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By Cathy-Dee

You are right in that there are so many great books out there. I wouldn't invest "too much" money yet into books as you don't know for sure what grade you will be teaching when you do get out into the workforce. You may
end up in grade 5 or 6 for a few years and then find you love those grades too.
As well, look for books on sale, in garage sales, discount stores, etc.,
When you first get your own classroom you may also be able to borrow books from your school's library to help you get going until you can build up your own class library. And with book companies like Scholastic teachers often get

free books and discounts on books and coupons, etc., so we build up our libraries that way too.

But if you are like me, it is so much fun buying children's books that the cost doesn't really bother me. So a few other authors you might want to look into....

Jan Brett
Dr. Suess
Mercer Meyer
Nancy Carlson
Beatrix Potter
Kevin Henkes

Book series
Berenstein Bears
Arthur
Franklin
Clifford
Curious George

If you do end up teaching in the younger grades we often do "theme" teaching so you might want to begin to think of some themes you'd love to do. We also tend to do a lot with seasons and holidays so I always look for books that will fit into the seasons, holidays and my themes.

Enjoy your student teaching