Reading aloud and Learning--With you as a model your child learns the value
of reading and is motivated to become a better
reader.
Listening and vocabulary skills improve when a
child is read to regularly.
The single most important predictor of reading
success in school is that a child is read to regularly
by a parent.
Tips for reading aloud:
 Create a special time and place for reading aloud
in your home.
 Choose a book that is fun, exciting, and
interesting for both you and your child. If either
of you is bored, find another book—there is a
book for everyone!
Try these websites to locate more titles of
books for you and your child to share and
enjoy together.
Chesapeake Public Library
http://www.infopeake.org/
Virginia State Reading Council
https://www.vsra.org/
The Library of Congress
http://www.read.gov
Parents’ Choice
http://www.parents-choice.org
Reading Rockets
http://www.readingrockets.org
 Be a ham! Read with expression and feeling—
try different voices and sounds—make the snake
hissss and the door creeeak! Use pacing by
reading slower or faster as the story changes.
 Sit close together and enjoy each other’s
company.
List
 Visit the library often and let your child help
select books for reading aloud. Ask the librarian
for suggestions if you need them.
 Encourage your child to be involved by talking
about the book. Share your feelings with each
other during exciting or sad parts.
Information provided by Read Aloud Virginia
administered by the Library of Virginia
2016
Summer
Reading
Brochure created by
Chesapeake Public Schools
Elementary Media Specialists
Kindergarten – Second Grade
Ada Bryon Lovelace and the Thinking Machine
– L. Wallmark
Angry Bird’s Playground: Animals – J. Esbaum
Ballpark Mysteries Series – D. Kelly
Bear Ate Your Sandwich - Julia SarconeRoach
Bink and Gollie Series – K. DiCamillo
Creature Feature - S. Jenkins & R. Page*
Day the Crayons Came Home – D. Daywalt
Dont Throw It Mo! - D. Adler
Each Kindness – J. Woodson
Finding Winnie - L. Mattick
(Caldecott Winner)
Fly Guy Presents…. series – T. Arnold
Found - S. Yoon*
Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon –
K. DiCamillo
Frankencrayon - M. Hall
Full Moon at the Napping House – A. Wood
Helen’s Big World - D. Rappaport
How to Dress a Dragon – T. Godin
I Don’t Want to Be a Frog – D. Petty
I Really Like Slop – M. Willems
I Will Take a Nap – M. Willems
I Yam a Donkey - C. Bell*
Jon Scieszka’s Trucktown Series
Last Stop on Market Street - M. De La Peña*
Little Red’s Riding ‘Hood – P. Stein
Misty Inn Series – K. Earhart
Moldylocks and the Three Beards – N. Jones
Mother Bruce – R. Higgins
National Geographic Reader series – animals
Pandarella – C. Guillain
Peanut Butter and Cupcake –T. Border
Picture Day Perfection – D. Diesen
Please Open This Book – A. Lehrhaupt
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box – J. Fenske
Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook –
A. Kennedy
Rappy the Raptor – D. Gutman
Rex Finds an Egg, Egg, Egg! - S. Weinberg*
Shh…We Have a Plan - C. Haughton*
Stars – M. Ray
Surf’s Up - K. Alexander
Take Away the A - M. Escoffier*
This Book Just Ate My Dog - R. Byrne*
Too many Carrots – K. Hudson
Trombone Shorty – T. Andrews
Turnip – J. Brett
Waiting – K. Henkes
What Do You Do with an Idea? K. Yamada*
Wolfie the Bunny - A. Dyckman*
Wonderful Things You Will Be – E. Martin
Wumbers – A. Rosenthal
Third – Fifth Grade
28 Days: Moments in Black History that
Changed the World – C. Smith
52-story Treehouse – A. Griffiths
Black Elk’s Vision: A Lakota Story –
S. Nelson
Book Scavenger – J. Bertman
Circus Mirandus – C. Beasley
Crenshaw – K. Applegate
Dash - K. Larson*
Diary of a Sixth Grade Ninja Series –
M. Emerson
Dragonbreath series – U. Vernon
Echo - P. Ryan
Ellie’s Story – B. Cameron
Food Dudes series - J, Mattern and S. Llanos
Fourteenth Goldfish - J. Holm*
Gone Crazy in Alabama – R. Williams
Growing Up Pedro - M. Tavares*
Hamster Princess: of Mice and Magic –
U. Vernon
I Survived Series- L. Tarshis
Jack Strong Takes a Stand - T. Greenwald*
Jim Nasium series – M. McKnight
Kicks series – A. Morgan
Lincoln and His Boys – R. Wells
Lion Who Stole My Arm - N. Davies*
Mad About Monkeys – O. Davey
Magic Animal Friends series
Map Trap - A. Clements*
Marvels – B. Selznick
Masterminds: Criminal Destiny – G. Korman
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel - K. Davis*
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics –
C. Grabenstein
National Geographic Kids Chapters series
Nine Lives of Jacob Tibbs – C. Busby
Nuts to You - L. Perkins*
Pony Girls Series – L. Mullarkey
Race the Wild series – K. Earhart
Ranger in Time series – K. Messner
Rush Revere and the Star-spangled Banner –
R. Limbaugh
Terrible Two - M. Barnett and J. John*
Treasure Hunters series – J. Patterson
Turtle of Oman - N. Ney*
Where Is….? Series (Famous places)
Who Was ….? Series (Biographies)
*2016-2017 Virginia Readers’ Choice