St. Edward the Confessor Parish School 2015 Summer Reading List Preschool-8 th Grade Research has shown that the single greatest factor in predicting reading success is whether a child is read to when young. Note: The following books are only suggestions. Please feel free to add any books that are appropriate for your reader. The staff in the children s area of the public library will also have many wonderful suggestions for you. Although the lists are separated, it is okay to read off of other lists as well. Rereading a book multiple times is also encouraged. Enjoy! Preschool-Kindergarten Books About Me I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carlson I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle My Five Senses by Aliki Owen by Kevin Henkes When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer Family Stories Just Me Books by Mercer Mayer Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse Predictable Books (Stories with a pattern using rhyme or rhythm.) Curious George by H. A. Rey Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allan Ahlberg The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág What s in Fox s Sack? by Paul Galdone Beginning, Middle, and End Concept Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen Love You Forever by Robert Munsch Rosie s Walk by Pat Hutchins The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown Color and Counting Books Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti Jr. Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by L Ehlert Frog Counts to Ten by John Liebler Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? By Tana Hoban Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert Ten Bears in My Bed: A Goodnight Countdown by Stanley Mack Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban Caldecott Winners and Honor Books Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman Swimmy by Leo Lionni Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes James Marshall s Mother Goose by James Marshall My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells Tomie depaola s Mother Goose by Tomie depaola Folktales and Fairy Tales Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg Cinderella by Marcia Brown The Hare and the Tortoise by Brian Wildsmith Henny Penny by H. Werner Zimmermann The Little Red Hen by Margot Zemach The Three Bears by Paul Galdone The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Peter Christen Asbjornsen Three Little Pigs by James Marshall The Three Little Pigs by Rodney Peppé The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen Stories in Rhyme All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema Miss Spider s Tea Party by David Kirk Friends Benjamin and Tulip by Rosemary Wells We Are Best Friends by Aliki Who Will Be My Friends? By Syd Hoff Fabulous Science Books Cars and How they Go by Joanna Cole Eyewitness Juniors Amazing Frogs and Toads by Barry Clarke Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole
1 st Grade Suggested Summer Reading List Read alouds by author: Asch, Frank Brown, Margaret Wise Carle, Eric Carlstrom, Nancy White Fox, Mem Kraus, Robert Kraus, Ruth Lionni, Leo Martin, Bill Mayer, Mercer McCloskey, Robert Munsch, Robert Pallotta, Jerry Dr. Seuss Tarfuri, Nancy Series for reading aloud: Any Alphabet Book would review letters and sounds Paddington Bear by Michael Bond Carl by Alexandra Day Babar by Jean de Brunhoff Match and Patch Books by Opal Dun Petunia by Roger DuVoisin Corduroy by Don Freeman Spot by Eric Hill Alfie by Shirley Hughes Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald Jamaica by Anne Sibley O'Brien Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister A First Discovery Book (Scholastic) Sheep in a...by Nancy Shaw Books for independent readers: Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne Cam Jansen by David A. Adler Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy Popular books with 1 st grade students: Junie B. Jones by Barbara Parks Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler Geronimo Stilton List of Suggested Activities Set aside a special reading time. Read every day. Visit the public library and explore the section with information books. Select those that interest your child. Reread a book multiple times for enjoyment and to build your readers confidence with books. Form a book club with friends. Meet at a park or the beach once a week to have a book talk. Most importantly, foster the love of reading with your child and enjoy quality time.
2 nd -8 th Grade Suggested Book List Summer 2015 The following list is a suggested book list for grades 2-8. When school resumes, your child will be asked to share a book he or she has read over the summer. In sharing the book, you child will discuss likes and dislikes of the book, interesting details, favorite part/character, etc. Books are listed by Accelerated Reader (AR) level but please know that an AR quiz will not be expected. The levels are provided as a guide to assist in choosing a book at an appropriate reading level. This is only a suggested list. Feel free to choose other books not on the list. For those grade levels that have an additional reading requirement, further directions are given under special directions. SECOND GRADE Special directions: Have fun and enjoy reading many books! 1.0 Jeep in a Sheep Nancy Shaw 1.9 Just Grandpa and Me Mercer Mayer 2.0 Just for You Mercer Mayer 2.2-3.4 Amelia Bedelia (Series) Peggy Parish 2.3-2.9 Henry and Mudge (Series) Cynthia Rylant 3.0-4.6 Clementine (Series) Sara Pennypacker THIRD GRADE Special directions: Enjoy reading! Can t wait to hear all about your favorite book! 2.8 The Absent A to Z Mysteries Ron Roy 2.8 Big Nate Flips Out Lincoln Peirce 3.4 Sarah Plain and Tall Patricia MacLachlan 3.4 Judy Moody Declares Independence Megan McDonald 3.6 Grandfather s Journey Allen Say 3.8 I survived the San Francisco Earthquake 1906 Lauren Tarshis 4.4 Charlotte s Web E.B. White 4.4 The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Kate DiCamillo 4.5 Muggie Maggie Beverly Cleary FOURTH GRADE Special directions: Enjoy reading and we are excited to hear about your favorite book! 4.0 Stone Fox John Reynolds Gardiner 4.4 Charlotte s Web E.B White 4.4 M.C. Higgins, The Great Virginia Hamilton 4.4 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator Ronald Dahl 4.8 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Ronald Dahl 4.9 The Sign of the Beaver Elizabeth George Speare 4.9 Little House on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder 5.2 The Moffats Eleanor Estes
5.2 My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George 5.2 Pippi Longstocking Astrid Lindgren 5.3 Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder 5.3 The Borrowers Mary Norton 5.4 The Magician s Nephew C.S. Lewis (Prequel to class novel) FIFTH GRADE Special directions: Can t wait to hear about your book! 4.4 The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles Julie Andrews Edwards 4.7 From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E. L. Konigsburg 4.7 A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle 4.9 The Cricket in Times Square George Selden 5.2 Navigating Early Clare Vanderpool 5.2 My Side of the Mountain Jean Craighead George 5.3 Danger Down the Nile James Patterson 5.6 Into the Wild Erin Hunter 5.8 The Callahan Cousins: Summer Begins Elizabeth Doyle Carey 6.2 Call It Courage Armstrong Sperry SIXTH GRADE Special directions: Choose two books from this list to enjoy over the summer and be ready to share with your class when you return to school. 3.9 Stand Tall Joan Bauer 4.1 Something Upstairs Avi 4.2 Choosing Up Sides John Ritter 4.3 Sticks Joan Bauer 4.6 Ella Enchanted Gail Levine 4.6 Holes Louis Sachar 4.7 Kira, Kira Cynthia Kadohato 4.7 A Wrinkle in Time Madeline L Engle 4.8 Flipped Wendelin Van Draanen 5.0 The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Spear 5.0 The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawling 5.1 The False Prince Jennifer A. Nielsen 5.1 Graveyard Book Neil Gaiman 5.1 The Secret Garden (unabridged) Frances Hodgson 5.2 Escape from Egypt Sonia Levitan 5.3 The Cay Theodore Taylor 5.3 Warrior Heir Cindy Chima (series) 5.3 The Westing Game Ellen Raskin 5.4 The Chocolate War Robert Cormier
5.7 The Giver Lois Lowry 5.7 Hatchet Gary Paulson 5.7 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Unabridged) C.S. Lewis (series) 5.9 Brian s Winter Gary Paulsen 6.0 The Princess Academy Shannon Hale 6.3 The Golden Goblet Eloise Jarvis McGraw 6.9 Leviathan Scott Westerfeld 7.7 Black Beauty (Unabridged) Anna Sewell SEVENTH GRADE Special directions: All students must read The Hobbit. Students will complete an in-class project and writing assignment on this book during the first week of class. Additionally, students are required to read one book of their choice from the additional titles below. These will be evaluated during the first week of class via timed-writing and literature circles. 4.5 The Call of the Wild Jack London 5.4 *The Heart of a Samurai Margi Preus 6.4 The Hobbit Required J.R.R. Tolkien 6.4 *Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman *Extra credit in social studies EIGHTH GRADE Special directions: All students must read Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. Students will complete an in-class project and writing assignment on this book during the first week of class. Additionally, students are required to read one book of their choice from the four titles listed below. These will be evaluated during the first week of class via timed-writing and literature circles. 7.4 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Required Lewis Carroll *Summer Reading - pick one additional title: 4.7 Kira-Kira Cynthia Kadohata 5.7 The Witch of Blackbird Pond Elizabeth George Speare 6.1 White Fang Jack London 7.4 The Time Machine H.G. Wells