Books for Preschool - 2nd Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2007

JE/BROACH
Broach, Elise - Cousin John Is Coming!
Mom announces Cousin John's upcoming visit and Ben immediately begins planning ways to escape. John's visits always include new ways to torment his cousin when the adults aren't looking, but maybe, with the help of Ben's feline friend, this time can be different.

JE/CRONIN
Cronin, Doreen - Dooby Dooby Moo
The barnyard animals are preparing to sing and dance their hearts out at the county fair's talent show.

JE/DALY
Daly, Niki - Happy Birthday, Jamela!
Jamela wants the pretty princess shoes to go with her birthday party dress, but her mom buys her plain shoes for school. Jamela glues glittery beads all over the new shoes and her mother is not impressed. Jamela needs money for new school shoes fast.

JE/ELLIS
Ellis, Sarah - The Queen's Feet
The queen tries to be regal and courteous, but her feet will not behave. How can the kingdom get the queen's wild feet to walk the straight and narrow?

JE/ERNST
Ernst, Lisa Campbell - The Gingerbread Girl
This is the story of the Gingerbread Boy's younger and wiser sister. "I'll run and I'll run with a leap and a twirl. You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread girl!"

JE/FRIEND
Friend, Catherine - The Perfect Nest
Jack builds the perfect nest in hopes of luring a chicken to lay him eggs for the perfect omelet, but when the eggs hatch, Jack has more than he bargained for.

JE/HARRINGTON
Harrington, Janice N. - The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
There's only one hen that the self-proclaimed chicken-chasing queen can't catch, but she's going try to catch that Miss Hen with every trick she's got.

JE/KVASNOSKY
Kvasnosky, Laura McGee - Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways
This book contains three short stories about two fox sisters. In the first chapter, the sisters run away from home upon hearing that lunch will be dreaded cucumber sandwiches.

JE/LAREAU
LaReau, Kara - Ugly Fish
Ugly Fish does not want to share his fish tank. After eating all the other fish, he discovers it is no fun to play alone.

JE/LAROCHELLE
LaRochelle, David - The End
The happily ever after comes on the first page, but turn each page to see what caused our princess to find true happiness.

JE/LITTLE
The Little Red Hen
Jerry Pinkney's lush illustrations retell the classic tale of a hen who needs help baking bread and finds none.

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McCarthy, Meghan - Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
This is a picture book version of the amazing true story of the radio broadcast that had some Americans convinced aliens were attacking the Earth.

JE/MCCLINTOCK
McClintock, Barbara - Adéle & Simon
As Adéle walks with her little brother, Simon, through the streets of Paris he leaves behind his hat, gloves, scarf, sweater, coat, knapsack, books, crayons, and his drawing of a cat arriving home empty-handed. Search each page for Simon's lost items.

JE/MANUSHKIN
Manushkin, Fran - The Shivers in the Fridge
The fridge is a cold home for the tiny Shiver family. A giant hand has snatched away Cheesy Square and Jelly. It could be coming back for the Shiver family next.

JE/MELLING
Melling, David - The Scallywags
The wolves are loud, smelly, and they break things! The other animals have had enough and stop inviting the wolves to play. The wolves begin a spying mission to learn manners and get back in the good graces of the other animals.

JE/MOSER
Moser, Lisa - The Monster in the Backpack
Annie's new backpack has pink and blue flowers on the outside and a monster living inside it. This mischievous monster eats Annie's lunch and puts bubblegum in her boots.

JE/ROOT
Root, Phyllis - Lucia and the Light
When the sun disappears and leaves only winter, brave Lucia goes out into the cold to find out where the trolls have taken the light.

JE/SANTORO
Santoro, Scott - Farm-Fresh Cats
Farmer Ray planted cabbages, but one night something very odd happens to the crop. The cabbages have magically turned into cat plants. They grow and when they begin mewing Farmer Ray decides they need to picked.

JE/SCHACHNER
Schachner, Judith Byron - Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble
Skippyjon dons his Zorro mask to become the famous El Skippito and takes an imaginary journey to visit the mummitos of ancient Egypt.

JE/SHULMAN
Shulman, Mark - Mom and Dad Are Palindromes
Bob's teacher tells him about palindromes—words that are the same forwards and backwards. He realizes Bob is a palindrome and so is his sister, Anna. The fun of this title is looking for all the palindromes throughout the story!

JE/THOMAS
Thomas, Shelley Moore - Take Care, Good Knight
The three little dragons are watching the wizard's cats while he's away, but they have trouble reading his instructions and it takes the Good Knight to sort out the mess.

JE/WATT
Watt, Melanie - Scaredy Squirrel
It's way too dangerous for Scaredy Squirrel to leave his tree. He might encounter tarantulas, poison ivy, killer bees, or even sharks!

JE/WEATHERFORD
Weatherford, Carole Boston - Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Harriet Tubman's unwavering faith in God helps her survive her first trip North to freedom from the slaveholding South.

JE/WIESNER
Wiesner, David - Flotsam
An underwater camera washes ashore and the boy who finds it develops photos of a magical underwater world. 2007 Caldecott Medal winner.

JE/WONG
Wong, Janet S. - The Dumpster Diver
Steve dives for treasure in dumpsters with the help of three kids who live in his apart-ment building. Their real fun begins when they create new inventions from old junk.

Prepared by Amanda Blau, May 2007