Summer Reading 2009-2010
Alden Terrace School – Kindergarten
Alden Terrace School – Grade 1
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale - Jan Brett
An Arthur Adventure - Marc Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
Arthur’s Honey Bee - Lillian Hogan
The Doorbell Rang - Pat Hutchins
Stone Soup – Ann McGovern
The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco
Henry and Midge – Cynthia Rylant
Tales of Amanda Pig – Jean Van Leuwen
The Three Billy Goats Gruff – Paul Galdone
The Turnip – Pierr Morgan
On Market Street – Arnold Lobel
The Little Engine That Could – Waffy Piper
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
The Golly Sisters Ride Again – Betsy Byars
Here Come The Cat! – Frank Asch
The Story of Johnny Appleseed - Aliki
A Kiss for Little Bear - Else Minarik
There’s A Hole in the Bucket – Nadine Wescott
A Balloon for Grandad - Nigel Gray
Charlotte and Henry - Bob Graham
Night Noises - Mem Fox
Bibi Takes Flight – Michael Gray
Tell Me A Story Mama – Angela Johnson
Surprises – Lee Bennett Hopkins
Chicken Soup with Rice – Maurice Sendak
Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
A Child’s Garden of Verses – Robert Stevenson
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
Alden Terrace School – Grade 2
The Josefina Story Quilt - Beverly Cleary
Corduroy - Don Freeman
Honey I love - Eloise Greenfield
Grandpa’s Face – Eloise Greenfield
Ox-Cart Man - Donald Hall
Arthur’s Honey Bee - Lillian Hoban
The Doorbell Rang - Pat Hutchins
Seven Chinese Brothers - Margaret Mahy
Frog and Toad Are Friends - Arnold Lobel
George and Martha One Fine Day - James Marshall
Harry’s Visit - Barbara Ann Porte
Amelia Bedelia - Peggy Parish
Henry and Mudge - Cynthia Rylant
Grandfather’s Journey - Allen Say
The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein
Ira Sleeps Over - Bernard Waber
Magic School Bus Series - Joanna Cole, Bruce Egen
Crow Boy - Taro Yashima
Pierre - Maurice Sendak
Magic Michael - Louis SLobodkin
Emmett’s Pig - Mary Stolz
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Judith Barrett
May I Bring a Friend - Beatrice Schenk DeRegniers
The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room - Pat Giff
Cam Jansen Books - David Adler
Miss Nelson is Missing - Henry Allard
Chicken Soup with Rice - Maurice Sendak
Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
A Child’s Garden of Verses - Robert Louis Stevenson
Charlie Needs a Cloak - Tomie dePaola
The Mitten - Jan Brett
Stone Soup - Ann McGovern
Sarah Plain and Tall - Patricia MacLachlan
Nate the Great Series - Marjorie Sharmat
Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
Cherries and Cherry Pits - Vera Williams
The Paperbag Princess - Robert Mucnsch
Alden Terrace School – Grade 3
Alden Terrace Schools recommend Grades 2 & 3 read books from the following series:
Terrible Harry Series by Suzy Kline
- How to Be Cool in Third Grade - Betsy Duffey
- I Hate Books - Kate Walker
- Say What? - Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Snowed in With Grandmother Silk - Carol Fenner
- The Chalk Box Kid - Clyde Robert Bulla
- The Hero of Third Grade - Alice DeLaCroix
- The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo - Judy Blume
- The Seven Treasure Hunts - Betsy Byars
- The Stories Julian Tells - Ann Cameron
- Tippy Lemmey - Patricia C. Mckissack
Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborn
- My Father’s Dragon - Ruth Stiles Gannett
- Sailing for Gold - Deborah Hopkinson
- The Bears on Hemlock Mountain - Alice Dalgliesh
- The Dragonling - Jackie French Koller
- The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth - Jean L.S. Patrick
- The Magician’s Boy - Susan Cooper
- The Sword in the Tree - Clyde Robert Bulla
- Travels With My Family - Marie-Louise Gay and David Homel
- Wingwalker - Rosemary Wells
- Digory the Dragon Slayer - Angela McAllister
The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
- Mom for Mayor - Nancy Edwards
- Nim’s Island - Wendy Orr
- Roxie and the Hooligans - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Shoeshine Girl - Clyde Robert Bulla
- The Elevator Family - Douglas Evans
- The Not-Just Anybody Family - Betsy Byars
- The SOS File - Betsy Byars, Betsy Duffey, and Laurie Myers
- The Toothpaste Millionaire - Jean Merrill
- The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow - Kaye Umansky
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
- Sideway Stories From Wayside School - Louis Sachar
- Punished - David Lubar
- Fourth Grade Weirdo - Martha Freeman
- Jake Drake, Class Clown - Andrew Clements
- Seven Wheels of Power - Dawn Barnes
- Otis Spofford - Beverly Cleary
- Society of Super Secret Heroes - Phyllis Shalant
- The Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog - John R. Erickson
- Dexter the Tough - Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Fourth Grade Fuss - Johanna Hurwitz
- I was a Rat by Philip Pullman
My America Series (various authors)
- Graces’ Letter to Lincoln - Peter and Connie Roop
- Kate Shelley: Bound For Legend - Robert D. San Souci
- Little House in the Big Woods - Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Molly’s Pilgrim - Barbara Cohen
- Rickshaw Girl - Mitali Perkins
- Sarah Plain and Tall - Patricia Mac Lachlan
- The Courage of Sarah Noble - Alice Dalgliesh
- The Last Safe House: A Story of the Underground Railroad - Barbara Greenwood
- The Mouse of Amherst - Elizabeth Spires
- Gold Cadillac - Mildred D. Taylor
Alden Terrace School – Grade 4
The Secret School - Avi
In 1925, Fourteen-year-old Ida Bison secretly takes over as the teacher when the one-room school house in the remote Colorado area closes unexpectedly.
Never Mind! A Twin Novel - Avi
Twelve-year old New York City Twins Meg and Edward have nothing in common, so they are just a shocked as everyone else when Meg’s hops for popularity and Edward’s mischievous schemes coincidentally collide in a hilarious showdown.
Tuck Everlasting - Natalie Babbitt
The Tuck Family is confronted with an agonizing situation when they discover that as a ten-year-old girl and a malicious stranger now share their secret” a spring whose waters offer eternal life.
The Fairy Rebel - Lynne Reid Banks
A rebellious fairy named Tike, already in trouble for breaking the rule against wearing jeans, risks the further wrath of the Fairy Queen by trying to help a human.
Ordinary Boy: The Hero Revealed - William Boniface
Ordinary Boy, the only resident of Superopolis without a superpower, uncovers and foils a sinister plot to destroy the town. This is the first book in the Ordinary Boy series.
Dear Mr. Henshaw - Beverly Cleary
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents’ divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
The Landry News - Andrew Clements
A fifth-grader starts a class newspaper and prints a revealing editorial that reawakens her teacher’s passion for teaching, but also threatens to cost him his job.
Last Holiday Contest - Andrew Clements
Life is usually easy for sixth-grader Hart Evans, but when his music teacher puts him in charge of the holiday concert, Hart must find a way to unite the students.
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher: A Magic Shop Book - Bruce Coville
Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon’s egg. This is the first book in the Magic Shop series.
The Ghost of Fossil Glen - Cynthia C. DeFelice
Alice knows it’s not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind’s eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking her help.
Tiger Rising - Kate DiCamillo
Rob, who passes his time in this rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.
Dovey Coe - Frances 0’Roark Dowell
Accused of murder in her North Carolina mountain town in 1928, Dovery Coe, a strong willed twelve-year-old girl, comes to a new understanding of others, including her deaf brother, as she attempts to clear her name.
The Fish in Room 11 - Heather Dyer
Toby, an orphan who has always lived in a hotel by the sea, finally finds love and support of a real family when he meets Eliza Flot, the daughter of mermaid parents who are stranded under a dock.
Mandy - Julie Edwards
Longing for a place of her own, a ten-year-old orphan creates a secret home in a deserted cottage behind her orphanage.
Jackie & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure - Dan Gutman
With his ability to travel through time by using baseball cards, Joe goes back to 1947 to meet the legendary Jackie Robinson, and experience discrimination first hand. This is one of many books in the Baseball Card Adventure series.
The Kid who Ran for President - Dan Gutman
With his friend as campaign manager and his former babysitter as running mate, twelve-year-old Judson Moon sets out to become President of the United States. The sequel is The Kid Who Became the President.
Running Out of Time - Margaret Peterson Haddix
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site, and she and all her neighbors are under secret observation by heartless scientists. It’s up to Jesse to venture out into the unknown world of the present and find someone to save the lives of the villagers.
The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse - Bruce Hale
When hired by a fellow fourth-grader to help find her missing brother, Chet Gecko uncovers a plot involving Gila monster’s revenge on the school football team. This is one of many books in the Chet Gecko Mysteries series.
Alden Terrace School – Grade 5
Poppy - Avi
Something Upstairs - Avi
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain - Robert Burch
The Midnight Fox – Betsy Byars
The Pinballs – Betsy Byars
Frindle - Andrew Clements
There’s a Hamster in My Lunch Box –Susan Clymer
There’s a Tarantula in My Homework – Susan Clymer
The Witches - Roald Dahl
The Story of Thomas Alva Edison -Margaret Davidson
The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
Harriet the Spy – Louise Fitzhugh
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution -Jean Fritz
The House of Dies Drear -Virginia Hamilton
Redwall -Brian Jacques
Letters from Camp -Kate Klise
Lassie Come Home -Eric Knight
Helen Keller: A light For the Blind -Kathleen V. Kidlinski
Ben and Me - Robert Lawson
In the Year of the Boar and Jack Robinson -Bette Boa Lord
Be a Perfect Person in Three Days - Stephen Manes
Susan B. Anthony: Champion of Women’s Rights – Helen Monsell
Shiloh -Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh - Robert C. O’Brien
The Great Gilly Hopkins - Katherine Paterson
The Westing Game - Ellen Raskin
Orphan Train Quartet - Carolyn Reeder
Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
Mostly Michael - Robert Kimmel Smith
Alden Terrace School – Grade 6
Sounder - William Armstrong
Histories of Immigrant Teens – Janet Bode
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes – Eleanor Coerr
My Side of the Mountain – Jean Craighead George
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler - E.L. Konigsburg
Fallen Angels – Walter Dean Myers
Call It Courage – Armstrong Sperry
Maniac Magee – Jerry Spinelli
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred Taylor
The Cay – Theodore Taylor
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
Phantom Tollbooth – Norton Juster
The Giver – Lois Lowry
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Diary of a Young Girl – AnneFrank
The Miracle Worker - William Gibson
The Midwife’s Apprentice – Karen Cushman
Matilda Bone - Karen Cushman
Catherine Called Birdy – Karen Cushman
Indian in the Cupboard – Lynne Read Banks
The Golden Compass – Philip Pullman
The Subtle Knife – Philip Pullman
The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman
Out of the Silent Planet – C.S. Lewis
Perelandra – C.S. Lewis
That Hideous Strength – C.S. Lewis
Redwall – Brian Jaques
A Wrinkle in Time – Madeline L’ Engle
Dogsong – Gray Paulson
Dear Mr. Henshaw – BeverlyCleary
A Single Shard – Linda Sue Park
The Wanderer – Sharon Creech
The View from the Saturday – E. L. Konigsburg
Silent to the Bone – E. L. Konigsburg |
