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Summer Reads for K-2nd Grades!

Looking for something to read for the Summer Reading program? Step right up and read one of these great books for younger elementary kids!

Arapahoe Libraries

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  • Moon wonders what it would be like to be wild and free. She climbs through her window one night to look at the moon and meets a wolf who shows her new ways.
    BookBoston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] — E OLIVER
  • This book explores the question "Where did we come from?" starting with one tiny dot.
    BookNew York : First Second, 2018. — E LENDLER
  • A girl who is too shy to go outside and say hello to her new neighbors discovers an imaginary world inside her wallpaper.
    BookToronto, ON : Owlkids Books, [2018] — E LAM
  • An adorable baby chick and a puppy become friends in the barnyard in this wordless picture book.
    BookNew York : Goowinbooks/Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — E YELCHIN
  • Kids will LOVE to correct you during this silly book.
    BookNew York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — E STANTON
  • The disappearance of a toothbrush leads to wacky misunderstandings and explanations for Dog, Donkey and the rest of their friends.
    BookNew York, New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2018] — ER THOMAS
  • A picture book/early reader/graphic novel mash up about a monkey who is a private investigator and has trouble with his pants.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2018. — ER SELZNICK
  • An easy reader series about Gracie LaRoo, a pig, and all of her fun adventures!
    BookNorth Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2018] — ER QUALEY
  • Princess Serena (or Princess Pulverizer) doesn't want to be a princess—she wants to be knight! But in order to do so she must complete 8 acts of kindness and prove them to her father, which isn't as easy as it seems.
    BookNew York, NY : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018] — J KRULIK
  • An early reader series about 4 second grade kids who love science but aren't prepared for all of the adventures they will get taken on.
    BookNew York : Little Simon, 2017. — ER HOPPER
  • Wallace and Grace are owl detectives who solve different cases in this early reader series with great pictures.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury, 2017. — ER ALEXANDER
  • An early reader series about Andres and Desmond, two friends who team up to defeat all of the different ghosts pestering their town.
    BookNew York, NY : Little Simon, 2017. — J MIEDOSO
  • Victor Shmud and his pet duck DumpyLumps get themselves into a bind when they wake up the dead with a homemade cello. For fans of Captain Underpants.
    BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2018] — J SF BENTON
  • Sassy and Waldo decide they need to stop sitting at home during the day protecting the house and instead go to school to protect their boy Stewart.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2018. — J FALATKO
  • Your kids will love guessing what animal is being shown through clues, facts and pictures of their butts.
    BookCambridge, Minnesota : Adventure Publications, [2018] — E 591.392 TEKIELA
  • Did you know the White House has a pantry dedicated just to sweets? Or that many ghosts roam the White House? A nonfiction book full of great pictures and fun facts about our presidents and the White House.
    BookWashington, D.C. : National Geographic Partners, LLC, [2017] — J 975.3 FLYNN