Dumfries Elementary School Summer Reading Program 

Kindergarten   Grade One   Grade Two   Grade Three   Grade Four   Grade Five 


Kindergarten

  • Students are required to read _5___ books.

Author 

Title 

Publisher 

Publication Date 

Wood, Audrey

The Napping House

Harcourt Brace 

1984

Martin, Bill 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 

Scholastic 

1989

Lionni, Leo 

Swimmy 

Knopf 

1963 

Freeman, Don

Corduroy

Puffin 

1968 

Martin, Bill

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 

Holt 

1983 

Asch, Frank

Mooncake 

Little Simon 

1983 

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter's Chair 

HarperCollins Childrens Books 

1967 

Carle, Eric

The Very Busy Spider 

Philomel 

1984 

Williams, Vera 

Chair For My Mother 

Mulberry Books 

1982

Duvoisin, Roger

Petunia

Knopf

1950 
 

Bourgeois, Paulette

Franklin in the Dark

Scholastic

1986

Bridwill, Norman

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Scholastic

1988

Galdone, Paul

The Three Little Pigs

Clarion Books

1987

Potter, Beatrix

Tale of Peter Rabbit

Scholastic

1986

Brett, Jan

Berlioz the Bear

Putnam

1991

Steptoe, John

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Scholastic

1987

Rey, H. A.

Curious George Rides A Bike

Houghton Mifflin

1952

Carlson, Nancy

I Like Me! 

Puffin Books

1988

Brett, Jan

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

G.P. Putnam's Son

1987

De Paola, Tomie

Strega Nona:  an old tale

Scholastic

1975

Tresselt, Alvin

White Snow, Bright Snow

Scholastic

1947

Ackerman, Karen

Song and Dance Man

Scholastic

1988

Hoban, Russell

Bread and Jam for Frances

Harper and Row

1964

Gag, Wanda

Millions of Cats

Scholastic

1928

Waber, Bernard

Ira Says Goodbye

Houghton Mifflin

1987

Slobodkina, Esphyr

Caps for Sale

Addison Wesley

1940

Annotated list

Note Keeping Strategies

1

*Create a bookmark for the book.

2

*Draw a picture and write about your favorite part of the story.

*

Complete only one strategy per book.

Evaluation Strategies

1

Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school.



Grade One

  • Students are required to read 5 books.

Author 

Title 

Publisher 

Publication Date 

Carle, Eric

Have You Seen My Cat? 

Philomel 

1988 

Martin, Bill 

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 

 Holt

1983 

Christelow, Eileen

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed 

Clarion 

1989 

Hill, Eric 

Where's Spot 

Putnam 

1980 

Lindgren, Barbo 

Sam's Cookie 

Morrow 

1982 

Lindgren, Barbo 

Sam's Ball 

Morrow 

1982 

Raffi 

Five Little Ducks 

Crown 

1988 

Peek, Merle 

Mary Wore Her Red Dress and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers 

Clarion 

1988 

McMillan, Bruce 

Growing Colors 

Lothrop 

1988 

Asch, Frank

Just Like Daddy

Prentice-Hall

1984

Dr. Seuss

The Cat in the Hat

Randon House

1987

Keats, Ezra Jack

Peter's Chair

HarperCollins

1967

Wood, Audrey 

Quick as a Cricket

Child's Play

1990

Gomi, Taro

The Crocodile and the Dentist

First Scholastic

1994

Dr. Seuss

Fox In Socks

Random House

1965

Waddell, Martin

Farmer Duck

First Scholastic

1992

Raschka, Chris

Yo! Yes?

Scholastic

1993

Lionni, Leo

Swimmy

Knopf

1987

Hutchins, Pat

Rosie's Walk

Scholastic

1968

Carlstrom, Nancy

Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear?

Scholastic

1986

Eastman, P. D.

Are You My Mother?

Eastman

1986

Ginsburg, Mira

Good Morning, Chick

Scholastic

1989

Edwards. Pamela Duncan

Some Smug Slug

HarperCollins

1996.

Flack, Marjorie

Ask Mr. Bear

MacMillan

1932.

Mayer, Mercer

There's an Alligator Under My Bed

Dial

1987

Annotated list

Note Keeping Strategies

1

*The student may make a bookmark for any of the books that are read.

2

*"My Favorite Sentence":  Read the story. copy a sentence from the story. Draw a picture to show what is happening. Include the student's name and the book's title. 

3

*"My Book Cover": Make a book cover that shows what the story was about.  Include the student's name and the book's title. 

*

A worksheet for each of these activities was provided for each rising first grader by the first grade teachers. The sheets are stapled to the book list and  are included in the final report card; new students may pick these up at Dumfries Elementary during regular summer office hours. Complete only one strategy per book.

Evaluation Strategies

1

 Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school.



Grade Two
  • Students are required to read 5 books.

Author 

Title 

Publisher 

Publication Date 

Crews, Donald

Flying 

Greenwillow 

1986 

Seuss, Dr.

Foot Book 

Random Books 

1968 

Kraus, Robert 

Herman the Helper 

Simon and Schuster 

1987 

Hutchins, Pat 

Rosie's Walk 

Simon and Schuster 

1968 

Kraus, Ruth 

The Carrot Seed 

Scholastic 

1989 

Shaw, Nancy 

Sheep in a Jeep 

Houghton Mifflin 

1986 

Barton, Bryon 

Building a House 

Hampton Brown 

1992 

Flack, Marjorie 

Ask Mr. Bear 

Simon and Schuster 

1968 

Seuss, Dr.

Green Eggs and Ham 

Random House 

1966 

Lobel, Arnold

Owl At Home

Scholastic

1975

Mayer, Mercer 

There's An Alligator Under My Bed 

Dial Books

1987

Mayer, Mercer

There's Something in My Attic

Dial Books

1988

Most, Bernard

A Dinosaur Named After Me

Harcourt Brace

1991

Lionni, Leo

An Extraordinary Egg

Knopf

1994

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad are Friends

Harper and Row

1970

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps

Aladdin Paperbacks

1996

Henkes

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

Greenwillow Books

1996

Sharmat, Marjorie

Nate the Great

Bantam

1972

Stevens

Tops and Bottoms

Harcourt Brace

1995

Carle, Eric

The Very Lonely Firefly

Philomel

1995

Aliki

We Are Best Friends

Mulberry 

1982

DePaola, Tomie

Charlie Needs a Cloak

Hsinex International Corporation

1995

Hoberman, Mary Ann

A House is a House for Me

Viking Press

1978

Viorst, Judith

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

Atheneum

1972

Parrish, Peggy

Thank you, Amelia Bedelia

HarperCollins

1964

 Annotated list

Note Keeping Strategies

1

*Create a bookmark for the book.

2

*Draw a picture and write about your favorite part of the story. 

3

*Draw a picture and write about the beginning, middle, and end of the story. 

*

Complete only one strategy per book.

Evaluation Strategies

1

Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school.



Grade Three
  • Students are required to read  3 books.

Author 

Title 

Publisher 

Publication Date 

Sobol, Donald

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective  (or other in the series) 

Bantam 

1985 

Giff, Patricia R. 

Mystery of the Blue Ring 

Dell 

1987 

Sharmat, Marjorie 

Nate the Great and the Sticky Case (or others in the series) 

Dell 

1981 

Adler, David 

Onion Sundaes 

Random House 

1994 

Warner, Gertrude 

The Boxcar Children 

Bucaneer House 

1992 

Osborne, Mary 

Dinosaurs Before Dark 

Random House 

1992 

Levy, Elizabeth 

Something Queer at the Library 

Dell 

1989 

Van Leeuwen, Jean 

Amanda Pig and Her Big Brother Oliver (or others in the series) 

Puffin Books 

1994 

Smith, R. K. 

Chocolate Fever 

Dell 

1994 

Marshall, James

Fox and His Friends (or others in the series)

Puffin Books

1993

Cameron, Ann

Julian's Glorious Summer

Random House

1987

Giff, Patricia R.

Fancy Feet

Young Yearling

1988

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat (or others in the series)

Macmillian Child Group

1994

Conford, Ellen

Can Do, Jenny Archer (or others by the author)

Little

1993

Dahl, Roald

The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me

Puffin Books

1994

Cleary, Beverly 

Ramona the Pest

Dell

1982

Sachar, Louis

Marvin Redpost, Kidnapped at Birth

Random House

1992

Grahame, Kenneth

The Reluctant Dragon

Holiday

1938

Arnold, Tedd

Green Wilma

Dial Books

1993

Lobel, Arnold

Owl At Home

HarperCollins

1975

Lobel, Arnold

Frog and Toad Are Friends (or others in the series) 

HarperCollins

1970

Parish, Peggy

Good Work Amelia Bedelia (or others in the series)

Avon

1980

Cohen, Miriam

Second Grade Friends (or others in the series)

Scholastic

1993

 Annotated list

Note Keeping Strategies

1

*Hook - A - Book

2

*First, Second, Third . . .

3

*My Literature Report

*

A worksheet for each of these activities was provided for each rising third grader; new students may pick these up at Dumfries Elementary during regular summer office hours. Complete only one strategy per book.

Evaluation Strategies

1

Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school.



Grade Four
  • Students are required to read  3  books.

Author 

Title 

Publisher 

Publication Date 

Rockwell

How To Eat Fried Worms 

Dell

1992 

Spinelli, Jerry

Fourth Grade Rats 

Scholastic 

1991 

King-Smith, Dave 

Babe: the Gallant Pig 

Puffin 

1992 

Cameron, Ann 

Julian Dream Doctor 

Random 

1993 

Davidson 

Helen Keller 

Scholastic 

1989 

 Guthridge

Thomas Edison: young inventor 

Aladdin 

1986 

Estes, Eleanor 

The Hundred Dresses 

Harcourt Brace 

1944 

Stine, R.L. 

Goosebumps- The Haunted Mask 

Scholastic 

1993 

Cleary, Beverly 

Ramona Quimby 

Dell Morrow 

1981 

McKenna 

Good Grief Third Grade

Scholastic

1994

Hiller

Rent a Third Grader

Scholastic

1994

Blume, Judy

Freckle Juice

Dell

1978

Walter

Justin and the Best Biscuits

Lothrop 

1986

Dakos Kali

Don't Read this Book Whatever You Do

MacMillan Child Corp.

1993

Silverstein, Shel

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Dell

1986

Hoffman

Amazing Grace

Dial

1991

Bulla

The Shoeshine Girl

HarperCollins 

1989

Bunting

Nasty Stinky Sneakers

HarperCollins

1994

Cole, Joanna

Magic School Bus- Ocean Floor

Scholastic

1994

Adler, David

Cam Jansen- Stolen Diamonds

Puffin

1991

Giff, Patricia

Beast in Miss Rooney's Room

Dell

1988

Peterson

Littles Go to School

Troll

1993 
 

Coerr

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Dell

1979

Dahl, Roald

George's Marvelous Medicine

Bantam

1987

Prelutsky, Jack

The Dragons are Singing Tonight

Scholastic

1993

 Annotated list

Note Keeping Strategies

1

*Create a bookmark for the book. Include the author, title, setting and characters.

2

*Write a summary paragraph.

3

*Write a response paragraph.

*

Complete only one strategy per book.

Evaluation Strategies

Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school.



Grade Five
  • Students are required to read  3  books.

Author 

Titles

Publisher 

Publication Date 

Paulsen, Gary

Winter Room 

Orchard Books 

1989 

George, Jean 

Julie of the Wolves 

Center Learning 

1993 

Miles, Miske 

Annie and the Old One 

Joy Street Books 

1972 

Savage, Natalie 

The Family Under the Bridge 

Harper 

1958 

Hamilton, Virginia 

Planet of Junior Brown 

MacMillian 

1971 

Coman, Carolyn 

What Jamie Saw 

Front Street Ardis 

1995 

Sachar, Louis 

There's a Boy in the Girls Bathroom 

Knoph Books 

1987 

Dahl, Roald 

The BFG (or any children's book by the author) 

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux

1982 

Fritz, Jean 

And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? 

Coward-McCann 

1973 

Ferris, Jeri

Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story  About Sojourner Truth

Carolrhoda Books

1988

Tripp, Valerie

Meet Felicity: An American Girl

Pleasant Company

1991

Porter, Connie

Meet Addy: An American Girl

Pleasant Company

1993

Creech, Sharon

Walk Two Moons

HarperCollins

1994

Danziger, Paula

Not for a Billion Gazillion Dollars

Delacorte

1992

Peck, Robert

Soup

Dell Books

1979

Estes, Eleanor

The Hundred Dresses

Harcourt Brace

1944

Lewis, C.S.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Harpercollins

1994

Van Allsburg, Chris

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

Houghton Mifflin

1984

Hamilton, VJirginia

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Knopf

1985

Fritz, Jean

Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?

Coward

1975

 Annotated list

Note Keeping Strategies

1

*Create a drawing that illustrates the theme or main idea of the book.

2

*Journal reflection - feelings about how each chapter made you feel. 

3

*Turn the book into a sequential comic book.

4

*Rewrite the ending of the book. 

5

*Write a letter to the author and mail it to the publisher. Remember to keep a copy for your teacher. 

*

Complete only one strategy per book

Evaluation Strategies

Turn in your book responses to your new teacher during the first week of school.

 

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