Dallas Mayor's Summer Reading Club Book Drive with Recommending Books by Age

Board Books, Age 0-3

1.Moo, Baa, La, La, La by Sandra Boynton

2.Oh, David! A Diaper David Book by David Shannon

3.Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin

4.Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow (any in series)

5.How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by Jane Yolen (any in series)

6.Chicka Chika Boom Boom by Bill Martin

7.Olivia by Ian Falconer

8.Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth

9.Tails by Matthew Van Fleet

10.Pat the Bunny by Edith Kunhardt Davis

11.Toes, Ears & Nose! A Lift-the-flap Book by Marion Dane Bauer

12.Very Hungry Caterpillar (or other by Eric Carle)

13.Where’s Spot? By Eric Hill

14.The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! By Mo Willems (any in series)

15.Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? By Karen Katz

16.Any board books by Tana Hoban

17.Any touch and feel books

Popular Authors/Themes, Age 4-6

Andrews, Julie - The Very Fairy Princess books

Birdwell, Norman - Clifford the Big Red Dog books

Dewdney, Anna - Llama Llama books

Kann, Victoria - Pinkalicious books

Litwin, Eric - Pete the Cat books

O’Connor, Jane - Fancy Nancy books

Schachner - Skippyjon Jones books

Scieszka, Jon - Trucktown books

Shannon, David

Shea, Bob - Dinosaur vs (___) books

Willems, Mo - Elephant and Piggie books, Pigeon books, Cat the Cat books

Wilson, Karma

Yolen, Jane - How do Dinosaurs Say (___)?

Princess

Legos

Star Wars

Super Heroes

Cars/trains

Popular Authors/Themes, Age 7-12

Legos

Jokes

Magic

Doctor Who

Drawing

Superheroes

Comics

Origami

Appelt, Kathi - The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp

Dicamillo, Kate - Flora and Ulysses

Hunter Erin – Warriors, Seekers, Survivors

Kadohata, Cynthia - The Thing About Luck

Kinney, Jeff - Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Meadows, Daisy - Rainbow Magic

Osborne, Mary Pope - The Magic Tree House

Palacio, R.J. – Wonder

Park, Barbara - Junie B. Jones

Riordan, Rick - Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Heroes of Olympus, Kane Chronicles

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter

Russell, Rachel - Dark Diaries

Schwartz, Alvin - Scary Stories

Sloan, Holly Goldberg - Counting by 7s

Popular Authors/Themes, Age 13-18

Card, Orson Scott - Ender’s Game

Clare, Cassandra - Mortal Instruments

Collins, Suzanne - Hunger Games

Green, John -The Fault in Our Stars

Johnson, Alaya Dawn - The Summer Prince

Lu, Marie - Legend

McNeal, Tom - Far, Far, Away

Roth, Veronica - Divergent

Rowell, Rainbow - Elanor and Park

Rowell, Rainbow - Fangirl

Smith, Andrew - Winger

Woolston, Blythe - Black Helicopters

Yang, Gene Luen - Boxers and Saints