Lower School Summer Reading
Grade 2
Series:
David Adler - Young Cam Jansen
Tedd Arnold - Fly Guy Series
C.W. Anderson - The Blaze series
Annie Barrows - Ivy and Bean series
J. Betancourt - Pony Pals
Mary P. Osborne - Magic Tree House
Cynthia Rylant - Henry and Mudge
Titles:
Beyond the Dinosaurs: Monsters of the Air and Sea
by Charlotte Lewis Brown
Dirk Bones & the Mystery of the Haunted House
by Doug Cushman
Comets, Stars, The Moon & Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
by Douglas Florian
Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals
by Steve Jenkins
The Best Chef in 2nd Grade
by Katherine Kenah
The Little Lost Bat
by Sandra Markel
Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways
by Laura Kvasnosky
Exploratopia
by Pat Murphy and Ellen Macaulay
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine
By Erica Silverman
Amazing Whales!
by Sarah Thompson
Amanda Pig and the Wiggly Tooth
by Jean Van Leeuwen
Grade 3
Required Reading:
Fables by Arnold Lobel
Series:
Ben Baglio - Animal Ark
Jeanne Betancourt - Pony Pals Ann Cameron
Julian - (Family stories)
Titles:
Parrotfish and Sunken Ships
by Jim Arnosky
Frogs
By Nic Bishop
When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth and Bugs Began to Swarm
by Hannah Bonner
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (read aloud)
by Kate DiCamillo
Lunch Money
by Andrew Clements
Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship
by Isabell and Craig Hatkoff and Gerald Uhlich
Caleb’s Story
by Patricia Mac Lachlan
Puss in Boots
by Charles Perrault
Cricket in Times Square George Selden Science books
by Seymor Simon
Oliver the Mighty Pig
by Jean Van Leeuwen
Trumpet of the Swan
by E.B. White
Grade 4
Required:Cleary’s The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Series:
Matt Christopher - Sports stories
Franklin Dixon - Hardy Boys mysteries
Carolyn Keene - Nancy Drew mysteries
Mary Norton - The Borrowers
Louis Sachar - Wayside School
John Scieszka - Time Warp Trio
Donald Sobel - Encyclopedia Brown
Gertrude Warner - Boxcar Children
Titles:
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
What’s Eating You? Parasites-The Inside Story*
by Nicola Davies
Knut: How One Little Polar Bear Captivated the World
by Craig Hatkoff et al.
Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff
by Jessica Kerin
Howliday Inn and others
by James Howe
Rats on the Range and others
by James Marshall
Nic Bishop's Spiders
by Nic Bishop
Comet, Stars, the Moon and Mars
By Doug Florian
The Invention of Hugo Cabret*
by Brian Selznick
Teeth
by Sneed B. Collard
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Mostly True Stories About Growing Up
by John Scieszka