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Children's Summer Reads (4-7yrs old)
Summer is half way over, and that is hard to believe. As I have said before, one of my favorite things about summer is being able to enjoy some great fiction books. I have fond memories from my childhood of lying on the beach and getting lost between the pages of a good book.
I thought I would share with you some of my favorites and hope that you all will share your favorites as well. This week I will share with you my favorites for Kindergarten through second grade. (All of these books are available from Veritas Press. Just give us a call, and we will be happy to help you.)
| The Knight and the Dragon | Tomie dePaola |
| The Day the Crayon Quit | Drew Daywalt |
| Corduroy | Don Freeman |
| The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore | William Joyce |
| Where the Wild Things Are | Maurice Sendak |
| The Very Hungry Caterpillar | Eric Carle |
| Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See | Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle |
| Frog and Toad Are Friends | Arnold Lobel |
| Goodnight Moon | Margaret Wise Brown |
| Green Eggs and Ham | Dr. Seuss |
| Snowy Day | Anna Milborne |
| Madeline | Ludwig Bemelmans |
| Winnie the Pooh | A.A. Milne |
| The Velveteen Rabbit | Margery Smith |
| If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Laura Jaffe Murneroff |
| The Tale of Peter Rabbit | Beatrix Potter |
| Are You My Mother? | P.D. Eastman |
| Love You Forever | Robert Munsch |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Judi Barrett |
| Curious George | H.A. Rey |
| The Snowy Day | Ezera Jack Keats |
| Blueberries for Sal | Robert McCloskey |
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Bill Martin, Jr. |
| Amelia Bedelia | Peggy Parish |
| Miss Nelson Is Missing | Harry Allavey |
| The Rainbow Fish | Marces Pfister |
| Make Way for Ducklings | Robert McCloskey |
| Caps For Sale | Esphyr Slobodkina |
| The Mitten | Jan Brett |
| If You Give a Moose a Muffin | Laura Jaffe Numeroff |
| One Bear Lost | Karen Hayles |
| Stone Soup | Marcie Brown |
| Where’s Spot? | Eric Hill |
| Clifford the Big Red Dog | Norman Bridwell |
| A Pocket for Corduroy | Don Freeman |
| The Runaway Bunny | Margaret Wise Brown |
| The Carrot Seed | Ruth Krauss |
| Billy’s Picture | H.A. Rey |
| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Virginia Lee Burton |
| Owl Moon | Jane Yolen |
| Harry the Dirty Dog | Gene Zion |
| Hop On Pop | Dr. Seuss |
| Bedtime For Frances | Russel Hobon |
| The Napping Tree | Audrey Wood |
| Olivia | Ian Falconer |
| The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash | Trinka Hakes Wogel |
| The Curious Garden | Peter Brown |
| The Egg Tree | Katherine Millhouse |
| The Story Of Babar | Jean de Brunhoff |
| Little Bear | Else Holmelund Minarick |
| Fox in Socks | Dr. Seuss |
| Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel | Virginia Bee Burton |
| The Napping House | Audrey Wood |
| The Very Busy Spider | Eric Carle |
| The Story About Ping | Marjorie Flack |
| The Story of Ferdinand | Munroe Leaf |
| The Little Mouse | Don Wood |
| The Red Ripe Strawberry | Don Wood |
| The Big Hungry Bear | Don Wood |
| The Little House | Virginia Lee Burton |
| Bread and Jam for Frances | Frances Russell Hoban |
| The Grouchy Ladybug | Eric Carle |
| Danny and the Dinosaur | Syd Hoff |
| Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | Bernard Waber |
| Scuffy the Tugboat | Gertrude Crampton |
| The Hat | Jan Brett |
| Jamberry | Bruce Degen |
| Swimmy | Leo Lionni |
| A Chair for My Mother | Vera B. Williams |
| The Little Red Caboose | Maurian Potter |
| How I Became a Pirate | Melinda Long |
| Chester | Melanie Watt |
| Fables | Arnold Lobel |
| Doctor DeSoto | William Steig |
| Petunia | Roger Duvoisn |
| Saint George and the Dragon | Margaret Hodges |
| Tea Rex | Molly Idle |
| Doug Unplugged | Dan Yaccarino |
| The Little Island | George MacDonald |
| Otto the Bear | Katie Clemenson |
| The Real Mother Goose | Blanche Fisher Wright |
| Sheep in a Jeep | Nancy E. Shaw |
| Sammy the Seal | Syd Hoff |
| Bear’s New Friend | Karma Wilson |
| Ginger and Petunia | Patricia Palacco |
| Ox Cart Man | Donald Hall |
| Laundry Dog | Maurie J Manning |
| Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me | Eric Carle |
| The Red Sled | Lita Judge |
| The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse | Eric Carle |
| Is Your Mama A Llama? | Deborah Guarino |
| Lentil | Robert McCloskey |
| When I Was Young in the Mountains | CYbthia Rylant |
| The Art Lesson | Tommy DePaula |
| Dogger | Shirley Hughes |
| The Pirates Next Door | Jonny Duddle |
| If Your’re Hoppy | April Pulley Sayre |
| Floss | Kim Lewis |
| King Jack and the Dragon | Peter Bently |
| The Egg | M.P. Robertson |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | Ned Bustard |
By Laurie Detweiler
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