Summer Reading List
Rising Kindergarten
We encourage you to look for and read
quality literature with and to your child
at least 15 minutes each day throughout
the summer. Now is the time to develop
a love affair with books by reading your
children outstanding picture books which
not only entertain but introduce new
words and experiences which your child
may not have come across before.
“Children are made readers on the laps of parents.”
Emilie Buchwald
A Apple Pie and Traditional Nursery Rhymes
By Kate Greenway
ISBN 0-375-41511-4
Introduces the letters of the alphabet while following the fortunes
of an apple pie; includes illustrated Mother Goose rhymes.
Dr. Seuss’s ABC
By Dr. Seuss
ISBN 0-394-80030-3
Originally created to encourage children to read all by
themselves, with simple words and illustrations that give clues
to their meaning.
Favorite Poems of Childhood
By Philip Smith
ISBN 0-486-27089-0
Contains a collection of poems for young readers from
well-known authors.
Random House Book of Poetry for Children
Illustrated by Arnold Lobel
ISBN 0-394-85010-6
More than 550 poems by American, English, and anonymous
authors.
The Real Mother Goose
Illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright
ISBN 0-486-46824-0
A collection of over 300 traditional nursery rhymes.
The Animal Book: a Visual Encyclopedia of Life on Earth
By David Burnie
ISBN 1-46541-457-6
The wonders of the natural world are set on display in
this book created by Smithsonian and DK Publishing.
First Nature Encyclopedia **
By Caroline Bingham
ISBN0-7566-1415-5
Presents illustrated facts on animals and plants
around the world, arranged by habitat.
The Helen Oxenbury Nursery Collection **
By Helen Oxenbury
ISBN 037582992X
This collection brings together a wealth of
nursery stories and rhymes brought to life by
one of the foremost illustrators.
The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings Us
Back to the Garden
By Kevin DeYoung
ISBN1-43354-244-7
This illustrated Bible story book imaginatively retells
the Bible narrative in one continuous story helping kids
connect the dots from Genesis to Revelation.
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book **
By Elsie Egermeier
ISBN 1593173350
Stories from the Old and New Testaments are told in
chronological order, helping readers journey through a
complete narrative of the Bible.
Egermeier’s Bible Storybook for Beginner’s **
By Elise Egermeier
ISBN 1593174268
This version features shorter versions of the 19 best-loved
stories from the original book (see above).
ABC Egermeier’s Story Book **
By Elise Egermeier
ISBN 1593171560
This book uses each letter of the alphabet to highlight
some of the best-loved stories of the Bible.
Stories That Never Grow Old **
By Watty Piper
ISBN 044842004X
This book is for those who love fantasy and fairy tales.
The Little Engine that Could
By Watty Piper
ISBN 0-593-09600-2
Children and parents will treasure the story of blue
locomotive who exemplifies the power of positive
thinking.
The Little House **
By Virginia Lee Burton
ISBN 0-395-25938-2
A country house is unhappy when the city, with all
its buildings and traffic, grows up around it.
Roxaboxen
By Alice McLerran
ISBN 0-06-053633-5
A hill covered with rocks and boxes becomes an imaginary
town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.
Goodnight Moon The Runaway Bunny Bunny’s Noisy Book
Big Red Barn Home for a Bunny The Little Island
Wait Till the Moon is Full
Clifford at the Circus Clifford Barks Clifford Goes to Dog School
Clifford Goes to Kindergarten Clifford Makes the Team Clifford’s ABC’s
Clifford’s Birthday Party Clifford’s Class Trip Clifford’s Day with Dad
Clifford’s Family Clifford’s Field Day Clifford’s First Day of School
Clifford’s First Snow Clifford’s Good Deeds Clifford’s Manners
Clifford’s Spring Clean-Up Clifford Takes a Trip Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford the Firehouse Dog Clifford the Small Red Puppy
Clifford to the Rescue Clifford Visits the Zoo
Margaret Wise Brown
Norman Bridwell
Babar the King The Travels of Babar
Babar’s Birthday Surprise Babar’s Book of Color
Babar’s Museum of Art: (closed Mondays) Babar’s USA
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?
Do You Want to Be my Friend?
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you See?
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?
“Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth
Draw Me a Star The Foolish Tortoise
The Grouchy Ladybug Have you Seen my Cat?
Hello, Red Fox A House for a Hermit Crab
Little Cloud The Mixed-up Chameleon
Pancakes, Pancakes The Very Busy Spider
The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Lonely Firefly
Rooster’s Off to See the World The Very Quiet Cricket
Eric Carle
Jean deBrunhoff **
Aaron Has a Lazy Day Aaron is a Good Sport Aaron is Cool
Aaron Loves Apples and Pumpkins The Alphabet Book Snow
Are You My Mother? The Best Nest Big Dog – Little Dog
A Fish Out of Water Flap Your Wings Go Dog Go! My Nest is Best
I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words Robert the Rose Horse Sam and the Firefly
Tomie dePaola
Meet the Barkers series
Andy and Sandy series
Bill and Pete series
The Art Lesson The Knight and the Dragon
Now one Foot, Now the Other Pancakes for Breakfast
P. D. Eastman
Angus and the Cat Angus and the Ducks
Angus Lost Ask Mr. Bear
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes The Story of Ping
Alfie series Lucy and Tom series
A Boy, A Dog, A Frog and a Friend (wordless) A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog(wordless)
Bubble, Bubble Frog on His Own (wordless) Frog Where Are You? (wordless)
One Frog Too Many (wordless) There’s a Nightmare in my Closet
There’s an Alligator Under my Bed There’s Something in my Attic
What do you do with a Kangaroo?
Marjorie Flack **
Shirley Hughes **
Mercer Mayer
Little Critter series
Blueberries for Sal Burt Down: Deep-Water Man Lentil
The Man Who lost his Head One Morning in Maine Time of Wonder
The House at Pooh Corner When We Were Very Young (poetry)
Now We Are Six (poetry) Winnie the Pooh
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series The Jellybeans series
Beatrice Doesn’t Want To The Chicken Sisters Nighty-Night Cooper
Dogs Don’t Wear Sneakers What Aunts Do Best; What Uncles Do Best
What Grandmas Do Best; What Grandpas Do Best
What Mommies Do Best; What Daddys Do Best
What Sister’s Do Best; What Brothers Do Best
Robert McCloskey
A. A. Milne
Laura Numeroff
The Ant and the Elephant Big Bad Bruce The Caboose Who Got Loose
Chester, the Worldly Pig Cowardly Clyde The Pinkish, Purplish, Blueish Egg
The Wump World Kermit the Hermit Ella Eli
The Gnats of Knotty Pine Hugh Harold
The Digging-est Dog Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb The Ear Book
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny The Tale of Jeremy Fisher
The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Two Bad Mice
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Tom Kitten The Tale of Jeremiah Puddle-Duck
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
Bill Peet
Beatrix Potter
Al Perkins
The Bunny Book Mr. Paint Pig’s ABC
Richard Scarry’s a Day at the Airport Richard Scarry’s a Day at the Fire Station
Richard Scarry’s a Day at the Police Station Richard Scarry’s Best Busy Year Ever
Richhard Scarry’s Be Careful, Mr. Frumble! Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy World
Richard Scarry’s Best Lowly Worm Book Ever!
Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
Richard Scarry’s Postman Pig and His Busy Neighbors
Henry Explores the Jungle Henry Explores the Mountains
Henry the Explorer Henry the Castaway
All books have the ISBN-10 number attached.
Whenever possible the paperback version is the one listed.
**Books with this mark may be more of a challenge to locate but
well worth the effort! Try your public library first and then on
line options.
Richard Scarry **
Mark Taylor **