May 21, 2013
June 2013 Recommended Reading
Transportation Week
Cool Cars by Tony Mitton
Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom! by Stuart J. Murphy
The Little Auto by Lois Lenski
School Bus by Donald Crews
The Wheels on the Bus by Paul O. Zelinsky
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Terrific Trains! by Philemon Sturges
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Amazing Airplanes by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker
My Car by Byron Barton
Shark vs. Train by Chris Barton
The Bus For Us by Suzanne Bloom
Little Tug by Stephan Savage
Who is Driving? By Leo Timmers
Bunnies on the Go: Getting from Place to Place by Rick Walton
The Mighty Street Sweeper by Patrick Moore
Sports Fun Week
Who Am I? Sports! By Alain Crozon
Luke Goes to Bat by Rachel Isadora
Peek-a-Choo-Choo! By Marie Torres Cimarusti
Shapes in Sports by Rebecca Rissmand
Jump Into Sports Non-Fiction Series by Cynthia Amoroso; Titles include: Gymnastics, Football, Baseball, Basketball, Ice Skating, Soccer, Swimming, & Tennis
Good Sports by Jack Prelutsky
Kickball Game by Joseph Anderson
Just Fishing with Grandma by GIna Mayer
A is for Amazing Moments: A Sports Alphabet by Brad Herzog
Good Luck Charlie by Jennifer E. Kramer
Morgan Plays Soccer by Anne F. Rockwell
Gymnastics by Holly Karapetkova
Froggy Learns to Swim by Jonathan London
Family Huddle by Archie Manning
I Can Sky by Melanie Davis Jones
Barbar’s Yoga for Elephants by Laurent de Brunhoff
Ballet Dancing by Kathryn Clay
A Perfect Father’s Day by Eve Bunting
Father’s Day by Anne Rockwell
No One Can Play by Mercer Mayer
Clifford’s Sports Day by Norman Bridwell
Sloppy Slimy Fun Week
Horrible Harry and the Green Slime by Suzy Kline
A Little Book of Slime: Everything That Oozes, From Killer Slime to Living Mold by Clint Twist
Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
Once Upon A Slime by Andy Griffiths
Goop Soup by David Lubar
S’mores Galore! Ooey Gooey Recipes (No Campfire Required) by Jan McCracken
Goops and How to Be Them: A Manual of Manners for Polite Children by Gelett Burgess
Ooey Gooey Animals 123 by Lola M. Schaefer
Lotions, Potions, and Slime: Mudpies and More! By Nancy Blakey
Bad Luck Duck by Jill Eggleton
Slugs by Lola M. Schaefer
Go Fast, Goo, a Snail Tale by Todd Murphy
An Awesome Book by Dallas Clayton
Jellyfish by Lola M. Schaefer
The Book of Slime by Ellen Jackson
Slime & All by Janet Ann Colins
Slime Time Bug Buddies by Joe Miller
Charlotte Frisbee and the Slime Attack by Sally Sutton
Once Upon a Slime Books by Howard Bouch
Mortimer Keene: Attack of the Slime by Tim Healey
How to Make Slime by Lori Shores
The Slime Wars by Debbie Dadey
Lizards in the Lunch Line (Swamp Monster in Third Grade) by Debbie Dadey
Shipwrecked Week!
The Little Island by Maragret Wise Brown
An Island Grows by Lola M. Schaefer
One Tiny Turtle by Jane Chapman
Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell
Pirates Don’t Change Diapers by Melinda Long
How I became a Pirate by Melinda Long
The Sailer Dog by Maragret Wise Brown
Surprise Island (The Boxcar Children Mysteries) by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Nugget & Fang by Tammi Sauer
On a Pirate Ship by Sarah Courtauld & Laura Parker
Pirate vs Pirate by Mary Quattlebaum & Alexander Boiger
Do Pirates Take Baths? by Kathy Tucker
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
A Pirate Girl by Cornelia Funke
Pirates Past Noon (Magic Tree House) by Mary Pope Osborne
A Pirate’s Life for Me!: A Day Aboard a Pirate Ship by Charlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated
Pirates Do Ride Scooters (Baily School Kids Jr. Chapter Book) by Dady, Debbie & Marcia Jones
Lives of the Pirates: Shashbucklers, Scoundrels (neighbors Beware!) by Kathleen Krull
Miranda the Castaway by James Mayhew
Henry the Castaway by Mark Taylor
Castaways! By Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon
Piratepedia by DK Books
Toddlers and Infants
All Titles Below by P.D. Eastman:
- Are You My Mother?
- The Best Nest
- Flap Your Wings
- Sam and the Firefly
- Big Dog…Little Dog
- Red, Stop! Green, Go!
All Titles Below by Bill Martin Jr. and/or John Archambault
- Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 (Chicka Chicka Boom Boom) by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson and Lois Ehlert
- Barn Dance!
- Knots on a Counting Rope (Reading Rainbow Books)
- Here Are My Hands
- Up and Down on the Merry-Go-Round
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle
- Ten Little Caterpillars
- Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up?