Other Reading

We would like our students to ENJOY their summer reading. Reading good books is both satisfying and FUN. Hence, students should select the book from the list which most sparks their interest. Further, if there is a book at another grade level which the student is eager to read, the student should select that book rather than a less attractive alternative on grade level. All students must read at least one book from the list below, and complete the appropriate book report form.

Kindergarten	1st Grade	2nd Grade	3rd Grade	4th Grade
5th Grade	6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade

Kindergarten (Back to the Top)
Beatrix Potter stories: Tale of Peter Rabbit, Tale of Tom Kitten, Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.

1st Grade (Back to the Top)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Other Stories – by Beatrix Potter
The Selfish Giant – by Oscar Wilde
The Velveteen Rabbit – by Margery Williams
The Ugly Ducking – by Hans Christian Anderson
The Little Engine that Could – by Watty Piper
The Quilt Story – by Tony Johnston & Tomie dePaola
Ferdinand the Bull – Munro Leaf

2nd Grade (Back to the Top)
Little House in the Big Woods – by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Frog and Toad are Friends – by Arnold Lobel
Abe Lincoln’s Hat – by Martha Brenner
The Country Mouse and the City Mouse – by Lillian Obligado (ill.)
The Giving Tree – by Shel Silverstein
The Juggler of God – by Tomie dePaola
Ferdinand the Bull – Munro Leaf

3rd Grade (Back to the Top)
Princess and the Goblin – by George MacDonald
(* for students who wish to complete the book begun in Mrs. Swanson’s reading group)
Kidnapped – by Robert Louis Stevenson
(* for students who wish to complete the book begun in Mr. Lyle’s reading group)
The Trumpet of the Swan – E.B. White
(* for students who wish to complete the book begun in Mr. Lyle’s reading group)
Stuart Little – E.B. White
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Roald Dahl
Pippi Longstocking – by Astrid Lindgren
Crow Boy – by Taro Yashima
Because of Winn Dixie – by Kate DiCamillo
The Magician’s Nephew – by C.S. Lewis
Bullseye Step into Classics Series (over a dozen “Good Books” titles)

4th Grade (Back to the Top)
Princess and the Goblin – by George MacDonald
(* for students who wish to complete the book begun in Mrs. Swanson’s reading group)
Kidnapped – by Robert Louis Stevenson
(* for students who wish to complete the book begun in Mr. Lyle’s reading group)
Sounder – by William Armstrong
Robinson Crusoe – by Daniel Defoe
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – by Roald Dahl
A Hundred Dresses – by Eleanor Estes
Shiloh – by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Call it Courage - Armstrong Sperry
Fighting Ground – Avi
The Magician’s Nephew – by C.S. Lewis
Great Illustrated Classics Series (dozens of “Good Books” titles)

5th Grade (Back to the Top)
Kidnapped – by Robert Louis Stevenson
(* for students who wish to complete the book begun in Mr. Lyle’s reading group)
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle – by Avi
The Magician’s Nephew – by C.S. Lewis
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – by C.S. Lewis
(* only if student has already read The Magician’s Nephew)
Swan Lake – by Mark Helprin
At the Back of the North Wind – by George MacDonald
Ginger Pye – by Eleanor Estes
I, Juan de Pareja – by Elizabeth Borten de Trevino
Heidi – by Johanna Spyri
Tuck Everlasting – by Natalie Babbitt

6th Grade (Back to the Top)
Kidnapped – by Robert Louis Stevenson
(* for students who wish to complete the book begun in Mr. Lyle’s reading group)
The Door in the Wall – by Marguerite de Angeli
Gulliver’s Travels – by Jonathan Swift
Robin Hood: Man of Iron – by Howard Pyle
Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
Boy – by Roald Dahl
My Side of the Mountain – by Jean Craighead George
Old Yeller – by Frank Gibson
Cheaper by the Dozen – by Frank Gilbreth
Where the Red Fern Grows – by Wilson Rawls

7th Grade (Back to the Top)
The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald
Adam of the Road - Elizabeth Janet Gray
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Redwall - Brian Jacques

8th Grade (Back to the Top)
The Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare
The Hiding Place - Corrie Ten Boom
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O'Dell
The Story of My Life - Helen Keller
The Diary of a Young Girl - Anne Frank
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy