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. Below are some suggested titles for summer reading. Student-selected books are also acceptable. Participation in Summer Quest at the local public library is also acceptable.
Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five
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| Counting Books: | |||
| Carle, Eric | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | ||
| Crews, Donald | Ten Black Dots | ||
| LeSieg, Theo | Ten Apples Up on Top | ||
| Hutchins, Pat | The Doorbell Rang | ||
| Alphabet Books: | |||
| Charlip, Remy | Hand Talk | ||
| DePaola, Tomie | Pancakes for Breakfast | ||
| Lobel, Arnold | On Market Street | ||
| Martin, Bill Jr. and John Archambault | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | ||
| Nursery Rhymes: | |||
| DePaola, Tomie | Tomie DePaola's Mother Goose | ||
| Galdone, Paul | The Three Little Kittens | ||
| Marshall, James | James Marshall's Mother Goose | ||
| Scarry, Richard | Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever | ||
| Fairy Tales: | |||
| Brett, Jan | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | ||
| Galdone, Paul | The Three Little Pigs | ||
| Grimm Brothers | Little Red Riding Hood | ||
| Additional Texts: | |||
| Freeman, Don | Corduroy | ||
| Joosse, Barbara M. | Mama, Do You Love Me? | ||
| Martin, Bill Jr. | Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | ||
| Mayer, Mercer | There's an Alligator Under My Bed | ||
| Neitzel, Shirley | The Jacket I Wear in the Snow | ||
| Numeroff, Laura Joffe | If You Give a Mouse a Cookie | ||
| Piper, Watty | The Little Engine That Could | ||
| Shaw, Nancy | Sheep in a Jeep | ||
| Slobodkina, Esphyr | Caps for Sale | ||
| Westcott, Nadine Bernard | I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly | ||
| Suggested Authors: | |||
| Asch, Frank | |||
| Carle, Eric | |||
| Martin, Bill Jr. | |||
| Dr. Seuss | |||
| Keats, Ezra Jack |
Students who participate in the Prince William County
Public Library Summer Quest Program
may use that documentation or the above suggestions.
Explanation of Extra Credit
Students in Grades K - 2 will receive an S+ for
each book completed, for a total of five. Extra
credit will count 10% of the student's grade in
the affected marking period.
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| Suggested Authors: | |||
| Brett, Jan | |||
| Fox, Mem | |||
| Kraus, Robert | |||
| Lobel, Arnold | |||
| Marshall, James | |||
| Mayer, Mercer | |||
| McCloskey, Robert | |||
| McPhail, David | |||
| Minarik, Elsie | |||
| Potter, Beatrix | |||
| Wood, Don and Audrey | |||
| Book List: | |||
| Adler, David | A Picture of Benjamin Franklin | Holiday House | 1990 |
| Ahlberg, Janet and Allan | Each Peach Pear Plum | Viking | 1979 |
| Aliki | Corn is Maize:The Gift of the Indians | Harper Collins | 1976 |
| Appelt, Kathi | Elephants Aloft | Harcourt | 1993 |
| Baer, Edith | This Is The Way We Go to School:A Book About Children Around the World | Scholastic | 1990 |
| Brett, Jan | The Mitten | Putnam | 1990 |
| Cannon, Genal | Stellaluna | Harcourt | 1993 |
| Cheltenham Elementary School Kindergartners | We Are All Alike...We Are All Different | Scholastic | 1991 |
| Cummings, Pat | Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon! | Bradbury | 1991 |
| Dorros, Arthur | Animal Tracks | Scholastic | 1991 |
| Flack, Marjorie | The Story About Ping | Viking | 1933 |
| Galdone, Paul | The Monkey and the Crocodile | Seabury | 1969 |
| Gibbons, Gail | Fire! Fire! | Harper | 1984 |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | Today Was A Terrible Day | Penguin | 1980 |
| Harper, Wilhelmina | The Gunniwolf | Dutton | 1970 |
| Hurwitz, Johnanna | New Shoes for Sylvia | Morrow | 1993 |
| Joseph, Lynn | Coconut Kind of Day, Island Poems | Lothrop | 1990 |
| Lavies, Bianca | The Trunk Traffic | Dutton | 1990 |
| Leslie, Clare Walker | Nature All Year Long | Greenwillow | 1991 |
| McKissack, Patricia and Frederick | George Washington Carver: The Peanut Scientist | 1991 | |
| Morris, Ann | Loving | Lothrop, Lee&Shepard Books | 1990 |
| Parker, John | I Love Spiders | Scholastic | 1988 |
| Pelligrini, Nina | Families Are Different | Scholastic | 1991 |
| Ryder, Joanne | Chipmunk Song | Lodestar | 1987 |
| Shaw, Charles G. | It Looked Like Spilt Milk | Harper | 1947 |
| Stevens, Janet | Tops and Bottoms | Harcourt | 1995 |
| Viorst, Judith | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Macmillan | 1972 |
| Whitlach, Isaac | Me And My Veggies | Landmark | 1986 |
| Williams, Linda | The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything | Harper Collins | 1986 |
| Zelinsky, Paul O. | Rumpelstiltskin | Greenwillow | 1986 |
Students who participate in the Prince William County
Public Library Summer Quest
Program may use that documentation or the above
suggestions.
Explanation of Extra Credit
Students in Grades K- 2 will receive an S+ for each
book completed, for a total of five. Extra
credit will count 10% of the student's grade in
the affected marking period.
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| Baer, Edith | This Is The Way We Go To School: A Book About Children Around the World | Scholastic | 1990 |
| Barrett, Judi | Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs | Atheneum | 1978 |
| Brett, Jan | The Mitten | Putnam | 1990 |
| Burton, Virginia Lee | The Little House | Houghton Mifflin | 1942 |
| Cherry, Lynne | The Great Kapok Tree, A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest | Dutton | 1990 |
| Dooley, Norah | Everybody Cooks Rice | Carolrhoda | 1991 |
| Fleming, Virginia | Be Good to Eddie Lee | Philomel | 1993 |
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | Today Was A Terrible Day | Penguin | 1980 |
| Greenfield, Eloise | Grandpa's Face | Philomel | 1988 |
| Hoffman, Mary | Amazing Grace | Dial | 1991 |
| Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald | Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) | Clarion | 1991 |
| Hurwitz, Johnanna | New Shoes for Sylvia | Morrow | 1993 |
| Mills, Lauren | The Rag Coat | Brown | 1991 |
| Moore, Elaine | Grandma's House | Lothrop | 1985 |
| Rattigan, Jama Kim | Dumpling Soup | Little Brown | 1993 |
| Sheldon, Dyan | The Whale's Song | Dial | 1991 |
| Tompert, Ann | Grandfather Tang's Story | Crown | 1990 |
| Yolen, Jane | Owl Moon | Philomel | 1987 |
| Young, Ed | Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China | Scholastic | 1989 |
| Ziefert, harriet | A New Coat for Anna | Knopf | 1986 |
| Suggested Authors: | |||
| Adler, David | |||
| DePaola, Tomie | |||
| Lobel, Arnold | |||
| Rylant, Cynthia | |||
| Sendak, Maurice |
Students who participate in the Prince William County
Public Library Summer Quest Program
may use that documentation or the above suggestions.
Explanation of Extra Credit
Students in Grades K - 2 will receive an S+ for
each book completed, for a total of five. Extra
credit will count 10% of the student's grade in
the affected marking period.
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| Suggested Authors: | |||
| Adler, David | "Cam Jansen" series | ||
| Blume, Judy | |||
| Brown, Mark | "Arthur" series | ||
| Berenstain, Stan | "Berenstain Bear" series | ||
| Cleary, Beverly | "Ramona" series | ||
| Cooney, Barbara | |||
| DePaola, Tomie | |||
| Hurwitz, Johnanna | |||
| Lobel, Arnold | "Frog and Toad" series | ||
| Minarik, Elsie | |||
| Parish, Peggy | Amelia Bedelia | ||
| Polacco, Patricia | |||
| Sendak, Maurice | |||
| Dr. Seuss | |||
| Silverstein, Shel | |||
| Van Allsburg, Chris | |||
| Voirst, Judith | |||
| Waber, Bernard | |||
| Warner, Gertrude C. | "Boxcar Children" series |
Students who participate in the Prince William County
Public Library Summer Quest Program
may use that documentation or the above suggestions.
Explanation of Extra Credit
Students in Grades 3 - 5 will receive an extra A
(100) for each book completed for a total of
three. Extra credit will count 10% of the
student's grade in the affected marking period.
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| Dakos, Kalli | If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand | Four Winds | 1990 |
| Fleishman, Sid | Whipping Boy | Greenwillow | 1986 |
| Fritz, Jean | Where Was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May? | Putnam | 1975 |
| Lord, Bette Bao | In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson | Harper | 1984 |
| MacLachlan, Patricia | Arthur For The Very First Time | Harper | 1980 |
| Simon, Seymour | The Sun | Morrow | 1986 |
| Speare, Elizabeth George | The Sign of the Beaver | Houghton Mifflin | 1983 |
| Walsh, Jill Patton | The Green Book | Farrar | 1982 |
| Dear America Books | |||
| Suggested Authors: | |||
| Cleary, Beverly | |||
| Dahl, Ronald | |||
| McCloskey, Robert | |||
| Naylor, Phyllis | |||
| Peck, Robert | |||
| Simon, Seymour | |||
| White, E.B. |
Students who participate in the Prince William County
Public Library Summer Quest Program
may use that documentation or the above suggestions.
Explanation of Extra Credit
Students in Grades 3 - 5 will receive an extra A
(100) for each book completed for a total of
three. Extra credit will count 10% of the
student's grade in the affected marking period.
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| Babbitt, Natalie | Tuck Everlasting | Farrar | 1975 |
| Gardiner, John | Stone Fox | Harper | 1980 |
| Gauth, Patricia Lee | This Time, Tempe Wick? | Putnam | 1992 |
| George, Jean Craighead | My Side of the Mountain | Dutton | 1959 |
| Hamilton, Virginia | House of Dies Drear | Macmillan | 1950 |
| Howe, James and Deborah | Bunnicula | Atheneum | 1971 |
| Konigsburg, E.L. | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Macmillan | 1967 |
| Lawson, Robert | Ben and Me | Little, Brown and Company | 1939 |
| Lowry, Lois | Number the Stars | Hougton Mifflin | 1989 |
| Polacco, Patricia | Pink and Say | Philomel Books | 1994 |
| Sperry, Armstrong | Call It Courage | Macmillan | 1940 |
| Steig, William | Abel's Island | Farrar | 1976 |
| Woodruff, Elvira | Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad | Knopf | 1994 |
Students who participate in the Prince William County
Public Library Summer Quest Program
may use that documentation or the above suggestions.
Explanation of Extra Credit
Students in
Grades 3 - 5 will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed for
a total of
three. Extra credit will count 10% of the
student's grade in the affected marking period.