Do You Accept the Summer Reading List Challenge?
See how many of these activities you can accomplish over summer break:
(See a list of suggestions of book titles by grade level starting on page 3 of this document.)
 read a book by an author you have not read before
 read a book by an illustrator you have not seen before
 read a book about a place that you have never been to (900s in the nonfiction section)
 read a fairytale or folktale you have not read before (398.2s in the nonfiction section)
 read a book that your parents read when they were young
 listen to a book on cd and follow along with the words in the book
 read about a real person’s life (in the biography section)
 read two or more different books about the same nonfiction topic
 read a recipe in a cookbook (641s in the juvenile nonfiction section) and make that food
with your parents’ help
 read a book of poetry (800s in the nonfiction section)
 read two or more books by the same author
Updated 5/12
 read a book that has won an award
 read a book that has a plain or boring looking cover
 read a book that tells you how something is made or was invented
 read a book that was recommended to you by a friend
 read a “how to” book
 read a series
This list was originally compiled by Melissa Toner, Media Specialist at Elon Park. Updated 5/11.
Check Out These Local Summer Reading Programs Available Now!
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Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570
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Books A Million has a free summer reading program featuring Dr. Seuss.
Read any four Dr. Seuss books and have an adult check them off your list then return to BAM
for a free Dr. Seuss lunch bag.
www.booksamillion.com
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Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library
www.cmlibrary.org/summerread
Updated 5/12
Suggestion Reading Lists by Grade Level
1st Grade Suggestions
*Harder to read
** May not be for all readers
Biscuit books
Junie B. Jones (series)
Magic Tree house (series)
**Diary of a Wimpy Kid books
Cam Jansen books
Guess how much I love you?
A-Z Mysteries (series)
*Big Nate books
Salt in his shoes
Ready Freddie books
*Boxcar Children books
Don’t eat the teacher
*James and the giant peach
*Charlie and the chocolate factory
Beverly Cleary books
Cat in the hat
*Judy Moody books
Ivy and Bean series
Follow me Mittens
Rainbow Magic series
*Charlotte’s Web
*Peter Pan
Wacky Wednesday
Froggy books
Horrible Harry series
*Geronimo Stilton books
Mo Willems books
*Captain Underpants books
Jack and the Beanstalk
Club Penguin books
Nate the Great books
Magic school bus books
Weather books
New York Yankees and other sports books
Avalanche(nonfiction)
Barbie books
Ninj ago books
Numeroff books
Updated 5/12
Olivia books
Fly Guy books
Easy reader Dr. Seuss books
I Spy books
Henry and Mudge books
American Girls books
Tortoise and the hair
The Curious Garden
Skippy John Jones books
Goosebumps books
Fancy Nancy
Rapunzel
Spongebob books
Diary of a wombat
Pigsty
Shel Silverstein and other poetry books
Curious George
Pokemon books
Alice in Wonderland
Clifford books
Arthur books
Puppy Place series
Teeny Tiny Animals
Black lagoon books
2nd Grade Suggestions
*Harder to read books
Geronimo Stilton (series)
Junie B. Jones (series)
The Kingdom keepers
The Magic Tree house (series)
Blueberries for Sal
*Stowaway
Stone Fox
Freckle Juice
Big Nate books
Cam Jansen
Judy Blume books
Ramona books
Flat Stanley books
*Mary Poppins
Stuart Little
*Charlotte’s web
Updated 5/12
Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook
*Smile
My Weird School series
Thea Stilton books
Ralph S. Mouse books
Swing around the Sun
A-Z Mystery books
Rainbow Magic series
Double Fudge
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Encyclopedia Brown series
Goosebumps
Hate that cat
Stink series
Dork Diary series
Horrible Harry books
Amelia Bedelia
Wayside school series
*39 Clues series
Love that dog
3rd Grade Suggestions
*Harder to read books
I survived the shark attack of 1916
Percy Jackson (series)
Frindle
39 clues (series)
*Bud, not Buddy
Stars are on the court(nonfiction)
Narnia (series)
Strange case of Origami Yoda
Smile
The year my parents ruined my life
The BFG
Lost and Found
Lemony Snicket series
Who was series
Big Nate series
Harry Potter series
Runaway Dolls books
Diary of a Wimpy Kid books
Updated 5/12
Babysitters Club books
Charlie and the chocolate factory
Little House on the prairie (series)
The Witches
Nancy Drew (series)
Bone (series)
Geronimo Stilton books
*The Seekers (series)
*The Warrior (series)
Ella Enchanted
The Red Pyramid
Spiderwick Chronicles
Temple of the dragonslayer
Boxcar Children
Charlotte’s Web
Confetti Girl
Goosebumps series
James and the Giant Peach
4th Grade Suggestions
*Harder to read books
Alex Rider (series)
Crossed
Bone series
Bridge to Terabithia
Because of Winn Dixie
The Babysitters Club series
Chronicles of Narnia
Bubbles
Closed for the season
Charlotte’s Web
Chomp
Candymakers
Roald Dahl books
A Dog’s Purpose
*The Doll People series
Dear America books
Dead end in Norvelt
Dolphin Tale
Diary of A Wimpy Kid series
Edward’s eyes
Eggs
Harry Potter series
Updated 5/12
Flawed Dogs
Frindle
Gordon Korman books
Guardians of Ga’hoole
The Grimm Legacy
Glory Be
Lost hero series
Wait ‘til Helen comes
Shel Silverstien books
39 Clues (series)
Margaret Haddix books
The Kane Chronicles
Savvy
How to steal a dog
The name of this book is secret
Peter and the Star catchers series
*Witch & Wizard
Matched
Inkheart series
Percy Jackson series
Nancy Drew graphic novels
The Secret Series
Series of Unfortunate Events series
Hardy Boys graphic novels
*The Young James Bond series
Tunnels
Hoot
Holes
Who was series
Invention of Hugo Cabret
*Hunger Games series
Spiderwick Chronicles
Little House series
*In a heartbeat
Scary Stories books
Small Steps
No passengers beyond this point
Hunger pains
Origami Yoda series
Lemonade Wars
Scumble
Warrior series
Sounder
Little Women
Smile (graphic novel)
Up before daybreak
Racing in the rain
Jeremy Fink
The Liberation of Gabriel King
Scat
I Survived….books
Tale of Despareaux
Howl’s moving castle
Updated 5/12
A tale Dark and Grimm
Smells like dog
Belly up
Andrew Clements books
Wolves of the beyond series
Night Light
I Spy books
*Lord of the Ring series
Indian in the cupboard series
Artemis Fowl series
Sign of the Beaver
Leaving Gee’s Bend
When you reach me
Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Any Judy Blume book
The color of my words
Tim Tebo: Through a quarterback’s eyes
5th Grade Suggestions
*Harder to read books
The Terces Society (series)
*The Mysterious Benedict Society (series)
Forbidden Sea
The Alex Rider series
Where the Red fern Grows
Everest
Out of my mind
Crossed and Matched
City of Ember (series)
Percy Jackson (series)
Witch and Wizard (series
*Inkheart (series)
The Shadow children series
*Artemis Fowl series
Scumble series
*Eragon series
Peeled
Finally
Updated 5/12
11 Birthdays
The Penderwicks series
21 Balloons
A Dog’s Purpose
Warrior series
Lost Hero series
Ghost of Fossil Glen
*Graveyard Book
Any Diary of Anne Frank book
A Dog’s Life
His Dark Materials series
Flush
Leanin dog
4th Stale
13 Gifts
*Harry Potter series
Inside out & back Again
*Hunger Games
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Fablehaven series
Deadend in Norvelt
Nerds series
The Wednesday Wars
So B. It
On the Run series
The Kane Chronicles
The Gollywhopper Games
Candymakers
The Brooklyn 9
The Watsons go to Birmingham
Belly up
Black Book of Secrets
Story of King Arthur and his Knights
Wonderstruck
Sign of the Beaver
Invention of Hugo Cabret
Hatchet
The Phantom Tollbooth
6th Grade: The Worst Years of my Life
Wrinkle in Time series
Clockwork 3
Mike Lupica stories
How Angel Peterson got his name
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Call of the wild
Harris and me
Hatchet
Big Nate
Deep, dark, and dangerous
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Updated 5/12
Updated 5/12