Emergent+Literacy+list

Thanks to Zack for his question which is the inspiration for this page. I hope that we all as experienced educators contribute to this crucial list of titles that spark the desire of small children to read that first book.

I used NYPL's 100 Picture Books that Everyone should know as a starting point, added some, and made a list of authors whose every book is a great emergent text, and a short list of series books for the youngest emergent readers.

__Picture Books__ //Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?// by Bill Martin, Jr. //Caps for Sale// by Esphyr Slobodkina //Chicka Chicka Boom Boom// by Bill Martin Jr. //Click, Clack Moo: Cows that Type// by Doreen Cronin //Knuffle Bunny// by Mo Willems //Fire Truck// by Peter Sis //Freight Train// by Donald Crews //Goodnight Moon// by Margaret W. Brown //Harry the Dirty Dog// by Gene Zion //Machines at Work// by Byron Barton Mama Cat has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming //Millions of Cats// by Wanda Gag //Mr. Gumpy's Outing// by John Burningham //Papa, Please get the Moon for Me// by Eric Carle Mother Goose nursery rhymes (any complation--best are those with one rhyme per page in bold text) //Rumpelstiltskin// retold and illustrated by Paul Zelinsky //The Snowy Day// by Jack Ezra Keats //Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails// by Nancy Tafuri //Swimmy// by Leo Lionni Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang There was an old lady who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback The Three Bears retold and illustrated by Paul Galdone The Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox Guji Guji by Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocker Johnson This Little Chick by Jakob Lawrence There is a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Oh! by Kevin Henkes //Silly Little Goose!// by Nancy Tafuri //Carry On!// by Rosemary Wells

__Series__ Max and Ruby by Rosemary Wells Little Critter by Mercer Mayer

__Authors__ Dr. Seuss Denise Fleming Ruth Brown Byron Barton Pat Hutchins Chris Wormell Mo Willems Jacob Lawrence Mem Fox Mercer Mayer Anne Rockwell Maurice Sendak Leo Lionni Molly Bang Simms Taback Jack Ezra Keats Nancy Tafuri Eric Carle Donald Crews Margaret Brown Bill Martin Jr.