Reading to your child is one of the best ways to steer their future school career in the right direction!  That is why we have developed the HLC Book Recommendations Page!  Brought to you by none other than the teachers and staff of HLC!  Find books specific to your child's age group, purchase them through your scholastics book club membership or check them out from your local Anne Arundel County Library!  Read on for our recommendations...

 HLC Book Recommendations - 2012

 There are so many ways that we can help our kids develop their quest for learning.  At the preschool stage, they are "Open Books", soaking in so much of the world around them!  Reading to them is one of the best ways to develop their growing imaginations. 

Ways to Find the Books you Want:

• You can purchase books through your Scholastics Book Club Membership, remember to include the Class Activation Code (Ask your childs teacher if you are not sure what it is).  Every book purchased online earns Bonus Points for your childs classroom, which teachers can use for free books for the class!
• Or visit your local Anne Arundel County Library. 
  You can pre-order your books on their website and have them ready for you when you arrive! 

What better book recommendation than that of an HLC teacher?

Below find book recommendations that your teachers have put together. 
These are some of their favorites, found in their own collections!  This page will be updated throughout the year, so check back with us for new reading adventures!

Recommendations for Preschool Ages 2-3

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Sam's Potty by Barbro Lindgren

Brown Bear Brown Bear by Bill MArtin Jr.

Dear Zoo by Rod CAmpbell

The Snow Man Story Book by Raymond Briggs

A Stranger in the Woods by Laura Sams

The Wind BLew by Pat Hutchinson

Ten Little Finger and Ten Little Toes by Helen Oxenbury

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Good Night Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

Whoever You Are by Mem Fox

When Sophie Gets Angry, Really Angry by Molly Bang

Good Night Moon by Margaret Wide Brown

The Run Away Bunny by Margaret Wide Brown

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam Mc Bratney

Good Night Baby Bear by Frank Ashe

Recommendations for Preschool Ages 3-4

CURIOUS GEORGE GOES TO THE LIBRARY and all Curious George books

RUMPILSTILSKIN by Paul Galdone

A SNOWY DAY by Ezra Jack Keats

THREE BILLY GOATS GRUFF by Brothers Grimm

Winnie the Pooh books by A.A. Milne

HARRY THE DIRTY DOG by Gene Zion

GO AWAY BIG GREEN MONSTER by Ed Emberly

Recommendations for Preschool Ages 4-5

Frederick by Leo Lioni

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen

Mrs. Spitzer's Garden by Edith Pattou

Oh the Places You'll Go by Dr. Suess

Where the Wild things Are by Maurice Sendak

In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats

The Snowy Day By Ezra Jack Keats

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Stega Nona by Tomie De Paola

Thundercake by Patricia Pollacco

Wembly Worried by Kevin Henkes

Go Dog Go by PD Eastman

All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon

A Fly Went BY by Mike Mc Clintock

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

What Do You Say, Dear? by Maurice Sendak