Briar Vista Elementary School Recommended Summer Reading List 2015
Rising Fifth Graders:
The Penderwicks: A summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits. And a Very Interesting Boy, Jeanne Birdsall
The War That Saved My Life, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Because of Mr. Terupt, Rob Buyea
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane; Kate DeCamillo
A moon Base Alpha Novel; Stuart Gibbs
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library; Chris Grabenstein
The Boy on the Wooden Box, How the Impossible Became Possible- on Schindler’s List; Leon Leyson
Hot Hand; Mike Lupica
Gregor the Overlander;
39 Clues; various
Olympian Series – Ric Riordan
Shadow children; Haddix
Inkheart; Funke
Sammy Keyes; Van Draanen
Eyewitness; Dorling Kindserley
Witness to Disaster; Fradin
Icebergs and Glaciers; Simon
Ellis Island; Fisher
Dragon Rider; Funke
Out of the Dust; Hesse
Rising Fourth Grade
The One and Only Ivan;
Judy Moody; McDonald
Magic Tree House; Osborne
Junie B. Jones; Park
Wayside School; Sachar
Wimpy Kid; Kinney
James and the Giant Peach; Dahl
Stone Fox; Gardiner
Best School Year Ever; Robinson
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Blume
Pink and Say; Polacco
Shel Silverstein Poetry
Built to Last; Sullivan
Washington; Leader of a New Nation; Osborne
Rising Third Grade
Freckle Juice; Blume
Hero of the Third Grade; DeLaCroix
Thank You, Mr. Falker; Polacco
Frindle; Clements
Runny Babbit; Silverstein
How to Eat Fried Worms; Rockwell
Mr. Popper’s Penguins; Atwater
Wayside School; Sachar
Molly’s Pilgrim; Cohen
Magic School Bus
Through My Eyes; Bridges
So You Want to Be President; St. George
Rising Second Grade
Hello, Goodbye Window; Raschka
Officer Buckle and Gloria; Rathman
Recess Queen; O’Neil
Tar Beach; Ringgold
The Great Fuzz Frenzy; Crummel
Fireboat; Kalman
Fine, Fine School; Creech
Swimmy; Leone
Magic School Bus
Any Gail Gibbons book
Any Seymour Simon book
Kevin Henkes books
Rising First Grade
Frog and Toad; Lobel
Bear Snores On; Wilson
Caps for Sale; Slobodkina
The little Engine that Could; Piper
Make Way for Ducklings; McCloskey
Click, Clack, Moo; Cronin
Officer Buckle and Gloria; Rathman
Henry and Mudge; Rylant
Max and Ruby; Wells
Clifford; Bridwell
Any Gail Gibbons book