ATLANTA SPEECH SCHOOL
STUDENT READING LIST
2016 - 2017
Dear Parents,
This list of books is intended as a guide in helping you and you child/children select reading materials. When choosing books to read, it will help to keep the following in mind:
· The grade levels are approximate; do not expect your child to be able to read them all without assistance. Make sure that the reading experience does not become frustrating.
· Read to your child frequently and consistently, even to those who can read alone. Remember that research shows that children who are read to become better readers and develop better vocabularies.
· Let your child see you read; your example is the most valuable.
· Encourage your children to read to each other. It is particularly helpful when the child with difficulties reads to others.
· Try to encourage more reading and less TV!
· Take your child to the public library to obtain his or her own library card and encourage him/her to use that card frequently.
Peggy Helmly Diane Kellum
Media Specialist Media Specialist
CONTENTS
Award Winners
TODDLERS
Nursery/Kindergarten
Alphabet Books
Bedtime Stories
Colors
Concept Books
Counting Books
Fairy Tales/Folk Tales
Nursery Rhymes / Mother Goose / Poetry
KINDERGARTEN
FIRST GRADE
sECOND GRADE
tHIRD GRADE
fOURTH GRADE
FIFTH/SIXTH GRADE
AWARD WINNERS
Caldecott Medal
2014-Floca, Brian Locomotive
2013-Moor, Jodi When a Dragon Moves In
2012-Raschka, Chris A Ball for Daisy
2011-Stead, Erin A Sick Day for Amos
2010-Pinkney, Jerry The Lion and the Mouse
2009-Swanson, Susan Marie The House in the Night
2008 – Selznick, Brian The Invention of Hugo Cabret
2007 – Wiesner, David Flotsam
2006 – Raschka, Chris The Hello, Goodbye Window
2005 – Henkes, Kevin Kitten’s First Full Moon
2004 – Gerstein, Mordicai The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (791.3 GER)
2003 – Rohmann, Eric My Friend Rabbit
2002 – Wiesner, David The Three Pigs
2001 - St. George, Judith So You Want To Be President?
2000 - Taback, S. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (E TAB)
1999 - Martin, J. Snowflake Bentley (B BEN)
1998 - Zelinsky, P. Rapunzel (398.22 ZEL)
1997 - Wisniewski, D. Golem (398.21 WIL)
Newbery Medal
2014-DiCamillo, Kate Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
2013-Lupia, Mike Hero
2012-Gantos, Jack Dead End in Norvelt
2011-Vanderpool, Clare Moon over Manifest
2010-Stead, Rebecca When You Reach Me
2009-Gaiman, Neil The Graveyard Book
2008 - Schlitz, Laura Amy Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
2007 – Patron, Susan The Higher Power of Lucky
2006 – Perkins, Lynne Rae Criss Cross
2005 – Kadahota, Cynthia Kira-Kira
2004 - DiCamillo, Kate The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story Of a Mouse, a Princess, Stone Soup, and a Spool Of Thread
2003 – Avi Crispin: The Cross Of Lead
2002 – Park, Linda Sue A Single Shard
2001 - Peck, Richard A Year Down Yonder
2000 - Curtis, Christopher P. Bud, Not Buddy
1999 - Sachar, Louis Holes
1998 - Hesse, K. Out Of the Dust
1997 - Konigsburg, E. View From Saturday
Georgia Book Award Winner (Grades 4-8)
2013 - Palacio, R.J. Wonder
2012 –Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games
2011 – Feldman, Jody The Golly-Whopper Games
2010 – Haln, Mary Downing Deep and Dark and Dangerous
2009 - Riordan, Rick The Lightning Thief
2008 - Hiaasen, Carl Flush
2007 - Ogilvy, Ian Measle and the Wrathmonk
2006 - Bauer, Marion Runt
2005 – Spinelli, Jerry Loser
2004 – Bruchac, Joseph Skeleton Man
2003 – Etchemendy, Nancy The Power Of Un
2002 – Fields, T.S. Danger In the Desert
2001 - Levy, Elizabeth My Life As a Fifth Grade Comedian
2000 - Yep, L. Imp That Ate My Homework
1999 - Clements, Andrew Frindle
1998 - Robinson, Barbara Best School Year Ever
1997 - Park, Barbara Mick Harte Was Here
Georgia Picture Storybook Award (Grades K-4)
2013 - Sattler, Jennifer Sylvie
2012 - Moor, Jodi When a Dragon Moves In
2011 - McCarthy, Meghan Aliens Are Coming!The True Account of the 1938 War of the
Worlds Broadcast (791.44 MCC)
2010 - Beaumont, Karen I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More
2009 - Palatini, Margie Sweet Tooth
2008 - Buehner, Caralyn Superdog: The Heart of a Hero
2007 – Willems,Mo Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
2006 - Kasza, Keiko My Lucky Day
2005 – Bailey, Linda Stanley’s Party
2004 – Lester, Helen Hooway for Wodney Wat
2003 – Lovell, Patty Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon
2002 – Feiffer, Jules Bark, George
2001 - Cannon, Janell Verdi
2000- Shannon, David No David
1999 - Martin, Ann Leo the Magnificat.
1998 - Pilkey, Dav Dog Breath
1997 - Scieszka, Jon The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (E SCI)
TODDLERS
Alborough, Jez Where’s My Teddy?
Arma, Tom Animal Time, Dress-Up Time
Bailey, Debbie Toys (Board)
Barton, Byron My Car (Board)
Beaumont, Karen Baby Danced the Polka (Board)
Bedtime: First Words, Rhymes, and Actions
Berenstain, Stan The Berenstain Bears Inside Outside Upside Down (Board)
Boynton, Sandra Pajama Time (Board)
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. Favorite Things
Bridwell, Norman Clifford Counts (Board)
Brown, Margaret Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny(Board)
Bruna, Dick I Can Read
Burningham, John The Rabbit, The School, The Snow
Bynam, Janie Otis
Campbell, Rod Dear Zoo
Dunrea, Olivier Gossie and Friends books
Eastman, Phillip Go Dog Go
Edwards, Becky First Day At Nursery School
Ehlert, Lois Hands (Board)
Ernst, Lisa Campbell Bear’s Day (Board)
Falconer, Ian Olivia’s Opposites (Board)
Katz, Karen Where is Baby’s Belly Button? (Board)
Hoban, Tana Is It Red? Is It Yellow?
Hill, Eric Where’s Spot
Hurd, Thacher Cat’s Pajamas (Board)
Inkpen, Mick Wibbly Pig is happy (Board)
Old MacDonald (782.42 OLD)
Oxenbury, Helen I can (Board)
Marzollo, Jean I Spy Little Bunnies (Board)
Martin, Bill Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?
McBratney, Sam Guess How Much I Love You
Murphy, Chuck My First Book of Colors (Board)
Numeroff, Laura If You Give a Moose a Muffin , If you Give a Mouse a Cookie
Ricklen, Neil Baby’s 1,2,3, Mommy and Me (Board)
Scarry, Richard The Best Word Book Ever (423 SCA)
Seuss, Dr. The Cat In the Hat (Beginner Book series)
The Cat In the Hat Comes Back(Beginner Book series)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish(Beginner Book series)
Stinson, Kathy Red Is Best
Strickland, Paul Dinosaur ROAR (Board)
Taylor, Ann Baby Dance
Trapani, Iza Itsy Bitsy Spider
Walsh, Ellen Mouse Paint
Warhola, James If You’re Happy and You Know It(782.42 WAR)
Wellington, Monica Bunny’s Rainbow Day (Board)
Wells, Rosemary McDuff’s New Friend (Board)
Williams, Sue I Went Walking
Williams, Vera More More More Said the Baby
Wildsmith, Brian The Cat On the Mat
Wood, Audrey I’m as Quick as a Cricket (Board)
PRESCHOOL / KINDERGARTEN
ALPHABET BOOKS
Agee, Jon Z Goes Home
Aylesworth, Jim Old Black Fly
Base, Graeme Animalia
Bayer, Jane A My Name Is Alice (398 BAR)
Bustard, Anne T Is For Texas (976.4 BUS)
Carlson, Nancy ABC I Like Me! (158.1 CAR)
Cronin, Doreen Wiggle
Dog Artist Collection The Dog From Arf! Arf! To ZZZZ (428.1 DOG)
Eichenberg, Fritz Ape In a Cape (Caldecott Honor) (590 EIC)
Ehlert, L. Eating the Alphabet (411 EHL)
Ernst, Lisa Camp The Turn-Around Upside-Down Alphabet Book (428.1 ERN)
Grover, Max The Accidental Zucchini; An Unexpected Alphabet ( E GRO)
Gustafson, Scott Alphabet Soup: A Feast Of Letters (E GUS)
Hoban, T. 26 Letters and 99 Cents (E HOB)
Hoena, B.A. Dogs ABC An Alphabet Book (428.1 HOE)
Horenstein, Henry A Is For … ?: A Photographer’s Alphabet of Animals (590 HOR)
Lindbergh, Reeve The Awful Aardvarks Go To School (E LIN)
Lobel, Anita On Market Street (BB F LOB)
Mauer, Donna Annie, Bea, and Chi Chi Dolores: A School Day Alphabet (E MAU)
MacDonald, Suse Alphabatics (Caldecott Honor) (E MAC)
McDonnell, Flora Flora McDonnell’s ABC (E MEO)
McLeod, Bob Superhero ABC ( E MCL)
Micklethwait, Lucy I Spy: An Alphabet In Art (759 MIC)
Milich, Zoran The City ABC Book (421 MIL)
Nickle, John Alphabet Explosion! Search and Count from Alien to Zebra (428.13 NIC)
Rose, Deborah Lee Into the A, B. Sea (591.77 ROS)
Seeger, Laura The Hidden Alphabet (428.1 SEE)
Seeley, Laura Book of Shadow Boxes (811 SEE)
Shannon, George Tomorrow’s Alphabet (E SHA)
Wood, Audrey Alphabet Adventure ( E WOO)
BEDTIME STORIES
Apperley, Dawn Nighty-Night
Ashman, Linda How to Make a Night
Ashman, Linda Sailing Off To Sleep
Bang, Molly Ten, Nine, Eight
Boynton, Sandra Pajama Time
Brown, Marg. Wise Goodnight Moon
Burningham, John Hushabye
Child, Lauren I Am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go To Bed
Cooper, Helen The Boy Who Wouldn’t Go To Bed.
Dewdney, Anna Llama, Llama Red Pajama
Di Pucchio, Kelly Bed Hogs
Dunbar, Joyce Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep
Fore, S.J. Tiger Can’t Sleep
Fox, Mem Time For Bed
Gal, Susan Night Lights
Hest,Amy Kiss Good Night
Himmelman, John Lights Outs
Hoban, Russell Bedtime For Frances
Koller, Jackie F. No Such Thing
Mayer, Mercer There’s a Nightmare In My Closet , Little Critter: Just Go to Bed
McBrantney, Sam Guess How Much I Love You
Milne, A.A. Pooh’s Bedtime Book
Peck, Jan Way Up High In a Tall Green Tree
Raschka, Christopher Can’t Sleep
Rathman, Peggy 10 Minutes Till Bedtime
Roth, Carol Little Bunny’s Sleepless Night
Roth, Carol Who Will Tuck Me In Tonight?
Rydell, Katy Wind Says Good Night
Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge & the Bedtime Thumps
Rymill, Linda Good Knight
Saltzberg, Barney Cornelius P. Mud, Are You Ready For Bed?
Scotton, Rob Russell the Sheep
Thomas, Shelley M. Good Night, Good Knight
Waber, Bernard Ira Sleeps Over
Whybrow, Ian The Noisy Way to Bed
Wilson, Karma Sleepyhead
Wood, Audrey The Napping House
Yaccarino, Dan Good Night, Mr. Night
Yolen, Jane How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
COLORS
Baker, Alan White Rabbit’s Color Book
Barry, Frances Duckie’s Rainbow
Blackstone, Stella Cleo’s Color Book
Carle, Eric The Mixed-Up Chameleon
Crews, Donald Freight Train (Caldecott Honor)
Emberly, Ed Go Away Big Green Monster
Ehlert, Lois Color Farm. Color Zoo. Planting a Rainbow
Fleming, Denise Lunch
Grace, William Red Train
Hoban, Tana Of Colors and Things
Jeunesse, Gallimard Colors (First Discovery Book)
Jonas,Ann Color Dance
Leuck, Laura Teeny, Tiny Mouse Book about Colors
Lionni, Leo A Color Of His Own
McMillan, Bruce Growing Colors
Seuss, Dr. Green Eggs and Ham
Shannon, George White is for Blueberry
Walsh, Ellen Mouse Paint
Young, Ed Seven Blind Mice
Zolotow, Charlotte Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present
CONCEPT BOOKS
Aliki I’m Growing
Applet, Kathi Elephants Aloft (prepositions)
Barton, Byron Airport
Brown, Marc Hand Rhymes, Play Rhymes
Bunting, Eve Little Bear’s Little Boat
Carlson, Nancy Think Big!
Kalan, Robert Blue Sea (size)
DeRegniers, Beatrice May I Bring a Friend? (Caldecott Medal)
Ehlert, Lois Color Zoo
Freymann, Saxton How Are You Feeling?
Gill, Janie Spaht Shapes, Shapes, All Over the Place
Gravett, Emily Orange Pear Apple Bear
Hartman, Gail As the Crow Flies: A First Book Of Maps
Hoban, Tana Is It Larger? Is It Smaller? Shapes, Shapes, Shapes.
Jenkins, Steve Actual Size
Jenkins, Steve Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
Lillie, Patricia When This Box Is Full (months)
Lionni, Leo Inch by Inch
Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad All Year (seasons)
Macdonald, Suse Circus Opposites
Newman, Leslea The Best Cat In The World
Onyefulu, Ifeoma A Is For Africa
Parker, Kim Counting in the Garden
Rau, Dana A Star In My Orange
Rex, Michael Truck Duck
Seeper, Laura Vaccaro Black? White! Day? Night! (concept)
Spier, Peter People
Weeks, Sarah Two Eggs Please
Wildsmith,Brian Brian Wildsmith’s 1,2,3’s (numbers and shapes)
Wolff, Ferida A Year For Kiko (months)
COUNTING BOOKS
Anno, Mitsumasa Anno’s Counting House
Barry, Frances Duckies, Ducklings: A One-To-Ten Counting Book
Base, Graeme The Water Hole
Brooks, Alan Frogs Jump: A Counting Book
Carle, Eric 10 Little Rubber Ducks
Carle, Eric One, Two, Three To the Zoo
Carlstrom, Nancy Let’s Count It Out, Jesse Bear
Cronin, Doreen Click, Clack, Splish, Splash
DiPucchio, Kelly Bed Hogs
Ellwand, David Ten In the Bed
Giganti, Paul Each Orange Had Eight Slices. How Many Snails.
Hoban, Tana Count and See. 26 Letters and 99 Cents.
Huck, Charlotte A Creepy Countdown (Halloween)
Inkpen, Mick Kipper’s Book Of Numbers
Katz, Karen Counting Kisses
Kellogg, Steven Frogs Jump
McFarland,Lyn Rossiter Mouse Went Out to Get a Snack
Numeroff, Laura Monster Munchies
Pallotta, Jerry Icky Bug Counting Book
Schwarts, David How Much Is a Million?
Schmandt-Besserat, Denise The History Of Counting
Szekeres, Cyndy Cyndy Szekeres I Can Count 100 Bunnies: And So Can You
Tafuri, Nancy Who’s Counting?
Tudor, Tasha 1 is One
Walsh, Ellen Mouse Count
Wise, William Ten Sly Piranhas
Wormell, Christopher Teeth, Tails,&Tentacles (Best Illustrated Children’s Book NY Times)
Young, Ed Seven Blind Mice
FOLK and FAIRY TALES*** Be sure to try alternative versions of folk and fairy tales.
Aesop The Classic Treasury Of Aesop’s Fables
Andersen, Hans Christian The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Little Mermaids and Ugly Ducklings: Favorite Fairy Tales
Beneduce, Ann Keay Jack and the Beanstalk
Cole, Joanna Best Loved Folktales Of the World
Galdone, Paul The Three Little Pigs, The Three Bears
Grimm Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Hamilton, Virginia Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales & True Tales (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
The Girl Who Spun Gold
Haviland, Virginia Favorite Fairy Tales Told In France
Lewin, Betsy Cat Count
Lewis, Naomi Classic Fairy Tales To Read Aloud
Little Red Hen (398.2 LIT)
Paye, Won-Ldy Mrs. Chicken and the Hungary Crocodiles
San Souci, Robert Cendrillon
Scieszka, Jon Stinky Cheese Man ,The True Story of the Three Little Pigs(F SCI)
Schart, Trina Little Red Riding Hood (398.2 SHA)
Yolen, Jane Favorite Folktales From Around the World
Zelinsky, Paul Rapunzel
NURSERY RHYMES / MOTHER GOOSE / POETRY
Adoff, Arnold Love Letters
Brenner, Barbara The Earth Is Painted Green
Brown, Marc Hand Rhymes (finger plays)
Denton, Kady A Child’s Treasury Of Nursery Rhymes
DePaola, Tomie Tomie DePaola’s Mother Goose