Lower School Summer Reading

Lower School Summer Reading and Reading Award Requirements
One of the best ways to instill a love of reading in young children is to share the reading experience
with your child. Over the summer, your child(ren) will read three books as part of the summer
reading program. One book has been selected by the classroom teacher. Please help your child
select the second book from the summer reading list corresponding to the grade they will be
entering in the fall. The third book may be any title that your child chooses to read on his/her grade
level. Rising first and second graders may read independently or with a parent.
As your child completes his/her summer reading selections, please log the list of the books in your
summer packet including the title and author of each book. This list will be due on the first day of
school and must be signed by a parent. This summer reading program is required of all
students who have completed any of the grades K-5 and is also required to earn the end of the
year Reading Award. Reflections on summer reading will be part of the classroom activities
during the first week of school. Rising kindergarten students will be required to participate in a
guided reading program to include 5 books at the emergent level of reading. Please make a list of
the books you read with your child including the title and author of each book. This list will be due
on the first day of school and must be signed by a parent. Completion of this assignment by
kindergarten students earns a Certificate of Accomplishment.
Teacher Recommendations
First Grade - Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon by Patty Lovell
Second Grade - The Best Seat In Second Grade by Katharine Kenah
Third Grade - Grin and Bear It by Leo Landry
Fourth Grade - Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
Fifth Grade - Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamillo
Rising First Grade
To be eligible for the Carlisle Reading Award, first grade students must read 15 books (fiction and
non-fiction) during the school year and complete a book report for each title, in addition to the
summer reading requirements. These books do not have to be selected from the Carlisle School
Recommended Reading List, but must be pre-approved by the homeroom teacher.
Title
Author (last name)
(first) 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo
26 Letters and 99 Cents
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day
Alphabet City
And I Meant It, Stanley
Any title at your reading level
Any title
Arthur series
Bad Case of the Stripes
Benjamin and Tulip
Berenstain Bears series
Busytown series
Carle
Hoban
Viorst
Johnson
Bonsall
Seuss
Brett
Brown
Shannon
Wells
Berenstain
Scarry
Eric
Tana
Judith
Stephen
Crosby
Dr.
Jan
Marc
David
Rosemary
Jan/Stan
Richard
Buzz Said the Bee
Caps For Sale
Cars and How They Go
Chicken Soup with Rice
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Clifford series
Clyde Monster
Color Zoo
Cook-a-Doodle-Doo!
Corduroy
Lewison
Slobodkina
Cole
Sendak
Heller
Bridwell
Crowe
Ehlert
Stevens
Freeman
Wendy Cheyette
Esphyr
Joanna
Maurice
Ruth
Norman
Robert
Lois
Janet
Don
Curious George series
Danny and the Dinosaur
Diary of a Spider
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
Dog Who Cried Wolf
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Duck at the Door
Edward and the Pirates
Ella Sets Sail
Everything to Spend the Night: From A to Z
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Fly Guy series
Fox on the Job
Frog and Toad series
Frog Counts to Ten
Froggy series
Good Boy, Fergus!
Good Night, Gorilla
Goodnight Moon
Grumpy Bird
He Came With the Couch
Hello Reader! Series
Henry and Mudge series
Higher Power of Lucky
Hondo & Fabian
House in the Night
How Do Dinosaurs series
I Can Read Books series
I Like Me!
I Lost My Kisses
I Love Guinea Pigs
If You Give a… series
Inch by Inch
Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Rey
Hoff
Cronin
Seeger
Kasza
Willems
Urbanovic
McPhail
D'Amico
Paul
Ehlert
Arnold
Marshall
Lobel
Liebler
London
Shannon
Rathmann
Brown
Tankard
Slonim
Margaret and H.A.
Syd
Doreen
Laura Vaccaro
Keiko
Mo
Jackie
David
Carmela/Steve
Ann Whitford
Lois
Tedd
James
Arnold
John
Jonathan
David
Peggy
Margaret Wise
Jeremy
David
Rylant
Patron
McCarty
Swanson
Yolen
Cynthia
Susan
Peter
Susan Marie
Jane
Carlson
Trewin
King-Smith
Numeroff
Lionni
Hoban
Taback
Nancy L.
Trudie
Dick
Laura
Leo
Tana
Simms
Just Me series
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
Leah's Pony
Leo the Late Bloomer
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
Little Critter series
Madeline series
Manana Iguana
Martha Speaks
Maybe a Bear Ate It!
Mayer
Willems
Friederich
Kraus
Henkes
Mayer
Bemelmans
Paul
Meddaugh
Harris
Mercer
Mo
Elizabeth
Robert
Kevin
Mercer
Ludwig
Ann Whitford
Susan
Robie
Minnie and Moo and the Musk of Zorro
Mixed-Up Chameleon
Mole Music
Morris the Moose
Mouse Went Out to Get a Snack
My Five Senses
No, David! Series
Once I Ate a Pie
One Potato: A Counting book of Potato Prints
Owen & Mzee
Owl Moon
Puffin Easy-to-Read series
Rainbow Fish
Rechenka's Eggs
Rosie's Walk
Round Trip
Russell the Sheep
Seymour series
Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth
Snow
Snowflake Bentley
Stella Louella's Runaway Book
Step Into Reading Level 1 series
Straight to the Pole
Stray Dog
Strega Nona
Swimmy
Ten Bears in My Bed: A Goodnight Countdown
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Shell
Three Bears
Tomie dePaola's Mother Goose
Tops and Bottoms
Tub People
Very Busy Spider
Cazet
Carle
McPhail
Wiseman
McFarland
Shannon
MacLachlan
Pomeroy
Denys
Eric
David
Bernard
Lyn
Aliki
David
Patricia
Diana
Yolen
Jane
Pfister
Polacco
Hutchins
Jonas
Scotton
Wick
Carle
Shulevitz
Martin
Ernst
Marcus
Patricia
Pat
Annie D.
Rob
Walter
Eric
Uri
Jacqueline Briggs
Lisa Campbell
O'Malley
Simont
de Paola
Lionni
Mack
Taback
Colandro
Galdone
dePaola
Stevens
Conrad
Carle
Kevin
Marc
Tomie
Leo
Stanley
Simms
Lucille
Paul
Tomie
Janet
Pam
Eric
Water Hole
What Pet to Get?
When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry
When Will I Read
Who Will Be My Friends?
Willie's Birthday
Yo! Yes?
Base
Dodd
Bang
Cohen
Hoffman
Suen
Raschka
Graeme
Emma
Molly
Miriam
Syd
Anastasia
Chris
Rising Second Grade
To be eligible for the Carlisle Reading Award, second grade students must read 20 books (fiction
and non-fiction) during the school year and complete a book report for each title, in addition to the
summer reading requirements. These books do not have to be selected from the Carlisle School
Recommended Reading List, but must be pre-approved by the homeroom teacher.
Title
Author (last name)
(first) Absolutely Not!
Actual Size
Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday
Alice the Fairy
All Aboard the Dinotrain
All the Colors of the Earth
Aloha, Dolores
Amazing Grace
Amazing Snakes!
Amber Brown series
Amelia Bedelia series
American Girl series
McElligot
Jenkins
Viorst
Shannon
Lund
Hamanaka
Samuels
Hoffman
Thompson
Danziger
Parish
Matthew
Steve
Judith
David
Deb
Sheila
Barbara
Mary
Sarah L.
Paula
Peggy
Any title at your reading level
Any title at your reading level
Any title at your reading level
Arthur series
Arthur's Prize Reader
Bad Boys Get Cookie!
Baghead
Bargain For Frances
Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room
Berenstain Bears series
Big Chickens
Black Cat
Black Lagoon series
Blizzard's Robe
Blueberries For Sal
Bony-Legs
Bubba and Beau Meet the Relatives
Seuss
Peet
Bunting
Brown
Hoban
Palatini
Krosoczka
Hoban
Giff
Berenstain
Helakoski
Myers
Thaler
Sabuda
McCloskey
Cole
Appelt
Dr.
Bill
Eve
Marc
Lillian
Marjorie
Jarrett J.
Russell
Patricia Reilly
Stan/Jan
Leslie
Christopher
Mike
Robert
Robert
Joanna
Kathi
Clarice Bean series
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Coming On Home Soon
Corduroy at the Zoo
Corduroy Lost and Found
Curious George series
Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers
Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo
Dinosaur Time
Do Like a Duck Does!
Do You Have a Hat?
Don't Need Friends
Dooby Dooby Moo
Duck & Goose
Child
Cronin
Woodson
Freeman
Hennessy
Rey
Noble
Rosenbloom
Joyce
Parish
Hindley
Spinelli
Crimi
Cronin
Hills
Lauren
Doreen
Jacqueline
Don
B. G.
Margaret and H.A.
Trinka Hakes
Joseph
William
Peggy
Judy
Eileen
Carolyn
Doreen
Tad
Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting book
Each Peach Pear Plum
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed
Fairy Tales
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool
First the Egg
Fish Face
Franklin series
Frog and Toad series
Grandfather's Journey
Great Fuzz Frenzy
Great Kapok Tree
Gregory the Terrible Eater
Hamster Chase
Harry the Dog series
Giganti, Jr.
Ahlberg
Chodos-Irvine
Andersen
Sloat
Seeger
Giff
Bourgeois
Lobel
Say
Stevens
Cherry
Sharmat
Suen
Zion
Paul
Janet
Margaret
Hans Christian
Teri
Laura Vaccaro
Patricia Reilly
Paulette
Arnold
Allen
Janet
Lynne
Mitchell
Hello Ocean I Hola mar
Hello Reader! Series
Henny Penny
Henry and Mudge series
Henry's Freedom Box
Horrible Harry series
How Many? How Much?
How Much Is a Million?
How To Catch an Elephant
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
I Can Read Books series
I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track
If You Give a Pig a Party
Iktomi and the Berries: A Plains Indian Story
Ira Sleeps Over
Ryan
Authors
Zimmermann
Rylant
Levine
Kline
Wells
Schwartz
Schwartz
Ho
Authors
Prince
Numeroff
Goble
Waber
Anastasia
Gene
Pam Munoz
Various
H. Werner
Cynthia
Ellen
Suzy
Rosemary
David M.
Amy
Minfong
Various
Joshua
Laura
Paul
Bernard
Is There Really a Human Race?
Ish
Johnny Appleseed or any other Tall Tale series
Junie B. Jones series
Just Plain Fancy
Kamishibai Man
Kitten's First Full Moon
Knights in Shining Armor
Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity
Leonardo Terrible Monster
Curtis
Reynolds
Kellogg
Park
Polacco
Say
Henkes
Gibbons
Willems
Willems
Jamie Lee
Peter
Steven
Barbara
Patricia
Allen
Kevin
Gail
Mo
Mo
Letters and Sounds
Library Dragon
Library Lil
Library Lion
Lion and the Mouse and Other Aesop Fables
Little Bear series
Little Miss Spider series
Little Quack series
Lola at the Library
Mama Do You Love Me?
Mercy Watson Series
Minnie and Moo Go To Paris
Miss Nelson series
Mixed-Up Chameleon
More, More, More Said the Baby
Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book
Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth
My Friend Rabbit
My Great Aunt Arizona
My Very First Mother Goose
Nate the Great series
Night Pirates
Old Crump
Olivia
Once Upon a Time End: Asleep in 60 Seconds
Open Wide: Tooth School Inside
Other Side
Otto Runs for President
Owen
Paperboy
Peanut
Peef the Christmas Bear
Pezzettino
Pinky and Rex
Pirates Don't Change Diapers
Wells
Deedy
Williams
Knudsen
Orgel
Minarik
Kirk
Thompson
McQuinn
Joose
DiCamillo
Cazet
Allard
Carle
Williams
Rylant
McGhee
Rohmann
Houston
Opie
Sharmat
Harris
Lawlor
Falconer
Kloski
Child
Woodson
Wells
Henkes
Pilkey
Alsenas
Hegg
Lionni
Howe
Long
Rosemary
Carmen
Suzanne
Barbara
Doris
Else Holmelund
David
Lauren
Anna
Barbar M.
Kate
Denys
Harry
Eric
Vera B.
Cynthia
Alison
Erich
Gloria
Iona
Marjorie Weinman
Peter
Laurie
Ian
Geoffrey
Lauren
Jacqueline
Rosemary
Kevin
Dav
Linas
Tom
Leo
James
Melinda
Planting a Rainbow
Polk Street Gang series
Princess Pigsty
Puffin Easy-to-Read series
Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles - Think of That
Raven: A Trickster Tale From the Northwest
Reason for a Flower
Runaway Bunny
Russell and the Lost Treasure
Smoky Night
Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems
Step Into Reading Level 2 series
Stories That Julian Tells
Swimmy
Tale of Peter Rabbit or any title at your reading level
Talking Eggs
Ten Little Fish
Ehlert
Giff
Funke
Authors
Dillon
McDermott
Heller
Brown
Scotton
Bunting
Prange
Authors
Cameron
Lionni
Potter
San Souci
Woodson
Lois
Patricia Reilly
Cornelia
Various
Leo
Geraldine
Ruth
Margaret Wise
Rob
Eve
Beckie
Various
Ann
Leo
Beatrix
Robert
Audrey
Terrific
Three Little Pigs
Three Pebbles and a Song
Three Pigs
Thunder Cake
Time Warp Trio series
Tomas and the Library Lady
Uptown
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys
Visiting Langston
Voices in the Park
When I Get Bigger
When Sheep Cannot Sleep
When Will I Read?
Where the Wild Things Are
Wildest Brother
Wilma Unlimited
Zen Shorts
Zen Ties
Agee
Peppe
Spinelli
Wiesner
Polacco
Scieszka
Mora
Collier
Carle
Howard
Perdomo
Browne
Mayer
Kitamura
Cohen
Sendak
Funke
Krull
Muth
Muth
Jon
Rodney
Eileen
David
Patricia
Jon
Pat
Bryan
Eric
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Willie
Anthony
Mercer
Satoshi
Miriam
Maurice
Cornelia
Kathleen
Jon J
Jon J
Rising Third Grade
To be eligible for the Carlisle Reading Award, third grade students must read 20 books (fiction and
non-fiction) during the school year and complete a book report for each title, in addition to the
summer reading requirements. These books do not have to be selected from the Carlisle School
Recommended Reading List, but must be pre-approved by the homeroom teacher.
Title
Author (last name)
(first) Ato Z M y s te rie s s e rie s
Agapanthus Hum and Major Bark
Alphabet Theater Fondly Presents "The Z Was Zapped": a
play in 26 Acts
Amazing Grace
American Girl series
Amulet: The Stone Keeper
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere or any other
biography
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar
Any title at your reading level
Any title at your reading level
Any title at your reading level
Any title at your reading level
Arthur series
Atlantic
Bad Case of the Stripes
Bananas from Manolo and Margie
Bats at the Beach
Beach
Beautiful Blackbird
Because of Winn-Dixie
Ben and Me
Berenstain Bears series
Bonaparte
Boxcar Children series
Boxes for Katje
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Bunnicula series
Cam Jansen series
Camping Spree with Mr. Magee
Can You See What I See? series
Candy Corn Contest
Cat Who Went to Heaven
Charlotte's Web (but NOT Stuart Little)
Chicken Little
Child's Calendar
Cinderella
Roy
Cowley
Ron
Joy
Van Allsburg
Hoffman
Chris
Mary
Kibuishi
Kazu
Fritz
Anno
Christopher
Van Allsburg
Kelley
King-Smith
Brown
Karak
Shannon
Ancona
Lies
Cooper
Bryan
Di Camillo
Lawson
Berenstain
Chall
Warner
Fleming
Aardema
Howe
Adler
Van Dusen
Wick
Giff
Coatsworth
White
Kellogg
Jean
Mitsumasa
Matt
Chris
Leo P.
Dick
Marc
G. Brian
David
George
Brian
Elisha
Ashley
Kate
Robert
Jan and Stan
Marsha Wilson
Gertrude Chandler
Candace
Verna
James
David A.
Chris
Walter
Patricia Reilly
Elizabeth Jane
E. B.
Steven
Brown
Marcia
Cockroach Cooties
Cold Feet
Corduroy series
Cricket in Times Square
Deep in the Swamp
Doctor De Soto
Drinking Gourd
Encyclopedia Brown series
End
Epossumondas
Yep
De Felice
Freeman
Selden
Bateman
Steig
Monjo
Sobol
LaRochelle
Salley
Laurence
Cynthia C.
Don
George
Donna M.
William
F. N.
Donald
Fables
Favorite Medieval Tales
Foolish Tortoise
Freckle Juice
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins
Freedom River
Freedom Summer
Friend on Freedom River
Fun Dog, Sun Dog
Funny Little Woman
Gardener
Geronimo Stilton series
Gingerbread Boy
Grandfather's Journey
Guji Guji
Hare and the Tortoise
Harlem
Hello, Goodbye Window
Homespun Sarah
Horrible Harry series
Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon
Ride
How I Became a Pirate
Hundred Dresses
Hundred Penny Box
Hungry Hen
Hunter's Best Friend at School
I H a v e H e a rd o f a La n d
Lobel
Osborne
Carle
Blume
Weatherford
Rappaport
Wiles
Whelan
Heiligman
Mosel
Stewart
Stilton
Galdone
David
Coleen
Arnold/Anita
Mary Pope
Eric
Judy
Carole Boston
Doreen
Deborah
Gloria
Deborah
Arlene
Sarah
Geronimo
Paul
Chen
Wildsmith
Myers
Juster
Kay
Kline
Chih-Yuan
Brian
Walter Dean
Norton
Verla
Suzy
Priceman
Long
Estes
Mathis
Waring
Elliott
Thomas
Marjorie
Melinda
Eleanor
Sharon Bell
Richard
I Like to be Little
I SPY series
If You Decide to Go to the Moon
Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie
James Marshall's Mother Goose
Jigsaw Jones series
John, Paul, George and Ben
Zolotow
Marzollo
McNulty
Whelan
Marshall
Preller
Smith
Laura
Joyce Carol
Charlotte
Jean
Faith
Gloria
James
James
Lane
Judy Moody series
Julian, Secret Agent
Kate Shelley and the Midnight Express
Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me
Light in the Attic or any other book of poetry
Lighthouse Island
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
Little Flower
Little House series
Little House
Little Lost Bat
Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes
Mountains
Love You Forever
Lowji Discovers America
Madeline series
Magic School Bus series
Make Way for Ducklings
Mammoths on the Move
Man Who Walked Between the Towers
Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Marvin Redpost series
Math Curse
Mice and Beans
Mighty Jackie: The Strikeout Queen
Millions of Cats
Mirandy and Brother Wind
Miss Spider's Tea Party
Mommy?
Monster Ate My Peas
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
Mr. Wolf's Pancakes
Muldoon
My Brother Ant
My Father's Dragon
Nancy Drew Notebooks series
Noah's Ark
Notes From a Liar and Her Dog
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Old Thunder and Miss Raney
On Top of Spaghetti
Pee Wee Scouts series
People Could Fly: The Picture Book
Peppe the Lamplighter
Pirates Promise or The Three Dollar Mule
McDonald
Cameron
Wetterer
Taback
Silverstein
Coatsworth
Henkes
Rand
Wilder
Burton
Markle
Megan
Ann
Margaret K.
Simms
Shel
Elizabeth
Kevin
Gloria
Laura Ingalls
Virginia Lee
Sandra
Knutson
Munsch
Fleming
Bemelmans
Cole
McCloskey
Wheeler
Gerstein
Barbara
Robert
Candace
Ludwig
Joanna
Robert
Lisa
Mordicai
Rappaport
Sachar
Scieszka
Ryan
Moss
Gag
McKissack
Kirk
Sendak
Schnitzlein
Weatherford
Fearnley
Edwards
Byars
Gannett
Keene
Pinkney
Choldenko
Rathmann
Darrow
Johnson
Delton
Hamilton
Bartone
Bulla
Doreen
Louis
Jon
Pam Munoz
Marissa
Wanda
Patricia C.
David
Maurice
Danny
Carole Boston
Jan
Pamela Duncan
Betsy
Ruth
Carolyn
Jerry
Gennifer
Peggy
Sharon
Paul Brett
Judy
Virginia
Elisa
Clyde Robert
Pizza the Size of the Sun or any title at your reading level
Polk Street School
Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story
Prehistoric Pinkerton
Pumpkin Circle
Punished
Rainbow Fish
Rainbow Magic series
Ramona series
Ring! Yo?
River Ran Wild
Ruby Lu, Brave and True
Rules
Sector 7
Shakespeare Stealer
Show Way
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
Silverwing series
Slam Dunk!
Snowed in with Grandmother Silk
Prelutsky
Giff
Wheeler
Kellogg
Levenson
Lubar
Pfister
Meadows
Cleary
Raschka
Cherry
Look
Lord
Wiesner
Blackwood
Woodson
Sachar
Oppel
Robinson
Fenner
Jack
Patricia Reilly
Lisa
Steven
George
David
Marcus
Daisy
Beverly
Chris
Lynne
Lenore
Cynthia
David
Gary
Jacqueline
Louis
Kenneth
Sharon
Carol
Snowflake Bentley
Stars Beneath Your Bed
Step Into Reading Level 3 series
Story of Jumping Mouse
Superfudge
Swamp Monster series
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Talking Eggs
Ten Sly Piranhas: A Counting Story In Reverse, (A Tale of
Wickedness - and Worse!)
Three Bears
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Three cheers for Catherine the Great!
Three Little Pigs
Three Silly Girls Grubb
Tops & Bottoms
Wayside School stories
We Are Best Friends
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
What to Do About Alice
Martin
Sayre
Authors
Steptoe
Blume
Dadey
Steig
Blume
San Souci
Jacqueline Briggs
April
Various
John
Judy
Debbie
William
Judy
Robert D.
Wiseman
Galdone
Asbjornsen
Best
Marshall
Hassett
Stevens
Sachar
Jenkins
Kerley
William
Paul
Peter Christen
Cari
James
John
Janet
Louis
Aliki
Steve
Barbara
What's in Fox's Sack?
When I Was Young in the Mountains
Wings
Winnie the Pooh
Galdone
Rylant
Myers
Milne
Paul
Cynthia
Christopher
A.A.
Wolves!
Yoshi's Feast
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin
Gravett
Kajikawa
Moss
Emily
Kimiko
Lloyd
Rising Fourth Grade
To be eligible for the Carlisle Reading Award, fourth grade students must read 20 books (fiction and
non-fiction) during the school year and complete a book report for each title, in addition to the
summer reading requirements. These books do not have to be selected from the Carlisle School
Recommended Reading List, but must be pre-approved by the homeroom teacher. Non-fiction
books must include at least 1 title from each Dewey Decimal category.
Title
Author (last name)
(first) 26 Fairmount Avenue
4B Goes Wild
7 x 9 = T ro u b le !
Aliens Ate My Homework
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls
Almost to Freedom
Amber Brown series
Animalia
Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions
Babysitter's Club series
Baseball Card Adventures series
Bat Boy and His Violin
dePaola
Gilson
Mills
Coville
Cabot
Nelson
Danziger
Base
Musgrove
Martinez
Gutman
Curtis
Tomie
Jamie
Claudia
Bruce
Meg
Vaunda Micheaux
Paula
Graeme
Margaret
Ann M.
Dan
Gavin
Beast Quest
Because of Winn-Dixie
Benjy the Football Hero
Best School Year Ever
Betsy-Tacy
BFG
Blood on the River: James Town 1607
Bobby Baseball
Borrower's series
Blade
DiCamillo
Van Leeuwen
Robinson
Lovelace
Dahl
Carbone
Smith
Norton
Adam
Kate
Jean
Barbara
Maud Hart
Roald
Elisa
Robert Kimmel
Mary
Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of Sudan
Bug Muldoon
Catwings
Changes for Addy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or any other title at your
reading level
Charlotte's Web
Charlie Bone series
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang
Chocolate Fever
Clementine
Williams
Shipton
Le Guin
Porter
Mary
Paul
Ursula
Connie Rose
Dahl
White
Nimmo
Fleming
Smith
Pennypacker
Roald
E. B.
Jenny
Ian
Robert Kimmel
Sara
Clue in the Woods
Counting on Grace
Courage of Sarah Noble
Cuckoo Child
Culpepper's Cannon
Day of Tears: A Novel in Dialogue
Dinosaur Cove series
Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
Dizzy
Each Little Bird That Sings
Ear Eye and the Arm
Eddie's Green Thumb
Ella Enchanted
Elliot's Park
Encyclopedia Brown series
Fairest
Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia
Feathers
Fire Star trilogy
First Painter
Fish in Room 11
Francie
Freaky Friday
Freddy the Detective
Friendship for Today
Frindle
Geronimo Stilton series
Getting Used to the Dark: 26 Night Poems
God Bless the Child
Goin' Someplace Special
Gold Medal Rider
Golem
Granny Torrelli Makes Soup
Graphic Alphabet
Great Brain series
Grover G. Graham and Me
Guardians of Ga'Hoole
Hardy Boys series
Harriet Spy
Henry Huggins series
Hitler's Daughter
Homer Price or Centerburg Tales
Homework Machine
How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods and More
How Groundhog's Garden Grew
Parish
Winthrop
Dalgliesh
King-Smith
Paulsen
Lester
Stone
Kerley
Winter
Wiles
Peggy
Elizabeth
Alice
Dick
Gary
Julius
Rex
Barbara
Jonah
Deborah
Farmer
Haywood
Levine
Carman
Sobol
Levine
O'Conner
Woodson
d'Lacey
Lasky
Dyer
English
Rodgers
Brooks
McKissack
Clements
Stilton
Swanson
Holliday
McKissack
Bryant
Wisniewski
Creech
Pelletier
Fitzgerald
Quattlebaum
Lasky
Dixon
Fitzhugh
Cleary
French
McCloskey
Gutman
Freymann
Cherry
Nancy
Carolyn
Gail Carson
Patrick
Donald J.
Gail Carson
Barbara
Jacqueline
Chris
Kathryn
Heather
Karen
Mary
Walter R.
Patricia C.
Andrew
Geronimo
Susan Marie
Billie
Patricia
Bonnie
David
Sharon
David
John
Mary E.
Kathryn
Franklin W.
Louise
Beverly
Jacki
Robert
Dan
Saxton
Lynne
Ibby's Magic Weekend
Icky Bug Alphabet Book
If You Grew Up With George Washington
In the Time of the Drums
Indian in the Cupboard series
Jazz
Jim Ugly
John Henry
Journey of Oliver K. Woodman
Jumanji
Dyer
Pallotta
Gross
Siegelson
Banks
Myers
Fleischman
Lester
Pattison
Van Allsburg
Heather
Jerry
Ruth Belov
Kim L.
Lynne Reid
Christopher
Sid
Julius
Darcy
Chris
Kensuke's Kingdom
Key to the Treasure
Kira-Kira
Kirsten Learns a Lesson: A School Story
Land of Elyon series
LaRue for Mayor
Letters from Rifka
Lily's Crossing
Lion Witch and the Wardrobe
Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale
Little House series
Long Way From Chicago
Magic Tree House series
Magician Trilogy
Main Street series
Making Waves
Maniac Magee
Many Moons
Mary Howitt's The Spider and the Fly
Medusa Jones
Midnight for Charlie Bone
Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories
Miracle's Boys
Mirette on the High Wire
Miss Pickerell series
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Mrs. Pigglewiggle
My Rows and Piles of Coins
My Teacher Fried My Brains
Nancy Drew series
On the Run
Ox-Cart Man
Paddington series
Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits
and a Very Interesting Boy
Morpurgo
Parish
Kadobata
Beeler
Carman
Teague
Hesse
Giff
Lewis
Day
Wilder
Peck
Osborne
Nimmo
Martin
Reisfeld
Spinelli
Thurber
Howitt
Collins
Nimmo
Brisley
Woodson
McCully
McGregor
Atwater
MacDonald
Mollel
Coville
Keene
Korman
Hall
Bond
Michael
Peggy
Cynthia
Janet
Patrick
Mark
Karen
Patricia Reilly
C. S.
Nancy Raines
Laura Ingalls
Richard
Mary Pope
Jenny
Ann M.
Randi
Jerry
James
Mary
Ross
Jenny
Joyce Lankester
Jacqueline
Emily Arnold
Ellen
Richard
Betty
Tololwa M
Bruce
Carolyn
Gordon
Donald
Michael
Birdsall
Jeannette
Penny From Heaven
Pink and Say
Pippi Longstocking series
Polar Express
Project Mulberry
Rabbit Hill
Ramona series
Rapunzel
Rats on the Roof and Other Stories
Red Rose Box
Holm
Polacco
Lindgren
Van Allsburg
Park
Lawson
Cleary
Zelinsky
Marshall
Woodson
Jennifer L.
Patricia
Astrid
Chris
Linda Sue
Robert
Beverly
Paul O.
James
Brenda
Road to Paris
S.O.R. Losers
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
Safe at Home
Sarah, Plain and Tall series
Say What?
Shiloh
Skin I'm In
Skinnybones
Slam Dunk!
Small Steps
So You Want to be President
Soup series
Story Story
Strong Right Arm: The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson
Stucksville
Summer Reading Is Killing Me
Sun and Spoon
Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse Princess,
Some Soup and a Spool of Thread
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Ugly Duckling
Ugly Duckling
Underland Chronicles series
Village of Round and Square Houses
Way Things Work
Well: David's Story
Whittington
Winners Walk
Grimes
Coerr
Robinson
MacLachlan
Haddix
Naylor
Flake
Park
Robinson
Sachar
St. George
Peck
Haley
Green
Greenwald
Scieszka
Henkes
Nikki
Avi
Eleanor
Sharon
Patricia
Margaret Peterson
Phyllis Reynolds
Sharon G.
Barbara
Sharon
Louis
Judith
Robert Newton
Gail E.
Michelle Y.
Sheila
Jon
Kevin
Di Camillo
Blume
Pinkney
Andersen
Collins
Grifalconi
Macaulay
Taylor
Armstrong
Patterson
Kate
Judy
Jerry
Hans Christian
Suzanne
Ann
David
Mildred D.
Alan
Nancy Ruth
Winnie the Pooh
Wizard of Oz
Milne
Baum
A.A.
L. Frank
Rising Fifth Grade
To be eligible for the Carlisle Reading Award, fifth grade students must read 20 books (fiction and
non-fiction) during the school year and complete a book report for each title, in addition to the
summer reading requirements. These books do not have to be selected from the Carlisle School
Recommended Reading List, but must be pre-approved by the homeroom teacher. Non-fiction
books must include at least 1 title from each Dewey Decimal category.
Title
Author (last name)
(first) 13 Clocks
Across the Line
After the Goat Man
Afternoon of the Elves
Al(exandra) the Great
Alice in Wonderland
Aquamarine
Babe: The Gallant Pig
Baseball Fever
Battle of Bubble and Squeak
Becoming Naomi Leon
Belle Prater's Boy
Berta
Big House
Big Wander
Black Beauty
Black Stallion
Thurber
Reeder
Byars
Lisle
Greene
Carroll
Hoffman
King-Smith
Hurwitz
Pearce
Ryan
White
Lottridge
Coman
Hobbs
Sewell
Farley
James
Carolyn
Betsy
Janet Taylor
Constance
Lewis
Alice
Dick
Johanna
Phillipa
Pam Munoz
Ruth
Celia Barker
Carolyn
Will
Anna
Walter
Bone series
Book of Coupons
Bridge to Terabithia
Buffalo Knife
C.L.U.T.Z.
Calder Game
Call It Courage
Callahan Cousins: Summer Begins
Casey at the Bat
Castaways of the Flying Dutchman
Castle in the Attic
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Chasing Vermeer
Chronicles of Narnia series
Chuck Close Up Close
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset
Sisters
Crash
Criss Cross
Dark Sons
Smith
Morgenstern
Paterson
Steele
Wilkes
Balliett
Perry
Carey
Thayer
Jacques
Winthrop
Dahl
Balliett
Lewis
Greenberg
Jeff
Susie
Katherine
William O.
Marilyn
Blue
Armstrong
Elizabeth Doyle
Ernest
Brian
Elizabeth
Roald
Blue
C. S.
Jan
Blume
Spinelli
Perkins
Grimes
Lesley M. M.
Jerry
Lynne Rae
Nikki
Dawn of Fear
Demon in the Teahouse
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Dog On Third Base
Dog's Life
Double Digit Club
Double Identity
Dr. Doolittle series
Dragon Rider
Dragonwings
Cooper
Hoobler
Kinney
Hiser
Martin
Bauer
Haddix
Lofting
Susan
Dorothy
Jeff
Constance
Ann M.
Marion Dane
Margaret Peterson
Hugh
Cornelia
Laurence
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie
Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and his Orchestra
Elijah of Buxton
Ellington Was Not a Street
Empress of Elsewhere
Esperanza Rising
F Is For Freedom
Faithful Friend
Flush
Frank O. Gehry: Outside In
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Getting Near to Baby
Ghost Sitter
Ghosthunters Series
Ghost's Grave
Gift of the Pirate Queen
Girl Named Disaster
Go, Go America
Funke
Yep
Sonnenblick
Pinkney
Curtis
Shange
Nelson
Ryan
Schotter
San Souci
Hiassen
Greenberg
Konigsburg
Couloumbis
Griffin
Funke
Kehret
Giff
Farmer
Yaccarino
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices From a Medieval Village
Schlitz
Laura Amy Great Book Raid
Great Gilly Hopkins
Gregor the Overlander
Half-a-Moon Inn
Halfway to the Sky
Hana's Suitcase
Harriet the Spy
Haunting in Williamsburg
Heat
Hermit Thrush Sings
Higher Power of Lucky
Holes
Homesick, My Own Story
Hoot
House with a Clock in Its Walls
Hundred Dresses
Leach
Paterson
Collins
Fleischman
Bradley
Levine
Fitzhugh
Kassem
Lupica
Butler
Patron
Sachar
Fritz
Hiassen
Bellairs
Estes
Christopher
Katherine
Suzanne
Sid
Kimberly Brubaker
Karen
Louise
Lou
Mike
Susan
Susan
Louis
Jean
Carl
John
Eleano
Jordan
Andrea Davis
Christopher Paul
Ntozake
Theresa
Pam Munoz
Roni
Robert D.
Carl
Jan
E. L.
Audrey
Peni R.
Cornelia
Peg
Patricia Reilly
Nancy
Dan
I s e e th e rh y th m Ida
B.
Igraine the Brave
In the Year of the Boar
Invention of Hugo Cabret
Iron Ring
Island of the Aunts
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Islander
Jake's Orphan
James and the Giant Peach
Jenny of the Tetons
Joey Pigza series
Journey to the River Sea
Key to Rondo
Keys to the Kingdom series
Kidnapped series
Kiss Me tomorrow
Last Holiday Concert
Letter on the Tree
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Little House series
Love Among the Walnuts
Love From Your Friend, Hannah
Lucy Dove
Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me
Mailbox
Maniac Magee
Matilda
May Bird series
Me and the Terrible Two
Messenger
Mick Harte Was Here
Millicent Min, Girl Genius
Misfits
Missing May
Mona Lisa Mystery
Moonshiner's Son
My Louisiana Sky
My Side of the Mountain
Oggie Cooder
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great
Paint the Wind
Perilous Road
Igus
Hannigan
Funke
Lord
Selznick
Alexander
Ibbotson
O'Dell
Rylant
Brooke
Toyomi
Katherine
Cornelia
Betty Bao
Brian
Lloyd
Eva
Scott
Cynthia
Peggy
Dahl
Gregory
Gantos
Ibbotson
Rodda
Nix
Korman
Shreve
Clements
Savage
Lewis
Wilder
Ferris
Skolsky
Negro
Kelly
Shafer
Spinelli
Dahl
Anderson
Conford
Lowry
Park
Yees
Howe
Rylant
Hutchins
Reeder
Holt
George
Weeks
Rockwell
Blume
Ryan
Steele
Roald
Kristiana
Jack
Eva
Emily
Garth
Gordon
Susan
Andrew
Natalie Carlson
C. S.
Laura Ingalls
Jean
Mindy Warshaw
Janice Del
Katy
Audrey
Jerry
Roald
Jodi Lynn
Ellen
Lois
Barbara
Lisa
James
Cynthia
Pat
Carolyn
Kimberly Willis
Jean Craighead
Sarah
Anne
Judy
Pam Munoz
William O.
Phantom Tollbooth
Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts
Poetry For Young People: Langston Hughes
Pot that Juan Built
Prydain series
Ramona series
Remember: The Journey to School Integration
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Room One: A Mystery or Two
Rosa
Saffy's Angel
Scarecrow and His Servant
Septimus Heap series
Series of Unfortunate Events
Shakespeare Stealer
Silverwing series
So You Want To Be President?
Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time
Starry Messenger
Stranger in Dadland
Summer of the Swans
Swamp Angel
Swiftly Tilting Planet
Swindle
Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
Teammates
Teetoncy and Ben O'Neal
Thief
Three Good Deeds
Thunder Rose
Tibet Through the Red Box
Time Stops for No Mouse
To Ride the Gods' Own Stallion
Virginia Bound
Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Wanderer
Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963
Wednesday Wars
Week in the Woods
Westing Game
Whales on Stilts
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wings of Merlin
Witch of Blackbird Pond
Wreckers
Juster
Dowell
Norton
Frances O'Roark
Goebel
Alexander
Cleary
Morrison
Taylor
Nancy Andrews
Lloyd
Beverly
Toni
Mildred
Andrew
Nikki
Clements
Giovanni
McKay
Pullman
Sage
Snicket
Blackwood
Oppel
St. George
Yee
Sis
Koss
Byars
Issacs
L'Engle
Korman
Grimes
Golenbock
Taylor
Turner
Velde
Nolen
Sis
Hoeye
Wilson
Butler
Sis
Creech
Curtis
Schmidt
Clements
Raskin
Anderson
Rawls
Barron
Speare
Lawrence
Hilary
Phillip
Angie
Lemony
Gary
Kenneth
Judith
Lisa
Peter
Amy Goldman
Betsy
Anne
Madeleine
Gordon
Nikki
Peter
Theodore
Megan Whalen
Vivan Vande
Jerdine
Peter
Michael
Diane Lee
Amy
Peter
Sharon
Christopher Paul
Gary D.
Andrew
Ellen
M. T.
Wilson
T.A.
Elizabeth George
Iain