Summertime Favorites

Kindergarten to Grade 3
Recommended for K-3, either for reading by children or for reading to them.

Listed by title and author.

Adventures of Pinocchio. Collodi, Carlo.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Viorst, Judith.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Carroll, Lewis.
All-of-a-Kind Family. Taylor, Sydney.
Amelia Bedelia. Parish, Peggy.
Anansi the Spider. McDermott, Gerald.
Andy and the Lion. Daugherty, James.
The Angus series. Flack, Marjorie.
Bedtime for Frances. Hoban, Russell.
The Biggest Bear. Ward, Lynd.
A Book of Nonsense. Lear, Edward.
The Cabin Faced West. Fritz, Jean.
Caps for Sale. Slobodkina, Esphyr.
The Carrot Seed. Krauss, Ruth.
The Cat in the Hat. Seuss, Dr.
Charlotte’s Web. White, E.B.
A Child’s Garden of Verses. Stevenson, Robert Louis.
Corduroy. Freeman, Don.
The Cricket in Times Square. Selden, George.
Crow Boy. Yashima, Taro.
Curious George. Rey, H.A.
Fables. Aesop.
Frederick. Lionni, Leo.
Freight Train. Crews, Donald.
Frog and Toad Are Friends. Lobel, Arnold.
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. Van Allsburg, Chris.
George and Martha. Marshall, James.
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses. Goble, Paul.
Goodnight Moon. Brown, Margaret Wise.
Harold and the Purple Crayon. Johnson, Crockett.
Harry the Dirty Dog. Zion, Gene.
Leo the Late Bloomer. Kraus, Robert.
The Little Engine That Could. Piper, Watty.
Little Toot. Gramatky, Hardie.
Madeline. Bemelmans, Ludwig.
Make Way for Ducklings. McCloskey, Robert.
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel. Burton, Virginia Lee.
Many Moons. Thurber, James.
Millions of Cats. Gag, Wanda.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle. Cleary, Beverly.
Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Atwater, Richard and Florence.
Paul Revere's Ride. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth.
Put Me in the Zoo. Lopshire, Robert.
The Reluctant Dragon. Grahame, Kenneth.
Sam The Minuteman. Benchley, Nathaniel.
The Snowy Day. Keats, Ezra Jack.
Stone Soup. Brown, Marcia.
The Story of Babar. Brunhoff, Jean de.
The Story of Ferdinand. Leaf, Munro.
Strega Nona. dePaola, Tomie.
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble. Steig, William.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix.
The Three Little Pigs. Galdone, Paul.
A Tree is Nice. Udry, Janice May.
Watch the Stars Come Out. Levinson, Riki.
Where the Wild Things Are. Sendak, Maurice.
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears. Aardema, Verna.
William’s Doll. Zolotow, Charlotte.
Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne, A.A.

Aardema, Verna. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears.
Aesop. Fables.
Atwater, Richard and Florence. Mr. Popper’s Penguins.
Benchley, Nathaniel. Sam The Minuteman.
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline.
Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup.
Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon.
Brunhoff, Jean de. The Story of Babar.
Burton, Virginia Lee. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
Cleary, Beverly. The Mouse and the Motorcycle.
Collodi, Carlo. Adventures of Pinocchio.
Crews, Donald. Freight Train.
Daugherty, James. Andy and the Lion.
dePaola, Tomie. Strega Nona.
Flack, Marjorie. The Angus series.
Freeman, Don. Corduroy.
Fritz, Jean. The Cabin Faced West.
Gag, Wanda. Millions of Cats.
Galdone, Paul. The Three Little Pigs.
Goble, Paul. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Reluctant Dragon.
Gramatky, Hardie. Little Toot.
Hoban, Russell. Bedtime for Frances.
Johnson, Crockett. Harold and the Purple Crayon.
Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day
Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer.
Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed.
Leaf, Munro. The Story of Ferdinand.
Lear, Edward. A Book of Nonsense.
Levinson, Riki. Watch the Stars Come Out.
Lionni, Leo. Frederick.
Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Paul Revere's Ride.
Lopshire, Robert. Put Me in the Zoo.
Marshall, James. George and Martha.
McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
McDermott, Gerald. Anansi the Spider.
Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh.
Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia.
Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.
Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
Rey, H.A. Curious George.
Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square.
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat.
Slobodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale.
Steig, William. Sylvester and the Magic Pebble.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. A Child’s Garden of Verses
Taylor, Sydney. All-of-a-Kind Family.
Thurber, James. Many Moons.
Udry, Janice May. A Tree is Nice.
Van Allsburg, Chris. The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.
Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear.
White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web.
Yashima, Taro. Crow Boy.
Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog.
Zolotow, Charlotte. William’s Doll.

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