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Kindergarten Summer Reading Suggestions Berkeley School Libraries, 2014

 Beginning to Read (*level C – E – F)

Ah Ha!, by Jeff Mack

Ball, by Mary Sullivan

Big Pig and Little Pig, by David McPhail

Biscuit Loves the Library, by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill Martin, Jr.

Max and Ruby Play School, by Rosemary Wells

Pete the Cat: Play ball!, by James Dean

Puppy Mudge Has a Snack, by Cynthia Rylant

Robot and Rico: The big catch, by Anastasia Suen

Soccer Game!, by Grace Maccarone

When Tiny Was Tiny, by Cari Meister

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Folktales and Trickster Tales

Anansi the Spider, by Gerald McDermott

Can’t Scare Me!, by Ashley Bryan

Coyote: A trickster tale from the American Southwest, by Gerald McDermott

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Jan Brett

Hansel and Gretel, by James Marshall

Just In Case: Trickster tale and Spanish alphabet book, by Yuyi Morales

Little Red Riding Hood, by Jerry Pinkney

Lion and Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney

Strega Nona: An old tale, by Tomie de Paola

Three Little Tamales, by Eric Kimmel

* reading levels based on Fountas & Pinnell system

Beginning to Read (level F – I)

A Big Guy Took My Ball! (An Elephant & Piggie book), by Mo Willems

Chicks!, by Sandra Horning

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, by Chris Raschka

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, by Mo Willems

The I’m Not Scared Book, by Todd Parr

Little Bear, by Else Minarik

No, David!, by David Shannon

Spider’s Lunch: All about garden spiders, by Joanna Cole

Super Fly Guy, by Tedd Arnold

Up, Tall and High!, by Ethan Long

Exploring animals all around

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest, by Steve Jenkins

Bugs Are Insects, by Anne Rockwell

Fly Guy Presents: Sharks, by Tedd Arnold

In the Wild, by David Elliott

Puppies and Kittens (Scholastic Discover More), by Penelope Arlon

Snakes! (National Geographic Reader), by Melissa Stewart

Spiders (Scholastic Reader), by Nic Bishop

Time to Eat, by Steve Jenkins

True or False: Dangerous animals, by Melvin Berger

ZooBorns! Zoo babies from around the world, by Andrew Bleiman

Picture Books that Make Us Laugh

The Circus Ship, by Chris Van Dusen

Bee-Bim Bop!, by Linda Sue Park

Duck! Rabbit!, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Giant Dance Party, by Betsy Bird

Froggy Gets Dressed, by Jonathan London

Niño Wrestles the World, by Yuyi Morales

Press Here, by Herve Tullet

Shark vs. Train, by Chris Barton

That Is Not a Good Idea!, by Mo Willems

Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great, by Bob Shea

Find more recommendations at

Mary Ann Scheuer’s website greatkidbooks.blogspot.com

BUSD Library Services berkeley.net/school-libraries