Elementary and Middle School Libraries (K - 8)


Four red books

Grades K-8

2008 Summer Reading Suggestions from Mrs. Bergeron:

The lists below represent my favorites for summer reading. Some titles are new; some are “old classics.” Many are award winners and/or appear on “Best Books Lists.” They include fiction and exciting non-fiction and are organized by grade level. Enjoy!!

Kindergarten:

Author

Title

Carle

Mr. Seahorse

Carlson

First Grade, Here I Come

Crews

Neighborhood Mother Goose

Cronin

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Dillon

Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That

Fleming

Alphabet Under Construction

Henkes

Lily's Purple Plastic Purse

Jordan

Salt in His Shoes

Juster

Hello Goodbye Window

Karas

Class Artist

Knudsen

Library Lion

Lovell

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

Rathman

Officer Buckle and Gloria

Rose

Twelve Days of Kindergarten

Rotner

Senses at the Seashore

Shannon

White is for Blueberry

Sierra

Wild About Books

Slate

Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten

Sweeney

Me on the Map

Yolen

How do Dinosaurs Go to School

 
Grade 1:

Author

Title

Aliki

Marianthe's story

Barroux

Mr. Katapat's Incredible Adventures

Creech

A Fine, Fine School

De Paola

Stagestruck

DiCamillo

Mercy Watson To the Rescue

Guest

Iris and Walter and the Field Trip

Kenah

The Best Seat in Second Grade

Knudsen

Library Lion

McNulty

If You Decide to Go to the Moon

Nixon

Gus and Gertie and the Lucky Charms

O Flatharta

Hurry and the Monarch

Parish

Amelia Bedelia Under Construction

Rosenthal

Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons

Ruurs

My Librarian is a Camel

Rylant

Henry and Mudge and the Great Grampas

Schorter

Boy Who Loved Words

Sis

Train of States

Willems

Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct

 
Grade 2:

Author

Title

Adler

Cam Jansen and the Summer Camp Mysteries

Atwater

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Buckley

Batboy's Day

Cox

Mean, Mean, Maureen Green

Danziger

Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown

De Paola

26 Fairmont Avenue

Hamm

Winners Never Quit

Jordan

Salt in His Shoes

Kennedy

My Senator and Me: A Dog's Eye View of Washington, D. C.

Knudsen

Library Lion

Krull

Boy on Fairfield Street

Krull

Wilma Unlimited

Leedy

Great Graph Contest

Look

Ruby Lu, Brave and True

McBrier

Beatrice's Goat

Muth

Three Wishes

Reynolds

Ish

Rosenthal

Cookies: Bite Size Life Lessons

Schwartz

Things I Learned in Second Grade

Sis

Train of States

 
Grade 3:

Author

Title

Barretta

Now and Ben

Blume

Double Fudge

Brown

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein

Byars

My Dog, My Hero

Child

Princess and the Pea

Cleary

Ribsy

Clements

Million Dots

Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Finchler

Miss Malarkey Leaves No Reader Behind

Harper

Just Grace

Hatkoff

Owen and Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

Kerrin

Martin Bridge , Ready for Takeoff!

Lewis

Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Lowry

Gooney Bird and the Room Mother

McDonald

Judy Moody Around the World in 8 1/2 days

Mills

Perfectly Chelsea

Muth

Zen Shorts

Noble

Scarlet Stockings Spy

Osborne

Blizzard of the Blue Moon

Paterson

Blueberries for the Queen

Pennypacker

Clementine

Say

Kamishibai Man

 
Grade 4:

Author

Title

Arnold

Elephants Can Paint Too!

Borden

Journey that Saved Curious George

Clements

No Talking

Cole

Ms. Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle

Creech

Love That Dog

Duffey

Cody Unplugged

Gutman

Homework Machine

Gutman

Mickey and Me

Krull

Woman for President: The Story of Victoria Woodhull

Lubar

Punished

Lynch

Gold Dust

MacLachlan

Caleb’s Story

Marsden

Silk Umbrellas

Osborne

One Eyed Giant

Prelutsky

What a Day It Was at School

Pullman

Scarecrow and His Servant

Richardson

Real Lucky Charm

Rylant

Journey: Stories of Migration

Scieszka

Oh Say, I Can't See

 
Grade 5:

Author

Title

Armstrong

Whittington

Balliett

Wright 3

Birdsall

The Penderwicks, a Summer Tale of Four Sisters…

Chin-Lee

Amelia to Zora

Choldenko

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Clements

Jacket

Codell

Sahara Special

Cooney

Beloved Dearly

DiCamillo

Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Fleischman

Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini

Florian

Omnibeasts

Fogelin

Crossing Jordan

George

Charlie's Raven

Giff

Pictures of Hollis Woods

Gutman

Satch and Me: A Baseball Card Adventure

Hannigan

Ida B. ... And Her Plans to….

Hiassen

Hoot

Kendall

Gammage Cup

Konigsberg

Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

Kraske

Marooned: The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk…

Patron

Higher Power of Lucky

Peck

Fair Weather

Schwartz

4 Kids in 5 E and One Crazy Year

Spinelli

Loser

Stewart

Mysterious Benedict Society

Wiles

Aurora County All Stars

 
Grade 6:

Author

Title

Anderson

Fever 1793

Avi

Book Without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic

Balliett

Wright 3

Barry

Peter and the Starcatchers

Beck

Secret History of Tom Trueheart

Bolden

Maritcha

Broach

Shakespeare's Secret

Bruchac

Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War 2

Cushman

Rodzina

Enzensberger

Number Devil

Freedman

Voice That Challenged a Nation

Hiassen

Flush

Hoeye

Time Stops for No Mouse

Meehl

Out of Patience

Oppel

Sunwing

Park

Project Mulberry

Peck

Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts

Schmidt

Wednesday Wars

 
Grades 7 and 8:

Author

Title

 

Firebirds Rising: an Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy

Blumenthal

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: the Law That Changed the Future of Girls in America

Cadmun

Ship of Fire

Carbone

Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607

Cummings

Red Kayak

Deem

Bodies from the Ash

Dendy

Guinea Pig Scientists

Feinstein

Last Shot: A Final Four Mystery

Fleischman

Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini

Fleischman

Whirligig

Fletcher

Alphabet of Dreams

Freedman

Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Gorman

Games; A Tale of Two Bullies

Hobbs

Wild Man Island

Hopkinson

Up Before Daybreak: Cotton and People in America

Jaramillo

La Linea

Jurmain

Forbidden Schoolhouse: True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall…

Larson

Hattie Big Sky

Lupica

Heat

Perkins

Criss Cross

Pfeffer

Life as We Knew It

Riordan

Lightning Thief

McCaughrean

Stop That Train!

Thimmesh

Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon

Wynne-Jones

Thief in the House of Memory