Summer Reading Lists - Aspen Crossing Elementary

Kindergarten
Summer Reading List
Max and Ruby (series)
Fly Guy
The Dog who Cried Woof
Biscuit
Cat Traps
Happy Birthday Hamster
Color Zoo
Bear with Me
100 Animals on Parade
I’m a Shark
Ten Little Fish
Poppleton (series)
It’s Summer Dear Dragon
12 Days of Kindergarten
Make Way for Ducklings
That is Not a Good Idea
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
The Jungle Grapevine
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Mouse Mess
Blue Burt and Wiggles
Pete the Cat: I Love my White Shoes
Emma’s Turtle
Diary of a Fly
The First Day of School
A Pocket Full of Kisses
Tops and Bottoms
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Danny and the Dinosaur
Each Peach Pear Plum
Rosemary Wells
Tedd Arnold
Norman Bridwell
Alyssa Capucilli
Molly Coxe
Cynthia Lord
Lois Ehlert
Max Kornell
Masayuki Sebe
Bob Shea
Audrey Wood
Cynthia Rylant
Margaret Hillert
Deborah Lee Rose
Robert McCloskey
Mo Willems
Dr. Seuss
Alex Beard
Eric Carle
Linnea Riley
Derek Anderson
Eric Litwin
Eve Bunting
Doreen Cronin
Margaret McNamara
Audrey Penn
Janet Stevens
Bill Martin Jr.
Syd Hoff
Janet Ahlberg
(This list is designed for incoming Kindergarteners for the 2015/2016 school year)
1st Grade
Summer Reading List
Blown Away
That’s Good, That’s Bad
Otis and the Tornado
Class Pet from the Black Lagoon
Clark the Shark Tooth Trouble
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Dirtball Pete
Curious George Goes Camping
Little Mouse Gets Ready
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Froggy Builds a Treehouse
Henry and Mudge (series)
Arthur’s Back to School Day
How a Seed Grows
From Tadpole to Frog
Go Dog Go
Red Rubber Boot Day
How Do You Hug a Porcupine
Dumpy and the Firefighters
Franklin series
Jake and the Neverland Pirates (series)
A Little Bit of Trouble
Ladybug Girl at the Beach
Lucky Goes to School
Dolphins
Take me Out to the Ballgame
Giraffes
Rain Song
Big Red Lollipop
Magic School Bus Flies with the Dinosaurs
Case of the Sleepy Sloth
Puffer Fish
Rob Biddulph
Margaret Cuyler
Loren Long
Mike Thaler
Bruce Hale
Peggy Rathmann
Joy Cowley
Eileen Brennan
H. A. Rey
Jeff Smith
Eric Carle
Jonathan London
Cynthia Rylant
Lillian Hoban
Helene Jordan
Shannon Zemlicka
P. D. Eastman
Mary Lyn Ray
Laurie Isop
Julie Andrews Edwards
Paulette Bourgeois
Melinda LaRose
Sally Grindley
David Soman
Gail Herman
Ann Herriges
Jack Norworth
Kari Schuetz
Lezlie Evans
Rukhsana Khan
Martin Schwabacher
Cynthia Rylant
Colleen Sexton
(This list is designed for incoming 1st graders for the 2015/2016 school year)
2nd Grade
Summer Reading List
Eliot’s Bath
Horrible Harry (series)
Puppy Place (series)
A Little Book of Sloth
Growing Frogs
Let’s go to the Beach
Fish
Weather Fairies (series)
Mrs. Mack
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Afternoon on the Amazon
Magic School Bus Has a Heart
Dino-Boarding
Calvin Coconut: Kung Fooey
Aardvarks
Family Huddle
Geronimo Stilton (series)
Cheerleading
Hooray for Summer
It’s a Home Run Charlie Brown
Librarian from the Black Lagoon
Deputy Dan and the Bank Robbers
The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room
The Captain Contest
Girl who Struck Out Babe Ruth
Case of the Runaway Dog
Marathon Mouse
Crocodile Who Didn’t Like Water
Mercy Watson (series)
Babymouse: Beach Babe
Andrea Beck
Suzy Kline
Ellen Miles
Lucy Cooke
Vivian French
Mary Hill
Kari Schuetz
Daisy Meadows
Patricia Polacco
Erin Stead
Mary Pope Osborne
Ann Capeci
Lisa Wheeler
Graham Salisbury
Megan Borgert-Spaniol
Archie Manning
Geronimo Stilton
Sara Green
Kazuo Iwamura
Judy Katschke
Mike Thaler
Joseph Rosenbloom
Patricia Reilly Giff
Matt Christopher
Jean Patrick
James Preller
Amy Dixon
Gemma Merino
Kate DiCamillo
Jennifer Holm
(This list is designed for incoming 2nd graders for the 2015/2016 school year)
3rd Grade
Summer Reading List
Secrets of Droon (series)
Snowflake Bentley
The Giving Tree
It’s Only Stanley
Sisters
Cheerleading
Ranger in Time: Rescue on the OregonTrail
Abe Lincoln at Last
Heart to Heart with Mallory
Gilbert Goldfish Wants a Pet
Calvin Coconut: Dog Heaven
Alaska: The Last Frontier
Zoobreak
The Talented Clementine
Miss Smith and the Haunted Library
13 Story Treehouse
Holes
The Secret School
Tornado
Whatever After (series)
Because of Winn-Dixie
Mermaid Tales (series)
Nasty Stinky Sneakers
Who Eats What
Three Times Lucky
Rats on the Roof and Other Stories
Diary of a Taekwondo Master
Dear Mr. Washington
Rotten School (series)
George Brown, Class Clown
Tony Abbott
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Shel Silverstein
Jon Agee
Raina Telgemeier
Sara Green
Kate Messner
Mary Pope Osborne
Laurie Friedman
Kelly DiPucchio
Graham Salisbury
Emily Rose Oachs
Gordon Korman
Sara Pennypacker
Michael Garland
Andy Griffiths
Louis Sachar
Avi
Betsy Byars
Sarah Mlynowski
Kate DiCamillo
Debbie Dadey
Eve Bunting
Patricia Lauber
Sheila Turnage
James Marshall
Shamini Flint
Lynn Cullen
R. L. Stine
Nancy Krulik
(This list is designed for incoming 3rd graders for 2015/2016 school year)
4th Grade
Summer Reading List
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Crookedstar’s Promise
Dog Finds Lost Dolphins
Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Matilda
Half Magic
Bird Lake Moon
Hero
Extra Credit
Tale of Despereaux
Daisy Dawson and the Secret Pond
Bunnicula
Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day
Love that Dog
Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning
Great Quarterback Switch
James and the Giant Peach
Always Dance with a Hairy Buffalo
Ragweed
The Lost Treasure of Tuckernuck
Nasty Stinky Sneakers
Whatever After series
Not My Dog
Wringer
Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls
Benjamin Franklinstein Lives
Nightingale’s Nest
To the Top: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountain
Peak
Shiloh
Chris Grabenstein
Erin Hunter
Elizabeth Carney
E. L. Konigsburg
Roald Dahl
Edward Eager
Kevin Henkes
Mike Lupica
Andrew Clements
Kate DiCamillo
Steve Voake
Deborah Howe
Donald Sobol
Sharon Creech
Danette Haworth
Matt Christopher
Roald Dahl
Henry Winkler
Avi
Emily Fairlie
Eve Bunting
Sarah Mlynowski
Colby Rodowsky
Jerry Spinelli
Ann Martin
Matthew McElligott
Nikki Loftin
Sydelle Kramer
Roland Smith
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
(This list is designed for incoming 4th graders for 2015/2016 school year)
5th Grade
Summer Reading List
A Wonderlandiful World
Weather Whys
A Dangerous Path
Nightingale’s Nest
Animal Heroes: True Rescue Stories
Lunchbox and the Aliens
The Only Game
Among the Hidden
Extra Credit
Gregor the Overlander
Hana’s Suitcase
American Revolution
Summer of the Wolves
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Back in Time with Benjamin Franklin
Through my Eyes
Bunnicula
Barbed Wire Baseball
Indian in the Cupboard
Leon’s Story
The Orphan of Ellis Island
Hachiko Waits
A Week in the Woods
The Carpet People
5,000 year old Puzzle
Peak
The Last Leopard
Peter and the Starcatchers
James and the Giant Peach
Moon Over Manifest
Shannon Hale
Mike Artell
Erin Hunter
Nikki Loftin
Sandra Markle
Bryan Fields
Mike Lupica
Margaret P. Haddix
Andrew Clements
Suzanne Collins
Karen Levine
Mary Pope Osborne
Polly Carlson-Voiles
Roald Dahl
Dan Gutman
Ruby Bridges
Deborah Howe
Marissa Moss
Lynne Reid Banks
Leon Walter Tillage
Elvira Woodruff
Leslea Newman
Andrew Clements
Terry Pratchett
Claudia Logan
Roland Smith
Lauren St. John
Dave Barry
Roald Dahl
Clare Vanderpool
(This list is designed for incoming 5th graders for the 2015/2016 school year)
6th Grade
Summer Reading List
Ghoulfriends Forever
Teammates
The Darkest Hour
Million Dollar Throw
A Whole Nother Story
Princess Academy
Summer of the Wolves
Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship
Amelia Earhart: Legend of the Lost Aviator
Riddle of Penncroft Farm
Dolphin Song
Homesick: My Own Story
Battle of the Clans
Am I the Princess or the Frog
The Boggart
Everything on a Waffle
Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Deep Zone
Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
The Shadow Thieves
Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed
Apollo 11 on the Moon
The Unwanteds (series)
Sounder
About Average
The Magician’s Elephant
The False Prince
Secrets at Sea – A Novel
Lincoln’s Grave Robbers
One Crazy Summer
Gitty Daneshvari
Peter Golenbock
Erin Hunter
Mike Lupica
Dr. Cuthbert Soup
Shannon Hale
Polly Carlson-Voiles
Craig Hatkoff
Shelly Tanaka
Dorothea Jensen
Lauren St. John
Jean Fritz
Erin Hunter
Jamie Kelly
Susan Cooper
Polly Horvath
Julie Edwards
Tim Green
W. R. Philbrick
Avi
Anne Ursu
Catherine Thimmesh
Lisa McMann
William H. Armstrong
Andrew Clements
Kate DiCamillo
Jennifer Nielsen
Sabre Moore
Steve Sheinkin
Rita Williams-Garcia
(This list is designed for outgoing 5th graders from the 2014/2015 school year)