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Picture Books ● Life on Mars (Agee) Also by this author: Lion Lessons, Terrific, and Nothing ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Thunder Boy Junior (Alexie) ​ ​ ● Miss Nelson is Missing (Allard) ​ ​ ● Charlotte the Scientist Is Squished (Andros) ​ ​ ● Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Barnett) Also by this author: President Taft Is ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Stuck in the Bath, Chloe and the Lion, Extra Yarn, The Magic Word, and Count ​ ​ the Monkeys● Ada Twist, Scientist (Beatty) Also by this author: Iggy Peck, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Architect and Rosie Revere, Engineer ​ ​ ● Lighthouse (Blackall) ​ ● The Yellow Tutu (Bramsen) ​ ● Violet the Pilot (Breen) ​ ● Honey, Honey, Lion: A Story from Africa (Brett) Also by this author: ​ ​ ​ ​ Armadillo Rodeo, The Mitten, Hedgie Takes Off, and Mossy. ​ ​ ​ ● Mr. Tiger Goes Wild (Brown) Also by this author: Children Make Terrible ​ ​ ​ ​ Pets, Will You Be My Friend, and The Curious Garden ​ ​ ● Uptown (Bryan) ​ ​ ● Princess Peepers (Calvert) ​ ● Stellaluna (Cannon) Also by this author: Verdi and Pinduli ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Jack and the Beanstalk (Cech) Also retold by this author: The Princess and ​ ​ ​ ​ the Pea, Puss in Boots, and Twelve Dancing Princesses. ​ ​ ​ ● Big Cat Little Cat (Cooper) ​ ​ ● The Ring Bearer (Cooper) ​ ​ ● Dooby, Dooby Moo (Cronin) Also by this author: Click, Clack Moo, Diary of ​ ​ ​ a Worm, and Duck for President ​ ​ ● Prudence Wants a Pet (Daly) ​ ​ ● The Day the Crayons Quit (Daywalt) Also by this author: The Legend of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Rock, Paper, Scissors ● The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet (Deedy) ​ ​ ● Big Anthony and the Magic Ring (de Poala) Also by this author: Bill and ​ ​ ​ ​ Pete, Strega Nona, The Art Lesson, and Legend of the Blue Bonnet. ​ ​ ​ ● Everyone Loves Bacon (DiPucchio) ​ Also by this author: Gaston, Grace for President and Dragon Was Terrible ​ ​ ​ ​

● The Snathcabook (Docherty) ​ ​ ● The Gruffalo (Donaldson) Also by this author: Room on the Broom, The ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Snail and the Whale, and Stickman. ​ ​ ​ ● Du Iz Tak? (Ellis) ​ ​ ● Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp (Fleming) ​ ​ ● Clever Jack Takes the Cake (FLeming) ​ ​ ● Stolen Words (Florence) ​ ​ ● My Name Is Not Isabella (Fosberry) ​ ​ ● Henny Penny (French) ​ ​ ● How to Talk to Your Dog (George) ​ ● We Forgot Brock (Goodrich) Also by this author: The Hermit Crab and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Zorro Gets an Outfit ● Traction Man Is Here! (Grey) ​ ● Cupcake (Harper) ​ ​ ● Nobody Likes a Goblin (Hatke) ​ ​ ● Wemberly Worried (Henkes) ​ ​ Also by this author: Chrysanthemum, Lilly’s Purple, Plastic Purse, Owen, ​ ​ Chester’s Way and Jessica. ​ ​ ​ ● Julia’s House for Lost Creatures (Hatke) ​ ​ Also by this author: Little Robot (Graphic Novel) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● The Boy Who Cried Wolf (Hennessy) ​ ​ ● You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read ​ Together (Hoberman) ​ ● Princess Grace (Hoffman) ​ ​ ● Stuck (Jeffers) ​ Also by this author: Imaginary Fred, Once Upon an Alphabet, the Way Back ​ ​ Home, and The Heart and the Bottle. ​ ​ ● First Grade Here I Come (Johnston) ​ ​ ● Betty Bunny Wants Everything (Kaplan) ​ ● Pet Show! (Keats) ​ ​ ● Farfallina and Marcel (Keller) ​ ​ ● Arnie the Doughnut (Keller) Also by this author: The Scrambled States of ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ America. ​ ● Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock (Kimmel) Also by this author: Anansi ​ ​ ​ ​ stories ● I Want My Hat Back (Klassen) ​ ​

● Library Lion (Knudsen) ​ ● Black Rabbit (Leathers) ​ ● Pete the Cat: I Like My White Shoes (Litwin) ​ ​ ● Otis (Long) ​ ​ ● How I Became a Pirate (Long) ​ ​ ● Miss Lina’s Ballerinas (Maccarone) ​ ​ ● Hinky Pink: An Old Tale (MacDonald) ​ ​ ● Listen to Our World (Martin) ​ ​ ● Jeremy Draws a Monster (McCarty) ​ ​ ● Me… Jane (McDonnell) ​ ​ ● Elmer (McKee) ​ ● Tia Isa Wants a Car (Medina) Also by this author: Mango, Abula and Me ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Tabitha’s Terrifically Tough Tooth (Middleton) ​ ● Lucky Ducklings (Moore) ​ ​ ● Nino Wrestles the World (Morales) Also by this author: Rudas: Nino's ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Horrendous Hermanitas ● The Paper Bag Princess (Munsch) Also by this author: Up, Up, Down; I ​ ​ ​ ​ Have to Go!; and Aaron’s Hair ​ ​ ● The Crossing (Napoli) ​ ​ ● Raising Dragon (Nolen) ​ ● Xander’s Panda Party by Linda Sue Park ​ ​ ● Long Shot: Never Too Small to Dream Big (Paul) ​ ● I Don’t Want to Be a Frog (Petty) ​ ● The Ugly Duckling (Pinkney) Also by this author: The Grasshopper and the ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Ants, The Three Little Kittens, and The Tortoise and the Hair. ​ ​ ● The Bee Tree (Polacco) Also by this author: Ginger and Petunia ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● The Beatrix Potter Treasury (Potter) ​ ● This is My Dollhouse (Potter) ​ ● Yo! Yes? (Raschka) Also by this author: A Ball for Daisy and Hello Window, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Goodbye Window ● Officer Buckle and Gloria (Rathmann) ​ ​ ● Light Up the Night (Reidy) ​ ​ ● School’s First Day of School (Rex) ​ ● The Stone Thrower (Richardson) ​ ​ ● My Best Friend (Rodman) ​ ​

● Uni the Unicorn (Rosenthal) Also by this author: Little Pea, One of those ​ ​ ​ ​ Days, Yes Day!, Duck Rabbit, Little Oink and Little Hoot ​ ​ ● After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Gpt Back Up Again (Santat) ​ ​ Also by this author: The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend ​ ​ ● Where’s Walrus (Savage) ​ ​ ● Bedtime Monsters (Schneider) ​ ● Too Many Toys (Shannon) Also by this author: No David, Alice the Fairy ​ ​ ​ ​ and A Bad Case of the Stripes ​ ● Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great (Shea) Also by this author: Ballet Cat ​ ​ ​ ​ and the Totally Secret Secret, I Will Chomp You, Cheetah Can’t Lose and Oh Daddy! ● Wild about Books (Sierra) Also by this author: Wild About You, Zoozical, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Monster Goose, Born to Read, and Tell the Truth B. B. Wolf ​ ​ ● Grandpa Green (Smith) Also by this author: It’s a Little Book, Madame ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ President, and John, George & Ben ​ ​ ● Little Mouse Gets Ready (Smith) Graphic Novel ​ ​ ​ ● Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy (Soman) Also by this author: Ladybug ​ ​ ​ ​ Girl books and Three Bears in a Boat ​ ​ ● The Most Magnificent Thing (Spires) ​ ​ • A Sick Day for Amos McGee (Stead) Also by this author: Ruby, Lenny and ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Lucy, Ideas Are All Around, and Sebastian’s Balloon ​ ​ ● Interrupting Chicken (Stein) Also by this author: Love, Mousarella, I’m My ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Own Dog, and Ol’ Mama Squirrel ​ ​ ● Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (Steptoe) ​ ​ ● The Great Fuzz Frenzy (Stevens) Also by this author: Help Me Mr. Mutt, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Jackelope and The Dish Ran Away from the Spoon ​ ​ ● Rubia and the Three Osos (Sweet) ​ ​ ● Nimoshom and His Bus (Thomas) ​ ​ ● The Faraway Fox (Thompson) ​ ● Chalk (Thompson) ​ ​ ● The Three Little Wolves and the Big, Bad Pig (Trivizas) ​ ​ ● The Part-Time Princess (Underwood) ​ ​ ● The Cazeula that the Farm Maiden Stirred (Vamos) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ​ (Viorst) ● Scaredy Squirrel (Watt) ​

● Glamourpuss (Weeks) ​ ​ ● They All Saw a Cat (Wenzel) Also by this author: Life ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Flotsam (Wiesner) Also by this author: Mr. Wuffles, Tuesday, Sector 7 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Falling for Rapunzel (Wilcox) ​ ​ ● Harry and Hopper (Wild) ​ ​ ● Are You Ready to Play Outside? (Piggie & Gerald) (Willems) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Don’t Let the Pigeon drive the Bus (Willems) ​ ● Tap- Tap (Williams) Also by this author: Galimoto, Four Feet, Two Sandals, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and My Name Is Sangoel. ​ ● The Flying Dragon Room (Wood) ​ ​ ● Pecan Pie Baby (Woodson) ​ ​ ​ ● Rapunzel (Zelinksy) Also by this author: Rumpelstiltskin ​ ​ ​ ​

Chapter Books and Readers ● Don’t Throw It to Mo by David Adler ​ ● Hi Fly Guy (Fly Guy series) (Arnold) When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The ​ ​ ​ ​ ● The Sleepover (Ribbit and Robot) (Bell) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Biscuit (Capucilli) ​ ​ ● Short and Tall (Cork and Fuzz series) (Chaconas) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Pete’s Big Lunch (Pete the Cat) (Dean) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Mercy Watson Something Wonky this Way Comes (Mercy Watson ​ ​ ​ series) (DiCamillo) ● Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade (Princess Posey seres) ​ ​ (Greene) ● Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow (Griffiths) ​ ● Bramble and Maggie Horse Meets Girl (Bramble and Maggie series) ​ ​ ​ (Haas) ● Penny and Her Song (Penny series) (Henkes) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Houndsley & Catina series (Howe) ​ ● Ling and Ting Not Exactly the Same (Ling and Ting series) (Lin) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Frog and Toad Together (Lobel) ​ ​ ● Pigsticks and Harold and the Incredible Journey (Milway) ​ ​ ● Little Bear (Minarik) ​ ​ ● Annie and Simon (O’Neill) ​ ​ ● Aggie and Ben: Three Stories (Aggie & Ben series) (Ries) ​ ​ ​ ​

● Henry and Mudge: the First Book of Their Adventures (Rylant) Also ​ ​ ​ by this author: Mr. Putter & Tabby and High Rise Private Eyes ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Tales for Very Picky Eaters (Schneider) ​ ​ ● Nate the Great series (Sharmat) ​ ● Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series (Silverman) ​ ● Good night, Good Knight (Good Knight series) (Thomas) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Pip Squeak (Weeks) (Baa Choo!; Mac & Cheese; Drip, Drop) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ● Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole (Mouse and Mole series) (Yee) ​ ​ ​ ​

Non-fiction ● All About Frogs (Arnosky; from his All About… series) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● A Seal Named Patches (Beltran) ​ ​ ● Little Devils (Blake) ​ ​ ● Seahorse: the Shyest Fish (Butterworth) ​ ● A Friend for Einstein: The Smallest Stallion (Cantrell) ​ ​ ● A Little Book of Sloth (Cooke) ​ ​ ● Farm (Cooper) ​ ​ ● Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas (Cox) ​ ● Color (Doran) ​ ​ ● Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days (Fitzgerald) ​ ​ ● Curious Critters (Fitzsimmons) ​ ​ ● Dinothesaurus: Prehistoric Poems and Paintings (Florian) ​ ​ ● Growing Frogs (French) ​ ● Spiders (Disgusting Critters series) (Gravel) ​ ​ ​ ● The Greatest Dinosaur Ever (Guiberson) ​ ​ ● How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum (Hartland) ​ ​ ● Dave the Potter (Hill) ​ ​ ● Flight of the Honey Bee (Huber) ​ ​ ● National Geographic: Little Kids First Big Book of Space (Hughes) ​ ​ Other books in this series: Dinosaurs ​ ● My First Day (Jenkins) ​ Also by this author: Biggest, Strongest, Fastest; Creature Features: 25 Animals ​ ​ Explain Why They Look they Way They Do; and Flying Frogs and Walking Fish: ​ ​ Leaping Lemurs, Tumbling Toads, Jet-Propelled Jellyfish, and More Surprising Ways That Animals Move

● Weeds Find a Way (Jenson-Elliott) ​ ● How Big Were the Dinosaurs? (Judge) ​ ● On Earth (Karas) ​ ● Oh Theodore! (Katz) ​ ● Take Me Out of the Bathtub: and Other Silly Dilly Songs (Katz) ​ ​ ● Otters Love to Play (London) ​ ​ ● Once I Ate a Pie (Maclachlan) ​ ● Hip-Pocket Papa (Markel) ​ ● Beatrix Potter and Her Paintbox (McPhail) ​ ● Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner ​ ​ ● How Many Ways Can you Catch a Fly? ​ Also by this team: Egg: Nature’s Perfect Package, Sisters and Brothers: Sibling ​ ​ Relationships in the Animal World, and What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? ​ ​ ● Out of Sight (Pittau and Gervais) ​ ​ ● That's How! (Niemann) ​ ​ ● How to Help the Earth by the Lorax (Rabe) ​ ​ ● Panda Kindergarten (Ryder) ​ ​ ● About Rodents (Sill; Also by this author: About Marsupials, About Reptiles, ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ etc…) Books in the Sills’ About . . . series are notable for the elegant simplicity of ​ ​ their writing, illustration, and design. (Booklist). ​ ​ ● Bring on the Birds (Stockdale) ​ ​ ● The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps (Winter) ​ ​ ​ ​ ● What Is the World Made Of? All About Solids, Liquids and Gas ​ (Zoehfeld) Also in the Read and Find Out series: Simple Machines, What’s in a ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Shell, How Mountains Are Made and The Sun and the Moon (various author) ​ ​ ​

Early Readers Publishers (various levels): Puffin-Easy-to-Read (Three by the Sea, Fox Outfoxed) ​ ​ ​ Step into Reading (Random House Books for Younger Readers) (One Hundred ​ ​ Shoes, Sir Small and the Dragonfly, The Best mistake and Other Stories) ​ I Can Read (HarperCollins) (My Parents Think I’m sleeping, The Best Seat in ​ ​ Second Grade, Emma’s Strange Pet) ​ All Aboard Reading (Grosset and Dunlap) ​ Let’s read and Find Out Science (Collins) (Gravity is a Mystery, Sunshine ​ ​ Makes the Season) ​ Time for Kids (Plants, Frogs, Alexander Graham Bell, Volcanoes) ​ ​ ​

Other Resources:

● School Library Journal: Top 100 Picture Books ​ ​ http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2009/05/16/top-100-pi cture-books-poll-results-1-101/ ● Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh- Kids Link for digital books using Tumble ​ ​ Books and Bookflix and Hoopla http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/ ● ALSC Summer Reading List: http://www.ala.org/alsc/publications-resources/book-lists/2018-summer-readin g-list ● ALSC 2018 Notable Children’s Books: ​ ​ http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/notalists/ncb

* all summaries borrowed from NoveList unless indicated otherwise ​ ​