Suggestions for Summer Reading
Mamaroneck UFSD
Central School, Chatsworth Avenue School, Mamaroneck Avenue School and Murray Avenue School
Kindergarten and First Grade – Favorite Books
McDonald, Margaret Read. Mabela the Clever
Hutchins, Hazel. Mattland.
Villa, Laura. Building Manhattan.
Fromental, Jean-Luc and Joëlle Jolivet. 365 Penguins.
Henkes, Kevin. Chrysanthemum.
Ljungkvist, Laura. Follow the Line.
Cyrus, Curt. Tadpole Rex.
Dodd, Emma. Hetty’s 100 Hats.
Stevens, Janet. Tops and Bottoms.
Lester, Helen and Lynn M. Munsinger. Listen, Buddy.
Gorbachev, Valeri. Turtle’s Penguin Day.
Rex, Adam. Pssst!
Cowell, Cressida and Neal Layton. That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown.
Schwarz, Vivianne. Timothy and the Strong Pajamas.
Kindergarten and First Grade – Favorite Series
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Biscuit
Chaconas, Dori. Cork and Fuzz
Guest, Elissa Haden. Iris and Walter
Kvasnosky, Laura. Zelda and Ivy
Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out-Science
London, Jonathan. Froggy
Marshall, James. George and Martha
O’Connor, Jane. Fancy Nancy
Rylant, Cynthia. Poppleton; Puppy Mudge
Schachner, Judy. Skippyjon Jones
Silverman, Erica. Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
Thomas, Shelley Moore. Good Knight
Van Leeuwen, Jean. Amanda and Oliver Pig
Wells, Rosemary. Max and Ruby
Willems, Mo. Elephant & Piggie
Second and Third Grade – Favorite Books
Birney, Betty G. The World According to Humphrey.
Bishop, Nic. Nic Bishop’s Spiders.
Cleary, Beverly. Henry and Ribsy.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle.
Clements, Andrew. Frindle.
Lost and Found.
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
James and the Giant Peach.
Fradin, Dennis B. Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Gutman, Dan. The Get Rich Quick Club.
The Homework Machine.
Konigsburg, E. L. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler.
Lin, Grace. The Year of the Rat.
Look, Lenore. Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls.
Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene.
Parish, Peggy. Clues in the Woods.
Say, Allen. The Bicycle Man.
Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square. .
Selznick, Brian. The Houdini Box.
White, E. B. Charlotte’s Web.
Stuart Little.
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner. Did Dinosaurs Have Feathers?
Second and Third Grade – Favorite Series
Cleary, Beverly. Ramona
Gutman, Dan. Baseball Card Adventures
Gutman, Daniel. The Million Dollar …
Harper, Charise Mericle. Just Grace
Martin, Ann M. The Doll People.
Cleary, Beverly. Ramona
McDonald, Megan. Judy Moody and Stink
McMullan, Kate. Fluffy the Guinea Pig
Pennypacker, Sara. Clementine.
Scieszka, Jon. Time Warp Trio Series
Fourth and Fifth Grade – Favorite Books
Avi. The Seer of Shadows.
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. The Lacemaker and the Princess.
Broach, Elise. Masterpiece.
Clements, Andrew. Jake Drake, Bully Buster .
Coville, Bruce. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher.
Creech, Sharon. Castle Corona.
Cummings, Priscilla. Red Kayak.
Davies, Jacqueline. The Lemonade War.
Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Eleven .
Gratz, Alan. The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings.
Haas, Jessie. Chase.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Found.
Hannigan, Katherine. Ida B.
Hatkoff, Juliana. Looking for Miza: The True Story of a Mountain Gorilla Family Who Rescued One of Their Own.
Hiaasen, Carl. Scat.
Hobbs, Will. Far North.
Kadohota, Cynthia. Weedflower.
Konigsburg, E. L. Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth.
Kurlansky, Mark. The Story of Salt.
Lupica, Mike. Hot Hand.
Mickle, Shelley. Barbaro : America's Horse.
Morpurgo, Michael. War Horse.
Napoli, Donna Jo. The King of Mulberry Street.
Oppel, Kenneth. Darkwing.
Park, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry.
Reisman, Michael. Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper.
Sasaki, Chris. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Schaefer, Laura. The Teashop Girls.
Selznick, Brian. The Invention of Hugo Cabret: A Novel in Words and Pictures.
Siebert, Diane. Tour America: A Journey Through Poems and Art.
Smith, Roland. Elephant Run.
Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society.
Wilson, N.D. Leepike Ridge.
Winthrop, Elizabeth. Counting on Grace.
Yolen, Jane. Odysseus in the Serpent Maze.
Fourth and Fifth Grade - Favorite Series
Avi. Tales from Dimwood Forest.
Baker, E. D. Tales of the Frog Princess.
Balliett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer, The Wright 3, The Calder Game
Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks.
Byng, Georgia. Molly Moon.
Collins, Suzanne. Gregor the Overlander
DuPrau, Jeanne. City of Ember
Face to Face With… (Various Authors / National Geographic)
Gantos, Jack. Joey Pigza
George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain
Hurwitz, Johnna. Class Clown, Class President, etc.
Kerr, P. B. Children of the Lamp
Martin, Ann. The Doll People.
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Boy/Girl Battle
Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Shredderman
Yolen, Jane. Young Merlin