Summer Listening Titles PreK and K Grades 1 and 2 •
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A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle Alice the Fairy by David Shannon Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina Clifford Series by Norman Bridwell Curious George Series by H.A. Rey Danny & The Dinosaur by Syd Hoff Duck on a Bike by David Shannon Ella the Elegant Elephant by Carmela & Steven D'Amico Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice by Steve Metzger Froggy Series by Jonathan London How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? by Jane Yolen I am Phoenix by Paul Fleischman I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey Max's Chocolate Chicken by Rosemary Wells Peter Cottontail by Amanda Stephens Petunia by Roger Duvoisin Pigsty by Mark Teague Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi Planet Kindergarten by Sue Ganz-­‐Schmitt Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann The Ant and the Grasshopper by Aesop The Fox and the Mosquitoes by Aesop The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse by Aesop The Whirlwind by David Holt The Woman Who Fell from the Sky by Odds Bodkin Three Little Pigs Get Down by Regi Carpenter Trouble or How Alligator Got Its Hide by David Holt and Bill Mooney Two Goats on a Bridge by Adapted Why The Quail Walk Straight by Kathy Hunter •
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A Cool Summer Tail by Carrie A. Pearson A Day at the Farm by Mary Sheldon A Day in the Deep by Kevin Kurtz A Day with Dad at the County Fair by Mary Sheldon A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies Big Cat, Little Kitty by Scotti Cohn Daisylocks by Marianne Berkes Doctor De Soto by William Steig Farmers Then and Now by Lisa Zamosky Fly Guy Series by Tedd Arnold Frankly, Frannie by A.J. Stern Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae Grimms’ Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm Haunted Hike by Patrick Carman Henry and Mudge Series by Cynthia Rylant Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park Hot Rod Hamster by Cynthia Lord If You Were a Parrot by Katherine Rawson Kali’s Story: An Orphaned Polar Bear Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis Meet the Planets by John McGranaghan Miss Holly is Too Jolly by Dan Gutman Nature Recycles-­‐ How About You? By Michelle Lord Panda’s Earthquake Escape by Phyllis J. Perry Pollyanna by Elanor H. Porter Prairie Storms by Darcy Pattison Rumplestiltskin by The Brothers Grimm Saturn for My Birthday by John McGranaghan Stone Soup by Marcia Brown Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig The Bugville Critters Series by Robert Stanek The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter The Trip by Ezra Jack Keats Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel Zen Ghosts by Jon J. Muth Summer Listening Titles Grades 3-­‐5 (Ages 7+) •
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Geronimo Stilton Series by Geronimo Stilton Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Philip Pullman Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Baby Owl’s Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis Benjamin Franklin by Wendy Conklin American Girl Series by Janet Shaw and others Charlie Bumper vs. the Squeaking Skull by Bill Harley Clementine Series by Sara Pennypacker Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney Fairy Tales from France by William Trowbridge Larned Fifty Famous Stories by James Baldwin Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls Series by Meg Cabot Heidi by Johanna Spyri Horrible Harry Series by Suzy Kline How the Camel Got His Hump by Rudyard Kipling In the Time of the Dinosaurs (Magic School Bus Series) by Joanna Cole Ivy + Bean Series by Annie Barrows Jake Drake Know-­‐It-­‐All by Andrew Clements Jigsaw Jones Mysteries Series by James Preller Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler Marty McGuire by Kate Messner Movie For Dogs by Lois Duncan My Weird School Series by Dan Gutman News For Dogs by Lois Duncan Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-­‐Garcia Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Pinky Pye by Elanor Estes Ready, Freddy! Series by Abby Klein Seriously, Norman! By Chris Raschka The Boxcar Children Mysteries Series by Gertrude Chandler Warner The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick The Magnificent Mummy Maker by Elvira Woodruff The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen Grades 3-­‐5 (Ages 9+) •
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A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd Alcatraz Series by Brandon Sanderson American Girl Series by Janet Shaw and others Benny and Omar by Eoin Colfer Brown Wolf by Jack London Come on Seabiscuit! By Ralph Moody Encyclopedia Brown Series by Donald Sobol Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret Finding Ruby Starling by Karen Rivers Ginger Pye by Elanor Estes Hello, Claudia! By Barbara Brooks Wallace How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-­‐Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson by Bette Bao Lord Kenneth and the Carp by Edith Nesbit Kingdom’s Edge Series by Chuck Black Lilacs by Kate Chopin Lionboy Series by Zizou Corder Midnight Magic by Avi Miss Switch Online by Barbara Brooks Wallace Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien Murder at Midnight by Avi My Grandmother’s Hair by Kevin Cordi NERDS Series by Michael Buckley Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass Schooled by Gordon Korman Space Boy by Orson Scott Card Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz Stealing Air by Trent Reedy Stormalong by Mary Pope Osborne Swindle by Gordon Korman The 39 Clues Series by Jeff Hirsch The Big Splash by Patrick Carman The Clumsy Ghost by Alastair Jessiman The Crossover by Kwame Alexander The Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series by Jeff Kiney The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde The Teacher’s Lounge by Bill Harley Ungifted by Gordan Korman What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge Summer Listening Titles Grades 6-­‐8 (Pre-­‐Teen) •
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A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt All of a Kind Family by Sydney Taylor Babe Ruth’s Own Book of Baseball by George Herman Ruth Bluish by Virginia Hamilton Catch a Falling Star by Kim Culbertson Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman Copper Magic by Julia Mary Gibson Dash by Kirby Larson Do or Die by Ralph Compton Duke by Kirby Larson Echo by Pam Munoz Ryan Emily of the New Moon by L.M. Montgomery Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass Ghost Ship by Dietlof Reiche Good Morning, Mr. Mandela by Zelda la Gange Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift Half a Chance by Cynthia Lord Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen Hold Fast by Blue Balliett King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Benedict Flynn Life of Pi by Yann Martel My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier Once Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Rules by Cynthia Lord The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Clockwork Three by Matthew J. Kriby The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells The Lord of the Rings Series (NPR Broadcast) by J.R.R. Tolkien The Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane The Roar by Emma Clayton The Same Stuff as Stars by Katherine Patterson The Story of My Life by Helen Keller The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin Willow Falls Series by Wendy Mass You Are There! Series by the Columbia Broadcasting System Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick Young Adult •
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A Little Cloud by James Joyce A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand Bloody Jack Series by L.A. Meyer David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Drawing Lessons by Tracy Mack Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Gemini by Rudyard Kipling Glow by Jessica Maria Tuccelli Grace by James Joyce Grass for His Pillow (Book 2: Tales of the Otori) by Lian Hearn Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Heaven by Angela Johnson How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte KER-­‐PLOP by Ted Reynolds Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck On Whale Island by Daniel Hays Perfected by Girls by Alfred C. Martino Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson The Summer of Letting Go by Gae Polisner The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Ulysses by James Joyce Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Bronte