STONY BROOK
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
Dear Stony Brook Students and Parents,
Is your child complaining he or she is bored with nothing to do? Is it too hot
outside, are there only reruns are on television or are the mosquitoes biting
too much? Well, we have some answers for you!
Stony Brook School is offering a summer reading incentive program.
Enclosed you will find a district-wide summer reading list compiled by Mrs.
Corkery and other district librarians. The teachers at Stony Brook School
invite you to join Stony Brook’s Summer Reading Program!
The attached list offers suggestions for books your child can read.
Parents may read books to younger grade children. You may substitute
any non-fiction book on the list for another book on the same subject at your
child’s reading level. You may also read any book by the same author
marked with the word “series”.
Stony Brook Summer Reading Program Prizes:
 Read 5 books, earn a reading certificate
 Read 10 books, earn a reading certificate and a homework pass!
 Read 20 books, earn a homework pass, a reading certificate, and an
invitation to come to our Summer Reading Party!
 There will be a Grand Prize for the overall top reader!
THE READING LOG MUST BE SUBMITTED TO YOUR CHILD’S
HOMEROOM TEACHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL,
NO EXCEPTION WILL BE MADE!
*All forms will also be available on Mrs. Corkery’s website!*
If you haven’t heard….
Stony Brook School has an exciting online reading program called Tumble Books. It
has more than 300 narrated, animated picture books and chapter books in English as well
as in Spanish and French. Your child can read along as he/she listens to the narrator, or
turn off the sound and simply read along and watch the animation. After finishing the
story, a student can either take a short quiz just for fun, try a puzzle or game , or write a
short report.
Directions:
1. Point to the gray Library button on the top of the Stony Brook School website.
When you see a dropdown box, click on TumbleBooks to get to the website.
2. Click on either Story Books (easy picture books) or Readables (chapter
books).
3. Search for a book by title or subject or just click on the cover picture that you
like. To find a book in Spanish, click on Choose a Language on the top right.
4. Listen, read, and enjoy!
How to choose “just right” books:
 Look at the cover.
 Read the title and author.
 Read the blurb in the back or inside the front cover.
 Flip through the book.
 Read a page using the Five Finger Rule:
Put one finger up for every word you don’t know.
 0-1 Fingers – Too easy
 2-3 Fingers – Just right
 4-5 Fingers – Too hard
Have a great summer! Happy Reading!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Kobylarz
Mrs. Corkery
All of the Stony Brook teachers
North Plainfield School District
Summer Reading List
2010
K–6
This list was created as a guide or suggestion of books to read. Any
book by the listed authors will be appropriate, or you may select any
other fiction or non-fiction book of your choice.
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Kindergarten
Fiction
Bridwell, Norman
Bruel, Nick
Capucilli, Alyssa
Carle, Eric
Christelow, Eileen
Crews, Donald
Cronin, Doreen
Fleming, Denise
Martin, Bill
Shannon, David
Shaw, Nancy
Slate, Joseph
Trapani, Iza
Willems, Mo
Clifford (series)
Bad Kitty (series)
Biscuit (series)
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Five Little Monkeys (series)
Freight Train
Click, Clack, Moo
In the Small, Small Pond
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
No, David!
Sheep on a Ship
Miss Bindergarten (series)
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Non-Fiction
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
398.8
Grade 1
FICTION
Cronin, Doreen
DePaola, Tomie
Eastman, P. D.
Falconer, Ian
Gibbons, Gail
Howe, James
Jenkins, Steve
Jenkins, Steve
Lobel, Arnold
London, Jonathan
Munsch, Robert
Numeroff, Laura
Pilkey, Dav
Rey, H. A.
Rylant, Cynthia
Seuss, Dr.
Wilson, Karma
Willems, Mo
Diary of a Fly
Strega Nona
Are You My Mother?
Olivia (series)
Fire! Fire!
Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolores
Big and Little
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
Frog and Toad (series)
Froggy
Mortimer
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Dog Breath
Curious George (series)
Henry and Mudge (series)
The Cat in the Hat
Bear Wants More
Elephant and Pig (series)
Grade 2
Adamson, Thomas
Adler, David
Adler, David A.
Brown, Marc
Carrick, Carol
Cazet, Denys
Dadey, Debbie
Cole, Joanna
DiCamillo, Kate
Kline, Suzy
McKissack, Pat
Osborne, Mary Pope
Park, Barbara
Rylant, Cynthia
Sharmat, Mitchell
Mars
Cam Jansen and Young Cam Jansen (series)
Cam Jansen ( series)
Arthur (series)
Patrick’s Dinosaurs
Minnie and Moo (series)
Bailey School Kids (series)
Magic School Bus (series)
Mercy Watson (series)
Horrible Harry (series)
Goin’ Someplace Special
Magic Tree House (series)
Junie B. Jones (series)
Mr. Putter and Tabby (series)
Gregory, the Terrible Eater
Thaler, Mike
Principal From the Black Lagoon (series)
Grade 3
FICTION
Barrows, Annie
Blume, Judy
Blume, Judy
Burrows, Annie
Child, Lauren
Christopher, Matt
Cleary, Beverly
Cleary, Beverly
Clements, Andrew
Holms, Jennifer
Krulik, Nancy
Pennypacker, Sara
Polacco, Patricia
Preller, James
Prelutsky, Jack
Prelutsky, Jack
Roy, Ron
Sczieska, Jon
Van Allsburg, Chris
Van Draanen, W.
Ivy and Bean (series
Fudge (series)
The Pain and the Great One (series)
Ivy and Bean (series)
Clarice Bean (series)
The Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (series)
Ramona (series)
The Report Card
Babymouse (graphic novel series)
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo (series)
Clementine (series)
Thundercake
Jigsaw Jones (series)
The Dragons are Singing Tonight
My dog May Be a Genius
A to Z Mysteries (series)
Time Warp Trio (series)
Probuditi!
Shredderman
NON-FICTION
Folktales, fairy tales, tall tales 398.2-398.24
Gibbons, Gail
Dogs
Poetry Books
811
Simon, Seymour
Stars
Wellsbacher, Anne
Lions
Grade 4
FICTION
Avi
Avi
Blume, Judy
Dahl, Roald
DiTerlizzi, Tony
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Hershey, Mary
Krulik, Nancy
MacLachlan, Patricia
McDonald, Megan
Paterson, Katherine
Paterson, Katherine
Robinson, Barbara
Sachar, Louis
Stine, R. L.
Warner, Gertrude C.
Weeks, Sarah
Wright, Betty Ren
No More Magic
Poppy
Fudge (series)
The BFG
Spiderwick Chronicles (series)
Kids of the Polk Street School (series)
Pictures of Hollis Woods
My Big sister Is So Bossy
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo (series)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (series)
Judy Moody (series)
Come sing, Jimmy Jo
The Great Gilly Hopkins
The Best School Year Ever
Wayside School (series)
Goosebumps (series)
Boxcar Children (series)
Oggie Cooder
Princess For a Week
NON-FICTION
Bishop, Nic
Joke and riddle books
Poetry Books
Silverstein, Shel
Books about spiders, frogs, marsupials 500’s
793.7
811
A Light in the Attic 811
Grade 5
FICTION
Green, Tim
Football Genius
Gutman, Dan
The Million Dollar Kick
Hautman, Pete
Snatched (Bloodwater Mysteries)
Holm, Jennifer L.
Penny from Heaven
Korman, Gordon
Swindle
Myracle, Lauren
Eleven
Napoli, Donna Jo
Bound
O’Connor, Barbara
How to Steal a Dog
Paratore, Coleen Murtagh
Mack McGinn’s Big Win
Paterson, Katherine
The Day of the Pelican
Riordan, Rick
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson series)
Selznick, Brian
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Stead, Rebecca
First Light
Velmans, Hester
Isabel of the Whales
Woodson, Jacqueline
Hush
NON-FICTION
Brown, Don
Graham, Ian
Hillman, Ben
Laffon, Martin
Oxlade, C.
Prelutsky, Jack
Slavin, Bill
Let It Begin Here! : April 19, 1775: The Day
The Revolution Began
You Wouldn’t Want To Work on the
Railroad: A Track You’d Rather Not Go
Down
(series)
How Big Is It?
The Book of How
The Top Ten Inventions That Changed The
World (The Top Ten series)
My Dog May Be A Genius
Transformed: How Everyday Things Are
Made
Steward, Gail B.
Waxman, Laura
Waxman, Laura
Area 51 (Mysterious Encounters series)
Coretta Scott King
Jane Goddall
Grade 6
FICTION
Bruchac, Joseph
Skeleton Man
Choldenko, Gennifer
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
Curtis, Christopher Paul Elijah of Buxton
De Guzman, Michael
Finding Stinko
Flanagan, John
The Ranger’s Apprentice: Book 1: The
Ruins of Gorlan
Ford, Michael
Birth of a Warrior (Spartan Quest series)
Gutman, Dan
Satch & Me (Baseball Card series)
Grandits, John
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems
Hillman, Ben
How Strong Is It?
Landy, Derek
Skulduggery Pleasant
Levine, Gail Carson
Fairest
Lord, Cynthia
Rules
Lupica, Mike
Heat
Napoli, Donna Jo
Fire in the Hills
Patron, Susan
The Higher Power of Lucky
Potter, Ellen
Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City
Rinaldi, Ann
The Redheaded Princess
Spinelli, Jerry
Milkweed
St. John, Lauren
Dolphin Song
Stead, Rebecca
When You Reach Me
NON-FICTION
Arnold, Nick
Burns, Jan
Fleischman, Sid
Grandits, John
Holzer, Harold
Manning, Mick
Miller, Brandon Marie
O’Brien, Patrick
O’Connor, Jane
Schlitz, Laura Amy
Scieszka, Jon
Sutcliffe, Jane
The Stunning Science of Everything:
Science With the Squishy Bits Left In
Crop Circles (Wonders of the World series)
Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini
Blue Lipstick: Concrete Poems
The President is Shot!: The Assassination
of Abraham Lincoln
Greek Hero
Growing Up in Revolution and the New
Nation
Sabertooth
The Emperor’s Silent Army: Terracotta
Warriors of Ancient China
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True
Stories About Growing Up Scieszka
Helen Keller