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2004 2X2 Reading List

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The 2 X 2 Reading List is a project of the Children's Round Table, a unit of the Texas Library Association. The 2 X 2 Committee's selects a list of 20 recommended books for children, age two to grade two, after receiving suggestions from librarians, teachers, parents, students, and others.

Mommy’s Best Kisses Margaret Anastas, illustrated by Susan Winter HarperCollins Publishers. Ages 2-5, E FIC ANA
Babies on the Go Linda Ashman, illustrated by Jane Dyer Harcourt, Inc. Ages 2-5, E 591.563 AS
Beautiful Blackbird Ashley Bryan Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Ages 4-8, E 398.2 BR
Full, Full, Full of Love Trish Cooke, illustrated by Paul Howard Candlewick Press. Ages 4-7, E FIC COO
Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Harry Bliss Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins. Ages 5-8, E FIC CRO
Ollie Olivier Dunrea Houghton Mifflin Company. Ages 2-4, E FIC DUN
bow wow meow meow: it’s rhyming cats and dogs Douglas Florian Harcourt, Inc. Ages 4-8, J 811.54 FL
You Can Do It, Sam Amy Hest, illustrated by Anita Jeram Candlewick Press. Ages 3-5, E FIC HES
Hands Can Cheryl Willis Hudson, photographs by John-Francis Bourke Candlewick Press. Ages 3-6, E FIC HUD
My Pony Susan Jeffers Hyperion Books for Children. Ages 5-8, E FIC JEF
¡Pío Peep!: Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes Selected by Alma Flor Ada & F. Isabel Campoy with English Adaptations by Alice Schertle. Illustrated by Viví Escrivá HarperCollins Publishers Rayo. Ages 4-7, E 398.8 PI SPA ENG
Pick, Pull, Snap! Where Once a Flower Bloomed Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Lindsay Barrett George Greenwillow Books. Ages 5-8, E 571.82 SC
When the Moon is High Alice Schertle, illustrated by Julia Noonan HarperCollins Publishers. Ages 3-5, E FIC SCH
Tippy-Toe Chick, GO! George Shannon, illustrated by Laura Dronzek Greenwillow Books. Ages 3-7, E FIC SHA
About Arachnids: A Guide for Children Cathryn Sill, illustrated by John Sill Peachtree Publishers. Ages 4-8, E 595.4 SI
Thesaurus Rex Laya Steinberg, illustrated by Debbie Harter Barefoot Books. Ages 4-8, E FIC STE
Tails Matthew Van Fleet Harcourt, Inc. Ages 2-4, On order
scrubba dub Nancy Van Laan, illustrated by Bernadette Pons Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Ages. 2-5, E FIC VAN
One Dark Night Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Ivan Bates Harcourt, Inc. Ages 4-6, E FIC WHE
A Frog in the Bog Karma Wilson, illustrated by Joan Rankin. Margaret K. McElderry Books. Ages 4-7, E FIC WIL


For more information about this award visit the Texas Library Association's 2X2 Reading List Web page.

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