Books for Preschool - 2nd Grade

Summer Bibliographies 2003

JE/BASE
Base, Graeme - The Waterhole
Animals from various areas of the world visit a watering hole that gets smaller and smaller as the dry season advances. Be sure to search for the many indigenous animals that are hidden in each two-page illustration!

JE/BATEMAN
Bateman, Teresa - The Princesses Have a Ball
A king with twelve daughters calls in detectives to investigate why the princesses' shoes are worn out every morning in this very modern version of The Twelve Dancing Princesses.

JE/BLAKE
Blake, Robert - Togo
Togo, a Siberian husky, leads a dog team on the first leg of the journey from Anchorage to Nome to bring diphtheria serum during the 1925 epidemic.

JE/BRIDGES
Bridges, Shirin Yim - Ruby's Wish
A young Chinese girl called Ruby (because she loved to wear the color red!) dreamed of going to a university one day even though at the time, only boys were sent to school. This story is based on the life of the author's grandmother.

JE/BROADLEY
Broadley, Leo - Pedro the Brave
When a hungry wolf stumbles across his campfire, Pedro uses his wits to save himself and his friends from being eaten.

JE/CHENG
Cheng, Andrea - When the Bees Fly Home
Although Jonathan is not yet strong enough to help his father take care of the family's beehives, he finds a different way to use his talents to help the family during bad times.

JE/CHRISTELOW
Christelow, Eileen - Where's the Big Bad Wolf?
Detective Phineas T. Doggedly investigates the case of a house of straw and a house of sticks that have been blown down under mysterious circumstances.

JE/CUMMINGS
Cummings, Pat - Ananse and the Lizard: A West African Tale
Ananse the spider thinks he knows the secret that will allow him to marry the village chief's wife, but he may not be quite as smart as he thinks he is.

JE/DALY
Daly, Niki - Once Upon a Time
Sarie doesn't mind the long hot walk to school, but hates how she feels when she's called on to read aloud in class. However, one special book, a good friend and a loving aunt help change her mind about reading.

JE/DANNEBERG
Danneberg, Julie - First Year Letters
The kids in Mrs. Hartwell's class tell about her exciting first year as a teacher through the letters they write and mail in their classroom mailbox.

JE/DEACON
Deacon, Alexis - Slow Loris
Slow Loris, thought by visitors and other animals alike to be the most boring animal at the zoo, leads a whole other life at night, when no one can see.

JE/DODDS
Dodds, Dayle Ann - The Kettles Get New Clothes
The Kettles, a family of dogs, go shopping for new clothes every year. But when their favorite little store is replaced by a snazzy new fashion boutique, shopping for clothes becomes quite an adventure!

JE/GEORGE
George, Jean Craighead - Cliff Hanger
Axel and his father, a mountain-climbing instructor, make a risky climb during a thunderstorm to rescue Axel's dog.

JE/GRAVES
Graves, Keith - Loretta: Ace Pinky Scout
Loretta worked hard to be the perfect Pinky Scout. She flossed, knew her manual by heart, and earned every merit badge but one, the Golden Marshmallow Badge (because she always burned the marshmallows!)

JE/GRIFALCONI
Grifalconi, Ann - The Village That Vanished
Njemile, an African girl, helps her mother save themselves and their fellow villagers with a daring plan to escape from approaching slave traders.

JE/HARTMAN
Hartman, Bob - The Wolf Who Cried Boy
Tired of the same old lamburgers and three-pig salad for dinner, Little Wolf tries to trick his parents into trying Boy, instead.

JE/HODGES
Hodges, Margaret - The Boy Who Drew Cats
A Japanese boy, too small to help his father with the farming, is sent to a temple to learn to be a priest. His love of drawing cats helps to scare away an evil goblin that has taken over the temple.

J/973.931/KAL
Kalman, Maira - Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey
A 70-year-old New York City fireboat, retired in 1975, was called back into action on September 11, 2001 to help put out fires at the World Trade Center.

JE/LESTER
Lester, Helen - Tackylocks and the Three Bears
With Tacky the Penguin acting in the starring role of Goldilocks, nothing goes right for a group of penguin friends who are performing a play for Mrs. Beakly's class.

JE/MCCAUGHREAN
McCaughrean, Geraldine - One Bright Penny
Bill, Bob and Penny's father promises to give one of them the family farm if they can fill up the barn with just a penny. Luckily, Penny's up to the challenge!

JE/PULVER
Pulver, Robin - Punctuation Takes a Vacation
When Mr. Wright sends all of the punctuation marks on vacation, his class soon discovers how much they miss the exclamation points, commas and the rest.

JE/SPURR
Spurr, Elizabeth - A Pig Named Perrier
Perrier, the perfect pet of a beautiful movie star, is the toast of Hollywood parties, but has a secret longing to wallow in mud.

JE/TEAGUE
Teague, Mark - Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
Ike is serving time at the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy due to his unruly behavior, but sends home a series of funny letters, trying to get his owner, Mrs. LaRue, to let him come home.

JE/THOMPSON
Thompson, Kay - Kay Thompson's Eloise Takes a Bawth
In this rawther wonderful new story, Eloise overflows her bathtub on the top floor of New York's Plaza Hotel, creating a disaster downstairs at the grand Venetian Masked Ball.

JE/YEZERSKI
Yezerski, Thomas F. - A Full Hand
Asa helps his father, a canal boat captain, by leading the mules that pull their boatload of coal through a 19th century canal.

Prepared by S. Pemberton, May 2003