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SUMMER READING 2009

(Required and Recommended Reading) 

 

REQUIRED READING

 

Grade

(Fall 2009)

Book Title

Author

K

Chicka Chicka 1,2 3

Martin

K

I Get Wet

Cobb

1

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

Henkes

1

Gingerbread Man (any text)

McCafferty

1

The Art Lesson

dePaola

2

Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Gang

Adler

2

Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea

Rylant

3

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Dahl

3

Muggie Maggie

Cleary

3

Freckle Juice

Blume

4

Indian in the Cupboard (either / or)

Banks

4

Matilda (either / or)

Dahl

4

Student’s choice

 

5

Children of the Fire

Gillem-Robinet

6

Shakespeare’s Secret

Broach

7

And Then There Were None

Christie

7

Miracle’s Boys

Woodson

8

Gathering Blue

Lowry

8

Messenger

Lowry

 
RECOMMENDED READING

 

Grade

(Fall 2009)

Book Title

Author

               K

Alphabet Under Construction

Fleming

K

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Martin

K

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Carle

1

Any Eric Carle Book

Carle

1

Any Numeroff Book

(see below for titles)

Numeroff

1

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

Numeroff

1

If You Give a Pig a Party

Numeroff

1

If You Take a Mouse to School

Numeroff

1

If You Give a Pig a Pancake

Numeroff

2

Any non-fiction text of choice

 

2

Any biography of choice

 

3

Chocolate Fever

Smith

3

Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree

Brittain

3

Shiloh

Naylor

4

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Kinney

4

Any great illustrated classic of choice

 

4

Any book by your favorite author

 

5

Whales on Stilts

Anderson

5

Surviving the Applewhites

Tolan

6

Defiance

Hobbs

6

Walk Two Moons

Greech

6

The Wednesday Wars

Schmidt

 

 

 

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