Books for Preschool - 2nd Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2002

JE/AGEE
Agee, Jon - Milo's Hat Trick
When Milo, a terribly untalented magician, desperately tries to find a rabbit to pull out of his hat, he ends up with a show-stopping bear instead.

JE/ALLCHIN
Allchin, Rosalind - The Frog Princess
A frog, who always daydreamed about being a princess, gets her wish only to discover that being a princess isn't what she dreamed it would be.

JE/AUCH
Auch, Mary Jane - The Princess and the Pizza
Queen Zelda has several tests, including a cooking contest, to choose a bride for her son, the Prince. Can Princess Paulina beat the others and win the competition?

JE/BILDNER
Bildner, Phil - Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy
After falling into a hitting slump, Joe goes to a baseball bat-making friend to find the perfect bat. He leaves with "Black Betsy," and soon is on his way to the majors!

JE/BIRDSEYE
Birdseye, Tom - Look Out, Jack! The Giant is Back!
In this continuation of the Jack and the Beanstalk tale, Jack must outwit the giant's big brother who is out for revenge and eager to retrieve the treasures he has lost.

JE/CALMENSON
Calmenson, Stephanie - The Frog Principal
When a magician accidentally turns Principal Bundy into a frog, he doesn't let it keep him from carrying out his duties as principal.

JE/CHILD
Child, Lauren - Beware of the Storybook Wolves
Wolves escape from Herb's fairy tale book one night and threaten to eat him so Herb enlists the reluctant help of Cinderella's fairy godmother.

JE/CHILD
Child, Lauren - What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean?
Clarice combines a science project with helping her brother when she joins him in protesting the removal of a neighborhood tree.

JE/ERICSSON
Ericsson, Jennifer A. - She Did It!
Four sisters blame each other when their mom gets angry. Who did it? Join in the fun and find out!

JE/FALCONER
Falconer, Ian - Olivia saves the Circus
When it's Olivia's turn to report about her summer vacation, her imagination goes wild and she tells the class how she saved the circus by performing all the acts when all the circus people were out sick.

JE/GREENE
Greene, Rhonda Gowler - Eek! Creak! Snicker, Sneak
BugBear and Bugaboo are night-time monsters who delight in frightening children in bed, but they are in for a surprise when the children banish them once and for all!

JE/HOPKINSON
Hopkinson, Deborah - Fannie in the Kitchen
Marcia is sure that she's all the help mama needs with a new baby on the way, but when mama hires Fannie Farmer, Marcia learns all kinds of new things, especially in the kitchen.

JE/HIGH
High, Linda Oatman - Winter Shoes for Shadow Horse
After watching his father, a blacksmith, re-shoe a plow horse's hooves, a young boy is thrilled to get chance to shoe his first horse.

JE/HOWARD
Howard, Ginger - William's House
Having recently moved to New England in 1637, William dreams of re-creating the house he left behind in England. However, he soon realizes that conditions in the New World require a new way of thinking.

JE/LITHGOW
Lithgow, John - Marsupial Sue
Unhappy being a kangaroo, Sue looks to the other Australian animals to find a happier life, only to discover being a kangaroo isn't so bad after all.

JE/MCKISSACK
McKissack, Patricia - Goin' Someplace Special
Growing up in the segregated South during the 1950s, Tricia Ann knows that there are many places she cannot go because of her skin color. However, she is excited to visit the one place where she knows everyone is welcome.

JE/PARK
Park, Frances - Where on Earth is My Bagel?
When a young boy in Korea dreams of eating a New York bagel, he asks a farmer, a fisherman, a beekeeper and a baker for help.

JE/SAYRE
Sayre, April Pulley - Noodle Man: the Pasta Superhero
Al Dente invents a pasta machine to save the family business and ends up saving the town from a flood, a fire and some dangerous criminals as Noodle Man.

JE/SCIESZKA
Scieszka, Jon - Baloney, Henry P.
Henry P. Baloney is late for class and faces permanent detention unless he comes up with a good excuse. Boy, does he come up with a doozy!

JE/SHANNON
Shannon, David - Duck on a Bike
When Duck spies an unattended bike, ant takes it for a ride and the other farm animals cannot stop talking about it until they find bikes as well.

JE/SIEBERT
Siebert, Diane - Motorcycle Song
A motorcyclist goes on an exhilarating journey down wide roads, side roads, country lanes and city streets.

JE/WICK
Wick,Walter - Can You See What I See?
This look-and-find picture puzzle book will keep you searching the pages for fun. Hint: to see the bear "pop out," turn the book upside down.

JE/WELLS
Wells, Rosemary - The House in the Mail
Emily describes her family's adventure in 1927 when they order a house, ready to assemble, from the Sears mail-order catalog.

JE/WILLEY
Willey, Margaret - Clever Beatrice
Determined to dupe a rich giant out of his gold coins in order to put porridge on her poor mother's table, Beatrice challenges him to a test of strength.

JE/WILSON
Wilson, Gina - Ignis
Ignis, a young dragon who is unable to breathe fire like the other dragons, goes on a quest to find his fire.

JE/WOODSON
Woodson, Jacqueline - The Other Side
Clover, a young black girl, has always wondered why a fence separates the black side of town from the white side. One summer Clover meets Annie, and decides she isn't about to let a fence keep her separated from her friend.

Prepared by Mickie Beckman, May 2002