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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?