Pace Academy Lower School Summer Reading List – 2018 For Students Entering 2nd Grade Assignment: Each student should read, or hear read, at least five books. A record of books, read or heard, should be given to your homeroom teacher during the first week of school. Consider the books on this list as suggestions for summer reading. Students may read any age appropriate book, even if it is not on the list. A blank Summer Reading Record can be printed from the L.S. Library Web site. The 2018 Caldecott Medal winner: Wolf in the Snow Written and Illustrated by: Matthew Cordell 3Find information about Caldecott Medal winners and Caldecott Honor books on: The Caldecott Medal Home Page Web Sites for Book Lovers: American Library Association’s Great Web Sites for Kids American Library Association’s Notable Books for Children Association for Library Service to Children Awards Esme Raji Codell: Author of How to Get Your Child to Love Reading The Georgia Children’s Book Awards Home Page James Patterson’s READKIDDOREAD.com Jon Scieszka’s GUYSREAD.com Jim Trelease: Author of The Read-a-Loud Handbook Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System Cobb County Public Library Dekalb County Library Read to your children, read with your children, and have a wonderful summer! These lists and all links may also be found on A young boy is worried about what will the Lower School Library Web page. happen to his body when he hears such expressions as "give him a hand," "laugh your Picture Books head off," "hold your tongue," and others. Who’s On First? Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature’s Footprints Abbott, Bud Arnosky, Jim “Who's on first. What's on second. I Don't Presents detailed illustrations of life-size paw, Know's on third." One of the classic comedy claw, and hoof prints; and explains how to sketches of all time is now transformed into a identify tracks and how fast the animal might priceless picture book--and it's a great read for be traveling. kids of all ages. Follow the mistaken identities, The Moon Over Star confusion, and lots of laughs as Rabbit and Aston, Diana Hutts Bear act out this scene. The book will appeal to On her family's farm in the town of Star, eight- Abbott and Costello fans, baseball fans, and year-old Mae eagerly follows the progress of anyone who enjoys funny banter-driven the 1969 Apollo 11 flight and moon landing picture books. and dreams that she might one day be an Ah, Music! astronaut, too. Aliki My Light Surveys the history and components of music, Bang, Molly concentrating on Western musical traditions. The sun explains the different ways in which Me, All Alone, At the End of the World its light is transformed into energy that powers the bulbs that illuminate the night. Anderson, M. T. A boy enjoys living quietly by himself at the Sam and Dave Dig a Hole End of the World until Mr. Constantine Barnett, Mac Shimmer, "Professional Visionary," builds an Sam and Dave are on a mission: a mission to inn and an amusement park, demanding that find something spectacular. So they dig a hole. tourists come and have fun without end! And they keep digging. And they find . Trombone Shorty nothing. Yet the day turns out to be pretty spectacular after all. Andrews, Troy Hailing from the Treme neighborhood in New Rosie Revere, Engineer Orleans, Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews got Beaty, Andrea his nickname by wielding a trombone twice as Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at long as he was high. A prodigy, he was leading night she's a brilliant inventor of gizmos and his own band by age six, and today this gadgets who dreams of becoming a great Grammy-nominated artist headlines the engineer. legendary New Orleans Jazz Fest. Andrews has The Hallelujah Flight created a lively picture book autobiography Phil Bildner about how he followed his dream of becoming In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot a musician, despite the odds, until he reached Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the international stardom. first African Americans to fly across the United More Parts States, relying on the generosity of people they Arnold, Tedd meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going. Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths Brown, Monica Bishop, Nic With text in English and Spanish, this This stunning nonfiction book is illustrated appealing biography introduces children to the with photographs describing the characteristics life and accomplishments of the international and behaviors of a variety of butterflies and soccer star Pele. moths from around the world. Bad Kitty A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea Any in the series Black, Michael Ian Bruel, Nick Explains precisely why, although it may sound When a kitty discovers there is no cat food in like a good idea, gathering hundreds of pigs to the house, she decides to become very, very march in a parade through one's hometown is bad. inadvisable. The Banshee Bunting, Eve When Terry wakes up in the middle of the night to horrible screeching, he thinks the Banshee has come to pay his family a visit. One Giant Leap Burleigh, Robert This beautifully illustrated nonfiction book is Butterflies In My Stomach and Other an exciting retelling of Neil Armstrong and School Hazards Buzz Aldrin's lunar landing in 1969. Bloch, Serge On the first day of school, a student is confused by many of the phrases that are used, such as when the librarian says not to open a can of worms, or when the teacher says he expects the class to be busy bees doing their homework. The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter’s Teedie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt Wonder Brown, Don Cassino, Mark This picture-book biography on the life and Text and photographs answer a variety of adventures of Theodore Roosevelt depicts his questions about snow, discussing how it forms, journey, beginning as a sickly and asthmatic shapes of snow crystals, why no two flakes are young boy to becoming the youngest president alike, and more. of the United States. Redwoods Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match = Marisol Chin, Jason McDonald No Combina While reading a book about redwood trees on Brown, Monica the subway, a young boy travels as he learns, A creative, unique, bilingual, Peruvian- all the way to the forests of California. Scottish-American-soccer-playing artist Spot the Cat celebrates her individuality. Cole, Henry Pele, King of Soccer = Pele, el Rey del Through stunningly detailed black-and-white Futbol illustrations, readers will love following Spot !2 on his adventure--along the way finding The Day the Crayons Quit characters and objects that appear, disappear, Daywalt, Drew and reappear--and cheering for the sweet When Duncan arrives at school one morning, reunion at the end. he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his Eleanor crayons, complaining about how he uses them. Cooney, Barbara The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet Presents the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, who Deedy, Carmen Agra married a president of the United States and The mayor of the noisy city of La Paz institutes became a great humanitarian. new laws forbidding all singing, but a brave Train little rooster decides he must sing, despite the Cooper, Elisha progressively severe punishments he receives Board a commuter train in New York, then for continuing to crow. The silenced populace, follow the journey west and see the stations, invigorated by the rooster's bravery, ousts the the scenery, the different types of trains, and all tyrannical mayor and returns their city to its the people who travel and work on the railroad free and clamorous state. system. How to Train a Train Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Eaton, Jason Carter Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird Everything you need to know in order to find, Copeland, Misty keep and train your very own pet train. You'll American Ballet Theater soloist Misty discover where trains live, what they like to Copeland encourages a young ballet student, eat, and the very best train tricks around-- with brown skin like her own, by telling her everything it takes to lay the tracks for a long that she, too, had to learn basic steps and how and happy friendship. to be graceful when she was starting out, and The Boss Baby that some day, with practice and dedication, Frazee, Marla the little girl will become a firebird, too. From the moment he arrives, it is obvious that Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure the new baby is boss and he gets whatever he Cronin, Doreen wants, from drinks made-to-order around the The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and clock to his executive gym. everyday the chickens, cows, and Duck help A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a Frazee, Marla special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every Friends James and Eamon enjoy a wonderful night Duck works hard recreating his own week at the home of Eamon's grandparents surprise. during summer vacation. The First Drawing Deep in the Sahara Gerstein, Mordicai Cunnane, Kelly Thirty thousand years ago, an imaginative An Arab girl of the Sahara who wants to wear child sees the shapes of animals in clouds and a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother on the walls of the cave he shares with his and older sister, learns that the garment family, but no one else can see them until he represents beauty, mystery, tradition, makes the world's first drawing.