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Zion, G., (1956). Harry the dirty dog. Mexico: Harper Collins
Harry is a dog who hates to get a bath. Many children can relate to Harry. As students read this funny story, they will recognize high frequency words. Students will learn the different letter-sound patterns. This is a great book for working on phonemic awareness.

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Burroway, J., (1972). The giant jam sandwich. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
I love this book. It has always made me hungry for a sandwich. Children love to hear this story because of the rhyme. This book is great for students who are early alphabetic word learners and late letter name-alphabetic spellers. They can write the rhyming words.

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Berenstain, S.&J., (1968). The bears' vacation. New York: A Division of Random House Inc.
This was one of my favorite books as a child because of how funny it is and because of the rhymes. Phonological awareness focuses on rhyme awareness. By reading this story, students will become more familiar with word families. The teacher could have the students tell her what words rhyme and write them down. This will increase the students vocabulary.

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Slobodkina, E., (1940). Caps for sale. Massachusetts: Young Scott Books.
This is a tale of a peddler, some monkeys and their monkey business. This wonderful story has some repeated phrases. Children love this story because it is engaging and intriguing. Who wears caps on his head? This is a story that children can draw a picture of and retell the story. They can even act it out.

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Eastman, P., (1973) Big dog... little dog. New York: Random House
Big Dog... Little Dog is a great story about opposites being friends. This is a great book for comparing and contrasting. There are many similarities between Fred and Ted. There is some rhyming in this book. Many of the words in the book have a consonant blend. Students will recognize repeated phrases.

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Leaf, M., (1936). The story of ferdinand the bull. New York, New York: Viking.
Ferdinand is a wonderful story that takes place in Spain. The peaceful story will give the students some Spanish vocabulary. This story will challenge and teach children new words.

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Bemelmans, L., (1939). Madeline. New York: Puffin Books.
Madeline is a classic rhyming book is excellent. In this book, there are not a lot of words on a page. For students learning onset and rime, this book is perfect. As students read this story, it will teach them word families and phonograms.

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Rey, A. H., (1941). Curious george. Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Curious George is one of my personal favorites. He is always getting into trouble because he is curious. Many children relate to this  little monkey. In the story, children will learn and practice high frequency words. Some of the words might be a challenge, but this book has wonderful pictures to help children understand what is happening on each page.

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Suess, D., (1960).  Green eggs and ham. New York: Beginner Books.
This fun book is great for rhyming. Children love this story because of the rhythmic pattern of the rhymes. It also gives students practice with CVC and VCe words. It is a classic for all ages.

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McCloskey, R., (1941). Make way for ducklings. New York: The Viking Press.
This book was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941. The beautiful pictures to help tell the story. Teachers should read this to their young students so that students will hear the fluency, and learn the more difficult words. This story will challenge students to know their special sounds, diagraphs and dipthongs. Chunking the words will help students to read some of the longer words. Students will learn new CVVC words, CVC words, and VCe words. It also focuses on the    -ack rhyme.