|
A joint
booklist
created
by the
children's
librarians
at the
Ferguson
Library
in
conjunction
with
Stamford
Public
Schools.
 Pre-K -
Kindergarten
Grades 1
Grades 2
Grades 3
Grades 4
Grade 5
Nutmeg
Children’s
Book
Award
DVDs and
Videos
for
Summer
Viewing
You have
worked
hard all
year,
and
summer
vacation
is here.
Have a
wonderful,
relaxing
summer,
but
please
make
reading
part of
your
vacation
experience.
The
summer
is a
great
time to
explore
different
books.
You may
discover
a new
genre or
author
you have
never
before
encountered,
and you
may be
surprised
to find
that
there
are
books
that
mirror
your
experience,
or that
teach
you
interesting
things.
Reading
with a
friend
or a
group of
friends
can be
lots of
fun.
Together
you can
choose
the
books
you want
to read,
ask each
other
interesting
questions,
and even
act out
the
scenes.
Discussing
what you
read
really
helps
you grow
as a
reader.
The
District
of
Stamford
in
partnership
with The
Ferguson
Library
prepared
this
booklet
to guide
you in
selecting
your
summer
reading
books.
At every
grade
level
there
are many
choices…multicultural
stories,
mysteries,
nonfiction,
poetry,
folktales…so
you are
sure to
find
something
that is
just
right
for you.
If you
are in
4th
through
8th
grade,
our
lists
also
include
the
nominees
for the
2009
Nutmeg
Children’s
Choice
Award.
Challenge
yourself
by
reading
the
nominees
in your
category,
and vote
for your
favorite
in
January.
You can
help
select
the
winner
of
Connecticut’s
own book
award!
All the
titles
listed
in this
booklet
are
available
at The
Ferguson
Library.
The
Youth
Services
Librarians
are also
available
to
suggest
other
books
that you
might
enjoy.
During
the
summer,
you can
also
join the
library’s
summer
reading
clubs:
Catch
the
Reading
Bug for
children
and for
Teens:
Extreme
Makeover
– Mind
Edition.
As club
members,
you can
earn
prizes
and
attend
special
events.
So have
a great
summer
and
HAPPY
READING!!
Favorite
Picture
Books
Bang,
Molly
When
Sophie
Gets
Angry-Really,
Really
Angry +
Bloom,
Suzanne
A
Splendid
Friend,
Indeed
Butler,
John
Ten
in the
Den
Carle,
Eric
Ten
Little
Rubber
Ducks
Chodos-Irvine,
Margaret
Ella
Sarah
Gets
Dressed
(Caldecott
Honor)
Cronin,
Doreen
Dooby
Dooby
Moo
+
Davis,Jacky
Ladybug
Girl
Donofrio,Beverly
Mary and
the
Mouse,
the
Mouse
and Mary
Ehlert,
Lois
Planting
a
Rainbow
Falconer,
Ian
Olivia
Forms a
Band
Feiffer,
Jules
Bark,
George
Graham,
Bob
Dimity
Dumpty:
the
story of
Humpty’s
Little
Sister
Henkes,
Kevin+
Kitten’s
First
Full
Moon
(Caldecott
Award)
Hills,
Tad
Duck
Duck
Goose
Himmelman,
John
Chickens
to the
Rescue
Kann,
Victoria
Purplicious
Kasza,
Kieko
My
Lucky
Day
Kraus,
Robert
Leo
the Late
Bloomer
Lawrence,
John
This
Little
Chick
Lester,
Helen
Hooway
for
Wodney
Wat +
London,
Jonathan
Froggy
Rides a
Bike
Markes,
Julie
Shhh!
Everybody’s
Sleeping
Martin,
Jr.,
Bill
Panda
Bear,
Panda
Bear,
What Do
You See?
Murphy,
Mary
I
Kissed
the Baby
Rathman,
Peggy
The
Day the
Babies
Crawled
Away
Rohmann,
Eric
My
Friend
Rabbit
(Caldecott)
Rosen,
Michael
We’re
Going on
a Bear
Hunt
Scieszka,
Jon
Smash!
Crash!
Seeger,
Laura
Vaccaro
First
the Egg
Sendak,
Maurice+
Where
the Wild
Things
Are
(Caldecott
Award) +
Slobodkina,
Esphyr
Caps
for Sale
+
Simont,
Marc
The
Stray
Dog +
Wells,
Rosemary
My
Kindergarten
Willems,
Mo
Knuffle
Bunny
Too: a
Case of
Mistaken
Identity
Wilson,
Karma
Bear’s
New
Friend
Wood,
Audrey
The
Napping
House
Wong,
Janet
S.
Dumpster
Diver
Yolen,
Jane
How
Do
Dinosaurs
Eat
Their
Food +
Folktales
and
Poetry
dePaola,
Tomie
Strega
Nona, an
Old Tale
Hort,
Lenny
Seals
on the
Bus
MacDonald,
Margaret
Read
Tunjur!
Tunur!
Tunjur!
Mahy,
Margaret
Seven
Chinese
Brothers
Mosel,
Arlene
Tikki
Tikki
Tembo +
Nanji,
Shenaaz
Indian
Tales
Pinkney,
Jerry
The
Little
Red Hen
Salley,
Coleen
Why
Epossumondas
Has No
Hair on
His Tail
Sierra,
Judy
Tasty
Baby
Belly
Buttons
Sneed,
Brad
Aesop’s
Fables +
So,
Meilo
Gobble,
Gobble,
Slip
Slop: A
Tail of
a Very
Greedy
Cat
Taback,
Simms
Joseph
Had A
Little
Overcoat
(Caldecott)
+
Thomas,
Joyce
Carol
The
Six
Fools
Valeri,Eulalia
Hare and
theTortoise,
la
Liebre y
la
Tortuga
Young,Ed
Seven
Blind
Mice +
Zelinsky,
Paul
O.
Rumpelstiltskin
Early
Beginning
Readers
Berenstain,
Stan
Berenstain
Bears
and too
much
junk
food
Capucilli,
Alyssa
Biscuit
(Series)
Cazet,
Denys
Minnie
and Moo
(Series)
+
Delacre,Lulu
Rafi
and Rosi:
Carnival!
Eastman,
P.D.
Big
Dog…Little
Dog
Gorbachev,
Valeri
Whose
Hat Is
It?
Labatt,
Mary
Sam
Goes to
School
Meister,
Cari
My Pony
Jack
Portis,
Antoinette
Not a
Stick
Rylant,
Cynthia
Mr.
Putter
and
Tabby
(series))
Multicultural
Stories
Chocolate,
Deborah
Kente
Colors
Diakité,
Penda
I
Lost My
Tooth in
Africaa
Look,
Lenore
Henry’s
First-Moon
Birthday
Mora,
Pat
A
Birthday
Basket
for Tia
+
Park,
Linda
Sue
Bee-Bim
Bop!
Pinkney,
Brian
Max
Found
Two
Sticks
Smith,
Jeremy
Lily’s
Garden
of India
Stuve-Bodeen,
Stephanie
Elizabeti’s
School
Tarpley,
Natasha
Anastasia
I Love
My Hair
Torres,
Leyla
Liliana’s
Grandmothers
Young,
Ed
My
Mei Mei
Easy
Non-Fiction
Arnosky,
Jim
Wild
Ponies
Bang,
Molly
My
Light
Bishop,Nic
Red-eyed
Tree
Frog
Cooper,
Wade
On
the Road
Demarest,
Chris
L.
Firefighters
A to Z
Ehlert,
Lois
Waiting
for
Wingss
Godwin,
Sam
From
Little
Acorns…
High,
Linda
Oatman
Under
New York
Jenkins,
Steve
Actual
Size
Kerley,
Barbara
A
Cool
Drink of
Water
Micklethwait,
Lucy
I Spy
Colors
in Art
Olson,
K.C.
Construction
Countdown
Thomson,
Sarah
L.
Amazing
Snakes!
Wallace,
Nancy
Elizabeth
Shells!
Shells!
Shells!
Feel
free to
read
other
books on
your
level by
the many
wonderful
authors
on the
list
above,
and here
are some
other
favorite
authors:
Brown,
Margaret
Wise
Kellogg,
Stevenn
Freeman,
Don
Rey , H.
A.
Keats,
Jack
Ezra
Zion,
Gene
Favorite
Picture
Books
Allard,
Harry
Miss
Nelson
is
Missing
+
Brown,
Jeff
Flat
Stanley+
Clement,
Rod
Just
Another
Ordinary
Day
Daly,
Niki
Once
Upon a
Time
Dillon,
Leo and
Diane
Rap a
Tap Tap:
Here’s
Bojangles
- Think
of
That!+
French,
Jackie
Diary
of a
Wombat
Grey,
Mini
Traction
Man Is
Here!
Hoberman,
Mary
Ann
You
Read to
Me, I’ll
Read to
You:
Very
Short
Stories
to Read
Together
Himmelman,
John
Chickens
to the
Rescue
Isaacs,
Anne
Swamp
Angel +
Krensky,
Stephen
Big
Bad
Wolves
at
School
Long,
Melinda
How I
Became a
Pirate
Madison,
Alan
Velma
Gratch &
the way
cool
butterfly
Perry,
Elizabeth
Think
Cool
Thoughts
Rathmann,
Peggy
Officer
Buckle
and
Gloria
(Caldecott
Award)+
Ryan,
Pam
Munoz
Mice
and
Beans
Steig,
William
The
Amazing
Bone+
Stevens,
Janet
The
Great
Fuzz
Frenzy
Beginning
Readers
Arnold,
Ted
There
Was an
Old Lady
Who
Swallowed
Fly Guy
Bonsall,
Crosby
Newell
And I
Mean It,
Stanley+
Cazet,
Denys
The
Octopus
Corey,
Shana
First
Graders
from
Mars
(series)
Cushman,
Doug
Inspector
Hopper
Delacre,
Lulu
Rafi and
Rosi
Graham,
Christine
Three
Little
Robbers
Horowitz,
Ruth
Breakout
at the
Bug Lab
Howe,
James
Pinky
and Rex
(series)+
Little,
Jean
Emma’s
Strange
Pet
Livingstone,
Star
Harley
Minarik,
Else
Holmelund
Little
Bear
(series)+
O’Connor,
Jane
Molly
the
Brave
and Me
Prelutsky,
Jack
My
Parents
Think
I’m
Sleeping
Rylant,
Cynthia
Henry
and
Mudge
and the
Great
Grandpas
(Geisel
Award
Winner)
Schaefer,
Lola
Follow
Me,
Mittens
Sharmat,
Marjorie
Weinman
Nate
the
Great
(series)+
Thomas,
Shelley
Moore
Get
Well,
Good
Knight
Van
Leeuwen,
Jean
Amanda
Pig
(series)+
Wiseman,
Bernard
Morris
the
Moose+
Willems,
Mo
My
Friend
is Sad
(Series)
Nonfiction
Aliki
Ah!
Music
Arnold,
Katya
Elephants
can
paint
too!
Berger,
Melvin
Spinning
Spiders
Chandra,
Deborah
George
Washington’s
Teeth
Christian,
Peggy
If You
Find a
Rock
Cole,
Joanna
Hungry,
Hungry
Sharks
Cowley,
Joy
Red-Eyed
Tree
Frog
Gerstein,
Elaine
Ice
Cream
Cones
for Sale
Jenkins,
Steve &
Page
What
Do You
Do with
a Tail
Like
This? (Caldecott
Honor)
Lewis,
Patrick
J.
Arithme-tickle:
An Even
Number
of Odd
Riddle-rhymes
Richardson,
Adele
Caring
for Your
Hermit
Crab
Rockwell,
Anne
Our
Stars
Schwartz,
David
M.
Millions
to
Measure
Tokuda,
Wendy
Humphrey
the Lost
Whale
Folktales
Aardema,
Verna
Why
Mosquitoes
Buzz in
People’s
Ears
Brown,
Marcia
Stone
Soup+
Bruchac,
Joseph
First
Strawberries:
A
Cherokee
Story
Bryan,
Ashley
Beautiful
Blackbird
+
Casanova,
Mary
The
Hunter:
A
Chinese
Folktale
dePaola,
Tomie
Fin
M’Coul:
The
Giant of
Knockmany
Hill
Diakitbe,
Baba
Wagube
The
Hatseller
and the
Monkeys
Kimmel,
Eric A.
Cactus
Soup
Martin,
Francesca
Clever
Tortoise:
A
Traditional
African
Tale
McDermott,
Gerald
Anansi
the
Spider:
A Tale
from the
Ashanti+
Musgrove,
Margaret
The
Spider
Weaver:
A Legend
of Kente
Cloth
Paye,
Won-Ldy
Head,
Body,
Legs: A
Story
from
Liberia
Sierra,
Judy
The
Gift of
the
Crocodile
Wiley,
Margaret
Clever
Beatrice
Zelinsky,
Paul
Rumpelstiltskin
Multicultural
Stories
Bernier-Grand,
Carmen
T.
Juan
Bobo:
Four
Folktales
from
Puerto
Rico
Bertrand,
Diane
Gonzalez
We
Are
Cousins/Somos
Primos
Cheng,
Andrea
Grandfather
Counts
Collier,
Bryan
Uptown
Madrigal,
Antonio
Hernandez
Erandi’s
Braids
Mora,
Pat
Doña
Flor: A
Tall
Tale
about a
Giant
Woman
with a
Great
Big
Heart
Pak,
Soyung
Dear
Juno
Parker,
Toni
Trent
Sienna’s
Scrapbook
Porte,
Barbara
Ann
Ma
Jiang
and the
Orange
Ants
Recorvits,
Helen
My
Name is
Yoon
Rosa
Casanova,
Sylvia
Mama
Provi
and the
Pot of
Rice
Soto,
Gary
Chato’s
Kitchen
+
Tarbescu,
Edith
Annushka’s
Voyage
Van Laan,
Nancy
Mama
Rocks,
Papa
Sings
Wells,
Rosemary
Yoko
Poetry
Florian,
Douglas
Bow
Wow Meow
Meow
George,
Kristine
O’Connell
Little
Dog and
Duncan
Gottfried,
Maya
Good
Dog:
Poems
Hopkins,
Lee
Bennett
Yummy!
Eating
Through
a Day
Kam,
Mak
My
Chinatown:
One Year
in Poems
Katz,
Bobbi
A Rumpus
of
Rhymes
Lillegard,
Dee
Wake
Up
House!
Rooms
Full of
Poems
Prelutsky,
Jack
Scranimals
Shields,
Carol
Diggory
Lunch
Money
and
Other
Poems
About
School
Sidman,
Joyce
Song
of the
Water
Boatman:
& Other
Pond
Poems
Singer,
Marilyn
Creature
Carnival
Feel
free to
read
other
books on
your
level by
the many
wonderful
authors
on the
lists
above,
and here
are some
other
favorite
authors:
Dr.
Seuss
Nancy
Carlson
Syd
Hoff
James
Marshall
Elizabeth
Levy
James
Howe
+ =
available
on
audiotape/compact
disc
Favorite
Picture
Books
Cole,
Brock
Good
Enough
to Eat
Dowson,
Nick
Tracks
of a
Panda
Flaherty,
A. W.
The
Luck of
the Loch
Ness
Monster
Gerstein,
Mordecai
The
Man Who
Walked
Between
the
Towers+ (Caldecott
Award)
Harrington,
Janice
The
Chicken-Chasing
Queen of
Lamar
County
Hopkinson,
Deborah
Sky
Boys:
How They
Built
the
Empire
State
building
Hurst,
Carol
Rocks in
His Head
Kimmel,
Eric
The
Great
Texas
Hamster
Drive:
an
original
tall
tale
Offill,
Jenny
17
Things
I’m Not
Allowed
to Do
Anymore
Perkins,
Lynne
Rae
Pictures
From Our
Vacation
Scieszka,
Jon
Baloney
(Henry
P.)
Beginning
Readers
Arnold,
Caroline
Wiggle
and
Waggle
Baker,
Keith
Lucky
Days
with Mr.
and Mrs.
Green
Danziger,
Paula
Second
Grade
Rules
Amber
Brown+
Dicamillo,
Kate
Mercy
Watson
Princess
in
Disguise
(Series)
Gregorich,
Barbara
Waltur
Paints
Himself
into a
Corner
Griffiths,
Andy
The
Cat on
the Mat
is Flat
Karas,
G.
Brian
The
High-Rise
Private
Eyes
(Series)
+
Kvasnosky,
Laura
McGee
Zelda
and Ivy:
The
Runaways
(Geisel
Award)
McDonald,
Megan
Daisy
Jane
Best-Ever
Flower
Girl!
Mills,
Claudia
Gus
and
Grandpa
and the
Piano
Lesson
Silverman,
Erica
Cowgirl
Kate and
Cocoa:
School
Days
Early
Chapter
Books
Adler,
David
A.
Cam
Jansen
(series)
+
Bang-Cambell,
Monika
Little
Rat
Makes
Music
Blume,
Judy
Soupy
Saturdays
with the
Pain &
the
Great
One+
Borden,
Louise
The
John
Hancock
Club
Cazet,
Denys
Minnie
and Moo
and the
Seven
Wonders
of the
World
Conford,
Ellen
Jenny
Archer
(series)
Elliot,
David
Cool
Crazy
Crickets
| 
