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1 Green Acres School Suggestions for Reading For Students Entering Kindergarten or 1 st Grade This is a list of suggested books, taken from several sources, including Green Acres student recommendations. Try other books by these authors, too. We hope that your child's schedule will allow for many relaxing times to read and ponder. Picture Books Adoff, Arnold. Daring Dog and Captain Cat Agee, Jon. Milo's Hat Trick; Terrific Arnold, Tedd. No More Water in the Tub! Aston, Dianna Hutts. A Seed Is Sleepy Bang, Molly. When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really Really Angry. Barracca, Debra. The Adventures of Taxi Dog Bishop, Nic. Brown, Don. Carle, Eric. Spiders Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth Chen, Chih-Yuan. Guji Guji Cowley, Joy. Cronin, Doreen. Falconer, Ian. Chameleon Chameleon Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type Olivia; Oliva Forms a Band Floca, Brian. Fox, Mem. Moonshot The Magic Hat Frazee, Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever Gorbachev, Valeri. Turtle's Penguin Day Graham, Bob. Gravett, Emily. Gravett, Emily. How to Heal a Broken Wing Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears The Odd Egg; Spells

2 Grey, Mini. Traction Man Is Here Heide, Florence Parry. Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated Henkes, Kevin. Hesse, Karen. Wemberly Worried; Sheila Rae, the Brave; Lily's Big Day; Birds Come On, Rain! Hoberman, Mary Ann. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You (series) Hoffman, Mary. Jenkins, Emily. Johnson, Angela. Joyce, William. Amazing Grace; Princess Grace Skunkdog Julius Dinosaur Bob Kajikawa, Kimiko. Tsunami! Kasza, Keiko. Don't Laugh, Joe! Knudsen, Michelle. The Library Lion Lee, Suzy. Wave Long, Melinda. Mahy, Margaret. How I Became a Pirate Bubble Trouble McCloskey, Robert. McDermott, Gerald. Meddaugh, Susan. Time of Wonder Jabuti the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon Rain Forest Cinderella s Rat; Martha Speaks Muth, Jon J. Zen Shorts Newbery, Linda. Nolen, Jerdine. O'Connor, Jane. Posy Raising Dragons Fancy Nancy Parr, Todd. It's Okay to Be Different Patricelli, Leslie. Higher Higher Phillips, J. C. Pinkney, Brian. Wink: The Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed The Adventures of Sparrowboy Pinto, Sara. Apples & Oranges: Going Bananas with Pairs Polacco, Patricia. In Our Mothers' House

3 Portis, Antoinette. Priceman, Marjorie. A Penguin Story Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride Prelutsky, Jack. Reynolds, Peter H. If Not for the Cat Ish Richardson, Justin. And Tango Makes Three Root, Phyllis. Rattletrap Car Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Duck! Rabbit! Sakai, Komako. The Snow Day Sayre, April Pulley. Stars Beneath Your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust Scanlon, Elizabeth Garton. All the World Schertle, Alice. Schwarz, Viviane. Button Up! Wrinkled Rhymes Timothy and the Strong Pajamas: A Superhero Adventure Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Black! White! Day! Night!: A Book of Opposites; Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three stories; Dog and Bear: Two's Company; One Boy; First the Egg Shapiro, Zachary. We're All in the Same Boat Sherry, Kevin. Slate, Joseph. Steig, William. I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten Dr. DeSoto Stevens, Janet / Susan Stevens Crummel. And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon Uegaki, Chieri. Weigelt, Udo. Suki's Kimono Super Guinea Pig to the Rescue Wells, Rosemary. Whately, Bruce. Wiesner, David. Williams, Vera B. Yoko Wait! No Paint Flotsam A Chair for My Mother Wilson, April. Winter, Jeanette. Wood, Audrey. April Wilson's Magpie Magic Mama: A True Story King Bidgood's in the Bathtub

4 Wormell, Christopher. Mice, Morals & Monkey Business Yolen, Jane. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night Fairy Tales and Folktales Aardema, Verna. Cousins, Lucy. Hudson, Talbott. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales Tales of King Arthur: Excalibur Martin, Rafe. The Rough-Face Girl McDermott, Gerald. Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest Salley, Coleen. Scieszka, Jon. Steptoe, John. Yep, Laurence. Tchana, Katrin. Epossumondas The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty & the Beast Tale Sense Pass King: A Story from Cameroon Beginner Reader Series Adler, David. Arnold, Tedd. Bliss, Harry. Cazet, Denys. Egan, Tim. Young Cam Jansen I Spy Fly Guy (series) Luke on the Loose Minnie and Moo Dodsworth in London (series) Grant, Judyann. Horowitz, Ruth. Howe, James. Lobel, Arnold. Marshall, James. Parish, Peggy. Chicken said, Cluck! Big Surprise in the Bug Tank Houndsley and Catina Frog and Toad Fox at School Amelia Bedelia Ross, Pat. Meet M and M

5 Henry and Mudge High-Rise Private Eyes Poppleton Thomas, Shelley Moore. Good Night, Good Knight Van Leeuwen, Jean. Amanda Pig Willems, Mo. Yolen, Jane. My Friend Is Sad (series) Commander Toad Longer Chapter Books Ahlberg, Allan. Byars, Betsy. Cleary, Beverly. The Cat Who Got Carried Away Little Horse Ramona the Pest Fine, Anne. The Jamie and Angus Stories Gannett, Ruth Stiles. My Father's Dragon (series) Hall, Katy. Buggy Riddles; Snakey Riddles; Puppy Riddles Meadows, Daisy. Rainbow Magic (series) Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic Tree House (series) Sachar, Louis. Marvin Redpost Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Warner, Gertrude Chandler. Nate the Great (series) Boxcar Children (series)

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