Books for Preschool - 2nd Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2006

JE/AGEE
Agee, Jon - Terrific
Most people would be thrilled to win a cruise to Bermuda, but all Eugene says is, "Terrific. I'll probably get a really nasty sunburn." And things only get worse for him from there.

JE/ASHMAN
Ashman, Linda - Desmond and the Naughtybugs
Desmond is usually well-behaved, but not when the Naughtybugs show up! He's plagued by Sloggies, then by Peskies, Squirmies, and Whineys. It's going to be a hard week at Desmond's house.

JE/ALIKI
Aliki - A Play's the Thing
Miss Brilliant's class is putting on a play! Her students write, practice and prepare to perform their wonderful play.

JE/ANDREAE
Andreae, Giles - Captain Flinn and the Pirate Dinosaurs
Flinn helps out a pirate captain whose ship has been stolen by a band of pirate dinosaurs.

JE/ARNOLD
Arnold, Tedd - Hi! Fly Guy
When Buzz enters his new pet fly in The Amazing Pet Show, the judges tell him that flies aren't pets. Can his very smart pet proves them wrong?

JE/BROWN
Brown, Peter - Flight of the Dodo
Tired of being pooped on by flying birds, Penguin calls a meeting of the Waddlers (non-flying birds) so they can find a way to fly for themselves.

JE/BRUEL
Bruel, Nick - Bad Kitty
Just how bad can a kitty be? When her family runs out of kitty food, she decides to be a very, very, very bad kitty.

JE/CRIMI
Crimi, Carolyn - Henry & the Buccaneer Bunnies
Henry is a book-loving member of the Buccaneer Bunnies. The other pirate bunnies see no good in reading until they're shipwrecked and Henry saves the day.

JE/DURANGO
Durango, Julia - Dream Hop
Brave readers wanted! When a boy's dream turns scary, he takes a Dream Hop into a new dream. But each dream has its own good and bad side.

JE/GREY
Grey, Mini - Traction Man Is Here!
Traction Man, an action-figure Christmas present, immediately goes to work rescuing Dollies in Distress and saving the family from Evil Pillows and Mysterious Toes.

JE/KELLEY
Kelley, True - School Lunch
While Harriet the school cook is on vacation, the school tries out one terrible replacement cook after another.

JE/LENDLER
Lendler, Ian - An Undone Fairy Tale
You'll enjoy reading this story about a pie-making princess trapped in a tower—but don't read it too fast, because the illustrator hasn't finished the pictures yet!

JE/MCKISSACK
McKissack, Pat - Precious and the Boo Hag
Precious is staying stay home from school with a stomachache, and her brother warns her not to let Pruella the Boo Hag in the house. She's a scary creature who'll do anything to get inside.

JE/MCLEOD
McLeod, Bob - Superhero ABC
Meet many marvelous Superhero men and women, from Astro-Man (always alert for an alien attack) to The Zinger (zanily zigzagging through the Zero Zone).

JE/OGBURN
Ogburn, Jacqueline K. - The Bake Shop Ghost
The town baker, Miss Cora Lee Merriweather, haunts her bake shop after her death, challenging each new owner to bake her a cake "like I would might have baked, but that no one ever made for me."

JE/PEDERSEN
Pedersen, Janet - Pino and the Signora's Pasta
Although the other stray cats of Rome love the Signora's pasta that she feeds to them each night, Pino searches the city for a more perfect dinner.

JE/PRATS
Prats, Joan De Deu - Sebastian's Roller Skates
Sebastian has a lot to say, but he's too shy to talk much. As he learns to roller skate, his confidence grows so that he can put his thoughts into words.

JE/REYNOLDS
Reynolds, Aaron - Chicks and Salsa
The chickens at Nuthatcher Farm are tired of chicken feed, so the rooster shows them how to make delicious salsa. But then, the ducks are tired of fish…

JE/ROBERTSON
Robertson, M.P. - The Dragon Snatcher
George and his dragon help rescue an unhatched dragon egg from a powerful wizard.

JE/SAN SOUCI
San Souci, Daniel - Space Station Mars
Danny and his friends think they've found a meteor from Mars and turn their clubhouse into Space Station Mars while they conduct their investigation.

JE/SAYRE
Sayre, April Pulley - Ant, Ant, Ant!: An Insect Chant
Follow this rollicking, rhyming chant on a tour of some of the strangest insects you'll never want to meet!

JE/SNEED
Sneed, Brad - Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper
A gang of ladybugs are accused of rustling the town's ant cows, and Deputy Harvey sets out to nab the nasty varmints.

JE/STEVENS
Stevens, Janet - The Great Fuzz Frenzy
A fuzzy green tennis ball falls down a prairie dog hole, and the prairie dogs fight over who gets all the fuzz.

JE/SYDOR
Sydor, Colleen - Camilla Chameleon
Camilla's mother ate Cream of Chameleon soup for breakfast, lunch and dinner before Camilla was born, and now Camilla has some very special abilities!

JE/WOODSON
Woodson, Jacqueline - Show Way
The author pieces together the story of eight generations of African-American women in her family, showing how quilting-making was passed down from mother to daughter through the years.

Prepared by S. Pemberton, May 2006