Tentative Book List for Summer Reading As Composed by Teachers K-5

SUMMER 2016 Recommended for summer reading as composed by teachers K-5, reading coach and librarian:

Kindergarten (rising 1 st grade) READ TO: INDEPENDENT READING: Gregory, The Terrible Eater M. Sharmat Most STEP into Reading #1 or #2 books If You Give a Mouse a Cookie L. Numeroff Biscuit (dog) series/Panda Kisses: A. Capucilli Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse K. Henkes And I Mean It, Stanley C. Bonsall Miss Spider’s Tea Party D. Kirk Addition Annie D. Gisler Spooky Old Tree Berenstain Aggie & Will L. D. Brimner Very Hungry Caterpillar, The E. Carle Best Pet Ever, The V. Roberts Where The Wild Things Are M. Sendak Fancy Nancy Series J. O’Connor Henry and Mudge Puppy series C. Rylant Pete the Cat J. Dean Froggy books J. London Splat the Cat R. Scotton Harold and the Purple Crayon C. Johnson AUTHORS Berenstein D. McKee Frog and Toad series A. Lobel P.D. Eastman A.J. Hayes M. Hillert Arthur books M. Brown S. Hoff S. Lucas G. Maccarone M. Mayer E. Minarik H. Wilhelm First Grade (rising 2nd grade) Clifford series N. Bridwell Mr. Putter & Tabby books C. Rylant Henry and Mudge series C. Rylant Flat Stanley books J. Brown Junie B. Jones series B. Park Box Car Children series G.C. Warner Fancy Nancy series J. O’Connor Porcupine’s PJ Party T.W. Harshman Scooby-Doo series G. Herman Amelia Bedelia series P. Parish Black Lagoon series M. Thaler Arthur series L. Hoban Captain Underpants D. Pilkey Magic Tree House Books M. P. Osborne Nate the Great series M.W. Sharmat Get Ready for 2nd grade Amber B. P. Danziger Horrible Harry series S. Kline Second Grade (rising 3rd grade) Judy Moody series M. McDonald Katie Kazoo series N. Krulik Perfectly Princess series A. Crowne Bailey School Kid, Jr.series D. Dadey Calendar Club series N. Star Jigsaw Jones series J. Preller Marvin Redpost/Wayside series L. Sachar Ready, Freddy! A. Klein Fish Face P.R. Giff Franklin series P. Bourgeois Geronimo Stilton series E. Piemme Cam Jansen series D. Adler American Girl series (different authors) V. Tripp, Fletcher Pinkalicious series V. Kann A to Z Mysteries series R. Roy

Third Grade (rising 4th grade) Fourth grade (rising 5th) Ramona/ Henry and Ribsy series B. Cleary 39 Clues Maze of Clues #1 R. Riordan Hank the Cow Dog series J. Erickson (subsequent books written by different authors) Diary of a Wimpy Kid series J. Kinney Little House on the Prairie L.I.Wilder Nancy Drew series C. Keene Allie Finkle’s Rules M. Cabot Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective D J. Sobol Maniac Magee J. Spinelli Through Grandpa’s Eyes P. MacLachlan Heat/Comeback Kids M. Lupica New Kid on the Block J. Prelutsky My Father’s Dragon(trilogy) R.S. Gannett The Lemonade Wars (series) J. Davies A Week in the Woods A. Clements Stink series M. Mcdonald Chronicles of Narnia C.S. Lewis Frannie K Stein series J. Benton In the Year of the Boar and Jackie R. B.B. Lord Madison Finn series L. Dower Harry Potter series J.R. Rowling Bunnicula J. Howe Rush Revere series R. Limbaugh The Boy Who Saved Baseball J. Ritter Theodore Boone series J. Grisham Wonder R..J. Palacio Seven Wonders P. Lerangis I survived (series) L. Tarshis Chasing Redbird/Ruby Hollar S. Creech SUMMER 2016

Books are rated with the following system by Renaissance Learning  Interest Levels on books according to Accelerated Reader are as follows: o LG Lower Grades content appropriate for K-5grades o MG Middle Grades content appropriate for 4-6 grades o MG+ Middle Grades Plus content appropriate for 6-8 grades o UG Upper Grade content appropriate for 9-12 grades  Bear Exploration Center Library does not house books or AR tests rated UG

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