These authors have written many wonderful books. Consider exploring some of their lesser known titles this summer. Allan Ahlberg Pat Hutchins John Burningham Keiko Kasza Virginia Lee Burton Ezra Jack Keats Lauren Child Holly Keller Donald Crews Ruth Krauss Doreen Cronin Leo Lionni Pat Cummings Petra Mathers Niki Daly Susan Medaugh Lois Ehlert Brian Pinkney Mem Fox Jerry Pinkney Don Freeman Pam Munoz Ryan Juanita Havill Audrey Wood

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Monica Brown Pele, King of Soccer S. Calmenson May I Pet Your Dog? Elisha Cooper Beach Nicola Davies Surprising Sharks Nick Dawson Tracks of a Panda Lois Ehlert Waiting for Wings Lizann Flatt Let’s Go!: The Story of Getting From There to Here Brian Floca Lightship Vivian French Yucky Worms Steve Jenkins What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Meghan McCarthy Astronaut Handbook Wendy Pfeffer Life in a Coral Reef Andrea Pinkney Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride Mia Posada Guess What is Growing Inside this Egg? Justin Richardson And Tango Makes Three Susan Roth Great Big Guinea Pigs

Douglas Florian- Summersaults Jan S. Gilchrist- Lemonade Sun Eloise Greenfield Brothers and Sisters: Family Poems P. Maclachlan- Once I Ate a Pie Bill Martin, Jr.- The Bill Martin Jr. Big Book of Poetry Iona Opie- My Very First Mother Goose Jack Prelutsky- The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders Alice Schertle- Button Up! Joyce Sidman- Red Sings from Treetops

Zoe Alley- There’s a Wolf at the Door Esther Averill- *Jenny and the Cat Club Ann Cameron- *Stories Julian Tells Beverly Cleary- Two Times the Fun Miriam Cohen- Minnie and Sophie: All Around the Town Roald Dahl- Fantastic Mr. Fox Kate DiCamillo- *Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride Anne Fine- *The Jamie & Angus Stories Ruth Gannett- *My Father’s Dragon Arnold Lobel- Mouse Soup Lois Lowry-*Zooman Sam James Marshall- *Rats on the Roof Catharine O’Neill Annie and Simon Lorie Ries- *Aggie and Ben Laura V. Seeger- *Dog and Bear William Steig- Abel’s Island Mary Stolz- Go Fish Toon Tellegen- *Squirrel’s Birthday and Other Parties

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Bhagavan Antle Suryia and Roscoe Jim Aylesworth Our Abe Lincoln Phil Bildner The Hallelujah Flight Nic Bishop Nic Bishop Marsupials Betsy Franco Birdsongs Vivian French Yucky Worms Robbin Gourley First Garden: The White House Garden and How it Grew Jennifer L. Huget Thanks a LOT, Emily Post! Pamela F. Kirby What Bluebirds Do George Ella Lyon All the Water in the World Meghan McCarthy Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas Donno Jo Napoli Mama Miti Wendy Pfeffer Life in a Coral Reef Andrea Pinkney Sojourner Truth’s Step-Stomp Stride Susan Roth Great Big Guinea Pigs Richard Sobol An Elephant in the Backyard Jonah Winter You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!

Douglas Florian- Bow Wow Meow Meow Simon James- Days Like This Nikki Grimes- When Gorilla Goes Walking Patricia MacLachlan- Once I Ate a Pie Alice Schertle- Button Up! Joyce Sidman- Red Sings From Treetops Valerie Worth- Animal Poems Jane Yolen- Here’s a Little Poem: A Very First Book

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Judy Blume- Freckle Juice Ann Cameron-*Stories Julian Tells Beverly Cleary- Socks Lucy Cousins- Eight Favorite Fairy Tales Roald Dahl- Fantastic Mr. Fox Kate DiCamillo- *Mercy Watson to the Rescue Tony DiTerlizzi- Kenny and the Dragon Anne Fine- *The Jamie & Angus Stories Ruth Gannett- *My Father’s Dragon Johanna Hurwitz- *Russell Sprouts Emily Jenkins- Toys Go Out* Dick King- Smith A Mouse Called Wolf Arnold Lobel- Mouse Soup Lois Lowry- *See You Around, Sam! James Marshall- *Rats on the Roof Robert McCloskey- *Homer Price Catharine O’Neill- Annie and Simon John Peterson- The Littles* Lori Ries- *Aggie and Ben William Steig- Abel’s Island E.B. White- Stuart Little * = Look for more books with these characters!

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Bang-Campbell, M. Little Rat Sets Sail* Brenner, Barbara Wagon Wheels Byars, Betsy The Golly Sisters Go West* Cannon, A.E. On the Go with Pirate Pete and Pirate Joe* Cushman, Doug Space Cat Douglas, Erin Get That Pest Laurence, Daniel Captain and Matey Set Sail Masters, Anthony Ricky’s Rat Gang* O’Connor, Jane Lulu Goes to Witch School Smith, Janice Lee Wizard and Wart* Thomas, S. M. Take Care, Good Knight* Yolen, Jane Commander Toad* * = Books have sequels or are part of a series

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Arnold, Tedd Hooray for Fly Guy* Bechtold, Lisze Buster and Phoebe* Chaconas, Dori Cork and Fuzz* Giovanni, Nikki The Girls in the Circle Guest, Elissa Iris & Walter* Hayes, Geoffrey Benny & Penny* Horowitz, Ruth Break-Out at the Bug Lab* Kessler, Leonard Here Comes the Strikeout Labatt, Mary Sam at the Seaside* Leonard, Marcia Best Friends Little, Jean Emma’s Yucky Brother* Lobel, Arnold Mouse Tales Marshall, Edward Three Up a Tree* McMullan, Kate Pearl and Wagner* Meister, Cari When Tiny Was Tiny* Mills, Claudia Gus and Grandpa* Minarik, Else H. No Fighting, No Biting! Parish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia* Rylant, Cynthia Poppleton* Smith, Jeff Little Mouse Gets Ready Thomas, Jan The Doghouse Van Leeuwen, J. Oliver, The Mighty Pig* Willems, Mo Pigs Make Me Sneeze* * = These books have sequels or are part of a series

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Auch, Mary Jane I Was a Third Grade Science Project* Barnes, Derrick Ruby Booker, Trivia Queen* Cameron, Ann Gloria Rising* Cleary, Beverly Ramona Forever* Clements, Andrew Jake Drake, Teacher’s Pet* DeLaCroix, Alice Hero of Third Grade Duffey, Betsy Hey, New Kid* English, Karen Nikki and Deja* Friedman, Laurie Back to School, Mallory* Greene, Stephanie Owen Foote* Grimes, Nikki Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel* Harper, Charise Just Grace* Hurwitz, Johanna Class Clown* Mills, Claudia How Oliver Olson Changed the World Montes, Marisa Get Ready for Gabi* Pennypacker, Sara Clementine* Wesley, Valerie W. Willimina Rules!* *= Books have sequels or are part of a series

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Blume, Judy Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing* Bowe, Julie My Last Best Friend* Cabot, Meg Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls* Cheng, Andrea Honeysuckle House Gantos, Jack Jack Adrift* Graf, Lisa The Thing About Georgie Kurzweil, Allen Leon and the Spitting Image* Lombard, Jenny Drita, My Homegirl Marsden, Carolyn The Gold-Threaded Dress Masters, Susan R. Libby Bloom Mills, Claudia Being Teddy Roosevelt Moss, Marissa Amelia’s Notebook Yee, Lisa Bobby vs. Girls

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Boniface, William The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy* Curtis, Christopher Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money* Danko, Dan Sidekicks* Doyle, Roddy The Giggler Treatment Evans, Douglas Math Rashes Feiffer, Kate The Problem with the Puddles Knudson, Mike Raymond and Graham Rule the School Mason, Simon The Quigleys* McCloskey, Robert Homer Price* Pinkwater, Daniel The Hoboken Chicken Emergency* Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever* Sachar, Louis Sideways Stories from Wayside School* Singh, Vandana Younguncle Comes to Town Weeks, Sarah Oggie Cooder*

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Alvarez, J. (2009). Return to Sender. (Knopf). Baggott, J. (2009). The Prince of Fenway Park. (HarperCollins). Bosch, P. (2008). If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late. (Little, Brown). Cammuso, F. (2008).The Dodgeball Chronicles (Knights of the Lunch Table, No.1). (GRAPHIX). Clements, A. (2008). Lost and Found. (Atheneum). Cochrane, M. (2009). The Girl Who Threw Butterflies. (Knopf). DiCamillo, K. (2009). The Magician’s Elephant. (Candlewick). Feldman, J. (2008). The Gollywhopper Games. (Greenwillow Books). Fitzmaurice, K. (2009). The Year the Swallows Came Early. (HarperCollins). French, S.T. (2009). Operation Redwood. (Amulet Books). Hiassen, C. (2009). Scat. (Knopf). Jonell, L. (2009). The Secret of Zoom. (Henry Holt). Kadohata, C. (2007). Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam. (Atheneum). Kelly, J. (2009). The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate. (Henry Holt). Klise, K. (2009). Dying to Meet You: 43 Cemetery Road. (Harcourt). Lin, G. (2009). Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. (Little, Brown). Lupica, M. (2008). Long Shot (Comeback Kids). (Philomel). Nuzum, K.A. (2008). The Leanin’ Dog. (HarperCollins). Paratore, C.M. (2009). Sunny Holiday. (Scholastic). Philbrick, R. (2009). The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg. (The Blue Sky Press). Smith, R. (2009). I, Q: Independence Hall (I, Q. The Series). (Sleeping Bear Press). Stead, R. (2009). When You Reach Me. (Wendy Lamb Books). Weston, R.P. (2008). Zorgamazoo. (Razorbill).

Baum, L.Frank The Wizard of Oz Birdsall, Jean The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbi t s , and a Ve ry Int e r e s t ing Boy* Burnford, She i la The Inc r edibl e Journey But t e rwor th, Ol ive r The Enormous Egg Car rol l , Lewi s Al i c e ’ s Adventur e s in Wonde r land* Cl eary, Beve r ly The Mous e and the Motor cyc l e * Dahl , Roald The BFG DiCami l lo, Kat e The Mi raculous Journey of Edward Tulane DuBoi s , Wi l l iam P. The Twenty-One Bal loons Eage r , Edward Hal f Magi c * Edwards , Jul i e A. The Las t of the Real ly Gr eat Whangdoodl e s Enr ight , El izabe th The Saturdays * Fe i f f e r , Jul e s A Room wi th a Zoo Graham, Kenne th The Re luc tant Dragon He r r iot , Jame s Jame s He r r iot ’ s Tr easury for Chi ldr en Jus t e r , Nor ton The Phantom Tol lbooth King-Smi th, Di ck Babe the Gal lant Pig Lawson, Robe r t Rabbi t Hi l l Lowry, Loi s The Wi l loughbys MacDonald, Be t ty Mr s . Piggl e -Wiggl e * McCloskey, Robe r t Home r Pr i c e McKi s sack, Pat r i c ia Por ch Li e s : Tal e s of Tr i cks t e r s , Sl i cks t e r s , and Othe r Wi ly Charac t e r s Mi lne , A.A. Winni e - the -Pooh Montgome ry, Lucy M. Anne of Gr e en Gabl e s * Ne sbi t t , E. Five Chi ldr en and I t * O’Br i en, Robe r t C. Mr s . Fr i sby and the Rat s of NIMH* Park, Linda Sue The Ki t e Fight e r s Smi th, Dodi e 101 Dalmat ians St e ig, Wi l l iam Domini c Ve rnon, Ur sula Nurk: The St range , Surpr i s ing Adventur e s of a (Somewhat ) Brave Shr ew Wi lde r , Laura Ingal l s Li t t l e Hous e in the Big Woods * Mi l t o n AcAd eMy lo w e r Sc h o o l li b rAr y 2011