Princeton Public Schools 2015 Summer Reading Recommendations
Pre-‐Kindergarten-‐Kindergarten
In addition to the following list, we highly recommend sharing a variety of fairy tales, counting books and rhyming books with your child. We further recommend any books by the following authors: Mo Willems, Laura Seeger, Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, and Kevin Henkes. SUGGESTED TITLE AUTHOR Alphabet Rescue Audrey & Bruce Woods Bunny Cakes Rosemary Wells Can You Count 10 Toes? Lezlie Evans Centipede’s 100 Shoes Tony Ross Cucumber Soup Vickie Leigh Krudwig Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow A Frog in the Bog Karma Wilson How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Jane Yolen The Icky Bug Counting Book Jerry Pallotta I’m Gonna Like Me Jamie Lee Curtis Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber The Kissing Hand Audrey Penn The Mitten Jan Brett A Splendid Friend Indeed Suzanne Bloom When The Box is Full Patricia Lillie Little Blue and Little Yellow Leo Lionni Jessie Bear What Will You Wear Nancy Carlstrom Ten Black Dots Donald Crews Pigs in Hiding Arlene Dubanevich
Princeton Public Schools 2015 Summer Reading Recommendations
Kindergarten – Grade 2 In addition to the following list, we highly recommend sharing a variety of fairy tales from different cultures, and any books by the following authors: Robert Munsch, David Adler, Kevin Henkes, Jan Brett, and Kate DiCamillo. Actual Size Steve Jenkins Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Anno’s Magic Seed Anno Black Lagoon (series) Mike Thaler Caps for Sale Esphyr Slobodkina Chicken Sunday Patricia Polacco Click, Clack Moo Doreen Cronin EllRay Jakes (series) Sally Warner Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack Fly Guy (series) Ted Arnold Guinea Pigs Mark Evans Haystack Bonnie & Arthur Geisert Henry & Mudge (series) Cynthia Rylant How Many Stars in the Sky Lenny Hort Island Boy Barbara Cooney Ivy & Bean (series) Annie Barrows Kenny and the Little Kickers Claudio Marzollo Mercy Watson (series) Kate DiCamillo Miss Nelson (series) Harry G. Allard Mouse Soup Arnold Lobel Nate the Great (series) Marjorie Sharmat Ox-‐Cart Man Donald Hall Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch Polar Express Chris Van Allsberg Puppy Place Ellen Miles The Recess Queen Alexis O’Neill Splat the Cat (series) Rob Scotton Stone Soup Marcia Brown The Super Duper Dog Park Aron Nels Steinke SuperHero ABC Bob McCleod Tales of Amanda Pig (series) Jean VanLeeuwen Waking Beauty Leah Wilcox We further recommend Caldecott award books. You can visit the ALA website for a complete list. http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal
Princeton Public Schools 2015 Summer Reading Recommendations
Grade 2 – Grade 3 In addition to the following list, we highly recommend sharing a variety of fairy tales from different cultures (Brian Pinkney), non-‐fiction books (Nic Bishop, Steve Jenkins), and poetry (Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky). A Medieval Feast Aliki Bats: Creatures of the Night Joyce Milton Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo Cam Jansen David Adler Charlotte’s Web E.B. White Class Clown Joanna Hurwitz Clementine (series) Sara Pennypacker The Cricket in Times Square George Selden Crickwing Janell Cannon Crittercam Andrew Einspruch The Empty Pot Demi Flat Stanley Jeff Brown/ Sara Pennypacker Follow the Drinking Gourd Jeanette Winter From Seed to Plant* Gail Gibbons Gooney Bird Greene (series) Lois Lowry Gooseberry Park Cynthia Rylant The Hallelujah Flight Ed Young How My Family Lives in America* Susan Kuklin Judy Moody (series) Megan McDonald Lady Lollipop Dick King-‐Smith Marvin Redpost (series) Louis Sachar Never Smile at a Monkey Steve Jenkins The One-‐Eyed Giant Mary Pope Osborne Picture Book Biography of…(series)* David Adler The Search for Delicious Natalie Babbit Sign Painter Allen Say Sleeping Ugly Jane Yolen The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron The Story of Ruby Bridges Robert Coles Ten True Animal Rescues* Jeanne Betancourt Tornadoes* Gail Gibbons Weather (poetry) Eve Merriam Your World (poetry) Georgia Johnson We further recommend Caldecott award books. You can visit the ALA website for a complete list. http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal
Princeton Public Schools 2015 Summer Reading Recommendations
Grade 3 – Grade 4
In addition to the following list, we highly recommend sharing a variety genres and non-‐fiction materials. African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways Avis Harley Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories Sandra Markle The Birthday Ball Lois Lowry The Case of the Rock-‐n-‐Roll Dog Martha Freeman Dear Max Sally Grindley Dragonbreath (series) Ursula Vernon Dyamonde Daniel (series) Nikki Grimes Eleanor, Quiet No More: The Life of Eleanor Roosevelt Doreen Rappaport Every Thing On It: Poems and Drawings Shel Silverstein A Funeral in the Bathroom: And Other School Bathroom Poems Kalli Dakos Henry Aaron’s Dream Matt Tavares Honus & Me (Baseball Card Adventure series) Dan Gutman How to Survive Anything Rachel Buchholz Inkblot: Drip, Splat, and Squish Your Way to Creativity Margaret Peot Jim Henson: The Guy Who Played With Puppets Kathleen Krull Justin Case: School Drool and Other Daily Disasters Rachel Vail Lost & Found Shaun Tan Sidekicks Dan Santat Swindle (series) Gordon Korman The Summer of Riley Eve Bunting The Wonder Book Amy K. Rosenthal Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World’s Smartest Horse Emily A. McCully The Year of the Dog (series) Grace Lin We further recommend Caldecott and Newbery award books. You can visit the ALA website for a complete list. Caldecott: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal Newbery: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal
Princeton Public Schools 2015 Summer Reading Recommendations
Grade 4 – Grade 5
We strongly recommend a variety of genres and non-‐fiction material, which constitutes the scope of the National Common Core, aiming to
equip readers with the skills necessary to succeed in all areas of literacy.
The Barn Avi Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure Kathy Hoopman Countdown Deborah Wiles The Chocolate Touch Patrick S. Catling Dinosaur Bones Aliki Dive (series) Gordon Korman Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant The Five Ancestors (series) Jeff Stone The Genius Files (series) Dan Gutman Getting Air Dan Gutman Helen’s Eyes: A Photobiography Marie Ferguson Help! I’m Trapped (series) Todd Strasser Holes Louis Sachar Houdini: The Handcuff King Jason Lutes Joey Pigza (series) Jack Gantos My Teacher is an Alien Bruce Coville Much Ado About Aldo Johanna Hurwitz The Name of This Book is a Secret Pseudonymous Bosch Niagara Falls or Does It? Winkler & Oliver One Crazy Summer Rita Garcia Williams Otherwise Known as Shelia the Great Judy Blume Replay Sharon Creech Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Eleanor Coerr Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White Walt Whitman: Word For America Barbara Kerley Wanted…Mud Blossom Betsy Byars El Deafo Cece Bell We further recommend Caldecott and Newbery award books. You can visit the ALA website for a complete list. Caldecott: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal Newbery: http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal