MATER AMORIS MONTESSORI SCHOOL
SUMMER READING LIST, Summer 2007
Entering 2nd Year Lower Elementary
You are required to read at least five books over the summer. Keep a record of each book
by making a list of the author and title. For four of the books you read, write 1 paragraph
describing what the book is about. Hand in this list on the first day of school in September.
Any other titles by the authors below are also acceptable. You may substitute any ageappropriate, parent-approved book for any on the list below.
FICTION
Avi
Benchley, Nathaniel
Birney, Betty G.
Brown, Jeff
Byars, Betsy
Coerr, Eleanor
Cosby, Bill
Clements, Andrew
Cleary, Beverly
Clifford, Eth
Dahl, Roald
Danzinger, Paula
Dickens, Charles
Estes, Eleanor
Gannet, Ruth Stiles
George, Jean Craighead
Grahame, Kenneth
King-Smith, Dick
Levinson, Nancy
Lindgren, Astrid
Lowry, Lois
Marzollo, Jean
McMullan, Kate
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Park, Barbara
Peterson, John
Reynolds, Peter
Roy, Ron
Scieska, Jon
Tripp, Valerie
Wyeth, Sharon
1 of 2
Ereth’s Birthday
Feldman Fieldmouse
The World According to Humphrey
Flat Stanley
The Seven Treasure Hunts
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
My Big Lie
Lunch Money
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Harvey’s Horrible Snake Disaster
James and the Giant Peach
Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit
The Child’s Story (Child’s Version, Simon & Shuster)
The One Hundred Dresses
My Father’s Dragon
There’s an Owl in the Shower
The Reluctant Dragon
The Cat Lady
Snowshoe Thompson
Emile in the Soup Tureen
Anastasia Has the Answers; See You Around Sam
Soccer Sam
Dragon Slayer’s Academy
Bernie Magruder & the Bats in the Belfrie
Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day
The Littles Go to the Rescue
The Dot
A to Z Mysteries: The Jaguar’s Jewel
Me Oh Maya (Time Warp Trio)
Hallie’s Horrible Handwriting
Freedom’s Wings (or any ‘My America’ series)
MATER AMORIS MONTESSORI SCHOOL
SUMMER READING LIST, Summer 2007
Entering 2nd Year Lower Elementary
NON-FICTION
Ackerman, Diane
Beeler, Selby
Buckley, James Jr.
Caplan, Jeremy
Carle, Eric
Demi
Effler, Jim
Florian, Douglas
Fritz, Jean
Gans, Roma
Gayle, Sharon
Gerstein, Mordicai
Giesecke, Ernestine
Hayden, Kate
Herman, John
Hirschmann, Mick
John, Roberta
Knudsen, Michelle
Koss, Amy G.
Krull, Kathleen
Lauber, Patricia
Levin, Ted
Lundell, Margo
Lynch, Wendy
Numeroff, Laura
O’Connor, Jane
Otto, Carolyn
Poole, Josephine
Reynolds, Jan
Rubin, Susan
Sabuda, Robert
Schanzer, Rosalyn
Sims, Lesley
Tang, Greg
Turner, Ann
Winter, Jonah
Young, Judy
2 of 2
Animal Sense (Poetry)
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof (Tooth Traditions)
Ice Skating Stars
Franklin D. Roosevelt, A Leader in Troubled Times
Animals, Animals
The Hungry Coat
Do Tarantulas Have Teeth? (Science)
Bow Wow, Meow, Meow
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
Let’s Go Rock Collecting
Teddy Roosevelt, The People’s President
The Wild Boy
The Life & Work of Mary Cassatt (Art)
The Horse Show
Red, White and Blue: Story of the American Flag
Bats
Red is Beautiful
Color Chameleons!
Where Fish Go in the Winter… (Poetry/Science)
The Boy on Fairfield Street (Biography- Dr. Seuss)
Fingers, Forks & Chopsticks
Lost City: Discovery of Macchu Picchu
A Girl Named Helen Keller
Beethoven
Sometimes I Wonder If Poodles Like Noodles(Poetry)
Mary Cassatt, Family Pictures
Wolves
Anne Frank
Down Under (Vanishing Cultures)
The Yellow House (Art)
Tutankhamen’s Gift
Escaping to America
Story of Castles (Usborne)
The Grapes of Math (Poetry/Math)
Dust for Dinner (History)
Frida (Art)
“R” is for Rhyme