2009 Elementary
School Summer Reading List
K - 1st Grade: Early Readers/Beginning
Chapter Books
Ackerman,
Judy. Chicken Said, Cluck! Chicken
wants to help Earl and
their
pumpkins, but she only manages to get in the way, until grasshoppers
invade
the pumpkin patch and Chicken is the only one who can stop them. Lexile: 70
Adler,
David. Bones and the Math Test Mystery. Jeffrey Bones hates math tests,
especially
one he has forgotten to study for, so when his test paper goes missing
he
must make a choice--retake the test and try to do better, or find the missing
paper.
Lexile: 290
Arnold, Caroline. Wiggle
and Waggle. Two worms,
who are best friends, have fun
together
as they tunnel their way through a garden. Includes facts on how worms
help
plants grow. Lexile: 300
Arnold, Tedd. Hooray for
Fly Guy. Fly Guy joins
Buzz's football team,
despite Coach's misgivings, and hits the field for a special, secret play. Lexile: 270
George, Jean Craighead. Goose
and Duck. A young boy
becomes the "mother" to a
goose,
who becomes "mother" to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of
nature
together.
Lexile: 370
Hayes,
Geoffrey. Benny and Penny in Just Pretend: a Toon Book. Annoyed with his
little
sister who always wants to play pretend with him, Benny tries to avoid her
but
soon feels bad after she is gone. Lexile: 90
Larkin,
Patricia. Max & Mo’s First Day of School.Two class hamsters go back
to
school after summer break and discover that the new kids do not know their
names.
They
sneak out at night to make name tags. Lexile: 150
Rosensthiel,
Agnes. Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons. Lilly
is a spunky little girl
who
delights in the unexpected pleasure of each season, peering inside shells in
the
summer
and tasting different kinds of apples in the fall. Lexile: N/A
2009 Elementary School Summer Reading List
K - 1st Grade: Early Readers/Beginning
Chapter Books
Rylant,
Cynthia. Henry and Mudge and the Big Sleepover. Henry and his dog
Mudge
go to a sleepover, where they watch movies, eat pizza, and enjoy a contest
to
see whose dog is the best popcorn catcher. Lexile: 480
Rylant,
Cynthia. Mr. Putter and Tabby Run the Race. Mr. Putter, who does not
like
to run, makes a goal to place second in a marathon so he can win a train set. Lexile:
N/A
Schaefer, Lola M. Follow
Me, Mittens. Mittens
the kitten goes for a walk with
Nick,
but he is distracted by a butterfly and many other beautiful things in nature.
Lexile N/A
VanLeeuwen,
Jean. Amanda Pig and the Wiggly Tooth. Amanda has her first loose
tooth
and she can’t wait for the tooth fairy to come! But her tooth won’t fall out.
When
it finally does, Amanda hopes the tooth fairy still comes even though she lost
the
tooth. Lexile: 220
Weeks, Sarah. Pip Squeak.
Pip Squeak the mouse works
hard to clean the house
for
his friend Max's visit but then Max makes a huge mess. Max shows he’s a good
friend
by helping to clean. Lexile: 220
Piggie,
who is adventurous, go outside to play in the sun and hope that it does not
rain.
Lexile:
N/A
Wong,
Herbert Yee. Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole. Mole is crazy about
magic
until he takes his friend Mouse to a show that turns out to be all tricks, but
then
Mouse conjures up a special night program to show him the enchantment found
in
nature. Lexile: 410
2009 Elementary School Summer Reading List
K - 1st Grade: Nonfiction Books
Blackford, Harriet. Tiger
Story. Simple
illustrations and text follow a young tiger cub
as
he grows up and learns how to live on his own. Lexile: 70
Cobb, Vicki. I Face the
Wind. Introduces the
characteristics and actions of the wind
through
simple hands-on activties. Lexile: 540
Doering, Amanda. A Giraffe
Grows Up. Describes the
development of
living
in a wild animal park, from birth to two years. Lexile: 800
Floca, Brian. Lightship. Explains the role of lightships that were
used in place of lighthouses
to guide ships into port. Lexile: 600
Hutchins,
Hazel. A Second is a Hiccup: A Child’s Book of Time. Rhyming text helps children
comprehend
units of time. Lexile: N/A
Lunde, Darrin. Hello,
Bumblebee Bat. Colorful
illustrations and simple text describe the
characteristics,
habitat, and habits of the Bumblebee Bat. Lexile: N/A
Micklethwait, Lucy. I Spy
Colors in Art. This
innovative book invites readers to look for colors
in
a whole new way, while introducing 14 masterpieces of art by Picasso and other.
Lexile: N/A
by
kindergarteners, shows children ways to make a positive impact on our
environment. Lexile: N/A
Thompson, Lauren. Ballerina
Dreams. Tells the story of five little girls with
cerebal palsy who
had
their dreams come true by becoming ballerinas. Lexile: 860
Ziefert,
Harriet. You Can’t Taste a Pickle with Your Ear. Explores
how each of the five senses
is
hard at work all day long providing information, warning of danger, and helping
us enjoy the world
around
us. Lexile: N/A
2009 Elementary School Summer Reading
List
K - 1st Grade: Picture Book Stories to
Share
Fleming, Denise. Buster
Goes to Cowboy Camp. When
Buster the dog’s owner goes away for a few
days,
he sends Buster to the kennel. Buster is homesick at first, but then has a fun
time. Lexile: N/A
Frazer,
Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. Friends James and Eamon enjoy a
wonderful
week at the home of Eamon’s grandparents during summer vacation. Lexile: 680
Graham, Bob. How to Heal a
Broken Wing. A boy and
his family care for an injured bird they find
on
the street and eventually release it into the sky over the city. Lexile: N/A
Guy,
Ginger Fogelsong. Perros! Perros! Dogs! Dogs! As all the dogs in town move toward a
common
destination, the English and Spanish versions of several pairs of synonyms are
introduced.
Lexile: N/A
Henkes, Kevin. Old Bear. When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter,
he has a dream that he is
enjoying
each of the four seasons. Lexile: N/A
Joy, N. The Secret Olivia
Told Me. Two friends
learn an important lesson about telling and
keeping
secrets. Lexile: 350
Kwon, Yoon-duck. My Cat
Copies Me. A little
girl describes all the things that her cat does to
mimic
her as she goes about her day. Lexile: N/A
Swanson,
Susan Marie. The House in the Night. This timeless bedtime
verse offers reassurance
to
children that there is always light in the darkness. Lexile: 60
Seeger, Laura Vacarro. One
Boy. A boy creates ten paintings in this counting
book that also
explores
the relationship of words within words. Lexile: N/A
Wells, Rosemary. Yoko
Writes Her Name. Yoko
not only learns to write her letters in
English,
she shows her teacher and classmates how to write their names using Japanese calligraphy.
Lexile:
N/A