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About Me
- Helen T.
- Helen is a school media specialist in an urban district, was previously a journalist and is working on a middle grades novel. She grew up in New York and New Jersey and has lived in the Washington, D.C. area, Hungary and the Netherlands as well.
My Favorite Jewish-Themed Children's Books
- Tabak, Simms. Kibitzers and Fools.
- The Gideonites
- The Star and the Sword
- Wiesel, Elie. King Solomon's Magic Ring
My Top 100 Picture Books.
- Aliki. Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Spoken Memories
- Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
- Base, Grahame. Jungle Drums.
- Beaton, Clare. Nursery Rhymes.
- Beaton, Clare. Secret Seahorse.
- Brown, Margaret Wise. The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge.
- Bruel, Nick. Bad Kitty.
- Celenza, Anna. Bach's Goldberg Variations.
- Celenza, Anna. Haydn's Farewell Symphony.
- Cronin, Doreen. Diary of a Worm; Diary of a Spider.
- Crowells, Cressida. Hiccup the Seasick Viking.
- Dear Snowman
- Eric Carle. Mr. Seahorse.
- Falconer, Ian. Olivia.
- Fleming, Denise. Where There Once Was a Wood.
- Freeman, Don. Ski Pup.
- Freymann, Saxton and Joost Elfers. How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods.
- Gaiman, Neil. The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish.
- Gerstein, Mordecai. The Man Who Walked Between the Towers.
- Gilman, Phoebe. Something for Nothing.
- Granowski, Alvin. That Awful Cinderella.
- Gutman, Dan. Casey Back at Bat
- Imogene's Antlers
- Keats, Ezra Jack. Apt. 3
- LeSieg, Theo (Dr. Seuss) and Richard Erdoes. Come Over to My House.
- Lithgow, John. Carnival of the Animals.
- MacDonald, Margaret Read. Mabela the Clever
- Massie, Diane Redfield. The Baby Beebee Bird.
- McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
- McCloskey, Robert. One Morning in Maine.
- Mora, Pat. Dona Flor.
- Nesbit, E. The Book of Beasts.
- Palatini, Marge. Stinky, Smelly Feet.
- Palotta, Jerry. The Extinct Alphabet Book
- Percoli, Matteo. The True Story of Stellina.
- Rylant, Cynthia. An Angel for Solomon Singer.
- Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge series.
- San Souci, Daniel and Robert San Souci. The Dangerous Snake and Reptile Club.
- San Souci, Robert. Two Bear Cubs.
- Sasek, M. This is Israel; This is Venice; This is New York; This is Washington, D.C.
- Scieska, Jon. Baloney.
- Steig, William. Shrek.
- Tabak, Simms. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.
- The Dreamtime Fairies
- The Time It Took Tom.
- Tina and the Penguin.
- Willems, Mo. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (and the sequels).
- Willems, Mo. Leonardo the Terrible Monster.
- Winter, Rick. Dirty Birdy Feet.
- Zion, Gene. No Roses for Harry.
My Favorite Chapter Books for elementary and middle school readers
- Bloor, Edward. Tangerine.
- Blume, Judy. Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself.
- Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess.
- Byng, Georgia. Molly Moon series.
- Chodlenko, Gennifer. Al Capone Does My Shirts.
- Codell, Esme Raji. Sahara Special.
- Cohen, Barbara. The Carp in the Bathtub
- Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- DiCamillo, Kate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
- Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy.
- Hamilton, Virginia. Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
- Hesse, Karen. Stowaway.
- Jenkins, Emily. Toys Go out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic.
- Konigsburg, E.L. The Mixed up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
- Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables series.
- Morpurgo, Michael. I Believe in Unicorns.
- Napoli, Donna Jo. The King of Mulberry Street.
- Ryan, Pamela Munoz. Esperanza Rising.
- Rylant, Cynthia. Gooseberry Park.
- Soto, Gary. Taking Sides.
- Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
- Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-Kind-Family series.
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House series.
- Winkler, Henry. Hank Zipzer series.
My Favorite 50 Nonfiction Works for Children
- Built to Last: America's Amazing Bridges, Tunnels and Roadways
- Dream of Freedom
- E.R. Vets
- Extreme Animals
- Hatkoff, Isabella. Owen and Mzee
- It's Disgusting and We Ate It: Fascinating Food Facts From Around the World.
- Munro, Roxie. The Inside-Outside Book of Libraries.
- You Wouldn't Want to Be a Servant in Victorian England.
- You Wouldn't Want to Be Sick in the 16th Century.
My Favorite Biographies for Children
- Bakker, Alia. Alia: Saving the Books of Iraq, by Mark Alan Stamaty
- Bloomer, Amelia. You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
- Dr. Seuss. The Boy from Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull.
- Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse. The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins.
- Keats, Ezra Jack. Keats' Neighborhood.
- Lawrence, Jacob. Story Painter.
- Louis, Joe. Joe Louis, America's Fighter, by David A. Adler.
- Morris, Ester. Ester Morris Gets the Vote!
- Musicians. Schwimmer, Franciska. Great Musicians as Children.
- Myers, Walter Dean. Bad Boy.
- Parks, Rosa. Rosa, by Nikki Grimes.
- Rey. H.A. and Margret Rey. The Journey That Saved Curious George.
- Rudolph, Wilma. Wilma Unlimited, by Kathleen Krull.
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Old Town in the Green Groves: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Lost Little House Years. by Cynthia Rylant.
- Wright, Richard. Richard Wright and the Library Card.
My Favorite Young Adult Novels
- Cormier, Robert. Tenderness.
- Sachar, Louis. Holes, and Small Steps.
- Smith, Jeff. Bone series.
- Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials trilogy.
- Andersen, Laurie Halse. Fever.
- Andersen, Laurie Halse. Speak.
- Stoner and Spaz
Good Pics, Bad Words
- Kalman, Maira. Fireboat: the Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
- Madonna. Yakov and the TK
- Wasserstein, Wendy. Pamela's First Musical
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