Summer Reading: After 1st Grade

Here's the full list for children entering 2nd grade and where to get them - Amazon, Palo Alto & Mountain View libraries.

Me gustaría tener
Flor Ada
ISBN-10: 1581051948

Me gustaria tener. . lists the various things ``I would like to have . . .'' Again in a counting - book format, the desired items all turn out to be animals involved in unusual activities (e.g. two giraffes reading with glasses).

Available through:  Amazon    Palo Alto Library

¿Quien nacerá aquí?
Flor Ada
ISBN-10: 1581051972
Out of Print
Rhyming riddles ask which animal will hatch from different eggs. The eggs are presented in their natural habitats; both illustrations and text hint at the answers.

Available through:  Amazon

La noche de las tortugas
Grondona
ISBN: 8481316040

Available through: Amazon

Mis primeros poemas y canciones
Soto
ISBN-10: 0590293761
Scholastic, 1995
Rare, out of print book

Available through: Amazon

Yo siempre te querré / I’ll Always Love You
Wilhelm
ISBN-10: 8426124046

A picture-book story in which a beloved dog becomes sick and eventually dies. The young boy who narrates the story is consoled by the fact that every night before bed he had told his dog, "I will always love you."

Este libro es la historia de Elfi, el mejor perro del mundo. Y también de la profunda amistad entre un niño y un perro. Pero el libro muestra sobre todo la importancia que tiene expresar unos sentimientos.

Available through: Amazon    Palo Alto Library

Las gallinas no son las únicas
Heller
ISBN-10: 061306965X
A simple, lively rhyming text and detailed pictures make up a best-selling introduction for children to a widely diverse group of egg-laying animals and their unique behavior.

Available through: Amazon    Palo Alto Library

Alexander, que era rico el domingo pasado
Viorst
ISBN-10: 0689713517

PreSchool-Grade 4-- Translations of two well-known , very funny picture books. Alexander plans to save the dollar his grandparents give him, but instead spends it or loses it to friends or his older brothers in strange and interesting ways. Those who have older siblings who torment them are sure to appreciate Alexander's powerlessness. In the second book, Alexander suspects that it's going to be a dreadful day as soon as he gets up--and how right he is. Black-and-white drawings dramatize his feelings and capture the humor in the situations.

El domingo pasado, los abuelitos de Alexander le dieron un dólar. ¡Era rico! ¡Había tantas cosas que podí hacer con todo ese dinero!
Podí comprarse todos los chicles que deseaba, o quizá un radiotrsmisor, si ahorrara suficiente dinero. Pero, de alguna manera, el dinero empezó a desaparecer...
Esta edició en español de uno de los libros más populares de Jusith Viorst encantará a los lectores de todas las edades.

Available through: Amazon    Palo Alto Library    Mountain View Library

Tres en un globo
Wilson
ISBN: 0590468383
Scholastic, 1990

Available through:   Amazon

Un bolsillo para Corduroy
Freeman
ISBN-10: 0785756485
PreSchool-Grade 1-- When Lisa and her stuffed bear accompany her mother to the washateria to do the laundry , he becomes lost while searching for a pocket and spends the night alone. This translation retains the same appealing style as the English version.

Available through:     Amazon    Palo Alto Library    Mountain View Library

Si le das una galletita a un ratón / If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Numeroff
ISBN-10: 0060254386

PreSchool-Grade 2-Although the Spanish translation of the popular 1985 original fails to impart the same silliness that makes the English-language edition so popular, this is a title that people will probably want to own. The translation is competently done and the illustrations of the demanding mouse are as endearing as ever. Numeroff's book has become a cultural referent that no child growing up in this country should miss.

Available through: Amazon    Palo Alto Library    Mountain View Library

La casa adormecida / The Napping House
Word
ISBN-10: 0152000534

In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.

Available through: Amazon    Mountain View Library

Los seis deseos de la jirafa
Flor Ada
ISBN: 0917837029

Available through: Amazon 

Sale el oso
Flor Ada
ISBN-10: 1563340798
Hard to find; out of print

Available through: Amazon

El chivo en la huerta
Kratky
ISBN-10: 1563340801

Available through: Amazon

La gallinita, el gallo y el frijol
Kratky
ISBN-10: 0917837053

Available through: Amazon