The updated National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summertime Booklist appears below. NEH has published a summer reading list for children since 1988. The criterion for inclusion is that a book have “lasting value.” This year the list has been updated with 90 new books recommended by the American Library Association (ALA) and vetted by NEH staff and other readers:
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 3
Recommended for K-3, either for reading by children or for reading to them.
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Aardema, Verna and Leo & Diane Dillon |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale |
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Aesop |
Aesop’s Fables |
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Allard, Harry and James Marshall |
Miss Nelson Is Missing! |
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Atwater, Richard and Florence |
Mr. Popper’s Penguins |
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Barrows, Annie and Sophie Blackall |
Ivy + Bean |
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Becker, Bonny and |
A Visitor for Bear |
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Bemelmans, Ludwig |
Madeline |
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Blume, Judy |
Freckle Juice |
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Brown, Marcia |
Stone Soup |
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Brunhoff, Jean de |
The Story of Babar, The Little Elephant |
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Burton, Virginia Lee |
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel |
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Cameron, Ann and Ann Strugnell |
The Stories Julian Tells |
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Cleary, Beverly |
The Mouse and the Motorcycle |
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Cronin, Doreen and Harry Bliss |
Diary of a Worm |
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DePaola, Tomie |
Strega Nona |
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Dorros, Arthur and Elisa Kleven |
Abuela |
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Duvoisin, Roger |
Petunia |
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Estes, Eleanor and Louis Slobodkin |
The Hundred Dresses |
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Freeman, Don |
Corduroy |
