These are the top 50 books from my picture book reading this summer. I divided them into categories that are meaningful to my teaching practice. Reflection in separate post.
Civil Rights Movement (5):
Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson
Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares
Women's Rights/History (4):
Mighty Jackie by Marissa Moss, ill. by C.F. Payne
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer! by Shana Corey, Ill by Chesley McLaren
Mermaid Queen by Shana Corey
Independent Dames by Laurie Halse Anderson
Multicultural Experience (6)
Ashanti to Zulu by Margaret Musgrove
A Story A Story by Gail E. Haley
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by Dianne Snyder
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
Clemente! By Willie Perdomo ; illustrated by Bryan Collier.
Science/Discovery (12):
The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
Island: A story of the Galapagos by Jason Chin
What Darwin Saw by Rosalyn Schanzer
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
Electric Ben by Robert Byrd
Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins
Barnum's Bones by Tracey Fern
The Dinosaurs Of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley illustrated by Brian Selznick
Redwoods by Jason Chin
My First Day by Steve Jenkins
Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems
Fiction (8):
Born Yesterday by James Solheim
Wonder Horse by Emily Arnold McCully
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
Building Our House by Jonathan Bean
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman
That is NOT a Good Idea by Mo Willems
Anatole by Eve Titus, illus. by Paul Galdone
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Biography/Memoir (2)
Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow by Gary Golio
You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?! by Jonah Winter
Poetry (4):
A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams by Jen Bryant
Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It by Gail Carson Levine
Follow, Follow by Marilyn Singer
Casey at the Bat illustrated by Christopher Bing
Non-Fiction (4):
Cathedral by David Macaulay
Castle by David Macualay
Tarra and Bella: The Elephant and Dog Who Became Best Friends
Hoop Genius by John Coy, illustrated by Joe Morse
Traditional/Fairy/Fractured Tales (5):
Duffy and the Devil by Harve and Margot Zemach
Lon Po Po by Ed Young
Saint George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges
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