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March is Reading Month Grades K-2

March is Reading Month Suggestions from the Shelves of the Library of Michigan

Age Group: Grades K-2

Picture books with bold graphics and catchy, verse-like text. Well-suited for audiences.

And then it's spring / Julie Fogliano ; illustrated by Erin E. Stead.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.F6763 And 2012

Antoinette / words by Kelly DiPucchio ; pictures by Christian Robinson.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2017].
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.D6219 An 2017

Bear has a story to tell / written by Philip C. Stead ; illustrated by Erin E. Stead.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.S808566 Be 2012

Bloom / Deborah Diesen ; pictures by Mary Lundquist.
New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2017.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.D565 Bl 2017

Bubble gum, bubble gum / by Lisa Wheeler ; illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith.
New York : Little, Brown and Co., [2004].
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ8.3.W5657 Bu 2004

Dozens of cousins / by Shutta Crum ; illustrated by David Catrow.
New York : Clarion Books, 2013.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.C888288 Doz 2013

The hiccupotamus / by Aaron Zenz.
New York : Marshall Cavendish, 2009, ©2005.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ8.3.Z42 Hic 2009

Jazz baby / Lisa Wheeler ; illustrations by R. Gregory Christie.
Orlando : Harcourt, [2007], ©2007.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ8.3.W5657 Jaz 2007

Lenny & Lucy / written by Philip C. Stead ; illustrated by Erin E. Stead.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2015.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.S808566 Le 2015

A parade of elephants / Kevin Henkes.
New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018]
LIB OF MICH MAIN (A-PS599:4N; PS600-Z:3S) PZ7.H389 Par 2018

Pippa & Percival, Pancake & Poppy : four peppy puppies / by Deborah Diesen
Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, [2018].
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ8.3.D565 Fou 2018

The pout-pout fish and the can't-sleep blues / Deborah Diesen ; pictures by Dan Hanna.
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2018.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ8.3.D565 Poj 2018

Right here on this spot / Sharon Hart Addy ; illustrated by John Clapp.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1999.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.A257 Ri 1999

The spaghetti-slurping sewer serpent / by Laura Ripes ; illustrated by Aaron Zenz.
Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish Children, 2012.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.R4841 Sp 2012

Super Manny cleans up! / written by Kelly DiPucchio ; illustrated by Stephanie Graegin.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers [2018]
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.D6219 Stc 2018

Super Manny stands up! / written by Kelly DiPucchio ; illustrated by Stephanie Graegin.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers [2017]
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.D6219 Su 2017

Thunder-Boomer! / by Shutta Crum ; illustrated by Carol Thompson.
New York : Clarion Books, 2009.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.C888288 Th 2009

Two of a kind / Jacqui Robbins ; illustrated by Matt Phelan.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
LIB OF MICH MICHIGAN 2N PZ7.R53265 Two 2009