Read To Me LA - Booklist
Books that highlight the six pre-reading skills
Letter Knowledge
ABC, I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson
Quilt Alphabet by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Miss Spiders' ABC by David Kirk
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Vocabulary Skills
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Career Day by Anne Rockwell
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Phonics Awareness
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
Across the Stream by Mirra Ginsburg
Miss Mary Mack by Mary Ann Hoberman
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
Narrative Skills
All by Myself! by Aliki
What Did You Do Today?: The First Day of School by Toby Forward
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Fairy Tales by Mary Ann Hoberman
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
Print Awareness
Little Rabbit's First Word Book by Alan Baker
School Bus by Donald Crews
Truck by Donald Crews
I Read Symbols by Tana Hoban
Print Motivation
If You're Happy and You Know It! by Jane Cabrera
The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle
Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert
Drat That Fat Cat! by Pat Thomson
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