Dear Parent/Guardian:
Do you know that reading during the summer can keep your child a step or more ahead?
Summer can be full of good times and fun memories, and reading needs to be included in
this! Research shows that kids experience learning loss when they don’t read during the
summer. Reading, like any skill, requires practice. Without practice, reading skills
weaken. Summer reading helps children maintain their skill level or even make gains so that
they can start the new school year with a better understanding of language and the world
around them. All the while, he/she can discover the joy of reading! The more kids like to read, the more they will
read.
To encourage the rising 1st and 2nd graders to keep reading over the summer, we are inviting them to join the MPS
Page-Turner Summer Book Club. To become a member, your child will read at least 15 books over the summer and
turn in the reading log on the back when he/she returns in the fall. There is no charge to participate and there will
be no meetings during the summer months. The students who complete the Book Club requirements will be invited
to an exclusive party during the school day in September where they will enjoy ice cream and we will announce the
child who read the most over the summer.
Have a great summer and happy reading!
Andrea Kelly, Media Specialist (akelly@anderson2.k12.sc.us)
Some Great Reads for K-2!
Beginning Readers
Any Book by Eric Carle
Are You My Mother? P.D. Eastman
Biscuit books Alyssa Capucilli
Sam books Mary Labatt
Any Book by Margaret Hillert
Any Book by Donald Crews
Humor
Bark George Jules Feiffer
The Desperate Dog Writes Again Eileen Christelow
Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin
Fly Guy series Ted Arnold
Any Book by Mo Willems
Junie B. Jones series Barbara Park
Fancy Nancy series Jane O’Connor
Judy Moody series Judy McDonald
Non-fiction
A Tree is a Plant Clyde Robert Bulla
My Five Senses Aliki
Starfish Edith Thacher Hurd
I Read Signs Tama Hoban
Garden Helpers National Geographic Young Explorers
Wind Power National Geographic Young Explorers
Animal Stories
Book Wolf Marni McGee
A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog Mercer Mayer
Christmas Kitten, Home at Last Robin Pulver
City Dog, Country Frog Mo Willems
Smooch Your Pooch Teddy Slater
Splat the Cat series Rob Scotton
The Three Little Gators Helen Ketteman
Ugly Pie Lisa Wheeler
Winston the Book Wolf Marni McGee
Realistic Fiction
Boo, Katie Woo! Fran Manushkin
The Firefighters Sue Whiting
The Butterfly House Eve Bunting
Marley Goes to School John Grogan
SC Picture Book Award Nominees (2013 – 2014)
All the Water in the World George Ella Lyon
The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man Michael Chabon
Belle, the Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story Calvin
Alexander Ramsey and Bettye Stroud
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Will Kamkwamba and Bryan
Mealer
Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother
Baseball Team Audrey Varnick
The Camping Trip that Changed America Barb Rosenstock
Chloe and the Lion Mac Barnett
Chopsticks Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Cloudette Tom Lichtenheld
The Day Dirk Yeller Came to Town Mary Casanova
Here Come the Girl Scouts! Shana Corey
Little Dog Lost: True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic
Monica Carnesi
No Sleep for the Sheep! Karen Beaumont
One Cool Friend Toni Buzzeo
Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes Eric Litwin
RRRalph Lois Ehlert
Sarah Emma Edmonds was a Great Pretender Carrie Jones
Three Hens and a Peacock Lester L. Laminack
Wiener Wolf Jeff Crosby
Wink: the Ninja Who Wanted to Nap J.C. Phillips
Caldecott Award Winners
(Complete list 1938 – present:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottm
edal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal
Summer Reading Log
Name: ______________________________________
Grade: _____________
Date
Title of Book
Author
Rating