Winslow Township School #1 Summer Reading List 2017 Students Entering Third Grade 39 Clues (series) by Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Rick Riordan or Jude Watson Amy and Dan Cahill face their greatest challenge on their quest to find the thirty-nine clues, but in order to discover the secrets of their lineage they will have to make a choice that could impact the world's future. Reading Level 3.9 – 4.7 Interest Level: 3-6 **Amazing Americans (series) by Mary Dodson Wade This series looks at the life and accomplishments of famous Americans. Books include bibliographical references and an index. Reading Level 1.8 – 2.9 Interest Level: K-3 *The Babe and I by David A. Adler While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth. Reading Level 3.2 Interest Level: K-3 Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel This book takes a humorous look at the normal way cats bathe, why it is inappropriate for humans to bathe that way, and the challenges of trying to give a cat a real bath with soap and water. Reading Level 3.7 Interest Level: K-3 1 Breyer Stablemates (series) by Elizabeth J. Mills, Suzanne Weyn or Jane E. Garver This series features fun facts about horses and a keepsake card of a real pony. With Stablemates, every horse has a story! Reading Level 3.2 – 4.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Cam Jansen (series) by David Adler Cam (short for Camera) Jansen and her faithful companion, Eric Shelton, encounter various mysteries in this series. These stories are action-packed from the seemingly innocent beginning to the satisfying end. Reading Level 3.2 – 4.2 Interest Level: 3-6 Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse. Reading Level 3.7 Interest Level: K-3 **Dave the Potter by Laban Carrick Hill This story chronicles the life of Dave, a nineteenth- century slave who went on to become an influential poet, artist, and potter. Reading Level 3.1 Interest Level: K-3 2 Madeline (series) by Ludwig Bemelmans Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis. Reading Level: 3.6 Interest Level: K-3 Miss Nelson is Back (series) by Harry Allard Miss Nelson goes away for a week, and the kids in Room 207 fear that they'll have the dreaded substitute teacher, Viola Swamp. Instead, they get Principal Blandsworth, who bores them into taking drastic measures. Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: K-3 *More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read. Reading Level: 3.1 Interest Level: K-3 Nate the Great (series) by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Nate the Great solves the various mysteries in this engaging series. This is a great addition for the young reader who enjoys mysteries. Reading Level: 2.0 – 3.0 Interest Level: K-3 3 Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg His behavior may be rather unconventional, but Pinkerton the dog proves it doesn't really matter. Reading Level: 3.1 Interest Level: K-3 Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer. Reading Level: 3.8 Interest Level: K-3 Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco A grandmother helps her granddaughter get over her fear of thunderstorms by getting her to help bake a thunder cake. Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: K-3 We Are Best Friends by Aliki When Robert's best friend Peter moves away, both are unhappy, but they learn that they can make new friends and still remain best friends. Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: K-3 4 Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein Shel Silverstein's acclaimed collection of humorous poems and illustrations, featuring such characters as a boy who turns into a television and a girl who eats a whale. Reading Level: 3.9 Interest Level: 3-6 The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza Wolf loves to eat almost more than anything else in the world. No sooner does he finish a meal, he's planning his next. His attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results. Reading Level: 3.0 Interest Level: K-3 **Frogs by Nic Bishop Full-color, illustrated photographs describe the characteristics and behaviors of a variety of frogs around the world. Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: K-3 *Indicates a multicultural book **Indicates a nonfiction book 5 .