SUMMER READING
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RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING SHORASHIM/PRE-KINDERGARTEN (READ-A-LOUD-BOOKS) TITLE Frog and Toad The Napping House Brown Bear, Brown Bear Is Your Mama A Llama – the series Courduroy – the series School Bus Foot Book & others The Very Hungry Caterpillar In Grandma’s Arms Chicka Chicka Boom Boom A Busy Year Arthur Books Big Red Barn I Like Me! Clifford Books Rosie’s Walk More Spaghetti I Say Biscuit the Dog – the series AUTHOR Arnold Lobel Audrey Wood Bill Martin Deborah Guarino Don Freeman Donald Crens Dr. Seuss Eric Carle Jayne C. Shelton John Archambault Leo Lionni Marc Brown Margaret Wise Brown Nancy Carlson Norman Bridwell Pat Hutchins Rita Golden Gelman Alyssa Satin Capucilli RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING KINDERGARTEN (READ-A-LOUD-BOOKS) TITLE We Are Best Friends Biscuit Books Frog and Toad The Napping House Junie B. Jones Books Brown Bear, Brown Bear Henry and Mudge Series Young Cam Jansen Books Courduroy School Bus Foot Book The Very Hungry Caterpillar Curious George Books Who Took The Farmer’s Hat Chicka Chicka Boom Boom A Busy Year Arthur Books The Three Billy Goats Gruff Big Red Barn Little Critter Books I Like Me! Clifford the Big Red Dog Are You My Mother Rosie’s Walk Amelia Bedelia Books Why Can’t I Fly More Spaghetti I Say Where Are You Little Mouse AUTHOR Aliki Alyssa Satin Capucilli Arnold Lobel Audrey Wood Barbara Park Bill Martin Cynthia Rylant David Adler Don Freeman Donald Crens Dr. Seuss Eric Carle H.A. Rey Joan Nodset John Archambault Leo Lionni Marc Brown Marcia Brown Margaret Wise Brown Mercer Mayer Nancy Carlson Norman Bridwell P.D. Eastman Pat Hutchins Peggy Parish Rita Gelman Rita Golden Gelman Robert Kraus RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 1 TITLE We Are Best Friends Biscuit Books One of Three Frog and Toad Pipi Longstockings Series The Napping House Junie B. Jones Books Henry and Mudge Series Cam Jansen Series Young Cam Jansen Books Fix and Bear Look at the Moon Courduroy Little Bear Series The Very Hungry Caterpillar Curious George Books Who Took The Farmer’s Hat Chicka Chicka Boom Boom A Busy Year Arthur Books The Three Billy Goats Gruff Big Red Barn Nate the Great Magic Three House Series Little Critter Books I Like Me! Clifford the Big Red Dog Are You My Mother Rosie’s Walk The Doorbell Rang Amelia Bedelia Books Why Can’t I Fly More Spaghetti I Say Where Are You Little Mouse I Went Walking Danny and the Dinosaur Series AUTHOR Aliki Alyssa Satin Capucilli Angela Johnson Arnold Lobel Astrid Ludgren Audrey Wood Barbara Park Cynthia Rylant David Adler David Adler David McPhail Don Freeman Else H. Minarik Eric Carle H.A. Rey Joan Nodset John Archambault Leo Lionni Marc Brown Marcia Brown Margaret Wise Brown Marjorie Sharmat Mary Pope Osborne Mercer Mayer Nancy Carlson Norman Bridwell P.D. Eastman Pat Hutchins Pat Hutchins Peggy Parish Rita Gelman Rita Golden Gelman Robert Kraus Sue Williams Syd Hoff RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 2 TITLE AUTHOR Frog and Toad Books Pipi Longstocking Series The Carp in the Bathtub Island Boy Junie B. Jones Books The Keeping Quilt Dolphin “B” is for Betsy The Case of the Scaredy Cats Henry and Mudge Series The Relatives Came Cam Jansen Series Young Cam Jansen Books The Boy of the Three Year Nap Courduroy Young Clara Barton Curious George Books Pinky and Rex Series Hungry, Hungry Sharks If You Give a Mouse a Cookie A Busy Year Arthur Books Nine True Dolphin Stories Big Red Barn Joseph Who Loved the Sabbath Nate the Great Magic Three House Series Little Critter Books The Adventures of a Taxi Dog The Hello, Goodbye Window Rosie’s Walk The Doorbell Rang Amelia Bedelia Books The Cow Who Fell in the Canal Grandpa’s Hotel More Spaghetti I Say Blueberries for Sal Joseph Had a Little Overcoat Millions of Cats Dr. DeSoto Sylvester and the Magic Pebble The Story of Mimi and Simmy Sneakers, the Seaside Cat Fox and His Friends Arnold Lobel Astrid Ludgren Barbara Cohen Barbara Cooney Barbara Park Patricia Polacco Robert A. Morris Carolyn Haywood Crosby Bonsall Cynthia Rylant Cynthia Rylant David Adler David Adler Diane Snyder Don Freeman First Start Biography H.A. Rey James Howe Joanna Cole Laura Numeroff Leo Lionni Marc Brown Margaret Davidson Margaret Wise Brown Marilyn Hirsch Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Mary Pope Osborne Mercer Mayer Debra and Sal Barracca Norton Juster Pat Hutchins Pat Hutchins Peggy Parish Phyllis Krasilovsky Riki Levinson Rita Golden Gelman Robert McCloskey Simms Taback Wanda Gag William Steig William Steig Yaffa Ganz Margaret Wise Brown Edward Marshall RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 3 TITLE Pipi Longstockings Series Henry and Ribsy Henry Huggins Ike and Mama Series A Lion to Guard Us Cam Jansen Series Our Golda Encyclopedia Brown Series The Hundred Dresses Young Clara Barton Showflake Bentley Pinky and Rex Series Aldo Applesauce Busybody Nora So You Want to be President John Henry Mercy Watson The Legend of Freedom Hill Sideways Stories From Wayside School Nine True Dolphin Stories The Magic Tree House Series Dreamer From the Village Artists Biography Series Pink and Say Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing Up in the Little House Amber Brown Series Mr. Popper’s Penquins The Adventure of K’tonton The Disappearing Ice Cream & Other Cases 26 Fairmount Avenue Spiders Five True Horse Stories Five True Dog Stories Dancing with the Manatees Walking the Road to Freedom One Day in the Woods One Day in the Tropical Forest AUTHOR Astrid Ludgren Beverly Cleary Beverly Cleary Carol Snyder Clyde Bulla David Adler David Adler Donald J. Sobol Eleanor Estes First Start Biography Jacqueline Martin James Howe Johanna Hurwitz Johanna Hurwitz Judith St. George Julius Lester Kate DiCamillo Linda Jacobs Altman Louis Sachar Margaret Davidson Mary Pope Osborne Michelle Markel Mile Venezia Patricia Pollacco Patricia Reilly Giff Paula Danziger Richard & Florence Atwater Sadie Weilerstein Seymour Simon Tomie de Paola Kevin J. Holmes Margaret Davidson Margaret Davidson Faith McNulty Jeri Ferris Jean Craighead George Jean Craighead George RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 4 TITLE If You Lived in Colonial Times Summer of the Swans Sounder Dear Mr. Henshaw Ramona Nancy Drew Encyclopedia Brown Series Charlotte’s Web Stuart Little Keep Ms. Sugarman in Fourth Grade The Hardy Boys The Boxcar Children Mysteries My Brother Sam is Dead The Biography Historical Selections Baseball Fever Blubber Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Letters From Rifka Just Juice Anastasia Series Number the Stars Sideways Stories From Wayside School The Journey That Saved Curious George Sports Books Sarah, Plain and Tall Series Skylark Pink and Say Fourth Grade Celebrity Little House on the Prairie Series Ben and Me All-of-a-Kind Family Abel’s Island Shiloh The Advenutres of Jeremy & Heddy Levi The Dollhouse Magic AUTHOR Ann McGovern Betsy Byars William H. Armstrong Beverly Clearly Beverly Cleary Carolyn Keene Donald J. Sobol E.B. White E.B. White Elizabeth Levy Franklin Dixon Gertrude Warner James & Christopher Collier Jean Fritz Johanna Hurwitz Judy Blume Judy Blume Karen Hesse Karen Hesse Lois Lowry Lois Lowry Louis Sachar Louise Borden Matt Christopher Patricia MacLachlan Patricia MacLachlan Patricia Pollacco Patricia Reilly Giff Laura Ingalls Wilder Robert Lawson Sydney Taylor William Steig Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Yaffa Ganz Yona Zeldis McDonough RECOMMENDED SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 5 TITLE Poppy Summer of the Swans Dear Mr. Henshaw Hoot What Happened to Heather Hopkowitz Missing May Monday in Odessa My Side of the Mountain Anne Frank: A Life in Hiding Zayda Was a Cowboy Because of Winn Dixie The Tale of Desperaux Number the Stars Wayside School King of the Wind Masada Lily’s Crossing Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Rabbit Hill Homer Price Mrs. Frisby & the Hats of Nimh Island of the Blue Dolphins Haym Salomon AUTHOR Avi Betsy Byars Beverly Cleary Carl Hiaasen Charlotte Herman Cynthia Rylant Eileen Sherman Jean Craighead George Johanna Hurwitz June L. Nislick Kate DiCamillo Kate DiCamillo Lois Lowry Louis Sachar Marguerite Henry Neil Waidman Patricia Reilly Giff Roald Dahl Robert Lawson Robert McClosky Robert O’Brien Scott O’Dell Shirley Milgrim SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 6 Required Reading: Read two of the following novels: Al Capone Does My Shirts The View From Saturday A Wrinkle in Time The Upstairs Room Gennifer Choldenko E.L. Konigsburg Madeleine L'Engle Johanna Reiss Required Assignments: 1. Create a bookmark that represents one of the required novels you read. On the front, put pictures (drawn or cut out) of important characters, items, events, or ideas in the book. Put the title and the author's name on the front too. On the back, put your name. 2. Create a word wall for the second required novel you read. Choose six to ten words that represent important characters, items, events, or ideas in the book. Put the words, the title and the author's name on the front. On the back, put your name. On a separate piece of paper, briefly explain why each word is on the word wall (one or two sentences per word is enough). Remember to include your name, the title and the author on both assignments. Enjoy! Recommended Reading: The Shakespeare Stealer My Side of the Mountain Letters from Rifka Daniel's Story The Great Gilly Hopkins A Long Way from Chicago The Yearling Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper The Egypt Game The Sign of the Beaver Maniac Magee The Mysterious Benedict Society Gary Blackwood Jean Craighead George Karen Hesse Carol Matas Katherine Patterson Richard Peck Marjorie Rawlings Michael Reisman Zilpha Keatly Snyder Elizabeth Speare Jerry Spinelli Trenton Lee Stewart SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 7 Required: Read two of the following novels. TITLE: The Chosen The Devil’s Arithmetic One Fat Summer Dead End in Norvelt M.C. Higgins, The Great Dicey’s Song AUTHOR: Chaim Potok Jane Yolen Robert Lipsyte Jack Gantos Virginia Hamilton Cynthia Voigt Recommended: TITLE: Summer of the Swans Hoops In Kindling Flame: The Story of Hannah Senesh The Red Pony Witch of Blackbird Pond Friedrich Sounder The Face on the Milk Carton When You Reach Me The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Mockingbird AUTHOR: Betsy Byars Walter Dean Meyers Linda Atkinson John Steinbeck Elizabeth George Speare Hans Peter Richter William H. Armstrong Caroline B. Conney Rebecca Stead E. Lockhart Katherine Erskine Assignments 1. Assemble an imagery collage. As part of this collage you may use: *Pictures from newspapers, magazines, etc. (Nothing from the Internet) *Your own illustrations *Found objects (ticket stubs, cards, feathers, etc.) *Anything else you believe you will enhance the effect of your collage in relation to the images in the novel. Make sure it is neat and is something which you are proud to display. 2. Compose a character analysis for one of the main characters. In your work, discuss the character’s strengths and weaknesses, the conflicts they face, and whether they act heroically or not. Is he or she dynamic? If so, then why? Make sure you provide textual evidence to support your thinking. The work should be a one page in length, it must be double-spaced, and in twelve point font. SUMMER READING LIST FOR CHILDREN ENTERING GRADE 8 Required: Read two of the following novels: TITLE: AUTHOR: The Hiding Place Exodus That Was Then, This is Now The Witch of Blackbird Pond Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry The Knife of Never Letting Go Corrie Ten Boom Leon Uris S.E. Hinton Elizabeth George Speare Mildred Taylor Patrick Ness Recommended: TITLE: AUTHOR: All Creatures Great and Small And Then There Were None Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl The Chocolate War Treasure Island Watership Down Mexican WhiteBoy The Wind in the Willows James Herriott Agatha Christie Anne Frank Robert Cormier Robert Louis Stevenson Richard Adams Matt de la Pena Kenneth Graham Assignments 2. Assemble an imagery collage. As part of this collage you may use: *Pictures from newspapers, magazines, etc. (Nothing from the Internet) *Your own illustrations *Found objects (ticket stubs, cards, feathers, etc.) *Anything else you believe you will enhance the effect of your collage in relation to the images in the novel. Make sure it is neat and is something which you are proud to display. 2. Compose a character analysis for one of the main characters. In your work, discuss the character’s strengths and weaknesses, the conflicts they face, and whether they act heroically or not. Is he or she dynamic? If so, then why? Make sure you provide textual evidence to support your thinking. The work should be a one page in length, it must be double-spaced, and in twelve point font.
