STMA Summer Reading List for Pre-K

Here are some great books that you might like to read to your child during the summer:

• Is Your Mother a Llama? - Guarino

• Mr. Gumpy’s Outing - Burningham

• Millions of Cats - Gag

• Eating the Alphabet - Ehlert

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle

• The Grouchy Ladybug - Eric Carle

• Pancakes, Pancakes - Eric Carle

• The Wheels on the Bus - Delinsky

• Have You Seen My Duckling? - Tafuri

• Noisy Nora - Wells

• A Baby Sister for Frances - Hoban

• Trucks - Rockwell

• Is This a House for a Hermit Crab? - McDonald

• We’re going On a Bear Hunt - Rosen

• Corduroy - Freeman

• Little Bear - Minarik

• The Three Billy Goats Gruff - Asbjornsen and Moe

• The Little Red Hen - Galdone

• Kipper’s Rainy Day - Inkpen

• Moonbears Skyfire - Asch

• Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten - Joseph Slate

STMA Summer Reading List for Kindergarten

Here are some great books that you might like to read to your child during the summer:

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, by Judith Viorst
Aloha, Dolores, by Barbara Samuels
Amos and Boris, William Steig
The Bossy Gallito, by Lucia M. Gonzalez
Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes
Corduroy at the Zoo, by Don Freeman
The Doorbell Rang, by Pat Hutchins
Everything to Spend the Night From A to Z, by Ann Whitford Paul
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool, by Teri Sloat
Hamster Chase, by Anastasia Suen
The Lion and the Mouse and Other Aesop Fables, by Doris Orgel
The Little Engine that Could, by Watty Piper
Owl Moon, by Jane Yolen
Old Thunder and Miss Raney, by Sharon Darrow
Quick as a Cricket, by Audrey Wood
Something BIG Has Been Here, by Jack Prelutsky
"Stand Back," said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze", by Patricia Thomas
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter
Three Cheers for Catherine the Great!, by Cari Best
Tomorrow's Alphabet, by George Shannon
Town Mouse, Country Mouse, by Jan Brett
Willie's Birthday, by Anastasia Suen
Yoshi's Feast, by Kimiko Kajikawa
Make Way for Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne

STMA Summer Reading List for First Grade

Here are some great books that you might like to read to your child during the summer:

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STMA Summer Reading List for Second Grade

Here are some great books that you might like to read to or with your child during the summer:

Bonaparte, by Marsha Wilson Chall
Cam Jansen and the Birthday Mystery, by David A. Adler
How To Catch An Elephant, by Amy Schwartz
It's Justin Time, Amber Brown, by Paula Danziger
The Lion and the Mouse and Other Aesop Fables, by Doris Orgel
The Other Side, by Jacqueline Woodson
Willie's Birthday, by Anastasia Suen
Yoshi's Feast, by Kimiko Kajikawa
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash, by Trinka Hakes Noble
The Art Lesson, by Tomie de Paola
Swimmy, by Leo Lionni
If You Were a Writer, by Joan Lowery Nixon
Author: A True Story, by Helen Lester
Amelia's Road, by Linda Jacobs Altman
Miss Rumphius, by Barbara Cooney
A Chair for My Mother, by Vera B. Williams
The New Kid on the Block, by Jack Prelutsky
Freckle Juice, by Judy Blume
Where the Sidewalk Ends, by Shel Silverstein

STMA Summer Reading List for Third Grade

The third grade recommended summer reading is just that, recommended. The books listed are books that would be helpful for incoming third graders to read to help their fluency, comprehension, and to retain their decoding skills through the summer. All books can be obtained at your local library. They do not need to be purchased nor will they be needed when school starts in August. Students should not feel pressure to read all of these books. The hope is that each student will read at least 5 of the books throughout the summer. The books chosen are those that have received awards, are considered classics, or will help students’ reading skills. The books are also on different reading levels, so choose books based on your child’s level. Reading throughout the summer will help the students be better prepared when they return to school in August.

• Any Dr. Seuss book (the rhyming helps with fluency)

• A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

• Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White (Please use the original edition, not the book based on the movie)

• Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren

• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

• Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (Any edition)

• Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Please use the original edition, not the book based on the movie)

• Matilda by Roald Dahl

• The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pene du Bois

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo

• The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

• Remembering Mrs. Rossi by Amy Hest

• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

• The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

• Safe at Home by Sharon Robinson

• Saving Mr. Nibbles by Patrick Carman

• The Swamp Monster in Third Grade by Debbie Dadey

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

• Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz

• Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

• Any Magic Tree House books by Mary Ellen Pope

STMA Summer Reading List for Fourth Grade

Fourth grade students are required to read the following books, which are from the treasury of classics children’s literature.

• BLACK BEAUTY: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE by Anna Sewell

It must be an unabridged junior edition, classics series. Please read it and write a book report according to the attached book report outline. This report will be graded and will serve as a basis for the reading review at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.

The book can be checked out at public libraries or purchased at Borders/Barnes and Noble Bookstores/Scholastic Inc. The prices range from $3.99/4.99 to about $20.

• THE BUTTERFLY LION by Michael Morpurgo

Please read the book. Do not write any book report.

It must be an unabridged junior edition, classics series.

The book will serve as a basis for our reading review discussions at the beginning of the school year.

It can be checked out at local public libraries or purchased at Borders/Barnes and Noble/Amazon.com. The prices are affordable.

STMA Summer Reading List for Fifth Grade

Please select two of the four books below to enjoy reading over the summer. Choose one of the books you read and complete a book report on it. (See Book Report Outline below) Be prepared to discuss your books in August.

• Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary

• Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

• A Week in the Woods by Andrew Clements

• Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech