Cool Kids Read!
CCS Summer Reading Club
*Voluntary for ALL students entering K-5 through 6th grade*
Our elementary summer reading program is a voluntary approach to develop a love for reading
in your child and to maintain the current level of skills that your child has worked to achieve
during the school year. Every child that participates will receive a certificate. Incentives will also
be earned based on how many pages are read. We hope that you have a wonderful summer and
take time to read many books for pleasure because “Books are Good Company.”
If your child would like to take part, please follow the instructions below:
1. Read books that are appropriate for your reading level.
2. Students may read books on their own, read them aloud to someone, or have a parent read
to them.
3. Keep a record of the books you read on the CCS Summer Reading Club Log. When
reading the Bible, the pages will count DOUBLE.
4. All forms are due to your teacher on the first day of school.
Everyone Can Win!
Every student that participates will receive a certificate.
K-5 through 2nd Grade Rewards
 Bronze Medal: earned by reading at least 150 pages. For example, one Dr. Seuss book
has on average 50 pages. Read this type of book 3 times, and you receive a bronze medal.
 Silver Medal and Special Treat: earned by reading at least 500 pages
 Gold Medal, Special Treat and Opportunity to Throw Water Balloons at Coach Adams:
earned by reading at least 1000 pages
The top Lower Elementary Reader who reads the most pages above 1000 wins a
$20 gift card to Books-A-Million!
3rd through 6th Grade Rewards
 Bronze Medal: earned by reading at least 300 pages
 Silver Medal and Special Treat: earned by reading at least 750 pages
 Gold Medal, Special Treat and Opportunity to Throw Water Balloons at Coach Adams:
earned by reading at least 1,500 pages
The top Upper Elementary Reader who reads the most pages above 1500 wins a
$20 Gift Card to Books-A-Million!
Cool Kids Read!
CCS Summer Reading Club
Remember Bible pages count DOUBLE!
Title/Author of the Book
# of
Pages
Remember Bible pages count DOUBLE!
Total Number of Pages Read: ______
(for this sheet only)
Student's Name: ________________________________ Entering Grade: ___
Total for ALL sheets________
Cornerstone Elementary Reading List
Entering Kindergarten
The following is a list of recommended books for parents and rising kindergarteners to enjoy over the
summer.
The Mitten, Alvin Tressett
If you Give A Mouse A Cookie, Laura Numeroff
Fiddle - I - Fee, Melissa Sweet
Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak
The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham, Dr. Seuss
Miss Spider’s Tea Party, David Kirk
The Beginner Bible
An Alligator Under My Bed
Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey
any of the Little Bear books, Else Holmelund Minarik
any of the Frog and Toad series books, Arnold Lobel
The Little Fur Family, Margaret Wise Brown
any of the Berenstain Bears books, Stan and Jan Berenstain
Entering First Grade
The following is a list of recommended books for rising first graders and their parents to enjoy over
the summer.
The Snowman, Raymond Briggs
any of the Carl books, Alexandra Day
Pancakes for Breakfast, Tomie dePaola
Skates! Ezra Jack Keats
Animal Alphabet, Bert Kitchen
any of Peter Spier’s books
The Bear and the Fly, Paula Winter
Seven Little Rabbits, John Becker
I Know an Old Lady, Rose Bonne and Alan Mills
The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Marcia Brown
any of Eric Carle’s books
The Gingerbread Boy and The Three Little Bears, Paul Galdone
The Chick and the Duckling, Mirra Ginsburg
Is Your Momma a Llama? Deborah Guarino
Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? Robert Kraus
The Old Woman and Her Pig, W. Mars
any Laura Numeroff book
Where the Wild Things Are; Chicken Soup with Rice; Alligators All Around, Maurice
Sendak
The Teeny Tiny Woman, Barbara Seuling
A Funny Fish Story, Joanne and David Wylie
The Little Red Hen, Margot Zemach
Growing Vegetable Soup, Lois Ehlert
I Do Not Want to Get Up Today, Dr. Seuss
Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China, Ed Young
Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans
Man on the Moon, Simon Bartram
The Enormous Crocodile, Roald Dahl
The Gunniwolf, Wilhelmina Harper
The Mitten, Jan Brett
The Napping House, Don and Audrey Wood
Stone Soup, Marcia Brown
any of Aesop's Fables
Hans Andersen: His Classic Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Andersen
any of Bill Peet's books for children
Entering Second Grade
The following is a list of recommended books for rising second graders and their parents to enjoy over
the summer.
any of the Thornton Burgess books
any of the C.W. Anderson books
Amelia Bedelia and any books in this series, Peggy Parish
America's Paul Revere, Ester Forbes and Lynn Ward
Angus and the Ducks or Angus and the Cat or Angus Lost, Marjorie Flack
Caps for Sale, Esphyr Slobodkina
Lass, Roland Bebauer
Pilgrim's Progress or Christiana's Journey, children's versions by John Bunyan
Charlotte's Web, E.B. White
Child's Garden of Verses, Robert Louis Stevenson
Christian Liberty Nature Reader, Book 2, Julia Wright
Courage of Sarah Noble, Alice Dalgliesh
any of the Curious George books, H.A. Ray
Daniel's Duck, Clyde Robert Bulla and Joan Sandin
George Washington, James Giblin and Michael Dooling
George Washington's Breakfast, Jean Fritz
any P.D. Eastman book
Harry the Dirty Dog, Gene Zion
any book from the Winnie the Pooh series A.A. Milne
any Laura Numeroff book
any American history book for children by Kay Moore, Ann McGovern, or Ellen Levine
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, Simms Taback
Leading Little Ones to God, Marian Schoolland
Lewis and Clark, Steven Kroll
The Little Engine That Could, Wally Piper
Little House, Virginia Burton
The Little Red Hen, Paul Galdone,
Ox-Cart man, Donald Hall
Picture History of Great Inventors, Gillian Clements
Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister
Sam the Minuteman, Nathaniel Benchley and Arnold Lobel
Sensational Sea Creatures, Buddy Davis and Kay Davis
Song of the Swallows, Leo Politi
Star Spangled Banner, Edgar D'Aulaire
Story of Ferdinand, Murro Leaf
They're Off! The Story of the Pony Express, Cheryl Harness
Three Names, Patricia MacLachlan
Three Young Pilgrims, Cheryl Harness
any Kate Waters book
any children's book by Max Lucado
The Poky Little Puppy, Janette Sebring Lowrey
Entering Third Grade
The following is a list of recommended books for rising third graders to enjoy over the summer.
any children’s book by Beth Moore
any children’s book by Max Lucado
One Winter Night, Ruth Bell Graham
When Washington Crossed the Delaware, Lynne Cheney
any Jan Brett book
any Patricia Polacco book
Charlotte’s Web or Stuart Little, E.B. White
The Borrowers, Mary Norton
Brighty of the Grand Canyon, Marguerite Henry
The Boxcar Children, series by Gertrude Warner Chandler
Courage of Sarah Nobel, Alice Dalgliesh
A Cricket in Times Square, George Selden
Homer Price, Robert McCloskey
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren
Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling
any of the Beverly Cleary books
any Robert M. McClung books about nature and animals
any Hardy Boys mystery, Franklin W. Dixon
any Nancy Drew mystery, Carolyn Keene
Entering Fourth Grade
The following is a list of recommended books for rising fourth graders to enjoy over the summer.
any Kate DiCamillo book
any Laura Ingalls Wilder book
Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O’Dell
Sarah Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
The Trumpet of the Swan, E. B. White
The BFG or James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
A Long Way to Chicago or A Year Down Under, Robert Newton Peck
any book from The Chronicles of Narnia series, C.S. Lewis
an book from the Summerhill Secrets series, Beverly Lewis
Anastacia, The Last Grand Dutchess, Carolyn Meyer
Nora Ryan’s Song, Patricia Reilly Giff
A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischman
Freedom Train: The Story of Harriet Tubman, Dorothy Sterling
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O’Brien
Justin Morgan Had a Horse or Misty of Chincoteague, Marguerite Henry
Life When Jesus Was A Boy, Cassandre
Benjamin Franklin, Ingri d'Aulaire and Edgar Parin
A Forest Is Reborn, James Newton
Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
any book from the Great Illustrated Classics series
any book from Freddie the Pig series, Walter Brooks
Dangerous Journey, The Story of Pilgrim's Progress, Oliver Hunkin
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis and Clark, Gail Karwoski
Runaway to Freedom, Barbara Smucker
Mr. Popper's Penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater
any Nancy Drew mystery, Carolyn Keene
any Hardy Boys mystery, Franklin W. Dixon
Entering Fifth Grade
The following is a list of recommended books for rising fifth graders to enjoy over the summer.
Summer of the Monkey, Wilson Rawls
The Summer of the Swans, Betsy Byars
any Chronicles of Narnia books, C.S. Lewis
any book from the Left Behind series
The Bronze Bow, Elizabeth George Speare
A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park
Caddy Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink
The Adventures of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
The Wheel on the School, Meindert DeJong
Mr. Tucket, Gary Paulsen
Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare
Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland or Through the Lookinglass, Lewis Carroll
Stormy, Misty's Foal, Marguerite Henry
Heidi, Johanna Spyri
Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
any Howard Pyle book about medieval England, King Arthur and his knights
The Adventures of Ulysses, retold by Gerald Gottlieb
The Heroes, Charles Kingsley
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle
The Incredible Journey, Sheila Burnford
any of the Black Stallion series, Walter Farley
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss
Prayers from the Ark, Carmen Bernos deGasztold
Famous Mathematicians, Frances Benson Stonacker
Entering Sixth Grade
The following is a list of recommended books for rising sixth graders to enjoy over the summer.
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Sounder, William Armstrong
any Chronicles of Narnia books, C.S. Lewis
any book from the Left Behind series
Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
Turn Homeward, Hanna Lee, Patricia Beatty
Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Ryrie Brink
The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Clearly
The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli
Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe
A Christmas Carol, Charles ?Dickens
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, Mary Mapes Dodge
any of the Black Stallion series, Walter Farley
Johnny Tremain, Esther Forbes
Julie of the Wolves, Jean Craighead George
My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
Old Yeller, Fred Gibson
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
Call of the Wild or White Fang, Jack London
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
Gentle Ben, Walt Morey
Rascal, Sterling North
The Borrowers Afloat, Mary Norton
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Patterson
Hatchett, Gary Paulsen
any Cooper Kids Adventure Series by Frank Peretti
Pollyanna, Elizabeth Porter
The Yearling, Marjorie Rawlings
Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls
The Witch of Blackbird Pond or The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare
any Lord of the Rings series by J.R.R. Tolkien
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry, Mildred Taylor
The Cay, Theodore Taylor