HBS Summer Reading Suggestions 2013
HBS Summer Reading Suggestions 2013
This summer, I’m trying something different. Since my previous Summer Reading Lists are still available on the Library Web Page, this year I’m going to suggest my favorite 5 books from this past year, and 5 up-and-coming books that sound wonderful for each reading level. Web links to a variety of other book lists are available from the Web Page also, in the Summer Reading Lists from 2011 and 2012, andthe Curtis Library Kid’s Page. There are links to fun things to do under Virtual Field Trips and Just For Fun--Activities and Things to Do. And links to some reading “programs” for earning books…
There’s also an excellent article on Summer Reading on the HBS library webpage.
And don’t forget the Maine Student Book Award books…for 2014, and from 2013!
Have a wonderful summer and READ, READ, READ!
2nd grade:
2012-2013 Fiction
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
This Moose Belongs to Me by Oliver Jeffers
The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens
Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein
Infinity and Me by Kate Hosford
2013-2014 Fiction
That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems
Picture a Tree by Barbara Reid
Jo and Sparky go to School by Jamie Michalak
Ben Rides On by Matt Davies
If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano
3rd grade:
2012-2013 Fiction
Lulu Walks the Dog by Judith Viorst
Justin Case: Shells, Smells, and the Horrible Flip-Flops of Doomby Rachel Vail
The Legend of Diamond Lil: A J.J. Tully Mysteryby Doreen Cronin
Hideout (Swindle) by Dan Gutman
Bad Kitty School Daze by Nick Bruel
2013-2014 Fiction
The Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman
How to Seize a Dragon’s Jewel by Cressida Cowell
Bink and Golly: Best Friends Forever by Kate DiCamilla and Alison McGhee
In Harm's Way (Benjamin Pratt and the Keepers of the School)by Andrew Clements
Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Madeby Stephan Pastis
4th grade:
2012-2013 Fiction
Double Dog Dare by Lisa Graff
The Year of the Book by Andrea Cheng
The Five Lives of Our Cat Zook by Joanna Rocklin
Survivors #1: The Empty City by Erin Hunter
Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
2013-2014 Fiction
Olympus at War (Pegasus) by Kate O’Hearn
Wednesdays in the Tower by Jessica Day George
My Life as a Cartoonist by Janet Tashjian
Spy Camp by Stuart Gibbs
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskinby LieslShurtliff
5th grade:
2012-2013 Fiction
The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver
The Fire Chronicle by John Stephens
The Great Unexpected by Sharon Creech
On the Road to Mr. Mineo’s by Barbara O’Connor
Mr. Terupt Falls Again by Rob Buyea
2013-2014 Fiction
P.S. Be Eleven by Rita-Williams Garcia
Pie in the Sky by Wendy Mass
Once Upon the End (Half Upon a Time) by James Riley (read the first 2 first)
Navigating Early by Claire Vanderpool
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
Non-Fiction/Poetry
Poems to Learn By Heart collection by Caroline Kennedy, illustrated by Jon Muth
Water Sings Blue: Ocean Poems by Kate Coombs
Bookspeak!: Poems About Books by Laura Purdie Salas
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne
Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette LeBlanc Cate
The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny) by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer
Hans My Hedgehog by Kate Coombs
Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard by Loree Griffin Burns
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Seas by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant