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2008 Summer Reading Program
The books for summer reading are listed below and are generally grouped by curriculum area for the upcoming year and can be found at Barnes & Nobles or Amazon books.

I Wonder Why

  • Aston, Dianna, An Egg is Quiet
  • Aston, Dianna, A Seed is Sleepy
  • Banks, Kate, A Gift from the Sea
  • Butterworth, Christine, Seahorse, the Shyest Fish in the Sea
  • Campbell, Janis, G is for Galaxy
  • Ripley, Catherine, Why, the Best Ever Question and Answer Book about Nature, Science and the World Around You
  • Sayre, April Pulley, Stars Beneath Your Bed
  • Sobol, Richard, Adelina's Whales
  • Zagwyn, Deborah, Turtle Spring

Who Am I?

  • Ada, Alma Flor, I Love Saturdays y Domingos
  • Stories by Jan Brett
  • Demi, One Grain of Rice
  • Dorros, Arthur, Abuela
  • Graham, Bob, Oscar's Half Birthday
  • Hoffman, Mary, Boundless Grace
  • Johnston, Tony, The Quilt Story
  • Joosse, Barbara, Papa, Do You Love Me?
  • Juster, Norton, The Hello Goodbye Window
  • Nye, Naomi Shihab, Sitti's Secrets
  • Park, Linda Sue, Bee-Bim Bop!
  • Prelutsky, Jack, It's Thanksgiving
  • Weninger, Brigitte, A Child is a Child
  • Woodson, Jacqueline, We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past
  • Young, Ed, My Mei Mei

Communities Around Us

  • Brett, Jan, Town Mouse, Country Mouse
  • Keats, Ezra Jack, Whistle for Willie
  • Keats, Ezra Jack, Peter's Chair
  • McBrier, Paige, Beatrice's Goat
  • McCully, Emily, Nora's Ark
  • Ringgold, Faith, Tar Beach
  • Robey, Katharine, Hare and the Big Green Lawn
  • Rylant, Cynthia, The Relatives Came
  • Sis, Peter, Madlenka
  • Spier, Peter, People
  • Wong, Janet, The Dumpster Diver

Water is Life

  • Bauer, Marion Dane, Rain
  • Cowan, Catherine, My Life with the Wave
  • Carle, Eric, A House for Hermit Crab
  • Lionni, Leo, Swimmy
  • Paulsen, Gary, Canoe Days

Exploring Patterns

  • Beaton, Clare, Daisy Gets Dressed
  • Brown, Margaret Wise, The Runaway Bunny
  • Carle, Eric, Brown Bear, Brown Bear
  • Christelow, Eileen, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
  • Clements, Andrew, A Million Dots
  • Ehlert, Lois, Fisheyes
  • Ernst, Lisa Campbell, The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book
  • Ho, Minfong, Hush! A Thai Lullaby
  • Martin, Jr., Bill, Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3
  • Neitzel, Shirley, The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's
  • Seuss, Dr., One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

A World of Homes

  • Grifalconi, Ann, The Village of Round and Square Houses
  • Hoberman, Mary Ann, A House is a House for Me
  • Howard, Ginger, William's House<
  • Knutson, Barbara, Sungura and the Leopard
  • Luciani, Brigitte, Those Messy Hempels
  • Winter, Jeanette, Elsina's Clouds

PYP Attitudes and Profile

  • Gomi, Taro, My Friends
  • Henkes, Kevin, Chrysanthemum
  • Henkes, Kevin, Julius, the Baby of the World
  • Ketteman, Helen, Armadillo Tattletale
  • Lester, Helen, Tacky the Penguin
  • Lionni, Leo, Frederick
  • Lovell, Patty, Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon
  • Munson, Derek, Enemy Pie
  • Pfister, Marcus, The Rainbow Fish
  • Stevens, Janet, The Tortoise and the Hare
  • Wells, Rosemary, Yoko

Series

  • Arnold, Tedd, Fly Guy (series)
  • Capucilli, Alyssa Satin, Biscuit (series)
  • Delacre, Lulu, Rafi and Rosi
  • Marzollo, Jean and Wick, Walter I Spy (series)
  • Rylant, Cynthia, Mr. Putter and Tabby (series)
  • Rylant, Cynthia, Henry and Mudge (series)
  • Willems, Mo, Elephant and Piggie (series)