Great Books For Children and Adults

The information on this web site just scratches the surface of information available on every topic related to child development and enrichment. The following brief bibliography will provide you with a beginning point for expanding your search for information. In the metro, there are three public resources that provide information for free or for a small fee. Of course, these materials are also available for purchase through bookstores and online as well.

Public Information Resources

OmahaPublic Library System
See link under Inside Activities on our main web page.

Millard Family Resource Center
See link under Inside Activities on our main web page.

Early Childhood Training Center Resource Library
www.esu3.org/ectc

6949 S. 110 th Street
Omaha, NE 68128
Media Center Phone: 402-597-4826

This resource library is available to both parents and professionals with an interest in early childhood. The library includes books, journals, cds, videotapes, and newsletters and is available to anyone who lives in Nebraska. You can access catalogs online and request that materials be mailed to you at no cost. You are responsible for returning the materials by mail or in person after a three week period.

General Child Development Information

Ages and Stages
Karen Miller
Telshare Publishing Co.
1985

The First Twelve Months of Life
Frank Caplan, General Editor
Grosset and Dunlap

The First Three Years of Life
Burton White
Avon Publishers

Touchpoints (Two volumes: Birth to Three and Three to Six)
Infants and Mothers
Toddlers and Parents
T. Berry Brazelton

Your One Year Old (also Two, Three, Four, and Five Year Old)
Louise Bates Ames

Special Interest Materials

Reading with Young Children

Baby Reads!
This is a special program for families with a child under the age of one year through the Omaha Public Library System. If you come in and get a library card for your child before his first birthday, you can check out a bag with materials designed for early reading with your child and you will receive a free book!

Great Books for Babies and Toddlers
Kathleen Odean

This reference provides books related to all kinds of topics and interests for young children. It also includes a great section on ways to make books more interesting and how to expand on a topic presented in a book. There are listings for parents about the topic of reading. There are also listings of books available in Spanish and in Spanish and English side by side.

Games and Songs for Young Children

Big Book of Stories, Songs and Sing Alongs
Beth Maddigan
Libraries Unlimited

Games to Play with Babies (also Toddlers, One Year Olds, and Two Year Olds)
All by Jackie Silberg
Gryphon House, Inc.

Some Great Books for Children

Chunky Books for Infants and Toddlers

• All Fall Down, Clap Hands, Tickle Tickle, Say Goodnight by Helen Oxenbury

• Head, Shoulders ,Knees and Toes, If You’re Happy and You Know It by Helen Oxenbury

• Humpty Dumpty, Little Boy Blue, Pussycat Pussycat, and Wee Willie Winkie by Iona Opie

• The Bear Went Over the Mountain, Bingo, Itsy Bitsy Spider, Old MacDonald by Rosemary Wells

• White on Black, Black on White by Tana Hoban (good for infants to about 3 months)

• Eat, Hugs and Kisses, Peek-a-boo, Sleep, Smile, Splash by Roberta Grobel Intrater

• Nicky 1-2-3, Where’s Nicky by Cathryn Falwell

• I Can, I Hear, I Touch, I See by Helen Oxenbury

• Moo, Moo Brown Cow by Jakki Wood

• Baby Faces, I Love Colors, Baby Food, Peek-a-boo Baby by Margaret Miller

• Tomie’s Little Mother Goose by Tomie dePaola

• My First Word Book by Jane Yorke

Books for Three’s, Fours and Fives

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

• The Little Mouse The Big Hungry Bear and The Red Ripe Strawberry, The Napping House, Silly Sally, Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood

• Let’s Go Visiting, I Went Walking by Sue Williams

• How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight, How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms, How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon, How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten, How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food by Jane Yolen

• Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed, Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car, Five Little Monkeys With Nothing to Do by Eileen Christelow

• Blue Hat, Green Hat, But Not the Hippopotamus, Moo Baa La La La, Opposites, Barnyard Dance (or anything else) by Sandra Boynton
  
• Mrs. Wishy Washy, Mr. Wishy Washy, Mrs. Wishy Washy Makes a Splash, Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley

• One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

• Polar Bear Polar Bear, Brown Bear Brown Bear, Panda Bear Panda Bear, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin

• Eating the Alphabet, Planting a Rainbow, Fish Eyes, Color Zoo, Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Elhert

• Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, If You Give a Pig a Pancake, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff.
• Anything by Todd Parr

• When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang

• Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae

• Bear Snores On, Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson

• No, David, David Gets In Trouble, David Goes to School, Alice the Fairy by David Shannon

• Boats, Trains, Planes, Trucks by Bryon Barton

• Do Monkeys Tweet, Do Donkeys Dance, Do Lions Live on Lily Pads, Do Pigs Have Stripes by Melanie Walsh

• Froggy Gets Dressed, Froggy Goes to School (and others) by Jonathan London

• Franklin Series by Paulette Bourgeois

• Berenstain Bears Series by Stan and Jan Berenstain