GCDS Libraries: Lower Elementary Library: Summer Reading

2019 LS Picture Books

Camp Tiger by Susan Choi; John Rocco (Illustrator)
The Last Peach by Gus Gordon (Illustrator)
Daniel's Good Day by Micha Archer (Illustrator)
A Kite for Moon by Jane Yolen; Heidi E. Y. Stemple; Matt Phelan (Illustrator)
The Little Gardener by Bernadette Watts (Adapted by, Illustrator); Gerda Marie Scheidl
The Little Red Stroller by Joshua Furst; Katy Wu (Illustrator)
Dandy by Ame Dyckman; Charles Santoso
Mermaid Dreams by Kate Pugsley
The Sun Shines Everywhere by Mary Ann Hoberman; Luciano Lozano (Illustrator)
The Star in the Jar by Sam Hay; Sarah Massini (Illustrator)
Maya and the Lost Cat by Caroline Magerl (Illustrator)
Bruno, the Standing Cat by Nadine Robert; Jean Jullien (Illustrator)
Pirate Chicken by Brian Yanish; Jess Pauwels (Illustrator)
Dragon Night by J. R. Krause (Illustrator)
The Cook and the King by Julia Donaldson; David Roberts (Illustrator)
Circle by Mac Barnett; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
The Great Indoors by Julie Falatko; Ruth Chan (Illustrator)
Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman; Heather Fox (Illustrator)
Sea Bear by Lindsay Moore
Carl and the Meaning of Life by Deborah Freedman
Predator and Prey: a Conversation in Verse by Susannah Buhrman-Deever; Bert Kitchen (Illustrator)
Sea Glass Summer by Michelle Houts; Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)
Camp Panda by Catherine Thimmesh
Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman; Jay Fleck (Illustrator)

2018 LS Picture Books

The Tiptoeing Tiger by Philippa Leathers (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763688431
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall
ISBN: 9780316362382
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Dude! by Aaron Reynolds; Dan Santat (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626726031
Publication Date: 2018-04-24
Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap; Greg Pizzoli (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399550560
Publication Date: 2018-05-29
Mabel and Sam at Home by Linda Urban; Hadley Hooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452139968
Publication Date: 2018-06-05
The Truth about Hippos by Maxwell Eaton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626726673
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
A Mammal Is an Animal by Lizzy Rockwell
ISBN: 9780823436705
Publication Date: 2018-01-23
Many: the Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies; Emily Sutton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763694838
Publication Date: 2017-11-07
Forever or a Day by Sarah Jacoby
ISBN: 9781452164632
Publication Date: 2018-03-27
Unplugged by Steve Antony (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338187373
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
Another Way to Climb a Tree by Liz Garton Scanlon; Hadley Hooper (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626723528
Publication Date: 2017-08-08
Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang; Max Lang (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780553537864
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763693558
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
ISBN: 9780525578055
Publication Date: 2018-06-26
What If... by Samantha Berger; Mike Curato (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316390965
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Odd One Out (Provisional Title) by Danielle Chaperon; Iris Boudreau (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9782733850664
Publication Date: 2017-10-10
Everything You Need for a Treehouse by Carter Higgins; Emily Hughes (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452142555
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
The Town of Turtle by Michelle Cuevas; Cátia Chien (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780544749825
Publication Date: 2018-04-01
Running on Sunshine by Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano; Giovana Medeiros (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062473110
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Plant, Cook, Eat! by Joe Archer; Caroline Craig
ISBN: 9781580898171
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
ISBN: 9781596439504
Publication Date: 2017-02-21
In the Past by David Elliott; Matthew Trueman (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763660734
Publication Date: 2018-03-20
The Hidden Life of the Toad by Doug Wechsler
ISBN: 9781580897389
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds
ISBN: 9780545865029
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
Rivers of Sunlight by Molly Bang; Penny Chisholm
ISBN: 9780545805414
Publication Date: 2017-01-31
Beauty and the Beak by Deborah Lee Rose; Jane Veltkamp
ISBN: 9781943978281
Publication Date: 2017-08-28
Karl, Get Out of the Garden! by Anita Sanchez; Catherine Stock
ISBN: 9781580896061
Publication Date: 2017-03-21
Aquarium by Cynthia Alonso (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452168753
Publication Date: 2018-04-03

2017 LS Picture Books

Bird, Balloon, Bear by Il Sung Na
ISBN: 9780399551550
Publication Date: 2017-03-14
Don't Blink! by Tom Booth (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250117366
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735227927
Publication Date: 2017-04-18
There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi; Laurel Molk (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763675424
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763678388
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
Hattie and Hudson by Chris Van Dusen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763665456
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt; Adam Rex (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062438898
Publication Date: 2017-04-04
Over and under the Pond by Kate Messner; Christopher Silas Neal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452145426
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
Shell, Beak, Tusk by Bridget Heos
ISBN: 9780544811669
Publication Date: 2017-04-04
If Sharks Disappeared by Lily Williams (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781626724136
Publication Date: 2017-05-23
Margaret and the Moon by Dean Robbins; Lucy Knisley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399551857
Publication Date: 2017-05-16

2016 LS Picture Books

A Fire Truck Named Red by Randall de Sève; Bob Staake (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374300739
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
Bear and Duck by Katy Hudson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062320513
Publication Date: 2015-05-12
Bulldozer's Big Day by Candace Fleming; Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481400978
Publication Date: 2015-05-05
Captain Jack and the Pirates by Peter Bently; Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780525429500
Publication Date: 2016-03-29
Room for Bear by Ciara Gavin
ISBN: 9780385754736
Publication Date: 2015-03-10
Twenty Yawns by Jane Smiley; Lauren Castillo (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781477826355
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
Apples and Robins by Lucie Félix
ISBN: 9781452132648
Publication Date: 2016-03-08
Building Our House by Jonathan Bean (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780374380236
Publication Date: 2013-01-08
Buddy and Earl Go Exploring by Maureen Fergus; Carey Sookocheff (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781554987146
Publication Date: 2016-03-15
Oops, Pounce, Quick, Run! by Mike Twohy (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062377005
Publication Date: 2016-02-16
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763672935
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316199995
Publication Date: 2016-04-12
Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty; Julia Sarcone-Roach (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780553510232
Publication Date: 2016-05-17
Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick; Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316324908
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
How to Find Gold by Viviane Schwarz (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763681043
Publication Date: 2016-03-08
Mr. Squirrel and the Moon by Sebastian Meschenmoser
ISBN: 9780735841567
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
A Beetle Is Shy by Dianna Hutts Aston; Sylvia Long (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781452127125
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
Daniel Finds a Poem by Micha Archer (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780399169137
Publication Date: 2016-02-16
Ragweed's Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763674175
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
Sharks and Dolphins by Kevin Kurtz
ISBN: 9781628557329
Publication Date: 2016-02-10
Ace Dragon Ltd by Russell Hoban; Quentin Blake (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763674823
Publication Date: 2015-11-10
A Day in the Deep by Kevin Kurtz; Erin E. Hunter (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781607186175
Publication Date: 2013-08-10
Flying Frogs and Walking Fish by Steve Jenkins; Robin Page
ISBN: 9780544630901
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
More-Igami by Dori Kleber; G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763668198
Publication Date: 2016-05-10
This Is My Dollhouse by Giselle Potter
ISBN: 9780553521535
Publication Date: 2016-05-10
Thunder Boy Jr. by Sherman Alexie; Yuyi Morales (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780316013727
Publication Date: 2016-05-10
Whoosh! by Chris Barton; Don Tate (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781580892971
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
Aaron and Alexander by Don Brown
ISBN: 9781596439986
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
The Boy Who Fell off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune by P. J. Lynch (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763665845
Publication Date: 2015-09-22
Dorothea's Eyes by Barb Rosenstock; Gerard DuBois (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781629792088
Publication Date: 2016-03-01
Duel! by Dennis Brindell Fradin; Larry Day (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802795830
Publication Date: 2008-06-24
The Fantastic Ferris Wheel by Betsy Harvey Kraft; Steven Salerno (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627790727
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
Hiawatha and the Peacemaker by Robbie Robertson; David Shannon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781419712203
Publication Date: 2015-09-08
The Kid from Diamond Street by Audrey Vernick; Steven Salerno (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780544611634
Publication Date: 2016-03-29
Orangutan Orphanage by Suzi Eszterhas
ISBN: 9781771471411
Publication Date: 2016-03-15

Some Recommended Picture Book Authors

Jon Agee

Allan Ahlberg

Atinuke

Molly Bang

Mac Barnett

Andrea Beaty

Nic Bishop

Robert Blake

Eve Bunting

Joseph Bruchac

Emma Chichester Clark

Lauren Childs

Jason Chin

Drew Daywalt

Nicola Davies

Carmen Agra Deedy

Cynthia DeFelice

Kate DiCamillio

Tomie DePaola

Kelly DiPucchio

Julia Donaldson

Tim Egan

Candace Fleming

Brian Floca

Marla Frazee

Valeri Gorbachev

Bob Graham

Nikki Grimes

Mini Grey

Michael Hall

Tad Hills

Kevin Henkes

Chris Haughton

Deborah Hopkinson

Oliver Jeffers

Steve Jenkins

Jon Klassen

Lena Landstrom

Jeff Mack

Maghan McCarthy

Emily McCully

Kate Messner

Pat Mora

Kadir Nelson

Ken Nesbitt

Greg Pizzoli

Jerry Pinkney

Patricia Polacco

Giselle Potter

Chris Raschka

Aaron Reynolds

Anne Rockwell

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Adam Rubin

Cynthia Rylant

Dan Santat

Allen Say

Kevin Sherry

David Ezra Stein

Jan Thomas

Chris Van Dusen

Mélanie Watt

Jeanette Winters

Jacqueline Woodson

Dan Yaccarino

Some Recommended Beginning Reader and Chapter Book Authors

Katherine Applegate

Annie Barrows

Jeanne Birdsall

Peter Brown

Beverly Cleary

Andrew Clements

Eoin Colfer

Bruce Coville

Doreen Cronin

Kate DiCamillo

Tony DiTerlizzi

Joshua Doder

Sharon Draper

Heather Dyer

Louise Erdrich

Anne Fine

Cornelia Funke

Patricia Reilly Giff

Chris Grabenstein

Dan Gutman

Nathan Hale

Shannon Hale

Abby Hanlon

Charise Mericle Harper

Jessica Harper

John Himmelman

Jennifer Holm

Joan Holub

Emily Jenkins

Josh Lacey

Rose Lagercrantz

Lois Lowry

Jake Maddox

Hilary McKay

Barbara O'Connor

George O'Connor

Ray O'Ryan

Wendy Orr

Mary Pope Osborne

Sara Pennypacker

Jon Scieszka

Suzanne Selfors

Brian Selznick

Rich Wallace

Sarah Weeks

Rachel Vail

Judith Viorst

2019 LS Early Readers and Chapter Books

Harold & Hog Pretend for Real! by Dan Santat; Mo Willems
Flubby Is Not a Good Pet! by J. E. Morris (Illustrator)
Flubby Will Not Play with That by J. E. Morris (Illustrator)
See Zip Zap by David Milgrim (Illustrator)
Tales of Adventure by Dav Pilkey
Mr. Monkey Takes a Hike by Jeff Mack (Illustrator)
Mr. Monkey Visits a School by Jeff Mack (Illustrator)
Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty; David Roberts (Illustrator)
The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems; Tony DiTerlizzi (Illustrator)
The Squatchicorns (Big Foot and Little Foot #3) by Ellen Potter; Felicita Sala (Illustrator)
King and Kayla and the Case of Found Fred by Dori Hillestad Butler; Nancy Meyers (Illustrator)
Henry the Boy by Molly Felder; Nate Christopherson (Illustrator); Tara Sweeney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780999658406
Badir and the Beaver by Shannon Stewart; Sabrina Gendron (Illustrator)
Where Dani Goes, Happy Follows by Rose Lagercrantz; Eva Eriksson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781776572250
Publication Date: 2019-03-05
Den of Forever Frost by Kathryn Lasky
ISBN: 9780545836883
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliott; Geneva Geneva B (Illustrator)
Rabbit's Bad Habits by Julian Gough; Jim Field (Illustrator)
The Pest in the Nest by Julian Gough; Jim Field (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781684125890
Publication Date: 2019-05-21
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry; Mónica Armiño (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062895936
Publication Date: 2019-05-07
Evil Alien Warlord Cat by Johnny Marciano; Emily Raymond; Robb Mommaerts (Illustrator); Emily Chenoweth
ISBN: 9781524787202
Publication Date: 2019-02-26
The Van Gogh Deception by Deron R. Hicks

2018 LS Chapter Books

The Wild Robot Escapes by Peter Brown
ISBN: 9780316382045
Publication Date: 2018-03-13
Bob by Wendy Mass; Rebecca Stead; Nicholas Gannon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250166623
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea by Lynne Rae Perkins (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062499660
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond; Alex T. Smith (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763695637
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
Lulu Is Getting a Sister by Judith Viorst; Kevin Cornell (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781481471909
Publication Date: 2018-04-24
The Creature of the Pines by Adam Gidwitz; Jesse Casey; Christopher Smith; Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780735231702
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
Big Foot and Little Foot (Book #1) by Ellen Potter; Felicita Sala
ISBN: 9781419728594
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
How to Merit in Monsters by Matthew Cody; Steve Lambe (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781635650594
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
The Heat Is On! by Charise Mericle Harper; Aurélie Blard-Quintard (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780544980280
Publication Date: 2018-02-13
The un-Friendship Bracelet by Martha Maker; Xindi Yan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534409088
Publication Date: 2018-03-27
The Penderwicks at Last by Jeanne Birdsall
ISBN: 9780385755665
Publication Date: 2018-05-15
Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
ISBN: 9780062686206
Publication Date: 2018-02-06
Rosetown by Cynthia Rylant
ISBN: 9781534412774
Publication Date: 2018-05-08
Riding Lessons (Ellen and Ned) by Jane Smiley
ISBN: 9781524718114
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Wed Wabbit by Lissa Evans
ISBN: 9781338185270
Publication Date: 2018-02-27
The Explorer by Katherine Rundell
ISBN: 9781481419451
Publication Date: 2017-09-12

2017 LS Chapter Books

The Great Pet Escape by Victoria Jamieson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781627791052
Publication Date: 2016-02-16
Do Not Open! by Mark Parisi (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062427762
Publication Date: 2017-05-02
The Great Treehouse War by Lisa Graff
ISBN: 9780399175008
Publication Date: 2017-05-16
Molly and Pim and the Millions of Stars by Martine Murray
ISBN: 9780399550409
Publication Date: 2017-01-17

2016 LS Early Readers and Chapter Books

Cat Got a Lot by Steve Henry
ISBN: 9780823433858
Publication Date: 2015-07-20
Good Night, Knight by Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780823432066
Publication Date: 2015-02-01
I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781484722626
Publication Date: 2015-10-27
Sacajawea by Kathleen Krull; Matt Collins (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780802737991
Publication Date: 2015-06-09
Dash by Kirby Larson
ISBN: 9780545416351
Publication Date: 2014-08-26
Pax by Sara Pennypacker; Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062377012
Publication Date: 2016-02-02
Project Blue Ribbon by Elise Primavera (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781416955436
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Stick Cat by Tom Watson
ISBN: 9780062411006
Publication Date: 2016-05-03
The Somewhat True Adventures of Sammy Shine by Henry Cole (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781561458660
Publication Date: 2016-04-01
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
ISBN: 9780316381994
Publication Date: 2016-04-05
Forest of Wonders by Linda Sue Park; Jim Madsen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780062327383
Publication Date: 2016-03-01