Middletown Schools 2014 K-12 Summer Reading List for The Middletown Public Library, Brookdale Pen & Scroll Book Store & Barnes & Noble (Holmdel)

Kindergarten into First Grade

Pets – Fiction

•Pup and Hound - Susan Hood (D)

•Pup and Hound in Trouble - Susan Hood (D)

•Pup and Hound Move In - Susan Hood(D)

•Pup and Hound Stay Up Late - Susan Hood (D)

•Feather for Lunch - Lois Ehlert (B)

•Good Night Little Kitten- Nancy Christensen (D)

•Scat, Cats! - Joan Holub (C)

•Bathtime for Biscuit - Alyssa Satin Capueilli (C)

•I Want a Pet - Barbara Grejorich (C)

•A Parrot for Pam- Mary Hoffman (A)

•The Dog - Rozanne L Williams (A)

•All Through the Week with Cat and Dog - Rozanne Williams (C)

•Scaredy Cat - Rozanne Williams (C)

Bugs – Fiction

•Bugs! - Patricia C. McKissack (C)

•Go Away Bugs (B)

•Snug House, Bug House! - Jon Buller and Susan Schade (C)

•I See Bugs!- Wiley Blevins (A)

Bugs – Nonfiction

•Ants - J Cooper (D)

•Ladybugs - Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Beetles- Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Crickets - Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Buzz, Bee, Buzz! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Crawl, Ladybug, Crawl! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Flash, Firefly, Flash! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Spin, Spider, Spin! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Squirm, Earthworm, Squirm - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Animals in Winter - Jane Sydner (C)

Animals – Fiction

•From Head to Toe - Eric Carle (D)

•Do You Want to Be My Friend- Eric Carle (B)

•Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?- Bill Martin (C)

•Mice Squeak, We Speak - Arnold L. Shapiro (C)

•Spots Feathers and Curly Tails - Nancy Tafuri (C)

•How Many Fish? - Caron Lee Cohen (B)

•I Went Walking - Sue Williams (C)

•Bears on Wheels – Stan & Jan Berenstain (C)

•Bears in Night – Stan & Jan Berenstain

•Click Clack Quackity Clack: An Alphabetical Adventure - Doreen Cronin (D)

•Spots, Feathers and Colored Tails - Nancy Tafuri (C)

•Monkey Business: Happy Birthday - David Martin (B)

•Monkey Business: Monkey, Where Are You? - David Martin (C)

•Monkey Business: Monkey’s Loose Tooth- David Martin (C)

•Monkey Trouble: Monkey Flies Away - David Martin (C)

•Monkey Trouble: Monkey Eats Worms - David Martin (C)

•Monkey Trouble: Monkey, Watch Out - David Martin (C)

•Piggy and Dad: Piggy’s Pictures - David Martin (B)

•Piggy and Dad: Piggy’s Bath - David Martin (B)

•Piggy and Dad: Piggy’s Bedtime - David Martin (C)

•Piggy and Dad: Piggy’s Sandwich- David Martin (C)

•Hey, Tabby Cat: The Chase - Phyllis Root (B)

•Hey, Tabby Cat: Hungry Cat - Phyllis Root (C)

•Hey, Tabby Cat: Thump! Bump! Splat! - Phyllis Root (C)

•Hey, Tabby Cat: Cat Bath - Phyllis Root (B)

•Mouse Has Fun: Cat and Mouse -Phyllis Root (C)

•Mouse Has Fun: Picnic - Phyllis Root (C)

•Mouse Has Fun: It’s Super Mouse - Phyllis Root (C)

•Mouse Has Fun: Pizza- Phyllis Root (C)

•Larry and Rita: Larry and the Crab - Jamie Michalak (C)

•Larry and Rita: Larry and Rita Dance - Jamie (C)

•Larry and Rita: Rita at the Fair - Jamie Michalak (C)

•Larry and Rita: Rita Blows Bubbles - Jamie Michalak

Animals –Nonfiction

•Farm Animals - DK Readers (D)

•How Many Legs In All? - Anne Diorio (D)

•Hamsters - Helen and Gail Saunders (D)

•Birds - Helen Frost (D)

•Baby Birds - Helen Frost (D)

•Dogs - Helen Frost (D)

•Fish - Helen Frostm (D)

•On the Farm - Sharon Gordon (D)

Sea Animals – Fiction

•Freddy’s Fishbowl - Marco White (C)

•One Smart Fish - Laura Manivong (C)

•Sea Animals - Annie Thomas (A)

First into Second Grade

Pets – Fiction

•Pup and Hound - Susan Hood (D)

•Pup and Hound in Trouble - Susan Hood (D)

•Pup and Hound Move In - Susan Hood(D)

•Pup and Hound Stay Up Late - Susan Hood (D)

•Pete the Cat I love My White Shoes - Eric Litwin (K)

•Pete’s Big Lunch - James Dean (J)

•Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons - Eric Litwin (J)

•Splat the Cat - Rob Scotton (I)

•DogWash Day Maryann - Cocca-Leffler (J)

•Good Night, Sleep Tight - Rob Scotton (J)

•Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus - Mo Willems (D)

•Have You Seen My Cat?- Eric Carle (J)

•Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! - Mo Willems (J)

•The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! - Mo Willems (J)

•Top Cat - Lois Ehlert (H)

•Little Red Hen (Makes Pizza)- Philemon Sturges (M)

•Henry and Mudge The First Book - Cynthia Rylant (J)

•Clifford to the Rescue- Norman Bridwell (K)

•Clifford and the Grouch- Norman Bridwell (J)

•Frog and Toad Are Friends - ArnoldLobel (K)

•Frog and Toad All Year - ArnoldLobel (K)

•The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog- Mo Willems (J)

•The Pigeon Wants a Puppy- Mo Willems (I)

•Biscuit - Alyssa Satin Capueilli (F)

•Biscuit Goes to School - Alyssa Satin Capueilli (F)

•Froggy’s Goes to Bed - Jonathan London (J)

•Froggy’s Sleepover - Jonathan London (K)

•Franklin Wants a Pet - Paulette Bourgeois (J)

•Author’s Lost Puppy - Marc Brown (I)

•Arthur’s Teacher Moves- Marc Brown (K)

•I Wanna Iguana- Karen Kaufman Orloff (J)

•Are You My Mother?- P.D. Eastman (I)

•The Cookie Store Cat - Cynthia Rylant (M)

Pets – Nonfiction

•Cats - Gails Gibbons (M)

•Dogs - Gail Gibbons(M)

•Horses - Gail Gibbons (M)

•Frogs- Gail Gibbons (M)

•Brown Bears- Marcia Freeman (E)

•Black Bears- Marcia Freeman (E)

•How Do Baby Animals Grow?- Caroline Hutchinson (E)

•Lions - JoAnn Macken (E)

•Elephants - JoAnn Macken (E)

•Snakes - JoAnn Macken (E)

•Zebras - JoAnn Macken (E)

Sports – Fiction

•Players in Pigtails - Shana Corey (J)

•Nate the Great and the Stolen Base- MajorieWeimanSharmat (M)

•Gus and Grandpa at Basketball - Claudia Mills (J)

•Clifford’s Sports Day- Norman Bridwell (J)

•Froggy Plays T-Ball - Jonathan London (K)

•Froggy Plays Soccer - Jonathan London (K)

•Max - Rachel Isadorer (J)

•Franklin Rides a Bike - Paulette Bourgeois (M)

•Franklin Plays a Game - Paulette Bourgeois (M)

•Bears Bicycle- David McPhail (I)

•Summer Wheels - Eve Bunting (K)

•Bikes for Rent - Isaac O. Olaeye (L)

•No More Training Wheels - Kathryn Cristaldi (K)

•D.W Rides Again- Marc Tolon Brown (J)

Sports – Nonfiction

•The Bicycle Book - Gail Gibbons (M)

•My Baseball Book - Gail Gibbons(M)

•My Soccer Book - Gail Gibbons (M)

•My Football Book - Gail Gibbons (M)

•My Basketball Book - Gail Gibbons (M)

Bugs – Fiction & Nonfiction

•Ants - J Cooper (D)

•Ladybugs - Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Beetles- Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Crickets - Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•The Very Busy Spider - Eric Carle (J)

•The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle (J)

•The Grouchy Ladybug - Eric Carle (J)

•Bugs, Bugs, Bugs- Jennifer A. Dussling (J)

•I Like Bugs - Margaret Wise Brown (A)

•There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly- Fiona Hayes

•Snug Bug - Cathy East Dubowski (G)

•A Pill Bug’s Life - John Himmelman (I)

•Because of a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo - Rosetta Stone (I)

Bugs – Nonfiction

•Bugs Are Insects - Anne F. Rockwell (K)

•Ants - J Cooper (D)

•Ladybugs - Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Beetles- Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Crickets - Cheryl Coughlan (D)

•Buzz, Bee, Buzz! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Crawl, Ladybug, Crawl! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Flash, Firefly, Flash! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Spin, Spider, Spin! - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Squirm, Earthworm, Squirm - Dana Meachen Rau (C)

•Animals in Winter - Jane Sydner (C)

Animals – Fiction

•Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother - Eric Carle (F)

•From Head to Toe - Eric Carle (D)

•A House for Hermit Crab- Eric Carle (K)

•The Mixed-Up Chameleon- Eric Carle (J)

•Hello Red Fox- Eric Carle (J)

•Panda Bear Panda Bear What Do You See?- Eric Carle (I)

•Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm - Joy Cowley (E)

•Poppleton - Cynthia Rylant (J)

•Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed - Eileen Christelow (E)

•Rosie’s Walk - Pat Hutchins (F)

•Click Clack Moo! Cows That Type - Doreen Cronin (K)

•Click Clack Quackity Clack: An Alphabetical Adventure - Doreen Cronin (D)

•Giggle Giggle Quack - Doreen Cronin (K)

•Duck for President - Doreen Cronin (K)

•Llama Llama Red Pajama - Anna Dewdney (G)

Animals –Nonfiction

•Farm Animals - DK Readers (D)

•How Many Legs In All? - Anne Diorio (D)

•Hamsters - Helen and Gail Saunders (D)

•Birds - Helen Frost (D)

•Baby Birds - Helen Frost (D)

•Dogs - Helen Frost (D)

•Fish - Helen Frostm (D)

•On the Farm - Sharon Gordon (D)

Holidays and Seasons – Fiction

•Franklin's Halloween - Paulette Bourgeous (M)

•Franklin's Valentine – Paulette Bourgeous (M)

•Franklin's Christmas Gift – Paulette Bourgeous (J)

•Froggy's Best Christmas - Jonathan London (I)

•Clifford's Christmas - Norman Bridwell (J)

•Clifford's Halloween- Norman Bridwell (I)

•Clifford's Happy Easter - Norman Bridwell (I)

•Clifford's Happy Mother's Day- Norman Bridwell (I)

•Pete the Cat Saves Christmas - Eric Litwin (M)

•Clifford's Spring Clean-Up - Norman Bridwell (K)

•Spring Has Sprung - Jennifer Waters (G)

•Clifford Keeps Cool - Norman Bridwell (K)

•The Storm Book - Charlotte Zolotow (K)

•Christmas in the Country - Cynthia Rylant (K)

•Poppleton in Spring - Cynthia Rylant (J)

Holidays and Seasons – Nonfiction

•Spring - Ann Herriges (M)

•It's Spring - Pamela Chambo (H)

•Winter - Ann Herriges (I)

•Winter is Here- Kimberly Weinberger (D)

•Animals in the Fall - Gail Sanders-Smith (E)

Sea Animals – Fiction

•Mister Seashore - Eric Carle (K)

•There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell - Lucille Colandro (M)

•Big Al - Andrew Clements (L)

•Fish is Fish - Leo Lionni (L)

•The Rainbow Fish - Marcus Pfister (M)

•Swimmy - Leo Lionni (L)

•Dolphins at Daybreak - Mary Pope Osborne (M)

•Gone Fishing - Richard Eric Brown (G)

•Hooray for Fish - Lucy Cousins (F)

•The Magic Fish - Freya Littledale (L)

•Louis the Fish - Arthur Yorinks (L)

•Sammy the Seal - Sydney Hoff (H)

•The Pout Pout Fish - Deborah Diesen (M)

•The Pout-Pout Fish in the Big-Big Dark - Deborah Diesen (M)

•Not Norman: A Goldfish Story - Kelly Bennett (I)

•Bravest Fish - Matt Buckingham (L)

•Memoirs of a Goldfish - Devin Scillian (M)

•Sharks - Anne Schreiber (N)

Nonfiction – Sea Animals

•Whales - Gail Gibbons (N)

•A Sea of Animals - Janine Scott (G)

•Sharks - Ginjer L.Clarke (H)

•Sharks -Lynn Gibbons (M)

•Diving Dolphin - Karen Wallace (H)

•Penguins-JoAnn Macken (E)

•Sea Lions - JoAnn Macken (E)

Second into Third Grade

Fiction

•Arthur Chapter Books Series - Marc Brown

•Cam Jansen Series - David Adler

•Cork and FuzzSeries– DoriChaconas

•Horrible Harry Series- Suzy Kline

•Madeline - Ludwig Bemelmans

•Mr. Putter and Tabby Series - Cynthia Rylant

•Pinky and RexSeries- James Howe

•Polk Street School Series- Patricia Riley Giff

•Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair - Patricia Polacco

•Ready Freddy Series - by Abby Klein

•Sport Stories Series - Matt Christopher

•Pee Wee Scouts Series - Judy Delton

•Flat StanleySeries – Jeff Brown

•Magic Tree House– Mary Pope Osborn

•Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Series – Erica Silverman

•Nate the Great Series – Marjorie WeinmanSharmat

• Ruby’s Wish - ShirinYim Bridges

•Bones Series - Adler

•One Green Apple - Eve Bunting

•Math is CATegoricalSeries – Brian P. Cleary

•Diary of a Fly - Doreen Cronin & Harry Bliss

•Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Series -Debbie Dadey, Marcia Thornton Jones, Marcia T. Jones and John Steven Gurney

• One Potato, Two Potato - Cynthia DeFelice and Andrea U'Ren

• Mercy Watson - Kate DiCamillo

•Dirt On My Shirt - Jeff Foxworthy

•Babymouse series- Jennifer Holm & Matthew Holm

•Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) - Deborah Hopkinson and John Hendrix

•Just Like Josh Gibson - Angela Johnson

•Martin Bridge: Ready for Takeoff! – Jessica Scott Kerrin

•Marvin Redpost Series – Louis Sachar

•The Geronimo Stilton Series - Geronimo Stilton

•Mailing May - Michael O. Tunnell and Ted Rand

•Only Emma – Sally Warner & Amy Harper

•Jake Drake - Andrew Clements

•I Survived Series - Lauren Tarshis

•Judy Moody or Stinky Moody Series - Megan McDonald

•Ivy & Bean Series - Annie Barrows

Non-fiction

•Aliens are Coming!- Meghan McCarthy

•The Bravest Cat: The True Story of Scarlet - Laura Driscoll

•Bugs for Lunch- Margery Facklam

•Five True Dog/Horse Stories – Margaret Davidson

•Frogs - Laura Driscoll

•Killer Whales - Seymour Simon

•Incredible Sharks - Seymour Simon

•Reptiles- Roger Priddy

•Super Storms - Seymour Simon

•Abe Lincoln’s Hat - Martha Brenner

•Don’t Know Much About the Presidents - Kenneth C. David

•Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! - Kathleen V. Kudlinski

•Nic Bishop Spiders- Nic Bishop

•Penguins - Penelope Arlon

•Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau - Jennifer Berne and ÉricPuybaret

•Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci – Gene Barretta

•Vote! - Eileen Christelow

•Mummies, Pyramids, and Pharaohs - Gail Gibbons

•The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto - NatelieStandiford

•Lemonade For Sale - Stuart J Murphy

•There is No Place Like Space; All About Our Solar System - TishRabe

Other Suggested Authors

Fiction

•Joanna Cole

•TomieDePaola

•Kevin Henkes

•Patricia Polacco

•Jerry Spinelli

•William Steig

•Vera Williams

•Steven Kellogg

•Jane Yolen

•Chris Van Allsburg

•Barbara Cooney

•Robert McCloskey

Non-fiction Authors & Series

•Andrew Clements (Pets to the Rescue Series)

•Joanna Cole

•Discovery for Kids

•National Geographic for Kids

•Rookie Biographies

•Gail Gibbons

•Joy Cowley

•Brian P Cleary

•Stuart J Murphy

Third into Fourth Grade

Books by Author or Series

  • About Average, Troublemaker, Extra Credit, Lost and Found, No Talking, and Room One - Andrew Clements
  • Sports Series: Perfect Game, District Double-Header, State Showdown, Play Ball! and more - Matt Christopher -
  • Who Was….? Series - Various Authors
  • Nancy Drew Series - Carolyn Keene
  • My Weird School series - Dan Gutman
  • A-Z Mystery series - Ron Roy

Fantasy

  • The Show Must Go On! - Kate Klise
  • How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
  • The Black Lagoon Chapter Book Series - Mike Thaler
  • Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library – Chris Grabenstein
  • Heroes in Training: Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom - Joan Holub

Realistic Fiction

  • Libby of High Hopes – Elise Primavera
  • The Worm Whisperer – Betty Hicks
  • White Fur Flying – Patricia MacLachlan
  • Like Bug Juice on a Burger – Julia Sternberg
  • Charlie Bumpers vs. the Teacher of the Year Bill Harley

Mystery Books

  • The Phantom of the Post Office – Kate Klise
  • The Clue at the Bottom of the Lake -Kristiana Gregory
  • The Case of the School Ghost - DoriHillestad Butler
  • Mission Unstoppable – Dan Gutman
  • The Lemonade Crime Following The Lemonade War – Jacqueline Davies

Areas of Interest

Sports

  • Super-Sized Slugger – Cal Ripkin Jr.

Animals

  • Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog – Garth Stein

Poetry

  • Where the Sidewalk Ends , A Light in the Attic, and Falling Up - Shel Silverstein

Space & Science

  • Look to the Stars - Buzz Aldrin

Art

  • Vermeer Interviews: Conversations with Seven Works of Art - Bob RaczkaThe

Non-Fiction

  • Ick! Yuck! Eew!: Our Gross American History - Lois Miner Huey
  • Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist - Kelly Milner Halls
  • Hide and Seek: Nature's Best Vanishing Acts - Andrea Helman
  • You Wouldn’t Want to be a Roman Gladiator! - John Malam
  • Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution – Don Brown

Fourth Into Fifth Grade

Fiction

How Tia Lola Learned to Teach– Julia Alvarez

We the Children series –Andrew Clements

Gregor the Overlander– Suzanne Collins

Nicky Fifth Explores NJ Series– Lisa Funari-Willever

Storyteller – Patricia Reilly Giff

The Liberation of Gabriel King– K.L. Going

Ghost Dog Secrets/Spy Cat– Peg Kehret

The Willoughbys– Lois Lowry

Two-Minute Drill– Mike Lupica

Bone– Jeff Smith

The Kids Guide to Money Cent$- Keltie Thomas

39 Clues series mystery - Various authors:

Dear America series historical fiction -Various authors:

Nonfiction Titles

Extreme Sports Stars- Philip Abraham

Solving The Mysteries Of The Past- Gerald Aksomitis

Sport Bikes- Katherine Bailey

Backstage At a Music Video- Holly Cefrey

Motion Pictures- Robyn Conley

Italy - Sarah De Capua

Women and Girls in The Middle Ages- Kay Eastwood

The Biography of Sugar - Rachel Eagen

Extreme Skateboarding- Bobbie Kalman

Everything Dolphin: What Kids Really Want To Know About Dolphins- Marty Crisp

Forest Animals- Connor Dayton

The First Woman Doctor- Rachel Baker

The Declaration of Independence- Michael Burgan

Shelter Dogs: Amazing Stories of Adopted Strays- Peg Kehret

**Any other non-fiction books from the series listed and by these authors which interest the

reader and are a good fit.

Other Suggested Series & Authors

I Survived Series- Lauren Tarshis

The Spiderwick Chronicles- Holly Black & Tony DiTerilizzi

Judy Blume Books

Andrew Clements Books

Brian Selznick Books

Fifth into Sixth Grade

Realistic Fiction

  • Because of Mr. Terupt - RobBuyea
  • A Week in the Woods - Andrew Clements
  • Football Genius-Tim Green (or any book in the series)
  • Summer Ball / The Big Field- Mike Lupica
  • Wonder- R.J. Palacio
  • Paperboy- Vance Vawter
  • I Funny - James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

Historical Fiction

  • A Long Walk to Water- Linda Sue Park
  • Shooting Kabul – N.H. Senzai
  • When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead
  • One Crazy Summer - Rita Williams-Garcia

Adventure/Science Fiction/Fantasy

  • The Sisters Grimm Series-Michael Buckley (any book except for the first in the series: The Fairy-Tale Detectives)
  • The Land of Stories (any book in the series) - Chris Colfer
  • A Tale Dark and Grim(Any book in the series) - Adam Gidwitz
  • Among the Hidden - Margaret PetersonHaddix
  • A Taste for Red – Lewis Harris
  • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon- Grace Lin
  • The False Prince - Jennifer A. Nielsen
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society- Trent Lee Stewart

Nonfiction

  • Ancient Egypt- Interactive - Heather Adamson
  • Ancient Greece-Interactive - William Caper
  • How to fake a moon landing : exposing the myths of science denial - Cunningham, Darryl
  • Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini -Sid Fleischman

Gabe &Izzy: Standing Up for America's Bullied - Gabriella Ford

  • National Geographic
  • How to Survive Anything

Graphic Novels