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1 HCA Summer Reading List K5 Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering K5 at Highlands Christian Academy. Books may be read individually or with a parent. If your child is reading above the K5 level, additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or at under the Academics -> Library ->Summer Reading Contest & Reading Lists menu. Anderson, Hans The Ugly Duckling Barrett, H. Judi Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Berenstain, Stan and Jan Any Berenstain Bear book Bridwell, Norman Clifford (any Clifford book) Brown, Marc Any Marc Brown book Burton, Virginia Katy and the Big Snow, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, etc. Carle, Eric The Very Hungry Caterpillar Cronin, Doreen The Diary of a Spider, The Diary of a Worm, etc. Daywalt, Drew The Day the Crayons Quit Dean, James Pete the Cat (any Pete the Cat book) Ehlert, Lois Leaf Man Freeman, Don Corduroy (and any other Corduroy book) Henkes, Kevin Owen Hoban, Russell Any Frances book by Hoban Keane, Glen Adam Raccoon books Krauss, Ruth The Carrot Seed LeSieg, Theo In a People House and any other LeSieg book Lionni, Leo Swimmy, Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, Frederick Lucado, Max Just in Case You Ever Wonder Martin, Bill Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Minarik, Else Little Bear series McCloskey, Robert Blueberries for Sal Mosel, Arlene Tikki Tikki Tembo Numeroff, Laura If You Give a Mouse, If You Give a Pig, If You Give a Cat Potter, Beatrix The Tale of Peter Rabbit Rathmann, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria Rey, H.A. & Margaret Any Curious George book Seuss, Dr. Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham, and other Dr. Seuss books Slate, Joseph Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten Tafuri, Nancy Goodnight, My Duckling, Silly Little Goose Wilder, Laura Ingalls The Deer in the Wood Willem, Mo Don t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Beginner s Bible Books by E. Carle, Dr. Seuss, Tomie DePaola, Lillian or Russell Hoban, Leo Lionni, Margaret Wise Brown, and Jan Brett are good reading materials for kindergarten. Classic stories: The Three Pigs, Jack and the Beanstalk, The House that Jack Built, Chicken Little, The Little Red Hen, and Mother Goose Rhymes are also good choices.

2 HCA Summer Reading List First Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the first grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Books may be read individually or with a parent. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at under the Academics -> Library ->Summer Reading Contest & Reading Lists menu. Adler, David Arnold, Tedd Bemelmans, Ludwig Bourgeois, Paulette Brett, Jan Brown, Marc Clairmont, Patsy Cushman, Doug De Paola, Tomie Flack, Marjorie Guarino, Deborah Hoff, Syd Hoffman, Mary Hunt, Angela Kraus, Robert Lobel, Arnold Lucado, Max Mackall, Dandi Marshall, James Mayer, Mercer McCloskey, Robert McKissack, Patricia Minarik, Else H. Numeroff, Laura Parish, Peggy or Herman Quackenbush, Robert Rey, H. A. Rylant, Cynthia Scott, Lori Sharmat, Marjorie Slobodkina, Esphyr Seuss, Dr. Thomas, Patricia Waite, Michael Willems, Mo Zion, Gene Young Cam Jansen and the Spotted Cat Mystery Fly Guy Madeline s Rescue Franklin (series) On Noah s Ark, Town Mouse Country Mouse Any Arthur book Tails from the Pantry series Aunt Eater s Mystery Vacation Any De Paola book The Story about Ping Is Your Mama a Llama Danny and the Dinosaur Amazing Grace The Tale of Three Trees Leo the Late Bloomer Frog and Toad (series) Just in Case You Ever Wonder, The Crippled Lamb Natalie and the Downside-up Birthday George and Martha books, Pocketful of Nonsense There s Something in my Attic, A Very Special Critter Blueberries for Sal Any biography by McKissack, i.e. Great African Americans Little Bear Series If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and others Any Amelia Bedelia book Henry s Awful Mistake, Henry s Important Date, etc. Any Curious George title Any Henry and Mudge book Meghan Rose has a Secret Nate the Great Caps for Sale Fox in Socks, There s a Wocket in my Pocket and other Dr. Seuss books Stand Back Said the Elephant, I m Going to Sneeze (Any of the Christian Character series) The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog Harry the Dirty Dog (or any other Harry books) Any I Can Read It All by Myself series; Any I Can Read! Made by God; Any Let s-read-and-find-out Science series; Any Real Readers series

3 HCA Summer Reading List Second Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the second grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at under the Academics -> Library ->Summer Reading Contest & Reading Lists menu. Adler, David Any picture book biography by Adler, Cam Jansen series Allard, Harry Miss Nelson is Missing Arnold, Tedd Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl Bond, Michael Paddington Bear Brown, Jeff Flat Stanley books Brown, Marc Arthur Brown Adventures books Brunhoff, Laurent Babar Cooney, Barbara Chanticleer and the Fox, Miss Rumphius Davoll, Barbara Tales from Schroon Lake series DiCamillo, Kate Mercy Watson series Dungy, Tony You Can Do It! Frost, Marie Hattie series Gire, Ken Psalty series Hill, Susan Stuart Little: Stuart at the Fun House Keats, Ezra Jack The Snowy Day Lewis, Beverly Cul-de-sac Kids series Mackall, Dandi Daley Natalie and the Downside-up Birthday Parish, Peggy Amelia Bedelia Roop, Peter Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie Scott, Lori Meghan Rose Takes the Cake Sharmat, Marjorie Nate the Great books Waber, Bernard Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile Williams, Margery Velveteen Rabbit Series Science I Can Read books Let s-read-and-find-out Science, Science I Can Read New True Books All Aboard Science Reader, Berger Science Reader Any I Can Read! Made by God series American Girl Collection Poetry (These are read aloud books for the family.) Prelutsky, Jack The New Kid on the Block (and other Prelutsky books) Silverstein, Shel The Giving Tree (and other Silverstein books)

4 HCA Summer Reading List Third Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the third grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at under the Academics -> Library ->Summer Reading Contest & Reading Lists menu. Adler, David Cam Jansen series or Picture Book biography series Baglio, Ben Animal Ark series Birney, Betty Mysteries According to Humphrey Byars, Betsy Tornado Cleary, Beverly Ralph S. Mouse, The Mouse and the Motorcycle Cole, Joanna Ms. Frizzle s Adventures, The Magic School Bus Cronin, Doreen The Trouble with Chickens Dalgliesh, Alice The Courage of Sarah Noble Elmer, Robert Astro Kids series Erdrich, Lise Sacagawea Farris, Christine My Brother, Martin Fleischman, Sid The Whipping Boy Ga g, Wanda Millions of Cats Gardiner, John Reynolds Stone Fox Hering, Marianne Imagination Station: The Redcoats are Coming! Hermes, Patricia Starving Time Jackson, Dave & Neta Any Trailblazer Books series Lewis, Beverly Cul-de-sac Kids series MacDonald, Betty Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle MacLachlan, Patricia Sarah, Plain and Tall Mackall, Dandi Daley Starlight Animal Rescue: Wild Cat McDonald, Megan Judy Moody Gets Famous! Miles, Ellen Puppy Place: Cody Miller, Susan Sisters in Time series Murphy, Elspeth Campbell Ten Commandments mysteries, Three Cousins Detective Club Secret Agent Dingledorf; Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle Preller, James Jigsaw Jones Mystery: The Case of the Vanishing Painting Sharmat, Marjorie Nate the Great and the Boring Beach Bag Smith, Robert Kimmel Chocolate Fever Sobol, Donald Encyclopedia Brown series Stilton, Geronimo Geronimo Stilton, Secret Agent (any Geronimo Stilton book) Warner, Gertrude Boxcar Children series White, E.B. Stuart Little, Charlotte s Web Great Illustrated Classics Series: American Girls, Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, The American Adventure series, Who was--? biographies

5 HCA Summer Reading List Fourth Grade Listed below is a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the fourth grade at Highlands Christian Academy. Please encourage your child to read at least five books during the summer to help retain the current reading level. You may find that your child reads below or above this level. Additional summer reading lists for other grades may be obtained from the Elementary Office or from the Highlands Christian Academy website. Rewards will be given next fall to our top readers for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at under the Academics -> Library ->Summer Reading Contest & Reading Lists menu. Avi Poppy Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper s Penguins Birney, Betty Surprises According to Humphrey Brouwer, Sigmund Any Sigmund Brouwer Sports Mystery Carrol, Lewis Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Catling, Patrick The Chocolate Touch Cleary, Beverly Ramona books, Dear Mr. Henshaw and other Beverly Cleary books. Clements, Andrew No Talking Christopher, Matt Any sports book by Matt Christopher Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Magic Finger, The Minpins DiCamillo, Kate The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Doyle, Peter Reese A Daring Adventure series Elmer, Robert Any Robert Elmer book (i.e. About-Face Space Race) Estes, Eleanor The Hundred Dresses, Ginger Pye, The Moffats (series) George, Jean On the Far Side of the Mountain Haddix, Margaret Found Hannigan, Katherine Ida B. Henry, Marguerite Stormy, Misty s Foal, Sea Star Hope, Laura Lee Bobbsey Twins series Hutchens, Paul Sugar Creek Gang series Jenkins, Jerry/Fabry, Chris Red Rock Mysteries Johnson, Lois Walfrid Adventures of the Northwoods series, Viking Quest Series Krumgold, Joseph Onion John L Engle, Madeline A Wrinkle in Time Leppard, Lois The Mandie books Lindgren, Astrid Pippi Longstocking Mann, Elizabeth The Great Wall, The Great pyramid McCloskey, Robert Homer Price Moore, Stephanie Alec London series, Morgan Love series, Carmen Browne series Morris, Gilbert Dixie Morris Animal Adventure series The Incredible Worlds of Wally McDoogle series (My life as..) McGee and Me series, Elijah Project series Naylor, Reynolds Shiloh Richardson, Arleta Grandma s Attic series Robinson, Barbara The Best School Year Ever Ryan, Pam Munoz Riding Freedom Selden, George The Cricket in Time Square Silverstein, Shel Where the Sidewalk Ends, Falling Up, A Light in the Attic Various authors Sisters in Time series White, E.B. Stuart Little, The Trumpet of the Swan Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little House series The American Girls Collection

6 Summer Reading List Fifth & Sixth Grades The books listed below are a suggested summer reading guide for students entering the fifth and sixth grades at Highlands Christian Academy. Rewards will be given to our top readers in grades 1 st through 6 th for the summer reading contest. Please keep track of the books your child reads on the reading contest forms found at under the Academics -> Library ->Summer Reading Contest & Reading Lists menu. Alcott, Louisa May Avi Batson, Wayne Benge, Janet & Geoff Bailey, Carolyn Black, Chuck Brink, Carol Burnett, Frances Byars, Betsy Cote, Jenny Curtis, Christopher De Angeli, Marguerite DiCamillo, Kate DuBois, William Pene Elmer, Robert Farley, Walter Gipson, Fred George, Jean Haddix, Margaret Peterson Henry, Marguerite Howard, Milly Jenkins, Jerry/Fabry, Chris Juster, Norton Kjelgaard, Jim Konigsburg, Elaine L. L Engle, Madeline Latham, Jean Lawson, Robert Levine, Karen Lewis, Beverly Lewis, C.S. Lucas, Leanne Meigs, Cornelia Montgomery, L.M. Moore, Stephanie Moray, Walt Norton, Mary O Dell O Hara, Mary Rawls, Wilson Ryan, Pam Munoz Sewell, Anna Speare, Elizabeth Sperry, Armstrong Steig, William Wilder, Laura Ingalls Little Women Crispin: The Cross of Lead The Door Within Heroes of History series Miss Hickory The Kingdom Series Caddie Woodlawn The Secret Garden Summer of the Swans The Dreamer, the Schemer & the Robe Bud, Not Buddy The Door in the Wall Tales of Despereaux The Twenty-One Balloons The Young Underground series The Black Stallion Old Yeller Julie of the Wolves; My Side of the Mountain Found King of the Wind The Treasure of Pelican Cove Red Rock Mysteries, Left Behind - The Kids series The Phantom Tollbooth Big Red From the Mixed up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler A Wrinkle in Time Carry on, Mr. Bowditch Ben and Me, Mr. Revere and I Hana s Suitcase Summerhill Secrets series Chronicles of Narnia series Addie McCormick series Invincible Louise Anne of Green Gables Alec London series, Morgan Love series, Carmen Browne series Gentle Ben The Elijah Project series The Borrowers Island of the Blue Dolphins My Friend Flicka Where the Red Fern Grows Esperanza Rising Black Beauty Sign of the Beaver Call it Courage Abel s Island Little House series Dear America, My America, & The Royal Diaries series Daughters of Faith, Sisters in Time, Secret Keeper Girls

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