Theme 1: Being Me The Mixed-up Chameleon NF Chameleon, Chameleon Joy Cowley NF Colorful Chameleons! Michelle Knudsen NF How Do Chameleons Change Color? Melissa Stewart F Rango: The New Sheriff in Town Annie Auerbach F The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle F Crafty Chameleon Mwenye Hadithi (African Animal Tales) Adrienne Kennaway P Don’t Bump the Glump Shel Silverstein “Glub-Toothed Sline” Get Up and Go! NF Mission Addition Loreen Leedy NF Twelve Ways to Get to 11 Eve Merriam NF Ready, Set, Hop! Stuart J. Murphy F Stanley’s Little Sister Linda Bailey Bill Slavin F I’ll Teach My Dog 100 Words Michael Frith F Marley Goes to School John Grogan P Kids Pick the Funniest Poems Bill Dodds “Mrs. Stein”

Selections Key NF-Non-Fiction F- Fiction P-Poem RA- Read Aloud *Many of the selections may be integrated in the Math, Science and Social Studies Curriculum.

Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon NF A Tree for All Seasons Robin Bernard NF The Reason for the Seasons Gail Gibbons NF Nature Hide and Seek: Woods John Norris Wood and Forests F Rockwell: A Boy and His Dog Loren Spiotta-Dimare F Leaf Man Lois Ehlert F Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat Cynthia Rylant P Poetry for Young People Robert Frost “A Late Walk” Days With Frog and Toad NF National Geographic Readers: Frogs! Elizabeth Carney NF Frogs Gail Gibbons NF Frogs and Toads Diane Swanson F The Story of Frog Belly Rat Bone Timothy Basil Ering F Frog and Toad are Friends Arnold Lobel F Fox and His Friends Edward Marshall P Sketches From a Spy Tree Tracie Vaughn Zimmer “Hey, Bullfrog” Wilson Sat Alone NF How to Be a Friend; A Guide to Making Laura Krasny Brown Friends and Keeping Them NF The Monster Health Book: A Guide to Edward Miller Eating Healthy, Being Active, and Feeling Great for Monsters and Kids!

NF We Can Get Along: A Child’s Book Lauren Murphy of Choices Payne M.S.W. F Absolute Lucy Ilene Cooper F Thank You, Mr. Falker Patricia Polocco F Scaredy Squirrel Melanie Watt P Something Big Has Been Here Jack Prelutsky “I Should Have Stayed in Bed Today” Theme 2: Helping Hands The Enormous Turnip:

NF The Bumblebee Queen April Pulley Sayre

NF Community Helpers from A to Z Bobbie Kalman

NF We Need Dentists Lola M. Schaefer

F It Could Always Be Worse Margot Zemach

F Honey Ellen Miles

F Water Hole Waiting C. Kurtz, J. Kutz, & L.

P Helping Shel Silverstein

Helping Out:

NF A Helping Hand Ray Hansell

NF Firefighters to the Rescue! Bobbie Kalman

NF Dinner At Aunt Connie’s House Faith Ringgold

F The Night the Lighthouse Lost His Light Gregg Russell

F Even Monsters Need Haircuts Matthew McElligott

F Touch the Poem Arnold Adoff

P Practicing Scaring Gareth Lancaster

Mr. Putter & Tabby Fly the Plane:

NF The Librarian of Basra Jeanette Winter

NF Earth Day Nancy I. Sanders

NF Serving Our Community Christin Ditchfield

F Millie Waits for the Mail AlexanderSteffensmeier

F The Baby BeeBee Bird Diane Redfield Massie

F Prudy’s Problem and How She Solved It Carey Armstrong-Ellis

P I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room Ken Nesbitt

Hedgehog Bakes a Cake:

NF Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Doreen Rappaport

NF Amazing Gorillas Sarah L. Thomson

NF Meet President Barack Obama Laine Falk

F Go Home! The True Story of James the Cat Libby Phillips Meggs

F Finding Lincoln Ann Malaspina

F Pigs to the Rescue John Himmelman

P Volunteer 24/7 Matt Richardson

Lemonade for Sale:

NF A World of Communities Marcia S. Gresko

NF Cow Towns Raymond Bial

F Harriet’s Had Enough! Elissa Haden & Paul Meisel

F This Tree Counts Alison Formento &S. Snow

F The Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flournoy

P Daddy’s Making Dinner Jeff Mondak

Theme 3: Our World Johnny Appleseed NF Apples for All Seasons Jill Esbaum

NF How Do Apples Grow? Betsy Maestro

NF Apple Fractions Jerry Pallotta

F McBroom’s Wonderful One- Acre Farm Sid Fleischman

F Apples to Oregon Deborah Hopkinson

F The Apple Pie Tree Zoe Hall

P “The Leaves Are Turning Colors” (My Dog May Be A Genius) Jack Prelutsky

*RA American Tall Tales Mary Osborne

From Seed to Plant:

NF The Reason for A Flower Ruth Heller

NF Earthworms Claire Llewellyn

NF From Seed to Pumpkin Wendy Pfeffer

F Water, Weed and Wait Edith Hope Fine

F In the Garden with Dr. Carver Susan Grigsby

F Compost Stew Mary M. Siddals

P “A Worm” (My Dog May By A Genius) Jack Prelutsky

*RA The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds Joanna Cole

Secret Life of Trees:

NF A Tree For All Seasons Robin Bernard

NF A Tree is a Plant Clyde Robert Bylla

NF Tell Me, Tree Gail Gibbons

F The Lorax Dr. Seuss

F The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein

F Our Tree Named Steve Alan Zweibel

P “Tree House” (Where the Sidewalk Ends) Shel Silverstein

Watermelon Day:

NF Up, Down and Around Katherine Ayres

NF A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds Jean Richards

NF Watermelon For Everyone Martha R. Woodward

F Elephants Aloft Kathi Appelt

F Peter Spit A Seed At Sue Jackie French Koller

F One Watermelon Seed Celia B. Lottridge

P “The Garden” (Where the Sidewalk Ends) Shel Silverstein

*RA The Watermelon Mystery Paul Hutchens

Pumpkin Fiesta:

NF Seed, Sprout, Pumpkin Pie Jill Esbaum

NF The Pumpkin Book Gail Gibbons

F The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin Jan & Stan Berenstain

F The Biggest Pumpkin Ever Steven Kroll

F Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens

P “Scary Squash” (Math For All Seasons) Greg Tang

*RA The Vanishing Pumpkin Tony Johnston

Theme 4: Imagine That! The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash

F Verdi Janell Cannon

F The Greedy Python Richard Buckley

F Hide and Snake Keith Baker

NF I Can Read About Reptiles David Cutts

NF I Can Read Amazing Snakes Sarah L. Thomson

NF New Encyclopedia of Snakes Christopher Mattison

P A Night I Had Trouble Falling Asleep (The Butterfly Jar) Jeff Moss

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

F How I Spent My Summer Vacation Marc Brown

F The Night Before Summer Vacation Natasha Wing

F The Toughest Cowboy John Frank

NF A Cowboy’s Life Rozanne Williams

NF Eyewitness Cowboy (Eyewitness Books) David H. Murdoch

NF Bill Pickett Andrea D. Pinkney

P True Story (Where the Sidewalk Ends) Shel Silverstein

Dear Mr. Blueberry

F A Letter to Amy Jack Ezra Keats

F Winter Whale Joanne Ryder

NF Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises Mark Carwardine

NF Sharks Gail Gibbons

NF Whale Talk Chris Crutcher

P Baby Beluga Raffi

Cool Ali

F The Art Lesson Tomie dePaola

NF Draw Fifty Animals Lee J. Ames

NF Drawing with Children Mona Brookes

NF How to Draw Faces Barbara Soloff Levy

P Where the Sidewalk Ends Shel Silverstein

The Emperor’s Egg

F Mr. Popper’s Penquins Richard Atwater

F If You Were a Penquin Wendell Minor

F Tacky the Penquin Helen Lester

NF Penguins of the World Wayne Lynch

NF National Geographic Readers-Penguins Anne Schreiber

NF Penguin Chick Betty Tatham

P Penguins (A Pizza the Size of the Sun) Jack Prelutsky

Theme Five: Neighborhood News The Pine Mystery F Voices in the Park Anthony Browne

F Nate the Great Marjorie Sharmat

F Judy Moody, Girl Detective Megan McDonald

F Winter of the Ice Wizard, Magic Tree House Series Mary Pope Osborne

F Cam Jenson Mystery Series David Adler

NF Birds, Nests & Eggs Mel Boring

NF What Does a Mayor Do? David Jakubiak

NF Birds Melvin Berger

NF Everything Bird: What Kids Really Want to Know about Birds Cherie Winner

P Molly Has a Myna Bird Ken Nesbitt

RA The Trouble with Chicken George Seiden

Goodbye Curtis

F Dear Max Sally Grindley

F The Fire Cat Esther Averill

F Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters Allen Ahlberg

F The Paperboy Dav Pilkey

NF Community Helpers from A to Z Bobbi Kalman

NF Helpers in My Community Bobbi Kalman

NF A Day with a Mail Carrier Jan Kottke

NF the Post Office Book: Mail and How it Moves Gail Gibbons

P The Bookshelf for Boys and Girls Volume 1 “What’s In the Mailbox?” Page 232

RA The Postman’s Dog Lisa Shanahan

RA The Lying Postman Darrel Odgers

Max Found Two Sticks

F Froggy Plays in the Band Frank Remkiewicz

F The Bourbon Street Band is Back Ed Shankman

F Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band Kwan Alexander

F Our Marching Band Lloyd Moss

NF Ah Music! Aliki

NF Musical Instruments from A to Z Bobbie Kalman

NF I Can Make Music: Simple to Make and Fun to Play Musical Instruments for

Young Children Michael Purton

NF Marching Song Robert Lewis Stevenson

P Orchestra Shel Silverstein

RA Junie B. First Grader: One Man Band Barbara Park

RA The Mystery of the Stolen Music (Boxcar Mystery #45) Gertrude Warner

Anthony Reynoso: Born to Rope

F Cowboy Kate and Cocoa Series Erica Silverman

F Horse Diaries Series Catherine Hapka

F Every Girl Needs a Horse Rebecca Janni

F Rodeo Time (Math Start) Stuart J. Murphy

NF Horses or others Gail Gibbons

NF Rodeo S.L. Hamilton

NF Rodeo (Horsing Around) Robin Johnson

NF Everything Horses: What Kids Really Want to Know Marty Crisp

China Town

F China Town William Low

F How the Second Grade…. Statue of Liberty Nathan Simelman

F My Father’s Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett

F the Adventures of Taxi Dog Debra &Sal Barracca

NF Chinese New Year For Kids Cindy Roberts

NF We’re There! New York City Elizabeth Grumbach

NF How my Family Lives In America Susan Kuklin

NF Count Your Way through China Jim Haskins

P Dogku Andrew (book written in Haiku poetry) Andrew Clements

P My Chinatown: One Year in Poems Kam Mak

RA The Cricket in Times Square George Seldon

Theme 6: Travel Time Abuela: F Isla Arthur Dorros

F Abuela’s Weave Omar S. Castaneda

F Thundercake Patricia Polacco

NF Families Anna Morris

NF The Story of the Statue of Liberty Besty Maestro

NF Grandpa had a Windmill, Grandma had a Churn Louise Jackson

P Abuelita’s Lap TM 280P

P The New Colossus Emma_Lazarus

*RA Families Ann Morris

Beginner’s World Atlas:

F The Berenstain Bears Don’t Pollute (Anymore) Jan and Stan Berenstain

F While the World is Sleeping Pamela Duncan Edwards

F Tulip Sees America Cynthia Rylant

NF Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest Steven Jenkins

NF Atlas of People: A First Discovery Book C. Delafoaae and G. Jeunesse

NF We Gather Together Wendy Pfeffer

P The Earth is Painted Green Barbara Brenner

P America the Beautiful Katharine Lee Bates

Dinosaur Travel:

F The Train to Lulu’s Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard

F Dinosaurs, Beware; A Safety Guide Marc Brown and S. Krensky

F Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea Vera Williams

NF New Clues about Dinosaurs Holly Hartma

NF City/ Country: A Car Trip in Photographs Ken Robbins

NF Going to a Zoo (A World of Field Trips) Rebecca Rissman

P The Tree in the Ancient Forest Carol Reed-Jones

*RA How Do Dinosaurs Go to School? Jan Yolen

Montigue on the High Seas: F Henry the Sailor Cat Mary Calhoun F A New Room for William Sally Grindley F The Armadillo from Amarillo Lynne Cherry NF Exploring the Deep, Dark Sea Gail Gibbons NF Whales Gail Gibbons NF Recycle! Gail Gibbons P Commotion in the Ocean Giles Andreae Ruth Law Thrills a Nation: F Angela’s Airplane Robert N. Munsch F Pilot Mom Kathleen Benner Duble F Tuesday David Wiesner

NF Ameila Earhart: Young Air Pioneer Jane Moore Howe

NF Fly High! The Story of Bessie Coleman L. Borden and M. Kroeger

NF First flight: The Story of Tom Tate & W. Brothers George Shea

P Dream Song Chippewa