Helpful Children's Books
我上课的时候经常会和小朋友读故事书，大多数是英文的儿童书，我用中文将给小朋友听。下面就把我认为比较有趣的故事书系类和大家分享，列表会不断持续更新。
0-3岁宝宝多功能认知书系列
宝宝逛超市，好玩的动物园，数学概念，快乐的幼儿园，宝宝在节日里，宝宝在家里，宝宝在公园里，宝宝的四季
这一套书是我在Vancouver Public Library偶然发现的，整套书一共八册，在VPL里四处漂泊，不知道什么时候能找齐。其实一本书在Amazon上很便宜，原价9.9，打折下来才6.4，整套书也就50块钱RMB，如果回国的话，可以顺便买一套，每册书都很薄，围绕一个主题，插图很漂亮。我有时候会用这册书做教材，学习词语和句子都很有用，还可以作为一个monthly project，等到学完一个月之后，学生就能围绕一个话题，说一些相关的词语和句子，也可以自己做一本自己画的故事书。
Elephant and Piggie Series (Willems Mo)
Today I will Fly, My Friend is Sad, There is a Bird on Your Head, I am Invited to a Party, I love My New Toy, I will Surprise My Friend, Are You Ready to Play Outside, Watch me Throw the Ball, Elephants cannot Dance, Pigs Make me Sneeze, I am Going, Can I Play too, We Are in a Book, I Broke My Trunk, Should I Share My Ice Cream, Happy Pig Day, Listen to My Trumpet, Let’s Go for a Drive, A Big Guy Took My Ball, I’m a Frog.
这本书的绘画风格很简单，比较适合学龄前或者低年级的儿童，我一般每周读一本和学习内容相关的书，也可以作为self-starter 读给小朋友听。
Eric Carle
Eric Carle在外国的学校很有名，他的绘画风格也很独树一帜，大多数书籍都围绕动物讲故事，词汇比较多，句型比较简单，用一本书可以练习同一个句型。
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo The Very Hungry Caterpillar Pancakes, Pancakes! The Tiny Seed Do You Want to Be My Friend? Rooster’s Off to See the World The Secret Birthday Message Walter the Baker Have You Seen My Cat? I See a Song My Very First Book of Numbers My Very First Book of Colors My Very First Book of Shapes My Very First Book of Words Why Noah Chose the Dove The Hole in the Dike The Mixed-Up Chameleon The Grouchy Ladybug Watch Out! A Giant! The Honeybee and the Robber Catch the Ball! Let’s Paint A Rainbow What’s For Lunch? Chip Has Many Brothers The Very Busy Spider The Foolish Tortoise The Greedy Python The Mountain that Loved a Bird Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me All in a Day A House for Hermit Crab The Lamb and the Butterfly Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children Animals Animals The Very Quiet Cricket Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Dragons Dragons Draw Me a Star Today Is Monday My Apron The Very Lonely Firefly Little Cloud From Head to Toe Hello, Red Fox The Very Clumsy Click Beetle Does A Kangaroo Have A Mother, Too? Dream Snow “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth Where Are You Going? To See My Friend! Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? Mister Seahorse 10 Little Rubber Ducks Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? The Artist who Painted a Blue Horse FRIENDS
