Recipe Cards

Add a dash of 6 by 6 to your activities for children. These cards are recipes for success! Here's a list of book titles for which there is a recipe card, grouped by age. Next to the book title, you will see the skill that the card addresses. To review the skills and the stages, visit the Skill Cards page.

For Early Talkers (Birth to Two Years)

• Goodnight Moon (Skill: Notice Print All Around)
• Hug (Skill: Tell Stories About Everything)
• I Kissed the Baby (Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk)
• Kitten's First Full Moon (Skill: Have Fun with Books)
• Moo Baa La La La (Skill: Have Fun with Books)
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear (Skill: Take Time to Rhyme)
• We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Skill: Notice Print All Around)
• White on Black (Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere)

For Talkers (Two to Three Years)

• Edward the Emu (Skill: Tell Stories About Everything)
• Five Little Pumpkins (Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk)
• The Great Fuzz Frenzy (Skill: Notice Print All Around)
• I'm a Little Teapot (Skill: Have Fun with Books)
• Llama Llama Misses Mama (Skill: Take Time to Rhyme)
• The Rainbow Fish (Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere)
• Shape by Shape (Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk)
• Sheep in a Jeep (Skill: Tell Stories About Everything)
• The Turn-Around Upside-Down Alphabet Book (Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere)

For Pre-Readers (Four to Five Years)

• Bad Kitty (Skill: Look for Letters Everywhere)
• Bear Snores On (Skill: Talk, Talk, Talk)
• The Giving Tree (Skill: Tell Stories About Everything)
• I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie (Skill: Take Time to Rhyme)
• The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything (Skill: Notice Print All Around)
• Olivia (Skill: Have Fun with Books)
• The Pout-Pout Fish (Skill: Notice Print All Around)
• Stellaluna (Skill: Tell Stories About Everything)

Other Resources

• Read about Johnson County's Books to Grow kits
• View Johnson County Library's Finger Plays