Announcing the 2015 School-Wide Story:
“Beauty and the Beast”
Summer Reading
Stories are at the heart of classical education! Each year we choose one story for all St. John
Bosco Schools students to read with their families. This year’s selection is “Beauty and the Beast”
by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont. There are different versions, so be sure to read the one
enclosed. Watching a movie is not a substitute for
“No book is really worth reading at
reading the actual story.
The summer reading list for each
grade level is listed below.
the age of ten which is not equally –
and often far more – worth reading at
the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis
Entering Pre-Kindergarten
1. The Tales of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
Entering Kindergarten
1. St. Dominic Savio Coloring Book, by Mary Fabyan Windeatt
2. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, by Beatrix Potter
Entering First Grade
1. St. Frances Cabrini Coloring Book, by Mary Fabyan Windeatt: This book is included in the
June packet for students entering First Grade.
2. The Adventures of Frog and Toad, by Arnold Lobel
Entering Second Grade
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1. Patron Saint of First Communicants: The Story of Blessed Imelda Lambertini, by Mary
Fabyan Windeatt
2. Julius Caesar, by Rachel Firth (an Usborne Young Reading book)
3. Another suggested title: Pinocchio, by Carlo Collodi
Entering Third Grade
1. Days of the Knights: A Tale of Castles and Battles, by Christopher Maynard
2. St. Francis of Assisi, by Fr. Lovasik, SVD (We have some copies available at SJBS.)
Entering Fourth Grade
1. St. Thomas More of London, by Elizabeth Ince
2. Treasure Island (Great Illustrated Classics
adaptation), based on Robert Louis Stevenson
You have been chosen, and you must
therefore use such strength and heart and
wits as you have.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Entering Fifth Grade
1. St. Isaac and the Indians, by Milton Lomask and Leo Manso
2. Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen
Entering Sixth Grade
1. The Magician’s Nephew, by C.S. Lewis
2. The Acts of the Apostles, by St. Luke, found in the Holy Bible
Entering Seventh
1. “The Sword in the Stone”, part one of The Once and Future King, by T.H. White
Students may read all of The Once and Future King for extra credit.
2. One of the following biographies of St. Thomas Aquinas:
a. The Dumb Ox, by G.K. Chesterton
b. Saint Thomas Aquinas for Children and the Childlike, by Raissa Maritain
c. St. Thomas Aquinas and the Preaching Beggars, by Brenden Larnen and Milton
Lomask
Entering Eighth
1. I, Juan de Pareja, by Elizabeth Barton de Trevino
2. The Miracle of Father Kapaun: Priest, Soldier, and Korean War Hero, by Roy Wengl and
Travis Haying
Note to parents: Although this is set in time of war, the message is one of hope in the
power of Christ. If you prefer, you may have your child read Father Damien and the Bells,
by Arthur Shehan, instead of the Fr. Kapaun book.
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