Books-in-a-Bag

Families as Educators Project

Northwest Florida State College

 100 College Blvd.
Niceville, FL  32578

 Literacy Center
850-729-5387

http://families.owc.edu


Northwest Florida State College (formerly Okaloosa-Walton College)
is an Equal Access/Equal Opportunity Institution.

Books-in-a-Bag are PACT activities created by Family Literacy instructors at Northwest Florida State College.  Each bag contains a book, one page directions for the activities, and the materials to be used.  These bags are loaned to families and then replenished with materials for other families to use.

Choose one of the age levels below to see a list of fun activities.
Pre K – 2nd grade Grades 1st – 3rd
All Ages Reading Evaluation Sheet

 

Pre K – 2nd grade

 

Are You My Mother?  by P.D. Eastman

 

Bears in Pairs by Niki Yektai

 

The Best Nest by P.D. Eastman

 

Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlson

 

Big Al by Andrew Clements

 

Big Dog ... Little Dog by P.D. Eastman

 

The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

 

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?  by Eric Carle

 

Buzz Said the Bee by Wendy Cheyette Lewison

 

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

 

Clap Your Hands by Lorinda Bryan Cauley

 

Corduroy by Don Freeman

 

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

 

Gray Rabbit's Odd One Out by Alan Baker

 

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

 

Hand Rhymes collected by Marc Brown

 

Henny Penny by H. Werner Zimmerman

 

I'm a Little Teapot retold by Iza Trapini

 

Jump Frog Jump by Robert Kalan

 

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberryand the BIG Hungry Bear
by Don and Audrey Wood

 

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

 

Mary Wore Her Red Dress adapted by Merle Peek

 

The Mitten by Jan Brett

 

Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins

 

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young

 

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

 

The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins

 


 

Grades 1st – 3rd

 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

 

The Digging-est Dog by Al Perkins

 

The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins

 

The Gingerbread Man

 

The Grouchy Ladybug by Erick Carle

 

Jamaica's Find by Juanita Havill

                                                         

Over In The Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats

 

Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington

 

Ten Apples Up On Top by Theo. LeSieg

 

 

 

 

All Ages     

 

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss

 

Count! by Denise Fleming

 

Families Are Different by Nina Pellegrini

 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Betty Miles

 

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Al Perkins

 

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

 

I Went Walking by Sue Williams

 

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

 

The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel

 

Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch

 

The Little Red Hen

 

Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie De Paola

 

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

 

 Skyfire by Frank Asch

 

Three Billy Goats Gruff

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

 

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