<p> John A. Crookshank Elementary School Highly Recommended Books - 2017 (Some are old, some are new; but all are titles and authors you don’t want to miss!)</p><p>Kindergarten-Grade 2: ( Parents may read books aloud to your preK and K students. ) Arnold, Tedd. Fly Guy! (series) Barrows, Annie. Ivy and Bean Make the Rules #9. (series) Barton, Patrice. Uh-Oh! Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeleine. (series) Bridwell, Norman. Clifford. (series) Brown, Marc. Arthur. (series) Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon. Capucilli, Alyssa. Biscuit. (series) Carle, Eric. Pancakes! Pancakes! Caswell, Deanna. Beach House. Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo. Cummins, Lucy Ruth. A Hungry Lion De La Pena, Matt. Last Stop on Market Street. DePaola, Tomie and Jim Lewis. When Andy Met Sandy. DiCamillo, Kate. Bink and Gollie. Dyckman, Ame. Horrible Bear! Feiffer, Jules. Bark, George. Fleming, Denise. The Cow Who Clucked. Gianferrari, Maria. Coyote Moon. Graham, Bob. How to Heal a Broken Wing. Henkes, Kevin. Lilly’s Big Day. Holm, Jennifer. Babymouse Bad Babysitter (series) Jenkins, Steve. What Do You Do with a Tail like This? Keller, Laurie. We Are Growing! Khan, Rukhsana. Big Red Lollipop. Klassen, Jon. We Found a Hat. Litwin, Eric. Pete the Cat. (series) Mayer. Mercer. Little Critter series. McPhail, David. The Puddle. Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. (series) Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic Tree House. (series) Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones (series) Pizzoli, Greg. Good Night Owl. Portis, Antoinette. Best Frints in the Whole Universe. Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge (series) Weigel, Jeff. Atomic Ace (He’s Just My Dad). Wells, Rosemary. My Kindergarten. Willems, Mo. My New Friend Is So Fun! (Elephant and Piggie series) Yum, Hyewon. Puddle. Grades 3-5: (These titles and any other books by these authors would be excellent!)</p><p>Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three. Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only Ivan. Beaty, Andrea. Ada Twist, Scientist. Bruel, Nick. Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty. Burnfield, Sheila. The Incredible Journey. Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Quimby, Age 8. Clements, Andrew. Trouble-Maker. Cole, Joanna. Magic School Bus (series) Creech, Sharon. Moo. Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bud, Not Buddy. Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. DiCamillo, Kate. Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? (series) DePaola, Tomie. 26 Fairmount Ave. (series) Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy. Fletcher, Ralph. Flying Solo. Gutman, Dan. My Weird School series. Hanlon, Abby. Dory Fantasmagory: Dory, Dory Black Sheep. (series) Henkes, Kevin. The Year of Billy Miller. Hollihan, Kerrie. Isaac Newton and Physics for Kids. Jamieson, Victoria. The Great Pet Escape. Jenkins, Martin. Fabulous Frogs. Kelly, Katy. Melonhead and the Later Gator Plan. Klein, Abby. Ready, Freddy. (series) LaReau, Kara. The Infamous Ratsos. L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene. Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables. (series) Osborne, Mary Pope. Soccer on Sunday. (Magic Tree House series) Paulsen, Gary. Woodsong. Peck, Richard. The Best Man. Pennypacker, Sara. Completely Clementine. (series) Pierce, Lincoln. Big Nate: In a Class By Himself. (series) Pilkey, Dave. Dog Man. (series) Pohlen, Jerome. Albert Einstein and Relativity for Kids. Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief. (series) Simon, Seymour. Lots of appealing nonfiction on weather, animals, etc. Speare, Elizabeth George. The Sign of the Beaver. Spinelli, Jerry. Maniac Magee. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit. Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji Warner, Gertrude Chandler. The Boxcar Children. (series)</p><p>Happy Reading!!!!!!</p>