The Community Book Stop, Part 1

For the past month the foyer in my daughter's preschool has looked like this:

It's the planned location of the Community Book Stop project I mentioned earlier!  We had a book drive asking for parents to purchase or donate the books on our booklist. We crowdsourced it from parents, teachers, and online booklists from libraries and educational journals. Every time a books was donated, we checked it off from the list. It was super fun to see more and more checkmarks everyday!

Do you want to see our booklist? Here it is! Of course, this is just the start of our small library--we hope it will grow and grow in the years to come. So, if you have any suggestions of books to add or see books that we missed, please let me know (fyi, the school is a preschool so the books should skew very young).

And stay tuned to see photos of the finished project!

COMMUNITY BOOK STOP WISH LIST

Faith by Maya Ajmera

Besos for Babies: A Little Book of Kisses by Jen Arena (board)

Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie

Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian

I Can Do It Too! By Karen Baicker (board)

Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang (board)

The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

Maybe Something Beautiful by F. Isabel Campoy

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de le Peña

Chirri & Chirra by Kaya Doi

Abuela by Arthur Dorros

Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music by Margarita Engle

Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell

Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox (board)

Whoever You Are (board) by Mem Fox

By Day, By Night by Amy Gibson

Global Babies by The Global Fund for Children (board)

Global Baby Bedtime by The Global Fund for Children (board)

Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall

The Hello Atlas by Ben Handicott

Ganesha's Sweet Tooth by Emily Haynes 

Hush: A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Happy to be Nappy by Bell Hooks (board)

Be Boy Buzz by Bell Hooks (board)

Skin Again by Bell Hooks

Say Hello! By Rachel Isadora (board)

Julius by Angela Johnson

The Colors of Us by Karen Katz

Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats (board)

Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors by Hena Khan

Hooray, a Piñata! by Elisa Kleven (paperback)

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull

Families, Families, Families! by Suzanne Lang

Dim Sum For Everyone! by Grace Lin (board)

The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin

Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same by Grace Lin

I Once was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told by Jeanne M. Lee

The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig

Kitchen Dance by Maurie Manning

Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr. & John Archambault 

Emma and Julia Love Ballet by Barbara McClintock

Lola at the Library by Anna McQuinn

Leo Can Swim by Anna McQuinn

Mango, Abuela and Me by Meg Medina

Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon

Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers (board)

I am Rosa Parks by Brad Meltzer

Gracias/Thanks by Pat Mora

Niño Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales

A is for Activist by Innosanta Nagara (board)

Counting on Community by Innosanta Nagara (board)

Eight Candles and a Tree by Simone Bloom Nathan

Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman

I'm New Here by Anne Sibley O'Brien

Tickle, Tickle by Helen Oxenbury (board)

The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Brian Pinkney

This Day in June by Gayle E.Pitman

The Family Book by Todd Parr

Shade of Black: A Celebration of Our Children by Sandra L. Pinkney (board)

What does Peace feel like? By Vladimir Radunsky

Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein

And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson (board)

Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold

We Came to America by Faith Ringgold

Shades of People by Sheila M. Kelly

All my Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism by Shaina Rudolph

Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey by Margriet Ruurs

One Family by George Shannon

My Heart Fills with Happiness by Monique Gray Smith (board)

Elizabeti’s Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen

Toddler Two (board) by Anastasia Suen

Emmanuel’s Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah by Laurie Ann Thompson

Round is a Tortilla by Roseanne Greenfield Thong

Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote: A Migrant's Tale by Duncan Tonatiuh

Little You by Richard Van Camp (board)

We Sang You Home by Richard Van Camp (board)

Delores Huerta: A Hero to Migrant Workers by Sarah Warren

Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford

 Circles of Hope by Karen Lynn Williams

“More More More,” Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams (board)

A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

Susan Laughs by Jeanne Willis

Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter

Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah Winter

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

Puddle by Hyewon Yum

Not all Princesses Dress in Pink by Jane Yolen