THE LOVETT
SCHOOL READING LIST
2012
Third and Fourth Grades
Reading Policy
The Lovett School expects all students to read during the
summer. This list is a guide for summer reading of favorites
and books “too good to miss.” An asterisk indicates that the
book is one of a series or the author has other books, which
you may also read. All books are fiction unless otherwise
indicated. Each student should keep a list of books read.
Students may also read books not on this list. Many of
these books may be found in your neighborhood public
library. They are all available in the Dorothy Floyd Library.
Please visit the Dorothy Floyd Library web page and click
on the Summer Reading link to find summaries of these
titles.
It’s an Animal Thing
Auch, Mary Jane
*Avi
Bunting, Eve
Burnford, Sheila Every
*Creech, Sharon
*DiCamillo, Kate
*Erickson, John
*Hale, Bruce
*Jacques, Brian
*King-Smith, Dick
Kirk, Daniel
Lisle, Janet
*Lofting, Hugh
Lowry, Lois
Martin, Ann
Ridell, Chris
Schlein, Miriam
*Wallace, Bill
*White, E. B.
*Whybrow, Ian
Dog on His Own
Poppy
Summer of Riley
The Incredible Journey
Love That Dog
Because of Winn-Dixie
The Original Adventures of Hank
the Cowdog
The Hamster of the Baskervilles
Redwall
Babe : the Gallant Pig
Rex Tabby : Cat Detective
Highway Cats
The Story to Doctor Dolittle
Stay! : A Keeper's Story
Everything for a Dog
Ottoline and the Yellow Cat
The Year of the Panda
That Furball Puppy and Me
Trumpet of the Swan
Little Wolf's Book of Badness
Sports Fans
*Barber, Tiki
*Christopher, M.
*Gutman, Dan
Hicks, Betty
Hirschfeld, Robert
Holohan, Maureen
*Hughes, Dean
*Hurwitz, Johanna
Levy Elizabeth
*Long, Loren
*Lupica, Mike
Maddox, Jake
*Mantell, Paul
Peters, Stephanie
Richardson, Charisse
Roberts, Kristi
Robinson, Sharon
Testa, Maria
Wiles, Deborah
Kickoff!
The Hit-Away Kid
The Million Dollar Kick
I Smell Like Ham
Goalkeeper in Charge
Catch Shorty
Play Ball!
Baseball Fever
Tackling Dad
The Barnstormers: Game 1
Two Minute Drill
Free Throw
Stealing Home
Lacrosse Face-off
The Real Lucky Charm
My 13th Season
Safe at Home
Some Kind of Pride
The Aurora County All-Stars
Fantasy and Magic
*Asch, Frank
Atwater, R.
Billingsley, Franny
*Bode, N.E.
Butterworth, O.
Collins, Ross
*Dahl, Roald
*DiTerlizzi, Tony
*D’Lacey, Chris
Lethcoe, Jason
*Levine, Gail
*Lindgren, Astrid
*MacDonald, B.
McAllister, A.
*Peterson, John
*Potter, Ellen
*Reisman, Michael
Rex, Adam
*Rodda, Emily
*Sanderson, Brandon
*Scieszka, Jon
*Smith, Robert K.
Thomson, Sarah L.
Star Jumper
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
The Folk Keeper
The Anybodies
The Enormous Egg
Medusa Jones
James and the Giant Peach
The Field Guide: Spiderwick
Chronicles
The Fire Within
You Wish
Princess Sonora and the Long
Sleep
Pippi Longstocking
Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Digory the Dragonslayer
The Littles
Olivia Kidney
Simon Bloom, the Gravity
Keeper
The True Meaning of Smekday
Rowan of Rin
Alcatraz Versus the Evil
Librarians
Summer Reading is Killing Me
Chocolate Fever
Dragon’s Egg
A Trip to the Past
*Adler, Shaw, Trip and Porter The American Girl (series)
Alexander, Lloyd
The Rope Trick
Applegate, Stanley
The Devil’s Highway
*Duey, Kathleen
Lara and the Gray Mare
Ferrari, Michael
Born to Fly
Giblin, James C.
The Boy Who Saved Cleveland
*Gregory, Kristiniana
Across the Wide and Lonesome
Prairie
*Hahn, Mary Downing Anna All Year Round
*Hermes, Patricia
Westerward to Home
*Hoobler, Dorothy
The First Decade: Curtain Going
Up
Hyland, Hillary
The Wreck of the Ethie
Kudlinski, Kathleen
Pearl Harbor is Burning!
*Myers, Walter D.
The Journal of Biddy Owens
Nixon, Joan Lowry
Aggie’s Home
*Paulsen, Gary
Mr. Tucket
*Pryor, Bonnie
Luke on the High Seas
*Ryan, Pam M.
Riding Freedom
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Hannah of Fairfield
Walvoord, Linda
Rosetta, Rosetta, Sit by Me!
Woodruff, Elvira
Dear Levi: Letters from the
Overland Trail
Williams, Marcia
My Secret War diary, 1939-1945
Mystery and Adventure
Adler, David
Parachuting Hamsters and Andy
Russell
*Barnett, Mac
The Case of Mistaken Identity
*Bauer, Marion
Blue Ghost
*Buckey, Sarah
The Smuggler’s Treasure
*Byars, Betsy
The Dark Stairs
*Giff, Patricia
Kidnap at the Catfish Café
*Fleischman, Sid
The Dream Stealer
*Greene, S.
Owen Foote, Super Spy
Mystery and Adventure, continued
*Hutchins, Pat
The Mona Lisa Mystery
*Joosse, Barbara
Dead Guys Talk
*Karbo, Karen
Minerva Clark Gets a Clue
*Korman, Gordon
Dive: The Discovery
*Naopli, Donna Jo
Sly the Sleuth and the Pet
Mysteries
*Paulsen, Gary
Hatchet
*Quattlebaum, M.
Jackson Jones and Mission
Greentop
Rubel, Nicole
It’s Hot and Cold in Miami
*Snicket, Lemony
The Bad Beginning
*Trine, Greg
The Curse of the Bologna
Sandwich
*Van Draanen, W.
Secret Identity
Laugh Out Loud
*Cleary, Beverly
*Fleischman, Paul
*Gifford, Peggy
*Gutman, Dan
*Horvath, Polly
*Klise, Kate
*Park, Barbara
*Pennypacker, S.
*Pinkwater, Daniel
Pullman, Philip
*Richler, Mordecai
*Robinson, B.
*Sachar, Louis
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
The Dunderheads
Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love
Stuart Little
Miss Daisy is Crazy!
The Pepins and Their
Problems
Letters From Camp
Skinnybones
Clementine
The Magic Pretzel
I Was a Rat!
Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur
The Worst Best School Year
Ever
Sideways Stories from
Wayside School
Friends and Family, Too
*Barrows, Tiki
Ivy + Bean: Book One
*Barshaw, Ruth
Ellie McDoodle: New Kid in
School
*Benton, Jim
Lunch Walks Among Us: Franny
K. Stein
*Blume, Judy
Freckle Juice
*Cameron, Ann
The Stories Julian Tells
*Clements, A.
Jake Drake, Teacher’s Pet
*Creech, Sharon
The Wanderer
*Danziger, P.
I, Amber Brown
Draper, Sharon
Sassy: Little Sister is not my
Name
*Duffey, Betsy
How to be Cool in the Third
Grade
Duncan, Lois
Hotel for Dogs
*English, Karen
Nikki & Deja
*Estes, Eleanor
Ginger Pye
*Fletcher, Ralph
Fig Pudding
*Friedman, Laurie
Honestly, Mallory!
Graff, Lisa
The Thing About Georgie
*Greenwald, S.
Rosy Cole Discovers America!
Grindley, D.J.
Dear Max
Hannigan, Katherine
Ida B.
*Harper, Charise
Just Grace
Hermes, Patricia
Emma Dilemma and the New
Nanny
*Hoffman, Mary
Starring Grace
*Holt, Kimberly
Piper Reed, Navy Brat
*Hurwitz, Johanna
Elisa Michaels, Bigger & Better
*Kelly, Katy
Lucy Rose: Here’s the Thing
About Me
*Kline, Suzy
Herbie Jones
Friends and Family, Too continued
*Leverich, Kathleen
Best Enemies
*Lovelace, Maud
Betsy-Tacy
*McDonald, M.
Judy Moody
*McKenna, C.
Third Grade Stinks
Myers, Laurie
Surviving Brick Johnson
*Moss, Marissa
Amelia’s Notebook
*Nagda, Ann
Dear Whiskers
*Spinelli, Jerry
Fourth Grade Rats
Stauffacher, Sue
Donuthead
*Winkler, Henry
Zippity Zinger
Biography (J 92)
Bolden, Tonya
Brill, Marlene
Brown, Don
Camp, Carole Ann
Christopher, Matt
Cooling, Wendy
Dunham, M.
Dunn, Herb
Feldman, Jane
Freeman, R.
Goodall, Jane
Kozar, Richard
Kraske, Robert
Marko, Eve
Moss, Marissa
Naden, Corrine
Needham, Tom
Neimark, Anne
Nelson, Vaunda
Parker, Victoria
Parks, Aileen
Schmidt, Julie
Scieszka, Jon
Sutcliffe, Jane
Thornley, Stew
Wade, Mary
Ward, S.
Wilson, Ellen
Winter, Jonah
Teacher Favorites
Aesop
Asimov, Janet
*Blume, J.
*Brooks, W.
Burnett, F.
*Eager, E.
Fitzhugh, L.
*Howe, J.
*Gardiner, J.
James, M.
Juster, N.
Kipling, R.
*Lang, Andrew
*L’Engle, M.
*Lawson, R.
McCloskey, R.
*Milne, A.A.
*Norton, M.
*O’Brien, Robert C.
*Paterson, K.
George Washington Carver
Barack Obama
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert
Einstein
Sally Ride: First American
Woman in Space
Mario Lemieux
D is for Dahl
Langston Hughes
Joe DiMaggio
I Am a Dancer
Out of Darkness
The Chimpanzees I Love
Daniel Boone
Marooned
Clara Barton
Mighty Jackie
Mae Jemison
Tiki Barber
Myth Maker: J.R.R. Tolkien
Bad News for Outlaws
C.S. Lewis
Davy Crockett
Satchel Paige
Knucklehead
Milton Hershey
Super Sports Star: Chipper Jones
Condoleezza Rice
Meet J.K. Rowling
Annie Oakley
You Never Heard of Sandy
Koufax?
Aesop’s Fables
Norby, the Mixed-Up Robot
Superfudge
Freddy the Detective
The Secret Garden
Half Magic
Harriet the Spy
Bunnicula
Stone Fox
Shoebag
The Phantom Tollbooth
Just So Stories
Red Fairy Book
A Wrinkle in Time
Rabbit Hill
Homer Price
Winnie-The-Pooh
The Borrowers
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Teacher Favorites, continuted
*Rodgers, M.
Freaky Friday
*Rowling, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone
*Selden, G.
The Cricket in Times Square
Snyder, Z.
The Famous Stanley Kidnapping
Case
Spyri, J.
Heidi
Tolkien, J.
The Hobbit
*Waugh, S.
The Mennyms
*White, E.B.
Charlotte’s Web
*Wilder, L.
Little House on the Prairie
Wyss, J.
Swiss Family Robinson
Poetry
*Cole, W.
Dakos, Kalli
Ewald, Wendy
*Fletcher, R.
*Florian, D.
Franco, Betsy
Giovanni, Nikki
*Janeczko, Paul
*Lansky, B.
Smith, Charles
*Stepanek, Mattie
*Worth, V.
Beastly boys and Ghastly Girls
If You’re Not Here, Please Raise
Your Hand
The Best Part of Me
A Writing Kind of Day
Laugh-eteria
Messing Around on the Monkey
Bars
Hip Hop Speaks to Children
Dirty Laundry Pile
Kids Pick the Funniest Poems
Short Takes
Heartsongs
Small Poems
Dorothy Floyd Summer Hours
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Wednesdays Only
June 8 – July 20
Returned books may be left in the Lower School Office if the
library is closed.
Library re-opens August 16, 2011.