Barnes and Noble Bookfair Voucher June 10 2023
Summer Reading 2023
The summer reading assignments for students entering grades 1 through 8 are as follows:
First Grade
Students are not expected to read independently. Parent/guardian may read/assist in reading at least FOUR of the following books:
- Bedtime for Frances – Russell Hoban
- The Alphabet Tree – Leo Lionni
- My Many Colored Days – Dr. Seuss
- A Bad Case of the Stripes – David Shannon
- The Kissing Hand – Audrey Penn
- Swimmy – Leo Lionni
- The Stray Dog- Marc Simont
- Henry in Love – Peter McCarty
- The Dot – Peter H. Reynolds
- If Kids Ran the World- Leo and Diane Dillon
Second Grade
Students are to read THREE books this summer.
Read the following TWO books:
- The Sun is Kind of a Big Deal – Nick Seluk
- My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis – Paul Meisel
Choose ONE from the list below:
- The Rough Patch – Brian Lies
- Frog and Toad – Arnold Lobel (any book in the series)
- Mercy Watson – Kate Di Camillo (any book in the series)
Third Grade
Please choose from each group of books below for a TOTAL of 3 books:
Picture Books (choose 1 or 2)
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tomie DePaola
The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
You Never Heard of Willie Mays by Jonah Winter
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Chapter books/series (choose 1 or 2)
Any My Weird School title – Dan Gutman
Any Wayside School title – Louis Sachar
Dragons in a Bag – Zetta Elliott
Bad Bella – Ali Standish
*There will be a follow-up to the summer reading within the first week of school.
Fourth Grade
Choose TWO of the following:
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson
Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project by Dan Gutman
The Chestertons and the Golden Key by Nancy Carpenter Brown
Fifth Grade
Choose TWO books from the following:
Aim by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Because of the Rabbit by Cynthia Lord
Chasing Space Young Readers’ Edition by Leland Melvin
Sweeping Up the Heart by Kevin Henkes
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade