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SUMMER READING LISTS
Take part in the Governor's Summer Reading Challenge!
We are looking for 100% participation from all students - see suggested reading lists for each grade.
ENTERING FIRST GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,
No Good,
Very Bad Day
Viorst, Judith
Arthur’s Family Vacation Brown, Marc
Big Red Barn
Brown, Margaret Wise
Blueberries for Sal McClosky, Robert
Cat in the Hat Seuss, Dr.
Chicken Soup with Rice Sendak, Maurice
Danny and the Dinosaur Hoff, Syd
Frog and Toad Together Lobel, Arnold
Hansel and Gretel Lesser, Rika
How My Parents Learned to Eat Friedman, Ina
My First Activity Book Wilkes, Angela
My First Nature Book Wilkes, Angela
One Fine Day Hagrogian, Nonny
Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack
“Stand Back,” Said
the Elephant, “I’m Going to Sneeze” Thomas,
Patricia
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Mosel,
Arlene
ENTERING SECOND GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
Amelia Bedelia
Parish, Peggy
Anansi the Spider McDermott,
Gerald
Crow Boy Yashima,
Taro
How to Make an Apple Pie and See
the World Priceman,
Marjorie
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Burton, Virginia Lee
Oliver Button Is a Sissy DePaola,
Tommy
Owl Moon Yolen,
Jane
Pecos Bill Kellogg,
Steven
The Courage of Sarah Nobel Dagliesch,
Alice
The Mitten Brett,
Jan
The Mysteries of Harris Quilt Flournoy,
Valerie
The Polar Express Van
Allsburg, Chris
When Summer Ends Fowler,
Susi
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s
Ears Aardema,
Verna
ENTERING THIRD GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
Aesop’s Fables Stevens,
Cauley,
et. All
Beans on the Roof Byars,
Betsey
Elephant’s Child Kipling,
Rudyard
Grandfather’s Journey
Say, Allen
Henry & Mudge and the Happy
Cat Rylant,
Cynthia
It Always Happens to Leona Havill,
Juanita
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie! Roop,
Peter & Connie
Make Way for Ducklings McCloskey,
Robert
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Steptoe,
John
Pippi Longstocking Lindgren,
Astrid
Ramona Forever Cleary,
Beverly
Sarah, Plain and Tall MacLachlan,
Patricia
Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child’s
Book of Poems Scholastic
Sleep Out Carrick,
Carol
The Little House Burton, Virginia Lee
Veronica the Show-Off Robinson,
Nancy
ENTERING FOURTH GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
Anastasia Krupnick Lowry,
Lois
And Now Miguel Krumgold,
Joseph
Caddie Woodlawn Brink,
Carol Ryrie
Charlotte’s Web White,
E.B.
Hundred Dresses Estes,
Eleanor
James and the Giant Peach Dahl,
Roald
Jumanji Van
Allsburg, Chris
Mouse and the Motorcycle Cleary,
Beverly
Mr.
Popper’s Penguins Atwater, Richard
& Florence
My Side of the Mountain
George, Jean
Craighead
Ramona the Pest Cleary,
Beverly
Snow Treasure McSwigan,
Marie
Sounder
Armstrong, William
The Hero and the Crown McKinley,
Robin
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush DePaola,
Tommie
Wind in The Willows Grahame,
Kenneth
ENTERING FIFTH GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
A Wrinkle in Time
L’Engle, Madeleine
Cricket in Times
Square Selden,
George
Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary,
Beverly
Exploring the Titanic Ballard,
Robert
Harriet the Spy
Fitzhugh, Louise
Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell, Scott
Maniac Magee Spinelli,
Jerry
My Side of the Mountain
George, Jean
Craighead
Sarah, Plain and Tall MacLachlan,
Patricia
Shiloh Naylor, Phyllis R.
The Hobbit
Tolkien, J.R.
The Black Stallion Farley,
Walter
The Sign of the Beaver Speare,
Elizabeth G.
The Whipping Boy Fitzhugh,
Louise
Voyage of the Frog Paulsen,
Gary
ENTERING SIXTH GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
Amos Fortune
Yates
Anne of Green Gables Montgomery, L.M.
Belle Prater’s Boy White,
Ruth
Call It Courage
Sperry, Armstrong
Crispin: The Cross of Lead Avi
Dear Mr. Henshaw Cleary,
Beverly
Dicey’s Song Voigt,
Cynthia
Ella Enchanted Levine,
Gail
Hatchet
Paulsen, Gary
King of the Shadows Cooper,
Susan
Little House in the Big Woods (series) Wilder,
Laura
Island of the Blue Dolphins O’Dell,
Scott
Maniac Magee
Spinelli, Jerry
Matt Christopher Sport Books (series) Christopher,
Matt
Old Yeller
Gibson, Fred
One-Eye Cat Fox,
Paula
Ordinary Jack: Being the First
Part of the Bagthorpe Saga Cresswell, Helen
Playing Beatie-Bow Park,
Ruth
Role of Thunder, Hear My Cry Taylor,
Mildred
Swiss Family Robinson Wyss,
Johann
The Children’s Homer Colum,
Padriac
The Golden Days Radley,
Gail
The Travel Team Lupica,
Mike
Tuck Everlasting Babbit,
Natalie
Voyage of the Frog
Paulsen, Gary
ENTERING SEVENTH GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
A Wrinkle in Time L’Engle,
Madeleine
Adventures of Tom Sawyer Twain,
Mark
Call It Courage Sperry,
Armstrong
Captains Courageous Kipling,
Rudyard
Chasing Redbird
Creech, Sharon
Gadget Zindel,
Paul
Jacob Have I Loved Paterson,
Katherine
Joel: A Boy of Galilee
Lilly’s Crossing
Giff, Patricia Reilly
Loser Spinelli,
Jerry
Make Way for Sam Houston Fritz,
Jean
Miracle Worker Gibson,
W.
Music From A Place Called Half Moon Oughton,
Jerrie
National Velvet
Bagnold, Enid
Prince and the Pauper Twain,
Mark
Redwall Series
Jaques, Brian
River Paulsen,
Gary
Rifles for Watie
Keith, Harold
The Cay
Taylor, Theodore
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Goble,
Paul
The Last Shot Feinstein,
John
The Hobbit Tolkein,
J.R.R.
The Light in the Forest Richter,
Conrad
The Voyage of the Frog Paulsen,
Gary
ENTERING EIGHTH GRADE
TITLE AUTHOR
A Candle for Christmas Speare,
Jean
Across Five Aprils
Hunt, Irene
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain,
Mark
All Creatures Great and Small Herriot,
James
Brian’s Song Blinn,
William
Chocolate War Cormier,
Robert
Dicey’s Song Voigt,
Cynthia
Dogson
Paulsen, Gary
Fantastic Voyage Asimov,
Isaac
Jacob I Have Loved
Paterson, Katherine
Johnny Tremaine Forbes,
Esther
Julie of the Wolves George,
Jean
Craighead
Kon-Tiki (nonfiction) Heyerdahl,
Thor
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh O’Brien,
Robert
Outsiders
Hinton, S.E.
Rifles for Watie Keith,
Harold
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the
World (nonfiction)
Armstrong, J.
Solitary Blue (A) Voigt,
Cynthia
Step from Heaven
Na An
The House on Mango Street Cisneros,
Sandra
The Talking Earth George,
Jean
Craighead
The Winter Room Paulsen,
Gary
Watership Down
Adams, Richard
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