Athens Chilesburg Elementary Summer Reading List

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Kindergarten Reading List

 

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

 

 

 

 

1st Grade Summer Reading List

 

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)

  

 

 

2nd Grade Summer Reading List

 

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)

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

5th Grade Reading List

 

 

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