Summer Reading Packet 2008
The Summer
Reading Packet will be sent home to all current Kindergartners and First
Graders at French Hill. For your convenience, we've loaded the reading
lists from the packet on the library website, here, as well! Happy
reading...
After "Staff Picks", below, be sure and check out "New Batch of Stories to Spice Up Your Summer Reading!"
French Hill Staff Picks
How many have you read?
Marina Berger - Dem Bones by Bob Barner
Rosemary Brannigan - Bootsie Barker Bites by Barbara Bottner
Dina Cahill - Finklehopper Frog by Irene Livingston
Nicole Cohen - Just Another Ordinary Day by Rod Clement
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Liza Day - Rough Face Girl by Rafe Martin
Francine Frey - My Lucky Day by Keikok Kasza
AnnMarie Gehard - The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Joanne Iodice - Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
Mai Jacobs -Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
My Subway Ride by Paul Jacobs
Grace Johnson - Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Camille Luongo - Strega Nona Stories by Tomie DePaola
Renée Menzie - Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco
Alice Ryan - Fancy Nancy books by Jane O’Connor
John Richardson -Time Warp Trio books by Jon Scieszka
Bettina Varotta - Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
Julie Won - Tikki Tikki Tembo retold by Arlene Mosel
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Check out this new batch of stories to spice up your summer reading! *
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Picture books A Perfect Day by Remy Charlip A Bear and his Boy by Sean Bryan The Pink Refrigerator by Tim Egan Mars Needs Moms by Berkeley Brethed Never Tease a Weasel by Jean Condor Soule Pictures from Our Vacation by Lynne Perkins Peanut Butter and Jellyfishes by Brian P. Clearly The House Takes a Vacation by Jacqueline Davies Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do you See? by Bill Martin Jr. There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea by Jennifer Ward The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington
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Poetry Me I Am by Jack Prelutsky Today and Today: Haiku by Issa Animal Poems by Valerie Worth Over in the Jungle by Marianne Berkes Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Doug Florian
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Non Fiction Strong Man by Meghan McCarthy A Horse in the House by Gail Ablow Nothing ButTrouble by Sue Stauffacher Different Like Coco by Elizabeth Matthews. I Wonder Why Lemons Taste Sour by Deborah Chancellor The Story of Pale Male: a True Story by Jeanette Winter Knock, Knock! Illustrated by various children’s book artists Jesse Owens: Fastest man Alive by Carole Boston Weatherford Face to Face with Grizzlies by Joel Sartore (Nat’l Geographic Photographer)
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Chapter Books Ballet Sisters by Jan Ormerod 1.5** I am Invited to a Party by Mo Willems 1.2 Wiggle and Waggle by Caroline Arnold 2.3 Amanda Pig First Grader by Jean Van Leeuwen 1.9 Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang-Campbell 2.8 Ivy and Bean Break the Fossil Record by Annie Barrows 3.1 Annie and Snowball and the Dress Up Birthday by Cynthia Rylant 3.0 Stink and the World’s Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers by Megan McDonald 3.2
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Note: numbers refer to the approximate grade level. Of course, parents can
read with/to their children if the book is above a child’s actual reading
level. Many books are of interest to children that are above their reading
level!
*Taken from “What’s New in Children’s Literature 2008” by Dr. Peggy Sharp