City School District of Albany Great Elementary Reads Summer 2010 Starting to Read Wiggle and Waggle – Arnold, Carol There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Guy – Arnold, Tedd On the Go With Mr. and Mrs. Green – Baker, Keith Miss Brooks Loves Books (And I Don’t) – Bottner, Barbara and Michael, Emberley The Curious Garden – Brown, Peter Bad Kitty – Bruel, Nick Our Library – Bunting, Eve Duck and Company – Caple, Kathy Biscuit and the Little Pup – Capucilli, Alyssa Satin Minnie and Moo and the Haunted Sweater – Cazet, Denys Rafi and Rosi: Carnival! – Delacre, Lulu Peanut and Pearl’s Picnic Adventure – Dotlich, Rebecca Kai Fred and Ted Like to Fly - Eastman, Peter Let’s Do Nothing! – Fucile, Tony Waltur Paints Himself into a Corner and Other Stories–Gregorich,Barbara Iris and Walter and the Birthday Party – Guest, Elissa You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Scary Tales to Read Together – Hoberman, Mary Ann Cool Cat – Hogrogian, Nonny Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise – Howe, James The Best Chef In Second Grade – Kenah, Katherine Keisha Ann Can! – Kirk, Daniel Max Goes to School – Klein, Adria Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways – Kvasnosky, Laura McGee Max and Mo Make a Snowman – Lakin, Patricia Martin Luther King Jr. Day – McNamara, Margaret Down Girl and Sit: On the Road – Nolan, Lucy Fancy Nancy at the Museum – O’Connor, Jane All in a Day – Rylant, Cynthia Annie and Snowball and the Prettiest House – Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover – Rylant, Cynthia Mr. Putter & Tabby Run the Race – Rylant, Cynthia All the World – Scanlon, Liz Garton and Marla Frazee Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine – Silverman, Erica Amazing Bats – Simon, Seymour Little Red Hen Gets Help – Spengler, Kenneth Chalk – Thomson, Bill Amazing Snakes! – Thomson, Sarah Amanda Pig, First Grader – Van Leeuwen, Jean Have I Got a Book for You – Watt, Melanie Scaredy Squirrel - Watt, Melanie Pip Squeak – Weeks, Sarah Today I Will Fly! – Willems, Mo Welcome to Third Grade, Gus! – Williams, Jacklyn Lawn to Lawn – Yaccarino, Dan The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau – Yaccarino, Dan Children’s Picture Books Monkey with A Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem – Monroe, Chris Please Pick Me Up, Mama! – Luebs, Robin Mommy, Where Are You? – Gore, Leonid My Mom is Trying to Ruin My Life – Feiffer, Kate Put It On The List – Darbyshire, Kristen When Papa Comes Home Tonight – Spinelli, Eileen A Walk in New York – Rubbino, Salvatore Children’s Chapter Books Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me – Nan, Marino Mudshark – Paulsen, Gary Umbrella Summer – Graff, Lisa Operation Redwood – French, Susannah T. Clarence Cochran, a Human Boy – Loizeaux, William Tumtum & Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall – Bearn, Emily Reading On My Own Grades 2-6 Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints – Arnosky, Jim Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci – Barreta, Gene Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record – Barrows, Annie The Day-Glo Brothers – Barton, Chris The Secret of the Painted House – Bauer, Marion The Fran with Four Brains – Benton, Jim No Easy Way: The Story of Ted Williams and the Last .400 Season – Bowen, Fred Masterpiece – Broach, Elise Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now – Child, Lauren Dogku – Clements, Andrew The Magician’s Boy – Cooper, Susan The Last Polar Bear – Craighead George, Jean Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise – DiCamillo, Kate Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes – DiCamillo, Kate Once Upon a Twice - Doyen, Denise Stargazer’s Alphabet - Farrell, John Jennifer’s Diary – Fine, Anne The Trouble with Twins – Freeman, Martha Honestly, Mallory! – Friedman, Laurie Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little – Gifford, Peggy The Cat on the Mat is Flat – Griffiths, Andy Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and Heroes – Halls, Kelly Milner Just Grace – Harper, Charise Just Grace and the Snack Attack – Harper, Charise Remembering Mrs. Rossi – Hest, Amy Babymouse: Puppy Love – Holm, Jennifer L. Mostly Monty – Hurwitz, Johanna Jesse Owens: Running Into History –Israel, Elaine &Time for Kids editors Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone Called Plastic - Jenkins, Emily Hairy Hezekiah – King-Smith, Dick Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – Lin, Grace Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything – Look, Lenore The Birthday Ball – Lowry, Lois Gooney the Fabulous – Lowry, Lois Edward’s Eyes – MacLachlan, Patricia Everything for a Dog – Martin, Ann Judy Moody & Stink: The Holly Joliday – McDonald, Megan Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express – McDonald, Megan Being Teddy Roosevelt – Mills, Claudia Looking Like Me – Myers, Walter Dean and Christopher Myers Tarantula Power! – Nagda, Ann Whitehead Roxie and the Hooligans – Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds The Orange Shoes – Noble, Trinka Hakes Mokie & Bik – Orr, Wendy Sunny Holiday – Paratore, Coleen Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg – Philbrick, Rodman The Talented Clementine – Pennypacker, Sara Time Warp Trio: Wushu Were Here – Scieszka, Jon Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse – Singer, Marilyn The Fake Cape Caper – Trine, Greg Shredderman: Enemy Spy – Van Draanen, Wendelin You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! – Winter, Jonah Mouse and Mole, Fine Feathered Friends – Yee, Wong Herbert Reluctant Readers Grades 3-6 Aliens are Coming: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Broadcast – McCarthy, Meghan Ameilia’s Itchy-Twitchy Lovey-Dovey Summer at Camp Mosquito – Moss, Marissa Basketball Bats – Hicks, Betty Beowulf: A Hero’s Tale Retold – Rumford, James Chess Rumble – Neri, Greg The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich: Melvin Beederman Superhero – Trine, Greg Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Kinney, Jeff Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost! – Funke, Cornelia Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go – Bayse, Dale How to Train Your Dragon – Cowell, Cressida Invention of Hugo Cabret – Selznick, Brian The Invisible Rules of the Zoe Lama – Cohen, Tish Julian Rodriguez – Stadler, Alexander Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories About Growing Up Scieszka – Scieszka, Jon Lost and Found – Clements, Andrew The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins – Schyffert, Bea Uusma Maxx Comedy: The Funniest Kid in America – Kormon, Gordon The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues) – Riordan, Rick Middle School is Worse Than Meatloaf: A Year Told Through Stuff – Holm, Jennifer The Million Dollar Putt – Gutman, Dan Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever – Lynch, Jay My Haunted House – Sage, Angie Nic Bishop’s Spiders – Bishop, Nic Oggie Cooder – Weeks, Sarah Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow – Sturm, James Skeleton Man – Bruchac, Joseph Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius – Asch, Frank Time Warp Trio Vol. 1, Nightmare on Joe’s Street – Scieszka, Jon adapted by Zachary Rau To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel – Siegel, Siena Cherson Newbery Medal Books The Graveyard Book – Gaiman, Neil Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village – Schlitz, Laura Amy The Higher Power of Lucky – Patron, Susan Criss Cross – Perkins, Lynne Rae Kira-Kira – Kadohata, Cynthia The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread – by DiCamillo, Kate The Cross of Lead – Avi A Single Shard – Park, Linda Sue A Year Down Yonder – Peck, Richard Bud, Not Buddy – Curtis, Christopher Paul Holes – Sachar, Louis Caldecott Medal The House in the Night – Swanson, Susan Marie The Invention of Hugo Cabret – Selznick, Brian Flotsam – Wiesner, David The Hello, Goodbye Window – Juster, Norton Kitten’s First Full Moon – Henkes, Kevin The Man Who Walked Between the Towers – Gerstein, Mordicai My Friend Rabbit – Rohmann, Eric The Three Pigs – Wiesner, David So You Want to Be President? – St. George, Judith Joseph Had a Little Overcoat – Taback, Simms Coretta Scott King Award Books We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball – Nelson, Kadir The Blacker the Berry – Thomas, Joyce Carol Bird – Elliott, Zetta The Skin I’m In – Flake, Sharon Elijah of Buxton – Curtis, Christopher Paul Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom – Weatherford, Carole Boston Rosa – Giovanni, Nikki The People Could Fly: The Picture Book – Hamilton, Virginia Beautiful Blackbird – Bryan, Ashley Goin’ Someplace Special – McKissack, Patricia Miracle’s Boys – Woodson, Jacqueline Freedom Summer – Wiles, Deborah Uptown – Collier, Bryan Tar Beach – Ringgold, Faith Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale – Steptoe, John Americas Book Award Red Glass – Resau, Laura Yum! 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Que Rico!: America’s Sproutings – Mora, Pat Josias, Hold the Book – Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano – Engle, Margarita Cinnamon Girl: Letters Found Inside a Cereal Box – Herrera, Juan Felipe Life of Celia Cruz – Brown, Monica Sammy & Juliana in Hollywood – Saenz, Benjamin Alire Just a Minute!: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book – Morales, Yuyi Before We Were Free – Alvarez, Julia A Movie in My Pillow – Argueta, Jorge Breaking Through – Jimenez, Francisco Composition (Tr) – Skarmeta, Antonio The Color of My Worlds – Joseph, Lynn The Circuit – Jimenez, Francisco Barrio:Jose’s Neighborhood – Ancona, George Boston Globe – Horn Book Awards The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain – Sis, Peter The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian – Alexie, Sherman At Night – Bean, Jonathan The Arrival – Tan, Shaun Nic Bishop: Frogs – Bishop, Nic What to Do About Alice? – Kerley, Barbara Shooting the Moon – Dowell, Frances O’Roark Savvy – law, Ingrid Fred Stays with Me! – Coffelt, Nancy A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever – Frazee, Marla Books For Boys Picture Books The Rules – Kelley, Marty Boy Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs – Kudlinski, Kathleen I Stink! – McMullan, Kate Underwear! – Monsell, Mary Elise The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – Scieszka, Jon No David! - Shannon, David The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School – Sierra, Judy and Gammell, Stephen Dirt Boy – Slangerup, Erik John Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis – Pilkey, Dav Non-fiction Books Phineas Gage: A Gruesome But True Story About Brain Science – Fleischman, John Outside and Inside Mummies – Markle, Sandra Oh Yuck!: the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty – Masoff, Joy It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! – Solheim, James What Stinks? – Singer, Marilyn What’s Living in Your Bedroom? – Solway, Andrew Backyard Ballistics – Gurstelle, William Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex – Philbrick, Nathaniel A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail – Bryson, Bill Action/Adventure Books A Week in the Woods – Clements, Andrew Night of the Howling Dogs – Salisbury, Graham Monster – Meyers, Walter Dean Shooter - Meyers, Walter Dean The Young Man and the Sea – Philbrick, Rodman Funny Books “Joey Pigza” (Series) – Gantos, Jack Toad Rage – Gleitzman, Morris Gender Blender – Nelson, Blake Harris and Me – Paulsen, Gary “The Time Warp Trio” (Series) – Scieszka, Jon Is That a Dead Dog in Your Locker? – Strasser, Todd Hoot – Hiaasen, Carl Fantasy/Sci-Fi Books The Sapphire Knight – Sullivan, Michael Lamentation – Scholes, Ken “The Secrets of Droon” (Series) – Abbott, Tony “The Last Apprentice” (Series) – Delaney, Joseph The House of Scorpion – Farmer, Nancy The Transmogrification of Roscoe Wizzle – Elliott, David The City of Ember – DuPrau, Jeanne “Maximum Ride” (Series) – Patterson, James Unwind – Schusterman, Neal First Light – Stead, Rebecca