KINDERGARTEN ENTERING FIRST GRADE
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever - Marla Frazee When James and
Eamon go to a week of Nature Camp and stay at Eamon's grandparents' house, it
turns out that their free time spent staying inside, eating waffles, and
playing video games is way more interesting than nature. Caldecott Honor Book
Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale - April Pulley Sayre Under the
sand, a spadefoot toad waits for the sound of rain. She remains in her burrow
as creatures, including peccaries, a rattlesnake, and a kangaroo rat, pass
above her but finally emerges to lay her eggs when the distinctive patter of
rain begins.
Dinosaur Babies - Lucille Recht Penner Was it dangerous to be a baby
dinosaur? Yes! Big dinosaurs might step on you. Or eat you! Who took care of
baby dinosaurs?
Froggy Goes to Camp - Jonathan London Froggy packs a lot into one week:
hikes and archery lessons, K.P. and food fights, scary stories and funny
songs around the campfire. But only Froggy could also manage to lose his
trunks during swim class and overturn his kayak with the camp director in it.
Lovable, bumbling Froggy will keep his many fans laughing with his latest
antics.
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg - D. B. Johnson While his friend works hard to earn
the train fare to Fitchburg, a bear, modeled on a young Henry Thoreau, walks
the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and the time to
think great thoughts.
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Doreen
Rappaport This picture book biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. brings
his life and the profound nature of his message to young children through his
own words. Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the most influential and
gifted speakers of all time. Caldecott Honor Book
Max Found Two Sticks - Brian Pinkney On a day when Max doesn't feel like
talking to anyone, a strong breeze shakes two heavy twigs to the ground in
front of his brownstone home. Picking them up, the young African-American boy
begins to beat out a rhythm that imitates the sound of pigeons startled into
flight.
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus - Mo Willems On the title page the bus
driver
addresses the reader directly. He says that he has to be gone for a while and
asks if the
reader can watch things, but not to let the pigeon drive the bus. Caldecott
Honor Book
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed - Margaret Chodos-Irvine Ella Sarah may be little,
but she
has a BIG sense of style--and it isn't at all like that of her mother,
father, and older sister.
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? - Robin Page and Steve Jenkins Children
will learn that lizards can completely break off their tail as a defense and
that it will grow
back. And, they'll find out that crickets' ears are on their knees. Most fish
have two eyes,
but some have four, the better to see above and below the water at the same
time.
Caldecott Honor Book.
Millions of Cats – Wanda Gag An old man and his wife decide to get a cat, so
the old
man goes out in search of the prettiest cat of all. Caldecott Medal Book
My Friend Rabbit – Eric Rohmann When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play
with his brand-new airplane, trouble isn't far behind. Caldecott Medal Book
Oliver Button is a Sissy - Tomie de Paola A boy is teased by others because
he takes
dance classes. His classmates change their attitude about him when they see
what a good
dancer he is.
FIRST GRADE ENTERING SECOND GRADE
"Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream" Cindy Newsehwander
"Duke Ellington:The Piano Prince and His Orchestra" Andrea Davis
"Grandfather's Journey" Allen Say
"Henry And Mudge First Book" Cynthia Rylant
"Hot Air:The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride"
Marjorie Priceman
"How I Learned Geography" Uri Shulevitz
"Knuffle Bunny Too:A Case of Mistaken Identify" Mo Willems
"The Man Who Walked Between the Towers" Mordicai Gerstein
"Measuring Penny" :preem :eedu
"Moses:When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom" Carole Boston
Weatherford
