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Going into Kindergarten:
Starting kindergarten can be a very exciting event for you and your child. This list has been assembled to help you find some great books for and about kindergartners.
Since reading together nurtures a lasting love of books, we have included favorites that are especially good for reading aloud. Many are available as recordings or downloads—great for car trips!
We hope you’ll use our list as a springboard to all the books you will read this summer.
* = available on CD in the Chappaqua Library collection
All JP unless otherwise noted.

Agee Life on Mars
Atinuke Baby Goes to Market
Austrian Worm Loves Worm
Bahk Juna’s Jar
Baker LMNO Peas*
Baldacchino Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
Bardhan-Quallen Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!
Barrow Have You Seen Elephant?
Bernstein I Am a Cat
Bottner Priscilla Gorilla
Brantley-Newton Grandma’s Purse
Cooper Max and the Tag-Along Moon
Cyrus Shake a Leg, Egg!
DaCosta Nighttime Ninja
DiPucchio Gaston
Doherty The Magic Bicycle
Dyckman Tea Party Rules
Fogliano When’s My Birthday?
Fox Ducks Away!
French Yucky Worms
Gág Millions of Cats
Godwin This Is the Firefighter
Goodrich Say Hello to Zorro!
Graegin Little Fox in the Forest
Graham Home in the Rain
Griffith Moonlight
Harshman One Big Family
Henkes Bailey Goes Camping
Hest When Charley Met Grandpa
Hood I Am Bat
Isadora I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch and Taste It, Too!)
Jones Glitter
Kaplan Betty Bunny Wants Everything*
Kelley Summer Stinks
Kuhlman Hank’s Big Day: The Story of a Bug
Lamothe This Is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from Around the World
Lawson Sidewalk Flowers
Leaf The Story of Ferdinand*
Lemniscates Trees
Lowell The Bootmaker and the Elves
Martinez-Neal Alma and How She Got Her Name
McCloskey Blueberries for Sal*
McQuinn Lola series
Meshon Take Me Out to the Yakyu
Messer Grumpy Pants
Messner Over and Under the Pond
Murguria I Feel Five
Olivera ABCs on Wheels
Perkins Hey Black Child
Phelan Druthers
Reynolds Ish*
Rocco Blackout*
Rockwell Let’s Go to the Hardware Store
Sayre Raindrops Roll
Scanlon All the World
Schwartz Dee Dee and Me
Sendak Pierre JP TINY
Shannon Duck on a Tractor
Shea Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
Skorpen We Were Tired of Living in a House
Smith A Perfect Day
Sockabasin Thanks to the Animals
Springstubb Phoebe & Digger
Steig Pete’s a Pizza
Stein Interrupting Chicken
Tallec Who Done It?
Udry A Tree Is Nice
Vandever Fall in Line, Holden!
Walker Peggy
Ward The Biggest Bear
White Blue on Blue
Willems That Is Not a Good Idea!
Yee Who Likes Rain? JP TINY
Zion Harry by the Sea
Choldenko Louder, Lili
Davis Kindergarten Rocks! J HOLIDAY
Henkes Jessica
Keller Harry and Tuck
Lyon The Pirate of Kindergarten
McCarney The Way to School J 372.91 M
McGhee Countdown to Kindergarten
Rex School’s First Day of School
Rim Birdie’s First Day of School
Rose The Twelve Days of Kindergarten
Schwartz Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner
Sullivan Ming Goes to School
Vernick Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? J HOLIDAY
Weiss Hank and Oogie J PARENT JP
Yum Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten!
Andrews Trombone Shorty J B Andrews
Branford Violet Mackerel series J
Kerrin Martin Bridge series J
Lottridge Ten Small Tales J 398 “NURSERY”
McCleery Wolf Story J
Nabb Josie Smith series J
Elliott In the Sea JP
Westcott The Lady with the Alligator Purse JP
J 811.08 F Firefly July (Janeczko)
J 811.08 H Here’s a Little Poem (Yolen)
J 811.5 L Wake Up House! (Lillegard)
BOOKS ABOUT KINDERGARTEN
GREAT FOR READING ALOUD
POETRY

This list was created by your School Media Specialist and the Children's Librarians at the Chappaqua Library
www.chappaqualibrary.org
Chappaqua Library
Suggested Summer Reading
2018
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Going into First Grade:
Over the summer you have the chance to read books that you choose yourself! Since there are a ton of books at the library, here is a list of favorites for all types for first graders. Some are available as downloads and audiobooks, too. These are just a few of the books that you could read over the summer. Ask your librarians if you have any questions.
Since reading together nurtures a lasting love of books, we have included favorites that are especially good for reading aloud.
* = available on CD in the Chappaqua Library collection

Aman The Fox Wish
Bang When Sophie Thinks She Can’t
Barnett Extra Yarn*
Bean At Night
Brennan-Nelson Tallulah: Mermaid of the Great Lakes
Bright The Koala Who Could
Brosgol Leave Me Alone!
Brown The Curious Garden
Chan Georgie’s Best Bad Day
Child Slightly Invisible
Cooper Beaver Is Lost
Cornwall Jabari Jumps
Daly Where’s Jamela?
Demarest Firefighters A to Z
Desrosiers Hocus Pocus series J GRAPHIC
DiPucchio Crafty Chloe
Dyckman Horrible Bear!
Evans We March
Fleming Clever Jack Takes the Cake
Fogliano If You Want to See a Whale
Frost Sweep Up the Sun
“GOLDILOCKS” Rubia and the Three Osos
Goodrich We Forgot Brock!
Gorbachev Cats Are Cats
Graham Oscar’s Half Birthday
Gray Dog on a Frog?
Grey Traction Man series
Haas The Maggie B.
Hassett Come Back, Ben JE
Heder Alfie: The Turtle That Disappeared
Henkes Waiting
Hesse Come On, Rain!
Higgins Mother Bruce
Himes Princess and the Peas
Hirst Alphonse, That Is Not Okay to Do!
Hoban Frances series
Hoberman The Seven Silly Eaters
Hughes That Is My Dream!
Jackson Beastly Babies
Jenkins, M Bird Builds a Nest
Jenkins, E Princessland
Johnston A Small Thing . . . But Big
Jung Look Up!
Kaplan Betty Bunny Wants a Goal
Kheiriyeh Two Parrots
Kugler Snail and Worm series
Larsen A Squiggly Story
Leroy Stripes the Cat Tiger
Lewin Look! JE
Long Up, Tall and High JE
Manley The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read
Mantchev Jinx and the Doom Fight Crime
Marshall George & Martha series
Maynor Ella and Penguin Stick Together
McAnulty Excellent Ed
McClintock The Five Forms
McCloskey Make Way for Ducklings
McLeod SuperHero ABC
Meisel See Me Dig JE
Moore A House in the Woods
Mora Water Rolls, Water Rises
Nichols Maple and Willow series
Offill While You Were Napping
Pinkney The Lion and the Mouse
Rissi The Teacher’s Pet
Rodriguez The Chicken Thief
Schwartz A Teeny, Tiny Baby
Sima Not Quite Narwhal
Simont The Stray Dog
Sís Ice Cream Summer
Steig Doctor De Soto
Steiner Look-Alikes, Jr.
Sweet Carmine: A Little More Red
Teckentrup Look at the Weather
Thong Round Is a Tortilla

PICTURE BOOKS (JP)
“THREE” Three Billy Goats Gruff
Underwood Here Comes Teacher Cat
Vamos The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred*
Van Lieshout FLIGHT 1-2-3
Verde The Water Princess
Vernick First Grade Dropout
Voake Melissa’s Octopus and Other Unsuitable Pets
Ward Brobarians
Wenzel They All Saw a Cat
Wiesner The Three Pigs
Zullo Line 135
Ada My Name is María Isabel
Adderson Jasper John Dooley series
Atinuke Anna Hibiscus*
Cheng Only One Year
Jenkins Toys Go Out series*
King-Smith Lady Lollipop
MacDonald Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series*
Pennypacker Clementine*
Perkins Tiger Boy
Sierra Silly and Sillier: Read Aloud Tales from Around the World J 398 MULTI
Voake Daisy Dawson series
J 513.2 M Give Me Half (Murphy)
J 513.2 S One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab (Sayre)
J 523.3 S If You Were the Moon (Salas)
J 567.9 J How Big Were Dinosaurs? (Judge)
J 580 H Plants Can’t Sit Still (Hirsch)
J 591.472 B Glow: Animals With Their Own Night-Lights (Beck)
J 599.67 O A Baby Elephant in the Wild (O’Connell)
J 599.769 L Otters Love to Play (London)
J 664.6 M Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum (McCarthy)
J 782.421 M What is Hip-Hop? (Morse)
J 917.47 B In New York (Brown)
J/B/Ginsburg I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark (Levy)
J/B/Gregory The Hole Story of a Doughnut (Miller)
J/B/Matisse The Iridescence of Birds (MacLachlan)
J/B/Nohl In Mary’s Garden (Kugler)
Elliott In the Wild JP
MacLachlan Once I Ate a Pie JP
J 811.5 F In the Swim (Florian)
J 811.5 F Lend a Hand (Frank)
J 811.5 G Flicker Flash (Graham)
J 811.5 H The Llama Who Had No Pajama (Hoberman)
J 811.5 S Fresh-Picked Poetry (Schaub)
GREAT FOR READING ALOUD (J)
NON-FICTION
POETRY
Chappaqua Library
Suggested Summer Reading
2018
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Going into Second Grade:
Over the summer you have the chance to read books that you choose yourself! Since there are a ton of books at the library, here is a list of favorites for all types for second graders--Some are available as downloads and audiobooks, too.
Since family reading times provide shared literary experiences and nurture a lasting love of books, we’ve included favorites that are especially good for reading aloud.
*=also available on CD J=fiction at the Chappaqua Library
JE=early readers JP=picture books
J Graphic are found on the last wall, in fiction.
JP+ are longer picture books and deal with more challenging subjects or historical events.

Arnold Noodlehead Nightmares J
Bang-Campbell Little Rat Makes Music J
Barnes Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut JP
Barnett The Wolf, the Duck & the Mouse JP
Barrows Ivy & Bean series* J
Beaty Rosie Revere, Engineer JP
Berry What Floats in a Moat? JP
Brown The Airport Book JP
Buitrago Jimmy the Greatest! JP
Butler King & Kayla series J
Byars My Brother, Ant JE
Campoy Maybe Something Beautiful JP
Castellucci Odd Duck J GRAPHIC
Child I Completely Know About Guinea Pigs JP
Chin Gravity JP
Cronin Bloom JP
Cummins A Hungry Lion, or a Dwindling Assortment of Animals JP
Cyrus Billions of Bricks JP
Daly Welcome to Zanzibar Road JP
Dempsey A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream JP
Diakité I Lost My Tooth in Africa JP
Diesen Picture Day Perfection JP
Donaldson The Fish Who Cried Wolf JP
Frazee A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever JP
Graham April and Esme, Tooth Fairies JP
Hanlon Dory Fantasmagory J
Henkes Penny series JE
Hopkinson Sky Boys JP+
Johnson The Shark King J GRAPHIC
Johnston Sequoia JP
Keller We Are Growing! JE WILLEMS
Khan Big Red Lollipop JP
Kleber More-igami JP
Kostecki-Shaw Same, Same, But Different JP
Landau Leopardpox! JP
Lin Ling and Ting series JE
Lobel Frog and Toad series JE
Mack Frog and Fly: Six Slurpy Stories JE
Manushkin Pedro series JE
Markle Toad Weather JP
Marshall Three by the Sea JE
Mason These Hands JP
Maturana Life Without Nico JP
Meddaugh Martha Speaks* JP
Medina Juana & Lucas J
Medina Mango, Abuela, and Me JP
Milway Pigsticks and Harold series J
Miyakoshi The Tea Party in the Woods JP
Muth Mama Lion Wins the Race JP
Pearson How to Teach a Slug to Read JP
Phi A Different Pond JP
Pizzoli The Watermelon Seed JE
Potter Piper Green series J
Renaud Mr. Crum’s Potato Predicament JP
Richardson And Tango Makes Three JP
Rylant High-Rise Private Eyes series JE
Santat After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again JP
Schwartz Town Is By the Sea JP
Selznick Baby Monkey, Private Eye J
Shore How to Drive Your Sister Crazy JE
Snyder Charlie and Mouse series JE
Soundar Pattan’s Pumpkin: A Traditional Flood Story from Southern India JP
Van Leeuwen Oliver & Amanda Pig series JE
Wahl Sonya’s Chickens JP
Wiesner Mr. Wuffles JP
Woodson Each Kindness JP
Zoboli Professional Crocodile JP
J/B/GOODALL Me…Jane (McDonnell)
J/B/GREENWOOD Earmuffs for Everyone (McCarthy)
J/B/JOHNSON Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson (Smith)
J/B/LOVELACE Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science: The First Computer Programmer (Stanley)
J/B/MATISSE Henri’s Scissors (Winter)
J/B/MORRIS I Could Do That! (White)
FICTION
BIOGRAPHY
J/B/NEWBERY Balderdash!: John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books (Markel)
J/B/PRESLEY Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King (Christensen)
J/B/YOUSAFZAI Malala’s Magic Pencil (Yousafzai)
Some great folktales can be found at J 398 or J 398.2
Atinuke Anna Hibiscus’ Song J
Bond Paddington series* J
Hegbrook Story Worlds: Nature JP
Henkes The Year of Billy Miller* J
Jenkins Brave Red, Smart Frog J
Look Ruby Lu series J
Schlitz Princess Cora and the Crocodile* J
Spratt Nanny Piggins series J
Thurber Many Moons JP
J 398 AFRI N Nelson Mandela’s Favorite African Folktales* (Mandela)
J 398 IRAN Pea Boy and Other Stories from Iran (Laird)
J 880 A Unwitting Wisdom (Aesop)
J 292 K Young Zeus (Karas)
J 428.1 S You’re Pulling My Leg!: 400 Human-Body Sayings from Head to Toe (Street)
J 523.5 H How the Meteorite Got to the Museum (Hartland)
J 530.8 L Measuring Penny (Leedy)
J 551.48 B Rivers of Sunlight: How the Sun Moves Water Around the Earth (Bang)
J 591.5 L Whose Poop Is That? (Lunde)
J 591.6 C Deadly and Dangerous (Carson)
J 595.7 V Insect Detective (Voake)
J 597.3 W Sharks Have Six Senses (Waters)
J 597.8 W The Hidden Life of a Toad (Wechsler)
J 597.92 C Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids, and a Hundred Sea Turtles (Cousteau)
J 599.53 D Dolphin Baby! (Davies)
J 599.9 L Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal Skeletons (Levine)
J 612.6 H It’s NOT the Stork! (Harris)
J 644.6 M Toilet: How It Works (Macaulay)
J 920.7 H Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History (Harrison)
JE George Little Dog and Duncan
J 811.5 E On the Wing (Elliott)
J 811.5 G I Am Loved (Giovanni)
Splish Splash (Graham)
J 811.5 O Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color (O’Neill)
J 811.5 P Good Sports (Prelutsky)
J 811.5 S Echo Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths (Singer)
J 811.5 Z Seasons: A Book of Poems (Zolotow)
GREAT FOR READING ALOUD
NON-FICTION
POETRY

This list was created by your School Media Specialist and the Children's Librarians at the Chappaqua Library
www.chappaqualibrary.org
Chappaqua Library
Suggested Summer Reading
2018

Going into Fourth Grade:
Over the summer you have the chance to read books that you choose yourself! Since there are a ton of books at the library, here is a list of favorites for all types for fourth graders. Some are available as downloads and audiobooks, too. These are just a few of the books that you could read over the summer—have fun! As always, ask your librarians if you have any questions.
* = available on CD in the Chappaqua Library collection

Angleberger The Strange Case of Origami Yoda*
Applegate The One and Only Ivan*
Asch Journal of a Cardboard Genius series
Bauer Soar
Bildner Rip and Red series
Birdsall Penderwicks series*
Davies The Lemonade Wars series
Davies The Lion Who Stole My Arm
Elliott In the Past JP
Gidwitz The Unicorn Rescue Society: The Creature of the Pines
Gino George*
Grabenstein Welcome to Wonderland series
Gratz Ban This Book
Hale Chet Gecko series*
Harley Charlie Bumpers series
Henkes Junonia
Holub Heroes in Training series
Ibbotson Dial-A-Ghost*
Jennings We Can’t All Be Rattlesnakes
Jeter The Contract series
Kelly Calpurnia Tate, Girl Vet series
Kelly Chained
Korman Island, Everest series
Krishnaswami The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
Levy The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher* series
Lupica Comeback Kids series
Martin The Doll People series
McMann Going Wild
Mills The Nora Notebooks
Montijo The Gumazing Gum Girl! series
Newman Mimi
O’Connor The Fantastic Secret of Owen Jester*
O’Donnell Hamstersaurus Rex
Pflugfelder Nick and Tesla series
Rundell Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms*
Salisbury Calvin Coconut series
Scieszka Math Curse* JP
Shevah Dara Palmer’s Major Drama
Smith Aliens on Vacation series
Smith Indian Shoes
Tarshis I Survived series
Tooke Lucky: Maris, Mantle and My Best Summer Ever
Trottier Migrant JP+
Warner Ellray Jakes series
Winston The Sweetest Sound
Yep A Dragon’s Guide series
J/B/BARNES Between the Lines: How Ernie Barnes Went From the Football Field to the Art Gallery (Wallace)
J/B/BASQUIAT Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (Steptoe)
J/B/BOURGEOIS Cloth Lullaby: The Woven Life of Louise Bourgeois (Novesky)
J/B/CASH Hello, I’m Johnny Cash (Neri)
J/B/DARWIN Tree of Life: Charles Darwin (Sís)
J/B/DOUGLASS Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History (Myers)
J/B/DUPUIS I Am Not a Number (Dupuis)
J/B/EARLE Life in the Ocean: The Story of Sylvia Earle (Nivola)
J/B/EDMONDS Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender (Jones)
J/B/ESQUIVEL Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist (Wood)
J/B/GANDHI Grandfather Gandhi (Gandhi)
J/B/HARRISON Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude (Borden)
J/B/MAYS You Never Heard of Willie Mays?! (Winter)
J/B/REEVES Bad News for Outlaws (Nelson)
J/B/STRINGFIELD Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth (Gill)
J/B/TAYLOR Queen of the Falls (Van Allsburg)
Bell El Deafo
Chantler Three Thieves series
Cosby Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse
Davis Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
Hatke Zita the Space Girl series
Kibuishi Amulet series
Larson Compass South
Maihack Cleopatra in Space series
Pearson Hildafolk series
Santat Sidekicks
Shiga Meanwhile
Simpson Phoebe and Her Unicorn series
Smith Bone series
Telgemeier Smile
Varon Robot Dreams
Winick Hilo series
Almond Harry Miller’s Run
Bruchac The Girl Who Helped Thunder & Other Native American Folktales J 398 NAT AM B
Curtis The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963*
King-Smith The Fox Busters
FICTION
BIOGRAPHIES
GRAPHIC NOVELS
GREAT FOR READING ALOUD
Lin Where the Mountain Meets the Moon*
McCloskey Homer Price*
Riordan Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods* J 292 R
Tolkien The Hobbit*
Waugh Space Race
J 081 B Who Said That?: Famous Americans Speak (Burleigh)
J 331.892 M Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 (Markel)
J 362.4 B Not So Different: What You Really Want to Ask About Having a Disability (Bureauw)
J 492.4 M The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew (Michelson)
J 508.86 C Island: A Story of the Galapagos (Chin)
J 520.78 Astronomy Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Activities (Nichols)
J 529 J Just A Second (Jenkins)
J 571.45 B Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas (Bang)
J 577.7 W Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean (Wicks)
J 577.69 R The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families (Roth)
J 578.6 J Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature’s Undead (Johnson)
J 579.6 D Tiny Creatures: The World of Microbes (Davies)
J 591.5 S Nocturne: Creatures of the Night (Scott)
J 591.68 J Can We Save the Tiger? (Jenkins)
J 597.3 R Neighborhood Sharks (Roy)
J 598.8 T Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World’s Brightest Bird (Turner)
J 599.4 C The Bat Scientists (Carson)
J 624 H Curious Constructions: A Peculiar Portfolio of Fifty Fascinating Structures (Hearst)
J 635 L Let’s Garden: A Step by Step Introduction (Lidstrom)
J 636.6 S Alex the Parrot: No Ordinary Bird (Spinner)
J 685.31 K Sneaker Century: A History of Athletic Shoes (Keyser)
J 784.2 H Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay (Hood)
J 793.734 A Jon Agee’s Palindromania! (Agee)
J 919.89 M Shackleton: The Voyage of the James Caird: A Graphic Account (McCumisky)
J 940.4 B Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion (Barton)
J 973.23 B The 50 States: Explore the USA with 50 Fact-Filled Maps! (Balkan)
J 978 S Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn’t Tell You About America’s Westward Expansion (Sheinkin)
J 811.08 C Cats Are Cats (Larrick)
J 811.08 F A Foot in the Mouth (Janeczko)
J 811.5 H I’m Just No Good at Rhyming and Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups (Harris)
J 811.5 M We Are America: A Tribute From the Heart (Myers)
J 811.5 P Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast (Prelutsky)
J 811.5 R Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed From a Single Word (Raczka)
J 811.5 S BookSpeak! Poems About Books (Salas)
J 811.5 S Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night (Sidman)
J 920 E Bravo! Poems About Amazing Hispanics (Engle)
NON-FICTION
POETRY

This list was created by your School Media Specialist and the Children's Librarians at the Chappaqua Library
www.chappaqualibrary.org
Chappaqua Library
Suggested Summer Reading
2018