CRSD 2015 Summer Reading List

From: Best of Horn Book-Kirkus Review of Best Books- NY Times Most Notable Books-School Library Journal

K-1 Picture Books

A Perfectly Messed Up Story / Patrick McDonnell
Acqualicious / Victoria Kann
Breathe / Scott Magoon
Chu’s Day At The Beach / Neil Gaiman and Adam Rex
Circle Square Moose / Kelly Bingham
Click Clack Peep / Dorothy Cronin
Extraordinary Jane / Hannah E. Harrison
I Don’t Want To Be A Frog / Dev Petty
Raindrops Roll / April Pulley Sayre
Sam And Dave Dig A Hole / Mac Barnett
Secret Live of Squirrels / Nancy Rose
Shoe Dog / Megan McDonald
Talk Away The A / Michael Escoffier
The Farmer and the Clown / Marla Frazee
The First Dog / J. Patrick Lewis and Beth Zappitello
The Sky Is Falling / Mark Teague
Three Bears In A Boat / David Soma
Under a Pig Tree: History of the Noble Fruit / Margie Palantini
Viva Frida / Yuyi Morales
Wolfie the Bunny / AmeDyckman and Zachariah OHora

2nd+3rd Early Readers

29 Myths On The Swinster Pharmacy / Lemony Snicket
Ashley Bryan’s Puppets / Ashley Bryan
At The Same Moment Around The World / Clotilde Perrrin
Dory Fantasmagory / Abby Hanlon
Gaston / Kelly DiPucchio
Horrible Harry and the Wedding Spies / Suzy Kline
Jasper John Dooley: Not In Love / Caroline Adderson
Kung Pow Chicken #1: Let’s Get Cracking / Cyndi Marko
Mr. Cooper Is Super / Dan Gutman
My Heart Is Laughing / Rose Lagercrantz
Odd Weird & Little / Patrick Jennings
Owl Diaries:Eva’s Treetop Festival / Rebecca Elliot
The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America / Jonah Winter
The Mermaid And The Shoe / K.G. Campbell
The Princess In Black / Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus / Jen Bryant
Yoda The Story of a Cat and His Kittens / Beth Stern

4th-6th Chapter Books

Absolutely Almost / Lisa Graff
Arcady’s Goal / Eugene Yelchin
Big Nate Lives It Up / Lincoln Pierce
Dash / Kirby Larson
El Deafo / Cece Bell
Fortunately, The Milk / Neil Gaiman
Hidden / LoicDauvillier
Listen Slowly / Thanhha Lai
Madman of Piney Woods / Christopher Paul Curtis
Map To Everywhere / Carrie Ryan
Meaning of Maggie / Megan Jean Sovern
Separate is Never Equal / Duncan Tonatiuh
Sisters / Raina Telgemeier
Space Case / Stuart Gibbs
The Blossoming World of Violet Diamond / Brenda Woods
The Crossover / Kwame Alexander
The Fourteenth Goldfish / Jennifer L. Holm
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza / Jack Gantos
The Terrible Two / Mac Barnett
The Turtle of Oman / Naomi Shihab Nye
The Witch’s Boy / Kelly Barnhill

7th + 8th Young Adult Lit

Angel Island / Russell Freedman
Aviary Wonders, Inc / Kate Samworth
Boundless / Kenneth Oppel
Brown Girl Dreaming / Jacqueline Woodson
Echo / Pam Munoz Ryan
Egg + Spoon / Gregory Maguire
Greenglass House / Kate Milford
Half a Man / Michael Morpurgo
Knightley & Son / Rohan Gavin
Lost Boy / Tim Green
Lowriders In Space / Cathy Camper
Next Wave: The Quest to Harness the Power of the Oceans / Elizabeth Rusch
Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk / Sy Montgomery
Quiet Power: The Secret Strength of Introverts / Susan Cain
Rain Reign / Ann Martin
The Crossover / Kwame Alexander
The Glass Sentence / S.E.Grove
The Great Greene Heist / Varian Johnson
The Paper Cowboy / Kristin Levine
The Red Pencil / Andrea Davis Pinkney
The Secret Hum of a Daisy / Tracy Holczer
West of the Moon / Margi Preus

9th-12th Contemporary Novels

Anastasia and Her Sisters / Carolyn Meyer
Belzhar / Meg Wolitzer
Cemetery Boys / Heather Brewer
Challenger Deep / Neal Shusterman
Conversion / Katherine Howe
Darkest Part of the Forest / Holly Black
Fairest: Levana’s Story / Marissa Meyer
Family Romanov / Candance Fleming
Game Seven / Paul Volponi
Hunted / Matt de la Pena
I’ll Give You The Sun / Jandy Nelson
Killing Time In Crystal City / Chris Lynch
Noggin / John Corey Whaley
Pointe / Brandy Colbert
Port Chicago 50 / Steve Sheinkin
Quake / Patrick Carman
The Infinite Sea / Rick Yancy
The Night Gardener / Jonathan Auxier
The Young Elites / Marie Lu
This One Summer / Mariko Tamaki
X: A Novel / Ilyasah Shabazz