Mouse and Mole Secret Valentine by Wong Herbert Yee*

Love this series!  Likable, humorous characters.
Mouse is trying to figure out who her secret admirer is.
How to make a valentine in the back of the book.
*Highly recommend.
Strategies: check for understanding, predicting, sequencing
My preschooler loves listening to me read this series.

Penny and Her Marble by Kevin Henkes*

Mr. Henkes is a gifted writer and illustrator.
*Highly recommend all his books.
Penny finds a blue marble in the grass in her neighbor's yard and takes it home.  Guilt consumes her until she listens to her conscience.  A wonderful ending!
Third book in series.
Strategies: inferring

I Spy Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold*

Love this series!
Fly Guy plays hide and seek with Buzz in his typical hiding spot--a trash can.  The only problem is-today is trash day!
Beginning readers will feel proud that they read a chapter book.
*Highly recommend.
2010 Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor Award

Pearl and Wagner Two Good Friends by Kate McMullan illustrated by R. W. Alley*

Pearl, a rabbit, and Wagner, a mouse, work together to make a robot and learn about honesty and forgiveness.
Adorable illustrations.
Perfect for the beginning reader who is building stamina.
*Highly recommend.
Series.
Level 2 Dial Easy to Read
Guided Reading: M
DRA: 20-24

Little Mouse Gets Ready by Jeff Smith

A Toon Book
Mouse puts much effort into getting dressed for a trip to the barn.
Funny!
Very simple-good for beginning readers-good picture support.
Guided Reading Level: F
Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor Award

No Monkeys, No Chocolate by Melissa Stewart and Allen Young illustrated by Nicole Wong*

Another great book by Ms. Stewart!
This book shares how creation depends on one another to be productive.  Interdependent relationships.
Fascinating!
Two worms on the bottom of each page have a dialogue, making funny, sarcastic comments.
Pair with The Chocolate Touch, Chocolatina, Chocolate Fever.
Serve some chocolate baked goodies and/or chocolate bars before this book!
In the back is information about growing cocoa trees and rain forests plus an interesting author's note.
*Highly recommend.

Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! by Geoffrey Hayes

A Toon book
Great suspense and humor in comic style.  The mice and mole are adorably drawn.
A good choice for reluctant readers.
Benny and Penny wonder who their new neighbor is  and are shocked to see that he/she took Benny's pail.  As they try to retrieve it, they meet the new neighbor in an unconventional manner.
I did not like how Benny said, "dumb girls" and how they call each other "cry baby" a few times.
*Theodore Seuss Geisel Award-2010
Guided Reading Level: H
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