Summer Reading List

Kerrydale Elementary School
Summer Reading Program
Phone: (703) 590-1262

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 readings over the summer.

Kindergarten Grade_One Grade_Two Grade_Three Grade_Four Grade_Five

Kindergarten

Students are required to read 5 books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Crews, Donald	Big mamma's	Greenwillow	1991
	Flying	Greenwillow	1986
	Freight Train	Mulberry	1992
	Schoolbus	Greenwillow	1984
	Shortcut	Greenwillow	1992
	Truck	Greenwillow	1980
Hoban, Tana	Count and See	Macmillan	1972
	Exactly the Opposite	Mulberry	1997
	I Walk and Read	Greenwillow	1984
	Look Again!	Macmillan	1971
	Over, Under & Through	Macmillan	1973
	26 Letters and 99 Cents	Greenwillow	1987
	Where Is It?	Macmillan	1974
Lionni, Leo	Biggest House in theWorld	Knopf Books	1973
	It's Mine	Random House	1996
	Swimmy	Knopf Books	1973
Seuss, Dr.	Dr. Seuss' ABCs	Random Books	1966
	Green Eggs and Ham	Random House	1988
	Hop on Pop	Beginner Books	1991
	Oh, the PlacesYou'll Go!	Random House	1990
	Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!	Beginner Books	1975
	Thidwick, the Big-hearted Moose	Random House	1975
Annotated list

Evaluation Strategies

Participation is voluntary. The student may choose to read books that are not on

the above list of suggestions.
No partial credit will be given. To receive extra credit the student must read or
listen to 5 books and document them using one of the 2 following methods:

1. Make a list of books read including author, title and parent or guardian confirmation.
2. Present the documentation from the Prince William County Public Library Summer
Quest Program.

Grade One

Students are required to read __5__books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Berenstain, S. & J.	Bears on Wheels	Random House	1969
	Berenstain Bears and the Wild,Wild Honey	Random House	1983
	Berenstain Bears Go to the Doctor	Random House	1981
	Berenstain Bears in the Dark	Random House	1982
	Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers	Random House	1985
Brown, Marc	Arthur Babysits	Little/Brown	1992
	Arthur Meets the President	Joy Street Books	1991
	Arthur's Eyes	Little/Brown	1979
	Arthur's Teacher Trouble	Little/Living Books	1994
	Arthur's Tooth	Little	1986
Cohen, Miriam	Bee My Valentine!	Bantam/Doubleday	1978
	Best Friends	Macmillan	1971
	Don't Eat Too Much Turkey	Greenwillow	1987
	When Will I Read?	Doubleday/Dell	1996
	Will I Have a Friend?	Simon & Schuster	1989
Lobel, Arnold	Days With Frog and Toad	Harper & Row	1984
	Frog and Toad Are Friends	Harper/Collins	1970
	Frog and Toad Together	Harper & Row	1972
	Mouse Tales	Harper & Row	1972
	Small Pig	Harper & Row	1988
Mayer, Mercer	Just Grandpa and Me	Western	1985
	Just Me and My Babysitter	Western	1986
	Me Too!	Western	1985
	There's a Nightmare in My Closet	Dial	1968
	There's an Alligator Under My Bed	Dial	1987
Annotated list

Evaluation Strategies

Participation is voluntary. The student may choose to read books that are not on the

above list of suggestions.
No partial credit will be given. To receive extra credit the student must read
and document 5 books using one of the 2 following methods:

1. Make a list of books read including author, title and parent or guardian confirmation.
2. Present the documentation from the Prince William County Public Library Summer
Quest Program.

Grade Two

Students are required to read __5__ books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Aardema, Verna	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears	Hsinex	1989
Adler, David	Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Circus Clown	Viking	1983
Aliki	Mummies Made in Egypt	Crowell	1979
Barrett, Judi	Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs	Simon & Schuster	1982
Cherry, Lynne	The Great Kapok Tree	Harcourt/Brace	1990
Climo, Shirley	The Egyptian Cinderella	Crowell	1989
Cronin, Doreen	Click, Clack, Moo; Cows That Type	Scholastic	2001
Dooley, Norah	Everybody Cooks Rice	Carolrhoda	1991
Gibbons, Gail	Weather Forecasting	Simon & Schuster	1993
Giff, Patricia Reilly	Today Was a Terrible Day	Viking	1980
Kimmel, Eric	Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock	Holiday	1988
Kroll, Virginia	Jaha and Jamil Went Down the Hill	Charlesbridge	1995
Latkin, Patricia	Helen Keller and the Big Storm	Simon and Schuster	2002
Louie, Ai-Ling	Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story From China	Philomel Books	1982
McKissack, Pat	George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist	Enslow	1991
Neitzel, Shirley	The Jacket I Wearin the Snow	Greenwillow/ Morrow	1994
Osbourne, Mary Pope	Magic Tree House Series: Day of the Dragon King	Random House	1998
Osbourne, Mary Pope	Magic Tree House Series: Mummies in the Morning	Random House	1993
Rappaport, Doreen	Martin's Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King	Scholastic	2001
Sabuda, Robert	Tutankhamen's Gift	Atheneum	1994
Sloat, Teri	From 1 to 100	Dutton	1991
Stanley, Diane	Cleopatra	Morrow	1994
Tompert, Ann	Grandfather Tang's Story	Crown	1990
Viorst, Judith	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good, Very Bad Day	Atheneum	1972
Waters, Kate	The Story of the White House	Scholastic	1992
Young, Ed	Lon Po Po	Philomel Books	1989
AUTHOR STUDY	Choose a book from any of the following authors:	*	*
Adler, David	see annotations	*	*
Osbourne, Mary Pope
Rylant, Cynthia	see annotations	*	*
Viorst, Judith	see annotations	*	*
Annotated list

Evaluation Strategies

Participation is voluntary. The student may choose to read books that are not on the

above list of suggestions.
No partial credit will be given. To receive extra credit the student must read and
document 5 books using one of the 2 following methods:

1. Make a list of books read including author, title and parent or guardian confirmation.
2. Present the documentation from the Prince William County Public Library Summer
Quest Program.

Grade Three

Students are required to read 3 books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Choose any book from the following authors:
Bunting, Eve	see annotations	*	*
Christopher, Matt	see annotations	*	*
Cleary, Beverly	see annotations	*	*
Hurwitz, Johanna	see annotations	*	*
Polacco, Patricia	see annotations	*	*
Warner, Gertrude	see annotations	*	*
	American Girl Series	*	*
Cameron, Ann	Julian, Secret Agent	Random House	1988
Cohlene, Terri	Quillworker: a Cheyenne Legend	Watermill Press	1990
Coerr, Eleanor	The Josefina Story Quilt	Harper & Row	1986
Goble, Paul	Her Seven Brothers	Bradbury Press	1988
Hoffman, Mary	Amazing Grace	Dial Books	1991
Medearis, Angela S	Dancing With the Indians	Holiday House	1991
MacLachlan, P.	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Harper & Row	1985
Miles, Miska	Annie and the Old One	Little/Brown	1971
Prelutsky, Jack	Something Big Has Been Here	Greenwillow	1990
Ringgold, Faith	Dinner at Aunt Connie's House	Hyperion Books	1996
Simon, Seymour	Wolves	Harper/Collins	1993
Annotated list

Evaluation Strategies

Participation is voluntary. The student may choose to read books that are not on the

above list of suggestions.
No partial credit will be given. To receive extra credit the student must read and
document 3 books using one of the 2 following methods:

1. Make a list of books read including author, title and parent or guardian confirmation.
2. Present the documentation from the Prince William County Public Library Summer
Quest Program.

Grade Four

Students are required to read __3__ books.

Title	Publisher	Publication Date
A Lion to Guard Us	Harper/Collins	1989
If You're Not Here,Please Raise YourHand	Simon & Schuster	1995
The Whipping Boy	Greenwillow	1990
Where Was PatrickHenry on the29th of May?	Putnam	1982
Stone Fox	Harper/Collins	1983
Honey, I Love	Harper/Collins	1986
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales	Knopf Books	1993
Misty of Chincoteague	Simon & Schuster	1995
Bunnicula	Simon & Schuster	1979
Fables	Harper/Collins	1983
The Secret Soldier: TheStory of Deborah Sampson	Scholastic	1990
Mayfield Crossing	Putnam	1993
Waterman's Boy or Trouble at Marsh Harbor (published under both titles)	Simon & Schuster	1990
The Sun	Morrow	1986
The Sign of the Beaver	Houghton Mifflin	1983
Annotated list

Evaluation Strategies

Participation is voluntary. The student may choose to read books that are not on the

above list of suggestions.
No partial credit will be given. To receive extra credit the student must read and
document 3 books using one of the 2 following methods:

1. Make a list of books read including author, title and parent or guardian confirmation.
2. Present the documentation from the Prince William County Public Library Summer
Quest Program.

Grade Five

Students are required to read __3___ books.

Author	Title	Publisher	Publication Date
Choose any book from the following titles:
Babbitt, Natalie	Tuck Everlasting	Farra	1975
Byars, Bestsy	The Pinballs	Harper Col	1977
Campbell, Barbara	Taking Care of Yoki	Harper/Collins	1982
Henkes, Kevin	The Zebra Wall	Greenwillow	1988
Lowry, Lois	Number the Stars	Houghton Mifflin	1989
Maestro, Betsy	The Discovery of the Americas	Lothrop	1991
Park, Barbara	The Kid in the RedJacket	Knopf	1987
Patterson, K	Bridge to Terabithia	Harper Collins	1990
Ruckman, Ivy	Night of theTwisters	Crowell	1984
Schlein, Miriam	The Yearof the Panda	Harper/Collins	1990
Slote, Alfred	The Trading Game	Harper Collins	1990
Sperry, Armstrong	Call it Courage	Macmillan	1940
Turner, Ann	Grasshopper Summer	Simon & Schuster	1989
Wright, Betty Ren	Dollhouse Murders	Holiday House	1983
Lowry, Lois	Anastasia Krupnik	Houghton Mifflin	1979
Sobol, Donald	Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the Mysterious Handprints	Morrow	1985
Wilder, Laura I	Little House in the Big Woods	Harper	1953
Annotated list

Note Keeping Strategies

Suggestions:

1. Make a list of the main characters and events in the book.

2. Keep a journal of your thoughts about each chapter.

Evaluation Strategies

Participation is voluntary. The student may choose to read books that are not on the

above list of suggestions.
No partial credit will be given. To receive extra credit the student must read and
document 3 books using one of the following methods:

1. Provide the author, title, and publishing information acording to the following format:
          example: Fixx, James F. The Complete Book of Running.
                                     New York: Random House, 1977.
    Give an explanation of the general topic or plot of the book.
    Include a statement by the parent or guardian that the student has completed the
          reading.

2. Present the documentation from the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program or the Teen Quest Program.

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