RECOMMENDED TITLES FOR SUMMER READING 2007

*HOLDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS—GRADES K-2

 

Adler, David A.                        Joe Louis: America’s fighter (biography)

Agee, Jon                                 Terrific

Ahlberg, Allan                          Children who smelled a rat / Shopping expedition

Anderson, Laurie Halse            Thank you, Sarah: the woman who saved Thanksgiving (non-fiction)

Armstrong, Jennifer                   Magnus at the fire

Arnold, Katya                          Elephants can paint, too!

Arnold, Tedd                            Hi! Fly Guy

Aston, Dianna Hutts                  Egg is quiet (non-fiction)                                  

Bang, Molly                              In my heart      

Barbour, Karen                        Mr. Williams (non-fiction)

Beaumont, Karen                     I ain’t gonna paint no more!

Bertrand, Lynne                        Granite baby

Bloom, Suzanne                        Splendid friend, indeed

Bruel, Nick                               Bad kitty

Chaconas, Dori                        Cork & Fuzz                                       

Cronin, Doreen                        Duck for president/ Diary of a spider

Cunnane, Kelly                         For you are a Kenyan child

Crummel, Susan Stevens           Ten-gallon Bart

De Paola, Tomie                       Stagestruck

Del Negro, Janice                     Willa and the wind

DiCamillo, Kate                        Miraculous journey of Edward Tulane / Mercy Watkins to the rescue

Ehlert, Lois                               Leaf man

Fleming, Candace                     Sunny Boy!: the life and times of a tortoise

Fleming, Denise                        First day of winter

Frazee, Marla                           Santa Claus: the world’s number one toy expert

Frazee, Marla                           Walk on!: a guide for babies of all ages (non-fiction)

Freeman, Don                          Earl the squirrel

Freymann, Saxton                     Fast food (non-fiction)

Geisert, Arthur                          Lights out

George, Kristine O’Connell      Fold me a poem (poetry)

Gerstein, Mordecai                   Carolinda Clatter!

Gottfried, Maya                        Good dog (poetry)

Graham, Bob                            Oscar’s half birthday

Grey, Mini                                Traction man is here!

Haas, Jessie                              Jigsaw pony

Henkes, Kevin                          Lilly’s big day

Hennessy, B.G.                        Boy who cried wolf

Hicks, Barbara Jean                 Jitterbug jam: a monster tale

Hines, Anna Grossnickle           Winter lights: a season in poems & quilts (poetry)

Hills, Tad                                  Duck & goose

Jackson, Ellen B.                      Earth mother

Jacobson, Jennifer Richard        Andy Shane and the very bossy Dolores Starbuckle

Jenkins, Emily                           That new animal

Johnson-Davies, Denys             Goha, the wise fool      

Joosse, Barbara                        Nikolai, the only bear

Juster, Norton                          Hello, goodbye window

Karas, G. Brian                        On earth (non-fiction)

Katz, Susan                              Looking for jaguar: and other rainforest poems

Kennedy, Caroline; ed.             Family of poems: my favorite poetry for children

Kerrin, Jessica Scott                 Martin Bridge: on the lookout! / Martin Bridge, ready for takeoff!

Kurtz, Jane                               In the small, small night

Lehman, Barbara                      Red book

Lewis, J. Patrick                       Please bury me in the library (poetry)

Lowry, Lois                              Gooney Bird and the room mother (sequel to Gooney Bird Greene)

McNulty, Faith                         If you decide to go to the moon (non-fiction)

Meddaugh, Susan                     Witch’s walking stick

Mora, Pat                                 Dona Flor: a tall tale about a giant woman with a great big heart

Muth, Jon J.                             Zen shorts

Nelson, Kadir                           He’s got the whole world in his hands (non-fiction)

Noda, Takayo                          Dear world (poetry)

Ogburn, Jacqueline K.              Bake shop ghost

Osborne, Mary Pope                Pompeii: lost & found (non-fiction)

Palatini, Margie                         Three French hens: a holiday tale

Perry, Elizabeth                        Think cool thoughts

Prelutsky, Jack; comp.              Read a rhyme, write a rhyme: poems

Priceman, Marjorie                   Hot air: the (mostly) true story of the first hot-air balloon ride

Rappaport, Doreen                   Secret Seder

Reich, Susanna                         Jose!: born to dance (biography)

Rodriguez, Rachel                     Through Georgia’s eyes (biography)

Rohmann, Eric                          Clara and Asha

Rosoff, Meg                             Meet wild boars

Rumford, James                        Sequoyah (biography)

Rylant, Cynthia                         Henry and Mudge and the great grandpas

Say, Allen                                 Kamishibai man

Sayre, April Pulley                    Stars beneath your bed: the surprising story of dust (non-fiction)

Schotter, Roni                          Boy who loved words

Schwartz, David M.                  If dogs were dinosaurs (non-fiction)

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro             Walter was worried

Shannon, George                      White is for blueberry

Sidman, Joyce                          Song of the water boatman

Sierra, Judy                              Thelonius Monster’s sky-high fly pie: a revolting rhyme

Silverman, Erica                        Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa

Silverstein, Shel                        Runny Babbit: a billy sook

Sis, Peter                                  Play, Mozart, play! (non-fiction)

Taback, Simms                         Kibitzers and fools: tales my zayda told me

Uhlberg, Myton                        Dad, Jackie, and me

Van Leeuwen, Jean                  Amanda Pig and the really hot day

Wheeler, Lisa                           Mammoths on the move (non-fiction)

Willems, Mo                             Knuffle Bunny / Leonardo the terrible monster                          

Winter, Jeanette                        Librarian of Basra: a true story from Iraq (non-fiction)

Winter, Jonah                           Roberto Clemente: pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates (biography)

Winthrop, Elizabeth                  Squashed in the middle

Woodson, Jacqueline                Show way

Wormell, Christopher               Mice, morals, & monkey business: lively lessons from Aesop’s fables   

Young, Ed                                My Mei Mei

 

*Recommended titles based on reviews from the following sources, among others:  Book Links, Booklist,

Bulletin from the Center for Children’s Books, Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Teacher Librarian, and Wilson’s Children.

 

Compiled by Constance Marr, Library Media Specialist, Davis Hill School-June 2006