Playing Preschool Book List Year 1

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The following is a list of all the books mentioned in Playing Preschool Year 1.

Please remember these books are only a suggestion. In most cases, you can substitute with any book that you can find in the same theme or topic.

The goal is NOT for you to need to buy new books for each unit. Goodness no!

Check out books from the library, look on line, borrow from neighbors, ask friends on Facebook – see what your community has to offer.

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UNIT 1: Apples

1.  Hello, World! How Do Apples Grow? by Jill McDonald
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2.  An Apple’s Life by Nancy Dickmann
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3.  Apple Picking Day by Candice Ransom
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4.  Apples Apples Apples by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
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5. How Do Apples Grow? By Betsy Maestro
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6. The Mouse’s Apples by Frances Stickley
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Unit 2: Colors

1. Freight Train by Donald Crews (red)
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2. Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh (orange and yellow)
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3. Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger (green)
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4. Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (blue)
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5. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson (purple)
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6. Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews (black)
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7. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin (white)
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8.  Brown Bear Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr / Eric Carle (brown)
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Unit 3: Nursery Rhymes

1. The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright
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2. The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews
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Unit 4: Clothing

1. Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Lithow
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2. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
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3. Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett
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4. Red Shoes by Karen English
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5. Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
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6. The Runaway Shirt by Kathy MacMillan
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Unit 5: Food

1. Hot Pot Night! by Vincent Chen
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2. Right This Very Minute: A Table-to-Farm Book About Food and Farming by Lisl H. Detlefsen
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3. Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
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4. Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
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5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
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6. The Little Red Hen by Diane Muldrow
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7. From Grass to Milk by Stacy Taus-Bolstad
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8. Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
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Unit 6: The Five Senses

1. My 5 Senses by Aliki
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2. Look, Listen, Taste, Touch and Smell by Pamela Hill Nettleton
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3. Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis
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4. The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
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5. I Hear a Pickle by Rachel Isadora
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6. Fuzzy Yellow Ducklings by Matthew Van Fleet
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Unit 7: Teddy Bears

1. Goldilocks and the 3 Bears adapted by Mara Alperin
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2. Where’s My Teddy by Jez Alborough
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3. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
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4. Corduroy by Don Freeman
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5. Share Some Kindness, Bring Some Light by Apryl Stott
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6. The Teddy Bear Picnic by Jimmy Kennedy
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Unit 8: Things That Go Together

1. We Belong Together by Joyce Wan
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2. We Go Together by Link Dyrdahl
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3. Friends by Helme Heine
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4. We are Best Friends by Roger Priddy
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5. When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen Kilpatrick
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6. Peanut Butter and Cupcake by Terry Border
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Unit 9: Community Helpers

1. Helpers in My Community by Bobbi Kalman
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2. National Geographic Readers: Helpers in Your Neighborhood by Shira Evans
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3.  Whose Hat is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper
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4. Tinyville Town Gets to Work by Brian Biggs
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5. Let’s Meet a … (Cloverleaf Books) Choose the right job for your child
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6. ABCs of What I Can Be by Caitlin McDonagh
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Unit 10: Transportation

1. Trucks by Donald Crews
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2. The Little Engine the Could by Watty Piper
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3. Boats Float! by George Ella Lyon
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4. The Old Truck by Jerome Pumphrey and Jarrett Pumphrey
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5. The Airport Book by Lisa Brown
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6. The Little Red Caboose by Marian Potter
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Unit 11: On the Farm

1. Farming by Gail Gibbons
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2. Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
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3. Farm by Heather Alexander
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4. Farm Animals from National Geographic
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5. Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley
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6. Acoustic Rooster and the Barnyard Band by Kwame Alexander
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Unit 12: Weather

1. All About Weather by Huda Harajli
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2. Shapes in the Sky by Josepha Sherman
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3. In the Rain (In the Weather) by Elizabeth Spurr
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4. Hello, World! Weather by Jill McDonald
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5. Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak
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6. A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
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Unit 13: Eggs

1. Chickens Aren’t the Only One by Ruth Heller
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2. Guess What’s Growing Inside This Egg by Mia Posada
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3. An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston
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4. Hattie Peck by Emma Levey
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5. The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
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6. The Golden Egg by Margaret Wise Brown
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Unit 14: Plants

1. How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan
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2. Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn
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3. If You Plant a Seed by Kadir Nelson
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4. The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
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5. Plants Feed Me by Lizzy Rockwell
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6. Who Will Plant a Tree? by Jerry Pallotta
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Unit 15: Construction

1. Builders and Breakers by Steve Light
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2. Busy Busy Construction Site by Richard Scarry
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3. The Construction Alphabet by Jerry Pallotta
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4. Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Diskey Rinker
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5. Building a House by Byron Barton
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6. Brick by Brick by Heidi Woodward Sheffield
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Unit 16: Pets

1. My Pet Wants a Pet by Elise Broach
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2. Not Norman by Kelly Bennett
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3. Strictly No Elephants! by Lisa Mantchev
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4. Some Pets by Angela DiTerlizz
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5. How Do Dinosaurs Love Their Dogs by Jane Yolen
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6. Alfie the Turtle that Disappeared by Thyra Heder
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Unit 17: Opposites

1. The Opposite Zoo by Il Sung Na
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2. A World of Opposites by Gray Malin
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3. Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson
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4. You and Me: We’re Opposites by Harriet Ziefert
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5. Olivia’s Opposites by Ian Falconer
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6. Opposites by Sandra Boynton
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Unit 18: Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

1. Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas by Natasha Yim
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2. Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
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Unit 19: Water

1. I Get Wet by Vicki Cobb
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2. Water is Water by Miranda Paul
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3. Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis
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4. Wet by Carey Sookocheff
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5. Water Can Be… by Laura Purdie Salas
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6. Rain by Linda Ashman
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Need the updated book list for Year 2 as well? Follow this link for Year 2.