DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
2007 SUGGESTED SUMMER READING TITLES
GRADES 1- 3
Grades 1-3 Series Books:
Herbie Jones Series by Suzy Kline
Mary Marony and the Snake Series by Suzy Kline
Something Queer is Going on Series by Elizabeth Levy
Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald
Veterinarians Series by Dee Ready
Rex and Lilly Series by Laurie Krasny Brown
Pee Wee Scouts Series by Judy Delton
Pinky and Rex Series by James Howe
Gus and Grandpa Series by Claudia Mills
Messy Bessey Series by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Amelia Bedelia Series by Peggy Parish
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park
Nat the Great Series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
The Gator Girls Series by Stephanie Calmenson
Space Brat Series by Bruce Coville
The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Series by Debbie Dadey
The Kids of the Polk Street School Series by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Zack Files Series by Dan Greenburg
Jigsaw Jones Books by James Preller
Julian, Dream Doctor Series by Ann Cameron
Make Room for Eliza Series by Johanna Hurwitz
Ramona Books by Beverly Cleary
Spider Storch’s Teacher Torture Series by Gina Willner-Pardo
Shel Silverstein Poetry Books
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
Jan Brett Books
Arthur Books by Marc Brown
Henry and Mudge Books by Cynthia Rylant
The Littles Books by John Peterson
Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel
Robert Books by Barbara Sealing
Grade 1-3 Books with Mathematics Themes:
Number Sense/Numeration:
10 Bears In My Bed by Stan Mack
Harriet Goes to the Circus by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
How Many Snails? by Paul Giganti
Zero – Is It Something Is It Nothing? by Claudia Zaslavsky
Dover Elementary Schools
2007 Suggested Summer Reading Titles
Whole Number Operations:
Counting Wildflowers by Bruce McMillan
So Many Cats by Beatrice Schenkde Regniers
The Great Take-Away by Louise Mathews
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Geometry:
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
The Shapes Game by Paul Rogers
Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert
Measurement:
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
How Big Is A Foot? by Rolf Muller
The Day That Monday Ran Away by Robert Heit
Probability:
Fleet Footed Florence by Marilyn Sachs
Averages by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Other Grade One Specific Titles:
Danger Guys by Tony Abbott
Young Cam Jansen and the Baseball Mystery by David Adler
Digby and Kate by Barbara Baker
Arthur and the Popularity Test by Marc Brown
Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Minnie and Moo Go Dancing by Denys Cazet
Shipwreck Saturday by Bill Cosby
Baseball Ballerina Strikes Out by Kathryn Cristaldi
The Mystery of the Blue Ring by Patricia Reilly Giff
Here Comes the Strikeout by Leonard Kessler
Chicago and the Cat by Robin Michal Kopontz
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Fox at School by Edward Marshall
Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Helpful Betty to the Rescue by Michaela Morgan
Nina, Nina Ballerina by Jane O’Connor
A Friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey
Henry and Mudge, The First Book by Cynthia Rylant
Amanda Pig, Schoolgirl by Jean Van Leeuwen
Morris and Boris, Three Stories by Bernard Wiseman
Commander Toad and the Planet of the Grapes by Jane Yolen
Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion
A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus (JBIO Columbus) by David A. Adler
Why are Pineapples Prickley? by DK Publishing, May
Mount Rushmore by Thomas S. Owens
Young Pocahontas, Indian Princess by Anne Benjamin
A Day with Air Traffic Controllers by Joanne Winne
Animal Jokes by Viki Woodworth
Dover Elementary Schools
2007 Suggested Summer Reading Titles
Other Grade Two Specific Titles:
Ox Cart Man by Donald Hall
Nate the Great by M. Sharmat
Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Horrible Harry by Cam Jansen
Magic Money by David Adler
Howie Bowles, Secret Agent by Kate Banks
Allison’s Puppy by Marion Dane Bauer
Togo by Robert J. Blake
Pork and Beef’s Great Adventure by Damon Burnard
Annabel the Actress Starring In Just a Little Extra by Ellen Conford
Birdbrain Amos by Michael Delaney
Owen Foote, Soccer Star by Stephanie Greene
The Puppy Sister by S.E. Hinton
Trouble on Thunder Mountain by Russell Hoban
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst
Wild Willie and King Kyle Detectives by Barbara M. Joose
Atlantic by G. Brian Karas
The Adventures of Captain Underpants, Ricky Ricotta’s Giant Robot by Dav Pilkey
Fat Elliot and the Gorilla, Mush’s Jazz Adventure by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Other Grade Three Specific Titles:
Cam Jansen by David Adler
Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline
Road to Reading by Adam Sharp
Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry
James and the Giant Peach by Ronald Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Ronald Dahl
The Chocolate Touch by Patric Catling
The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Grandfather’s Dream by Holly Keller
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Iktomi and the Boulder by Paul Goble
Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan
Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth? by Louis Sachar
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Space Dog and Roy Series by Natalie Standiford
Monty, the Dog Who Wears Glasses by Colin West
Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
Coral Reefs by Sylvia A. Earle
Bow Wow Meow Meow: It’s Rhyming Cats and Dogs by Douglas Florian
Animals in Flight by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
When Marian Sang by Ram Munoz Ryan
Dover Elementary Schools
2007 Suggested Summer Reading Titles
DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
2007 SUGGESTED SUMMER READING TITLES
GRADES 4- 6
Grades 4-6 Series Books:
Beverly Clearly Books
Matt Christopher Books
Seymour Simon Books
Paula Danzinger ‘s Amber Brown Books
Poetry Collections of Silverstein or Prelutsky
J.R. Rowling’s Harry Potter Books
Betsy Byars Books
A Series of Unfortunate Events by
Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Grades 4-6 Books with Mathematics Themes:
Number Sense/Numeration:
Harriet’s Halloween Candy by Nancy Carlson
This is 4 The Idea of a Number by Arthur G. Razzell, K.G.O Watts
Less Than Nothing Is Really Something by Robert Froman
Number Families by Jane Jonas Srivastava
Whole Number Operations:
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
How Much Is a Million by David M. Schwartz
The Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill
The Magic School Bus Last On The Solar System by Joanne Colc
Geometry:
The Boy with Square Eyes by Juliet & Charles Snape
What Can She Be? An Architect by Gloria & Esther Goldrcich
Rubber Bands, Baseballs and Doughnuts by Robert Froman
Measurement:
Diary of a Church Mouse by Graham Oakley
The Magic School Bus, Inside the Earth by Joanne Cole
Around the World In Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Probability:
What Do You Mean By “Average” by James & Carol Barkon
Miss Pickerall and the Weather Satellite by Ella MacGregor & Dora Pantell
Do You Wanna Bet? by Jean Cushman
Other Grade 4 Specific Titles:
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Lou Gehrig – The Luckiest Man by Adler
Bearskin by H. Pyle
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls
Chocolate Fever by Robert K. Smith
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Better Lord
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Dover Elementary Schools
2007 Suggested Summer Reading Titles
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Third Grade Detectives by George Stanley
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Fudge-o-Mania by Judy Blume
The Boy who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Other Grade 5 Specific Titles:
Night of the Twister by Ivy Ruckman
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachian
The Secret Garden by Frances H. Burnett
Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey
Chocolate Fever by Robert K. Smith
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Better Lord
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Peterson
Kilroy and the Gull by Nathaniel Benchley
How to be a Pirate by Cressida Cowell
The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Skinnybones by Barbara Park
No Dogs Allowed by Bill Wallace
Other Grade 6 Specific Titles:
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Cassie Binegar by Patricia MacLachian
The Secret of NIMH by Robert O’Brien
Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman
Golems Eye by Jonathan Stroud
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
InkHeart by Cornelia Funke
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman
The River by Gary Paulsen
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
The Wish Giver, Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain
Words of Stone by Kevin Henkes
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Dover Elementary Schools
2007 Suggested Summer Reading Titles