Summer Reading 2019 as recommended by The School Library The English Department The Department of Modern Foreign Languages St. George’s Students and Teachers Dear St. George’s Community, In our quest to nurture a culture of reading in our school, we have produced another wonderful list of books for you to enjoy this summer. Whether you are reading for work or pleasure, you will be able to do so in a range of languages, selecting from books recommended by our language faculties for all age groups. Titles in blue have recently been added to the school library and may be signed out during the academic year. The Magic of Reading Each story is a journey not only for the characters, but also for you. Books teach you compassion. They help you work on your capacity to connect to another person and invest yourself in their story. You will learn to be more observant, imaginative and creative. Reading can widen your mind’s horizons to an incredible extent and fully transform your view of the world. Books guide you towards becoming a dreamer and teach you that you are capable of doing anything you put your mind to, no matter how hard it may seem. The most important books in your life will be the ones that are mirrors of your life. You will see your own reflection in the pages and, as you read, you will start to understand yourself on a deeper level. Another part of you, that you have always been searching for, will be discovered. The words written by a complete stranger will help you connect with the person you have to know the best - yourself. Therefore, the more you read, the more you will learn about who you truly are. Excerpt from an IGCSE English speech by Tatiana Stepanova, Year 11 Happy reading! Chalet Contemporary fiction ● After the Fall by Daniel Santat ● The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt ● Snow White and Little Red Riding Hood Stories Around the World by Jessica Gunderson ● Cinderella Stories Around the World by Cari Meister ● The Squirrels who Squabbled by Rachel Bright ● Tad by Benji Davies ● The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens ● Rescue & Jessica: A life-changing friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes ● Your Mind is Like the Sky by Bronwen Ballard and Laura Carlin ● Oijichan’s Gift by Chieri Uegaki ● I Can Only Draw Worms by Will Mabbitt ● They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki ● An Atlas of Imaginary Places by Mia Cassany ● The Neighbors by Einat Tsarfati ● The Dog Who Wanted to Fly by Kathy Stinson ● Drawn Together by Minh Le ● The Rough Patch by Brian Lies ● Pearl by Molly Idle ● The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson ● Otto and Pio by Marianne Dubuc ● The Wolf, the Duck and the Mouse by Mac Barnett ● Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival ● I am a Cat by Gaila Bernstein ● Ocean Sky by Terry & Eric Fan ● Florette by Anna Walker ● I Walk With Vanessa: A story about a simple act of kindness by Kerascoët ● Small Saul by Ashley Spires ● A New Home by Tania de Regil ● The Wall in the Middle of the Book by Jon Agee ● Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal ● We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins ● Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall Classics ● The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsey ● Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne ● Horton Hears a Who! By Dr. Seuss ● The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss ● Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans ● Titch by Pat Hutchins ● Alfie Gets in First by Shirley Hughes ● Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown ● Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin ● The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle ● Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ● Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson ● Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein ● The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams ● Curious George by H.A. Rey Poetry ● The Stuff of Stars by Marion Dane Bauer ● A First Book of the Sea by Nicola Davies ● Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate ● In the Past by Matthew Trueman ● I am Loved by Nikki Giovanni ● Twilight Chant by Holly Thompson ● Hidden City: Poems of Urban Wildlife by Sarah Grace Tuttle Non-fiction ● Chasing Cheetahs: The Race to Save Africa’s Fastest Cats by Sy Montgomery ● Swimming with Sharks by Heather Lang ● The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino ● Water is Water by Miranda Paul ● Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything by Kathleen Krull ● Beacon to Freedom: The Story of a Conductor on the Underground Railroad by Jenna Glatzer ● Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling ● Because by Mo Willems ● Bird Watch by Christie Matheson ● Brave Ballerina by Michelle Meadows ● Like a Lizard by April Pulley Sayre ● Power Up by Seth Fishman ● The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk ● Water Land: Land and Water Forms Around the World by Christy Hale Français ● Mimi aime le sport de Lucy Cousins ● Préfèrerais-tu? de J. Burningham ● Le compte est rond de David Gauthier ● Le grand livre de l'école de R. Scarry ● Emilie est invitée de Domitille de Pressensé ● J’adore le jus de rat! de Christian Lamblin ● Une drôle de nuit de Eric Battut Russian ● А. С. Пушкин Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке ● С. Михалков «Про мимозу», «Про Фому.» ● vА. С. Пушкин “Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке” ● Д. Н. Мамин-Сибиряк “Серая шейка” ● В. Драгунский. «Смерть шпиона Гадюкина», «Заколдованная буква» ● А. Барто. Стихи ● Г. Остер «Вредные советы» Student Recommendations (recommended by Year 1 and Year 2) ● The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr ● Avocado Baby by John Burningham ● You Can’t Take An Elephant On The Bus by Patricia Cleveland-Peck ● The Dark by Lemony Snicket ● I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen ● Katie Morag’s Island Stories by Mairi Hedderwick ● Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake ● Funnybones by Allan Ahlberg ● Peace At Last by Jill Murphy ● We’re Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Upper Junior School Contemporary fiction ● Jack and the Geniuses by Bill Nye ● Scream Street: Looks Like Trouble by Tommy Donbavand ● Scream Street: Negatives Attract by Tommy Donbavand ● Pippa Morgan’s Diary by Annie Kelsey ● Short! edited by Kevin Crossley-Holland ● The Dog Who Lost His Bark by Eoin Colfer ● The Eleventh Hour by Jacques Goldstyn ● Miraculous Miranda by Siobhán Parkinson ● The Lost Magician by Piers Torday ● The Umbrella Mouse by Anna Fargher ● The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raùf ● Sweep by Jonathan Auxier ● Louisiana’s Way Home by Kate DiCamillo ● The Book of Boy by Catherine Gilbert Murdock ● Fing by David Walliams ● Ban This Book by Alan Gratz ● Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan ● A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold ● The Mad Wolf’s Daughter by Diane Magras ● Bob by Wendy Mass Classics ● The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett ● My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett ● The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster ● Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White ● Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren ● Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson ● James and the Giant Peach (or anything else written) by Roald Dahl ● Heidi by Johanna Spyri ● A Series of Unfortunate Events (the whole series) by Lemony Snicket ● Little House in the Big Woods (series) by Laura Ingalls Wilder ● Five on a Treasure Island (or anything else) by Enid Blyton Poetry ● Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars by Douglas Florian ● Every Month is a Year by Marilyn Singer ● With My Hands: Poems About Making Things by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater ● I’ll Root for You by Edward van de Vendel ● Seeing into Tomorrow by Richard Wright; illustrated by Nina Crews ● Missing Mike by Shari Green ● Knockout by K.A. Holt Non-fiction ● Forces and Motion: Investigating a Car Crash by Ian Graham ● Everything Big Cats: Pictures to Purr About and Info to Make You Roar! by Elizabeth Carney ● DK Findout! Stone Age ● If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Marc Aronson & Mike Parker Pearson ● Guts & Glory: The Vikings by Ben Thompson ● Daring Dozen: The twelve who walked on the moon by Suzanne Slade ● Just Right: Searching for the Goldilocks Planet by Curtis Manley ● The Crayon Man: The true story of the invention of Crayola Crayons by Natascha Biebow ● The Frog Book by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page ● The Hyena Scientist by Sy Montgomery ● Calling All Minds: How to think and create like an inventor by Temple Grandin Graphic Novels ● Click by Kayla Miller ● Dog Man series by Dav Pilkey ● Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey ● Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang ● Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen ● Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell ● The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill Français ● Otto, autobiographie d'un ours en peluche de Tomi Ungerer ● Sfar Joann: Monsieur Crocodile a beaucoup faim de Joann Sfar ● L'ogre gentleman de Praline Gay-Para ● La montagne aux trois questions de Béatrice Tanaka ● Tour de Terre en poésie: anthologie multilingue de poèmes du monde de Jean-Marie Henry ● Les contes rouges ou Les contes bleus du chat perché de Marcel Aymé ● Le rêve de renard de Keizaburo Tejima ● Moi, le loup et les chocos de Delphine Perret ● La pêche à la baleine de Jacques Prévert ● Le roi de la bibliothèque de Michelle Knudsen ● Affaires de loup de Trimouille Pascale ● L’Afrique de Zigomar de Corentin Philippe ● Le tigre bleu de Robel Nicolas ● L’oiseau de vérité de Fdida Jean Jacques ● Au creux de la noisette de Mingau Muriel ● Marie et le chat sauvage de Chessex Jacques ● Le voleur de chouchous de Bottero Pierre ● Mystère de Murail Marie Aude ● La princesse de neige de Nottet Pascal ● Spirou et Fantasio de Franquin ● Le génie de la boîte de ravioli de Zullo Germano ● L’ogre gentleman de Gay-Para Praline ● Comment Wang-fo fut sauvé de Yourcenar Marguerite ● Rêves amers de Condé Maryse ● Nouvelles histoires pressées de Friot Bernard Russian ● Кир Булычев “Приключения Алисы” (“Девочка, с которой ничего не случится” или другие рассказы) ● И.