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Columbia Academy
Summer Reading 2008
Grades K-12
Lynda Barker, Library Media Specialist
Students Entering Kindergarten
This is a list of suggested reading titles and authors to better prepare your child for the Kindergarten. You may choose other authors these are only suggestions.
Requirements: Ten total books read
Guidelines:
- Any Caldecott Medal/ Honor Book or*Any book by the following authors:
Stan & Jan Berenstein Jan Brett
Norman Bridwell Marc Brown
Margaret Wise Brown Eve Bunting
Clyde Bulla Eric Carle
Doreen Cronin Tomi de Paola
Ian Falconer Pat Hutchins
Steven Kellogg Arnold Lobel
James Marshall David McPhail
Robert Munsch Jack Prelutsky
Maurice Sendak Dr. Seuss
William Steig Mo Willems
Audrey Wood Charlotte Zolotow
Summer Reading-Students Entering 1st Grade
The teachers of First Grade would like your child to read or be read to, any 10 books of your choice. Requirements—Ten books total read. (One chapter book equals two small books.)
Here are some author’s that are good for 1st graders to read:
(These are just suggestions)
Norman Bridwell Laura Numeroff
David Shannon Eric Carle
Stan and Jan Berenstain Jonathan London (Froggy books)
Dr. Seuss David McPhail
Bill Martin, Jr. Dick & Jane series
Summer Reading-Students Entering 2nd Grade
This is a list of suggested reading titles and authors to better prepare your child for the second grade. Several of these authors or stories are in their second grade reader. Requirements: Ten total books read
Guidelines: * Any Caldecott Medal or Honor Book
*Any book by the following authors:
Aliki Jan Brett
Norman Bridwell Marc Brown
Leo Lionni Arnold Lobel
Eric Carle Jack Kent
James Marshall David McPhail
Mitchell Sharmat Maurice Sendak
Shel Silverstein Russell Hoban
Charlotte Zolotow Lilian Moore
Clyde Bulla Pat Hutchins
Gail Gibbons Joe Lasker
William Steig Dr. Seuss
Jack Prelutsky Margaret Wise Brown
Patricia Reilly Giff
Other Suggested Books for 2nd grade:
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel A Chair for My Mother
Charlie Needs a Cloak Best Friends for Frances
My Ballet Class George and Martha Back in Town
Pierre The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
The Little House Crictor
A House is a House for Me The Little Engine That Could
Always Room for One More Ming Lo Moves the Mountain
When I Was Young in the Mountains Why Mosquitoes Buzz in
Summer Reading-Students Entering 3rd Grade
Below you will find a list of series books. The requirements for your summer reading are as follows:
*select three books to read;
Series books:
Amber Brown by Paula Danziger
America Girls various authors
Arthur chapter books by Marc Brown
Boxcar Children books by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Cam Jansen Mysteries by David Adler
The Littles by John Peterson
Magic Tree House by Mary Pope Osborne
Ramona by Beverly Cleary
Summer Reading-Students Entering 4th Grade
The books you are required to read are:
Champ by Marcia Thorton Jones
and
Clementine by Sarah Penneypacker
Please note: this challenge is in addition to the required books listed above. Look for the challenge list on the forms that will come home at the end of the year. There has been a slight change in the challenge list. We will be reading several other historical fiction books relating to WWII during class.
Summer Reading- Students Entering 5th Grade
Choose any 2 novels that you like to read.
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter
George Washington’s Socks by Elvira Woodruff
The War With Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith
The Good Dog by Avi
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Summer Reading- Students Entering 6th Grade
You are required to read both.
Swear to Howdy by Wendelin Van Draanen
Stepping On the Cracks by Mary Downing Hahn
Summer Reading- Students Entering 7th Grade
Choose one for your Summer Reading.
Soul Surfer by Bethany Hamilton
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Summer Reading- Students Entering 8th Grade
Choose one for your Summer Reading.
______ I Have Lived a Thousand Years $6.00
by Livia-Britton Jackson (GIRLS)
Or
______ Surviving Hilter: A Boy in Nazi Death Camps $ 6.00
by Andrea Warren (BOYS)
Summer Reading- Students Entering 9th Grade
Choose one for your Summer Reading.
______ HONORS ENGLISH The Pearl $ 9.00
by John Steinbeck
Or
______ English Rumblefish $ 6.50
by S.E. Hinton
Summer Reading- Students Entering 10th Grade
Choose one for your Summer Reading.
______ HONORS ENGLISH girls - The Joy Luck Club $12.00
by Amy Tan
boys - All Quiet On the Western Front $ 7.00
By Erich Remarque
Or
______ English Fahrenheit 451 $7.50
by Ray Bradbury
Summer Reading- Students Entering 11th Grade
Choose one for your Summer Reading.
______ HONORS ENGLISH The Crucible by Arthur Miller $7.50
Or
______ English The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton $ 10.00
Summer Reading- Students Entering 12th Grade
All are required reading
______ English And Then There Were None or Ten Little Indians
by Agatha Christie $ 7.00
Or
______ AP English The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams - in your textbook
Mythology by Edith Hamilton $ 8.00
The Alchenist by Paulo Coelho $ 12.00
How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster -- purchase the new edition that is out in July.
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