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Summer 2008 Reading

"BOOKS ARE GREAT! CATCH THE READING BUG IN' 08!"

-Selected Titles for First Graders' Enjoyment-

Lorraine Bentley, St. Andrew Librarian Media Specialist.

Please note an * indicates a chapter book, for family read-alouds.

Author Title
Ackerman SONG AND DANCE MAN
Adams THE BIBLE STORYBOOK
Agee TERRIFIC
Aliki MY VISIT TO THE AQUARIUM
Allard MISS NELSON IS MISSING
Arnold ELEPHANTS CAN PAINT TOO!
SHOO, FLY GUY!
Banks THE NIGHT WORKERS
Bennett NOT NORMAN: A GOLDFISH STORY
Berger OUCH! A BOOK ABOUT CUTS, SCRATCHES, & SCRAPES
Bergman SNIP SNAP! WHAT'S THAT?
Bond * THE TALES OF OLGA DA POLGA
Brandenberg AUNT NINA'S VISIT
Burningham JOHN PATRICK NORMAN MCHENNESSY
Calhoun HOT-AIR HENRY
Cannon STELLALUNA
Carle ERIC CARLE'S ANIMALS ANIMALS
Carlstrom GRANDPAPPY
Cleary * RAMONA THE PEST
Clements WORKSHOP
Cobb I FACE THE WIND
Cooney MISS RUMPHIUS
Crews SHORT CUT
Cronin DUCK FOR PRESIDENT
Crowley RED-EYED TREE FROG
Cunnane FOR YOU ARE A KENYAN CHILD
Daly WHAT'S COOKING, JAMELA?
Davies SURPRISING SHARKS
DePaola OLIVER BUTTON IS A SISSY
Dorros ABUELA
Edwards SOME SMUG SLUG
Ehlert WAITING FOR WINGS
Emberley ED EMBERLEY'S PICTURE PIE
Falconer OLIVIA SAVES THE CIRCUS
Fleming FARMYARD BANTER
Floca THE RACECAR ALPHABET
Flournoy THE PATCHWORK QUILT
Fox TOUGH BORIS
Frasier ON THE DAY YOU WERE BORN
Freeman A POCKET FOR CORDUROY
French DIARY OF A WOMBAT
Freymann HOW ARE YOU PEELING? FOODS WITH MOODS
Friedman HOW MY PARENTS LEARNED TO EAT
Galdone CINDERELLA
Gans LET'S GO ROCK COLLECTING
George BOX TURTLE AT LONG POND
Gibbons GIANT PANDAS
Gretz TEDDY BEARS' MOVING DAY
Griffith GEORGIA MUSIC
Harrington THE CHICKEN-CHASING QUEEN OF LAMAR COUNTY
Heide THE DAY OF AHMED'S SECRET
Henkes LILLY'S PURPLE PLASTIC PURSE
Hills DUCK AND GOOSE
Hirst MY PLACE IN SPACE
Hoban, R. BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES
Hoban, T. I READ SIGNS, CONSTRUCTION ZONE
Hodges BROTHER FRANCIS AND THE FRIENDLY BEASTS
Hollenbeck DANCING ON THE SAND: A STORY OF AN ATLANTIC BLUE CRAB
Hoguet I UNPACKED MY GRANDMOTHER'S TRUNK
Hopkins SURPRISES
Howard AUNT FLOSSIE'S HATS (AND CRAB CAKES LATER)
Howe HORACE AND MORRIS BUT MOSTLY DELORES
Hughes DOGGER
Hurd STARFISH
Hurwitz * RUSSELL SPROUTS
Hutchins A SECOND IS A HICCUP
Jenkins BIGGEST, STRONGEST, FASTEST; ACTUAL SIZE
Johnston THE QUILT STORY
Jonas ROUND TRIP
Kasza THE WOLF'S CHICKEN STEW
Kellogg THE MYSTERIOUS TADPOLE
Keller THAT'S MINE, HORACE
Kuskin ANY ME I WANT TO BE
Larrick WHEN THE DARK COMES DANCING
Lear THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (James Marshall, ill.)
Lester HOOWAY FOR WODNEY WAT
Levinson WATCH THE STARS COME OUT
Lewin JAFTA
Lewis A HIPPOPOTAMUSN'T
Lindbergh MY LITTLE GRANDMOTHER OFTEN FORGETS
Lionni SWIMMY
Lobel OWL AT HOME, MOUSE SOUP
Long HOW I BECAME A PIRATE
Markle A MOTHER'S JOURNEY
Marshall, J. GEORGE AND MARTHA
Martin WILL'S MAMMOTH
McCarty HONDO AND FABIAN
McCloskey MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS
McCord EVERY TIME I CLIMB A TREE
McDonald IS THIS A HOUSE FOR A HERMIT CRAB?
McGovern TOO MUCH NOISE
McNulty IF YOU DECIDE TO GO TO THE MOON
McPhail MOLE MUSIC
Meade JOHN WILLY AND FREDDY MCGEE
Miller MY FIVE SENSES
Milne * WINNIE THE POOH
Morales JUST A MINUTE: A TRICKSTER TALE AND COUNTING BOOK
Mosel TIKKI TIKKI TEMBO
Moss ZIN! ZIN! ZIN! A VIOLIN
O'Brien POOF!
O'Neill LOUD EMILY
Pilkey THE PAPERBOY
Pinkney THE LITTLE RED HEN
Pinkwater THE PICKLE CREATURE
Plume THE BREMEN-TOWN MUSICIANS
Pollaco JUST PLAIN FANCY, BABUSKA'S MOTHER GOOSE
Prelutsky ME I AM
Priceman EMELINE AT THE CIRCUS
Provenson GLORIOUS FLIGHT
Rathmann OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA
Recorvits MY NAME IS YOON
Ringgold TAR BEACH
Robbins A FLOWER GROWS
Rockwell HONK! HONK!, THUMP THUMP THUMP
Rockwell * THE THREE BEARS AND 15 OTHER STORIES
Rodman MY BEST FRIEND
Rosenthal COOKIES: BITE-SIZE LIFE LESSONS
Rotner CLOSE, CLOSER, CLOSEST
Rylant HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE BIG SLEEPOVER
Sadler ALISTAIR IN OUTER SPACE
Salzberg CRAZY HAIR DAY
Say EMMA'S RUG
Schwartz, Amy BEA AND MR. JONES
Schwartz, D. HOW MUCH IS A MILLION?
Sendak PIERRE (THE NUTSHELL LIBRARY)
----- SING A SONG OF POPCORN: EVERY CHILD'S BOOK OF POEMS
Shannon DUCK ON A BIKE
Sierra WILD ABOUT BOOKS
Silverman COWGIRL KATE AND COCOA
Simont THE STRAY DOG
Sis MADLENKA'S DOG
Stanley SAVING SWEETNESS
Steig DOCTOR DESOTO
Stevens AND THE DISH RAN AWAY WITH THE SPOON
Stevenson DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH
Thomas GOOD NIGHT, GOOD KNIGHT
Uegaki SUKI'S KIMONO
Ungerer THREE ROBBERS
Viorst ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY
Waddell FARMER DUCK
Wells MCDUFF MOVES IN, YOKO
Wiesner HURRICANE
Willems LEONARDO AND THE TERRIBLE MONSTER, MY FRIEND IS SAD
Williams, V. SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ME
Wittman A SPECIAL TRADE
Yolen HOW DO DINOSAURS GO TO SCHOOL
Young MY MEI MEI
SEVEN BLIND MICE
Zion THE PLANT SITTER

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