Ranney Lower School
Ranney Lower School Suggested Summer Reading Entering Kindergarten Anderson ................ Time for Bed, the Babysitter Said* Andrews ................. Trombone Shorty Armstrong-Ellis ....... Prudy's Problem and How She Solved It Arnold ..................... No Jumping on the Bed!* Beaumont ............... I Like Myself Bemelmans ............ Madeline* Brett........................ Berlioz the Bear Brown ..................... Arthur’s Halloween* Bunting ................... The Wedding Calmenson ............. Dinner at the Panda Palace Campbell ................ Queenie Farmer Had Fifteen Daughters Capucilli.................. Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats Carlson ................... Harriet's Recital* Cisneros ................. Hairs~Pelitos Clements ................ Circus Family Dog Collins .................... Alvie Eats Soup Cronin..................... Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type* Cuyler ..................... Skeleton Hiccups De Groat................. Brand-New Pencils, Brand-New Books* De la Pena ............. Last Stop on Market Street De Paola ................ Meet the Barkers* De Regniers ........... May I Bring a Friend? Dickinson................ The 13 Nights of Halloween Donaldson .............. The Spiffiest Giant in Town Donohue................. Veggie Soup Ehlert ..................... Planting a Rainbow Elya ........................ Eight Animals Bake a Cake* Ericcson ................. She Did It! Ernst ....................... Ginger Jumps Fatio ....................... The Happy Lion Fleming .................. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Fleming .................. Buster Fox ......................... Whoever You Are Freeman ................. Corduroy* Fries ....................... A Pig is Moving In Gackenbach ........... With Love From Gran Galdone.................. Henny Penny Gantos.................... Rotten Ralph* Gay......................... Stella Queen of the Snow* Greene ................... Where is That Cat? Greenfield............... First Pink Light Grindley .................. What Are Friends For?* *series Page 1 of 3
Ranney Lower School Suggested Summer Reading Entering Kindergarten Guthrie ................... The Witch Who Lives Down the Hall Hassett ................... Cat Up a Tree Heide ...................... That's What Friends Are For Henkes ................... Chrysanthemum Hindley ................... Do Like a Duck Does Hoberman .............. A House is a House for Me Holabird .................. Angelina Ballerina* Howe ...................... The Day the Teacher Went Bananas Hurd ....................... Mama Don’t Allow Hutchins ................. The Very Worst Monster Jane ....................... Monster Mischief Kaplan .................... Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake* Kasza ..................... My Lucky Day Kellogg ................... The Missing Mitten Mystery Kent ........................ The Caterpillar and the Polliwog Laing ...................... Best Kind of Baby Lerner ..................... Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair! Lester ..................... A Porcupine Named Fluffy Levine..................... This Is the Turkey Lionni...................... Inch by Inch Little........................ Once Upon a Golden Apple Lobel ...................... The Rose in My Garden London ................... Froggy Goes to School* Long ....................... Hiccup Snickup Lovell ...................... Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Mahy ...................... Simply Delicious Marshall.................. George and Martha* Mattick .................... Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear McCloskey .............. Blueberries for Sal McPhail .................. Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! Meddaugh .............. Martha Speaks* Merriam .................. The Christmas Box Molk........................ Good Job, Oliver! Moncure ................. Away Went the Farmer's Hat Montes ................... Egg-napped! Munsch................... Get Out of Bed! Murphy ................... Five Minutes Peace Neitzel .................... Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo Newman ................. Runaway Dreidel Noble ...................... The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash Oram ...................... The Wrong Overcoat Paul ........................ Little Monkey Says Good Night *series Page 2 of 3
Ranney Lower School Suggested Summer Reading Entering Kindergarten Pilkey...................... The Hallo-weiner Poydar .................... Rhyme Time Valentine Rathman................. Officer Buckle and Gloria Reeves ................... There Was an Old Witch Rey ......................... Pretzel Rockwell ................. Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me? Roddie .................... Too Close Friends Rylant .................... Brownie & Pearl Grab a Bite* Saltzberg ................ The Flying Garbanzos Schachner .............. Skippyjon Jones* Schneider .............. Picky Mrs. Pickle Schwartz ................ Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener Sendak ................... Where the Wild Things Are Seuss ..................... And to Think That I Saw It All on Mulberry Street Shannon ................. The Rain Came Down Sharmat.................. The 329th Friend Silverman ............... Big Pumpkin Slate ....................... Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten* Sloat ....................... There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout! Slobodkina ............. Caps for Sale Spinelli.................... Six Hogs on a Scooter Steig ....................... Doctor DeSoto* Vaughan ................. We're Going on a Ghost Hunt Waber..................... The House on East 88th Street* Wells ...................... Yoko* Williams .................. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Williams .................. Dinnertime! Winthrop ................. Halloween Hats Wood ...................... King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Ziefert ..................... Two Little Witches Zolotow................... Sleepy Book
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Ranney Lower School Suggested Summer Reading Entering Kindergarten Guthrie ................... The Witch Who Lives Down the Hall Hassett ................... Cat Up a Tree Heide ...................... That's What Friends Are For Henkes ................... Chrysanthemum Hindley ................... Do Like a Duck Does Hoberman .............. A House is a House for Me Holabird .................. Angelina Ballerina* Howe ...................... The Day the Teacher Went Bananas Hurd ....................... Mama Don’t Allow Hutchins ................. The Very Worst Monster Jane ....................... Monster Mischief Kaplan .................... Betty Bunny Loves Chocolate Cake* Kasza ..................... My Lucky Day Kellogg ................... The Missing Mitten Mystery Kent ........................ The Caterpillar and the Polliwog Laing ...................... Best Kind of Baby Lerner ..................... Franny B. Kranny, There's a Bird in Your Hair! Lester ..................... A Porcupine Named Fluffy Levine..................... This Is the Turkey Lionni...................... Inch by Inch Little........................ Once Upon a Golden Apple Lobel ...................... The Rose in My Garden London ................... Froggy Goes to School* Long ....................... Hiccup Snickup Lovell ...................... Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Mahy ...................... Simply Delicious Marshall.................. George and Martha* Mattick .................... Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear McCloskey .............. Blueberries for Sal McPhail .................. Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! Meddaugh .............. Martha Speaks* Merriam .................. The Christmas Box Molk........................ Good Job, Oliver! Moncure ................. Away Went the Farmer's Hat Montes ................... Egg-napped! Munsch................... Get Out of Bed! Murphy ................... Five Minutes Peace Neitzel .................... Our Class Took a Trip to the Zoo Newman ................. Runaway Dreidel Noble ...................... The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash Oram ...................... The Wrong Overcoat Paul ........................ Little Monkey Says Good Night *series Page 2 of 3
Ranney Lower School Suggested Summer Reading Entering Kindergarten Pilkey...................... The Hallo-weiner Poydar .................... Rhyme Time Valentine Rathman................. Officer Buckle and Gloria Reeves ................... There Was an Old Witch Rey ......................... Pretzel Rockwell ................. Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me? Roddie .................... Too Close Friends Rylant .................... Brownie & Pearl Grab a Bite* Saltzberg ................ The Flying Garbanzos Schachner .............. Skippyjon Jones* Schneider .............. Picky Mrs. Pickle Schwartz ................ Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener Sendak ................... Where the Wild Things Are Seuss ..................... And to Think That I Saw It All on Mulberry Street Shannon ................. The Rain Came Down Sharmat.................. The 329th Friend Silverman ............... Big Pumpkin Slate ....................... Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten* Sloat ....................... There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout! Slobodkina ............. Caps for Sale Spinelli.................... Six Hogs on a Scooter Steig ....................... Doctor DeSoto* Vaughan ................. We're Going on a Ghost Hunt Waber..................... The House on East 88th Street* Wells ...................... Yoko* Williams .................. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Williams .................. Dinnertime! Winthrop ................. Halloween Hats Wood ...................... King Bidgood's in the Bathtub Ziefert ..................... Two Little Witches Zolotow................... Sleepy Book
*series Page 3 of 3
