Summer Reading List 2018
Below is the summer reading list for each grade.
Pre K Three Year Olds
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Bear Counts (The Bear Books) by Karma Wilson
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? by Bill Martin/Eric Carle
Recommended Reading
Alphabet books, Shape books, Color books, Counting/Number books
Kindergarten
Required:
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by: Bill Martin Jr.
Strictly No Elephants by Lisa Mantchev
What Does it Mean to be Kind? by Rana DiOrio
Suggested:
Number Books
Letter Books
Sight Word Books
Shape Books
First Grade
Required
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
If You Give A Mouse A Brownie by Laura Numeroff
Lucy and the Bully by Claire Alexander
Suggested
Giggle Giggle Quack by Doreen Cronin
Ten Magic Butterflies by Danica McKellar
First Grade Here I Come by Nancy Carlson
Second Grade
Required:
Ready Freddy and the King of Show and Tell by John McKinley
(A packet will be going home that corresponds with the book fort he children to complete over summer)
Recommended Texts
Cam Jansen
Frog and Toad
Ready Freddy Series Chapter Books
Junie B Jones series
Henry and Mudge series
Black Lagoon series
Third Grade
Please choose two books from the list. Then make a list of all the other books you enjoy this summer. Remember who your favorite characters are and which stories you like best. We will do a project with summer reading when you get back to school next September.
Required:
The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes
The Sign of the Carver Cross by Lisa M. Hendey
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement by Carole Boston Weatherford
We the Children (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School) by Andrew Clements
Wish by Barbara O'Connor
The Year of the Baby by Andrea Cheng
Seven Times Nine Equals Trouble by Claudia Mills
Fourth Grade
Required:
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Please choose one of the following to read for a project that will be explained in September.
A Whole New Ballgame by Phil Bildner
Garvey's Choice by Nikki Grimes
Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo
The Volcano of Fire by Geronimo Stilton
Ms. Rapscott's Girls by Elise Primavera
Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements
Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
The Lost Treasue of Tuckernuck by Emily Fairlie
Henry and Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
The Adventures of South Pole Pig Chris Kurtz
Honus and Me by Dan Gutman
Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstillskin by Liesl Shurtliff
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers
Any of the Lemonade War Series by Jacqueline Davies
Any of According to Humphrey Series by Betty G. Birney
Fifth Grade
Required:
The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Choose 1 from the following:
Dear Mr Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
27 Magic Words by Sharelle Byars Moranville
Sixth Grade
Summer Reading List for students entering Grade 6.
Required-
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Recommended reading: choose one book from the list below to read in addition to the required book. Students will be required to complete one project for the novel they choose from the list below.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
A Dog's Pupose by Bruce Cameron
The Honest Truth by Dan Gemeinhart
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sea Park
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Staed
Slacker by Gordon Korman
Seventh Grade
Required Reading:
The Outsiders by S.E Hinton
Students will complete activities in school for this book in September.
Recommended Reading: Choose at least one book from the list below to read in addition to the requied book.Students will be required to complete one project for the novel they choose from the list below.
Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick
Avi Nothing But the Truth
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker The War That Saved My Life
Kitchings, Taylor Yard War
Paulsen, Gary Guts
Palacio, P.J. Wonder
Barry, Dave The Worst Class Trip Ever
Weeks, Sarah So B. It: A Novel
Mass, Wendy A Mango Shaped Space
Brown, Daniel James The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an America Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics
Stretch Learning - Don’t limit yourself to the seventh grade list. You may want to read
one of the novels on the list for the eighth grade.
Library Card - If you do not already have a library card for the Chester County
Library, please obtain one this summer. You will need it for your
online research next year. Once you have it, you may want to
check out the “OverDrive” feature offered by the library for eBooks
and audiobooks.
Eighth Grade
Required Reading:
Elephant's Run by Roland Smith
Students will be tested on the required reading.They must also read one of the novels listed below.
Hope Was Here by Bauer, Joan Backwater
Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines by Bruchac, Joseph.
I Will Always Write Back by Aifirenka and Ganda
Heart of a Champion by Carl Deuker
Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The Clay Lion by Amalie Jahn
Prisoner 3087 by Alan Gratz
Beacuse of Mr. Terupt by Bob Buyea
Heaven is For Real by Todd Burpo
A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen
Stretch Learning – Here are some titles that you may want to explore this summer.
Gone With the Wind by Mitchell. Margaret.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte.
Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Jane.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May.
The Invisible Man by Wells, H.G