Suggested Summer 2006 Reading Lists
2nd to 3rd 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 mystery stories |
| Allard | Miss Nelson is Missing (and the sequels) |
| Auch | The Princess and the Pizza* |
| Avi | Ereth's Birthday* |
| Barron | Where is Grandpa?* (Touching book about the death of a grandparent) |
| Bennett | Max Goes to the Moon* ** |
| Beaumont | I Ain't Gonna Paint No More* ** |
| Black | The Ironwood Tree* ** (Spiderwick Series) |
| Blake | Togo* |
| Brett | Daisy Comes Home* |
| Cameron | More Stories Huey Tells |
| Cecil | Kirby Kelvin and the Not-Laughing Lessons |
| Cleary | The Mouse and the Motorcycle |
| Cleary | Ramona's World |
| Clement | Just Another Ordinary Day |
| Cole | Magic School Bus books |
| Costanzo | A Perfect Name* |
| Cox | Rabbit Pirates: A Tale of the Spinach Main |
| Creech | A Fine, Fine School* |
| Crimi | Henry and the Buccaneer Pirates* ** |
| Cronin | Giggle, Giggle, Quack* |
| Cronin | Diary of a Worm* |
| Cushman | Mystery of King Karfu |
| Cuyler | Skeleton Hiccups* |
| Dadey | Bailey School Kids series |
| Danneberg | First Day Jitters* |
| Danziger | Amber Brown is Green With Envy* |
| Denslow | Big Wolf and Little Wolf* |
| DePaola | Strega Nona: Her Story |
| DePaola | 26 Fairmount Avenue (2000 Newbery Honor Book) |
| Duffy | Hey, New Kid! |
| Edwards | Honk! The Story of a Prima Swanerina |
| Ernst | Stella Louella's Runaway Book* |
| Falconer | Olivia Saves the Circus* |
| Fleming | When Agnes Caws* |
| Fox | Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild!* |
| Gerstein | The Man Who Walked Between the Towers* (2004 Caldecott Award) |
| Harris | Jack and the Giant |
| Haseley | Story for Bear* |
| Hawkins | Fairytale News* |
| Henkes | Wemberly Worried |
| Hobbs | Howling Hill |
| Hoffman | Amazing Grace |
| Howe | Bunnicula Strikes Again!* (2001 CCBA winner) |
| Hurwitz | Russell and Elisa (and others in the series) |
| Karas | Bebe's Bad Dream* |
| Katz | Take Me Out of the Bathtub* (2004 CCBA Winner) |
| Kerley | Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins* (2002 Caldecott Honor Book ) |
| Kimmel | Grizz* |
| Kimmel | Anansi and the Magic Stick* |
| Kinerk | Slim and Miss Prim |
| King-Smith | Funny Frank* |
| King-Smith | Lady Lollipop |
| Kline | Horrible Harry books |
| Kraft | Chocolatina |
| Krensky | Louise Takes Charge |
| Lauture | Running the Road to ABC* |
| L'Engle | The Other Dog* |
| Lester | Hooway for Wodney Wat* (2001 CCBA winner) |
| Long | How I Became a Pirate* |
| Lovell | Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon* |
| Lowell | Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella* |
| Lowry | Gooney Bird Greene* |
| Lowry | See You Around, Sam |
| Maccarone | Itchy Itchy Chicken Pox |
| Matott | When I Was a Boy, I Dreamed* ** |
| MacDonald | Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle |
| McDonald | Judy Moody* and Judy Moody Predicts the Future* |
| Marcellino | I, Crocodile* |
| McDermott | The Golden Goose* |
| McKissack | Goin' Someplace Special* |
| McNulty | If You Decide to Go to the Moon* |
| Meddaugh | Martha Walks the Dog |
| Milman | Moses Goes to a Concert |
| Mollel | My Rows and Piles of Coins* |
| Muth | Zen Shorts* ** (2006 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Nagda | Dear Whiskers* |
| O'Neill | The Recess Queen* |
| O'Malley | Straight to the Pole* |
| Orloff | I Wanna Iguana* ** |
| Osborne | Summer of the Sea Serpent* and other Magic Treehouse books |
| Osborne | Kate and the Beanstalk* |
| Palatini | Bad Boys* |
| Park | Junie B. Jones books |
| Park | Psst! It's Me - The Bogeyman* (2000 CCBA winner) |
| Patterson | SantaKid* |
| Paulsen | Canoe Days |
| Pinkney | The Adventures of Sparrowboy |
| Pitcher | The Time of the Lion |
| Plourde | Pajama Day* |
| Polacco | The Keeping Quilt |
| Priceman | Froggie Went A-Courting: An Old Tale With a New Twist* |
| Primavera | Auntie Claus* |
| Pulver | Punctuation Takes a Vacation* |
| Rodowski | Not My Dog* |
| Rohmann | My Friend Rabbit* (2003 Caldecott Award) |
| Rylant | Henry and Mudge books |
| Salley | Epossumondas* |
| Salley | Why Epossumondas Has No Hair on His Tail* |
| Sanderson | Papa Gatto |
| Say | Tea With Milk* |
| Scieszka | Baloney (Henry P.)* (2003 CCBA winner) |
| Segal | Morris the Artist* |
| Shannon | A Bad Case of Stripes (2000 CCBA runner up) |
| Shannon | No, David! (Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Shannon | Tomorrow's Alphabet* |
| Sharmat | Nate the Great books |
| Sierra | Wild About Books* |
| Stainton | The Lighthouse Cat* |
| Steig | Potch & Polly* |
| Stier | If I Were President* |
| Sobol | Encyclopedia Brown series |
| Soto | Big Bushy Mustache |
| Spinelli | Three Pebbles and a Song* |
| Spires | The Mouse of Amherst |
| Stevens | And the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon* |
| Stevens | Cook-a-Doodle-Do!* |
| Stevens | Jackalope* |
| Stevens | The Great Fuzz Frenzy* ** |
| Taback | Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (2000 Caldecott Award) |
| Teague | Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School* |
| Thompson | The Paradise Garden |
| Viorst | The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (about losing a pet) |
| Ward | The Rooster and the Fox* |
| Warner | Boxcar Children mystery series |
| Weisner | Tuesday |
| Weisner | The Three Pigs* (2002 Caldecott Award) |
| Weitzman | You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum |
| Willems | Leonardo the Terrible Monster* ** |
| Wolff | Troll-Bridge Troll |
| Woodson | The Other Side* |
| Wyeth | Something Beautiful |
| INTERESTING NON-FICTION | |
| Bagert | Giant Children: Poems* |
| Ballard | Finding the Titanic |
| Calmenson | Rosie, a Visiting Dog's Story |
| Elya | Say Hola to Spanish |
| Giblin | Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography |
| Giovanni | Rosa* (2006 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Hodge | Animal Hospital* |
| Jackson | Turn of the Century |
| James | Days Like That* (poetry) |
| Little | The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War |
| McCurdy | Trapped by the Ice: Shackleton's Amazing Antarctic Adventure |
| Peters | Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up* |
| Sierra | There's a Zoo in Room 22* (poetry) |
| Simon | Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds |
| St. George | So You Want to Be President? (2001 Caldecott Award winner) |
| Swain | How Sweet It Is (and Was): The History of Candy* |
| Sturges | Bridges Are to Cross |
| Wick | I Spy books |
| Wyler | Magic Secrets |
| Young | On the Trail of Colorado Critters* |