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Ilderton Resources - Children's Books 

The books are in alphabetical order by title. For books on special issues, or for French books, click on the links below.

A-F, G-M, N-S, T-Z         Special Issue Books        French Books

A-F

A Child's Treasure of Nursery Rhymes - Katy MacDonald Denton (2 copies)

Abuela - Arthur Dorros

Actions: Nursery Rhyme Concept Book - Tedd Arnold

All Together - Ruth Fahlman & May Henderson

Alligator Pie - Dennis Lee

Amos's Sweater - Janet Lunn & Kim LaFave

Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) - Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

Benjamin et la Nuit - Paulette Bourgeois

Big Sarah's Little Boots - Paulette Bourgeois (2 copies)

Blanches Nuits - Teddy Jam (also available in English)

C is for Community - Jocelyn Graeme et al.

Call Me Brave Boy - Jenny Shinder (asthma)

Celebrations - Jocelyn Graeme

(The) City ABC book - Zoran Milich

Community Helpers - HighReach Learning Inc.

Eensy Weensy Spider - Traditional - board book

(The) Fall of Freddy Leaf - Leo Buscaglia (life and death)

Food is for Sharing - Ruth Fahlman et al

Franklin in the Dark - Paulette Bourgeois

Fun with Clothes - Ruth Fahlman

G-M

Goodbye Mog - Judith Kerr (death)

Hickory Dickory Dock - Traditional

How Much is that Doggie in the Window? - Iza Trapani

How My Family Lives in America - Susan Kuklin

In my Backyard - John De Vries & Werner Zimmerman

It's Hard to Share my Teacher - Joan Singleton Prestine

La princesse dans un sac - Robert Munsch (also available in English)

Le Bonhomme d'Helene - Allen Morgan & Brenda Clark (also available in English)

Le Chandail D'Amos - Janet Lunn & Kim LaFave (also available in English)

Le Nom de L'Arbre - Celia Barker Lottridge (also available in English)

Le Rouge c'est bien mieux - Kathy Stinson (also available in English)

Les Petites Bottes de la grande Sarah - Paulette Bourgeois (also available in English)

Let's Play - Camilla Gryski

Looking out for Sarah - Glenna Lang

Many Ways to Travel - Jocelyn Graeme et al.

(The) Mole Sisters and the Rainy Day - Roslyn Schwartz

Moving is Hard - Joan Singleton Prestine

My Best Friend Moved Away - Nancy Carlson

N-T

Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs - Tomie dePaola (death)

Night Cars - Teddy Jam (also available in French)

On the day his daddy left - Eric J. Adams & Kathleen Adams (divorce/separation)

Once upon a Golden Apple - Jean Little & Maggie De Vries

One Gray Mouse - Katherine Burton & Kim Fernandes (also available in French)

One, Two Buckle my Shoe - Traditional - board book

Rainy Day Friends - Ruth Fahlman et al

Red is best - Kathy Stinson (also available in French)

Rock-a-bye baby - Traditional - board book

Row, row, row your boat - Traditional - board book

Someone special died - Joan Singleton Prestine (death)

Something from Nothing - Phoebe Gilman (also available in French)

Spring is here - Mary Packard

Stella Queen of Snow - Marie-Louise Gay (2 copies) (also available in French)

Stella: Reine des Neige -  Marie-Louise Gay (also available in English)

T-Z

This Little Piggy - Traditional - board book

Too Many Tamales - Gary Soto & Ed Martinez

Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star - Traditional - board book

Un Merveilleux Petit Rien! - Phoebe Gilman (also available in English)

Une Souris Grise - Katherine Burton & Kim Fernandes (also available in English)

Wee Little Winkie - Traditional - board book

When I Start School - Richard Dungworth

Who Wakes the Rooster? - Clare Hodgson Meeker (2 copies)

Wiggle Like a Puppy - Ruth Fahlman & May Henderson

Special Issues Books:

Asthma Active: Learning about Asthma - Jenny Shinder

A boy gets a cold that makes him feel like an elephant is sitting on his chest. He finds out he has asthma, and learns what this means. He learns how to cope with asthma using his inhalers. The Lung Association has produced this illustrative and informative children’s book about asthma and some of the asthma triggers. Parents and children can follow along together with this the games and activities included in the book.

 

Celebrating Likes and Differences - Susan Hodges

This a a theme resource book for exploring diversity with young children in their home and their communities. 

 

Dinosaur's Divorce: A guide for changing families - Marc Brown & Laurie Krasny Brown

A wonderful book about the experience of divorce for a dinosaur family.

 

Fall of Freddy Leaf - Leo Buscaglia

This book touches children and adults alike, illustrating the delicate balance between life and death.  It is a sensitive and inspiring story told through the life of Freddie the leaf. 

 

Goodbye Mog - Judith Kerr

A story about the loss of a pet.

 

Let's talk about it:  Divorce - Fred Rogers

Children's picture book that addresses feelings and facts about divorce.

 

Let's talk about it:  Step-families - Fred Rogers

Children's picture book that addresses feelings and facts about step-families.

 

Looking out for Sarah - Glenna Lang

This story introduces children to the life of a blind girl, Sarah who has a dog to help her.

 

Moving is Hard - Joan Singleton Prestine

A book discussing the feelings associated with moving.

 

My Best Friend Moved Away - Nancy Carlson

This book is a child's storybook that explores the pain of a best friend moving away and the beginning of a new friendship. 

 

My Mommy has MS - Elizabeth & Deborah Kellett

A four year old girl explains what it means that her mom has multiple sclerosis.

 

Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs - Tomie dePaola

A story about the loss of a Grandmother who died.

 

On the Day his Daddy Left - Eric J. Adams & Kathleen Adams

A boy wonders if it is his fault that his parents are separating.

 

Someone Special Died - Joan Singleton Prestine

A young girl describes the anger and sadness she feels after someone she loved dies, and makes a scrapbook to remember the things they did together.

French Books:

Benjamin et la Nuit - Paulette Bourgeois

Blanches Nuits - Teddy Jam (English title: Night Cars)

La princesse dans un sac - Robert Munsch (English title: Paper bag Princess)

Le Bonhomme d'Helene - Allen Morgan & Brenda Clark (English title: Sadie and the Snowman)

Le Chandail D'Amos - Janet Lunn & Kim LaFave (English title: Amos's Sweater)

Le Nom de L'Arbre - Celia Barker Lottridge (English title: Name of the Tree)

Le Rouge c'est bien mieux - Kathy Stinson (English title: Red is Best)

Les Petites Bottes de la grande Sarah - Paulette Bourgeois (English title: Big Sarah's Little Boots)

Stella: Reine des Neige -  Marie-Louise Gay (English title: Stella Queen of Snow)

Un Merveilleux Petit Rien! - Phoebe Filman (English title: Something from Nothing)

Une Souris Grise - Katherine Burton & Kim Fernandes (English title: One Gray Mouse)


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