Children’s Literacy Network takes pride in making available quality age-appropriate books for children who have limited access to reading material. We are grateful for any donation of new books. We favor multicultural and award-winning titles found on our Wish List below. These books depict positive themes and promote healthy development and self-esteem in children. Best of all, they are popular with our audience! Thank you, in advance, for your support!

Books for Babies and Toddlers

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear
  by Eric Carle
• Buenos Dias, Baby!
  by Libby Ellis
• Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom
  by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Daddy Loves Me
  (DK Publishing)
• Fruit
  by Sara Anderson
• Global Babies
  by Mary Ajmera (The Global Fund for Children)
• Good Night, Gorilla
  by Peggy Rathmann
• Goodnight Moon
  by Margaret Wise Brown
• Happy Baby Series
  published by Priddy Books
• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
  by Annie Kubler
• Maisy’s Amazing Big Book of Words
  by Lucy Cousins
• Moo, Baa, La La La
  by Sandra Boynton
• Peek-A-Baby
  by Karen Katz
• Peek-A-Boo! (Baby Faces)
  by Roberta Grobel Intrater
• Peter’s Chair
  by Ezra Jack Keats
• Big Red Barn
  by Margaret Wise Brown
• Splash! (Baby Faces)
  by Roberta Grobel Intrater
• Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
  by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury
• Vegetables
  by Sara Anderson
• Wheels on the Bus
  by Raffi and Sylvie Wickstrom
• Ten, Nine, Eight
  by Molly Bang
• Very Hungry Caterpillar
  by Eric Carle

Picture Books and Early Readers

• All the Colors of the Earth
  by Sheila Hamanaka
• Are You a Ladybug?
  by Judy Allen
• Lola Loves Stories
  by Anna McQuinn
• Flossie and the Fox
  by Patricia C. McKissack
• Full, Full, Full of Love
  by Trish Cooke
• The Snowy Day
  by Ezra Jack Keats
• Ten in the Bed
  by Penny Dale
• Just the Two of Us
  by Will Smith
• Little Bill (series)
  by Bill Cosby
• Little Gorilla
  by Ruth Bornstein
• Owl Babies
  by Martin Waddell
• Please Baby, Please
  by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
• Rap A Tap Tap
  by Leo and Diane Dillon
• School Bus
  by Donald Crews
• Sweet Music in Harlem
  by Debbie Taylor
• Corduroy
  by Don Freeman
• Who Stole the Cookies
  by Judith Moffat
• Yo! Yes?
  by Chris Raschka
• Grace for President
  by Kelly DiPucchio
• We are in a Book
  by Mo Willems
• LMNOPeas
  by Keith Baker
• Where the Wild Things Are
  byMaurice Sendak
• Henry and Mudge (Series)
  by Cynthia Rylant
• Frog and Toad (Series)
  by Arnold Lobel

Chapter Books Authors

• Joan Bauer
• Beverly Cleary
• Andrew Clements
• Sharon Creech
• Christopher Paul Curtis
• Roald Dahl
• Series “Dear America” or “My America”
• Kate DiCamillo
• Karen English
• Russell Freedman
• Virginia Hamilton
• Mike Lupica
• Walter Dean Myers
• Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Barbara Park
• Gary Paulsen
• Mary Pope Osborne
• J.K. Rowling
• Pam Muñoz Ryan
• Louis Sachar
• Jeff Smith
• Jerry Spinelli
• Mildred Taylor
• Valerie Wilson Wesley
• Jacqueline Woodson

Supplies Wish List

If you would like to make a donation to Children’s Literacy Network, here’s
a list of high-use supplies:

• White copier paper
• Blank 700 MB/80min CD-Rs
• White CD sleeves
• Assorted colored card stock, 8-1/2″ x 11″
• Padded manila envelopes (bubble mailers), 10-1/2″ x 16″
• Manila envelopes, 9″ x 12″ and 11-1/2″ x 14-1/2″

Donations can be brought to our office: 3550 W. Liberty, Ste 2, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.