2016

For Students Entering Grades 1-2

"TV. If kids are entertained by these two letters, imagine the fun theyll have with twenty-six.
Open your childs imagination. Open a book.
~ Author Unknown ~
Adler, David
Alexander, Kwame
Alexie, Sherman
Andrews, Troy
Angleberger, Tom
Antony, Steve
Applegate, Katherine
Araki, Mie
Arnold, Tedd
Asch, Frank
Aston, Dianna
Bagley, Jessixa
Baker, Barbara
Baker, Keith
Bang-Campbell, Monika
Barbour, Karen
Barnett, Mac
Barretta, Gene
Bates, Katharine Lee
Bauer, Marion Dane
Belloni, Giulia
Berger, Melvin
Berry, Lynnei
Best, Cari
Bishop, Nic
Blue, Rose
Boston, Carole
Bowen, Anne
Brett, Jan
Brooks, Erik
Brown, Lisa
Brown, Margaret Wise
Brown, Monica

*Dont Throw It to Mo!

*Young Cam Jansen and the Lions Lunch Mystery (series)

Surfs Up
Thunder Boy Jr.
*Trombone Shorty
Crankee Doodle
Please, Mr. Panda
Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall
Gorilla
The Perfect Tail
*Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl (series)
Popcorn
**An Egg is Quiet
**A Seed is Sleepy

Boats for Papa

*Digby and Kate 1, 2, 3
L M N O Peas
*Little Rat Rides
Mr. Williams
Leo: A Ghost Story
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole
*Timeless Thomas
*America the Beautiful
*Why Do Kittens Purr?
Anything is Possible
*Rocks and Minerals
Duck Tents
Ava and the Real Lucille
**Spiders
Rons Big Mission
*Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Scooter in the Outside
The Turnip
Polar Opposites
The Airport Book
*Nibble, Nibble: Poems for Children
Waiting for the Biblioburro

Bryant, Jennifer
Buckley, Helen
Buehner, Caralyn
Bunting, Eve
Burton, Virginia Lee
Buzzeo, Toni
Byars, Betsy

**The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus

Campbell, Lisa
Cannon, A.E.
Carbone, Elisa
Casanova, Mary
Castillo, Laura
Catchpool, Michael
Cazet, Denys
Cecil, Randy
Chaconas, Dori
Chin, Jason
Clarke, Ginjer L.
Cocca-Leffler, MaryAnn

This is the Van That Dad Cleaned

Sophies Fish
**Heroes of the Surf
The Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town
Nana in the City
The Cloud Spinner
*The Shrunken Head
Horsefly and Honeybee
*Cork & Fuzz: Finders Keepers
Redwoods
**Platypus
*Calling All Cats
*Dog Wash Day
The Josefina Story Quilt
The Carp in the Bathtub
When Will I Read?
*Give a Dog a Bone: Stories, Poems, Jokes and
Riddles About Dogs
Magic School Bus (series)
*An Arkful of Animals: Poems for the Very Young
*Annabelle the Actress Starring in Camping It Up
Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel
**Red-Eyed Tree Frog
A Fine, Fine School
Click, Clack, Peep!
*Tumbleweed Stew
Little Elliot, Big City
*Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Missing Books
Big Friends

Coerr, Eleanor
Cohen, Barbara
Cohen, Miriam
Cole, Joanna
Cole, William
Conford, Ellen
Connor, Leslie
Cowley, Joy
Creech, Sharon
Cronin, Doreen
Crummel, Susan Stevens
Curato, Mike
Cushman, Doug
Cuyler, Margery
Davies, Benji
Davies, David
Davis, Jacky
Daywalt, Drew
Delton, Judy
De la Pena, Matt
DeSeve, Randall
DiCamillo, Kate
DiPucchio, Kelly
Dodds, Dayle Ann
Donaldson, Julia

Grandfather and I
Its a Spoon, Not a Shovel
Yard Sale
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
One Cool Friend
**Little Horse on His Own

Grandads Island
Fandango Stew
Ladybug Girl and the Bumblebee Boy (series)
The Day the Crayons Came Home
*Pee Wee Scouts (series)
Last Stop on Market Street
Toy Boat
*Bink and Gollie
Gaston
Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet
The Kettles Get New Clothes
Superworm

Dyckman, Ame

Horrible Bear!

Ehlert, Lois
Elliott, Rebecca
Elting, Mary
Engle, Margarita
English, Karen
Eszterhas, Suzi

The Scraps Book: Notes From a Colorful Life

*Evas Treetop Festival (Owl Diaries series)
Q is for Duck
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girls Courage Changed Music
Speak to Me
**Cheetah

Falconer, Ian
Falwell, Cathryn
Feldman, Thea

Olivia and the Missing Toy

Scoot
**Baby Animals
**Colorful Coral Reefs
*A Pig, a Fox, and a Box
I Dont Like Koala
**Barnums Bones
**Noah Webster and His Words
Angus and the Cat
Locomotive
**Unbeelievables
If You Want to See a Whale
The Cat, the Dog, Little Red, the Exploding Eggs, the Wolf,
and Grandma
The Boss Baby
The Story of Fish & Snail
*Eddie the Raccoon

Fenske, Jonathan
Ferrell, Sean
Fern, Tracey
Ferris, Jerri Chase
Flack, Marjorie
Floca, Brian
Florian, Douglas
Fogliano, Julie
Fox, Diane
Frazee, Marla
Freedman, Deborah
Friend, Catherine
Galdone, Paul
Gantos, Jack
Garelick, May
Geringer, Laura
Gerstein, Mordicai
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Gleeson, Libby
Golenbock, Peter
Gourley, Robbin
Gowan, Barbara
Grandpre, Mary
Gray, Rita
Greene, Stephanie
Greenfield, Eloise
Grindley, Sally
Gutman, Dan
Hale, Bruce
Harrington, Janice
Harrison, David
Hazen, Lynne

The Old Woman and Her Pig

*Best in Show for Rotten Ralph
**Where Does a Butterfly Go When It Rains?
The Three Hat Day
**The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
*Zigzag Kids (series)
*Monster Rabbit Runs Amok
Half a World Away
**Teammates
**First Garden
**D is for Desert
**The Noisy Paint Box
Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?
*Princess Posey and the Perfect Present
Grandpas Face
*Poppy and Max and the Lost Puppy (series)
*Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream Mess
Clark the Shark
Snoring Beauty
The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County
**The Alligator in the Closet: And Other Poems
Around the House
*The Amazing Trail of Seymour Snail

Hood, Susan
Hopkins, Lee Bennett
Hopkinson, Deborah
Houston, Gloria
Howe, James
Hughes, Shirley
Hulbert, Laura
Hurwitz, Johanna
Hutchins, Pat

Got to Dance
Waiting
*Whose Feet?
Mr. George Baker
**How Animals Eat
*Keeker and the Sneaky Pony (series)
*Ruby Bakes a Cake
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti
All Kinds of Families!
*Shampoodle
The Story of the Little Mole Who Went in Search of
Whodunit
*Pup and Hound Catch a Thief
I Am the Book
A Boy Called Dickens
Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile
*Houndsley and Catina
*Digby ODay in the Fast Lane (series)
*Who Has this Tail?
*Elisa and Russell (series)
The Doorbell Rang

Idle, Molly
Isaacs, Anne
Isadora, Rachel
Ives, Penny

Flora and the Flamingo

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
**I Hear a Pickle
Celestine, Drama Queen

Jacobson, Jennifer Richard

Jeffers, Oliver
Jenkins, Emily
Jinkins, Jim
Johnson, Angela
Jones, Carrie
Joslin, Sesyle
Joyce, William
Juster, Norton

*Andy Shane Hero at Last

Kalan, Robert
Kann, Victoria
Kasza, Keiko
Katz, Alan
Keane, Dave
Kelley, Ellen
Kelly, Mark
Kennedy, Marge
Kerley, Barbara
Kim, Hanmin
Kimmel, Eric
Kline, Suzy
Kooser, Ted

Jump, Frog, Jump

Emeraldalicious
My Lucky Day
**Im Still Here in the Bathtub
Sloppy Joe
My Life as a Chicken
Mousetronaut
*Time to Eat at the White House
**The Extraordinary Mark Twain
Tiptoe Tapirs
The Three Little Tamales
*Horrible Harry (series)
House Held Up by Trees

Helldorfer, M.C.
Henkes, Kevin
Hess, Nina
Hest, Amy
Hickman, Pamela
Higginson, Hadley
Hill, Susan
Hines, Anna
Hoberman, Mary Ann
Holub, Joan
Holzwarth, Werner

The Hueys in the New Sweater

Lemonade in Winter
*Pinky Dinky Doo: Polka Dot Pox (series)
Tell Me a Story, Mama
**Sarah Emma Edmonds Was a Great Pretender
What Do You Say, Dear?
Bently and Egg
Neville

Kraus, Robert
Kulling, Monica
Kvasnosky, Laura McGhee

Leo the Late Bloomer

Milton the Early Riser
*Eat My Dust!
**Francis Scott Keys Star Spangled Banner
Zelda and Ivy: The Big Picture

Labatt, Mary
LaRochelle, David
Lear, Edward
Lehman, Barbara
LEngle, Madeleine
Lester, Helen
Levis, Caren
Lewison, Wendy Cheyette
Lichtenheld, Tom
Lin, Grace
Lobel, Arnold
Logue, Mary
Long, Loren
Luciani, Brigitte
Ludwig, Trudy

*Sam Goes to School

**1 + 1= 5 and Other Unlikely Additions

Macaulay, David
Maestro, Betsy
Mantchev, Lisa
Markle, Sandra
Marshall, Edward
Martin, Emily Winfield
Mattick, Lindsay

**Castle: How It Works

**The Discovery of America

McBratney, Sam
McClintock, Barbara
McCloskey, Kevin
McDonnell, Patrick
McFarland, Lyn Rossiter
McGuiness, Dan
McKissack, Robert
McLimans, David
McMillan, Bruce
McMullan, Kate
McNamara, Margaret
McPhail, David
Medearis, Angela Shelf
Meshon, Aaron
Messner, Kate
Metzger, Steve
Milgrim, David

The Owl and the Pussycat

Rainstorm
The Other Dog
Wodney Wats Wobot
Ida, Always
*Theres a Mouse in the House!
E-Mergency
*Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather
*Frog and Toad (series)
Sleep Like a Tiger
Nightsong
The Meeting
The Invisible Boy

Strictly No Elephants
Waiting for Ice
*Fox on Wheels
The Wonderful Things You Will Be
**Finding Winnie: The True Story of the Worlds Most
Famous Bear
Youre All My Favorites
Emma and Julia Love Ballet
**The Real Poop on Pigeons!
**Me Jane
Widget
*Pilot & Huxley: The First Adventure
*Try Your Best
**Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet
The Problem with Chickens
*Dragon Slayers Academy (series)
*Pearl and Wagner: Four Eyes (series)
**Election Day
*Rick is Sick
*Sick Day
*Lucys Quiet Book
Take Me Out to the Yakyu
*Marty McGuire
Detective Blue
*Swing Otto Swing

Millen, C.M.
Mills, Claudia
Minarik, Else
Minor, Florence
Moon, Nicola
Morales, Yuyi
Murawski, Darlene

Blue Bowl Down: An Appalachian Rhyme

*Gus and Grandpa at Basketball
*Little Bear (series)
**If You Were a Penguin
*Noisy Neighbors
Viva, Frida
Face to Face with Caterpillars

Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin
Nelson, Jessie
Nelson, S.D.
Newbery, Linda
Newell, Jeff
Nolan, Lucy
Novesky, Amy

The Magic Beads

*Labracadabra
*Buffalo Bird Girl
Posy
*Skimper-Scamper
*Home on the Range
*Georgia in Hawaii

Offill, Jenny
Osborne, Mary Pope

17 Things Im not Allowed to Do Anymore

*Magic Tree House (series)

Palatini, Margie
Park, Linda Sue
Paschkis, Julie
Paterson, Katherine
Pattison, Darcy
Pauli, Lorenz
Piven, Hanoch
Pizzoli, Greg
Pomerantz, Charlotte
Potter, Alicia
Prelutsky, Jack
Prince, April Jones
Proimos, James
Provensen, Alice

Goldie and the Three Hares

Xanders Panda Party
**Flutter & Hum: Animal Poems
*The Kings Equal
**Desert Baths
The Fox in the Library
My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil
Good Night, Owl
*The Outside Dog
*Mrs. Harkness and the Panda
**Sardines Swim High Across the Sky and Other Poems
Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing
*Mutton Soup
A Day in the Life of Murphy

Rania
Ransome, Lesa Cline
Rappaport, Doreen

The Sandwich Swap

**Words Set Me Free
**Martins Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
A Ball for Daisy
Are You a Horse?
**Fairies! A True Story
Picture a Tree
Carnivores
Sky Color
*Good Dog, Aggie
Oh No, Astro!
The Hero of Little Street
*M & M and the Mummy Mess
Rooster Cant Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
*Hello Ocean, Hola Mar

Raschka, Chris
Rash, Andy
Redmond, Shirley Raye
Reid, Barbara
Reynolds, Aaron
Reynolds, Peter
Ries, Lori
Roeser, Matt
Rogers, Gregory
Ross, Pat
Rostoker-Gruber, Karen
Ryan, Pam Munoz

Rylant, Cynthia
Rylant, Cynthia

*Annie and Snowball and the Cozy Nest

*The Case of the Desperate Duck (series)
*Puppy Mudge Wants to Play (series)

Sachar, Louis
Sacre, Antonio
Sadler, Marilyn
Salisbury, Graham
Sanders-Wells, Linda
Santat, Dan
Sarcone-Roach, Julia
Sayre, April Pulley
Schaefer, Carole Lexa
Schoenberg, Jane
Scillian, Devin
Scieszka, Jon

*Marvin Redpost (series)

Shannon, George
Sharmat, Marjorie
Shulevitz, Uri
Sierra, Judy
Siminovich, Lorena
Simon, Seymour
Smallcomb, Pat
Smith, Janice
Smith, Lane
Snicket, Lemony
So, Meilo
Spinelli, Eileen
Spinner, Stephanie
Spires, Ashley
Springett, Martin
St. George, Judith
Staake, Bob
Stead, Philip
Stevens, Janet
Stewart, Melissa
Stower, Adam
Suen, Anastasia
Sutton, Laurie S.
Swanson, Susan Marie

A Mango in the Hand

*P.J. Funnybunnys Bag of Tricks
*Calvin Coconut: Hero of Hawaii
Maggies Monkeys
Are We There Yet?
The Bear Ate Your Sandwich
Rah, Rah, Radishes
*Monkey and Elephant
*The One and Only Stuey Lewis
Memoirs of a Hamster
*Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci (Time Warp Trio series)
Robot Zot!
Splat the Cat
*Wolf Pie
Dog and Bear
Green
Good Boy, Fergus!
Too Many Toys
Tippy-Toe Chick, Go!
*Nate the Great and the Big Sniff (series)
How I Learned Geography
*Fire Dogs
Alex and Lulu
**Animals Nobody Loves
Im Not
*Wizard and Wart
Grandpa Green
The Dark
Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop
Something to Tell the Grandcows
*Alex the Parrot
The Most Magnificent Thing
*Kate & Pippin
**So You Want to Be an Explorer?
Bluebird
Special Delivery
The Little Red Pen
*Nifty Noses Close Up
Troll and the Oliver
*Snow Games
*Batman: Going Ape
The House in the Night

Taback, Simms
Taylor, Sean

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

*Small Bad Wolf

Scotton, Rob
Seabrooke, Brenda
Seeger, Laura
Shannon, David

Thayer, Ernest
Thiesing, Lisa
Thomson, Bill
Tobin, Jim
Tuchman, Gail
Tullet, Herve

Casey at the Bat

*The Aliens are Coming
The Typewriter
Sue MacDonald Had a Book
**Safari
Press Here

Underwood, Deborah

Bad Bye, Good Bye

Van Leeuwen, Jean

*Five Funny Bunnies: Three Bouncing Tales

*Oliver the Mighty Pig (series)

Vere, Ed
Viorst, Judith
Virjan, Emma
Viva, Frank
Warburton, Tom
Ward, D.J.
Watkins, Adam
Watt, Melanie
Webster, Christine
Weeks, Sarah
Weiss, Ellen
Wells, Rosemary
West, Colin
Weston, Martha
Wheeler, Lisa
Wiesner, David
Wight, Eric
Willems, Mo
Williams, Suzanne
Wilson, Karma
Wiseman, Bernard
Wishinsky, Frieda
Won, Brian
Wong, Janet
Woodson, Jacqueline

Max the Brave

*Lulu and the Brotnosaurus
What This Story Needs is a Pig in a Wig
A Long Way Away

1000 Times No
**What Happens to Our Trash?
Raybot
Bug in a Vacuum
Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping (series)
*Otter Everywhere
*Mac and Cheese
*Twins Have a Fight (series)
Carry Me!
*Moose and Mouse
*Dr. Clock-sicle
Spinster Goose
*Whose Afraid of Granny Wolf?
Mr. Wuffles!
*Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000
*The Thank You Book (Elephant & Piggie series)
That is Not a Good Idea!
Mommy Doesnt Know My Name
The Cow Loves Cookies
*Morris and Boris at the Circus
**Remembering the Titanic
Hooray for Hat
Apple Pie 4th of July
**This is the Rope, A Story from the Great Migration

Yee, Wong Herbert

Yorinks, Arthur
Young, Ed

*Did You See Chip?

Zalben, Jane Breskin

Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner
Zommer, Yuval

Hey, Mama Goose

*Secrets of the Garden
The Big Blue Thing on the Hill

Companys Coming
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China

* Denotes Beginning to Read Books and Early Chapter Books

** Denotes nonfiction, including biographies and poetry