Summer Reading

Early Ed: Pre-K3, Pre-K4, & Junior Kindergarten

Summer is the perfect time to relax & read! The goal of LCA summer reading for Early Education students is to enjoy listening to and interacting with books and stories! This list is simply a starting point and by no means comprehensive.

Picture Books

Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight Gorilla, Peggy Rathman
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Bill Martin Jr. (any in series)
Elmer, David McKee (any in the series)
If you Give a Mouse a Cookie, Laura Numeroff (any in the series)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?, Jane Yolen (any in series)
Pinkalicious, Victoria Kann (any in series)

Fairy Tales

Five Minute Stories, Cottage Door Press
A First Book of Fairy Tales, Mary Hoffman and Julie Downing

Alphabet, Counting, Lift the Flap Books

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom, Bill Martin
Alpha Oops, The Day Z Went First, Alethea Kontis and Bob Kolar
The Construction Alphabet Book, Jerry Pallotta
Ten Tiny Trains, Susie Brooks
Peek-a-Who, Nina Laden

Beloved Authors and Series

Audrey and Bruce Wood
Eric Carle
Dr. Seuss
Kevin Henkes
Mo Willems
David Shannon

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