Suggested Summer 2006 Reading Lists
1st to 2nd Grade
These lists are just a small selection of what's available. If you like a book, try a different one by the same author. Books with a star (*) are books published within the last few years. Books with two stars (**) are nominees for the year 2007 Colorado Children's Book Award (CCBA). Students will vote for their favorite next school year to determine the winners. In order to vote, a student must have read or had read to them at least three of the nominated books.
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Adler | Cam Jansen books |
| Agee | Milo’s Hat Trick |
| Ahlberg | Funnybones |
| Asch | Ziggy Piggy and the Three Little Pigs |
| Balian | The Sweet Tooth |
| Barraca | Taxi Dog |
| Barron | Where is Grandpa?* (A touching book about the death of a grandparent) |
| Beaumont | I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More* ** |
| Bemelmans | Madeline |
| Bennett | Max Goes to the Moon* ** |
| Brett | Daisy Comes Home* |
| Brett | Gingerbread Baby* |
| Brimner | The Littlest Wolf* |
| Brown | Arthur stories |
| Buehner | Snowmen at Night* |
| Calmenson | Rockin’ Reptiles |
| Cannon | Pinduli * |
| Cecil | Kirby Kelvin and the Not-Laughing Lessons |
| Cleary | Ramona stories |
| Clement | Just Another Ordinary Day |
| Clements | Big Al |
| Cole | Magic School Bus books |
| Conover | The Lion’s Share |
| Corey | First Graders from Mars series* |
| Cowan | My Life With the Wave |
| Creech | A Fine, Fine School* |
| Cronin | Clack, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type* (2003 CCBA runner-up) |
| Cronin | Giggle, Giggle, Quack* |
| Cuyler | Skeleton Hiccups* |
| Dadey | Bailey School Kids books |
| Del Negro | Lucy Dove |
| DePaola | Big Anthony: His Story |
| Donaldson | The Gruffalo* |
| Edwards | Dinorella: A Prehistoric Fairy Tale |
| Edwards | Honk!: The Story of a Prima Swanerina |
| Egielski | The Gingerbread Boy |
| Elya | Eight Animals Bake a Cake* |
| Ernst | Stella Louella’s Runaway Book |
| Feiffer | I Lost My Bear |
| Falconer | Olivia* |
| Falconer | Olivia Saves the Circus* |
| Freeman | A Pocket for Corduroy |
| Green | Where is That Cat?* |
| Haseley | Story for Bear* |
| Hawkins | Fairytale News* |
| Hobbie | Toot and Puddle: You Are My Sunshine* |
| Hobbs | Howling Hill |
| Howe | Horace and Morris but Mostly Delores* |
| Hutchins | The Doorbell Rang |
| Hutchins | The Shrinking Mouse* |
| Jonas | The Trek |
| Juster | The Hello, Goodbye Window* (2006 Caldecott Award Winner) |
| Kasza | My Lucky Day* |
| Kellogg | Chicken Little |
| Ketteman | Heat Wave! |
| Kimmel | Anansi and the Magic Stick* |
| Kinerk | Slim and Miss Prim |
| Kraft | Chocolatina |
| Krensky | How Santa Got His Job |
| Lasky | Show and Tell Bunnies |
| Lester | Tacky in Trouble |
| Lester | Tackylocks and the Three Bears* |
| Lester | Hooway for Wodney Wat* (2001 CCBA winner) |
| Lewis | I Love You Like Crazy Cakes* |
| Lionni | Frederick |
| Lobel | Mouse Soup |
| London | Froggy Gets Dressed |
| Long | How I Became a Pirate* |
| Lowry | Gooney Bird Greene* |
| Martin | Chick Chicka Boom Boom |
| Mayer | There’s an Alligator Under My Bed |
| McCloskey | Make Way for Ducklings |
| McDermott | The Golden Goose |
| McFarland | Widget* |
| Meade | John Willy and Freddy McGee |
| Mills | Gus and Grandpa at Basketball |
| Novak | Mouse TV |
| Numeroff | If You Take a Mouse to School* |
| Nygaard | Snake Alley Band |
| O'Malley | Straight to the Pole* |
| Osborne | Summer of the Sea Serpent* and other Magic Tree House books |
| Osborne | Rocking Horse Christmas |
| Park | Psst! It’s Me – The Bogeyman (2000 CCBA winner) |
| Park | Junie B., First Grader (at last!)* (2004 CCBA Runner up)(series) |
| Parish | Amelia Bedelia books |
| Patterson | SantaKid* |
| Peet | How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head |
| Plourde | School Picture Day* |
| Priceman | Froggie Went a-Courting: An Old Tale With a New Twist |
| Provenson | A Day in the Life of Murphy* |
| Pulver | Axle Annie |
| Rohmann | My Friend Rabbit* (2003 Caldecott Award) |
| Rylant | Henry and Mudge books |
| Rylant | The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!* (2003 CCBA runner-up) |
| Salley | Epossumondas* |
| Schachner | Skippyjon Jones* (2006 CCBA Winner) |
| Seeger | Some Friends to Feed: the Story of Stone Soup* |
| Segal | Morris the Artist* |
| Sendak | Chicken Soup With Rice |
| Seuss | McElligot’s Pool |
| Shannon | A Bad Case of Stripes (2000 CCBA runner-up) |
| Shannon | No, David! (1999 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Shannon | David Goes to School (2002 CCBA winner) |
| Sharmat | Nate the Great series |
| Sierra | What Time Is It, Mr. Crocodile?* |
| Sierra | Wild About Books* |
| Simon | Little One Step* |
| Simont | The Stray Dog* |
| Soto | Chato’s Kitchen |
| Spinelli | Three Pebbles and a Song* |
| Stevens | Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! |
| Stevens | The Great Fuzz Frenzy* ** |
| Stevens | My Big Dog |
| Strete | The Rattlesnake Who Went to School* |
| Sturges | The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza* |
| Taback | There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
| Taback | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (2000 Caldecott Award winner) |
| Viorst | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day |
| Walton | Bertie Was a Watchdog* (2004 CCBA Runner up) |
| Ward | The Rooster and the Fox* |
| Weeks | Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash* |
| Wheeler | Old Cricket* |
| White | Comes a Wind* |
| Willems | Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!* (2005 CCBA Runner-up, 2005 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Willems | Leonardo the Terrible Monster* ** |
| Williams | I Went Walking |
| Wolff | Troll-Bridge Troll |
| Woodson | The Other Side* |
| Yolen | How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?* |
| Yolen | How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?* |
| INTERESTING NON-FICTION | |
| Bagert | Giant Children: Poems* |
| Chandra | George Washington’s Teeth* |
| Cowley | Red-Eyed Tree Frog |
| Dixon | Amazing Dinosaurs: The Fiercest, the Tallest, the Toughest, the Smallest* |
| Dodson | An Alphabet of Dinosaurs* |
| Elya | Say Hola to Spanish |
| Florian | Beast Feast: Poems and Paintings |
| Fowler | It Could Still Be a Mammal |
| George | Little Dog Poems* |
| Gibbons | The Moon Book |
| Jenkins | What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?* (2005 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Jenkins | Prehistoric Actual Size* |
| Lang | More Nature in Your Backyard: Simple Activities for Children |
| Lee | Dinosaur Dinner (With a Slice of Apple Pie) (poetry) |
| McMillan | Going on a Whale Watch |
| Pallotta | The Furry Alphabet Book* |
| Peters | Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up* |
| Sierra | There’s a Zoo in Room 22* (poetry) |
| Steiner | Look-Alikes, Jr.* |
| Sturges | Bridges Are to Cross |