Prospect Sierra School Summer Reading Recommendations

2016

Kindergarteners Recommend Title Author Type Captain Underpants Dav Pilkey Fiction Cat, Cat Who is That?

Mo Willems Early Reader

Mermaid Cookbook Barbara Beery Non-Fiction Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney Fiction

Amelia Bedilia Peggy Parish Early Reader My Teacher is a Monster

Peter Brown Picture Book

That is Not a Good Idea

Mo Willems Picture Book

Peter Rabbit Beatrix Potter Picture Book Magic Tree House Series

Mary Pope Osborne Junior Fiction

Mercy Watson Series

Kate DiCamillo Early Reader

Star Wars Various Authors Non-Fiction

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students K-4 and Diane Simoneau

Pokemon Handbook Various Authors Graphic Format Pete the Cat Eric Litwin Picture Book Basketball John Hareas Non-Fiction I will Never Eat a Tomato

Lauren Child Picture Book

Scaredy Squirrel Melanie Watt Picture Book Chu’s Day Neil Gaiman Picture Book I Stink Kate McMullen Picture Book

Star Wars Visual Dictionary

Simon Beecroft Non-Fiction

Endangered Komodo Dragon

Bobbie Kalman Non-Fiction

Jumangi Chris Van Allsburg Picture Book The Cut-Ups James Marshall Picture Book The Tale of Two Bad Mice

Beatrix Potter Picture Book

Ninjago Various Authors Graphic Format Waiting Kevin Henkes Picture Book Where the Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak Picture Book

World War II DK Publishing Non-Fiction We Are in a Book! Mo Wilems Early Reader

First Graders Recommend

Geronimo Stilton Geronimo Stilton Junior Fiction Thea Stilton Thea Stilton Junior Fiction Pokemon Handbook Various Authors Graphic Format Fly Guy Ted Arnold Early Reader Elephant & Piggy Books

Mo Willems Early Readers

King Arthur Molly Perham Folk & Fairy Tales Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney Fiction

The Book With No Pictures

B.J. Novak Picture Book

Missile Mouse Jake Parker Graphic Format I Want My Hat Back Jon Klassen Picture Book Where the Mountains Meet the Moon

Grace Lin Fiction

 

Amulet Kazu Kibuishi Graphic Format The Fire Cat Esther Averill Early Reader Harry Potter Books J.K. Rowling Fiction Fablehaven Brandan Mull Fiction Ivy and Bean Annie Barrows Junior Fiction Jack Stalwart Series

Elizabeth Singer Hunt

Junior Fiction

Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne Junior Fiction The Elements Theodore Gray Non-Fiction Grace for President Kelly S. DiPucchio Picture Book Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene Fiction Dolphins at Day Break

Mary Pope Osborne Junior Fiction

Pirates Past Noon Mary Pope Osborne Junior Fiction Poppleton Cynthia Rylant Early Reader Smile Raina Telgemeir Graphic Format Binky Books Ashley Spires Graphic Format Squish Jennifer Holm Graphic Format

Second Graders Recommend

Any book by Roald Dahl

Roahl Dahl Fiction

The BFG Roald Dahl Fiction Eragon Christopher Paolini Fiction Ruby the Painting Elephant

Dick George Non-Fiction

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library

Chris Grabenstein Fiction

Phoebe’s Unicorn Dana Simpson Graphic Format Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney Fiction

Harry Potter J.K.. Rowling Fiction Jack Stalwart Elizabeth Singer

Hunt Junior Fiction

Alvin Ho Lenore Look Fiction Pete the Cat James Dean Picture Book The One and Only Ivan

Katherine Applegate Fiction

Ivy and Bean Annie Barrows Junior Fiction Magic Tree House Series

Mary Pope Osbourne Junior Fiction

 

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl Fiction

Scary Stories to Chill Your Bones

Alvin Schwartz Folk and Fairy Tales

Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of Nimh

Robert O’Brian Fiction

The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart

Fiction

Grace for President Kelly S. DiPucchio Fiction My Weird School Dan Gutman Junior Fiction Because of Winn Dixie

Kate DiCamillo Fiction

The Castle in the Attic

Elizabeth Winthrop Fiction

The Wild Robot Peter Brown Fiction I am Superman Michael Teitelbaum Early Reader Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney Graphic Format

The Night Parade Kathryn Tanquary Fiction Dog Diaries Kate Klimo Fiction Bridge to Terabithia Katherine Patterson

Fiction

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin Fiction

 

A Bear Named Paddington

Michael Bond Fiction

Upside Down Magic Sarah Mlynowski Fiction Island of the Blue Dolphins

Scott O’Dell Fiction

The Unwanteds Lisa McMann Fiction Faraway Tree Enid Blyton Fiction I Survived Series Lauren Tarshis Junior Fiction Confessions of an Imaginary Friend

Michele Cuevas Fiction

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Third Graders Recommend Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland Fiction Narnia C.S. Lewis Fiction Because of Winn Dixie

Kate DiCamillo Fiction

According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney Fiction

Geronimo Stilton Geronimo Stilton JuniorFiction

Almost Home Brian Seltzer Graphic Format Back to School Joan Bauer Fiction Harry Potter Series J.K. Rowling Magic Tree House Series

Mary Pope Osbourne Junior Fiction

The City of Ember Dallas Middaugh Graphic Format Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke Fiction Princess Academy Shannon Hale Fiction The Mysterious Benedict Society

Trenton Lee Stewart

The Twitts Roald Dahl Fiction Liberty Porter , First Daughter

Julia DeVillers Fiction

Bliss Katherine Littlewood Fiction A Tangle of Knots Lisa Graff Fiction Fantasy Kingdom:Geronimo Stilton

Geronimo Stilton Junior Fiction

Nancy Drew Carolyn Keene Fiction Penderwicks in Spring

Jeanne Birdsall Fiction

Vet Volunteers Laurie Halse Anderson

Fiction

Spiderwick Series Tony DiTerlizzi Fiction Danger! DK Publishing Encyclopedia Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh

Robert O’Brian Fiction

Secrets of Droon Tony Abbott Junior Fiction Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien Fiction Box Car Children Gertrude Chandler Fiction Junior Gymnast Teddy Slater Non-Fiction I Survived Nazi Invasion

Lauren Tarshis Junior Fiction

Guinness World Records 2016

Guinness World Records

Reference

Fable Haven Brendon Mull Fiction

Fourth Graders Recommend Benedict Society Trenton Lee

Stewart Fiction

Dancing Home Alma Flor Ada Fiction Percy Jackson Rick Riordan Fiction Wayside School series

Luis Sachar Fiction

11 Birthdays Wendy Mass Graphic Format Lunch Lady Jarrett J.

Krosoczka Graphic Format

Out of My Mind Sharon Draper Fiction Not a Box Antoinette Portis Picture Book Wonder R.J. Palacio Fiction Harry Potter Series J.K. Rowling Fiction The Thing About Jellyfish

Ali Benjamin Fiction

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney Fiction

Timmy Failure Erin Hunter Graphic Format The Golden Compass Philip Pullman Fiction The Sisters Grimm Michael Buckley Fiction Bigger Than a Breadbox

Laurel Snyder Fiction

Lion Boy Zuzu Corder Fiction Guardians of G’hoole Katheryn Lasky Fiction

Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan Fiction I Could Do That! Linda Arms Wright Non-Fiction Dear Miss Karrana Eric Eliot Fiction

The Great Horned Spoon

Sid Feischman Fiction

The Maze Runner James Dashner Fiction Warrior Series Erin Hunter Fiction Loot Jude Watson Fiction Star Wars: Beware of the Dark Side

Tom Angelberger Fiction

Safe Return Catherine Dexter Fiction Morning Girl Michael Dorris Fiction Augie & Me R. J. Palacio Fiction Summerland Michael Chabon Fiction Wonderstruck Brian Selznick Graphic Format Matilda Roald Dahl Fiction Iron Trial (older) Holly Black Wildwood Collin Meloy Fiction Gold Rush Kid Mary Waldorf Fiction Running Out of Night

Sharon Lovejoy Fiction

Copper Gauntlet (older)

Holly Black Fiction

Wings of Fire Tui Sutherland Fiction The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

Eugene Trivias Picture Book

The Land of Stories Chris Colfer Fiction Grace for President Kelly DiPucchio

     

Try these websites to find a book!      

Join  a  Reading  Challenge  at  your  public  library!    

https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/bplsummer    

http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/childrens-­‐services/read-­‐create-­‐explore-­‐its-­‐summer-­‐reading-­‐ti  

 http://ccclib.org/reads/summerreading/  

 ASLC  

The  association  of  Library    Services  for  Children  http://www.ala.org/alsc/2016-­‐summer-­‐reading-­‐list  

 Publisher’s  Weekly  

 http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-­‐topic/industry-­‐news/bea/article/70351-­‐bea-­‐2016-­‐booksellers-­‐talk-­‐up-­‐their-­‐

favorite-­‐books-­‐for-­‐young-­‐readers.html      

Guys  Read  http://www.guysread.com/books/  

 Good  Reads  

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Some of my favorites!

Early Readers Anything by Mo Wilems Mr. Putter and Tabby series Cynthia Rylant The Cat on the Mat is Flat Andy Griffiths Fly Guy Series Ted Arnold Mercy Watson Series Kate DiCamillo Junior Fiction The Shrinking of Treehorn Florence Parry Heide The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron The Lighthouse Family Series Cynthia Rylant Ellray Jakes Sally Warner Picture Books Quiet in the Garden Aliki All in a Day Cynthia Rylant The Three Questions Jon Muth The Other Side JacquelineWoodson Spoon Amy Kraus Rosenthal Fiction Ottoline Chris Ridell Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson Jenny and the Cat Club Ester Averill Lionboy Series Zizou Corder Bunnicula James Howe Animal Family Randall Jarrell Bat Poet Randall Jarrell Calvin Coconut Series Graham Salisbury Anything by Grace Lin or Christopher Paul Curtiss The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow Kaye Umansky The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Anything by Jacqeline Woodson