This summer, your goal is to read a book from at least five different genres. The genres are: Realistic
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Informational, and Biography. After reading a book from at least five different genres, fill out your summer reading log, have a parent sign it, and return to your homeroom teacher no later than Friday,
September 18, 2015 .
Suggestions: Freckle Juice by Judy Blume, How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell, Amber Brown series by Paula
Danziger, Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo, Calvin Coconut series by Graham Salisbury, Stink or Judy Moody series by Megan
McDonald, Kylie Jean series by Marci Peschke, Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows, Goonie Bird Green series by Lois
Lowry, Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant, Soccer Cats series by Matt Christopher, Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate
DiCamillo, Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo, My Rotten Readheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco, Keena Ford series by Melissa Thomson, Kickers series by Rich Wallace
Suggestions: Time Warp Trio series by Jon Sciezka, Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne, I Survived series by Lauren
Tarshis, The Golly Sisters series by Betsy Byars,
Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine, When Jesse Came Across the Sea by
Amy Hest, Stone Fox by Jon Reynolds Gardiner,
Goin’ Some Place Special by Jerry Pinkney, American Girl series, The Last
Brother, A Civil War Tale by Trinka Hakes Noble, Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco, Players In Pigtails by Shana Corey,
Titanicat by Marty Crisp, Jon, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Suggestions: 8 Class Pets + 1 Squirrel/1 Dog= CHAOS by Vivian Vande Velde, The Trouble With Chickens by
Doreen Cronin,
Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot
series by Dav Pilkey, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett, Dragon
Slayers Academy series by Kate McMullan, Notebook of Doom series by Troy Cumming, Grasshopper Magic by Lynne Jonnell,
Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel, Babymouse or Squish series by Jennifer Holm, Happily Ever After series by Tony Bradman
Suggestions: Cam Jansen series by David Adler, High Rise Private Eyes series by Cynthia Rylant, A-Z Mysteries by Ron Roy,
Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline, Bailey School Kids by Debbie Dadey, Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat, Detective
LaRue by Mark Teague, Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner, Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg, Encyclopedia Brown series by Donald Sobol, Jigsaw Jones by James Preller, Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
Suggestions: National Geographic Kids Chapters: Dog Finds Lost Dolphins: And More True Stories of Amazing Animal Heroes,
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maria Kalman , Alex The Parrot: No Ordinary Bird by Stephanie
Spinner, Handle With Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey by Loree Burns, “How It Works” ( Eye, Castle, Toilet) series by
David Macaulay , Owen & Mzee by Isabella Hatkoff, Nubs: the True Story of a Mutt, A Marine, and a Miracle by Isabella
Hatkoff, Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! by Kathleen V. Kudlinski
Suggestions:
Who Was…? series, Martin DePorres: the Rose in the Desert by Gary D. Schmidt, Balloons Over Broadway: The
True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet, Manfish: a Story of Jacques Cousteau by Jennifer Berne, Who
Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Stone, The Camping Trip that Changed America by
Barb Rosenstock, Miss Moore Thought Otherwise by Jan Pinborough, Me...Jane
by Patrick McDonnell

This summer, your goal is to read a book from at least five different genres. The genres are: Realistic
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Informational, and Biography. After reading a book from at least five different genres, fill out your summer reading log, have a parent sign it, and return to your homeroom teacher no later than Friday,
September 18, 2015 .