READING LIST FOR SUMMER, 2008

We hope you will spend many pleasant summer hours lost in a book. Use this list to give you ideas of some books you might enjoy, but feel free to read books that are not on the list.

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For students entering 1^st Grade

Recommended Reading List:

1. Carle. Eric Any Eric Carle book
2. Any Dr. Seuss Book

These books may be read to your child, with your child, or by your child.

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For students entering 2^nd Grade

Required Reading List:

1. Numeroff, Laura If you Take a Mouse to School

(and choose one from the following list:)

1. Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat

2. Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test
3. Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge and the Wild West

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For students entering 3^rd Grade

This information with details will also be sent home in the summer packet for 3^rd grade given in school.

Required Reading List:

1. Your choice: one (1) from The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne.
2. Three (3) other books (minimum) of your choosing

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For students entering 4^th Grade

Required Reading List:

1. Gardiner, John R. Stone Fox (Activity Packet will be distributed in 3^rd grade)

Recommended Reading List:

2. Peet, Bill Bill Peet: An autobiography

3. Rocklin, J. and Burns, M. The Case of the Shrunken Allowance

4. Hurwitz, J. Class Clown

5. Giff, Patricia R. Fourth Grade Celebrity

6. Giff, Patricia R. Lily’s Crossing

7. Ryalnt, C. Missing May

8. Juster, N. The Phantom Tollbooth

9. Holm, Jennifer L. Penny from Heaven

10. Naylor, Phyliss R. Shiloh

11. DiCamillo, K. The Tale of Despereaux

12. Cohen, B. Thank You, Jackie Robinson

For students entering 5^th Grade

Required Reading List:

1. Speare, Elizabeth & George The Sign of the Beaver

Recommended Reading List:

1. Aesop Aesop’s Fables

2. Ashley, Bernard Boat Girl
3. Cohen, Barbara The Secret Grove
4. Gantschev, Ivan The Christmas Train
5. King-Smith, Dick Babe, The Gallant Pig
6. Korman, Gordan Radio Fifth Grade
7. Robert, Paul The Slugger’s Club
8. Sobal, Donald Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace
9. Steig, William Abel’s Island

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For students entering 6^th Grade

Required Reading List:

1. Rawls, Wilson Where the Red Fern Grows

Recommended Reading List:

1. Juster, Norton The Phantom Tollbooth
2. Konigsberg, E. L. From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
3. L’Engle, Madeleine A Wrinkle in Time
4. Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
5. Paterson, Katherine Bridge to Terabithia
6. Paulsen, Gary Hatchet

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For students entering 7^th Grade

Required Reading List:

Specific reading assignments for 7^th and 8^th grade will be individually addressed and included with the end of year report card.

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For students entering 8^th Grade

Required Reading List:

Specific reading assignments for 7^th and 8^th grade will be individually addressed and included with the end of year report card.