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With the arrival of summer there is more time to read for fun. Here are some field-tested favorites straight from Bess.

Picture Books

Actual Size - Jenkins
Alphabet City- Johnson
Animalia- Base
Are Lemons Blue?- DK Press
Bebe Goes Shopping- Elya
Book- Lyon
Chalk - Thompson
City Dog, Country Frog - Mo Willems
David Gets in Trouble- Shannon
David Goes To School- Shannon
Dinosaurs- Sabuda
Dinosaur Roar- Stickland
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late- Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus- Mo Willems
Duck On a Bike- Shannon
Flotsam- Weisner
Giant Children- Arnold
Good Night, Mr. Night- Yaccarino
Grumpy Bird - Tankard
Hooray For Fish- Cousins
Hottest, Coldest, Deepest, Highest- Jenkins
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More- Beaumont, Catrow
I Like Myself- Beaumont, Catrow
I'm Gonna Like Me- Curtis
It's Hard To Be Five- Curtis
Jazzy In the Jungle- Cousins
Jungle Drums- Base
Little Owl Lost - Haughton
Mama for Owen- Bauer
Martins Big Words- Rappaport
Moon Plane- McCarty
No, David- Shannon
Please Baby, Please- Lee
Queen of the Scene- Queen Latifa
Sharks- Sabuda
Stand Tall Molly lou Melon- Lovell, Catrow
Stelleluna- Cannon
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly- Taback or Adams
The Boy and the Moon - Carroll
The Way I Feel- Cain
Today I Feel Silly- Curtis
Tomorrow's Alphabet- Crews
Tuesday- Weisner
Umbrella- Brett
Verdi- Cannon
Water Hole- Base
When I Was Little- Curtis
Wild About Books- Sierra
Wind Flyers- Johnson

Young and Middle Readers

At Ellis Island - Peacock
Because of Winn Dixie- DiCamillo
Brothers- Yin
Buffalo Jump- Roop
Green Angel - Hoffman
Green Witch - Hoffman
Home of the Brave - Applegate
Keeper - Appelt
Lady In the Water- Shyamalan
Love That Dog- Creech
Million Dollar Put - Gutman
Pieces of Georgia - Bryant
Schooled - Korman
The Underneath - Appelt
Tibet Through the Red Box- Sis
Touch Blue - Lord
Tour America -Siebert
Zorgamazoo - Weston

Young Adult

Beautiful Creatures - Garcia & Stohl
Burned- Hopkins
Catalyst- Anderson
Dead Connection- Price
Deadline - Crutcher
Elsewhere- Zevin
Incantation- Hoffman
Living Dead Girl - Scott
Mango Shaped Space- Mass
Shakespeare Bats Cleanup- Koertge
The Bluford Series - Langan
The Replacement - Yavanoff