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Lower School Summer Reading List 2006
The children in the 6-7's as well as older middle-schoolers recommended many of the following titles. They represent books the children have read or heard and have enjoyed. Most of the books listed are available in the Bank Street Library. The titles in bold are new to the list this year.
--Lisa Von Drasek, Children's Librarian, Bank Street College
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Aardema, Verna | Borreguita and the Coyote; Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (and other titles) |
| Abolafia, Yossi | A Fish for Mrs. Gardenia |
| Ada, Alma Flora and F. Isabel Campoy | Pio Peep! Traditional Spanish Nursery Rhymes. Adaptations by Alice Schertle. |
| Adler, David | Cam Jansen Mysteries (series); America's Champion Swimmer: Gertrude Ederle |
| Agee, Jon | Milo's Hat Trick |
| Aliki | Ah Music! |
| Allard, Harry | Miss Nelson is Missing (and other stories) |
| Appelt, Kathi | Bubba and Beau: Best Friends |
| Averill, Esther | The Cat Club stories (series) |
| Banks, Kate | Night Worker |
| Barasch, Lynne | Radio Rescue |
| Barracca, Debra and Sal | The Adventures of Taxi Dog (and other titles) |
| Barrett, Judith | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs |
| Baum, L. Frank | The Wizard of Oz (series) |
| Barton, Byron | My Car ( and other titles) |
| Bemmelmans, Ludwig | Madeline (series) |
| Berenzy, Alix | Sammy the Classroom Guinea Pig |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur's Baby (and other stories) |
| Brown, Marsha | Stone Soup (and other stories) |
| Chodos-Irvine Margaret | Ella Sarah Gets Dressed |
| Cleary, Beverly | The Mouse and the Motorcycle (series); Ramona the Pest; Henry and the Clubhouse (and other titles) |
| Clifton, Lucille | Everett Anderson stories |
| Cobb, Vicki | I Face the Wind |
| Coombs, Patricia | Dorrie and the Magic Elixir (and other Dorrie titles) |
| Coy, John | Two Old Potatoes and Me |
| Crews, Donald | Bigmama's (and other titles) |
| Cronin, Doreen | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type |
| Daly, Niki | Jamela's Dress (and other titles) |
| Davies, Nicola | Surprising Sharks |
| Diakite, Baba Wague | Hatseller and the Monkeys |
| Demi | The Empty Pot |
| Dolch, Edward | Animal Stories (and other titles) |
| Dorros, Arthur | Abuela |
| Delacre, Lulu (ed.) | Arroz Con Leche |
| Dunrea, Olivier | Gossie & Gertie ( and other titles) |
| Ehlert, Lois | Waiting for Wings (and other titles) |
| Emberly, Ed | Go Away Big Green Monster |
| Ernst, Lisa Campbell | Walter's Tail |
| Feiffer, Jules | Bark, George (And other titles) |
| Fleming, Candace | Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (and other titles) |
| Fleming, Denise | Mama Cat Has Three Kittens (And other titles) |
| Floca, Brian | The Racecar Alphabet |
| Fogelsong Guy, Ginger | Siesta! |
| Frazee, Marla | Hush, Little Baby. Everywhere Babies (other titles) |
| French, Jackie | Diary of a Wombat |
| Gag, Wanda | Millions of Cats |
| Galdone, Paul | Tailypo (and other titles) |
| Gannett, Ruth Styles | My Father's Dragon (series) |
| Gauch, Patricia Lee | Bravo, Tanya |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | The Beast in Mrs. Rooney's Room (and other Polk Street School stories) |
| Graham, Bob | Max, "Let's Get A Pup," Said Kate. ( and other titles) |
| Grifalconi, Ann | Osa's Pride (and other titles) |
| Guest, Elissa Haden | Iris and Walter |
| Harris, Robie | Go! Go! Maria! What It's Like To Be 1 |
| Henkes, Kevin | Julius, the Baby of the World; Kitten's First Full Moon (and other titles) |
| Ho, Minfong | Hush! A Thai Lullaby |
| Hoban, Lillian | Arthur stories |
| Hoban, Russell | Bread and Jam for Frances (and other titles) |
| Hoberman, Mary Ann | You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together. |
| Hoff, Sid | Danny and the Dinosaur (and other titles) |
| Hong, Lily Toy | Two of Everything |
| Hooks, William | Moss Gown; Mr. Monster (and other titles) |
| Howard, Elizabeth | Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crabcakes Later) |
| Hughes, Shirley | Annie Rose Is My Little Sister |
| Hurwitz, Johanna | Busybody Nora; Russell Sprouts (and other titles) |
| Inkpen, Mick | Kipper's A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure |
| James, Simon | Little One Step |
| Jenkins, Emily | Five Creatures |
| Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page | What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Whistle for Willie (and other titles) |
| Keller, Holly | Island Baby (and other titles) |
| Khalsa, Dayal Kaur | How Pizza Came to Queens (and other titles) |
| Kimmel, Eric | The Chanukah Guest; Circo and the Wolf (and other titles) |
| King-Smith, Dick | Babe, the Gallant Pig (and other titles) |
| Komaiko, Leah | Broadway Banjo Bill (and other titles) |
| Kraus, Ruth | The Carrot Seed |
| Kroll, Virginia | Masai and I |
| Levy, Elizabeth | Something Queer at the Lemonade Stand (and other titles) |
| Lindgren, Astrid | Pippi Longstocking (series) |
| Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad stories; Mouse Tales; Small Pig (and other titles) |
| Long, Melinda | How I Became a Pirate |
| Look, Lenore | Henry's First-Moon Birthday |
| Maestro, Betsy and Giulio | Harriet Goes to the Circus (and other titles) |
| Marshall, James | George and Martha stories; Fox stories |
| Martin, Bill Jr | Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?; Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
| McCloskey, Robert | Make Way For Ducklings; Lentil (and other titles) |
| McKissack, Patricia | Mirandy and Brother Wind (and other titles) |
| McMullan, Kate | I Stink! (and other titles) |
| Morales, Yuyi | Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book |
| Noble, Trinka | The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash |
| Numeroff, Laura | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie |
| Parish, Peggy | Amelia Bedilia (series) |
| Palatini, Margie | Piggie Pie; The Web Files (and other titles) |
| Paye, Won-Ldy and Margaret Lippert | Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile |
| Peterson, John | The Littles (series) |
| Peters, Lisa Westberg | Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck |
| Pinkney, Brian | Max Found Two Sticks (and other titles) |
| Polacco, Patricia | Just Plain Fancy (and other titles) |
| Potter, Beatrix | The Tale of Peter Rabbit (and other titles) |
| Rathmann, Peggy | 10 Minutes till Bedtime ( and other titles) |
| Rey, H. A. | Curious George stories |
| Recorvits, Helen | My Name Is Yoon |
| Richler, Mordecai | Jacob Two Two and the Dinosaur |
| Ringold, Faith | Tar Beach |
| Rockwell, Ann and Harlow | The Night We Slept Outside |
| Russo, Marisabina | Trade-In Mother (and other titles) |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Henry and Mudge stories |
| Ryan, Pam Muñoz | Mice and Beans |
| San Souci, Robert | The Talking Eggs; Sukey and the Mermaid |
| Sanderson, Ruth | The Enchanted Wood |
| Say, Allen | The Bicycle Man (and other titles) |
| Schwartz, Alvin | In a Dark, Dark Room (and other titles) |
| Schwartz, Amy | What James Likes Best |
| Scieszka, Jon | The Frog Prince Continued; The True Story of the Three Little Pigs |
| Seuss, Dr. | And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street; Hop on Pop; If I Ran the Zoo (and other titles) |
| Sierra, Judy | Elephant's Wrestling Match; Tasty Baby Belly Buttons (and other titles) |
| Shannon, David | No, David! (And other titles) |
| Simont, Marc | The Stray Dog |
| Sís, Peter | Fire Truck (and other titles) |
| Sharmat, Marjorie W. | Nate the Great (series) |
| Soto, Gary | Too Many Tamales; Chato's Kitchen (and other titles) |
| Steig, William | Dr. De Soto (and other titles) |
| Steig, William | When Everybody Wore a Hat |
| Stevens, Janet | Tops and Bottoms (and other titles) |
| Stevenson, James | Could Be Worse! (and other titles) |
| Stewart, Sarah | The Gardener (and other titles) |
| Stuve-Bodeen, Stephanie | Elizabeti's Doll (and other titles) |
| Taback, Simms | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (and other titles) |
| Thomas, Shelley Moore | Good Night, Good Knight, Get Well Good Knight |
| Tusa, Tricia | Camilla's New Hairdo |
| Van Allsburg, Chris | Jumanji; The Wreck of the Zephyr (and other titles) |
| Van Laan, Nancy | Rainbow Crow |
| Van Leeuwen, Jean | Tales of Oliver Pig (and other titles) |
| Viorst, Judith | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day; I'll Fix Anthony |
| Waber, Bernard | Lyle, Lyle Crocodile; Earrings! (and other titles) |
| Warner, Gertrude Chandler | The Boxcar Children (series) |
| White, E. B. | Charlotte's Web (and other titles) |
| Willems, Mo | Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Knuffle Bunny |
| Willians, Tom | Wait I Want to Tell You a Story |
| Williams, Vera | A Chair for My Mother (and other titles) |
| Wilson, Karma | Bear Snores On |
| Yolen, Jane | How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? |