Special Area Teachers' Suggested Reading Lists for Summer 2007

Spanish - Mrs. Vicente
1st Grade
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson
If I Had Dragon by Tom & Amand Ellery
The Baby Chicks Sing by Nancy Abraham Hall

2nd Grade
Borreguita and the Coyote by Verna Aardema and Petra Mathers
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote by Tony Johnston
The Cat's Meow by Gary Soto

3rd Grade
My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada
Under the Mango Tree by Elida Guardia Bonet
Pepita Talks Twice by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

4th Grade
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Other titles by Pam Munoz Ryan
Titles by Gary Soto

K3-K4
The following books by Iza Trapani:
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Froggie Went A-Courtin
How Much Is That Doggie In the Window
I'm a Little Teapot
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Oh, Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Row Row Row Your Boat
Shoo Fly
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

K5
A Tisket A Tasket - Ella Fitzgerald
Hokey Pokey - Lisa Wheeler
She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain - Philemon Sturges
Mama Don't Allow - Thacher Hurd
The Farmer in the Dell - John O'Brien
Baby Beluga - Raffi
Down By the Bay - Raffi
Five Little Ducks - Raffi
Shake My Sillies Out - Raffi
Spider On the Floor - Raffi
Wheels on the Bus - Raffi

First/Second Grade
Famous Children by Ann Rachlin:
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Mozart, Tchaikovsky

Third/Fourth Grade
Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers by Mike Venezia
Bach, Beatles, Beethoven, Bernstein, Brahms, Chopin, Copland, Ellington, Gershwin, Handel, Mozart, Sousa, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky

Masters of Music by Susan Zannos
Bach, Beethoven, Berlin, Berlioz, Bernstein, Brahms, Chopin, Ellington, Foster, Gershwin, Gilbert & Sullivan, Handel, Haydn, Joplin, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Mozart

Library - Ms. King

K3/K4
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
Bear Shadow by Frank Asch
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Solbodkina
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
One Lighthouse, One Moon by Anita Lobel
Way Down Deep in the Bottom of the Sea by Jan Peck

K5
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
Shoo Fly Guy and others in this series by Ted Arnold
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Inside Your Outside and other books in the "Cat in the Hat Learning Libraary" by Tish Rabe
So Say the Little Monkeys by Nancy Van Laan
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Green Light Readers Level 1 and other books in this series

First
Click Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure by Doreen Cronin
Flotsam by David Wiesner
Pulling My Leg by Joe Carson
I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakite
The Sweet Touch by Lorna Balian
There's a Map on My Lap by Tish Rabe and other books in the "Cat in the Hat Learning Library"
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
Why Frog Has Big Eyes by Betsy Franco and other books in the Green Light Readers series Level 1 and 2

Second
Marty Frye, Private Eye by Janet Tashjian and other redfeather chapter books
The Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
Superdog: The Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner
The Cat Who Wouldn't Come Inside by Cynthia Von Buhler
Seashells by the Seashore by Marianne Berkes
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel

Third
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes
The Conversation Club by Diane Stanley
Virtual Cody by Betsy Duffey
Puzzle Journey Under the Ocean by Lesley Sims
Reaching for the Moon: Buzz Aldrin by Buzz Aldrin

Fourth
Gone Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
The Landry News by Andrew Clements
Regarding the Fountain by Kate Klise
The Treasure of Green Know by L.M. Boston
The Wright Three by Blue Balliett
Soup by Robert Newton Peck
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Ben Franklin Inventing America by Thomas Fleming
Adventures of Riley series by Amanda Lumry & Laura Hurwitz
Math-terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving by Greg Tang
Math Appeal: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang
Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale by Jan Carr