Suggested Summer 2006 Reading Lists
Kindergarten to 1st 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 |
| Ahlberg | Funnybones |
| Alborough | My Friend Bear |
| Aylesworth | The Gingerbread Man |
| Aylesworth | Naughty Little Monkeys* |
| Bang | When Sophie Gets Angry |
| Balian | The Aminal |
| Barraca | Taxi Dog |
| Bennett | Max Goes to the Moon* ** |
| Best | Three Cheers for Catherine the Great* |
| Buehner | Snowmen at Night* |
| Brett | The Umbrella* |
| Brett | Honey.Honey.Lion!* |
| Bridwell | Clifford books |
| Brown | Arthur books |
| Browne | Willy the Dreamer |
| Cannon | Pinduli* |
| Chodos-Irvine | Ella Sarah Gets Dressed (2005 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Clarke | I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! |
| Clements | Big Al |
| Conover | The Lion's Share |
| Cooper | Pumpkin Soup |
| Cox | Rabbit Pirates: a Tale of the Spinach Main |
| Cronin | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type* (2002 CCBA Runner-up) (2001 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Cronin | Giggle, Giggle, Quack* |
| Crowe | Clyde Monster |
| Cuyler | 100th Day Worries |
| Cuyler | Skeleton Hiccups* |
| De Paola | Pancakes for Breakfast |
| Dodds | Where's Pup?* |
| Dunrea | Ollie* |
| Egielski | The Gingerbread Boy |
| Ehlert | Eating the Alphabet |
| Ehlert | Top Cat |
| Ehlert | Leaf Man* ** |
| Elya | Eight Animals Bake a Cake |
| Falconer | Olivia* |
| Falconer | Olivia Saves the Circus* |
| Feiffer | Bark, George* |
| Feiffer | I Lost My Bear |
| Frazee | Hush, Little Baby* |
| Freeman | Corduroy |
| Harper | Telling Time with Big Mama Cat |
| Hassett | Cat Up a Tree |
| Hendry | The Very Noisy Night* |
| Henkes | Kitten's First Full Moon* (2005 Caldecott Award) |
| Hest | Off to School, Baby Duck!* |
| Howard | Cosmo Zooms* |
| Hutchins | Don't Get Lost!* |
| Jonas | Round Trip |
| Juster | The Hello, Goodbye Window* (2006 Caldecott Award) |
| Kasza | My Lucky Day* |
| Keller | Pearl's New Skates* |
| Kellogg | The Day the Goose Got Loose |
| Ketteman | Bubba the Cowboy Prince: a Fractured Texas Tale |
| Kraus | Little Louie the Baby Bloomer |
| Krudwig | Cucumber Soup |
| LaRochelle | The Best Pet of All* |
| Lasky | Show and Tell Bunnies |
| Lester | Tacky the Penguin and other Tacky Books |
| Lester | Hooway for Wodney Wat* (2001 CCBA Winner) |
| Lewin | The Storytellers |
| Lewis | I Love You Like Crazy Cakes* |
| Lionni | Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse |
| Lobel | Frog and Toad Are Friends |
| Lobel | Mouse Soup |
| London | Froggy Gets Dressed |
| Long | How I Became a Pirate* |
| MacDonald | Dilly-Dally and the Nine Secrets* |
| Marshall | George and Martha stories |
| Markes | Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping* |
| Martin | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and Chicka Chicka 1 2 3* |
| Martin | Five Little Piggies* |
| Martin/Kellogg | A Beasty Story |
| Mathers | Lottie's New Friend |
| McCloskey | Make Way for Ducklings |
| McCully | Mouse Practice |
| McFarland | Widget* |
| McFarland | Widget and the Puppy* |
| McPhail | Drawing Lessons from a Bear* |
| Meade | John Willy and Freddy McGee |
| Moore | Six-Dinner Sid |
| Moses | Will Moses Mother Goose* |
| Novak | Mouse TV |
| Numeroff | If You Take a Mouse to School |
| Oller | The Cabbage Soup Solution* |
| O'Neill | Loud Emily |
| Opie (ed.) | Here Comes Mother Goose* |
| Parish | Calling Doctor Amelia Bedelia* |
| Park | Junie B., First Grader (at last!)* (2004 CCBA Runner up) series |
| Pfister | Rainbow Fish |
| Pinkwater | Rainy Morning |
| Plourde | School Picture Day* |
| Polacco | Thundercake |
| Potter | The Tale of Peter Rabbit |
| Pulver | Axle Annie |
| Rathman | Officer Buckle and Gloria |
| Rathman | 10 Minutes Till Bedtime |
| Rohmann | My Friend Rabbit* (2003 Caldecott Award) |
| Rylant | Henry and Mudge stories |
| Rylant | Poppleton Forever |
| Rylant | The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog!* (2003 CCBA runner-up) |
| Scheer | Rain Makes Applesauce |
| Sendak | Chicken Soup with Rice |
| Seuss | Thidwick, the Big-hearted Moose |
| Shannon | David Goes to School (2002 CCBA winner) |
| Shannon | A Bad Case of Stripes (2000 CCBA runner-up) |
| Shannon | No, David! (1999 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Sharmat | Sasha the Silly |
| Sierra | Wild About Books* |
| Simont | The Stray Dog* |
| Soto | Chato's Kitchen |
| Steig | Pete's a Pizza |
| Stevens | My Big Dog |
| Stevens | The Great Fuzz Frenzy* ** |
| Stoeke | Minerva Louise stories |
| Sturges | The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza |
| Taback | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly |
| Waber | Bearsie Bear and the Surprise Sleepover |
| Waite | Mouse, Look Out |
| Walton | One More Bunny* |
| Walton | Bertie Was a Watchdog* (2004 CCBA Runner-up) |
| Wattenburg | Henny Penny* |
| Wells | Yoko's Paper Cranes* |
| Westcott | Mrs. Nosh and the Great Big Squash* |
| Wheeler | Old Cricket* |
| Whybrow | Sammy and the Dinosaurs* |
| Willems | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus* (2005 CCBA Runner-up) |
| Willems | Knuffle Bunny* (2005 Caldecott Honor Book, 2006 CCBA Runner-up) |
| Williams | Dinnertime!* |
| Winters | Whooo's Haunting the Teeny Tiny Ghost?* |
| Yolen | How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? |
| Yolen | How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?* |
| INTERESTING NON-FICTION | |
| Arnosky | Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats |
| Bagert | Giant Children: Poems* |
| Brenner | Abe Lincoln's Hat (Biography) |
| Demuth | Johnny Appleseed (Biography) |
| Dodson | An Alphabet of Dinosaurs |
| Fowler | It Could Still Be a Mammal |
| George | Little Dog Poems |
| Gibbons | Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea* |
| Jenkins | Biggest, Strongest, Fastest |
| Jenkins | What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? * (2005 Caldecott Honor Book) |
| Jenkins | Prehistoric Actual Size* |
| Jolivet | Zoo-ology* |
| Krull | M is for Music* |
| Pallotta | The Jet Alphabet Book* |
| Rappaport | Martin's Big Words* (Biography) (2002 Caldecott Honor Book) |