Time to Eat, Time to Sleep, Time to Take a Bath-- Jenkins

Rah, Rah, Radishes-- Sayre

Pop! The Invention of Bubble Gum-- McCarthy

A Butterfly is Patient-- Long

Dave the Potter-- Hill

Life-Size Zoo-- Teruyuki

Barack-- Winter

SUMMER FIRST GRADE

The School at Columbia University556 West 110th StreetNew York, NY 10025

READING

Family Stories

The Chicken of the Family--Amato

Knuffle Bunny Series-- Willems

The Family Book-- Parr

Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-Ji-- Zia

Abuela-- Dorros

All Kinds of Families-- Hoberman

Blackout-- Rocco

Bear With Me-- Kornell

How to be a Baby...by Me, the Big Sister-- Lloyd-Jones

Grandmas’ Wedding Album-- Ziefert

Pecan Pie Baby-- Woodson

Kindergarten through Grade Four Librarian: Tabitha Johnson

Great Non-Fiction

Summer 2011

Here are some of my recent favorites!

ME...JANE! MCDONNELL

Be inspired as you meet young Jane Goodall and enjoy the simple text as she grows up with her special childhood toy chimpanzee, Jubilee and begins to dream

big.

SHARK VS. TRAIN

Which is the best? Will a victor be decided? Two small boys battle with their toys, shark and train, in a fun story with great illustrations. Let their play spark your imagination!

CHILDREN MAKE TERRIBLE PETS BROWN

A humorous mirroring of the usual story of children trying to bring home pets, here the most adorable bear, Lucy, finds a cute child in the wild and tries to tame “Squeaker” into being her pet.

LITTLE PINK PUP! KERBY

The runt of the litter of pigs, Pink, is adopted by Tink, a dachshund who is nursing her own litter. Pink is raised inside the house just like the puppies and becomes apart of the family.

MS. JOHNSON’S PICKS

Early Readers

Elephant and Piggie Series-Willems

Bink and Gollie-- DiCamillo

A Birthday for Bear-- Becker

Katie Woo series-- Manushkin

Fly Guy-- Arnold

Books about School

Wemberly Worried-- Henkes

School Mouse-- King-Smith

I am Absolutely too Small for School-- Child

Rain School-- Rumford

How Rocket Learned to Read-- Hills