Summer Reading List -- Pre-K through Primary

This list of recommended summer reading for grades pre-K through primary is provided by Penguin Young Readers Group and Dorling Kindersley.
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Minnie and Moo Go to Paris
by Denys Cazet
ISBN: 0789425955
Book Description: Getting there is half the fun with this pair, and along the way (past an oil derrick they think is the Eiffel Tower), Minnie and Moo pick up a busload of equally adventurous animal friends from nearby Africa World, careen through a car wash they believe is China, and find themselves trading stories under a night sky in what they hope is America.

Old Thunder and Miss Raney
by Sharon Darrow
ISBN: 0789426196
Book Description: Miss Raney is determined to win a ribbon for her biscuits at the county fair until a tornado changes her plans.

The Other Side
by Jacqueline Woodson
ISBN: 0399231161
Book Description: Woodson's pre-civil rights picture book tells a story of a friendship across race.

Ring! Yo?
by Chris Raschka
ISBN: 0789426145
Book Description: Ring! Yo? gives young readers only one side of the conversation - and asks them to use their imaginations to fill in the other half.

Three Cheers for Catherine the Great!
by Cari Best
ISBN: 0789426226
Book Description: A little English, a little Russian, and a lot of heart make a birthday celebration you won't want to miss. This lively borscht-and-blintzes birthday celebration shows that sometimes no presents can be the best presents of all.

Willie's Birthday
by Anastasia Suen
ISBN: 0670889431
Book Description: A "Bring Your Pet" birthday party gets out of hand when the pets show more interest in chasing each other than in celebrating.

Yoshi's Feast
by Kimiko Kajikawa
ISBN: 0789426072
Book Description: Long ago there lived a fan maker named Yoshi who loved to eat broiled eels - but the cook wants to charge him for the ones he smells as well as for the ones he eats! How Yoshi repays the cook makes for a witty, satisfying tale about the pleasures of give and take.

Young Classics: Alice in Wonderland
by Julie Fior
ISBN: 0789459027
Book Description: In this Young Classics edition, children discover the extraordinarily imaginative world of Wonderland. Photography and background information helps to establish the setting, and bring Alice in Wonderland to new life for a new generation of children.

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