¡Felices Vacaciones Y Feliz Lectura!

Lista de Lectura Para el Verano del 2014 de la Escuela Primaria Minor
Un Mensaje Para las Familias Patriotas de Minor
Fomentar el amor por la lectura en nuestros niños, es uno de los más grandes
regalos que podemos darles.
Establecer este hábito es una responsabilidad
compartida entre el hogar y la escuela. Queremos que los estudiantes lleguen a
ser lectores de por vida. La clave es disfrutar. Un niño que ve la lectura como una
actividad agradable y relajante tiende a disfrutarla más. Leer muchos libros de
esta lista, le dará al estudiante una extensa gama de experiencias con muchos
títulos maravillosos.
Aunque hemos proporcionado títulos específicos, los
estudiantes pueden leer cualquier libro de los autores de la lista. Ellos también
pueden leer cualquier libro que los especialistas de la biblioteca de la escuela, de
la biblioteca pública o los que algún maestro les recomienden. Los libros están
agrupados por grados de Kínder a 1ro., De 2do. a 3ro. Y de 4to. a 5to. grado.
Los estudiantes pueden leer libros de la lista del grado escolar al que ingresarán
el próximo año escolar. Juntos podemos hacer de la lectura una parte
emocionante e integral en la vida de nuestros pequeños jóvenes. Recientes
estudios demuestran que los niños que lean por lo menos 4 libros durante las
vacaciones del verano, mantienen o aún mejor, mejoran sus destrezas de lectura.
Esperamos que disfruten la oportunidad de leer junto a sus niños durante los
siguientes meses.
¡Felices Vacaciones Y Feliz Lectura!
Minor Elementary Summer Reading List 2014
A Message to Minor Patriot Families
Fostering a love of reading in our children is one of the greatest gifts
we can give them. Establishing this habit is a shared responsibility between
the home and the school. We want students to become lifetime readers. The
key is enjoyment. A child who sees reading as a pleasant and relaxing
activity is likely to enjoy it. Reading widely from this list will give students
a range of experiences with many wonderful titles. While specific titles are
provided, students may read any book by the authors listed. Students may
also read any book suggested by a school media specialist, public librarian
or teacher. The books are clustered by grades K-1, 2-3 and 4-5. Students can
read books that are listed by the grade he/she is entering in the fall of the
upcoming school year. Together we can make reading an exciting and
integral part of our young people’s lives. The latest research shows
children who read at least 4 books over the summer maintain or even
increase their skills. We hope you enjoy the chance to read together over
the next few months.
Happy summer and happy reading!
Easy Readers
GRADES K-1
Author, Title
Tedd Arnold, Fly Guy! Series
Barbara, Buttner, Pish and Posh Series
Alyssa Capucilli, Biscuit Series
Denys Cazet, Minnie & Moo Series
Laura Godwin, Happy Honey Series
Lin, Grace, Not Exactly The Same
Jame Howe, Houndsley & Catina Series
Laura McGee Kvasnosky, Zelda and Ivy Series
Cynthia Rylant, Henry and Mudge Series, Puppy Mudge Series
Jean Van Leeuwen, Oliver and Amanda Pig Series
Mo Willems, Elephant & Piggie Series
Fiction/Picture Books
Author, Title
Mee Barnett, Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem
Karen Beaumont, I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!
Barbara Bottner, Miss Brooks Loves Books
Elise Broach, When Dinosaurs Came with Everything
Eric Carle, The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse
Lauren Child, Charlie & Lola Series
Annika Dunklee, My name is Elizabeth
Tomie dePaola, Strega Nona Series
Susan Middleton Elya, Rubia and the Three Osos
Tad Hills, How Rocket Learned To Read
Katie DiCamillo, Bink and Gollie
Olivier Dunrea, Gossie & Gertie Series
Vivian French, Yucky Worms
Susan Grisby, In the Garden with Dr. Carver
Kevin Henkes, Lilly’s Big Day
Katharine Holabird, Angelina Ballerina Series
Jon Klassen, I Want My Hat Back
Michelle Knudsen, Library Lion
Cynthia Lord, Hot Rod Hamster
Bill Martin, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Kate McMullan, I Stink! Series
David McPhail, Tell Me the Day Backwards
Jane O’Connor, Fancy Nancy Series
Jerry Pinkney, The Little Red Hen
John Rocco, Blackout
Cynthia Rylant, Brownie & Pearl Series
Judith Schachner, Skippyjon Jones Series
Alex T. Smith, Foxy and Egg
David Soman, Ladybug Girl Series
Deborah Underwood, The Quiet Book
Fiction/Picture Books (cont.)
GRADES K-1
Author, Title
Melanie Watt, Scaredy Squirrel Series
Rosemary Wells, Max and Ruby Series
Mo Willems, Pigeon Drive the Bus Series
Audrey Wood, The Alphabet Mystery
Non-Fiction
Author, Title
Lynda DeWitt, What Will the Weather Be?
Carole Gerber, Winter Trees
Steve Jenkins, How Many Ways--Can You Catch a Fly?
Brian Karas, On Earth
Brian Lerner, Butterflies in the Garden
Darrin Lunde, Hello Baby Beluga
George Ella Lyon, All the Water in the World
Roxie Monroe, Inside Outside Dinosaurs
Patrick McDonnell, Me . . . Jane
Marilyn Singer, Eggs
Mari Takabayashi, I Live in Tokyo
Melony Walsh, 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
Thomas Yezerski, Meadowlands
Poetry
Author, Title
Lulu Delacre (illustrator), Arrorró, Mi Niño: Latino Lullabies and Gentle Games
Polly Dunbar, Here’s a Little Poem
Kristine George, Little Dog Poems
Nikki Grimes, When Gorilla Goes Walking
MaryAnn Hoberman, The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems
Jeff Foxworthy, Dirt On My Shirt
Dee Lillegard, Wake Up House!
Kristin O’Connell George, Fold Me A Poem
Alice Schertle, Button Up! Wrinkled Rhymes
Jane Yolen, Count me a Rhyme: Animal Poems
Wade Zahares, Big, Bad and a Little Bit Scary
Folktales
Author, Title
Zoe B. Alley, There’s a Wolf at my Door
Jan Brett, Town Mouse, Country Mouse
Jan Brett, The Three Snow Bears
Folktales (cont.)
GRADES K-1
Author, Title
Rebecca and Ed Emberly Chicken Little
Eric Kimmel, Anansi and The Moss Covered Rock (Anansi Series)
Eric Kimmel, Medio Pollito
Eric Kimmel, The Runaway Tortilla
Graham Percy, The Grasshopper and the Ant
Janet Stevens, Tops and Bottoms
Eugenios Trivizas, Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig
Jane Wattenberg, Henny-Penny
Biography
Author, Title
Pebble Books, First Biographies Series (30 titles)
Robert Coles, The Story of Ruby Bridges
Ann Warren Turner, Abe Lincoln Remembers
William Steig, When Everybody Wore a Hat
Mara Will, Rookie Biographies (60 titles)
Periodicals
Title
Click
Ladybug
National Geographic Kids
Ranger Rick
Your Big Backyard
GRADES 2-3
Easy Readers
Author, Title
David Adler, Cam Jansen Mysteries Series
Jeff Brown, Stanley, Flat Again (Flat Stanley Series)
Dori Hillestad Butler, The Buddy Files Series
Paula Danziger, Second Grade Rules, Amber Brown (A is for Amber Series)
Elissa Haden Guest, Iris and Walter Series
James Howe, Pinky and Rex Series
Arnold Lobel, Frog and Toad Series
Edward Marshall, Fox Series
Peggy Parish, Amelia Bedelia Series
Cynthia Rylant, Mr. Putter and Tabby Spin the Yarn (Mr. Putter and Tabby Series)
Cynthia Rylant, Henry and Mudge Series
Marjorie Sharmat, Nate The Great Series
Jean Van Leeuwen, Oliver and Amanda Series
Picture Books
Author, Title
Kate Banks, Max’s Dragon
Maribeth Boelts, Those Shoes
Eve Bunting, Riding The Tiger
Barbara Cooney, Miss Rumphius
Robin Cruise, Little Mamá Forgets
Jamie Lee Curtis, Big Words for Little People
Penda Diakité, I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Leo & Diane Dillon, Rap a Tap Tap: Here’s Bojangles--Think of That!
Matt Faulkner, A Taste of Colored Water
Candace Fleming, Boxes for Katje
Marla Frazee, A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
Jackie French, Diary of a Wombat
Jean Craighead George, Nutik, the Wolf Pup
Kevin Henkes, Chrysanthemum
Mary Hoffman, Amazing Grace (Grace Series)
Carol Otis Hurst, Rocks in His Head
Donald B. Johnson, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
Deloris Jordan, Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream
Lenore Look, Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding
Megan McCarthy, Aliens Are Coming!: The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio
Broadcast
Patricia McKissack, Goin’ Someplace Special
Barbara McClintock, Adele & Simon in America
Pat Mora, Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh
Margie Palatini, The Web Files
Patricia Polacco, The Keeping Quilt
Picture Books (cont.)
GRADES 2-3
Author, Title
Roni Schotter, The Boy Who Loved Words
Jon Scieszka, The Frog Prince, Continued
Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
Uri Shulevitz, How I Learned Geography
Judy Sierra, Wild About Books
Peter Sís, Madlenka’s Dog
William Steig, Doctor De Soto
Sarah Stewart, The Gardener
Matt Tavares, Mudball
Jacqueline Woodson, The Other Side
Fiction
Author, Title
Annie Barrows, Ivy + Bean (Ivy + Bean Series)
Jim Benton, Franny K. Stein Series
Judy Blume, The Pain and the Great One Series
Matt Christopher, The Winning Stroke
Beverly Cleary, Ramona Series
Miriam Cohen, Mimmy and Sophie: All Around the Town
Kate DiCamillo, Mercy Watson Series
Tony DiTerlizzi, The Spiderwick Chronicles Series
Laurie Friedman, Mallory Series
Ruth Stiles Gannett, My Father’s Dragon (My Father’s Dragon Series)
Dan Greenburg, The Zach Files Series
Charise M. Harper, Just Grace Series
Jennifer Holm, Babymouse Series
Patricia Reilly Giff, The Kids of Polka Street School Series
James Howe, Tales from the House of Bunnicula Series
Emily Jenkins, Toys Go Out Series
Jessica Scott Kerrin, Martin Bridge Series
Suzy Kline, Horrible Harry and Song Lee Series
Stephen Krensky, Arthur Series
Nancy E. Krulik, Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo Series
Cynthia Lord, Rules
Lois Lowry, Gooney Bird Series
Patricia MacLachlan, Sarah Plain and Tall Series
Megan McDonald, Judy Moody & Stink Series
(multiple authors), My America Series
Mary Pope Osborne, Magic Tree House Series
Barbara Park, Junie B. Jones Series
Sara Pennypacker, Clementine Series
Aaron Reynolds, Back of the Bus
Fiction (Cont.)
GRADES 2-3
Author, Title
Ron Roy, A to Z Mysteries Series
Cynthia Rylant, Cobble Street Cousins Series
Louis Sachar, Wayside School Series
Jon Scieszka, Time Warp Trio Series
Geronimo Stilton, Geronimo Stilton Series
Chris Van Allsburg, Two Bad Ants
Gertrude C. Warner, The Boxcar Children Series
E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web
Non-Fiction
Author, Title
Gene Barretta, Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of
Benjamin Franklin
Francis Bellamy, I Pledge Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance
Nic Bishop, Nic Bishop Spiders
Ni, Bishop, Nic Bishop Lizards
Franklyn Branley, What the Moon Is Like
Sarah Campbell, Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature
Jason Chin, Redwoods
Joanna Cole, The Magic School Bus Series
Joy Cowley, Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Carmen Agra Deedy, 14 Cows for America
Brian Dennis, Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine and a Miracle
Brian Flocca, The Flight of Apollo 11
Gail Gibbons, Polar Bears
Isabella Hatkoff, Owen and Mzee: the True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
Steve Jenkins, Almost Gone: the World’s Rarest Animals
Steve Jenkins, How To Clean Up a Hippopotamus
Barbara Kerley, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Patricia Lauber, How We Learned the Earth is Round
Sandra Markle, Outside and Inside Bats
Meghan McCarthy, The Incredible life of Balto
Greg Mortenson, Listen to the Wind
Mark Newman, Polar Bears
Mary Pope Osborne, Magic Tree House Research Guides Series
Marjorie Priceman, Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride
April Pulley Sayre, Stars Beneath your Bed: The Surprising Story of Dust
Judith St. George, So You Want To Be President?
Judith St. George, Zarafa: the Giraffe Who Walked to the King
Diane Swanson, Animals Can Be So Hard to See
Iris Van Rymbach and Pegi Deitz Shea,The Taxing Case of Cows
GRADES 2-3
Folktales
Author, Title
Joseph Bruchac, The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story
Joseph Bruchac, How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
Carmen Deedy, Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Mary-Joan Gerson, Why the Sky is Far Away
Virginia Hamilton, Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl
Kimiko Kajikawa, Tsunami!
Steven Kellogg, Paul Bunyan: A Tall Tale
Eric Kimmel, Cactus Soup
Julius Lester, John Henry
Mary Pope Osborne, Katie and the Beanstalk
Robert D. San Souci, The Talking Eggs
Ed Young, Night Visitors
Ed Young, Mouse Match: A Chinese Folktale
Periodicals
Title
Kids Discover
Know: The Science Magazine for Curious Kids
National Geographic Kids
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Zoo Books
Poetry
Author, Title
Lee Bennett, City I Love
David Elliot, In the Wild
Douglas Florian, Mammalabilia
Joan Graham, Flicker Flash
Juanita Havill, I Heard it from Alice Zucchini
Simon James, Days Like This
Wendy Kesselman, Sand in My Shoes
Loris Lesynsky, Nothing Beats a Pizza
Celeste A. Mannis, One Leaf Rides the Wind
Jack Prelutsky, Good Sports: Rhymes About Running, Jumping, Throwing and More
Shel Silverstein, A Light in the Attic
Biography
Author, Title
David Adler, A Picture Book of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bearport Publishing, Defining Moments Series
Dan Brown, A Wizard from the Start: The Incredible Boyhood and Amazing Inventions of
Thomas Edison
Biography (cont.)
GRADES 2-3
Author, Title
Monica Brown, My Name is Celia: The Life of Celia Cruz
Lesa Cline-Ransome, Satchel Paige
Childrens Press, Getting to Know the US Presidents (42 titles)
Tomie dePaola, 26 Fairmount Avenue
Cathy Dubowski, Clara Barton - I Want to Help
Mordicai Gerstein, What Charlie Heard
Barbara Kerley, What To Do About Alice?
Andrea Davis Pinkney, Dear Benjamin Banneker
Doreen Rappaport, Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Elizabeth Rush, For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart
Tayna Lee Stone, Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote
Maria Tallchief, Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina
Jane Winter, The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with Chimps
Jeanette Winter, Wangari’s Trees of Peace: a True Story of Africa
Fiction
GRADES 4-5
Author, Title
Kathy Appelt, Keeper
Avi, Poppy Series
Blue Balliett, Chasing Vermeer
Dave Barry, Peter and the Starcatchers (Series)
Joan Bauer, Stand Tall
Eric Berlin, The Potato Chip Puzzles
Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks Series
Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge books Series)
N.E. Bode, The Slippery Map
Pseudonymous Bosch, The Name of This Book is Secret (Series)
Elise Broach, Masterpiece
Michael Buckley, The Sisters Grimm Series
Rob Buyea, Because of Mr. Terupt
Matt Christopher, Soccer Scoop
Gennifer Choldenko, Al Capone Series
Beverly Cleary, The Mouse and the Motorcycle Series
Andrew Clements, The Landry News: a Brand New School Story
Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl Series
Cressida Cowell, How To Be a Pirate
Sharon Creech, Ruby Holler
Sharon Creech, Pleasing the Ghost
Karen Cushman, Alchemy and Meggy Swann
Roald Dahl, The BFG
Cynthia DeFelice, Signal
Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Tony DiTerlizzi, The Spiderwick Chronicles (Series)
Tony DiTerlizzi, The Search For Wondla
Malka Drucker, Jacob’s Rescue: a Holocaust Story
Jeanne DuPrau, The City of Ember Series
Adam S. Epstein, The Familiars
Eleanor Estes, The Middle Moffat (Moffats Series)
Douglas Evans, MVP: Magellan Voyage Project
Ralph Fletcher, Flying Solo
Neil Gaiman, Coraline
Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (Joey Pigza Series)
Jack Gantos, Dead End in Norvelt
Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves Series)
Patricia Reilly Giff, Eleven
Peggy Gifford, Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little
Jimmy Gownley, Amelia Rules! Series (Graphic Novel)
Emmanuel Guibert, Sardine Series (Graphic Novel)
Margaret Peterson Haddix, Found (Missing Series) *
Shannon Hale, Princess Academy
Joan Hiatt Harlow, Star in the Storm
Lucy Stephen Hawking, George’s Secret Key to the Universe
Fiction (cont.)
GRADES 4-5
Author, Title
Kevin Henkes, Olive’s Ocean
Kevin Henkes, Sun & Spoon
Carl Hiaasen, Scat
Anthony Horowitz, Diamond Brother Mysteries Series
James Howe, Bunnicula (Bunnicula Series)
Erin Hunter, Forest of Secrets (Warriors Series)
Eva Ibbotson, The Secret of Platform 13
Peg Kehret, Terror at the Zoo
Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Liz Kessler, The Tail of Emily Windsnap Series
Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series
E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Ingrid Law, Savvy
Gail Carson Levine, Ella Enchanted
C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
(The Chronicles of Narnia Series)
Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Cynthia Lord, Rules
Cynthia Lord, Touch Blue
Lois Lowry, The Willoughbys
Mike Lupica, Million-Dollar Throw
Ann M. Martin, A Dog’s Life: The Autobiography of a Stray
Ann M. Martin, The Doll People Series
Wendy Mass, 11 Birthdays
Wendy Mass, Finally
Wendy Mass, 13 Gifts
Scott Morse, Magic Pickle Graphic Novel
(multiple authors), Dear America Series
(multiple authors), Once Upon America Series
(multiple authors), The Royal Diaries Series
Jenny Nimmo, Children of the Red King Series
Gary Paulsen, Brian’s Saga Series
Richard Peck, A Long Way From Chicago: A novel in stories *
Richard Peck, Secrets at Sea
Sara Pennypacker, Clementine Series
Rodman W. Philbrick, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Lincoln Peirce, Big Nate Series
David Pogue, Abby Carnelia’s One & Only Magical Power
Rick Riordan, Heroes of Olympus Series
Rick Riordan, The Kane Chronicles Series
Barbara Robinson, The Best School Year Ever
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter Series *
Pam Muñoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising *
Louis Sachar, Small Steps
Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus The Evil Librarians (Alcatraz Versus Series)
Fiction (cont.)
GRADES 4-5
Author, Title
Jon Scieszka, Time Warp Trio Series
Brian Selznick, Wonderstruck
Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures
Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events Series)
Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society Series
Jonathan Stroud, The Bartimaeus Trilogy Series*
Mark Teague, The Doom Machine
Wendelin Van Draanen, Sammy Keyes Series
Wendelin Van Draanen, Secret Identity (Shredderman Series)
(various authors), 39 Clues Series
Ursula Vernon, Dragonbreath Series
Barbara Wallace, Peppermints in the Parlor Series
E.B White, Trumpet of the Swan
Michael Winerip, Adam Canfield of the Slash
Elizabeth Winthrop, The Castle in the Attic (The Castle in the Attic Series)
Elvira Woodruff, The Ravenmaster’s Secret: Escape from the Tower of London
Patricia Wrede, Enchanted Forest Chronicles Series
Non-Fiction
Author, Title
Jim Arnosky, Crocodile Safari
Melvin Berger, Spinning Spiders
Don Brown, All Stations! Distress!: April 15, 1912, The Day The Titanic Sank
Bill Bryson, A Really Short History of Nearly Everything
Loree Griffin Burns, Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the
Science of Ocean Motion
Loree Griffin Burns, Hive Detectives, Chronicle of a Honey Bee
Catastrophe
Mary Kay Carson, The Bat Scientist
Lynne Cheney, We The People: The Story of Our Constitution
Lynn Curlee, Rushmore
Sam Fink (illustrator), The Declaration of Independence
Brian Floca, Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
Russell Freedman, Freedom Walkers: The Story of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Patricia Reilly Giff, Don’t Tell the Girls: A Family Memoir
John Grogan, Marley: A Dog Like No Other
Jessie Hartland, How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum
Beverly Joubert, Face to Face with Lions
Kadir Nelson, We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Elaine Landau, Beyond Pluto: The Final Frontier in Space
Kathryn Lasky, Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles
David Macaulay, Built to Last
Sue Macy, Basketball Belles
Non-Fiction (cont.)
GRADES 4-5
Author, Title
Susan Margeson, Viking (Eyewitness Books Series)
Russell Martin, The Mysteries of Beethoven’s Hair
Beverly McMillan, Sharks
Jim Murphy, An American Plague *
Kadir Nelson, Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African-Americans
Michael Nichols, Face to Face with Gorillas
Steve Parker, 53 1/2 Things that Changed the World and Some that Didn’t
Elizabeth Partridge, Marching For Freedom: Walk Together, Children, and Don’t You Grow
Weary
Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, Fabulous Fluttering Tropical Butterflies
Richard Platt, Eureka! Great Inventions and How they Happened
Elaine Scott, When is a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto
Seymour Simon, Amazing Aircraft
Judith St. George, So You Want to be an Explorer?
Tanya Lee Stone, Almost Astronauts: 13 Woman who dared to dream
Catherine Thimmesh, Madam President
Pamela Turner, The Frog Scientist
Sally M. Walker, Written in Bone
Thomas Yezerski, Meadowlands: A Wetland Survival Story
Poetry
Author, Title
Carmen Bernier-Grand, César: ¡Sí, Se Puede! = Yes, We Can!
Gwendolyn Brooks, Bronzeville Boys and Girls
Calef Brown, Flamingos on the Roof
Emily Dickinson, Poetry for Young People
Douglas Florian, Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems
and Paintings
Robert Frost, Poetry for Young People
Paul B. Janeczko(selected by), Hey, You! Poems to Skyscrapers, Mosquitoes,
and Other Fun Things
Joyce Sidman, Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
Joyce Sidman, Ubiquitous
Joyce Sidman, Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night
Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein, Every Thing On It
Marilyn Singer, Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse
Jane Yolen, An Egret’s Day
Short Stories
Author, Title
Avi, w/ Carolyn Shute (sel. by), Best Shorts: Favorite Short Stories for Sharing
Barry Moser (sel. and ill. by), Great Ghost Stories
GRADES 4-5
Short Stories (cont.)
Author, Title
J.K. Rowling, The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Jerry Spinelli, The Library Card
Folktales
Author, Title
Julia Alvarez, The Secret Footprints
Kerstin Chen, Lord of the Cranes: A Chinese Tale
Janice Del Negro, Willa and the Wind
Lucia González, Señor Cat’s Romance and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America
Brothers Grimm, Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm
Denys Johnson-Davies, Goha, the Wise Fool
Julius Lester, John Henry
Julius Lester, Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales
Robin Lister, The Legend of King Arthur
Neil Philip (selected by), Horse Hooves and Chicken Feet: Mexican Folktales
Robert D. San Souci, Sukey and the Mermaid
Sean Taylor, The Great Snake: Stories from the Amazon
Anna Milbourne, The Usborne book of Myths and Legends
Biography
Author, Title
David A. Adler, Thomas Jefferson: Father of Our Democracy
Robert Byrd, Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer
Marfe Delano, Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison
Matt de la Peña, A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis
Christine King Farris, My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers
Leonard Everett Fisher, Galileo
Sid Fleischman, Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini
Candace Fleming, Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Russell Freedman, Lafayette and the American Revolution
Nikki Giovanni, Rosa
Jane Goodall, The Chimpanzees I Love
Jan Greenberg & Sandra Jordan, Action Jackson
Barbara Kerley, The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy)
Kathleen Krull, A Boy named FDR
Kathleen Krull, Lives of Extraordinary Women
Kathryn Lasky, The Man Who Made Time Travel
Karen Levine, Hana’s Suitcase: A True Story
Jean Marzollo, My First Book of Biographies
Marc Tyler Nobleman, Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman
Biography (cont.)
GRADES 4-5
Author, Title
Andrea Davis Pinkney, Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa
Anne Rockwell, Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
Pam Muñoz Ryan, When Marian Sang
Allen Say, Drawing From Memory
Wendy Thompson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Carole B. Weatherford, Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Periodicals
Title
American Girl
Cricket National
Dig
Faces
Kids Discover
Muse
Geographic Kids
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Zoobooks
NEWBERY MEDALS
The Newbery Medal is awarded by the Association for Library Service to
Children (a division of the American Library Association), for the most
distinguished contribution to American children’s literature published the
previous year.
Author, Title
Katherine Applegate, The One and Only Ivan (2013 Winner)
Laura Amy Schlitz, Splendors and Glooms (2013 Honor Book
Jack Gantos, Dead End in Norvelt (2012 Winner) *
Thanhha Lai, Inside Out and Back Again (2012 Honor Book)
Eugene Yelchin, Breaking Stalin’s Nose (2012 Honor Book)
Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest (2011 Winner) *
Margi Preus, Heart of a Samurai (2011 Honor Book)
Rebecca Stead, When You Reach Me (2010 Winner) *
Phillip Hoose, Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice *
Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate
Grace Lin, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Rodman Philbrick, The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book*
Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons
Louis Sachar, Holes
Christopher Paul Curits, Bud, Not Buddy
Lois Lowry, Number the Stars
Kathi Applet, The Underneath *
Jack Gantos, Joey Pigza Loses Control
E.L. Konigsburg, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Jean Craighead George, Julie of the Wolves *
Cynthia Lord, Rules
Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy
Patricia McLachlan, Sarah, Plain and Tall
William Steig, Abel’s Island
* For mature readers
BOOKS TO READ OUT LOUD
Picture Books
Author, Title
Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline
Jan Brett, Comet’s Nine Lives
Virginia Lee Burton, The Little House
Don Freeman, Corduroy
Kenneth Graham, The Reluctant Dragon
Kevin Henkes, Owen
Robert McCloskey, Blueberries for Sal
Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could
Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach
William Steig, Brave Irene
Rosemary Wells, Yoko
Mo Williams, Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
Jane Yolan, Elsie’s Bird
Ed Young, Seven Blind Mice
Chapter Books
Author, Title
Avi Poppy Series
Isabel F. Campoy & Ada Alma Flor, Tales our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection
Beverly Cleary, Ramona the Pest
Kate DiCamillo, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Edward Eager, Half Magic
Sid Fleischman, The Whipping Boy
Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories
C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Bette Bao Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
Robert McCloskey, Homer Price
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Shiloh
Mary Norton, The Borrowers
Robert C. O,Brien, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
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Lilburn, GA 30047-6827
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