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Athens Chilesburg Elementary Summer
Reading List Please highlight your list and choose to "print selection"
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Suggested Reading List for Five-Year-Olds (taken from the “Get Ready For Kindergarten” family calendar) A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni Corduroy by Don Freeman A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes The War Between the Vowels and the Consonants by Priscilla Turner Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Cristelow Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant The Mitten by Jan Brett The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn The Wheels on the Bus by Maryanne Kovalski The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr. Franklin Goes to School by Paulette Bourgeois Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come by Nancy Carlson Clifford’s First Day of School by Norman Bridwell Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells Little Bear Goes to Kindergarten by Jutta Langreuter
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Required Reading – Your child will be required to take the Reading Counts quiz on these books when they return to school in August.
Capucilli, Alyssa. – Bathtime for Biscuit Eastman, P.D. – Go, Dog, Go Krauss, Robert. – Leo the Late Bloomer
Additional books to enjoy this summer
Picture Books
Axtell, David. We’re Going on a Lion Hunt Base, Graeme. Animalia Bernenstein. Berenstein Bears (Series) Bridwell, Norman. Clifford (Series) Brown, Marc. Arthur (Series) Emberley, Ed. Go Away Big Green Monster Falconer, Ian. Olivia Guarino, Deborah. Is Your Mama a Llama? Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad are Friends London, Jonathan. Froggy (Series) Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Pig a Pancake (Series) Root, Phyllis. One Duck Stuck Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Shannon, David. David Goes to School Shannon, David. No David! Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Yolen, Jane. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
Chapter Books
Danzinger, Paula. Amber Brown (Series) Jone, Marcia. Bailey School Kids (Series) Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones (Series) Pope, Mary Osborne. Magic Tree House (Series) Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge (Series)
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Highly Recommended Reading: Reading Counts Quizzed books Teague, Mark. Detective LaRue: Letters from Obedience School O’Neill, Alexis. The Recess Queen Viorst, Judith. Earrings!
Recommended List (Choose 3) Axtell, David. We’re Going On A Lion Hunt Berenstain. Berenstain Bears (Series) Bridwell, Norman. Clifford (Series) Brown, Marc. Arthur (Series) Brumbeau, Jeff. The Quiltmaker’s Gift Falconer, Ian. Olivia Kraus, Robert. Leo the Late Bloomer Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad (Series) London, Jonathan. Froggy (Series) Numeroff, Laura. If You Give a Pig a Pancake (Series) Root, Phyllis. One Duck Stuck Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Chapter Books Danzinger, Paula. Amber Brown (Series) Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones (Series) Pope, Mary Osborne. Magic Tree House (Series) Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge (Series) Jones, Marcia. Bailey School Kids (Series) Roy, Ron. A to Z Mysteries (Series) Beverly Cleary Series Stine, R.L. Goosebumps (Series)
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3rd Grade Recommended Summer Reading List (All books are on a late 2nd grade/ beginning 3rd grade level.) Fiction: Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown Cloudy with a Chance of Meat Balls by Judi Barrett Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat Freckle Juice by Judy Bloom The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo by Judy Bloom Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell The Dog that Stole Home by Matt Christopher
Nonfiction: The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto by Natalie Standiford Dolphins by Sharon Bokoske Hungry, Hungry Sharks by Joanna Cole Storms by Seymour Simon Whales: The Gentle Giants by Joyce Milton Abe Lincoln’s Hat by Martha Brenner A Book About Your Skeleton by Ruth Gross George Washington’s Mother by Jean Fritz Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson
Series: Cam Jansen books by David Adler Frog and Toad books by Arnold Lobel Henry and Mudge books by Cynthia Rylant Horrible Harry books by Suzy Kline Jigsaw Jones books by James Preller Junie B. Jones books by Barbara Park The Littles books by John Peterson Magic School Bus books by Joanna Cole Magic Tree House books by Mary Pope Osborne Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parish George and Martha books by James Marshall Pinky and Rex books by James Howe Arthur books by Marc Brown Judy Moody books by Megan Mcdonald Bailey School Kids books by Jones and Dadey Black Lagoon Books by Mike Thaler
Periodical: American Girl Highlights Boys’ Life National Geographic Kids Ranger Rick
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Fourth Grade Summer Reading List
Realistic Fiction / Humor (Choose 2)
Shiloh by Phyliss Naylor The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes Tornado by Betsy Byars Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danzinger Class Clown by Johanna Hurwitz Frindle by Andrew Clements Fudge-A-Mania by Judy Blume Superfudge by Judy Blume Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume Wayside School is Falling Down by Louis Sachar
Historical Fiction / Fantasy (Choose 1)
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan Stuart Little by E.B. White The Littles by John Peterson The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
Non-Fiction (Choose 1)
Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson Floods by Ellen Keller Penguins by Gail Gibbons The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin by Jean Fritz
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Fifth Grade Summer Reading List Pick ONE BOOK from EACH genre below to read this summer, for a total of 4 books read by the time school starts in August.
Parents: this would be a great time to read with your child. Alternate reading pages out loud together each day. If your child is a struggling reader, please read the books orally with them. Fantasy Mrs. Frisby & the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien Tuck Everlasting by Natilie Babbitt The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) by Roald Dahl The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Historical Fiction Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Byrie Brink The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare Old Yeller by Fred Gipson Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Fair Weather by Richard Peck
Realistic Fiction Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Beezus and Ramona by Beverly Cleary Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Hatchet by Gary Paulson Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Non-Fiction Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman Anne Frank: Child of Holocaust by Gene Brown The Brain by Seymour Simon Guts by Gary Paulson Who Was Ben Franklin? By Dennis Brindell Fradin Knots in my Yo-Yo String: the autobiography by Jerry Spinelli |
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