2011 Summer Reading
Alameda County Library staff picks by format for your listening, viewing and reading pleasure!
PICTURE BOOKS
At This Very Moment
by Jim Arnosky
Fortune Cookies
by A. Bitterman
How I Learned Geography
by Uri Shulevitz
I Call My Grandpa Papa
by Ashley Wolff
LaRue Across America: Postcards From the Vacation
by Mark Teague
My Cold Went on Vacation
by Molly Rausch
My Little Round House
by Helen Mixter
My Name is Sangoel
by karen Lynn Williams
Perfect Gift
by J. Samia Mair
The Runaway Wok
by Ying Chang Compestine
Silent Music: a story of Baghdad
by James Rumford
Story of the Leprechaun
by Katherine Brown Tegen
Tell Me the Day Backwards
by Albert Lamb
Three Bully Goats
by Leslie Kimmelman
Ugly Vegetables
by Grace Lin
Won-ton: a cat tale told in Haiku
by Lee Wardlaw
The Year of the Rabbit: tales from the Chinese Zodiac
by Oliver Chin
EARLY READERS
Berenstain Bears. All Aboard!
by Jan Berenstain
Fancy Nancy: my family history
by Jane O’Connor
I Am Going!
by Mo Willems
Little Bear and the Marco Polo
by Elsie Holmelund Minarik
Moving Day
by Fran Manushkin
Mr. Putter and Tabby Clear the Decks
by Cynthia Rylant
Olivia Takes a Trip
by Ellie O’Ryan
Race Around the World
CHILDREN’S FICTION
Almost Zero
by Nikki Grimes
Bink and Gollie
by Kate DiCamillo
Extra Credit
by Andrew Clements
How Tia Lola Learned to Teach
by Julia Alvarez
Finding Family
By Tonya Bolden
Madame Pamplemousse and Her Incredible Edibles
by Rupert Kingfisher
Ninth Ward
by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Roman Diary: the journal of Iliona of Mytilini
by Richard Platt
Saraswati’s Way
by Monika Schroder
The Search for Wondla
By Tony DiTerrlizi
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech
CHILDREN’S NONFICTION
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
by Carl Bowen
All the World 
by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon
Arabian Nights
by Wafa Tarnowska
Babymouse: Queen of the World 
by Jennifer Holm
Energy Island: how one community harnessed the wind and changed the world
by Allan Drummond
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: the Triangle Fire and its legacy 
by Albert Mirrin
Great Big Book of Families
by Mary Hoffman
I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird: my adventures photographing wild animals from a helicopter 
by Robert Haas
Jackson and Bud’s Bumpy Ride: America’s first cross-country field trip
by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Maneki Neko 
by Susan Lendroth
One Peace: true stories of young activists
by Janet Wilson
Our Earth: how kids are saving the planet 
by Janet Wilson
Pierre the Penguin: a true story
by Jean Marzollo
Ryan and Jimmy: and the well in Africa that brought them together 
by Herb Sheveller
This Child, Every Child: a book about the world’s children
by David J. Smith
Very Short Fables to Read Together 
by Mary Ann Hoberman
CHILDREN’S BIOGRAPHY
Adventures of Mark Twain
by Huckleberry Finn
All the Way to America: the story of a big Italian family and a little shovel 
by Dan Yaccarino
Amelia Lost: the life and disappearance of Amelia Earhart
by Candace Fleming
Biblioburro: a true story from Colombia 
by Jeannette Winter
Fearless: the story of racing legend Louise Smith
by Barb Rosenstock
Mama Miti: Wangari Maathi and the trees of Kenya 
by Donna Jo Napoli
Steve and Bindi Irwin
by Amy Breguet
JUST LISTEN
African Dreamland
Putumayo World Music
CD J781.582 AFRICAN
Al Capone Shines My Shoes 
by Jennifer Choldendo
CDB J CHOLDENKO
Captain Nobody
by Dean Pritchard
CDB J PITCHFORD
Claudette Colvin: twice toward justice 
by Phillip Hoose
CDB JB COLVIN
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: the ugly truth
by Jeff Kinney/ Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo
Recorded Books Downloadable Audiobook
Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 
by Jacqueline Kelly/ Narrated by Natalie Ross
CDB J KELLY
Soldiers of Halla (Pendragon series)
by D.J. MacHale
CDB J MACHALE
WORLDLY VIEWS
Diego Saves the World (Go, Diego Go!)
DVD J GO
Families of Afghanistan (Families of the World series) 
DVD J306.85095 FAMILIES
Finding Nemo
DVD J FINDING
Hachi: a dog’s tale
DVD J HACHI
Homeward Bound: the incredible journey
DVD J HOMEWARD
Madeline: meet me in Paris 
DVD J MADELINE
Over the Hedge
DVD J OVER
Paddle to the Sea 
DVD J PADDLE
The Red Balloon
DVD J RED
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 
DVD J SISTERHOOD
The Story About Ping
Swiss Family Robinson 
DVD J SWISS
