Phone: 703-445-0930
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
Students Entering Kindergarten
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| Brown, Margaret | Good Night Moon | Harper | 1947 |
| Brown, Margaret | The Big Red Barn | Harper | 1989 |
| Brown, Margaret | The Runaway Bunny | Harper | 1972 |
| Carle, Eric | From Head to Toe | Haper | 1997 |
| Carle, Eric | Little Cloud | Philomel | 1996 |
| Crews, Donald | Freight Train | Greenwillow | 1978 |
| Crews, Donald | School Bus | Greenwillow | 1986 |
| Ehlert, Lois | Color Zoo | Lippincott | 1989 |
| Ehlert, Lois | Eating The Alphabet | Harcourt | 1989 |
| Ehlert, Lois | Growing Vegetable Soup | Harcourt | 1987 |
| Freeman, Don | Corduroy | Viking | 1968 |
| Freeman, Don | A Pocket for Corduroy | Viking | 1978 |
| Hutchins, Pat | Changes, Changes | Macmillan | 1971 |
| Hutchins, Pat | The Doorbell Rang | Greenwillow | 1968 |
| Hutchins, Pat | Rosie's Walk | Macmillan | 1968 |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | The Snowy Day | Viking | 1962 |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Whistle For Willie | Puffin | 1977 |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Jennie's Hat | Harper | 1985 |
| Lionni, Leo | Fish Is Fish | Pantheon | 1970 |
| Lionni, Leo | Let's Make Rabbits | Pantheon | 1982 |
| Lobel, Arnold | Random House Book of Mother Goose | Random | 1986 |
| Martin, Jr., Bill | Brown Bear, Brown Bear | Holt | 1983 |
| Martin, Jr., Bill | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Simon and Schuster | 1989 |
| Martin, Jr., Bill | Polar Bear Polar Bear | Scholastic | 1991 |
| Seuss, Dr. | Hop On Pop | Random | |
| Seuss, Dr. | One Fish, Two Fish.. | Random | 1960 |
Evaluation Strategies
| Minimum: 5 books
Students complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include author, title, and a parent or guardian statement that the student completed the reading. Students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program may use that documentation. Students will receive an S+ for each book completed, for a total of five. |
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| Asch, Frank | Mooncake
(Or Any Title) |
Prentice-Hall | 1983 |
| Bourgeois | Franklin's Bad Day
(Or Any Title) |
Scholastic | 1997 |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur Goes to Camp (Or Any Title) | Little Brown | 1997 |
| Carle, Eric | Very Hungry Caterpillar
(Or Any Title) |
Crowell | 1977 |
| Galdone, Paul | The Little Red Hen | Clarion | 1993 |
| Henkes, Kevin | Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse | ||
| Keats, Ezra Jack | Letter to Amy | Harper | 1968 |
| Mayer, Mercer | Little Critter Series
(Or Any Title) |
Western Publishing | |
| Numeroff, L. | If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
(Or Any Title) |
Harper | 1985 |
| Rey, H. A. | Curious George | Houghton | 1941 |
| Seuss, Dr. | Cat In The Hat
(Or Any Title) |
Random House | 1957 |
| Silverstein, Shel | Where The Sidewalk Ends (Or Any Title) | Harper | 1974 |
| Waber, Bernard | Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile | Houghton | 1965 |
| Young, Ed | Seven Blind Mice | Philomel | 1992 |
| Zolotow, Charlotte | I Like To Be Little | Crowell | 1966 |
| Minimum: 5 books
Students complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include author, title, and a parent or guardian statement that the student completed the reading. Students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program may use that documentation. Students will receive an S+ for each book completed, for a total of five. |
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| Bridwell, Norman | Clifford (Any Title) | Scholastic | |
| Brown, Marc | Arthur (Any Title) | Little Brown & Company | |
| Bunting, Eve | Good Hunting -Blue Sky | ||
| Burton, Virginia | The Little House | Houghton | 1942 |
| Coerr, Eleanor | Josephine's Quilt Story | Harper | 1986 |
| Dooley, Nora | Everybody Cooks Rice | Carolrhoda | 1991 |
| Dorros, Arthur | Ant Cities | Scholastic | 1987 |
| Fleming | Be Good To Eddie Lee | Philomel | 1993 |
| Galdone, Paul | The Monkey and The Crocodile | Seabury | 1969 |
| Gibbons, Gail | (Any Title) | ||
| Giff, Patricia Reilly | (Any Title) | ||
| Greenfield, Eloise | Grandpa's Face | Philomel | 1988 |
| Hillard Margaret | (Any Title) | ||
| Hoffman, Mary | Amazing Grace | Dial | 1991 |
| Hoff, Syd | Danny and the Dinosaur | Harper Trophy | 1958 |
| Keats, Ezra Jack | (Any Title) | Puffin Books | |
| Leslie, Claire | Nature All Year Long | Greenwillow | 1991 |
| Lobel, Arnold | (Any Title) | Harper Trophy | |
| Mills, Lauren | The Rag Coat | Brown | 1991 |
| Moore, Elaine | Grandma's House | ||
| Morris, Ann | Loving | Lee | 1990 |
| Numeroff, Laura | If You Take A Moose a Muffin | Harper Collin | |
| Rattigan | Dumpling Soup | Little | 1993 |
| Rylant, Cynthia | Henry and Mudge (Any Title) | Simons & Schuster | |
| Sharmat, Marjorie | Nate The Great (Any Title) | Coward-McCann | |
| (Various) | (Any Beginner Biography Title) |
Evaluation Strategies
| Minimum: 5 books
Students complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include author, title, and a parent or guardian statement that the student completed the reading. Students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program may use that documentation. Students will receive an S+ for each book completed, for a total of five. |
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| Aardema, Verna | Who's in Rabbit's House | Dial | 1977 |
| Adler, David | Cam Jansen Mystery Books | Viking | |
| Allard, Harry | Miss Nelson books | Houghton | 1985 |
| Blume, Judy | (Any title by Judy Blume) | ||
| Brett, Jan | Beauty and the Beast | Clarion | 1989 |
| Calmenson, Stephanie | The Principal's New Clothes | Scholastic | 1989 |
| Cameron, Ann | Julian stories | Pantheon | |
| Cole, Joanna | Magic School Bus (any title by Joanna Cole) | Scholastic | |
| Conford, Ellen | Jenny Archer books | Little Brown | |
| Danzinger, Paula | Amber Brown stories | Putnam | 1994 |
| DePaola, Tomi | Strega Nona | Prentice-Hall | 1975 |
| Flournoy, Valerie | The Patchwork Quilt | Dial | 1985 |
| Hurwitz, Joanna | Aldo Books | Morrow | 1992 |
| Kellogg, Steven | Jack and the Beanstalk | Morrow | 1991 |
| Kellogg, Steven | Mike Fink or
Paul Bunyan or Pecos Bill |
Morrow | |
| Mahy, Margaret | The Great White Man-Eating Shark | Dial | 1990 |
| Osbourne, Mary Pope | Any Magic Tree House Book (series) | Random House | |
| Parish, Peggy | Any of the Amelia Bedelia Books | Greenwillow | |
| Sharmat, Marjorie | Any Nate the Great Book (series) | ||
| Silverstein, Shel | Where the Sidewalk Ends or
The Light in the Attic |
Harper | 1981 |
| Steig, William | Doctor DeSoto Goes to Africa | Harper | 1992 |
| Steptoe, John | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters | Lothrop | 1987 |
Evaluation Strategies
| Minimum: 3 books
Students complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include author, title, and a parent or guardian statement that the student completed the reading. Students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program may use that documentation. Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. |
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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 anybook by Bevery Cleary except Dear Mr. Henshaw |
Dell Yearling | 1975 |
| Dahl, Roald | The BFG (or any book by Roald Dahl) | Viking Press | 1982 |
| Dakos, Kalli | If You're Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand | Macmillan Company | 1990 |
| Dalgliesh, Alice | Courage of Sarah Noble | 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. Putnan'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 Press | 1950 |
| Lowry, Lois | Anastasia Absolutely (or any book by Lois Lowery) | Houghton Mifflin | 1995 |
| MacLachlan, Patricia | Sara, Plain and Tall | Harper Collin | 1952 |
| Simon, Seymour | The Sun | William Morrow | 1985 |
| 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,Owens | Buried in Ice: The Mystery of a Lost Arctic | Scholastic | 1992 |
| Taylor, Mildred | The Gold Cadillac | Dial | 1983 |
Evaluation Strategies
| Minium: 3 books
Students complete a list of books read. The documentation is to include author,title, and a parent or guardian statement that the student completed the reading. Students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program may use that documentation. Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. |
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| Altman | Followers Of The North Star | Children's | 1993 |
| Babbit | Tuck Everlasting | Farrar | 1975 |
| Banks | Indian In The Cupboard | Doubleday | 1980 |
| Cleary | Mouse And the Motorcycle; Runaway Ralph; Ralph S. Mouse | Morrow | |
| Dorras | Rain Forest Secrets | Clarion | 1986 |
| Gauch | This Time, Tempe Wick? | Putnam | 1992 |
| MacLachlan | Sarah, Plain and Tall | Harper | 1985 |
| O'Dell | The Island Of The Blue Dolphins | Houghton | 1960 |
| Parks | Rosa Parks, My Story | Dial | 1992 |
| Shemin | Little Riders | Beech Tree | 1993 |
| Sperry | Call It Courage | Macmillan | 1940 |
| Uchida | Journey to Topaz | Creative | 1985 |
| Wilder | Little House Series |
Evaluation Strategies
| Minimum: 3 books
Students provide the author, title, publishing information, and an explanation of the general topic or plot summary of the book along with a parent or guardian statement that the student has completed the reading. Students who participate in the Prince William County Public Library Summer Quest Program may use that documentation. Students will receive an extra A (100) for each book completed, for a total of three. |
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