Enterprise Elementary School
Summer Reading Program
The purpose of the Summer Reading Program is to encourage students to enjoy quality literature and to continue developing their independent reading skills. Student participation in the program is voluntary. Students who choose to participate in the program are required to complete a minimum number of books over the summer.
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| Asch, Frank | Mooncake (Or any book by this author) | Little Simon | 1983 |
| Bourgeois, Paulette | Franklin in the Dark
(Or any other Franklin book) |
Scholastic | 1986 |
| Brett, Jan | Berlioz the Bear | Putnam | 1991 |
| Bridwell, Norman | Clifford the Big Red Dog (Or any Clifford book) | Scholastic | 1988 |
| Brooks, Alan | Frogs Jump: A Counting Book | Scholastic Press | 1996 |
| Carle, Eric | The Very Busy Spider (Or any book by this author) | Philomel | 1984 |
| Duvoisin, Roger | Petunia | Knopf | 1950 |
| Eastman, P.D. | Go, Dog, Go | Lectorum | 1992 |
| Ehlert, Lois | Color Zoo (Or any book by this author) | Lippincott | 1989 |
| Freeman, Don | Corduroy | Puffin | 1968 |
| Galdone, Paul | The Three Little Pigs | Clarion Books | 1987 |
| Hoban, Tana | Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? A Book of Colors | Morrow | 1978 |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Whistle for Willie | Putnam | 1964 |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Peter's Chair | Harper Collins | 1967 |
| Lionni, Leo | Swimmy | Knopf | 1963 |
| Martin, Bill | Brown Bear, Brown What Do You See? (Or any other book by this author) | Holt | 1983 |
| Rey, H.A. | Curious George Rides a Bike (Or any book by this author) | Houghton Mifflin | 1952 |
| Steptoe, John | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters | Scholastic | 1987 |
| Williams, Vera | A Chair for My Mother | Mulberry Books | 1982 |
| Wood, Audrey | The Napping House | Harcourt Brace | 1984 |
| Anno, Mitsumasa | Any book by this author | ||
| DePaola, Tomie | Any book by this author | ||
| Hillert, Margaret | Any book by this author | ||
| Mayer, Mercer | Any book by this author | ||
| Seuss, Dr. | Any book by this author | ||
| (Assorted authors) | Any nursery rhyme books |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Students in grades K-4 will complete
a list of books read.
Choices are not limited to those suggested above. |
| 2 | List each book read, including title of the book, name of the author, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. |
| 3 | For Grades K-4 students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation will apply. |
| 1 | Students in Grades K-2 will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for a total of five. |
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| 3 | Completion of the summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school. |
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| Aliki | My Five Senses (Or any book by Aliki) | Harper Collins | 1962 |
| Baer, Edith | This Is the Way We Go to School: A Book about Children Around the World | Scholastic Book Service | 1990 |
| Bridwell, Norman | Clifford, We Love You (Or any book by Norman Bridwell) | Scholastic Book Service | 1991 |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur's Pet Business (Or any "Arthur" book by Marc Brown) | Little, Brown & Company | 1993 |
| Brown, Margaret Wise | Goodnight Moon | Harper Collins | 1947 |
| Carlson, Nancy | I Like Me | Viking Penguin | 1994 |
| Crews, Donald | 10 Black Dots | Morrow | 1986 |
| Cummings, Pat | Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon | Aladdin | 1994 |
| DePaola, Tomie | Tomie DePaola's Mother Goose | Putnam | 1985 |
| Falwell, Cathryn | Feast for 10 | Houghton Mifflin | 1993 |
| Fleming, Denise | Count | Holt | 1992 |
| Hill, Eric | Spot Goes to School | Putnam | 1984 |
| Hillert, Margaret | Come to School, Dear Dragon (Or any book by Margaret Hillert) | Longman/Caroline House | 1985 |
| Hurwitz, JoAnna | New Shoes for Sylvia | William Morrow | 1993 |
| Lavies, Bianca | Tree Trunk Traffic | Viking Penguin | 1993 |
| Pooley, Sarah | A Day of Rhymes | Knopf | 1987 |
| Martin, Bill | Chicka, Chicka, Boom Boom | Scholastic | 1989 |
| Mayer, Mercer | Just Me and My Puppy (Or any book by Mercer Mayer) | wordless Book | 1967 |
| Numeroff, Laura | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | Scholastic | 1985 |
| Parker, John | I Love Spiders | Scholastic Book Service | 1988 |
| Raschka, Chris | Yo! Yes? | Franklin Watts | 1993 |
| Rey, H.A. | Curious George Learns the Alphabet (Or any "Curious George" book by H.A. Rey) | Houghton Mifflin | 1963 |
| Shaw, Charles | It Looked Like Spilt Milk | Harper Collins | 1947 |
| Silverstein, Shel | The Giving Tree | Harper Collins | 1964 |
| Viorst, Judith | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day | Athenum | 1964 |
| Williams, Sue | I Went Walking | Harcourt Brace | 1990 |
| Wood, Don & Audrey | Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry & the Big Hungry Bear | Playspaces | 1984 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Students in Grades K-4 will complete
a list of books read.
Choices are not limited to those titles suggested above. |
| 2 | List each book read, including the title of the book, the name of the author, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. |
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| 1 | Students in Grades K-2 will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for a total of five. |
| 2 | Extra credit for Grades K-8 will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period. |
| 3 | Completion of the summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school. |
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| Aardema, Verna | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Dial Press | 1975 |
| Adler, David | Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Stolen Diamonds (OR any title in the Cam Jansen series) | Houghton Mifflin | 1980 |
| Aliki | My Visit to the Dinosaurs ( OR any title by Aliki ) | Harper Collins | 1985 |
| Blume, Judy | The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo | Bradbury Press | 1981 |
| Bridwell, Norman | Clifford's Good Deeds (OR any title in the Clifford series) | Four Winds Press | 1975 |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur Babysits (OR any title in the Arthur series) | Little, Brown | 1992 |
| Burton, Virginia | The Little House | Houghton Mifflin | 1942 |
| Coerr, Eleanor | Josefina's Quilt Story | Harper Collins | 1986 |
| Cole, JoAnna | The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System (OR any title in the Magic School Bus series) | Scholastic | 1990 |
| Cooney, Barbara | Miss Rumphius | Viking | 1982 |
| DePaola, Tomie | Bill and Pete (OR any title by Tomie DePaola) | Putnam | 1978 |
| Gibbons, Gail | The Post Office Book (OR any title by Gail Gibbons) | Harper Collins | 1982 |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | The Secret at the Polk Street School (OR any title in the Polk Street School series) | Dell Yearling | 1987 |
| Greenfield, Eloise | Africa Dream ( OR any title by Eloise Greenfield ) | Harper Collins | 1977 |
| Hillert, Margaret | A Friend for Dear Dragon ( OR any title by Margaret Hillert) | Longman/ Caroline House | 1985 |
| Hudson, Wade | Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children | Scholastic | 1993 |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Louie's Search (OR any title by Ezra Jack Keats) | Aladdin | 1980 |
| Kellogg, Steven | The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten (OR any title by Steven Kellogg) | Dial | 1974 |
| Lionni, Leo | Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse (OR any title by Leo Lionni) | Knopf | 1969 |
| Lobel, Arnold | Frog and Toad Together ( OR any title in the Frog and Toad Series) | Harper Collins | 1979 |
| Marshall, James | George and Martha (OR any title by James Marshall. | Houghton-Mifflin | 1972 |
| Minarik, Else H. | Little Bear (OR any title in the Little Bear Series) | Harper Collins | 1957 |
| O'Connor, Jane | The Teeny Tiny Woman | Random House | 1986 |
| Parish, Peggy | Amelia Bedelia and the Baby (OR any title in the Amelia Bedelia series) | Avon | 1981 |
| Peterson, John | The Littles (OR any title in The Littles series) | Scholastic | 1993 |
| Rey, H.A. | Curious George (OR any title in the Curious George series) | Houghton-Mifflin | 1984 |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Henry and Mudge (OR any title in the Henry and Mudge series) | Aladdin | 1987 |
| Sendak, Maurice | Where the Wild Things Are | Harper Collins | 1963 |
| Sharmat, Marjorie | Nate the Great and the Fishy Prize ( OR any title in the Nate the Great series) | Dell Yearling | 1985 |
| Silverstein, Shel | A Giraffe and a Half (OR any title by Shel Silverstein) | Harper Collins | 1964 |
| Waber, Bernard | Ira Sleeps Over (OR any Lyle crocodile title OR any " I Can Read" title by Bernard Waber ) | Houghton Miffin | 1972 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Students in Grades K-4 will complete
a list of books read.
Choices are not limited to those titles suggested above. |
| 2 | List each book read, including the title of the book, the name of the author, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. |
| 3 | For Grades K-4 students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation will apply. |
| 1 | Students in Grades K-2 will receive an extra S+ for each book completed, for a total of five. |
| 2 | Extra credit for Grades K-8 will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period. |
| 3 | Completion of the summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school. |
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| Brown, Marc | Arthur Accused (Or any title in the new Arthur Chapter Book Series) | Little, Brown & Co. | 1983 |
| Bruchac, Joseph | The First Strawberries | Dial | 1989 |
| Bunting, Eve | Wednesday Surprise (Or any book by Eve Bunting) | Houghton Mifflin | 1989 |
| Cameron, Ann | Julian, Secret Agent (Or any book by Ann Cameron) | Random House | 1988 |
| Cleary, Beverly | Ramona and Her Father | Avon Book Division | 1977 |
| Cole, JoAnna | The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor (Or any book by JoAnna Cole) | Scholastic Book Service | 1992 |
| Danzinger, Paula | Amber Brown Goes Fourth (Or any book by Paula Danzinger) | Dutton | 1995 |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | Fish Face (Or any book in the "Polk Street School" series except The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Class) | Yearling | 1984 |
| Goble, Paul | Dream Wolf (Or any book by Paul Goble) | Macmillan Company | 1990 |
| Hurwitz, JoAnna | Much Ado About Aldo (Or any book by JoAnna Hurwitz) | Dutton | 1984 |
| Kline, Suzy | Horrible Harry's Secret (Or any book in the "Horrible Harry" series) | Puffin | 1998 |
| Martin, Ann | Halloween Parade (Or any book in the "Kids in Ms. Colman's Class" series) | Little Apple | 1997 |
| Mendez, Phil | The Black Snowman | Scholastic Books | 1989 |
| Pretlusky, Jack | The New Kid on the Block (Or any book by Jack Pretlusky) | Greenwillow | 1994 |
| Ringgold, Faith | Tar Beach | Crown | 1994 |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Henry & Mudge and the Best Day of All (Or any book in that series) | Simon & Schuster | 1995 |
| Silverstein, Shel | Where the Sidewalk Ends (Or any book by Shel Silverstein) | Harper Collins | 1974 |
| Sobol, Donald | Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Two Spies (Or any book by Donald Sobol) | Doubleday/ Delacorte | 1994 |
| Van Allsburg, Chris | The Widow's Broom | Houghtin-Mifflin | 1992 |
| Wahl, Jan | Tailypo | Holt | 1991 |
| Warner, Gertrude Chandler | The Boxcar Children
(Or any book in the Boxcar Children series) |
Albert Whitman | 1942 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Students in Grades K-4 will complete
a list of books read.
Choices are not limited to those titles suggested above. |
| 2 | List each book read, including the title of the book, the name of the author, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. |
| 3 | For Grades K-4 students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation will apply. |
| 1 | Students in Grades 3-5 will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. |
| 2 | Extra credit for Grades K-8 will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period. |
| 3 | Completion of the summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school. |
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| Christopher, Matt | The Hit-Away Kid (Or any book by Matt Christopher) | Little, Brown & Co. | 1988 |
| Cleary, Beverly | Ramona the Brave (Or any book by Beverly Cleary except Dear Mr. Henshaw) | Dell Yearling | 1975 |
| Dahl, Roald | The BFG (Or any book by Roald Dahl except James and the Giant Peach) | Viking Penguin | 1982 |
| Dakos, Kalli | If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand | Macmillan Company | 1990 |
| Dalgliesh, Alice | Courage of Sarah Noble (Or any book by Alice Dalgliesh) | Aladdin | 1954 |
| Fritz, Jean | George Washington's Breakfast (Or any book by Jean Fritz except Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?) | G.P. Putnam's Sons | 1969 |
| Hamilton, Virginia | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales (Or any book by Virginia Hamilton) | Scholastic Book Service | 1995 |
| Keene, Carolyn | The Secret in the Dark (Or any book by Carolyn Keene) | Pocket Books, Inc. | 1991 |
| King-Smith, Dick | Babe the Gallant Pig | Dell Yearling | 1983 |
| Lawson, Robert | Ben and Me | Little, Brown, & Co. | 1939 |
| Lindgren, Astrid | Pippi Longstocking (Or any book by Astrid Lindgren) | Viking Penguin | 1950 |
| Lowry, Lois | Anastasia Absolutely (Or any book by Lois Lowry) | Houghton Mifflin | 1995 |
| MacLachlan, Patricia | Sara, Plain and Tall | Harper Collins | 1985 |
| Simon, Seymour | The Sun | William Morrow | 1986 |
| White, E.B. | Charlotte's Web (Or any book by E.B. White) | Harper Collins | 1952 |
| Robinson, Barbara | The Best School Year Ever | Harper Collins | 1994 |
| Schanzer, Rosalyn | How We Crossed the West: The Adventures of Lewis and Clark | National Geographic Society | 1997 |
| Beattie, Owen | Buried in Ice: The Mystery of a Lost Arctic Expedition | Scholastic | 1992 |
| Taylor, Mildred | The Gold Cadillac | Dial | 1987 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Students in Grades K-4 will complete a list of books read. Choices are not limited to those titles suggested above. |
| 2 | List each book read, including the name of the book, the name of the author, and a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. |
| 3 | For Grades K-4 students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program, the Summer Quest documentation will apply. |
| 1 | Students in Grades 3-5 will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. |
| 2 | Extra credit for Grades K-8 will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period. |
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| Avi | Fighting Ground | Harper-Collins | 1984 |
| Banks, Lynne Reid | The Indian in the Cupboard | Doubleday | 1980 |
| Brink, Carol Ryrie | Caddie Woodlawn | Public Media Video | |
| Butterworth, Oliver | The Enormous Egg | Dell | 1974 |
| Byars, Betsy | The Pinballs | Harper-Collins | 1977 |
| Carlson, Natalie | The Family Under the Bridge | Harper-Collins | 1986 |
| Cleary, Beverly | Strider | William Morrow | 1991 |
| DeAngeli, Marguerite | The Door in the Wall | Dell | 1949 |
| Howe, Deborah | Bunnicula | Avon Book Division | 1979 |
| Lord, Bette Bao | In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Harper | 1984 |
| Mathis, Sharon | The Hundred Penny Box | Viking Penguin | 1975 |
| McCloskey, Robert | Homer Price | Viking Penguin | 1943 |
| O'Dell, Scott | The Island of the Blue Dolphins | Houghton Mifflin | 1960 |
| Park, Barbara | Skinnybones | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. | 1982 |
| Scieszka, Jon | The True Story of the Three Little Pigs | Viking | 1989 |
| Sperry, Armstrong | Call it Courage | Aladdin | 1940 |
| Taylor, Theodore | The Cay | Avon Book Division | 1969 |
| Taylor, Mildred | The Friendship | Dial | 1987 |
| Spinelli, Jerry | Maniac Magee | Little, Brown | 1990 |
| Paulsen, Gary | Hatchet | Bradbury | 1987 |
Note Keeping Strategies
| 1 | Keep a list of books read, using the following guidelines: Students in Grades 5-12 will provide the author, title, publishing information, and an explanation of the general topic or plot of the book along with a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. |
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Fixx, James F. The Complete Book of Running.
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| 3 | For Grades 5-12 students who participate in Prince William County Public Library's Summer Quest Program or Teen Quest Program, that documentation will apply. |
| 4 | Choices of books read are not limited to the suggestions in the list above. |
| 1 | Students in Grades 3-5 will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. |
| 2 | Extra credit for Grades K-8 will count 10% of a student's grade in the affected marking period. |
| 3 | Completion of the summer reading will be recorded for students by the end of the second week of school. |
Phone: (703) 590-1558
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