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THE FABULOUS SUMMER READING
LIST!!!!!
SOME FAVORITE BOOKS FROM THE LOWER SCHOOL LIBRARY
Summer 2005
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Some Stupendous Picture
Books
The Badger and the Magic Fan by Tony Johnston A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne Hazel Nutt, Mad Scientist by David Elliott This has been a huge hit as a reading partner book! The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring by Ruth Sanderson Many Moons by James Thurber (A Caldecott winner!) Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World by H.A. Rey Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present by Charlotte Zolotow Click, Clack, Moo, Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French (This is always the hit of the year in the first grade!) One Lonely Sea Horse by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers Roberto, the Insect Architect by Nina Laden The Magic School Bus books by Joanna Cole Did you know there are Magic School Bus chapter books too? Some More Amazing Picture Books: by Author (These folks wrote tons of great books. We’ve listed samples for each one.) David Wisniewski (The Warrior and the Wise Man) Jan Brett (The Umbrella, Trouble With Trolls) Don Freeman (Corduroy, Norman the Doorman) Bill Peet (Cowardly Clyde, Capyboppy) Eric A. Kimmel (Anansi and the Talking Melon) Patricia Polacco (Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair) Julius Lester (John Henry, Sam and the Tigers) Cynthia Rylant (The Whales, When the Relatives Came) Chris van Allsburg (Jumanji) Verna Aardema (What’s So Funny, Ketu?) |
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Some Excellent I-Can-Read
Books
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Some Much-Loved
Shorter Chapter Books
The Secrets of Droon series by Tony Abbott Time Warp Trio series by Jon Scieszka Sarah and Adam’s class love these so much we can’t keep them on the shelves! Catwings by Ursula K. LeGuin The Werewolf Club series by Daniel Pinkwater The Terrible Topsy-Turvy Tissy-Tossy Tangle and others by Margaret Mahy Bunnicula and sequels by James Howe Barkley’s School for Dogs series by Marcia T. Jones Meet M & M and others by Pat Ross Marvin Redpost series by Louis Sachar Jake Drake series by Andrew Clements Dragon Slayer’s Academy series by Kate McMullan Gideon M. loves these books so much he donated some to the library! Mole and Shrew series by Jackie French Koller Tales from the Odyssey series by Mary Pope Osborne Gus B. recommends this exciting series, which he really likes! My Weird School series by Dan Gutman Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series by Betty MacDonald |
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Some Wonderful
Longer Chapter Books
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Some Fabulous
Chapter Book Series
Sideways Stories of Wayside School series by Louis Sachar All-of-a-Kind Family series by Sydney Taylor Emily S., Sonya S., and Suzanne B. join Amy and Rebecca as huge fans of this series. The Witch’s Sister series by Phyllis R. Naylor The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi Horace Splattly series by Lawrence David Myth-o-Mania series by Kate McMullan Chi Chi W. recommends this series of crazy, mixed-up Greek myths in which “Hades tells the right story!” *The Great Brain series by John D. Fitzgerald This smart and funny series, about a boy who outsmarts both kids and adults, is one of Amy’s favorites. *Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander The third grade enjoyed the first book, The Book of Three in library story, and some of them have gone on to read other books in the series. Naomi C. says “I liked all the adventures and the things Taran did.” *The Redwall series by Brian Jacques This series comes highly recommended by Hudson C., who says “if you like trickster and stealer stories, these are great!” *Guardians of Ga’Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky Lydia W., who introduced this series to us, says “it took me awhile to get into them, but I really enjoyed them. *The Seventh Tower series by Garth Nix “It’s complicated—I like that. I like the cool characters and the way he describes things,” says Nat K. of this dark fantasy series. |
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Some Marvelous
Chapter Book Authors
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Authors All Your Kids Can Share |
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Some Super Sports
Books and Authors
Girl Wonder by Deborah Hopkinson (Picture book) Home Run by Robert Burleigh (Picture book) Satchel Paige by Lesa Cline-Ransome (Picture book) Baseball Fever by Johanna Hurwitz World Series and others by John Tunis S.A. Kramer (Hoop Heroes) Matt Christopher (Double Play at Short, Crackerjack Halfback) Dan Gutman (Jackie and Me, Million Dollar Shot) Ben A. and Jacob F. are big fans of Gutman’s time traveling Baseball Card Adventures. Jacob says “I like that you learn about the history and that it’s about baseball.” Dorling Kindersley Sports Readers by various authors Three amazing chapter books about sports…and other things. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord An excellent book about playing and watching baseball, this is also a fascinating piece of historical fiction about emigration, life in a new place, and race relations, as well as about Brooklyn’s love for its Dodgers . The Great Brain at the Academy by John D. Fitzgerald Part of a fabulous and funny series about life in 1890s Utah, this book describes the invention and spread of basketball. Summerland by Michael Chabon This challenging adventure story starts on a ordinary baseball field, but the games the heroes have to play and win are anything but ordinary. |
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