Catch the Reading Bug
Summer '08 Recommended Reading List
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Leaf Crawlers: Pre-K and Kindergarten
Picture Books
Bunting, Eve Butterfly House
Caple, Kathy Worm Gets a Job
Carle, Eric The Grouchy Ladybug
Carle, Eric The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
Carle, Eric The Very Lonely Firefly
Collicott, Sharleen Toestomper and the Bad Butterflies
Cronin, Doreen Diary of a Fly
Cronin, Doreen Diary of a Spider
Cronin, Doreen Diary of a Worm
Drachman, Eric Leo the Lightning Bug
Ehlert, Lois Waiting for Wings
Fleming, Denise Beetle Bop
Howitt, Mary The Spider and the Fly
Keller, Holly Farfallina and Marcel
Lies, Brian Bats at the Beach
Lionni, Leo Inch by Inch
McDonald, Megan Beetle McGrady Eats Bugs
Palatini, Margie The Perfect Pet
Pinczes, Elinor Inchworm and a Half
Pinczes, Elinor One Hundred Hungry Ants
Spinelli, Eileen Sophie's Masterpiece
Sturges, Philemon I Love Bugs!
Swope, Sam Gotta Go! Gotta Go!
Van Allsburg, Chris Two Bad Ants
Walsh, Ellen Stoll Dot and Jabber and the Big Bug
Wells, Rosemary McDuff Saves the Day
Stingers: Grades 1-2
Beginning Readers
Arnold , Tedd Super Fly Guy
Croley, Ned Ugh! a Bug!
Dobkin, Bonnie The Great Bug Hunt
Foster, Kelli C. The Bug Club
Gillis, Jennifer Blizin Two Nice Mice
Hall, Kirsten I See a Bug
Horowitz, Ruth Breakout at the Bug Lab
Jones, Christianne Willy the Worm
Jones, Jeff Just Bugs: learning the short U sound
Jordan , Apple Bug Stew!
McKissack, Pat Bugs!
McPhail, David M. A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy go to School
Moncure, Jane Belk What Does Word Bird See?
Schade, Susan Snow Bugs
Serfozo, Mary The Big Bug Dug
Sweeney, Jacqueline Meadow Magic
Van Leeuwen, Jean Oliver and Albert, Friends Forever
Easy Mystery
Cushman, Doug Inspector Hopper
Cushman, Doug Inspector Hopper's Mystery Year
J Fiction
Speck, Katie Maybelle in the Soup
Fairy Tales and Folklore (Located in Easy Non-fiction)
Aardema, Verna Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Carey, Bonnie Grasshopper to the Rescue, a Georgian Story
Gershator, Phillis Zzzng! Zzzng! Zzzng! a Yoruba Tale
Kimmel, Eric Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
Mollel, Tololwa M. Ananse's Feast, an Ashanti Tale
White, Mark The Ant and the Grasshopper
Easy Non-fiction
Berger, Melvin Spinning Spiders
Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus: Butterfly and the Bog Beast
Facklam, Margery Bugs for Lunch
Florian, Douglas Insectlopedia (poetry)
Frost, Helen Walkingsticks
Jenkins, Steve What do You do When Something Wants to Eat You?
Loewen, Nancy Flying Colors: Butterflies in Your Backyard
Owen, Ann The Ants Go Marching
Stingers: Grades 3 & 4
J Advanced Picture Books
Sneed, Brad Deputy Harvey and the Ant Cow Caper
J Fiction
Bernstein, Nina Magic by the Book
Dahl, Roald James and the Giant Peach
Greenburg, Dan Secrets of Dripping Fang, Book One: The Onts
James, Mary Shoebag
Maguire, Gregory Seven Spiders Spinning
Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh
Rockwell, Thomas How to Eat Fried Worms
Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square
White, E.B. Charlotte's Web
Zollman, Pam Don't Bug Me!
J Mystery
Osborne, Mary Pope Spider Kane and the Mystery at Jumbo Nightcrawlers
J Non-fiction
Bonner, Hannah When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked the Earth
Burnie, David Insect
Fleischman, Paul Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Jackson, Donna The Bug Scientists
Kneidel, Sally Pet Bugs: a Kid's Guide to Catching and Keeping Touchable Insects
Llewellyn, Claire The Best Book of Bugs
Micucci, Charles The Life and Times of the Honeybee
Montgomery, Sy The Tarantula Scientist
Sidman, Joyce Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
Web Dwellers: Grades 5 & 6
J Fiction
J Non-fiction
Barrett, Norman S. Poisonous Insects
Bishop, Nic Backyard Detective: critters up close
Bishop, Nic The Secrets of Animal Flight
Clarke, Penny Spiders, Insects and Minibeasts
Fleischman, Paul Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Froman, Nan What's That Bug?:everyday insects and their really cool cousins.
Grasshoppers and their Relatives
Insecticides:great poets on man's pest friends
Johnson, Sylvia A. Chirping Insects
Kneidel, Sally Stenhouse Creepy crawlies and the scientific method : over 100 hands-on science experiments for children
Kneidel, Sally Stenhouse More Pet Bugs: a kid's guide
Kneidel, Sally Stenhouse Pet Bugs: a Kid's Guide to Catching and Keeping Them
Markle, Sandra Outside and Inside Killer Bees
Marshall, Samuel D. Tarantulas and Other Arachnids
Maynard, Christopher Bugs:a close-up view of the insect world
McGavin, George Insects: spiders and other terrestrial arthropods
Murawski, Darlyne A. Spiders and Their Webs
Smith, Christine How to Draw Insects
Taylor , Barbara Poisonous Bugs
Walton, Rick What to do When a Bug Climbs in Your Mouth.
Wilsdon, Christina National Audubon First Field Guide to Insects
Wooks, Samual G. Amazing Book of Insect Records
Compiled by Irene Eriksson, June 2008
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