BELLE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUMMER READING LISTS
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ALL GRADES- DON’T FORGET TO COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER STUDENT READING LOG.
1st Grade
Helping your child develop a love for reading is a precious gift that will stay with them for a lifetime. Below are a
few tips for nurturing growing readers and a list of suggested books for summer reading. These are ideas and not
requirements.
Tips:
1. Read at least once every day with your child (newspaper, books, letters, etc.)
2. Show your own interest in books (model reading).
3. Talk about the story when reading is done. Ask how and why type questions.
4. Visit the Mt. Pleasant library, or our LMC during June hours, with your child.
Suggested Authors:
Frank Asch
Eric Carle
Mem Fox
Laura Numeroff
Audrey Wood
Rosemary Wells
Kevin Henkes
Jan Brett
David McPhail
Mo Willems
Jane Yolen
Arnold Lobel
Cynthia Rylant
Ezra Jack Keats
Beginning Accelerated Reader
Fly Guy Series
Little Critter Series by Mercer
Mayer
Books by Arnold Lobel
Books by Harriet Ziefert
Books by Syd Hoff
Any Dr. Seuss book or
Dr. Seuss beginner book
Non-Fiction Suggestions
Books by Alan Fowler
Books by Gail Gibbons
“Ranger Rick” Magazines
“Zoobooks” Magazines
Award Winning Books
Caldecott Medal
Newberry Medal
South Carolina Picture Book Award
2nd Grade
The following is a list of books that have been selected to enhance your child’s summer reading program.
Teachers and staff at our school have chosen these books because of their reputation as high quality children’s
reading material. Please encourage your child to read at least eight books from this list or other appropriate books
you find by these and other authors. The objective of this list is to encourage reading for enjoyment and to
maintain a reading program for your child over the summer months.
Reading suggestions: Read with your child, model enjoyable family reading, make sure your child’s material is
interesting to him/her, and have fun with reading. Students may choose books from the following series:
The Boxcar Children
Henry and Mudge
Junie B. Jones
Bailey School Kids
Magic Tree House
Horrible Harry
Judy Moody
A to Z Mysteries
Cam Jansen
My Weird School
Mr. Putter and Tabby
Ready, Freddy
3rd Grade
We would like for you to read one book from each of the following genres: mystery, realistic fiction, nonfiction,
and biography. Please use your summer reading log to keep track of what you are reading and turn it in to your
homeroom teacher on the first day of school. Please go to the local library to check out books or go to MACKIN Via
and read e-books or myOn books. Our LMC will be open for checkouts and family reading time on select days in June.
Please see our Belle Hall web page and Facebook page for days and times.
3rd Grade continued
Listed below are several different series that 3 graders enjoy. Please make sure ALL books that you choose are
Just Right for you (not too easy and not too hard) Happy Reading!
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Ready, Freddy!
Buzz Beaker
Mighty Mighty Monsters
Andrew Lost
Stella Batts
Zeke Meeks
A-Z Mysteries
Magic Tree House
Geronimo Stilton
Pony Tales
Jake Maddox (sports)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Who Was…Who is biographies
American Girl
Victory School Superstars (sports)
Black Lagoon Chapter books
Dork Diaries
Judy Moody
Rainbow Magic
The Cul-de-sac Kids
Mercy Watson
4th Grade
The Fourth Grade Teachers would like for the rising 4 th graders to read one book in each genre during the summer
vacation:
 Autobiography or Biography
 Mystery
 American Historical Fiction
After each book is read, students should write the title, the author and a one-paragraph (5-8 sentences) summary on
a piece of notebook paper. Remember to check for punctuation, spelling and capitalization. Students should bring
their paragraphs to school on the first day of 4 th grade. Extra credit will be given. We would also like to
encourage rising 4th graders to read Accelerated Reader books during the summer. You may log on to the AR Book
Finder to search for books with AR quizzes. The link to the login page is on the BHES LMC webpage.
5th Grade
The following books/authors have been selected for 5 th grade summer reading. It is suggested that each student
read at least three books on the list and write on an index card the title, author and summary of the book. Extra
credit will be given for each summary (up to three) turned in at the beginning of the school year.
2015-16 SC Children’s Book Award Nominees:
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A Snicker of Magic by
Natalie Lloyd
Almost Super by Marion
Jensen
Anna Was Here by Jane
Kurtz
The Boy on the Porch by
Sharon Creech
The Case of the
Vanishing Honeybees: A
Scientific Mystery by
Sandra Markle
Charlie Bumpers vs. the
Teacher of the Year by
Bill Harley
Duke by Kirby Larson
Gaby Lost and Found by
Angela Cervantes
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Gingersnap by Patricia
Reilly Giff
The Girl from Felony Bay
by J. E. Thompson
Half a Chance by Cynthia
Lord
Hey Charleston! The True
Story of the Jenkins
Orphanage Band by Ann
F. Rockwell
Ick! Yuck! Eew!: Our
Gross American History
by Lois Miner Huey
The Junction of Sunshine
and Lucky by Holly
Schindler
Mountain Dog by
Margarita Engle
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Rules for Ghosting by A.
J. Paquette
Rump: The True Story of
Rumplestiltskin by Liesl
Shurtiliff
Sky Jumpers by Peggy
Eddleman
The True Blue Scouts of
Sugar Man Swamp by
Kathi Appelt
Zane and the Hurricane
by Rodman Philbrick