Book Recommendations for Summer Vacation Part II

Continuing from last week’s post on Book Recommendations for Summer Vacation Part I, we know that the warm summer months signal a time when students have more freedom to explore, to travel, and to rest. Reading for leisure compared to the demanding months when school is in session can often rob students of the joy in reading. Despite the seemingly endless days of summer, the new school year is just around the corner. It is highly recommended, if not imperative, for students of all age groups to engage in independent reading as an exercise to maintain fluency and reading levels as they prepare for the next grade. Your child may even discover or re-ignite their love for reading when the pressure of school is on hold and more time is allotted in reading for pleasure.

Below are a few more additional titles we just couldn’t wait to share…

Reading Together in the Early Years

Doctor De Soto by William Steig
Franklin and the Hero by Paulette Bourgeois
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? By Jane Yolen
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Real Heroes Don’t Wear Capes by Laura Driscoll
No, David! By David Shannon
Rita the Rescuer by Hilda Offen
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Mill Martin Jr.

Grades K-2
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
Curious George and the Firefighters by Margret Rey
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley
Fishing into Potato Salad by Othen Donald Dale Cummings
Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert 

Grades 3-5
Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Tirzah by Lucille Travis
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
The Great Pyramid: The Story of the Farmers, the Godking and the Most Astounding Structure Ever Build by Elizabeth Mann
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Grades 6-8
Loot by Jude Watson
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Lions of Little Rock by Kristin Levine
Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz
Eragon Series by Christopher Paolini
Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
Forbidden City by William Bell
Schooled by Gordon Korman
The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
Julie and the Wolves by Jean Craighead George

Grades 9-12
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Night by Elie Wiesel
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
Growing Up by Russell Baker
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
O Pioneers! By Willa Cather
Black Boy by Richard Wright
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Curious Incident of the Dog in Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

May your reading adventures BEGIN!