St Helena Bookfair 2024 Vouchers
Summer Reading 2024
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 one picture book and one chapter book for a total of two books.
Picture Books (choose 1 or 2)
● How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk
● Turkey Goes to School by Wendi Silvano
● The Smart Cookie by Jory John and Pete Oswald
● It’s a Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech
● The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola
● You Never Heard of Willie Mays by Jonah Winter
Chapter books/series (choose 1 or 2)
● Who Was Ben Franklin? By Dennis Brindell Fradin
● Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
● Bad Bella by Ali Standish
● Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille by Jen Bryant
● A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold
● Any My Weird School title by Dan Gutman
● Any Wayside School title by Louis Sachar
Fourth Grade
Choose TWO of the following:
Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project by Dan Gutman
I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
Me and Marvin Gardens by Amy Sarig King
Saving Winslow by Sharon Creech
Raffie on the Run by Jacqueline Resnick Raffie
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Wish by Barbara O’Connor
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
The students will complete a project on their chosen books when they return in September.
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade