K-2 Summer Reading 2015
Bensalem Township School District
Reading is the most important skill your child will ever learn; it affects everything we do for the rest of
our lives. To maintain all that your child has learned this school year, it is IMPORTANT to keep reading every
day, all summer long. Reading is a life long process that needs daily practice to become proficient.
The public library offers many “child centered,” free opportunities to make reading fun. Call the
Bensalem branch for a schedule of events (215-638-2030).
Read to your child; have your child read to you. Buddy your child with older and younger siblings to share
books and learning. Read signs as you drive. Ask your child help you grocery shop where they need to ‘read’ labels
to find the correct products. Tap into every opportunity to make words come alive.
This year your child has been involved in the K-2 SUPERKIDS Reading Program. Remember to go online
and play the Superkids activities and reading games. Also have your child review any take-home books and word
workbooks from their work with Superkids this year.
The attached lists are suggested titles and authors that are tried and true favorites of children in the
K-2 age group. Many of the noted authors have other titles that would also be great ideas to read.
CELEBRATE SUMMER! CELEBRATE YOUR CHILD!
CELEBRATE READING!!!!
Suggested Summer Reading List
Students going into Kindergarten
Alphabet books
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Do You Want To Be My Friend? by Eric Carle
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
No David! by David Shannon or anything by this author
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie DePaloa or anything by this author
Penny and Her Song by Kevin Henkes
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young Jack Prelutsky
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
(NF)Hot Air: The Mostly True Story of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride
(NF) 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Hoban
(NF) A Rainbow All Around Me by Pinkney
(NF)1001 Things to Spot in The Town by Milbourne
Students going into First Grade
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch
Olivia Series by Ian Falconer
Owen by Kevin Henkes
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Steven Kellogg
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
(NF)Why Do Leaves Change Color? By Maestro and Krupinski
(NF) Seeing Symmetry by L.Leedy
(NF) POP! The Invention of Bubble Gum by M. McCarthy
(NF)At the Beach by Rockwell
(NF)Hello Ocean by Ryan
(NF)My Five Senses by Aliki
(NF)Truck by Crews
(NF)What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? By Jenkins and Page
Students going into Second Grade
Captain Underpants series by Dave Pilkey
Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
George and Martha series by James Marshall
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Horrible Harry series by Suzy Kline
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Little Bear series by Else Holmelund Minarik
Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo
Mr. Putter and Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant
Nate the Great series by Marjorie S
The Magic TreeHouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
(NF)Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine
(NF) Sit-In: How Four friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by Pinkney
(NF) Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Hatkoff
(NF) Snowflake Bentley by J.Briggs-Martin
(NF) DO I Need it? DO I Want it? Making Budget Choices By J. Larson
(NF)From Seed to Plant by A.Fowler
(NF)Bats:Creatures of the Night by J. Milton
(NF) Martin L. King and the March on Washington by Ruffin
(NF) Where Do Polar Bears Live by Thomson
Generated by the K-2 Language Arts Curriculum Committee
Bensalem Education Foundation’s
6/6/15-­‐8/15/15 Barnes & Noble Neshaminy Mall
Please support the Bensalem Education Foundation when you get your back-­‐to-­‐school reading materials! The Neshaminy Barnes & Noble will have the book fair code by all registers; just mention the “Bensalem Education Foundation” fundraiser. Visit bn.com/bookfairs to support us online from 6/6/15
by entering Bookfair
ID #11537750 at checkout.
A percentage of your Barnes & Noble purchases will
benefit our school/organization.
to 8/15/15
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