Summer Reading

Read at least two developmentally appropriate books this summer.

Practice spelling and vocabulary by visiting this link http://wordlywise3000.com/

or funbrain.com

Some suggested reading:

For Preschool to Kindergarten Age Children

  • Allard, Harry. Miss Nelson Is Missing!
  • Ames, Lee J. Draw Draw Draw.
  • Anonymous. Fairy tales, folk tales, and mursery rhymes including: ”Cinderella,” “The Gingerbread Man,” “Little Red Riding Hood,”
  • “The Three Little Pigs,” “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” “Goldilocks and the Three Bears,” and Mother Goose rhymes.
  • Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeleine.
  • Berenstain, Stan and Jan. The Berenstain Bears.
  • Bridwell, Norman. Clifford, the Big Red Dog.
  • Brown, Margaret W. Goodnight, Moon.
  • Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
  • Mayer, Mercer. There’s a Nightmare in My Closet.
  • McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
  • Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.
  • Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
  • Rey, H.A. Curious George.
  • Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
  • Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat.
  • Solbodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale.
  • Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over.
  • Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog.

Grades 1 through 3

  • Allard, Harry. Miss Nelson Is Missing!
  • Berenstain, Stan and Jan. The Berenstain Bears Nursery Tales.
  • Blume, Judy. Freckle Juice.
  • Bridwell, Norman. Clifford, the Big Red Dog.
  • Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Quimby, Age Eight
  • Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
  • Hoban, Russell. Bedtime for Frances.
  • Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends.
  • McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
  • Mosel, Arlene. Tikki Tikki Tembo.
  • Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia.
  • Rey, H.A. Curious George.
  • Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
  • Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat.
  • Sharmat, Marjorie W. Nate the Great.
  • Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends.
  • Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective.
  • Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
  • Warner, Gertrude. Boxcar Children.
  • White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web.
  • Wilder, Laura I. Little House on the Prairie.
  • William, Margery. The Velveteen Rabbit.

Grades 4 through 6

  • Baum, L. Frank. The Wizard of Oz.
  • Blume, Judy. Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.
  • Byars, Betsy. The Pinballs.
  • Cleary, Beverly. Ramona Quimby, Age Eight.
  • Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
  • Davis, Jim. Garfield Counts to Ten.
  • DeClements, Barthe. Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade.
  • Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion.
  • Fitzgerald, John D. The Great Brain.
  • Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller.
  • Hiller, B.B. The Karate Kid.
  • Howe, Deborah and James. Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery.
  • Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
  • O’Dell, Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins.
  • Paterson, Katherine. The Bridge to Terabithia.
  • Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows.
  • Rockwell, Thomas. How to Eat Fried Worms.
  • Sewell, Anna. Black Beauty.
  • Silverstein, Shel. Where the Sidewalk Ends.
  • Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective.
  • Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
  • Warner, Gertrude. Boxcar Children.
  • White, E.B. Charlotte’s Web.
  • Wilder, Laura I. Little House on the Prairie.

Grades 7 and up

  • Skellig- David Almond
  • Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World:
  • The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle- Avi
  • Tuck Everlasting- Natalie Babbitt
  • Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845 - 1850- Susan Campbell Bartoletti
  • Rules of the Road- Joan Bauer
  • On My Honor- Marion Dane Bauer
  • Tangerine- Edward Bloor
  • Another Shore- Nancy Bond
  • The Fantastic Freshman- Bill Brittain
  • The Baby and Fly Pie- Melvin Burgess
  • Where the Lilies Bloom- Vera Cleaver
  • Prairie Songs- Pam Conrad
  • King of Shadows- Susan Cooper
  • Getting Near to Baby- Audrey Couloumbis
  • Walk Two Moons- Sharon Creech
  • The Seeing Stone- Kevin Crossley-Holland
  • Boy- Roald Dahl
  • There’s a Bat in Bunk Five- Paula Danziger
  • The World at her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller- Paula Danziger
  • The Visit- T. Degens
  • Eva- Peter Dickinson
  • The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer’s Life- Sid Fleischman
  • One-Eyed Cat- Paula Fox
  • Homesick, My Own Story- Jean Fritz
  • It all Began With Jane Eyre; or, the Secret Life of Franny Dillman- Sheila Greenwald
  • Quest for a Maid- Frances Mary Hendry
  • Out of the Dust- Karen Hesse
  • The Burnt Stick- Anthony Hill
  • Rumble Fish- S. E. Hinton
  • Answer My Prayer- Sid Hite
  • Downriver- Will Hobbs
  • The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn- Dorothy Hoobler
  • We Were There, Too!: Young People in U. S. History- Phillip Hoose
  • Across Five Aprils- Irene Hunt
  • Redwall- Brian Jacques
  • The Dark Portal- Robin Jarvis
  • The Road from Home- David Kherdian
  • Silent to the Bone- E. L. Konigsburg
  • Losing Joe’s Place- Gordon Korman
  • The Wreckers- Ian Lawrence
  • A Wrinkle in Time- Madeleine L’Engle
  • Ella Enchanted- Gail Carson Levine
  • The Mark of Conte- Sonia Levitin
  • Autumn Street- Lois Lowry

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