Listening Library Core Selections

Unit 1: Relationships

David's New Friends by Pat Mora
Mr. Putter & Tabby Pour the Tea by Cynthia Rylant
Firefighters at Work by TIME FOR KIDS
Meet Rosina by George Ancona
My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits

Unit 2: Growth and Change

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
A Harbor Seal Pup Grows Up by Joan Hewett
A Hospital Visit by TIME FOR KIDS
Farfallina and Marcel by Holly Keller
There's Nothing Like Baseball by Angela Johnson

Unit 3: Better Together

Head, Body, Legs: A Story From Liberia Retold by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Creatures Old and Older by TIME FOR KIDS
The Alvin Ailey Kids: Dancing As a Team by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

Unit 4: Land, Sea, Sky

Splish! Splash! Animal Baths by April Pulley Sayre
Goose's Story by Cari Best
Helping Planet Earth by TIME FOR KIDS
Super Storms by Seymour Simon
Nutik, the Wolf Pup by Jean Craighead George

Unit 5: Discoveries

Dig Wait Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale by April Pulley Sayre
"Pushing Up the Sky" (from Pushing Up the Sky) by Joseph Bruchac
Exploration by TIME FOR KIDS
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
The Moon by Seymour Simon

Unit 6: Expressions

Mice and Beans by Pam Munoz Ryan
Stirring Up Memories by Pam Munoz Ryan
Worlds of Art by TIME FOR KIDS
African-American Inventors by Jim Haskins
Babu's Song by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen