown, Margaret Wise – Goodnight Moon
Carle, Eric – Papa, Please get the Moon for Me
Moss, Jeff - I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
Smith, Linda – When Moon Fell Down
Yolen, Jane – Owl Moon

Lesson Twelve Theme – Ducks

Alborough, Jez – Duck in the Truck
Flack, Marjorie – Angus and the Ducks
Flack, Marjorie & Kurt Wiese - The Story About Ping
McCue, Lisa - Ducklings Love
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds – Ducks Disappearing
Peters, Lisa Westberg – Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck
Simmons, Jane – Come Along, Daisy!

Lesson Thirteen Theme – Cars/Trucks

Carr, Jan – Big Truck and Little Truck
Lenski, Lois – The Little Auto
Lenski, Lois – The Little Fire Engine
Price, Mathew – Little Red Car in the Snow
Rey, H. A. – Curious George and the Dumptruck
Sis, Peter – Trucks, Trucks, Trucks

Lesson Fourteen Theme – Horses

Barnes, Laura T., - Twist and Ernest
Brett, Jan – Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
Burton, Virginia Lee – Calico the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker
Darrow, Sharon – Old Thunder and Miss Raney
Heilbroner, Joan – Robert the Rose Horse
Ongman, Gudrun – The Sleep Ponies

Lesson Fifteen Theme – Rain

Inkpen, Mick – Splosh!
Kalan, Robert – Rain
Martin, Bill Jr. and John Archambault – Listen to the Rain
Ray, Mary Lyn – Red Rubber Boot Day
Root, Phyllis – Soggy Saturday
Stojic, Manya – Rain

Lesson Sixteen Theme – Butterflies

Canizares, Susan – Butterfly
Carle, Eric – The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Ehlert, Lois – Waiting for Wings
Gibbons, Gail – Monarch Butterfly
Sandved, Kjell B. – The Butterfly Alphabet
Sundgaard, Arnold – The Lamb and the Butterfly
Ryder, Joanne – Where Butterflies Grow

Lesson Seventeen Theme – Sheep

Brown, Margaret Wise – Sheep Don’t Count Sheep
Lewis, Kim – Emma’s Lamb
Lewis, Kim – Little Baa
Shaw, Nancy – Sheep in a Jeep
Sloat, Teri – Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool
Sundgaard, Arnold – The Lamb and the Butterfly

Lesson Eighteen Theme – Ears

Bellah, Melanie – Bow Wow! Meow! A First Book of Sounds
Brown, Margaret Wise – Bunny’s Noisy Book
Lewison, Wendy Cheyette – Eleanor’s Enormous Ears
McGovern, Ann – Too Much Noise
Perkins, Al – The Ear Book (Bright and Early Books)
Trumbauer, Lisa – Animal Ears

Lesson Nineteen Theme – Boats

Barton, Byron – Boats
Collicutt, Paul – This Boat
Corey, Shana – Boats
Crampton, Gertrude – Scuffy the Tugboat: And His Adventures Down the River
Crews, Donale – Harbor
Gibbons, Gail – Boat Book
Gramatky, Hardie – Little Toot
Lensky, Lois – The Little Sailboat
Rockwell, Anne – Ferryboat Ride!
Trapani, Iza – Row Row Row Your Boat

Lesson Twenty Theme – Balloons

Bernthal, Mark S. – Barney’s Big Balloon
Lamorisse, Albert – The Red Balloon
McGrory, Anik – Mouton’s Impossible Dream
Rey, H. A., - Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon
Roland, Timothy – Come Down Now, Flying Cow

Lesson Twenty-one Theme – Wind

Asch, Frank – Like a Windy Day
Ets, Marie Hall – Gilberto and the Wind
Hines, Anna Grossnickle – What Can You Do in the Wind?
Hutchins, Pat – The Wind Blew
Pegram, Laura – A Windy Day
Rydell, Katy – Wind Says Good Night
Wilhelm, Hans – It’s Too Windy!

Lesson Twenty-two Theme - Seasons

Berenstain, Stan & Jan – The Berenstain Bears’ Four Seasons
Gibbons, Gail – The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree
MacDonald, Golden – The Little Island
Schulman, Janet – A Bunny for All Seasons
Sendak, Maurice – Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months
Tafuri, Nancy – Snowy Flowy Blowy: A Twelve Months Rhyme
Tudor, Tasha – Around the Year

Lesson Twenty-three Theme – Snow

Bridwell, Norman – Clifford’s First Snow Day
Ehlert, Lois – Snowballs
Keats, Ezra Jack – The Snowy Day
Marzollo, Jean – I am Snow
McKie, Roy and P.D. Eastman – Snow
Rockwell, Anne – The First Snowfall
Tresselt, Alvin – White Snow, Bright Snow

Lesson Twenty-four Theme – Dogs

Bridwell, Norman – Clifford the Big Red Dog
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin – Biscuit
Eastman, P.D. – Big Dog Little Dog
Eastman, P.D. – Go, Dog. Go!
Flack, Marjorie – Angus Lost
Perkins, Al – The Digging-est Dog
Zion, Gene – Harry the Dirty Dog

Lesson Twenty-five Theme – Rabbits

Brown, Margaret Wise – Home for a Bunny
Brown, Margaret Wise – The Runaway Bunny
McBratney, Sam – Guess How Much I Love You
McCue, Lisa – Snuggle Bunnies
Pledger, Maurice – An Adventure with Billy Bunny
Potter, Beatrix – The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Walton, Rick – One More Bunny

Lesson Twenty-six Theme – Airplanes

Barton, Byron – Airport
Barton, Byron – Planes
Crews, Donald – Flying
Lenski, Lois – The Little Airplane
Rockwell, Anne F. – I Fly
Sturges, Philemon - I Love Planes!
Wilson-Max, Ken – The Little Red Plane

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