Fairfax County Public Library
Preschool - 2nd Grade Summer Reading List for 2006
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An Undone Fairy Tale Ian Lendler JFIC LEN |
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| Don't turn the pages too quickly or the artist won't have time to finish the next scene! | ||
| Animal Babies Jennifer Schofield JP SCH | ||
| Learn about baby animals that live in the rain forest, grasslands, polar lands, ponds and rivers. | ||
| Baa-Choo! Sarah Weeks JR W | ||
| Sam the Sheep needs to sneeze. He's got the "ah;" what happened to the "choo"? | ||
| Bad Kitty Nick Bruel J P BRU | ||
| Kitty goes bad when her humans run out of cat food and try to feed her people food. | ||
| Basho and the River Stones Tim Myers JP MYE | ||
| A magical fox wants all the cherries from Basho's tree, but finds out that some tricks backfire. | ||
| Bats! Nicole Iorio J 599.4 B | ||
| Great series about fascinating creatures. | ||
| Bee-Bim Bop! Linda Sue Park JP PAR | ||
| A little girl helps her mother make traditional Korean food. Includes recipe. | ||
| Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs! Megan McDonald JP MCD | ||
| Eww! As part of Fun With Food Week, Beetle declares she'll eat an ant. | ||
| The Best Seat in Second Grade Katharine Kenah JR K | ||
| Sam brings the class hamster on a field trip! | ||
| Brave Dog, Gentle Dog: How They Guard Sheep Cat Urbigkit J 636.73 U | ||
| A captivating photo essay on working dogs who guard sheep in the Western U.S. | ||
| Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Erica Silverman JR S | ||
| Kate and her horse Cocoa kick up some fun in four beginning reader stories. | ||
| Elephants Can Paint, Too! Katya Arnold J 599.67 A | ||
| This true story features elephants who are taught to become artists by an amazing teacher. | ||
| The Great Fuzz Frenzy Janet Stevens JP STE | ||
| When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, a frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco. | ||
| The Great Tulip Trade Beth Wagner Brust JR BRU | ||
| In this tale from Holland, everyone wants one of Anna's tulips. | ||
| The Greatest Potatoes Penelope Stowell JP STO | ||
| The finicky Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt searches the world for the best potatoes. | ||
| Hotel Deep: Light Verse From Dark Water Kurt Cyrus J 811 C | ||
| A "finny" adventure where a small fish meets new creatures as he swims through a coral reef. | ||
| Hurry and the Monarch Antoine O'Flatharta JFIC OFL | ||
| When a high-flying monarch butterfly and a stay-at-home tortoise meet, what do they talk about? | ||
| If Not for the Cat: Haiku Jack Prelutsky JP PRE | ||
| Poetry and you/Add a few animals, too/Who knows what is next? | ||
| Jamari's Drum Eboni Bynum JFIC BYN | ||
| Bede, bada, boom, kabede: this is the sound of the great djembe drum. | ||
| Ker-Splash George O'Connor JP OCO | ||
| Take a trip to the beach with Bug Lady and American Eagle. | ||
| Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale From the Andes Mountains Barbara Knutson J 398 K | ||
| A wild guinea pig fools the tricky fox, not once but twice! | ||
| Mercy Watson to the Rescue Kate DiCamillo JFIC DIC | ||
| Mercy Watson is a very special pig with her very own bed. | ||
| The Neat Line: Scribbling Through Mother Goose Pamela Duncan Edwards JP EDW | ||
| Baby Scribble practices hard to become a neat line - and then the adventures start! | ||
| No Dogs Here! Kathryn Hewitt JP HEW | ||
| Dogs disguise themselves as people and hit the town - even checking out library books! | ||
| Poems to Dream Together; Poemas para Sonar Juntos Francisco X. Alarcon SP J 811 A | ||
| Fun and simple poems in English and Spanish. | ||
| The Road to Mumbai Ruth Jeyaveeran JP JEY | ||
| Shoba and her stuffed monkey Fuzzy Patel travel to India on a flying bed to attend a wedding. | ||
| Russell the Sheep Rob Scotton JP SCO | ||
| Russell needs to find a sheep-friendly way of getting some sleep. | ||
| Sea Surprise Leo Landry JFIC LAN | ||
| Will you be shocked when a mermaid and her shark friend help an electric eel regain his "zap"? | ||
| Sharks! Adrienne Betz J 597. 3 S |
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| Sir Small and the Sea Monster Jane O'Connor JR O | ||
| A tiny fairy tale where the knight saves the town riding on his seahorse. | ||
| Snakes! Lisa Jo Rudy J 597. 96 S | ||
| Spiders! Nicole Iorio J 595.44 S | ||
| Sweet Tooth Margie Palatini JP PAL | ||
| Stewart's tooth has a mind of its own and gets him into trouble. | ||
| Think Cool Thoughts Elizabeth Perry JP PER | ||
| In a hot apartment, Angel's mother has a wonderful idea that leads to a very special night. | ||
| Wallace's Lists Barbara Bottner JP BOT | ||
| Wallace's orderly life is challenged when he meets a free spirited-neighbor. | ||
| When Charlie McButton Lost Power Suzanne Collins JP COL | ||
| The power is out and Charlie may resort to desperate measures to play his favorite games. | ||
| The World That We Want Kim Michelle Toft J 577 T | ||
| Take a close look at the beautiful illustrations. | ||
| You and Me Together: Moms, Dads, and Kids Around the World Barbara Kerley JP KER | ||
| Families from near and far are featured in this book with lovely photographs. | ||