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
• Sleepover Party!: games and giggles for a fun night, Jamie Kyle McGillian