2016 SUMMER READING/Grades 3-4

Dear Parents,

Enclosed is a list to help you and your child select books for summer reading. Research has shown a high correlation between a student’s academic success and the time devoted to reading. We suggest you examine the books together to see which ones are appealing. If you wonder whether a book is appropriate for independent reading, have your child read aloud from a page in the middle of the book. If he or she mispronounces a few words and/or misunderstands, then this book is more suited for the opportunity to read to your child. There continues to be a strong relationship between being read to (K4) and success in school. Our lists contain many high quality illustrated books with interesting themes. Conversations about books help to build a love of reading in addition to strengthening independent reading abilities. Summer is a wonderful time to take advantage of this opportunity. Best wishes for a summer full of sunshine, relaxation and great books.

NONFICTION Beal, Abigail, Top Dog Series. Berger, Melvin, Question and answer books. Berne, Jennifer, On a Beam of Light: a Story of Albert Einstein. Bryant, Jennifer, A Splash of Red: the Life and Art of Horace Pippin. Cherry, Lynne, Ecological topics. Cobb, Vicki, Science books with fun and clever topics. Cole, Joanna, Magic School Bus series. Eyeopeners, Eyewitness Junior & Eyewitness series. Fisher, Leonard, Historical topics. Floca, Brian, Locomotive. Guiberson, Brenda Z. Frog Song. Hatkoff, Isabelle, Craig Hatkoff & Dr. Paula Kahumbu, Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship & others. Helligman, Deborah, The Boy Who Loved Math: the Improbable Life of Paul Erdos & other multicultural titles. Hopkins, H. Joseph, The Tree Lady: the True Story of How One True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever. Jenkins, Steve, How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly? & others. Kelly, David A., Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud that Changed Baseball. Krull, Kathleen, Biographies. Lauber, Patricia, Life & physical sciences. Leedy, Loreen, Follow the Money & others. Lightning Bolt series. Macaulay, David, Jet Plane: How it Works & others. MacRae, Sloan, America’s Greatest Teams.

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs, Farmer Allen and the Growing Table. McCarthy, Meghan, Daredevil: the Daring Life of Betty Skelton. Muntean, Michaela, Stay: the True Story of Ten Dogs. Osborne, Mary Pope, Magic Tree House Fact Tracker. Pringle, Laurence, Ecological topics. Randolph, Joanne, Curious Pet Pals & others. Rappaport, Doreen, To Dare Mighty Things: the Life of Theodore Roosevelt & others. Scholastic, Inc., Let’s Find Out About Science series. Simon, Seymour, varied science topics. Smith, Charles R., Brick by Brick. Stanley, Diane, Biographies. Sullivan, George, Biographies and sports topics. Weitekamp, Margaret A., Pluto’s Secrets an Icy World’s Tale of Discovery. Winter, Jeannette, varied nonfiction topics. Yolen, Jane, Welcome to the …. books.

Poetry Florian, Douglas, Laugh-eteria. Giovanni, Nikki, Hip Hop Speaks to Children: a Celebration of Poetry with a Beat. Grandits, John, Technically, It’s Not My Fault: Concrete Poems. Janeczko, Paul B., A Poke in the I & others. Kennedy, X.J., Humorous & frightful poems Lee, Dennis, Bubblegum Delicious and others. Livingston, Myra Cohn, Poetry for all occasions. Prelutsky, Jack, Humorous poetry.

Stevenson, James, Corn Chowder & others. Wilson, Karma, Outside the Box and other poems.

Illustrated Books

Becker, Aaron, Journey & others. Bunting, Eve, Smoky Night & others. Campbell, Lisa Ernst, Ginger Jumps & others. Child, Lauren, Charlie and Lola series. Cuyler, Margery, Hooray for Reading Day! & others. DePaola, Tomie, Strega Nona and others. Frazee, Marla, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. Gordon, Gus, Herman & Rosie. Grey, Mini, Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon & others. Jeffers, Oliver, The Way Back Home & others. Kann, Victoria, Purplicious & others. Leedy, Loreen, Mapping Penny’s World & others. Levine, Ellen, Henry’s Freedom Box. Lowell, Susan, Fractured Fairytales. McPhail, David, Edward & the Pirates & others. Moss, Marisa, In America & others. Muntean, Michaela, Do Not Open This Book! Muth, Jon, Zen Shorts & others. Palatini, Margie, Bedhead & others. Polocco, Patricia, Thank you, Mr. Falker & others.

Rathmann, Peggy, Good Night, Gorilla & others. Reibstein, Mark, Wabi Sabi. Say, Allen, Grandfather’s Journey & others. Scieszka, Jon, Battle Bunny & others. Stein, Ezra David, Cowboy Ned & Andy & others. Stewart. Sarah, The Gardener & others. Teague, Mark, Dear Mrs. LaRue & others. Van Allsburg, Christopher, Jumanji & others. Watt, Melanie, Chester & others. Wood, Audrey, The Bunyans. Woodson, Jacqueline, Sweet, Sweet Memory & others. Yolen, Jane, Not All Princesses Dress in Pink.

Graphic Novels

Graphic Library series. Holm, Jennifer & Matthew, Babymouse and Squish series. Krosoczka, Jarrett, Lunch Lady series. Meister, Cari, My First Graphic Novel series. Runton, Andy, Owly series. Steinberg, D.J., Daniel Boom aka Loud Boy series.

Chapter Books

Adler, David, Cam Jansen series. Angleberger, Tom, Origami Yoda series. Barrows, Annie, Ivy and Bean series. Benton, Jim, Franny K. Stein series. Blume, Judy, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing & others. Branford, Anna, Violet Mackerel series. Broach, Elise, The Miniature World of Marvin & James & others. Child, Lauren, Clarice Bean series. Christopher, Matt, The Dog that Pitched a No-Hitter & others. Catalanotto, Peter, Monkey and Robot series. Coven, Wanda, Heidi Heckelbeck series. Cronin, Doreen, The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure & others. Cummings, Troy, The Notebook of Doom series. Danzinger, Paula, Amber Brown & others. DiCamillo, Kate, Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride & others. DiPucchio, Grace, Grace for President & others. Friedman, Laurie H., Mallory series. Greene, Stephanie, Princess Posey series. Gutman, Dan, My Weird School & others. Haas, Jessie, Runaway Radish & others. Harper, Charise Mericle, Just Grace series. Hicks, Betty, Gym Shorts series.

Holub, Joan, Heroes in Training series. James, Brian, Pirate Academy series. Kelly, David A., Ballpark Mysteries series. Klein, Abby, Ready Freddy & others. Krulik, Nancy, Katie Kazoo Switcheroo and Magic Bone series. Look, Leonore, Ruby Lu & others. Mass, Wendy, Space Taxi series. McDonald, Megan, Judy Moody series. Meadows, Daisy, Rainbow Magic series. Mills, Claudia, Annika Riz, Math Whiz & others. Pennypacker, Sara, Clementine & others. Peters, Stephanie, Soccer Cats series. Pilkey, Dav, Ricky Ricotta series & others. Ries, Lori, Aggie and Ben. Roy, Ron, A to Z Mysteries series & A to Z Calendar Mysteries series. Rylant, Cynthia, Cobble Street Cousins series & others. Scieszka, Jon, The Time Warp Trio series. Sharmat, Marjorie, Nate the Great Cousins series. Stilton, Geronimo, Geronimo Stilton series. Thaler, Mike, The Black Lagoon Adventures Chapter Books. Viorst, Judith, Lulu and the Brontosaurus & others. Warner, Sally, Only Emma & others. Winkler, Henry, Hank Zipzer series.