Summer Reading Suggested Reading Lists
PRIMARY AUTHORS INTERMEDIATE AUTHORS Stan and Jan Berenstain J. K. Rowling Jan Brett Judy Blume Marc Brown E.B. White Anthony Browne Lois Lowry Joanna Cole Gary Paulsen Cynthia Rylant Louis Sachar Leo and Diane Dillon C.S. Lewis Tomie DePaola Roald Dahl Dr. Seuss J.R.R. Tolkien Chris Van Allsburg Beverly Cleary Mary Wells Ben Mikaelsen Jane Yolen Shel Silverstein Arnold Lobel Mary Pope Osborne Steven Kellogg Wilson Rawls Maurice Sendak Jean Craighead George Leo Lionni Patricia MacLachlan Sharon Creech Scott O'Dell Suggested Summer Reading Title List: Hatchet Charlotte's Web Where the Red Fern Grows Shiloh (trilogy) Holes Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing The BFG Matilda The Hobbit (series) Hedgies’ Surprise The Giving Tree Charlie and the Chocolate Factory The Call of the Wild Stuart Little Nancy Drew The Cat in the Hat American Girls Dear America books Little House on the Prairie Ralph S. Mouse Number the Stars Light in the Attic Little Women Mr. Popper's Penguins Stone Fox James and the Giant Peach Magic Tree House (series) White Fang My Side of the Mountain Tikki Tikki Tembo Sarah Plain and Tall All About Sam Henry and Mudge (series) Ella Enchanted Bud Not Buddy Goodnight Moon Madeline (series) The Giver Owl Moon Amelia Bedelia (series) Hardy Boys (series) Tuck Everlasting Mr. Tucket (series) Chicken Soup (series) What Could Go Wrong? Young Readers’ Choice Titles: Birchbark House, Louse Erdrich Granny Torrelli Makes Soup, Sharon Creech Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis Gregor the Overlander, Suzanne Collins Bunnicula Strikes Again, James Howe Kensuke’s Kingdom, Michael Morpurgo Our Only May Amelia, Jennifer L. Holm The Mayor of Central Park, Avi Ramona’s World, Beverly Cleary Olive’s Ocean, Kevin Henkes Tucket’s Gold, Gary Paulson Rodzina, Karen Cushman Zooman Sam, Lois Lowery Sahara Special, Esme Raji Codell Landry News, Andrew Clements The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo The Thief Lord, Corneila Funke The Runt, Marion Bauer Hoot, Carl Hiaasen Because of Winn Dixie, Kate Dicamillo Skeleton Man, Joseph Bruchac No Talkling, Andrew Clements
Newbery Award Winners: (complete list at- http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberywinners/medalwinners.htm 2010: When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead 2009: The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman 2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village, Laura Amy Schlitz 2007: The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron 2006: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins) 2005: Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster) 2004: The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo (Candlewick Press) 2003: Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi (Hyperion Books for Children) 2002: A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park(Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin)
These are suggested books, feel free to choose your own. Happy Reading! I am looking forward to seeing you soon.
Mr. Milner and Dr. Mears