Edgewood Independent School District
Suggested Summer Reading List
June 5, 2013
Dear Parents,
This list includes titles of books that your child will enjoy. These titles were selected by the Language Arts Department of the Edgewood Independent School District because they are interesting, engaging, and award winning books.
Independent reading is one of the most influential factors for student educational success. For preschoolers, an indicator of their future school success is the involvement of parents reading to their children. In high school independent reading produces increases in vocabulary, which in turn improves student performance and helps them to meet the demands of college.
We are providing this list as a starting point to assist you in selecting grade appropriate books for your child. Please help your child select several of these books to read throughout the summer. Your involvement and review of their selections is also an important factor in a successful reading experience.
This summer we our asking our students to READ! READ! READ! This will assist in effective literacy development and lifelong learning. Please help us. Encourage your child to read every day. It really does make a difference!
Sincerely,
The Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Department
of the Edgewood Independent School District
Prekindergarten
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See
By Bill Martin Jr.
Cookie’s Week
By Cindy Ward
Each Peach Pear Plum
By Peggy Rathmann
Goodnight Moon
By Margaret Wise Brown
I Can (or I Hear, or I See, or I Touch)
By Helen Oxenbury
It Begins with an A
By Stephanie Calmenson
Max’s Bedtime (or any Max books)
By Rosemary Wells
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten
By Joseph Slate
A Pair of Socks
By Stuart J. Murphy
Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails
By Nancy Tafuri
Tomie de Paola’s Mother Goose
By Tomie De Paola
Corduroy
By Don Freeman
Uno, Dos, Tres
By Pat Mora
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle
Kindergarten
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Angelina Ballerina
By Helen Craig
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
By Bill Martin, Jr.
Chrysanthemum
By Kevin Henkes
Curious George
By H. A. Rey
Edward in Deepwater
By Rosemary Wells
Elephants Aloft
By Kathi Appelt
Fish Eyes, A Book You Can Count
By Lois Ehlert
Good Dog, Carl (or any Carl Book)
By Alexander Day
Guess How Much I Love You
By Sam McBratney
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By Laura Numeroff
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
By Charles G. Shaw
Once Upon a Golden Apple
By Jean Little
Papa!
By Phillipe Corentin
Quick as a Cricket
By Audrey Woog
Rosie’s Walk
By Pat Hutchins
Runaway Bunny
By Margaret Wise Brown
Suddenly!
By Colin McNaughton
T is for Texas
By Mem Fox
The Tortilla Factory
By Gary Paulsen
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First Grade
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The ABC Mystery
By Doug Cushman
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
By Judith Viorst
Dragon’s Fat Cat
By Dav Pilkey
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
By Trinka Hakes Noble
Hairs Pelitos
By Sandra Cisneros
Jelly Beans for Sales
By Raymond Briggs
La Boda: A Mexican Wedding Celebration
By Nancy VanLaan
The Lady With the Alligator Purse
By Nadine Bernard Westcott
Mean Soup
By Betsy Everitt
Mis Malarkey Doesn’t Live in Room 10
By Judy Finchler
My Brother, Ant
By Betsy Byars
Teach Us, Amelia Bedila (or any of the Amelia Bedelia books)
By Peggy Parrish
Nate the Great
By Majorie Weinman Sharmat
Make Way for Ducklings
By Robert McCloskey
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
By Jon Scieszka
Junie B. Jones Series Books
By Barbara Park
Clifford Series
By Norman Bridwell
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Second Grade
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The Polar Express
By Chris Van Allsburg
Amazing Grace
By Mary Hoffman
Chair for My Mother
By Vera Williams
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
By Judi Barret
The Great Kapok Tree
By Lynn Cherry
Grandfather Tang’s Story, A Tale Told with Tangrams
By Ann Tompret
Miss Nelson Is Missing
By Harry Allard
Toronado
By Betsy Byars
My Father’s Dragon
By Ruth Stiles Gannett
The Old Man and His Door
By Gary Soto
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
By Louis Sachar
Sip, Surp, Soup, Caldo, Caldo
By Diane Bertrand
Stelluna
By Janell Cannon
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
By William Steig
The Giving Tree
By Shel Silverstein
Arthur Book Series
By Marc Brown
Franklin Book Series
By Sharon Jennings
Amelia Bedelia (I Can Read Book Series)
By Peggy Parish
Flat Stanley
By Jeff Brown
Harold and the Purple Crayon
By Crockett Johnson
The Snowy Day
By Ezra Jack Keats
Frog and Toad Are Friends
By Arnold Lobel
Where the Wild Things Are
By Maurice Sendak
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Third Grade
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Arthur Writes a Story
By Marc Brown
Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One
By Kate Duke
Everybody Needs a Rock (any book by Byrd Baylor)
By Byrd Baylor
The Frog Prince Continued
By Jon Scieszka
Jalapeno Bagles
By Natasha Wing
The Paper Bag Princess
By Robert Munsch
Rainbabies
By Laura Krauss Melmed
Roxaben
By Alice McLerran
Too Many Tamales
By Gary Soto
Jumangi
By Chris Van Allsburg
Madeline
By Ludwig Bemelmans
Math Curse
By Jon Scieszka
Ramona the Pest
By Beverly Cleary
Velveteen Rabbit
By Margery Williams
The Keeping Quilt
By Patricia Polacco
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
By Richard Atwater
How to Eat Fried Worms
By Thomas Rockwell
Walking the Road to Freedom
By Jeri Ferris
What Are You Figuring Now ?, A Story About Benjamin Banneker
By Jeri Ferris
Poppy
By Avi
The Best School Year Ever
By Barbara Robinson
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective
By Donald J. Sobol
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
By Beverly Cleary
Stone Fox
By John Reynolds Gardiner
Magic Tree House Series
By Mary Pope Osborne
Fantastic Mr. Fox
By Roald Dahl
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Fourth Grade
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Abuela
By Arthur Dorros
Ben and Me
By Robert
The Castle in the Attic
By Elizabeth Winthrop
From Pictures to Words
By Janet Stevens
Grandfather’s Journey
By Allen Say
Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls (The Baby-Sitters Club Series)
By Ann Martin
The Indian in the Cupboard
By Lynne Reid Banks
My Side of the Mountain
By Jean Craighead George
The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
By John Erickson
Stuart Little
By E. B. White
Guess Who My Favorite Person Is
By Byrd Baylor
Jabberwocky
By Lewis Carroll
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
By Chris Van Allsburg
Shiloh
By Phyllis R. Naylor
Superfudge
By Judy Blume
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
By Judy Blume
Wait Till Helen Comes Home
By Mary Downing Hahn
Maniac Magee
By Jerry Spinelli
Roll of Thunder, Hear Me Cry
By Mildred Taylor
A Giraffe and a Half
By Shel Silverstein
Tomas and the Library Lady
By Pat Mora
My Life in Dog Years
By Gary Paulsen
Insectopedia
By Douglas Florian
In My Family
By Carmen Lomas Garza
When Marian Sang
By Brian Selznick
Dandelions
By Eve Bunting
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Fifth Grade
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Leah’s Pony
By Elizabeth Friedrich
The 13th Floor: A Ghost Story
By Sid Fleischman
Esparanza Rising
By Pam Munoz Ryan
Because of Winn-Dixie
By Kate DiCamillo
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
By Roald Dahl
The Great Gilly Hopkins
By Katherine Patterson
Half Magic
By Edgar Eager
James and the Giant Peach
By Roald Dahl
Missing May
By Cynthia Rylant
Number the Stars
By Lois Lowry
Out of the Dust
By Karen Hesse
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
By Lemony Snicket
Dear Mr. Henshaw
By Beverly Cleary
Frindle
By Andrew Clements
Mick Harte Was Here
By Barbara Park
Island of the Blue Dolphins
By Scott O’Dell
The BFG
By Roald Dahl
Chato’s Kitchen
By Gary Soto
Knots on a Counting Rope
By John Archambault
Sadako
Eleanor Coerr
The Sweetest Fig
By Chris Van Allsburg
Walter Warthog
By Betty Leslie Melville
What Eric Knew
By James Howe
The View from Saturday
By E. L. Konigsburg
Jackie and Me
By Dan Gutman
The Phantom Tollbooth
By Norton Juster
Safe at Home
Sharon Robinson
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Grado Preescolar
Buenas noches, Luna
By Margaret Wise Brown
Corduroy
By Don Freeman
Cucú
By Lois Ehlert
¿Dónde está Spot?
By Eric Hill
El dia de Elmer
By David McKee
El paseo de Rosita
By Pat Hutchins
Harold y el lapiz color morado
By Crockett Johnson
Harry, el perrito sucio
By Gene Zion
La semana de Cookie
By Cindy Ward
La oruga muy hambrienta
By Eric Carle
¡No, David!
By David Shannon
Oso pardo, oso pardo, ¿qué ves ahí?
By Bill Martin Jr.
Plumas para almorzar
By Lois Ehlert/Alma Flor Ada
Si le das un paselito a un gato
By Laura Numeroff
Jardin de niños
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Lista sugerida de lectura
Adivina cuanto te quiero
Por Sam Brotney
Carrito de Monchito
PorMargarita Robelda Monguel
El conejo y el coyote
Por Clarita Kohen
El rabo de gato
Por Clarita Kohen
En mi familia
Por Carmen Lomas-Garza
Eres tú mi mamá
Por Eastman
La casa adormecida
PorAudrey Word
La oruga muy hambrienta
Por Eric Carle
La pata pita
Por Hilda Pesera y Mana F. Fraga
La tortillería
Por Gary Paulsen
Los recuerdos de Chave
Por Maria Delgado
Tres chivos Gruff
Por Paul Galdone
Margaret y Margarita
Por Lynn Reiser
Mi primer libro de dichos
Por Ralfka Gonzalez
Pelitos
Por Sandra Cisneros
Soy grande, soy pequeño
Por Kathy Stinson
Un día de nieve por
Por Ezra Jack Kyats
Cuéntame un cuento
Por J.M. Lavarello
Historia de ratones
Por Arnold Label
Historia de juguetes
Por Helen Cooper
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Primer Grado
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Alexander y el día terrible, horrible, Espantoso, Horroroso
Por Judith Viorst,
¿A que sabe la luna?
Por Michael Gejniec
Corduroy
Por Don Freeman
Coyote
Por Gerald McDermott
El camino de Amelia
Por Linda Jacobs Altman
El desierto es mi madre
Por Pat Mora
El estofado del lobo
Por Keiko Kasza
El libro de las nubes
Por Tomie de Paola
El pez arco iris
Por Marcus Pfister
Historia verdadera de una princesa
Por Inés Arredondo
Julieta y su caja de colores
Por Carlos Pellicer López
La mariquita perezosa
Por Isabel Finn
La mujer que brillaba aun más que el sol
Por Alejandro Cruz Martínez
La silla de Pedro
Por Ezra Jack Kyats
La tortillería
Por Gary Paulsen
Pepin y el abuelo
Por Hilda Perera
Pericopin
Por Hilda Perera
Sopa de piedras
Por Marcia Brown
Silvestre y la piedrecita mágica
Por William Steig
Stelaluna
Por Janell Cannon
Me llamo María Isabel
Por Alma Flor Ada
La mariposa
Por Francisco Jimenez
Sapo y Sepo, un año entero
Por Arnold Lobel
Los amigos de osito
Por Else Holmelund Minarik
El letrero secreto de Rosio
Por Maurice Sendak
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Segundo Grado
Edgewood Independent School District
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Brocha y Pincel
Por Alma Flor Ada
El dueño de la luz
Por Ivonne Rivas
El espiritu de tio Fernando
por Janice Levy
El libro de las arenas movedizas
Por Tomie de Paola
El libro de los cerdos
Por Anthony Browne
El libro de los animales
Por Aquiles Nazca
El niño de cabeza
Por Juan Felipe Herrera
Elogio del jaguar
Por Roxanna Erdman
Elogio del tlacuache
Por Roxanna Erdman
El sancocho del sábado
Por Leyla Torres
El sombrero mágico
Por Rosario Ferré
Josefina y la colcha de retrazos
Por Elanor Coerr
Juan y sus zapatos
Por Carlos Pellicer López
La isla
Por Arthur Dorros
¡La verdadera historia de los tres cerditos!
Por S. Lobo
Pasos
Por Alma Flor Ada
Pepita y el color rosado,
Por Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Rosaura en bicicleta
Por Daniel Barbot
Strega Nona
Por Tomie de Paola
Amelia Bedilia
Por Peggy Parish
Cuéntame un cuento, series 1, 2, 3, y 4
Por J.M. Lavarello
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Lista sugerida de lectura
Tercer Grado
En mi familia/In my family
Por Carmen Lomas Garza
Paul Bunyun: Un cuento fantástico
Por Steven Kellogg
La leyenda de la flor de nochebuena
Por Tomie dePaloa
El autobús mágico
Por Joanna Cole
Molly los peregrinos
Por Barbara Cohen
¡Que montón de tamales!
Por Gary Soto
La verdadera historia de los tres cerditos
Por Jon Scieska
Flecha al sol
Por Gerald McDermott
El gran capoquero
Por Lynn Cherry
La casa adormecida
Por Audrey Wood
Pecos Bill
Por Steven Kellogg
Stelaluna
Por Janell Cannon
El canto de las ballenas
Por Dyan Sheldon
Sarah sencilla y alta
Por Patricia MacLachlan
Cuarto Grado
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Abuela
Por Arthur Dorres
La leyenda del pincel indio
Por Tomie de Paola
La leyenda de la flor de conejo
Por Tomie de Paola
Paco y la bruja
Por Felix Pitre
Pecos Bill
Por Steven Kellog
Tiempos duros
Por Barbara Shook Hazen
Te presento a la orquesta
Por Ann Hayes
Amigos en cuerpo y alma
Por Vera de Backker
El reino de la geometría
Por Alma Flor Ada
La colcha de los recuerdo
Por Patricia Polacco
Carlos y la milpa de maíz
Por John Romero Stevens
El otoño de Freddy la hoja
Por Leo Buscaglia
El largo invierno
Por Laura Wilder Ingalls
En las orillas del lago
Por Laura Wilder Ingalls
Jumanji
Por Chris Vans Allsburg
El higo más dulce
Por Chris Van Allsburg