• A Boy, a Dog, a Frog and a Friend by Mercer Mayer
• A Letter to Emily by Ezra Keats
• A Weekend with Wendell by Kevin Henkes
• Across the Alley by Richard Michelson
• Animal Friends: A Collection of Poems for Children by Michael Hague
• Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
• Be Gentle! by Virginia Miller Boo's Dinosaur by Betsy byars
• Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson
• Billy the Great by Rosa Guy
• Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
• Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
• Ernest and Celestine’s Picnic by Gabrielle Vincent
• Fast Friends by James Stevenson
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• George and Martha Encore by James Marshall
• Gossie and Gertie by Olivier Dunrea
• Help!: A Story of Friendship by Holly Keller
• I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
• I Will Surprise My Friend! by Mo Willems
• I’m Not Oscar’s Friend Anymore by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• Lupe Vargas and Her Super Best Friend/Lupe Vargas y su super mejor amiga by Amy Costales
• Making Friends by Fred Rogers
• May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice De Regniers
• My Best Friend Moved Away by Nancy Carlson
• My Cat Beany by Jane Feder
• My Friend Jacob by Lucille Clifton
• People by Peter Spier
• Pete and Roland by Bob Graham
• Stevie by John Steptoe
• The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble With Friends by Stan Berenstain
• The Lonely Moose by John Segal
• The New Girl…and Me by Jacqui Robbins
• Two Good Friends by Judy Delton
• Wanted: Best Friend by A.M. Monson
• Where are You Going? To See My Friend! by Eric Carle and Kazuo Iwamura
• Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff
 Check out Festivals and Events happening in December around the state. Many communities have holiday parades and other winter celebrations!
Jump into Books!
Page by Page, Page by Page
Come Along and Set the Stage
Climb Up Jack’s Beanstalk
Hear Aesop’s Animals Talk
Watch the Hungry Caterpillar walk
And become engaged!
Page by Page, Page by Page
Come Along and Set the Stage
Thing One or Thing Two
Horton Hears a Who
Fish Colors of Red or Blue
Page by page!
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Jacqueline Woodson
Jacqueline Woodson spent her early childhood in Greenville and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her award-winning books for both children and young adults feature African-American characters and tell compelling stories. She says “I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories.”
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Fran Hawk, South Carolina author of children’s books including Count Down to Fall
“‘The right book for the right child at the right time’ isn't just a slogan. It's a reminder that every child has likes and dislikes that we want to respect when choosing books. Silly or scary, bulldozers or ballerinas- we need to know the child and know the books in order to make choices that will create enthusiastic readers.”
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Kerpoof - At this Disney owned site you can make artwork, create a card, animate a movie, and tell a story through words and pictures.
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Starfall - Starfall guides students from learning the alphabet to early reading and beyond. The four sections include videos, guided stories, and a selection of stories featuring comics, plays, folk tales, and more!
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December
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