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Summer reading list 2011 for children entering first grade in fall 2011.
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Time to Eat, Time to Sleep, Time to Take a Bath-- Jenkins
Rah, Rah, Radishes-- Sayre
Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum-- McCarthy
A Butterfly is Patient-- Long
Dave the Potter-- Hill
Life-Size Zoo-- Teruyuki
Barack-- Winter
SUMMER FIRST GRADE
The School at Columbia University556 West 110th StreetNew York, NY 10025
READING
Family Stories
The Chicken of the Family--Amato
Knuffle Bunny Series-- Willems
The Family Book-- Parr
Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji-- Zia
Abuela-- Dorros
All Kinds of Families-- Hoberman
Blackout-- Rocco
Bear With Me-- Kornell
How to be a Baby...by Me, the Big Sister-- Lloyd-Jones
Grandmas’ Wedding Album-- Ziefert
Pecan Pie Baby-- Woodson
Kindergarten through Grade Four Librarian: Tabitha Johnson
Great Non-Fiction
Summer 2011
Here are some of my recent favorites!
ME...JANE! MCDONNELL
Be inspired as you meet young Jane Goodall and enjoy the simple text as she grows up with her special childhood toy chimpanzee, Jubilee and begins to dream
big.
SHARK VS. TRAIN
Which is the best? Will a victor be decided? Two small boys battle with their toys, shark and train, in a fun story with great illustrations. Let their play spark your imagination!
CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS BROWN
A humorous mirroring of the usual story of children trying to bring home pets, here the most adorable bear, Lucy, finds a cute child in the wild and tries to tame “Squeaker” into being her pet.
LITTLE PINK PUP! KERBY
The runt of the litter of pigs, Pink, is adopted by Tink, a dachshund who is nursing her own litter. Pink is raised inside the house just like the puppies and becomes apart of the family.
MS. JOHNSON’S PICKS
Early Readers
Elephant and Piggie Series-Willems
Bink and Gollie-- DiCamillo
A Birthday for Bear-- Becker
Katie Woo series-- Manushkin
Fly Guy-- Arnold
Books about School
Wemberly Worried-- Henkes
School Mouse-- King-Smith
I am Absolutely too Small for School-- Child
Rain School-- Rumford
How Rocket Learned to Read-- Hills