Prospect Sierra School
Summer Reading Recommendations
2016
Compiled by
ProspectSierra
students K-4 and
Diane Simoneau
Kindergarteners Recommend
Title
Captain Underpants
Cat, Cat Who is
That?
Mermaid Cookbook
Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
Amelia Bedilia
My Teacher is a
Monster
That is Not a Good
Idea
Peter Rabbit
Magic Tree House
Series
Mercy Watson
Series
Star Wars
Author
Dav Pilkey
Mo Willems
Type
Fiction
Early Reader
Barbara Beery
Jeff Kinney
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Peggy Parish
Peter Brown
Early Reader
Picture Book
Mo Willems
Picture Book
Beatrix Potter
Mary Pope Osborne
Picture Book
Junior Fiction
Kate DiCamillo
Early Reader
Various Authors
Non-Fiction
Pokemon Handbook
Pete the Cat
Basketball
I will Never Eat a
Tomato
Scaredy Squirrel
Chu’s Day
I Stink
Various Authors
Eric Litwin
John Hareas
Lauren Child
Graphic Format
Picture Book
Non-Fiction
Picture Book
Melanie Watt
Neil Gaiman
Kate McMullen
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Star Wars Visual
Dictionary
Endangered Komodo
Dragon
Jumangi
The Cut-Ups
The Tale of Two Bad
Mice
Ninjago
Waiting
Where the Wild
Things Are
World War II
We Are in a Book!
Simon Beecroft
Non-Fiction
Bobbie Kalman
Non-Fiction
Chris Van Allsburg
James Marshall
Beatrix Potter
Picture Book
Picture Book
Picture Book
Various Authors
Kevin Henkes
Maurice Sendak
Graphic Format
Picture Book
Picture Book
DK Publishing
Mo Wilems
Non-Fiction
Early Reader
First Graders Recommend
Geronimo Stilton
Thea Stilton
Pokemon Handbook
Fly Guy
Elephant & Piggy
Books
King Arthur
Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
The Book With No
Pictures
Missile Mouse
I Want My Hat Back
Where the
Mountains Meet the
Moon
Geronimo Stilton
Thea Stilton
Various Authors
Ted Arnold
Mo Willems
Junior Fiction
Junior Fiction
Graphic Format
Early Reader
Early Readers
Molly Perham
Jeff Kinney
Folk & Fairy Tales
Fiction
B.J. Novak
Picture Book
Jake Parker
Jon Klassen
Grace Lin
Graphic Format
Picture Book
Fiction
Amulet
The Fire Cat
Harry Potter Books
Fablehaven
Ivy and Bean
Jack Stalwart
Series
Magic Tree House
The Elements
Grace for President
Nancy Drew
Dolphins at Day
Break
Pirates Past Noon
Poppleton
Smile
Binky Books
Squish
Kazu Kibuishi
Esther Averill
J.K. Rowling
Brandan Mull
Annie Barrows
Elizabeth Singer
Hunt
Mary Pope Osborne
Theodore Gray
Kelly S. DiPucchio
Carolyn Keene
Mary Pope Osborne
Graphic Format
Early Reader
Fiction
Fiction
Junior Fiction
Junior Fiction
Mary Pope Osborne
Cynthia Rylant
Raina Telgemeir
Ashley Spires
Jennifer Holm
Junior Fiction
Early Reader
Graphic Format
Graphic Format
Graphic Format
Junior Fiction
Non-Fiction
Picture Book
Fiction
Junior Fiction
Second Graders Recommend
Any book by Roald
Dahl
The BFG
Eragon
Ruby the Painting
Elephant
Escape From Mr.
Lemoncello’s Library
Phoebe’s Unicorn
Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
Harry Potter
Jack Stalwart
Alvin Ho
Pete the Cat
The One and Only
Ivan
Ivy and Bean
Magic Tree House
Series
Roahl Dahl
Fiction
Roald Dahl
Christopher Paolini
Dick George
Fiction
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Chris Grabenstein
Fiction
Dana Simpson
Jeff Kinney
Graphic Format
Fiction
J.K.. Rowling
Elizabeth Singer
Hunt
Lenore Look
James Dean
Katherine Applegate
Fiction
Junior Fiction
Fiction
Picture Book
Fiction
Annie Barrows
Junior Fiction
Mary Pope Osbourne Junior Fiction
Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory
Scary Stories to
Chill Your Bones
Mrs. Frisbee and the
Rats of Nimh
The Mysterious
Benedict Society
Grace for President
My Weird School
Because of Winn
Dixie
The Castle in the
Attic
The Wild Robot
I am Superman
Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
The Night Parade
Dog Diaries
Bridge to Terabithia
Roald Dahl
Fiction
Alvin Schwartz
Folk and Fairy Tales
Robert O’Brian
Fiction
Trenton Lee
Stewart
Kelly S. DiPucchio
Dan Gutman
Kate DiCamillo
Fiction
Elizabeth Winthrop
Fiction
Peter Brown
Michael Teitelbaum
Jeff Kinney
Fiction
Early Reader
Graphic Format
Kathryn Tanquary
Kate Klimo
Katherine Patterson
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Where the Mountain Grace Lin
Meets the Moon
Fiction
Junior Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
A Bear Named
Paddington
Upside Down Magic
Island of the Blue
Dolphins
The Unwanteds
Faraway Tree
I Survived Series
Confessions of an
Imaginary Friend
A
Michael Bond
Fiction
Sarah Mlynowski
Scott O’Dell
Fiction
Fiction
Lisa McMann
Enid Blyton
Lauren Tarshis
Michele Cuevas
Fiction
Fiction
Junior Fiction
Fiction
Read every day!
Third Graders Recommend
Wings of Fire
Narnia
Because of Winn
Dixie
According to
Humphrey
Geronimo Stilton
Tui T. Sutherland
C.S. Lewis
Kate DiCamillo
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Betty G. Birney
Fiction
Geronimo Stilton
JuniorFiction
Almost Home
Back to School
Harry Potter Series
Magic Tree House
Series
The City of Ember
Dragon Rider
Princess Academy
The Mysterious
Benedict Society
The Twitts
Brian Seltzer
Graphic Format
Joan Bauer
Fiction
J.K. Rowling
Mary Pope Osbourne Junior Fiction
Dallas Middaugh
Cornelia Funke
Shannon Hale
Trenton Lee
Stewart
Roald Dahl
Graphic Format
Fiction
Fiction
Liberty Porter ,
First Daughter
Bliss
A Tangle of Knots
Fantasy
Kingdom:Geronimo
Stilton
Nancy Drew
Penderwicks in
Spring
Julia DeVillers
Fiction
Fiction
Katherine Littlewood Fiction
Lisa Graff
Fiction
Geronimo Stilton
Junior Fiction
Carolyn Keene
Jeanne Birdsall
Fiction
Fiction
Vet Volunteers
Spiderwick Series
Danger!
Mrs. Frisby and the
Rats of Nimh
Secrets of Droon
Lord of the Rings
Box Car Children
Junior Gymnast
I Survived Nazi
Invasion
Guinness World
Records 2016
Fable Haven
Laurie Halse
Anderson
Tony DiTerlizzi
DK Publishing
Robert O’Brian
Fiction
Tony Abbott
J.R.R. Tolkien
Gertrude Chandler
Teddy Slater
Lauren Tarshis
Junior Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Junior Fiction
Guinness World
Records
Brendon Mull
Reference
Fiction
Encyclopedia
Fiction
Fiction
Fourth Graders Recommend
Benedict Society
Dancing Home
Percy Jackson
Wayside School
series
11 Birthdays
Lunch Lady
Out of My Mind
Not a Box
Wonder
Harry Potter Series
The Thing About
Jellyfish
Diary of a Wimpy
Kid
Timmy Failure
The Golden Compass
The Sisters Grimm
Bigger Than a
Breadbox
Lion Boy
Guardians of G’hoole
Heroes of Olympus
I Could Do That!
Dear Miss Karrana
Trenton Lee
Stewart
Alma Flor Ada
Rick Riordan
Luis Sachar
Fiction
Wendy Mass
Jarrett J.
Krosoczka
Sharon Draper
Antoinette Portis
R.J. Palacio
J.K. Rowling
Ali Benjamin
Graphic Format
Graphic Format
Jeff Kinney
Fiction
Erin Hunter
Philip Pullman
Michael Buckley
Laurel Snyder
Graphic Format
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Zuzu Corder
Katheryn Lasky
Fiction
Fiction
Rick Riordan
Linda Arms Wright
Eric Eliot
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Picture Book
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
The Great Horned
Spoon
Sid Feischman
Fiction
The Maze Runner
Warrior Series
Loot
Star Wars: Beware
of the Dark Side
Safe Return
Morning Girl
Augie & Me
Summerland
Wonderstruck
Matilda
Iron Trial (older)
Wildwood
Gold Rush Kid
Running Out of
Night
Copper Gauntlet
(older)
Wings of Fire
The Three Little
Wolves and the Big
Bad Pig
The Land of Stories
Grace for President
James Dashner
Erin Hunter
Jude Watson
Tom Angelberger
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Catherine Dexter
Michael Dorris
R. J. Palacio
Michael Chabon
Brian Selznick
Roald Dahl
Holly Black
Collin Meloy
Mary Waldorf
Sharon Lovejoy
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Graphic Format
Fiction
Holly Black
Fiction
Tui Sutherland
Eugene Trivias
Fiction
Picture Book
Chris Colfer
Kelly DiPucchio
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Fiction
Try these websites to find a book! Join a Reading Challenge at your public library! https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/bplsummer http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/blogs/childrens-­‐
services/read-­‐create-­‐explore-­‐its-­‐summer-­‐reading-­‐ti http://ccclib.org/reads/summerreading/ ASLC The association of Library Services for Children http://www.ala.org/alsc/2016-­‐summer-­‐reading-­‐list Publisher’s Weekly http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-­‐topic/industry-­‐
news/bea/article/70351-­‐bea-­‐2016-­‐booksellers-­‐talk-­‐up-­‐their-­‐
favorite-­‐books-­‐for-­‐young-­‐readers.html Guys Read http://www.guysread.com/books/ Good Reads https://www.goodreads.com/genres/childrens?original_s
helf=children-s
Some of my favorites!
Early Readers
Anything by Mo Wilems
Mr. Putter and Tabby series Cynthia Rylant
The Cat on the Mat is Flat
Andy Griffiths
Fly Guy Series Ted Arnold
Mercy Watson Series Kate DiCamillo
Junior Fiction
The Shrinking of Treehorn Florence Parry Heide
The Stories Julian Tells Ann Cameron
The Lighthouse Family Series Cynthia Rylant
Ellray Jakes Sally Warner
Picture Books
Quiet in the Garden Aliki
All in a Day Cynthia Rylant
The Three Questions Jon Muth
The Other Side JacquelineWoodson
Spoon Amy Kraus Rosenthal
Fiction
Ottoline Chris Ridell
Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson
Jenny and the Cat Club Ester Averill
Lionboy Series Zizou Corder
Bunnicula James Howe
Animal Family Randall Jarrell
Bat Poet Randall Jarrell
Calvin Coconut Series Graham Salisbury
Anything by Grace Lin or Christopher Paul Curtiss
The Silver Spoon of Solomon Snow Kaye Umansky
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
Anything by Jacqeline Woodson