2018-2019 Summer Reading
First Grade
- The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
- The students will also be asked to read a Jan Brett book of their choice. Here is a useful listing of ONE Jan Brett books: Books Written and Illustrated by Jan Brett
- GINGERBREAD CHRISTMAS--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2016(Set in Switzerland)
- FRITZ AND THE BEAUTIFUL HORSES--G.P. Putnam's Sons-2016 (Set in Salzburg, Austria)
- THE FIRST DOG--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2015(Set in La Brea Tar Pits, Los Angeles, California)
- THE ANIMALS' SANTA--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2014 (Set in Northern Canada)
- MOSSY--G.P. Putnam's Sons--(September 2012)(Set by a turtle pond in Hingham, Massachusetts)
- ANNIE AND THE WILD ANIMALS--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2014 (Set in Kittery Point, Maine)
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2012(Set in Jan Land - a made up place)
- HOME FOR CHRISTMAS--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2011 (Set in Arctic Sweden)
- THE 3 LITTLE DASSIES--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2010(Set in Namibia, Africa)
- THE EASTER EGG--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2010(Set in Norwell, Massachusetts)
- JAN BRETT'S SNOWY TREASURY--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2009¶(Anthology)
- GINGERBREAD FRIENDS--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2008(Set in Switzerland)
- HEDGIE BLASTS OFF!--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2006(Set in Kennedy Space Center and in outer space)
- HEDGIE LOVES TO READ--Free Book!
- THE UMBRELLA--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2004(Set in Costa Rica)
- DAISY COMES HOME--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2002(Set in Guilin, China)
- CHRISTMAS TREASURY--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2001 (Anthology)
- HEDGIE'S SURPRISE--G.P. Putnam's Sons--2000(Set in Denmark)
- THE HAT--G.P. Putnam's Sons--1997 (Set in Denmark)
- COMET'S NINE LIVES--G.P. Putnam's Sons--1996 (Set in Nantucket, Massachusetts)
- ARMADILLO RODEO--G.P. Putnam's Sons--1995 (Set in Fredericksburg, Texas)
- CHRISTMAS TROLLS--G P. Putnam's Sons--1993 (Set in Bergen, Norway)
- TROUBLE WITH TROLLS--G. P. Putnam's Sons--1992 (Set in Bergen, Norway)
- BERLIOZ THE BEAR--G P. Putnam's Sons--1991 (Set in Bad Tolz, Germany)
- THE WILD CHRISTMAS REINDEER--G P. Putnam's Sons--1990 (Set in Norway)
Second Grade
- Any book of choice by Doreen Cronin
- Apples by Gail Gibbons
Third Grade
- Non Fiction - Biography - limited to a historical figure
- Fiction - Choose ONE
- Sideways Stories from Wayside School - Louis Sacher
- A book from the A-Z Mysteries - Ron Roy
- A book from the Judy Moody Series - Megan McDonald
Fourth Grade
- Who Was Walt Disney? by Whitney Stewart
- Fourth Grade Rats by Jerry Spinelli
Fifth Grade
- Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
- Who Was Anne Frank by Ann Abramson
Sixth Grade
- Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
- Holes by Louis Sachar
- The Earth Dragon Awakes by Laurence Yep
Seventh Grade
- Historical Fiction
- Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
- Fiction Choice of ONE
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
- The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
- Code Orange by Caroline Cooney
- The False Prince by Jennifer Nielson
- Nonfiction Choice of ONE
- I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai (Young Reader’s Edition)
- I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Martin Ganada and Caitlin Alifrenka
Eighth Grade
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- “Who was...” book on your assigned inventor or a biography of your choosing on your assigned inventor