2011 Summer Reading Ideas

For Children Entering PreKindergarten

Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori School

WE SUGGEST THESE TITLES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE ENTERING PRE-K IN THE FALL AND THEIR PARENTS.

Super Duck by Jez Alborough

That's Papa's Way by Kate Banks

Bedtime in the Jungle by John Butler

Jazzmatazz! by Stephanie Calmenson

Best Best Friends by Margaret Chodos-Irvine

Stretch by Doreen Cronin

Put it on the List by Kristen Darbyshire

Boo to You! by Lois Ehlert

Bye, Bye, Big Bad Bullybug! by Ed Emberley

Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley

Who's Awake in Springtime? by Gershator & Green

My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall

Birds by Kevin Henkes

Boats: Speeding! Sailing! Cruising! by Patricia Hubbell

Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan

Cat Dreams by Ursula K. LeGuin

Wave by Suzy Lee

My Big Rig by Jonathan London

Wag! by Patrick McDonnell

When Stella was Very Very Small by Marie-Louise Gay

Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes by Lucy Nolan

Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli

The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney *2010 Caldecott Winner

Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash

Little Clam by Lynn Reiser

Sergio Makes a Splash by Edel Rodriguez

Bear Flies High by Michael Rosen

Brownie & Pearl Step Out by Cynthia Rylant

Don't Spill the Beans! by Ian Schoenherr

Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton

What If? by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Race You to Bed by Bob Shea

Splash, Splash by Jeff Sheppard

I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean! by Kevin Sherry

Two at the Zoo by Danna Smith

Alphabet by Matthew Van Fleet

Max's Bunny Business by Rosemary Wells

Mortimer's First Garden by Karma Wilson

How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You? by Jane Yolen

Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman

The Big Storm: A Very Soggy Counting Book by Nancy Tafuri

TRY THESE AUTHORS...AND THEIR SERIES

Rabbit by Alan Baker

Maisy by Lucy Cousins

Daisy (the duck) by Jane Simmons

7/2011

Call the Children's Reference Desk at 413-263-6828 ext. 201, your branch library, or use our Askalibrarian service to reserve a book today!

updated : July 19, 2011