Summer Reading

2020/2021 Summer Reading List

Pre K 3

Required

Big Fish Little Fish by Fhiona Galloway

Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood

Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae

Recommended

Color and Shape Books

Alphabet Books

Counting Books

Pre K 4

Required Reading

Are You My Mother

by PD Eastman

There’s a Bird On My Head by Mo Willems

Hooray For Birds by Lucy Cousins

Kindergarten

Required:

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by: Bill Martin Jr.

Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev

What Does it Mean to be Kind? by Rana DiOrio

Suggested:

Number Books

Letter Books

Sight Word Books

Shape Books

First Grade

Required:

How Rocket Learned to Read

By Tad Hills

If You Give A Mouse a Brownie

By: Laura Numeroff

Lucy and the Bully

By: Claire Alexander

Ten Magic Butterflies

By: Danica McKellar

Suggested:

Giggle Giggle Quack

By: Doreen Cronin

Splat the Cat

By: Rob Scotton

First Grade Here I Come

By: Nancy Carlson

Giraffes Can’t Dance

By: Giles Andreae

Harry the Dirty Dog

By: Gene Zion

Second Grade

Required

Frog and Toad are Friends (plus comprehension packet)

Henry and Mudge: The First Book

Suggested:

Ready Freddy Series

Any “I can read: level 2” books

Third Grade

Please choose two books from the list. Then make a list of all the other books you enjoy this summer. Remember who your favorite characters are and which stories you like best. We will do a project with summer reading when you get back to school next September.

Required:

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes

The Year of the Book by Andrea Chang

We the Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School) by Andrew Clements

Wish by Barbara O'Connor The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barracca

Seven Times Nine Equals Trouble by Claudia Mills

Here are several book series to consider:

Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

Ranger in Time by Kate Messner and Kelly McMorris

Stink or Judy Moody by Megan McDonald

Mercy Watson by Kate DiCamillo

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Nancy Clancy by Jane O’Connor

Fourth Grade

Required:

Lemonade War by Jacqeline Davies (Book 1)

Please choose one of the following to read for a project that will be explained in September.

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan

A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner

Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes

The Hero Two Doors Down by Sharon Robinson

Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo

The Volcano of Fire by Geronimo Stilton

Ms. Rapscott's Girls by Elise Primavera

Pax by Sara Pennypacker

Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements

Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg

The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck by Emily Fairlie

Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary

The Adventures of South Pole Pig Chris Kurtz

Rules by Cynthia Lord

Jake and Lily by Jerry Spinelli

Honus and Me by Dan Gutman

Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin

Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff

Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers

Any of the Lemonade War Series by Jacqueline Davies

Any of According to Humphrey Series by Betty G. Birney

Any Magic Tree House

Any Who Was? books

5th Grade

Required:

The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Recommended:

Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea

27 Magic Words by Sharelle Byars Moranville

6th Grade

Required

Ungifted by Gordon Korman

Recommended reading: choose one book from the list below to read in addition to the required book. Students will be required to complete one project from the novel they choose below.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne

A Dog’s Purpose by Bruce Cameron

The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sea Park

When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

Slacker by Gordon Korman

All seventh and eighth graders are given a “required” reading book for the summer. Activities will be done in class during the first few weeks of school. In addition, they are required to read at least one book from the “suggested” list. They will complete an activity on this book in school as well.

Seventh Grade

Required

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Suggested:

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson

Yard War by Taylor Kitching

Hatchet by Gary Paulson

The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry

So B It by Sarah Weeks

A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass

The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Al Capone Does My Shirts by Jennifer Choldenko

The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter

Hoot by Carl Hiaason

All seventh and eighth graders are given a “required” reading book for the summer. Activities will be done in class during the first few weeks of school. In addition, they are required to read at least one book from the “suggested” list. They will complete an activity on this book in school as well.

Eighth Grade

Required:

Elephant’s Run by Roland Smith

Suggested:

Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker

Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Code Talker;A Novel about the Navajo Marines by Joseph Bruchac

Hope Was Here by Joan Bauer

I Will Always Write Back by Aiffenka and Ganda

The Ranger’s Apprentice by John Flanagan

Eragon by Christopher Paolini

The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielson

City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau

Stretch Reading:

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Last of the Mohicans by Fenimore Cooper

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott