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2022 Summer Reading Suggestions for Incoming K-5 Students from the TSC Library: Kindergarten

Summer Reading Suggestions for Incoming Kindergarteners

Welcome Incoming Kindergarten Readers and Families!

Explore the TSC Library To Go site to find even more summer resources for reading and learning. Happy reading! 

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School Stories

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Books to Support Conversations Around Social Justice, Anti-Racism, and Empathy

HANDS ARE NOT FOR HITTING / LAS MANOS NO SON PARA PEGAR By Martine Agassi  

NOT NORMAN By Kelly Bennett

RON'S BIG MISSION By Rose Blue and Corrine Nadon​

THE GOLDEN RULE By Ilene Cooper undefined

WE MARCH By Shane W. Evans

RED: A CRAYON'S STORY By Michael Hall

EYES THAT KISS IN THE CORNERS By Joanna Ho

WE REALLY DO CARE By Tami Lewis Brown & Tania de Regil

EXCLAMATION MARK By Amy Krouse Rosenthal

undefinedundefinedJULIÁN IS A MERMAID By Jessica Love

WHERE ARE YOU FROM By Yamile Saied Méndez

A IS FOR ACTIVIST By Innosanto Nagara

LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET By Matt de la Peña 

ALL ARE WELCOME By Alexandra Penfold

HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD IN 12 EASY STEPS By Peggy Porter Tierney

THE DAY YOU BEGIN By Jacqueline Woodson

Chapter Books

ANNA HIBISCUSBy Atinkuke

JENNY AND THE CAT CLUBBy Esther Everill​

BOO'S DINOSAURBy Betsy Byars

THE STORIES HUEY TELLSBy Ann Cameron

FANTASTIC MR. FOX By Roald Dahl

MY FATHER'S DRAGONBy Ruth Gannett

RUSSELL SPROUTSBy Johanna Hurwitz

TOYS GO OUT* By Emily Jenkins

PIPPI LONGSTOCKING* By Astrid Lindgren

THE LITTLES* By John Peterson

THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE By Roald Dahl

THE BIG BIG BIG BOOK OF TASHI* By Anna & Barbara Fienberg

JASMINE TOGUCHI: DRUMMER GIRL By Debbi Michiko Florence

CATWINGSBy Ursula LeGuin

SPACE TAXI: ARCHIE TAKES FLIGHTBy Wendy Mass

STUART GOES TO SCHOOLBy Sara Pennypacker

THE PIZZA MONSTERBy Marjorie Wienman Sharmat

MIA MAYHEM IS A SUPERHEROBy Kara West

Non-fiction

MAE AMONG THE STARS By Roda Ahmedundefined

A NEST IS NOISYBy Dianna Hutts Aston

TRUE OR FALSE: PLANETSBy Melvin and Gilda Berger

TITO PUENTE: MAMBO KING/REY DEL MAMBO By Monica Brown 

HOW A HOUSE IS BUILT By Gail Gibbons

NOT A BUZZ TO BE FOUND: INSECTS IN WINTER By Linda Glaser

THE ALPHABET FROM THE SKY By Benedikt Grob

THE OLDEST STUDENT: HOW MARY WALKER LEARNED TO READ By Rita Lorriane Hubbard

MY FIRST BOOK OF SPANISH WORDS By Katy R. Kudela

POEMS OUT LOUD! Edited by Ladybird Press

BABY SEALSBy Christina Leaf

ME . . . JANE By Patrick McDonnell 

UP IN THE GARDEN AND DOWN IN THE DIRTBy Kate Messner

undefinedPANDA KINDERGARTEN  By Joanne Ryder

WHAT'S COOKING By Joshua David Stein

EYEWONDER: DINOSAURSBy Sarah Walker

New and Notable

WONDER WALKERS By Micha Archer

STARLA JEAN: WHICH CAME FIRST: THE CHICKEN OR THE FRIENDSHIP? By Elana K. Arnold

TOO SMALL TOLO By Anituke

WHEN I WAKE UP By Seth Fishman

THE GOOD SONG By Alexandria Giardino

THE BUG CLUB By Elise Gravel

THE DIRT BOOK: POEMS ABOUT ANIMALS THAT LIVE BENEATH OUT FEET By David L. Harrison

AUDREY L & AUDREY W: BEST FRIENDS-ISH* By Carter Higgins

DEAR LITTLE ONE By Nina Laden

JUNIOR MONSTER SCOUTS: THE MONSTER SQUAD* By Joe McGee

BRIGHT STAR By Yuyi Morales

TIME IS A FLOWER By Julie Morstad

SUMMERTIME SLEEPERS: ANIMALS THAT ESTIVATE By Melissa Stewart

GRANDAD'S CAMPER By Harry Woodgate

Picture Books

HOW TO READ A BOOK By Kwame Alexander

LMNOpeasBy Keith Baker

THE MITTEN By Jan Brett

MAMA PANYA'S PANCAKES By Mary and Rich Chamberlin

JABARI JUMPS By Gaia Cornwall

WILL I HAVE A FRIEND By Miriam Cohen

A HAT FOR MRS. GOLDMAN By Michelle Edwards

THE SEEDS OF FRIENDSHIP By Michael Foreman

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A TAIL LIKE THIS? By Steve Jenkins and Robin Page 

ALPHABET CITY Bundefinedy Stephen T. Johnson 

BIG MEAN MIKE By Michelle Knudson

SAME, SAME BUT DIFFERENT By Jenny Sue Kosteck-Shaw

DIM SUM FOR EVERYONE By Grace Linundefined

FRY BREAD By Kevin Noble Maillard

GRACIAS By Pat Mora

SATURDAY By Oge Mora

MY PEN By Christopher Myers

ANOTHER By Christian Robinson

RABBIT'S GIFT By George Shannon

GREEN ON GREEN By Dianne White

A BEACH TAIL By Karen Lynn Williams

WE ARE IN A BOOK!By Mo Willems

GALIMOTO By Karen Lynn William

THE TWINS' BLANKET By Hyewon Yum

Summer in the City: NYC Stories

Leo's Choice Award

The Leo's Choice Award is TSC's own prize for the best picture book of the year. Every year students in Kindergarten–Grade 4 compare 5 of the most innovative picture books published that year and vote on a winner. The 2021-2022 Winner was Mel Fell, written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor.

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Enjoy some of these Leo's Choice Winners or Finalists from years past . . .