Living Books of Today list Birth--to--early school years

Character


Bible Study & Devotionals




[used by Highland's Latin School and Memoria Press]



History



Math and Counting



MANY more EXCELLENT choices can be found at LIVING MATH.

Nature Study & Natural History



Koko's Kitten by Francine Patterson

One Small Square (series) by Donald M. Silve and Patricia Wynne [Series include: Woods, Coral Reef, Backyard, Night Sky and many more. They are EXCELLENT.]

Pagoo by Holling C. Hollings

Geography & Other Cultures

Ashanti To Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove

At the Crossroads by Rachael Isador

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema

Day Gogo Went to Vote by Eleanor Batezat Sisulu


Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams

Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet by Muriel Feelings

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

Over the Green Hills by Rachel Isadore

Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Hollings

Seabird by Holling C. Hollings

Beautiful Feet sells a lovely set of maps to go with the Hollings geography stories. They really do enhance the experience of the books!

When Africa Was Home by Karen Lynn Williams

When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant


Science


Literature
NOTE: Many of my favorite candidates for inclusion in this list are "too old." So, if you are also wondering where Madeline, Babar, Mike Mulligan, Ping, Make Way for Ducklings, Lentil, White Snow/Bright Snow and other titles are--they were too old. This is only post--WWII (i.e. published in 1945 or later.)


Alexander the the Terrible,Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst

Amy's Goose by Efner Tudor Holmes and Tasha Tudor

The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Suess
I'm not linking to every Dr.Suess book, but most kids love them and they've gone thru a few generations so they've clearly stood the test of time.

Catwings by Ursula K. LeGuin

Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

Corduroy by Don Freeman

Corgiville Fair [and the other Corgiville titles] by Tasha Tudor

Courageous Corgi by Lee Herrick

Eloise by Kay Thompson

Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett

Good Dog Carl [and all the other wordless, or nearly wordless, Carl books] by Alexandra Day

How Pizza Came to Queens by Dayal Kaur Khalsa

The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes

James Herriot's Treasury for Children by James Herriot

The Littles by John Peterson

Only the Cat Saw by Ashley

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw Wolff

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Composers & Music


Opera Cat by Tess Weaver

Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kustin

Fine Arts

Poetry

First Poems of Childhood by Tasha Tudor

Hymns


Folksongs

[Again, this one is silly but beloved!]
Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen & Arthur Robbins

Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Grandma's Feather Bed by John Denver

My Favorite Things by Richard Rogers

Puff the Magic Dragon by Peter Yarrow

Sunshine on my Shoulders by John Denver

Take me Home, Country Roads by John Denver

This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land by Woody Guthrie

Turn, Turn Turn by Pete Seager

Holiday Reading

The Christmas Cat by Efner Tudor Holmes and Tasha Tudor

Corgiville Christmas by Tasha Tudor