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		Elementary Summer Reading List 2007
Summer reading is a great activity for children and parents to share!
SBISD Librarians compiled this list of great choices for summer reading. There are titles for all ages, grades, and interests! The books should be available at your public library.
Hillendahl Branch Library	Kendall Branch Library		Ring Branch Library	Spring Branch Memorial County Library
Authors with asterisks (*) may have other titles available that would be great choices, too!

Picture Books

Adelita by Tomie dePaola*

Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola*

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon*

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes*

The Bubba and Beau Series by Kathi Appelt*

Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard*

Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells*

My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss*

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes*

Off We Go by Jane Yolen*

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett*

Rumpelstiltskin Paul O. Zelinsky*

The David Series by David Shannon*

Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth by Eric Carle*

Dear Mrs. LaRue by Mark Teague

The Ugly Duckling by Jerry Pinkney*

Epossumdas by Colleen Salley

A Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle*

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback

Predictable/Cumulative Books	Read Alouds/Shared Reading/ Wordless
*Brown Bear, Brown Bear* by Bill Martin*	*Do You Want to Be My Friend?* by Eric Carle*
*The Gingerbread Baby* by Jan Brett*	Firefighters A to Z by Chris Demarest)
*Millions of Cats* by Wanda Gag*	*Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher* by Molly Bang*
*The Napping House* by Audrey Wood*	Look Alikes by Joan Steiner
*No Jumping on the Bed* by Tedd Arnold*	*Peter Spier’s Rain* by Peter Spier*
*Old Black Fly* by Jim Aylesworth	*Rosie’s Walk* by Pat Hutchins*
That’s Good! That’s Bad by Margery H. Cuyler	Sector 7 by David Wiesner*
	*Tuesday* by David Wiesner*

Early Emergent Readers
*Baby Says* by John Steptoe	*I Went Walking* by Sue Williams
Blue Bug Goes to School by Virginia Poulet*	Look What I Can Do by Jose Aruego*
*Brown Bear, Brown Bear* by Bill Martin*	My Dream by Brian Wildsmith*
*Colours* by Jan Pienkowski*	Now We Can Go by Ann Jonas*
Count and See by Tana Hoban*	One Hunter by Pat Hutchins*
Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett*	*Oops!* by Mercer Mayer*
The Franklin Series by Paulette Bourgeois	The Poppleton Series by Cynthia Rylant
*Going to Grandpa’s* by Hiawyn Oram	*Roll Over* by Merle Peek
*How Many Bugs in a Box?* by David A. Carter	Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri*
How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen	*Where's Al?* by Byron Barton*
*I Like Books* by Anthony Browne*	Where's Spot? by Eric Hill

Early Readers/Beginning Chapter
*Amelia Bedelia* by Peggy Parrish*	*Last One in is a Rotten Egg* by Leonard P. Kessler*
The Arthur Series by Marc Tolon Brown*	The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne*
Bears on Wheels by Stan Berenstain*	The Minnie and Moo Series by Denis Cazet*
The Biscuit Series by Alyssa Capucilli	Mooncake by Frank Asch*
*Chocolate Fever* by Robert Kimmel Smith*	*Much Ado about Aldo* by Johanna Hurwitz*
*The Chocolate Touch* by Patrick Catling	The Nate the Great Series by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat)*
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown*	*Noisy Nora* by Rosemary Wells*
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume*	*Strega Nona* by tomie dePaola*
*Funnybones* by Janet Ahlberg)*	The Polk Street School Stories Patricia Reilly Giff*
The Henry and Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant*	The Pee Wee Scouts Series by Judy Delton*
Justin & the Best Biscuits in the World by Mildred Pitts Walter	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig*

Middle/Fluent Readers
*The Battlefield Ghost* by Margery Cuyler	Herbie Jones by Suzy Kline*
*Because of Winn Dixie* by Kate DiCamillo	Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park*
The Bunnicula Series by James Howe*	The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder*
The Cam Jansen Series by David A. Adler*	Make Four Million Dollars... by Stephen Manes*
*The Castle in the Attic* by Elizabeth Winthrop*	The Marvin Redpost Series by Louis Sachar*
*Catch that Pass* by Matt Christopher*	Night of the Twister by Ivy Ruckman
Christina’s Ghost by Betty Ren Wright*	Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren*
*Class Clown* by Johanna Hurwitz*	The Polk Street Kids Series by Patricia Reilly Giff*
The Cobblestone Cousin Series by Cynthis Rylant*	Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary*
*The Courage of Sarah Noble* (Dalgliesh)	Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan*
*Danny Dunn and the Homework* *Machine* by Jay Williams*	Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor*
Double Fudge by Judy Blume*	*Skinnybones* by Barbara Park*
The Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald J.Sobol*	Sounder by William H. Armstrong
The Hank the Cowdog Series by John R. Erickson*	Up and Down Spring by Johanna Hurwitz*
Help! I’m a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford*

All Time Favorites
Animalia by Graham Base	*Pecos Bill* by Steven Kellogg*
The Box Car Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner	*Pyramid* by David Macaulay)*
*Castle* by David MacCaulay*	Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary)*
*Charlotte's Web* by E. B. White	Sarah Plain & Tall by Patricia MacLachlan*
The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth)	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
*The Green Book* by Jill Paton Walsh	Sounder by William Howard Armstrong
*Janice VanCleave’s Chemistry for Kids* by J. VanCleave*	Stuart Little by E. B. White*
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George*	To Space and Back by Sally Ride
*Number the Stars* by Lois Lowry)*	*Velveteen Rabbit* by Margery Williams)

Novels
Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger*	Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park*
Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis*
Cricket in Times Square by George Selden	Soup by Robert Newton Peck*
The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling*	Time Warp Stories by Jon Scieszka*
Homer Price by Robert McCloskey*	Tuck Everlasting (Babbitt)*
*How to Eat Fried Worms* by Thomas Rockwell	The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman*
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl*

Poetry
20th Century Children’s Poetry Collection by J Prelutsky*	*Pizza the Size of the Sun* by Jack Prelutsky*
*Dirty Laundry Pile* (Janeczko)	*Random House Book of Poetry* ed. by Prelutsky)*
If I Were in Charge of the World by Judith Viorst*	Sing a Song of Popcorn (DeRegniers)*
*Laugh-eteria: Drawing and Poems* by Douglas Florian*	*Tomie dePaola’s book of Poems* by T. dePaola*
My America by Lee Bennett Hopkins	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein)*

Non-Fiction

Books with a Math Twist

Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank*

Anna to the Infinite Power by Mildred Ames

Ghost Liners by Robert Ballard*

Anno’s Multiplying Jar by Anno*

Lunch at the Zoo by Joyce Altman

The Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply by G Tang*

Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole*

Book of Think by Mildred Burns*

Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley

G is for Googol by David M. Schwartz*

Shh!! We’re Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz*

Grapes of Math by Greg Tang*

So You Want to be an Inventor? by Judith St. George)*

The Herbert Hilligan Series by Paul Epner

Spiders and Their Web Sites by Margery Facklam

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky)

Storms by Seymour Simon*

Math Curse by Jon Scieszka

The Story of the Titanic by Eric Kentley

Millions to Measure by David M. Schwartz*

Watt got you Started, Mr. Fulton by Robt. M. Quackenbush*

On Beyond a Million by David M. Schwartz*

Award Winning Titles

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Kneeknock Rise by Natalie Babbitt*

Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink*

Lon Po Po by Ed Young

Crispin Cross of Lead by Avi*

Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry (Taylor)*

King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry*

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Martin

Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George*

Tale of Desperaux by Kate DiCamillo)

Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg*

Twenty one Balloons William Pene DuBois*

Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak)*

2 X 2 List (Ages 2 - Gr. 2)

Texas Bluebonnet Award 2007 – 2008

Aston, Dianna Hutts. An Egg is Quiet

Schubert, Leda. Ballet of the Elephants

Baker, Keith. On the Go With Mr. and Mrs. Green.

Stanley, Diane. Bella at Midnight

Best, Cari. Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen.

Bauer, Marion Dane. The Blue Ghost.

Beaumont, Karen. Move Over, Rover!

Dowell, Frances O’Roark. Chicken Boy.

Butterworth, Chris. Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea.

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double Identity.

Bynum, Janie. Nutmeg and Barley: A Budding Friendship.

Nolan, Lucy. Down Girl and Sit: On the Road.

Chaconas, Dori. Cork & Fuzz: Short and Tall

Yep, Laurence. The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.

Cunnane, Kelly. For You are a Kenyan Child.

Abbott, Tony. Firegirl.

Greenfield, Eloise. The Friendly Four.

Taylor, Gaylia. George Crum and the Saratoga Chip.

Hills, Tad. Duck & Goose.

Kehret, Peg. The Ghost’s Grave.

Lewis, Kim. Hooray for Harry.

Borden, Louise. The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands.

Lies, Brian. Bats at the Beach.

Montgomery, Claire and Monte. Hubert Invents the Wheel.

Pitzer, Susanna. Not Afraid of Dogs.

Skye, Obert. Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.

Ries, Lori. Aggie and Ben: Three Stories.

Couloumbis, Audrey. The Misadventures of Maude March.

Root, Phyllis. Looking for a Moose.

Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Mummies.

Slater, Dashka. Baby Shoes.

Osborne, Mary Pope. Pompeii: Lost and Found.

Smee, Nicola. Clip-Clop!

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Roxie and the Hooligans

Van Patter, Bruce. Farley Found It!

Kadohata, Cynthia. Weedflower.

Weeks, Sarah. Counting Ovejas.

Freeman, Martha. Who Stole Halloween?

Yolen, Jane. Count Me a Rhyme: Animal Poems By the Numbers.

Lin, Grace. The Year of the Dog.

For more information, Click 2X2 Reading List
older lists

For more information, Click Texas Bluebonnet List

Tips for Reading to and with young children

Young Adult
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colter*	Phineas Gage by John Fleischman
Bridge to Teribithia by Katherine Paterson*	*The Pinballs* by Betsy Byars*
The Dear America Series by multiple authors	The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques
From the Mixed- up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L.Konigsburg*	*Regular Guy* by Sarah Weeks*
The Good Dog by Avi*	The Royal Diaries Series by various authors
*Guts* by Gary Paulsen*	*School Story* by Andrew Clements
*Hatchet* by Gary Paulsen*	A Series of Unfortunate Events Series by Lemony Snicket
*The Hobbit* by J.R.R.Tolkien*	Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare*
Inkheart by Cornelia Caroline Funke	Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars*	*Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You* by Barthe DeClements*
	A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle*