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| Summer Reading 2011 |
In the summer before my daughter started kindergarten I received a packet from the school containing various material including school policies, a calendar, and registration documents. One of the items in the stack was a summer reading list. I thought to myself, wow, really? She doesn't even know how to read yet, and she has a summer reading list?
The instructions noted that the child read, or be read to, at least eight books. I thought, fair enough. We are working through the list, and we've past the minimum of eight books, and we are enjoying the books.
I surveyed other moms who have kids in other schools to see if their school offered a kindergarten summer reading list, and most of them said no. It seems, though, that everyone I surveyed was curious about what was on the list. I figure the readers of this blog might be interested too. So, here goes...
- Owl at Home, Grasshopper on the Road, Uncle Elephant, Mouse Tales, or Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
- Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik (series)
- A Bargain for Frances, Bedtime for Frances, or Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban (series)
- Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole
- Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel (series)
- There Is A Carrot In My Ear by Alvin Schwartz
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (series)
- Jack and the Beanstalk, The Magic Porridge Pot, or Puss in Boots by Paul Galdone
- Where the Wild Things Are* by Maurice Sendak
- Curious George by Hans Augusto Rey (series)
- The Dream House by Pirkko Vainio
- A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
- Miss Spider's Wedding by David Kirk
- The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
- The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen
- A Visitor for Bear by Bonny Becker
- Olivia by Ian Falconer (series)
- What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? by Steve Jenkins
- The Lamb Who Came For Dinner by Steve Smallman
- Officer Buckle and Gloria* by Peggy Rathmann
- Sammy and the Dinosaurs by Ian Whybrow
- Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
- Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, or The Big Hungry Bear by A. Wood
- Painting a Rainbow, Eating the Alphabet, or Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
- Carlo Likes Reading by Jessica Spanyol
- My Friend Bear by Jez Alborough
- The Polar Express* by Chris Van Allsburg
- Rapunzel* illustrated and retold by Paul O. Zelinsky
- The Napping House by Audrey Wood
- A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
- Make Way for Ducklings* by Robert McCloskey
- Owl Moon* by John Schoenhorr
- Here's a Little Poem: A Very First Book of Poetry by Andrew Fusek Peters
- A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
- Falling Up by Shel Silverstein
- A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne
- When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne
