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Elementary and Middle School Libraries (K - 8)
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 |
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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 |
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