The 2009 Suggested Summer Reading List has a variety of books for all ages. Summer is a wonderful relaxing time to read with your children. We encourage you to use this list as a starting point and to give your child the opportunity to select titles of interest. The goal is to foster a love for literature and for reading to be a pleasurable experience for you and your child. Happy summer and happy reading!          -- Ruth Samuel, Librarian

Infant and Toddler

Baker, Keith Just How Long Can a Long String Be? Berger, Carin The Little Yellow Leaf Carle, Eric Mister Seahorse Dunbar, Polly Happy Hector Fox, Mem Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes Gravett, Emily The Odd Egg Henkes, Kevin Old Bear Isadora, Rachel Peekaboo Bedtime Lobel, Anita Hello, Day! Mahy, Margaret Bubble Trouble Newbery, Linda Posy Ravishankar, Anushka Elephants Never Forget! Sakai, Komako The Snow Day Seeger, Laura Vaccaro One Boy Swanson, Susan Marie The House in the Night Weatherford, Carole Boston Before John Was a Jazz Giant

Preschool

Bergman, Mara Snip Snap! What's That? Bruel, Nick Who is Melvin Bubble? Bruel, Robert Bob and Otto Clements, Andrew Dogku DiCamillo, Kate Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken Dillon, Leo and Diane  Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose Dorros, Arthur Papa and Me Dunbar, Polly Dog Blue Gay, Marie-Louise Stella Fairy of the Forest Gravett, Emily The Odd Egg Harrington, Janice N. The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County Johnson, Angela Just Like Josh Gibson Lies, Brian Bats at the Beach Poole, Amy Lowry The Ant and the Grasshopper Schachner, Judith Byron The Grannyman Sierra, Judy Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf Watt, Melanie Scaredy Squirrel series

Older Picture Books

Adler, David A. and Adler, Michael S. A Picture Book of Dolley and James Madison Barretta, Gene Now and Ben Breen, Steve Violet the Pilot Casey, Dawn The Barefoot Book of Earth Tales Deedy, Carmen Agra Martina the Beautiful Cockroach Dunrea, Olivier Hanne's Quest Flaherty, Alice The Luck of the Loch Ness Monster Haseley, Dennis Twenty Heartbeats Hoffman, Mary Princess Grace Jenkins, Steve Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea Kay, Verla Rough, Tough Charley Madison, Alan Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly Matthews, John and Caitlin Trick of the Tale; a Collection of Trickster Tales Michelson, Richard Across the Alley Mortenson, Greg and Roth, Susan L. Listen to the Wind: The Story of Dr. Greg and Three Cups of Tea St. George, Judith You're on Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt Van Allsburg, Chris Just a Dream

Easy Reads/Early Chapter

Arnold, Tedd Super Fly Guy George, Jean Craighead Goose and Duck Grant, Judyann Ackerman Chicken Said, "Cluck!" Hall, Katy and Eisenberg, Lisa Ribbit Riddles Hautzig, Deborah Little Witch series Howe, James Houndsley and Catina Plink & Plunk Kvasnosky, Laura McGee Zelda and Ivy Lakin, Patricia Max and Mo Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad Miller, Sara Swan Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog O'Connor, Jane Fancy Nancy Sees Stars Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge series Rylant, Cynthia Mercy Watson series Willems, Mo Watch Me Throw the Ball! Ziefert, Harriet How Big is Big?

Transitional Readers

Adler, David A. Young Cam Jansen series Brown, Jeff Invisible Stanley Donaldson, Julia The Quick Brown Fox Club English, Karen Nikki and Deja series Guest, Elissa Haden Iris and Walter Hicks, Betty Gym Shorts series Kline, Suzy Horrible Harry series Look, Lenore Ruby Lu, Brave and True Mills, Claudia How Oliver Olson Changed the World Minarik, Else Holmelund Little Bear's Friend Moses, Brian Munching, Crunching, Sniffling and Snooping (Eyewitness Readers) Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Patches and Scratches Roy, Ron A to Z Mysteries Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge series Satterfield, Kathryn Hoffman Frogs! (Time for Kids series) Thomson, Melissa Keena Ford and the Second-Grade Mix-Up

Independent Readers

Babbitt, Natalie Jack Plank Tells Tales Berlin, Eric The Puzzling World of Winston Breen Cleary, Beverly The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cowley, Joy Chicken Feathers Cowley, Joy and Bishop, Gavin Snake and Lizard Estes, Eleanor The Hundred Dresses French, Jackie How to Scratch a Wombat Hawking, Lucy and Stephen George's Secret Key to the Universe Jennings, Patrick We Can't All Be Rattlesnakes Kelly, Katy Melonhead Kennedy, Marlane Dog Days of Charlotte Hayes Lowry, Lois Gooney Bird Greene McCall Smith, Alexander Akimbo and the Bamboons Pearce, Philippa A Finder's Magic Pitchford, Dean The Big One-Oh Lubar, David Punished! Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth Sachar, Louis Holes Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square Creech, Sharon Love That Dog

Poetry

Brown, Calef Polka Bats and Octopus Slacks Esbensen, Barbara Juster Swing Around the Sun Florian, Douglas Dinothesaurus Giovanni, Nikki Hip Hop Speaks to Children; a Celebration of Poetry With a Beat Hopkins, Lee Bennett City I Love Kajikawa, Kimiko Close to You; How Animals Bond Katz, Alan Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Othe Silly Dilly Songs Prelutsky, Jack In Aunt Giraffe's Green Garden Ross, Tony Three Little Kittens and Other Favorite Nursery Rhymes Sendak, Maurice Chicken Soup with Rice Sidman, Joyce Red Sings from Treetops; A Year in Colors Thomas, Joyce Carol Blacker the Berry