Books for 1st and 2nd Graders, Summer 2006 JE/AGEE Agee, JonTerrific 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, LindaDesmond 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 AlikiA 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, GilesCaptain 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, TeddHi! 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, PeterFlight 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, NickBad 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, CarolynHenry & 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, JuliaDream 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, MiniTraction 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, TrueSchool Lunch While Harriet the school cook is on vacation, the school tries out one terrible replacement cook after another. JE/LENDLER Lendler, IanAn 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, PatPrecious 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, BobSuperhero 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, JanetPino 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 DeuSebastian’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, AaronChicks 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, DanielSpace 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 PulleyAnt, 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, BradDeputy 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, JanetThe 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, ColleenCamilla 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, JacquelineShow 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