This document provides kindergarten summer reading suggestions from the Berkeley School Libraries. It is divided into sections for beginning readers, folktales and trickster tales, exploring animals, and picture books that make people laugh. Each section lists several book titles along with their authors. The document encourages visiting the school's virtual library over the summer and provides the library website for online access.

1. Reading is Fun!!
Kindergarten Summer Reading Suggestions
Berkeley School Libraries, 2018
Beginning to Read (levels C – D – E – F)
Big Cat, by Ethan Long
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill
Martin, Jr.
Fix This Mess, by Tedd Arnold (I Like to Read)
Go, Otto, Go!, by David Milgrim
I See a Cat, by Paul Meisel
I See and See, by Ted Lewin (I Like to Read)
Puppy Mudge Has a Snack, by Cynthia Rylant
Soccer Game!, by Grace Maccarone
Snail and Worm: Three Stories About Two Friends, by
Tina Kugler
When Andy Met Sandy, by Tomie dePaola
When Tiny Was Tiny, by Cari Meister
You Are (Not) Small, by Anna Kang
Folktales and Trickster Tales
Anansi the Spider, by Gerald McDermott
Beautiful Blackbird, by Ashley Bryan
Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Jan Brett
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas, by Natasha Yim
Just in Case: Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book,
by Yuyi Morales
La Princesa and the Pea, by Susan Middleton Elya
Lion and Mouse, by Jerry Pinkney
Little Red Riding Hood, by Jerry Pinkney
Little Roja Riding Hood, by Susan Middleton Elya
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs, by Jon Scieszka
* reading levels based on Fountas & Pinnell system
Visit your school’s virtual library all summer!
library.berkeleyschools.net

2. Beginning to Read (levels F – G – H - I)
Are You Ready to Play Outside?, by Mo Willems
Don’t Throw It To Mo!, by David Adler
Dinosaur Roar!, by Paul & Henrietta Stickland
Hondo and Fabian, by Peter McCarty
Spider’s Lunch, by Joanna Cole
Super Fly Guy, by Tedd Arnold
Timothy Goes to School, by Rosemary Wells
Up, Tall and High!, by Ethan Long
The Watermelon Seed, by Greg Pizzoli
We Are Growing!, by Laurie Keller
Exploring Animals All Around
Birds Make Nests, by Michael Garland
Can an Aardvark Bark, by Steve Jenkins
Dinosaurs, by Penelope Arlon
If Sharks Disappeared, by Lily Williams
In the Wild, by David Elliott
Lions, by Derek Zobel
Penguin Day, by Nic Bishop
Stunning Spiders, by Martha E. H. Rustad
Time to Eat, by Steve Jenkins
ZooBorns!, by Andrew Bleiman
Picture Books that Make Us Laugh
Almost Everybody Farts, by Marty Kelley
Are We There Yet?, by Dan Santat
The Chupacabra Ate the Candelabra, by Marc Tyler
Noble
Dragons Love Tacos, by Adam Rubin
How to Find an Elephant, by Kate Banks
If I Had a Raptor, by George O’Connor
I Will Chomp You!, by Jory John
Knuffle Bunny, by Mo Willems
Niño Wrestles the World, by Yuyi Morales
Randy Riley’s Really Big Hit, by Chris Van Dusen
BUSD Library Services
library.berkeleyschools.net