Summer Reading Booklist

Early Childhood

Mary Engelbreit’s Nursery Tales: a treasury of children’s classics, Mary Engelbreit           

Not I, Not I, Margaret Hillert

Before John was a Jazz Giant: a song of John Coltrane, Carole Boston Weatherford
           
Should I Play the Piano?, Nicola Barber

Lift Every Voice and Sing, James Weldon Johnson
           
The Story of My Feelings, Laurie Berkner          

Trash Trouble, Larry Dane Brimner
                       
Ricitos de Oro y los Tres Osos, Gerda Muller

La Sirenitas, Susan Blackaby
           
El Principe Encantado, Eric Blair
           
Alphabet Art: with A-Z animal art & fingerplays, Judy Press

I Spy Shapes in Art, Lucy Micklethwait

Math-terpieces: the art of problem solving, Greg Tang

No One Saw: ordinary things through the eyes of an artist, Bob Raczka
           
The Book of Movement Exploration: can you move like this?, John M. Feierabend

Honk, Honk, Rattle, Rattle: 25 songs and over 300 activities for young children, Pam Schiller

Attention Games: 101 fun, easy games that help kids to focus, Barbara Sher

The Book of Songs & Rhymes with Beat Motions: keeping the beat, John M. Feierabend
           
For Elementary School-Aged Children

El Principito, Antoine de Saint-Exupery
           
Thornspell, Helen Lowe
           
Out of the Wild: a novel, Sarah Beth Durst
           
Storyteller, Edward Myers

Sound Projects with a Music Lab You Can Build, Robert Gardner
                       
Meet the Musicians: from prodigy (or not) to pro, Amy Nathan
           
Funny Bones: comedy games and activities for kids, Lisa Bany-Winters

Great Monologues for Young Actors. Vol. II, Craig Slaight
                       
El caballero de la armadura oxidada, Robert Fisher
           
El leon, la bruja y el armario, C.S. Lewis
           
Cave Paintings to Picasso: the inside scoop on 50 art masterpieces, Henry Sayre
           
In the Time of Warhol, Antony Mason
           
Meet the Dancers: from ballet, Broadway, and beyond, Amy Nathan

Las Luces de Septiembre, Carlos Ruiz Zafon
           
Get Out!: outdoor activities kids can enjoy anywhere (except indoors), Hallie Warshaw
           
More Errata: another book of historical errors, Theodore Rowland-Entwistle
           
Wizards of the Game, David Lubar