LEWIN G. JOEL

GRADES K-3

CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

2007 SUMMER READING LIST

 

 

 

The following is the Summer Reading List for students entering Kindergarten, Grades 1, 2, and 3 in the fall of 2007.  We are encouraging students to read a minimum of five books this summer.  Please remember as books are selected that each child’s reading ability varies. A selected book may be one that can be read by the child, with the child or to the child. Students are encouraged to select titles from a variety of genre.  Books used for core instruction during the school year are not on this list.  A list of periodicals is included as part of this summer reading packet.  Students are encouraged to enjoy this form of reading as well.

 

Be sure to fill out the Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge Pamphlet after you read each book. If you need additional space, please write the titles on another sheet of paper and attach it to the pamphlet. Please return to your classroom teacher by Monday, September 10, 2007

 

 

Lot’s of fun and adventure awaits readers this summer as

The Henry Carter Hull Library presents:

 

Get A Clue…at the Library.

 

All summer long, students will read for pleasure as they try to solve a mystery at the library. There will be chances to appear on a television program, learn about police detective work, become a fossil hunter and read, read, read.

 

Activities will begin with a performance of:

 

Sherlock Holmes Takes the Case

Saturday, June 16, 2007 at 4:00pm.

 

Solve a mystery with the world's most famous detective!
During this live play something's amiss, and now "the game's afoot!" for the brilliant scientist and criminologist, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Along with his trusted companion, Dr. Watson (played by a child volunteer), Holmes will follow the clues and solve the mystery with audience's help. 

 

Questions? Call 669-2342 or check out the library’s website.

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Picture Book/Fiction

Folk and Fairy Tales

Fiction/Easy Readers

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction/Easy Readers

Poetry

Fiction/Short Chapter Books

Biography

Fiction/Chapter Books

Graphic Novels


Governor's Summer Reading Challenge 2007 Pamphlet

 

Picture Book/Fiction

Ajmera, Maya

Be My Neighbor

Arnosky, Jim 

Grandfather Buffalo

Armstrong, Jennifer

Chin Yu Min and the Ginger Cat

King Crow

Banks, Kate

The Cat Who Walked Across France

Banyai, Istran

The Other Side

Barber, Tiki & Ronde

By My Brother’s Side

Base, Graeme

The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery

Brett, Jan

Hedgie Blasts Off

Castaldo, Nancy

Pizza for the Queen

Cooney, Barbara

Miss Rumphius

Cooper, Elisha

Beach

Cooper, Ilene

The Golden Rule

Corey, Shana

First Graders from Mars

Cox, Judy

Don’t Be Silly, Mrs. Millie

Cronin, Doreen

Dooby Dooby Moo

Edwards, Pamela Duncan

The Mixed Up Rooster

Fargeon, Eleanor

Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep

Farish, Terry

The Cat Who Liked Potato Soup

Foreman, Michael

Mia’s Story

Fox, Mem

 

 

 

 

A Particular Cow

Garland, Michael

Miss Smith’s Incredible Story Book

George, Jean Craighead

Luck

Goble, Paul

Star Boy

Graham, Bob

“Let’s Get a Pup!” Said Kate

Griffith, Helen V.

Emily and the Enchanted Frog

Jeyaveeran, Ruth

The Road to Mumbai

Joosse, Barbara

Nugget and Darling

Juster, Norton

The Hello, Goodbye Window

Kane, Tracy

Fairy Houses

Knudsen, Michelle

Library Lion

Lawson, Julie

Bear on the Train

Lehman, Barbara

Museum Trip

Lewin, Ted

Big Jimmy’s Kum Kau Chinese Take Out

Macauley, David

Black and White

Mayhew, James

Katie and the Sunflowers

McClintock

Adelé & Simon

McCully, Emily Arnold

Monk Camps Out

 

 

 

 

McGeorge, Constance

Chestnut

McGrory, Anik.

Kidogo

Piper, Wally

The Little Engine That Could

Priceman, Marjorie

Hot Air

Recorvits, Helen

My Name is Yoon

Reiser, Lynn

My Way/A mi manera

Schertle, Alice

Down the Road

Teague, Mark

Detective LaRue:
Letters from the
Investigation

Velasquez, Eric

Grandma’s Records

Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth

The Kindness Quilt

Weitzman, Jacqueline

You Can’t Take a Balloon into the

   Metropolitan Museum

Wellington, Monica

Firefighter Frank

Wiesner, David

Flotsam

Wisniewski, David

Sundiata

Wong, Janet.

Alex and the Wednesday Chess Club

Yolen, Jane

The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved

    Mystery from History

 

 

Fiction/Easy Readers

Adler, David

Young Cam Jansen & the

   Lost Tooth*

Arnold, Tedd

Hi! Fly Guy

Baker, Keith

Lucky Days with Mr. & Mrs. Green

Beaumont, Karen

Move Over, Rover

Benchley, Nathaniel

George, The Drummer Boy

Sam, The Minuteman

Bloom, Suzanne

A Splendid Friend, Indeed

Brisson, Pat

Little Sister, Big Sister

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin

Biscuit Finds a Friend*

Cosby, Bill

The Best Way to Play*

Cox, Phil Roxbee

Ted in a Red Bed*

Cushman, Doug

Aunt Eater Loves a Mystery

Danziger, Paula

Get Ready for Second Grade,

   Amber Brown *

 

 

Delacre, Lulu

Rafi and Rosi 

DiCamillo, Kate

Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride*

Himmelman, John

The Animal Rescue Clue

Hopkinson, Deborah

Billy and the Rebel

Horowitz, Ruth

Breakout at the Bug Lab

Howe, James

Pinky and Rex and the New

   Neighbors*

Kvasnosky, Laura McGee

Zelda and Ivy:  The Runaways*

Levy, Elizabeth

The Schoolyard Mystery*

McMullan, Kate

Pearl and Wagner: Two Good Friends

Mills, Claudia

Gus and Grandpa at Basketball*

Minarik, Else Homelund

Little Bear*

Morton, Lone (bilingual—Sp. & Eng.)

Hurry Up, Molly/Apurate, Molly

 

 

Parish, Peggy

Amelia Bedelia*

Porte, Barbara

Harry in Trouble*

Portis, Antoinette

Not a Box

Ross, Pat

Meet M & M*

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry and Mudge *

Henry and Mudge and the

   Great Grandpas

High-Rise Private Eyes *

Mr. Putter and Tabby *

Poppleton *

Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman

Nate the Great *

Silverman, Erica

Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa*

VanLeeuwen, Jean

Amanda Pit and the Really Hot Day

Windham, Ryder

Star Wars: Journey through Space

Yolen, Jane

Commander Toad and the Space Pirates

 

*Title is one in a series

Non-Fiction/Easy Readers 

Amato, William

Aircraft Carriers*

Budd, E. S.

Humvees *

Dahl, Michael

Three-Alarm Jokes: A Book of

   Firefighter Jokes

Dussling, Jennifer

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!*

 

 

 

Freeman, Marcia S.

Maple Trees*

Hayden, Kate

Horse Show*

Hayward, Linda

A Day in the Life of a Builder*

A Day in the Life of a Police

   Officer*

Kuklin, Susan

Hoops with Swoopes

Macken, Joanne

Goldfish

 

 

 

Mattern, Joanne

Pilots*

Murphy, Stuart J.

A Pair of Socks

Otten, Jack

Watch Me Make a Birdfeeder*

Palazzo-Craig, Jane

Sharks

Randolph, Joanne

Cranes*

Werther, Scott P.

Dragsters*

 

*Title is one in a series

Fiction/Short Chapter Books

Abbot, Tony

The Mysterious Island

Adler, David A.

Cam Jansen Series

Bechtold Lisze

Buster

Brisson, Pat

Bertie’s Picture Day

Bulla, Clyde Robert

Pirate’s Promise

Cameron, Ann

Stories Julian Tells

Clifford, Eth

Flatfoot Fox*

Coville, Bruce

Moongobble and Me: The Dragons of Doom*

Dahl, Roald

Esio Trot

Dale, Jenny

Big Ben*

Danziger, Paula

I, Amber Brown*

 

 

 

Delton, Judy

Cookies and Crutches*

Estes, Eleanor

The Hundred Dresses

Gannett, Ruth Stiles

My Father’s Dragon*

Gelsey, James

Scoopy-Doo and the Carnival

   Creeper*

Giff, Patricia Reilly

In the Dinosaur’s Paw*

Greenburg, Dan

Maximum Boy*

Keene, Carolyn

The Nancy Drew Notebooks*

Kerrin, Jessica Scott

Martin Bridge Ready for Takeoff

Martin Bridge, On the Lookout

King-Smith, Dick

Babe

Kipling, Rudyard

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

Kline, Suzy

Herbie Jones*

Kraft, Erik P.

Lenny & Mel*

Krensky, Stephen

Louise, Soccer Star*

McMullan, Kate

97 Ways to Train a Dragon*

 

 

 

 

Moss, Marissa

Amelia’s Notebook*

Park, Barbara

Junie B., First Grader (at last!)*

Purkiss, S.

Ghost School

Roy, Ron

The School Skeleton*

The Panda Puzzle*

Rodda, Emily

Fairy Realm Series

Rylant, Cynthia

Good News*

Scieszka, Jon

Time Warp Trio Series

Selznick, Brian

The Houdini Box

Thompson, Kay

Eloise*

Warner, Gertrude Chandler

Amusement Park Mystery*

Bicycle Mystery*

Wilner-Pardo, Gina

Spider Storch

Rotten Runner

(various authors)

American Girls series

 


*Title is one in a series

Fiction/Chapter Books

 

 

 

Adler, David

Parachuting Hamsters & Andy Russell

Auch, Mary Jane

I Was a Third Grade Spy

Avi

Poppy*

Blume, Judy

Freckle Juice

Cleary, Beverly

Henry and Ribsy

Clements, Andrew

Bully Buster

Clifford, Eth

From the Mixed-Up Files of Basil

   E. Frankweiler

 

 

 

DiCamillo, Kate

Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Gay, Marie-Louise

Travels with My Family

Haas, Jessie

Runaway Radish

Henry, Marguerite

Misty of Chincoteague*

Hurwitz, Johanna

Class Clown

Levy, Elizabeth

The Cool Ghoul Mystery

Lisle, Janet Taylor

Afternoon of the Elves

MacLachlan, Patricia

Sarah, Plain and Tall*

 

 

 

 

Mason, Andrienne

Lu and Clancy: The Carnival Caper

McCall-Smith, Alexander

Akimbo and the Lions*

Norton, Mary

The Borrowers

Preller, James

Jigsaw Jones Mystery Series

Steig, William

Abel’s Island

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Little House on the Prairie

Yolen, Jane

King Long Shanks

The Mary Celeste: An Unsolved

   Mystery from History

*Title is one in a series

Folk and Fairy Tales

Aardema, Verna

Koi and the Kola Nuts

Bruchac, Joseph

The First Strawberries

Cummings, Pat

Ananse and the Lizard

Davis, Donald

Jack and the Animals

Diakite, Bara Wague

The Magic Gourd

Duval, Deborah L.

How Rabbit Lost His Tale:

  A Traditional Cherokee Legend

Ehlert, Lois

Moon Rope/Un Lazo a la Luna

Fritz, Jean

Brendan the Navigator: A History

   Mystery About the Discovery of

   America

Gershator, Phillis

Tukama Tootles the Flute

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gilman, Phoebe

Something from Nothing

Ginsburg, Mirra

Clay Boy

Hatkoff, Isabella

Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship

Hoy Tong, Lily

Two of Everything

Huck, Charlotte

Princess Furball

Lupton, Hugh

The Story Tree:

  Tales to Read Aloud

McDermott, Gerald

Raven

Morales, Yuyi

Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale

   and Counting Book

Mosel, Arlene

Tikki-Tikki-Tembo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pinkney, Jerry.

The Little Red Hen

Aesop’s Fables

Sanderson, Ruth

Twelve Dancing Princesses

Seeger, Pete

Stone Soup

Shannon, George

Stories to Solve:  Folktales from

   Around the World*

Sierra, Judy

Tasty Baby Belly Buttons

Stevens, Janet

The Tortoise and the Hare

Wiesner, David

The Loathsome Dragon

(various authors)

…North & South, East & West

Yound, Ed

What About Me?

Non-Fiction

Aliki

Ah, Music!

William Shakespeare and the Globe

Arnold, Katya

Elephants Can Paint Too!

Bateman, Donna

Deep in the Swamp

Beldner

Greatest Game Ever Played

Castella, Krystina

Discovering Nature’s Alphabet

Center for Marine Conservation

The Ocean Book: Aquarium & Seaside Activities & Ideas for All Ages

Christian, Peggy

If You Find a Rock

Chimits, Xavier

Formula 1 Motor Racing Book

Curly, Lynn

Skyscraper

Donkin, Andrew

Danger on the Mountain

Dregni, Michael

Stock Car Racing

Earle, Sylvia A.

Coral Reefs

George, Jean Craighead

Everglades

 

 

 

 

Harper, Charise Mericle

Imaginative Inventions

Hatkoff, Isabella

Owen & Mzee

Owen & Mzee: The Language of

   Friendship

Hayhurst, Chris

Mountain Biking! Get on the Trail*

Hennessy, B. G.

Olympics!

Hintz, Martin

Monster Truck Drag Racing

Hollyer, Beatrice

Let’s Eat:  What Children Eat

   Around the World

Hopkinson, Deborah

Sky Boys: How They Built the

   Empire State Building

Igus, Toyomi

I See the Rhythm

Jones, Jen

Knitting for Fun

Kurlansky, Mark

The Story of Salt

Lasky, Kathryn

The Man Who Made Time Travel

Loy, Jessica

Follow the Trail: A Young Persons

   Guide to the Great Outdoors

Mannis, Celeste D.

Snapshots: The Wonder of

   Monteray Bay

 

 

 

 

Mayer, Marianna

Pegasus

Mitchell, David

Martial Arts

Mitton, Jacqueline

Zoo in the Sky

Murphy, Jim

Weird & Wacky Inventions

Prince, April Jones

Twenty-One Elephants and Still

   Standing

Reynolds, Jan

Celebrate! Connections Among

   Cultures

Sadler, Judy Ann

Making Fleece Crafts

Sill, Cathryn

About Mullusks

Silver, Donald M.

One Small Square*

(various authors )

National Geographic Science Chapters*

Willis, Nancy Carol

Red Knot

Winter, Jeanette

The Tale of Pale Male: A True

   Story

 

*Title is one in a series

Poetry 

Livingston, Myra Cohn

If You Ever Meet a Whale

Morrison, Lillian

At The Crack of a Bat

A Pet for Me: Poems

Prelutsky, Jack

Scranimals

Silverstein, Shel

A Light in the Attic

Runny Babbit

Where the Sidewalk Ends

 

Stevenson, James

July

Sweet Corn

Thayer, Ernest Lawrence

Casey at the Bat

Updike, John

A Child’s Calendar

Attenborough, Liz

Poetry by Heart

Chernaik, Judith

Carnival of Animals

Florian, Douglas

Zoo’s Who

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

April, Bubbles, Chocolate: An

   ABC of Poetry

 

 

Greenberg, David T. 

Whatever Happened to Humpty Dumpty?

Hines, Anna Grossnicke

Winter Lights: A Season in Poems and Quilts

Hopkins, Lee Bennett

Good Rhymes, Good Times

James, Simon

Days Like This

Kennedy, Caroline

A Family of Poems

Lear, Edward

Nonsense!

 

 

Biography  

Adler, David A.

A Picture Book Biography of …

Aldrin, Buzz

Reaching for the Moon

Anderson, M. T.

Handel: Who Knew What He

   Liked

Bridges, Ruby

Through My Eyes: The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges

Brown, Don

A Voice from the Wilderness:

   The Story of Anna Howard

   Shaw

Odd Boy Out:  Young Albert

   Einstein

Bruchac, Joseph

Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path

Burleigh, Robert

Home Run

Into the Woods:  John James Audubon Lives His Dream

Busby, Peter

First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane

 

 

Chin-Lee, Cynthia

Akira to Zoltan: Twenty-Six

   Men Who Changed the World

Christensen, Bonnie

The Darling Nellie Bly

Cline-Ransome, Lesa

Satchel Paige

Major Taylor: Champion Cyclist

dePaola, Tomie

Here We All Are

Etue, Elizabeth

Hayley Wickenheiser: Born to Play

Farrell, Edward

Young Jackie Robinson

Feldman, Heather

Derek Jeter: Baseball’s Best

   Marion Jones: World-Class

   Runner

Gerstein, Mordecai

What Charlie Heard

Giovanni, Nikki

Rosa

Grimes, Nikki

Talkin’ About Bessie

Kerley, Barbara

The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse

   Hawkins

 

 

Locker, Thomas

Rachel Carson: Preserving a

   Sense of Wonder

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

Snowflake Bentley

Mccully, Emily Arnold

Marvelous Mattie

Pinkney, Andrea

Ella Fitzgerald

Rodriguez, Rachel

Through Georgia’s Eyes

Rumford, James

Sequoyah:  The Cherokee Man

   Who Gave His People Writing

Schaefer, R. A.

Pedro Martinez

Schnur, Steven

Henry David’s House

Sutherland, Tui T.

Who Was Harry Houdini?

Wallner, Alexandra

Abigail Adam

Woodhull, Victoria

A Woman for President

 

Graphic Novels

 

 

 

 

Atagan, Patrick

The Yellow Jar

Faller, Regis Polo

The Runaway Book

Hardcastle, Michael

Archie’s Amazing Game

 

 

 

Kochacka, James

Monkey vs. Robot

Nickel, Scott

Night of the Homework Zombies

Runton, Andy

Owly: The Way Home & The

   Bittersweet Summer

 

Be sure to fill out the Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge Pamphlet after you read each book. If you need additional space, please write the titles on another sheet of paper and attach it to the pamphlet. Please return to your classroom teacher by Monday, September 10, 2007

 Have a great Summer!        See you in the fall!

Top     /     Home     /     Table of Contents