Lower School Summer Reading List

Score With Reading!
Your Lower School student's goal this summer is to score with reading! When school opens in the fall, we will have a stadium display in the Main Lower Schooll hall and we would love to have it filled with baseballs! Each ball will represent a book your child has read over the summer.

Look for the Lower School Reading Baseball graphic below, and complete with each book title and author's name that your child has read. Color and cut out the picture, then hold on to it until school resumes. Make sure to put your child's name on the front. When we come back for the new school year, send the balls to your child's new teacher, and she will place them on the display. As you read more books please feel free to photocopy more baseballs. Have fun reading!

• Summer Reading Baseball Graphics (100.83 Kb) 

Rising 1st Grade students:
Rising 1st Grade students may visit a book by reading independently or with help.

Suggested titles and authors:
Clifford series - by Norman Bridwell
McDuff series - by Rosemary Wells
Minerva Louise series - by Stoeke
Curious George series - by HA & Margaret Rey
Little Bear series - by Minarik Else
Arthur series - by Marc Brown
Biscuit series - by Alyssa Capucelli
Henry and Mudge series - by Cynthia Rylant
Miss Bindergarten series - by Joseph Slate
Nate the Great series - by Marjorie Sharmat
Young Cam Jansen series - by David Adler
Sheep in a Jeep - by Nancy Shaw

Any books by:
Robert McCloskey
Arnold Lobel
P.D. Eastman
Russell Hoban
Eric Carle
Margaret Hillert
Dr. Seuss
Syd Hoff
Stan & Jan Berenstain
Mary Manz Simon

Rising 2nd Grade students:

Suggested titles and authors:
The Story of Ferdinand - by Munro Leaf
Frog and Toad are Friends - by Arnold Lobel
The Story about Ping - by Marjorie Flack
Anansi, the Spider - by Gerald McDermott
Ira Sleeps Over - by Bernard Waber
Amelia Bedelia - by Peggy Parish
Ira Says Goodbye - by Bernard Waber
Henry and Mudge - by Cynthia Ryland
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day - by Harry Allard
Stella Luna - by Janell Cannon
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - by Judi Barrett
Millions of Cats - by Wanda Gag
Horton Hears a Who - by Dr. Seuss
Seven Chinese Brothers - by Margaret Mahy
Horton Hatches the Egg - by Dr. Seuss
Five Chinese Brothers - by Claire Bishop
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs - by Tomie DePaola
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile and other Lyle books - by Bernard Waber
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day - by Judith Voirst
And to Think that I Saw It on Mulberry Street - by Dr. Seuss

Any book from the following series:
Curious George series - by H. A. Rey
Frances series - by Russell Hoban
Christopher Churchmouse series - by Barbara Davoll
Cam Jansen series - by David Adler
Horrible Harry series - by Suzy Kline
The Littles series - by John Peterson
Nate the Great series - by Marjorie Sharr
Flat Stanley series - by Jeff Brown

Rising 3rd Grade students:

Suggested titles and authors:
Socks - by Beverly Cleary
Muggy Maggie - by Beverly Cleary
Frindle - by Andrew Clements
Because of Winn Dixie - by Kate DiCamillo
For this land: Meg's Prairie Diary - by Kate McMullan

Any book from the following series:
The Boxcar Children series - by Gertrude Chandler Warner
My Life As . . . series - by Bill Myers
The Hardy Boys series - by Franklin Dixon
An American Girl series  - by different authors
Encyclopedia Brown series - by Donald Sobol
Animal Ark series - by Ben Baglio
Jigsaw Jones series - by James Preller
Three Cousins Detective Club series - by Elspeth Campbell Murphy
Animal Friends series - by Janet Oke
Little House series - by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Sports Stories - by Matt Christopher
Mice of the Herringbone series  -by Tim Davis
Geronimo Stilton Series - by Geronimo Stilton

Rising 4th Grade students:

Suggested titles and authors:
The Mouse and the Motorcycle - by Beverly Cleary
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - by Roald Dahl
Family Under the Bridge - by Natalie Savage Carlson
Henry Huggins - by Beverly Cleary
Snow Treasure - by Marie McSwigan
Stone Fox - by John Reynolds
The Black Stallion - by Walter Farley
Misty of Chincoteague - by Marguarite Henry
Hatchet - by Gary Paulson
Toys Go Out - by Emily Jenkins

Any book from the following series:
Childhood of Famous Americans
Dear America series - by different authors
Mandie series - by Lois Gladys Leppard
American Girl Books - by different authors
Chronicles of Narnia - by C. S. Lewis
Sports Stories - by Matt Christopher
My Life as . . . series - by Bill Myers
Hardy Boys series - by Franklin Dixon
Grandma's Attic series - by A. Richardson
Elsie Dinsmore series - by Martha Finley
Christian Heritage series - by Nancy Rue
Redwall series - by Brian Jacques
Encyclopedia Brown series - by D. J. Sobol
Left Behind, the Kids - by Jerry B. Jenkins
Little House series - by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nancy Drew series - by Carolyn Keene

Rising 5th Grade students:
Students will have classroom activities and/or discussions when school resumes. There is no required written activity prior to the start of the school.

Suggested titles and authors:
Stone Fox - by John Reynolds
Little Women - by Louisa May Alcott
On My Honor - by Marion Dane Bauer
Midnight Fox - by Betsy Byars
Summer of the Swans - by Betsy Byars
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - by Raold Dahl
The Reluctant Dragon - by Kenneth Grahame
Dangerous Journey - by Oliver Hunkin
Dear America series - by different authors
Mandie series - by Lois Gladys Leppard
My Life as.....series - by Bill Myers
Hardy Boys series - by Franklin Dixon
Grandma's Attic series - by A. Richardson
Elsie Dinsmore series - by Martha Finley
Christian Heritage series - by Nancy Rue
Little House series - by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nancy Drew series - by Carolyn Keene