Dear Parents,
We encourage reading during the summer to help our students maintain skills learned during the year. Please visit the Cartersville-Bartow County Public Library and join their Summer Reading Program.
Below is a list of titles and series that might help with book selection. These titles are student and teacher favorites. If you cannot locate a particular book, other books by these authors are also recommended. Please remember, THIS IS ONLY A GUIDE! You as the parent should make the decision about appropriate books for your child, according to ability level and interests.
The CPS staff wishes you a great vacation! We hope you relax, and read, read, read!
Diane W. Hassler Polly Pritchett
Media Specialist Coordinator Media Clerk
Pre-K/Kindergarten
Recommended Titles
Mustache Baby by Joy Ang
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
Rabbit & Robot: the Sleepover by Cece Bell
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Pete Brown
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting
Draw! By Raúl Colón
Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña
Go, shapes, go! by Denise Fleming
And Then It’s Spring by Julie Fogliano
The Story of Fish and Snail by Deborah Freedman
Dinosaur Train by John Steven Gurney
Waiting by Kevin Henkes
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
I Stink by Kate McMullan
Fancy Nancy by Jane O’Connor
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler
1st Grade
Recommended Titles
Miss Brooks Loves Books! (and I Don’t)
by Barbara Bottner
Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella by Jan Brett
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Nella May Has Her Say by Cynthia DeFelice
Henry’s Map by David Elliot
Julia’s House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke
Froggy Gets a Doggy by Jonathan London
The Green Bath by Margaret Mahy
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most
Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick
My Pen by Christopher Myers
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
The Three Ninja Pigs by Corey Schwartz
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf
by Mark Teague
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the
Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood
2nd Grade
Recommended Titles
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Trombone Shorty by Troy Andrews
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
Wallace’s Lists by Barbara Bottner
Dex: The Heart of a Hero by Caralyn Buehner
One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio
Clever Jack Takes the Cake by Candace Fleming
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
Your Life as a Cabin Attendant
On the Titanic by Jessica Gunderson
Library Mouse by David Kirk
How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy
Player but Women’s Hoops on the Map by Sue Macy
Dog Den Mystery by Darrel and Sally Odgers
Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O’Malley
Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds
Ninja Red Riding Hood by Corey Rosen Schwartz
Milo is Not a Dog Today by Kerstin Schoene
Lulu and the Brontosaurus by Judith Viorst
This list is also accessible on our website: http://ps.cartersville.k12.ga.us