Be sure to visit your public library once a week! There are summer
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Suggested Summer Reading List for Rising First Graders St. Michael School Library Be sure to visit your public library once a week! There are summer reading programs, activities, and events going on at each public library. When you visit, bring your library book bag to fill with a variety of reading: fiction, non-fiction, picture books, biography, etc. Every children's room has an area for leveled readers (All Aboard Reading, I Can Read, etc.), books publishers produce that indicate levels 1-4 based on the difficulty of the words and complexity of sentence structure. Try to gauge where your child is, and try to read together every day. The following is a list of favorite picture book and series authors. Be assured that most of what you find in the picture book aisles of the various library's children's room will be of good quality, as librarians are reading reviews and making good choices. Some picture book authors we have enjoyed include: Verna Aardema Janet Ahlberg Aliki Harry Allard Judi Barrett Ludwig Bemelmans (Madeline series) Berenstain bears Paulette Bourgeois (Franklin series) Jan Brett Marc Brown (Arthur series) Virginia Lee Burton Janell Cannon Alyssa Capucilli (Biscuit series) Eric Carle Barbara Cooney Doreen Cronin Tomis DePaola P.D. Eastman Jules Feiffer Mem Fox Wanda Gag Paul Galdone Gail Gibbons Mini Grey Kevin Henkes Lillian Hoban Russell Hoban Syd Hoff Pat Hutchins Steve Jenkins Ezra Jack Keats Steven Kellogg Theodore LeSieg Jonathan London (Froggy series) Arnold Lobel James Marshall Bill Martin, Jr. Mercer Mayer Robert McClosky Else Holmelund Minarik Robert Munsch Laura Numeroff Margie Palatini Peggy Parish Barbara Park, Junie B Jones series Bill Peet Daniel Pinkwater H.A. Rey Cynthis Rylant (Henry and Mudge, Mr. Putter and Tabby Amy Krouse Rosenthal Millicent Selsam Maurice Sendak Dr. Seuss David Shannon Nancy Shaw Marc Simont William Steig Susan Marie Swanson Sims Taback Bernard Weber Rosemary Wells David Wiesner Mo Willems Vera B. Williams Bernard Wiseman Audrey & Doug Wood Jane Yolen Gene Zion Suggested Summer Reading List for Rising Second Graders St. Michael School Library Have a wonderful summer of reading! Be sure to visit your public library once a week! There are summer reading programs, activities, and events going on at each public library. When you visit, bring your library book bag to fill with a variety of reading: fiction, non-fiction, biography, etc. Be assured that most of what you find in the aisles of the children's room will be of good quality, as librarians are reading reviews and making good choices. In second grade, we start looking at chapter books. Random House has a nice group of books published under the heading "Stepping Stones" chapter books, including history and abridged (shorter) classics; be sure to look for these. Below is a list of some favorite series and favorite authors: Tony Abbott, Secrets of Droon series David Adler, Cam Jansen series C.W. Anderson, Billy and Blaze series Berenstain Bears Big Chapter books Judy Blume, Fudge series. Paulette Bourgeois, Franklin series Jeff Brown, Flat Stanley series Marc Brown, Arthur Chapter books Thornton Burgess, Mother West Wind series The Childhood of Famous Americans series Matt Christopher Andrew Clements, Jake Drake series Johanna Cole, Magic School Bus series Dell Yearling Biographies Judy Delton, Pee Wee Scouts series Betsy Duffey Sid Fleischman, McBroom series Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father's Dragon series Patricia Reilly Giff, The Kids of Polk Street School series; Ronald Morgan series. Dan Gutman, My Weird School series Katherine Hannigan, Emmaline and the Bunny James Howe, Pinkie and Rex series; He has a series called Bunnicula that is more advanced, but an easier to read series called Tales from the House of Bunnicula. Emily Jenkins, Toys Go Out, Toys Dance Party Keene, Carolyn, Nancy Drew Notebooks series; Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series. Leah Komaiko, Annie Bananie series Suzy Kline, Horrible Harry; Herbie Jones Lucinda Landon, Meg MacKintosh series Elizabeth Levy, Something Queer series Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy series Betty MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series Megan McDonald, Judy Moody series Kate McMullan, Dragon Slayers' Academy Mary Pope Osborne, Magic Tree House series Peggy Parish, Amelia Bedelia chapter books Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones series Bill Peet Sara Pennypacker, Clementine series John Peterson, The Littles series Jerry Pinkney James Preller, Jigsaw Jones series Ron Roy, A to Z Mysteries, Capital Mysteries Rookie Biographies (Children's Press) Margaret Ryan, Airy Fairy series Cynthis Rylant, Lighthouse Family series, Cobble Street Cousins series. Louis Sachar, Marvin Redpost series Marjorie Sharmat, Nate the Great; Olivia Sharp, Agent for Secrets (Nate's cousin) Shel Silverstein Geronimo Stilton Greg Tang Gertrude Chandler Warner, Boxcar Children series Tracy West, Pixie Tricks series Suggested Summer Reading List for Rising Third Graders St. Michael School Library rful summer of reading! ave a wonde H Be sure to visit your public library once a week! There are summer reading programs, activities, and events going on at each public library. When you visit, bring your library book bag to fill with a variety of reading: fiction, non-fiction, biography, etc. Be assured that most of what you find in the aisles of the children's room will be of good quality, as librarians are reading reviews and making good choices. Here are some favorite books, series, and authors we enjoy in 3rd grade Library time: Laurie Halse Anderson, Volunteer Vets series Emily Bearn, Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall Judy Blume, Fudge series, Blubber, Pain and the Great One, Freckle Juice. Clyde Robert Bulla Ann Cameron, Julian books Julie Campbell, Kathryn Kenny, Trixie Belden series Ruth Chew Matt Christopher Beverly Cleary, Ramona books, Ralph S. Mouse series; Henry Huggins series Andrew Clements, Jake Drake series Cressida Cowell, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Speak Dragonese, How to Be a Pirate Debbie Dadey, Bailey School Kids series Roald Dahl Alice Dalgliesh Paula Danzinger, Amber Brown series Franklin W. Dixon, Hardy Boys series. John R. Erickson, Hank the Cowdog series Jules Feiffer, A Room with a Zoo Jean Fritz Jean Craighead George, "One Day in the...(Alpine Forest, Tropical Rain Forest, Desert, etc.)" series Patricia Reilly Giff Dan Gutman, My Weird School series Charise Harper, Just Grace series Marguerite Henry Laura Lee Hope, Bobbsey Twins series James Howe, Bunnicula series Johanna Hurwitz, Park Pals Adventures, etc. Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew series Dick King-Smith Kate Klise, Dying to Meet You series, Regarding the Fountain, Letters from Camp, Trial by Journal Patricia Lauber (non-fiction) Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill Ursula LeGuin, Catwings series Elizabeth Levy, Something Queer mysteries Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking series, Noisy Village series, Emil books Maud Hart Lovelace, Betsy-Tacy series Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird Greene Ellen MacGregor, Miss Pickerell series Ann M. Martin, The Doll People series Sharon Mathis, The Hundred Penny Box Robert McClosky, Homer Price series E. Nesbit, The Railway Children, Five Children and It, etc. Mary Norton, The Borrowers series. Barbara Park, Skinnybones Robert Newton Peck, Soup series Thomas Rockwell Louis Sachar, Wayside School series Jon Scieszka, Time Warp Trio series Seymour Simon Donald Sobel, Encyclopedia Brown series Johanna Spyri, Heidi William Steig P.L. Travers, Mary Poppins series Wendelin Van Draanen, Shredderman series Vivian Vande Velde, Three Good Deeds Bill Wallace Gertrude Chandler Warner, Boxcar Children series E.B. White, Stuart Little Laura Ingalls Wilder Have a wonderful summer of reading! Suggested Summer Reading List For Rising Fourth Graders St. Michael School Library Be sure to visit your public library once a week! Check out their new books shelf in the children's room, to see interesting new books and authors. Topping my summer reading list are the ten intermediate nominees for the 2011 Nutmeg Book Award: Roland Smith, Elephant Run Patricia Reilly Giff, Eleven Rebecca Stead, First Light Avi, Iron Thunder Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War Graham Salisbury, Night of the Howling Dogs Andrew Clements, No Talking M.J. Auch, One-Handed Catch Gordan Korman, Swindle Lisa Graff, The Thing About Georgie Here are other books and authors you'll enjoy, some of whom we will discuss in Library next year. Joan Aiken, Arabel and Mortimer series Kathi Appelt, The Underneath Alan Armstrong, Whittington Louise Arnold, Golden and Grey series Avi, The Fighting Ground, Windcatcher, the Poppy Stories (series) Katherine Ayers, Macaroni Boy Lynnne Reid Banks, The Indian in the Cupboard series Betty Birney, The World According to Humphrey series Michael Buckley, The Sisters Grimm series Georgia Byng, Molly Moon series Elisa Carbone, Blood on the River: Jamestown, 1607 Drew Carlson, Attack of the Turtle Patrick Skeen Catling, The Chocolate Touch Andrew Clements, Frindle, No Talking, etc. Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander series Sue Corbett, Free Baseball Sharon Creech, Love That Dog, Hate That Cat, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Ruby Holler Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War Marguerite DeAngeli, The Door in the Wall Kate DiCamillo, Because of Winn-Dixie, The Tale of Despereaux, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, The Magician’s Elephant Franklin Dixon, Hardy Boys series Roddy Doyle, The Giggler Treatment, The Meanwhile Adventures Edward Eager, Half Magic Eleanor Estes, Ginger Pye, The Moffats series Douglas Evans, MVP: Magellan Voyage Project John Fardell, The Seven Professors of the Far North Jean Ferris, Once Upon a Marigold, Twice Upon a Marigold John D. Fitzgerald, The Great Brain series Louise Fitz-Hugh, Harriet the Spy Helen Fox, Eager Cornelia Funke, Igraine the Brave, Dragon Rider, Inkspell series Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows Dan Gutman, Baseball Card Adventure series (Babe and Me, etc.), The Homework Machine, and coming in June, The Return of the Homework Machine Margaret Peterson Haddix, Double Identity Shannon Hale, Princess Academy Marguerite Henry David Homel, Travels with My Family, On the Road Again! Polly Horvath, Everything on a Waffle Erin Hunter, Warriors series, Seekers series Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew series Peg Kehret, The Ghost's Grave Kate Klise, Trial by Journal, etc. Gordon Korman, On the Run series Kathryn Lasky, Guardians of Ga'Hoole series Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted Grace Lin, The Year of the Dog, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Jenny Lombard, Drita, My Homegirl Cynthia Lord, Rules Lois Lowry, Gossamer, Anastasia Krupnik series Ann M. Martin, The Doll People series, A Dog’s Life Mary Norton, The Borrowers series Linda Sue Park, Project Mulberry John Ritter, The Boy Who Saved Baseball Barbara Robinson, The Best School Year Ever Pam Munoz Ryan, Paint the Wind, Riding Freedom Kate Saunders, The Little Secret George Selden, The Cricket in Times Square Alfred Slote, Hang Tough, Paul Mather, Finding Buck McHenry Lemony Snicket, Series of Unfortunate Events William Steig, Abel's Island Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell, Far-Flung Adventures series, The Edge Chronicles series Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society series Wendelin Van Draanen, Shredderman series E.B. White, Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, Trumpet of the Swan Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Little House series Have a wonderful summer of reading! Suggested Summer Reading List For Rising Fifth Graders St. Michael School Library Be sure to visit your public library once a week! Check out their new books shelf in the children's room, to see interesting new books and authors. Topping my summer reading list are the ten intermediate nominees for the 2011 Nutmeg Book Award: Roland Smith, Elephant Run Patricia Reilly Giff, Eleven Rebecca Stead, First Light Avi, Iron Thunder Jacqueline Davies, The Lemonade War Graham Salisbury, Night of the Howling Dogs Andrew Clements, No Talking M.J. Auch, One-Handed Catch Gordan Korman, Swindle Lisa Graff, The Thing About Georgie Here are other books and authors you'll enjoy, some of whom we will discuss in Library next year. M.T. Anderson, Whales on Stilts! Avi, Iron Thunder Lynne Reid Banks, Indian in the Cupboard series Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks Joan Blos, A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 Tom Bodett, Williwaw! William Pene du Bois, The Twenty-One Balloons Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn Elise Broach, Shakespeare's Secret, Masterpiece Joseph Bruchac, The Dark Pond, The Heart of the Chief Michael Buckley, The Sisters Grimm series Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden Elisa Carbone, Blood on the River: Jamestown, 1607 Drew Carlson, Attack of the Turtle Suzanne Collins, Gregor the Overlander series Susan Cooper, The Boggart Sharon Creech, Love That Dog, Hate That Cat, Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Ruby Holler, The Castle Corona Chris DeLacey, The Fire Within, series Jeanne DuPrau, City of Ember series Douglas Evans, MVP: Magellan Voyage Project Walter Farley, The Black Stallion series Carol Fenner, Yolanda's Genius Sid Fleischman, By the Great Horn Spoon!, The Whipping Boy Cornelia Funke, Inkspell series, Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain series Neil Gaiman, Coraline Fred Gipson, Old Yeller Margaret Peterson Haddix, Double Identity Mary Downing Hahn, Time for Andrew: a Ghost Story Sonya Hartnett, The Silver Donkey Pat Hughes, The Breaker Boys Erin Hunter, Warriors series, Seekers series Eva Ibbotson, The Secret of Platform 13, Journey to the River Sea, Star of Kazan Peg Kehret, The Ghost's Grave E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler Jane Langton, The Fledgling, The Time Bike, The Diamond in the Window Kathryn Lasky, Guardians of Ga'Hoole series Jason Lethcoe, Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff Grace Lin, Year of the Dog, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted Jenny Lombard, Drita, My Homegirl Cynthis Lord, Rules Ann M. Martin, A Dog’s Life Michael Morpurgo, War Horse Robert C. O'Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Christopher Paolini, Eragon series Gary Paulsen, Tucket Adventure series, Brian series (Hatchet) Adam Rex, The True Meaning of Smekday Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians series Pam Munoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising, Paint the Wind Louis Sachar, Holes, Small Steps Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret Roland Smith, The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe Zilpha Keatly Snyder, The Egypt Game Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee, Wringer, The Library Card Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society series The Thirty-Nine Clues series: Book 1, (The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan), Book 2, (One False Note, by Gordon Korman), and Book 3, (The Sword Thief by Peter Lerangis) Kaye Umnasky, Solomon Snow and the Silver Spoon Deborah Wiles, Love, Ruby Lavender Have a wonderful summer of reading!
