Picture Books

Patricelli, Leslie. Higher, Higher. (2010) ISBN 9780763644338 $7.00 Board Book
How high can a dad push a swing? Higher than a tall building, a mountain an airplane?

Rinker, Sherri Duskey. Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. (2011) ISBN 9780811877824 $17.00 HC
Work is done for the day, a crane truck, a cement mixer, and other pieces of construction equipment make their way to their resting places and go to sleep.

Gall, Chris. Dinotrux. (2009) ISBN 9780316027779 $17.00 HC/$7.00 pbk
Millions of years ago, the prehistoric ancestors of today’s trucks, such as garbageadon, dozeratops, and craneosaurus, roamed the Earth until they rusted out and became extinct.

Saltzberg, Barney. Beautiful Oops. (2010) ISBN 9780761157281 $12.00 HC
No worries! Tears, smudges or wrinkles can be turned into beautiful creations.

Early Readers (Series)

Willems, Mo. Elephant and Piggie: We Are in a Book! (2010) ISBN 9781423133087 $9.00 HC
Gerald the Elephant and Piggie discover the joy of being read to. But what will happen when the book ends?

DiCamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride. (2009) ISBN 9780763645052 $6.00 pbk
Mr. Watson’s usual Saturday drive in his Cadillac with his favorite pig, Mercy, turns into an adventure when an unexpected passenger shows up in the back seat and Mercy finds herself behind the wheel.

Chapter Books (Series, or one of many by the author)

Stone, Rex. Attack of the Tyrannosaurus. (2008) ISBN 9780545053778 $5.00 pbk
Tom and Jamie can’t believe their luck when they find a secret entrance to a prehistoric world filled with dinosaurs! The first dinosaur they meet is a friendly wannanosaurus. It eats the fruit from super-stinky ginkgo trees. But soon, Tom and Jamie meet a much less friendly dino: a Tyrannosaurus Rex that would like to eat them!

Barrows, Annie. Ivy and Bean. (2007) ISBN 9780811849098 $6.00 pbk series
Bean knew she would never be friends with the new girl who had moved into her neighborhood. But then one day that new girl, Ivy, came to her aid when her big sister Nancy was after her. The rest is history and a delightful series of books.

Funke, Cornelia. Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost! (2007) ISBN 9781905294121 $8.00 pbk series
Timid nine-year-old Tom Tomsky reluctantly agrees to help professional ghostbuster Hetty Camomile dispell an IRG (Incredibly Revolting Ghost) from an old house.

Draper, Sharon. Sassy: Little Sister Is Not My Name. (2010) ISBN 9780545071550 $5.00 pbk series
Fashion-savvy Sassy does not like being the smallest student in her fourth-grade class, until a family emergency calls for a pint-sized hero.

Kinney, Jeff. The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition). (2011) ISBN 9780810989955 $13.00 HC
This is an interactive book that encourages you to write your own life story in the style of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

Kinney, Jeff. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever. (2011) ISBN 9781419702235 $14.00 HC
Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of.

Watson, Jude. A King’s Ransom (The 39 Clues: Cahills vs. Vespers Series #2). (2011) ISBN 9780545298407 $13.00 HC
When seven members of their family were kidnapped by a sinister organization known as the Vespers, thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, vowed they’d stop at nothing to bring the hostages home. But then the ransom comes in and the Vespers demand the impossible. Amy and Dan have just days to track down and steal an ancient map. The only catch? No one has seen the map for half a century.

Riordan, Rick. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1). (2005) ISBN 9780786838653 $8.00 pbk
Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school…again. And that’s the least of his troubles. Lately, mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology textbook and into his life. And worse, he’s angered a few of them. Zeus’s master lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect.

Mike Lupica. The Underdogs. (2011) ISBN 9780399250019 $18.00 HC
Small but fast twelve-year-old Will Tyler, an avid football player in the down-and-out town of Forbes, Pennsylvania, takes matters into his own hands to try and finance the city’s football team, giving the whole community hope in the process.

Nonfiction

National Geographic Readers $4.00 each volume
A high-interest, science inquiry series in an exciting and easy-to-read format. Subjects covered include dolphins, pandas, mummies, volcanoes, sharks and many more.

Komiya, Teruyuki. Life-Size Zoo. (2009) ISBN 9781934734209 $18.00 HC
You never know how big a tiger is until you meet one face to face. This book gives you that opportunity without leaving your comfy chair. If the tiger is too much, you can also see how long a giraffe’s tongue is.

Hillman, Ben. How Big is It? A Big Book All About Bigness. (2007) ISBN 9780439918084 $16.00 HC
This big title removes the confusion of the abstract by teaching size through eye-catching juxtaposition in “oh wow!” images. For instance, any idea about the size of the mysterious Giant Squid of the deep? Sure, you could read that it’s 59.5 ft. long. While that sounds impressive enough, it’s a little abstract. However, when you see a full-color illustration of a Giant Squid placed in front of the entire length of a farmhouse, you get a real idea of what 59.5 feet means!

Lipkowitz, David. Lego Ideas Book. (2011) ISBN 9780756686062 $25.00 HC
With The LEGO Ideas Book, you can take what you already have and make something new! The book is divided into six themed chapters—transportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure, and useful makes—each with basic templates of key models and spreads to inspire you to create your own.

Guinness Book of World Records 2012. (2011) ISBN 9781904994671 $29.00 HC
It’s an Olympic year, and to celebrate, the latest incarnation of the world’s biggest selling annual unveils its most thrilling edition yet¬ with a dynamic new “widescreen” design, thousands of new and classic records, never-before-seen photos and an exciting selection of new topics and features.

Magazines

Babybug
babybugmagkids.com
$33.95 for 9 issues a year
A magazine for little readers in a board book format

American Girl
americangirl.com
$22.95 for 6 issues a year

Animal Baby (Ages 2-4), Big Backyard (Ages 4-7), Ranger Rick (Ages 7-14)
nwf.org (Click on Great Holiday Gifts for Kids)
Each $15.00 for 10 issues a year

Sports Illustrated for Kids
sikids.com
$19.95 for 12 issues a year

Mad

http://www.dccomics.com/mad

$19.99 for 6 issues a year

*A special Thank You to Gray Sawyer for this list*