Suggested Reading List 2013

Entering 5th Grade:

•  Ingrid Law Series
• Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, by Barthe DeClements
• Hanging Off Jefferson's Nose: Growing Up On Mount Everest, by Tina Nichols Curry
• The Camping Trip that Changed America: Theodore Roosevelt, John Muir and Our National Parks, by Barbara Rosenstock
• Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, by Chris Grabenstein
• The Books of Elsewhere Series, by Jacqueline West
• The Wind and the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame
• The Janitors, by Tyler Whitesides

 

Entering 4th Grade:

• Judy Blume Series 
• Roald Dahl Books
• The Humphrey Series, by Betty G. Birney
• The Candymakers, by Wendy Mass
• Shark Wars Series, by E.J. Altbacker
• Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! and Boy, Were We Wrong About the Solar System! by Kathleen Kudlinski
• Fake Mustache, or How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S. Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind, by Tom Angleberger
• A Dog's Tale, by Laurie Myers

Entering 3rd Grade:

• Mirror, Mirror and Follow, Follow, by Marilyn Singer
• Ellray Jakes Series, by Sally Warner
• Dragonbreath Series by Ursula Vernon
• Ivy and Bean Series by Annie Barrows
• The Who Was? Series
• The What Was? Series
• One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
• Waiting for Magic by Patricia Maclachlan
• What I did on My Summer Vacation: Kids' Favorite Funny Summer Vacation Poems by Bruce Lansky

Entering 2nd Grade:

• Gorillas by Patricia Brennan Demuth
• Batman: Day of the Brave and the Bold: Day of the Dark Night!
• Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
• Summer by Alice Law
• Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
• Disney: The Never Girls: In a Blink
• The Night Before Series by Judy Durrell
• Nursery Rhyme Crimes Series by Priscilla Lamont

Entering 1st Grade: 

• Turtle and Snake Go Camping by Kate Sophn
• Spider's Lunch (All About Garden Spiders) by Joanna Cole
• Tiny Goes to the Library by Cari Meister
• Billy and Milly by Eve Feldman
• Skippyjon Jones Series by Judy Schachner
• The Night Before First Grade by Judy Durrell
• National Geographic Readers: (i.e. Caterpillar to Butterfly)
• The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Fire Truck by Laura Murray

      Sunshine State Books 2013-14

• Angleberger, Tom. Fake mustache, or, How Jodie O'Rodeo and Her Wonder Horse (and Some Nerdy Kid) Saved the U.S.Presidential Election from a Mad Genius Criminal Mastermind. Amulet Books, 2012.
• Applegate, Katherine. One and Only Ivan. Harper, 2012.
• Breitrose, Prudence. Mousenet. Disney/Hyperion Books, 2011.
• Carman, Patrick. Floors. Scholastic Press, 2011.
• Cheng, Andrea. The Year of the Book. Houghton Mifflin, 2012.
• Crum, Shutta. Thomas and the Dragon Queen. Random House/Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
• Graff, Lisa. Double Dog Dare. Penguin/Philomel Books, 2012.
• Kelly, Katie. Melonhead. Random House/Delacorte, 2009.
• Lord, Cynthia. Touch Blue. Scholastic Press, 2010.
• MacLachlan, Patricia. Waiting for the Magic. Simon and Schuster - Atheneum, 2011.
• Mass, Wendy. The Candymakers. Little Brown, 2010.
• Rocklin, Joanne. The Five Lives of our Cat Zook. Amulet Books, 2012.
• Scattergood, Augusta. Glory Be. Scholastic, 2012.
• Trivas, Tracey. Wish Stealers, The. Simon & Schuster/Aladdin, 2010.
• Whitesides, Tyler. Janitors. Shadow Mountain, 2011.

Websites about Summer Reading Programs:    

Barnes and Noble Summer Reading--Get a Free Book

St. Johns County Library--Great programs and books

Scholastic Summer Challenge--Fun activities and help set a world record

Books-A-Million Summer Reading--Earn a backpack