Catch the Summer Reading Bug!
RPRY LOWER SCHOOL, SUMMER 2016
June 2016
Dear Parents and Students,
The summer is a wonderful opportunity to reinforce our philosophy of ongoing learning. One of the best ways
to achieve this is through reading: reading for fun, for learning, and for enjoying books to take you places
where you have never been before!
In addition to enriching your life and taking you on amazing trips, summer reading helps to:
1. Link your classroom learning with the outside world
2. Create a bridge for development of reading skills in a fun way
3. Foster excitement for reading
4. Enrich your knowledge in all areas: literature, math, science, history, etc.
Attached you will find a suggested reading list for students entering Kindergarten through Grade 4
and a Reading Log. You may look in your local library, bookstores, and online for other books you might love
to read. If you find other wonderful books, send us their titles so we can include them on our list in the future.
In the Lower School, the summer reading is optional. However, we urge parents to encourage students to
read, or to read to the younger children, at least 5 books over the summer. Every now and then, parents can
also encourage children to read to them from their books.
We are offering incentives to students in all grades of the Lower School to inspire you to read!
Every student who reads at least 5 books and responds to the question listed for each book read or,
for students entering Kindergarten, tells the answer to an adult who records it:
1. Entering Kindergarten: Students will enjoy a special celebration in class.
2. Entering Grades 1-4: Students will enjoy a special Literary Lunch in September.
Don’t forget to bring your completed log back to school during the first week of school.
Finally, to make the experience even more fun, here are a few online reading resources for your enjoyment.
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PBS Kids
Summer Challenge by Scholastic
Parents Guide to Helping Your Child Be a Great Reader
Help Your Child Read With Phonics
Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program*
Storyteller and Games
Keep reading and have a wonderful summer!
Mrs. Chaya Friedmann
Director of General Studies
Mrs. Chana Luchins
Incoming Assistant Principal of General Studies
RPRY 2016 Suggested Summer Reading List
We encourage all our students to keep on reading throughout the summer – for fun, for learning, and
for enjoying books as “frigates” – ships – to take you places where you have never been before!
Below is a suggested list by grade. However, you may look in bookstores and online for other books
you may love to read.
“There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away…”
from the poem “There is No Frigate Like a Book,” by Emily Dickinson
Entering Kindergarten
Aylesworth, Naughty Little Monkeys
Bang, When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry…
Becker, B., A Bedtime for Bear.
Child, I am Not Sleepy and I Will Not Go to Bed (and other Charlie and Lola books)
Hall, Zoe, The Apple Pie Tree
Henkes, Lily and the Purple Plastic Purse
Johnson, Harold and the Purple Crayon
Lamb, A., Tell Me the Day Backwards
Numeroff, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and sequels
Pfister, Rainbow Fish
Rey, Curious George
Shannon, No David! and David Goes to School
Sierra, Counting Crocodiles
Slate, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
Slobodkina, Caps for Sale
Taback, Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Willems, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (and others)
Math-themed Books – suggested by Marilyn Burns, founder of Math Solutions,
and one of today’s most highly respected mathematics educators:
Christelow, Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
Bassede, George’s Store at the Shore
Baker, Gray Rabbit’s 1, 2, 3
Maccarone, Monster Math
Murphy, Monster Musical Chairs
Young, Puppies in the Snow
Hague, Ten Little Bears
Wood, Ten Little Fish
Dotlich, What is a Triangle?, What is a Round?, What is a Square? (sep. bks.)
RPRY 2016 Suggested Summer Reading List
We encourage all our students to keep on reading throughout the summer – for fun, for learning, and
for enjoying books as “frigates” – ships – to take you places where you have never been before!
Below is a suggested list by grade. However, you may look in bookstores and online for other books
you may love to read.
““There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away…”
from the poem “There is No Frigate Like a Book,” by Emily Dickinson
Entering First Grade
Allard, Miss Nelson is Missing series
Arnold, Fly Guy series
Brown, Arthur series
Cannon, Stellaluna
Capucilli, Biscuit series
Christelow, Five Little Monkeys series
Cronin, Diary of a Fly, Diary of a Worm
DePaola, Strega Nona series
Falconer, Olivia series
Fucile, Let’s Do Nothing
Howe, Houndsley and Catina series
Kasza, Wolf’s Chicken Stew
Lin, Ling & Ting, Not Exactly the Same
Marshall, Fox on the Job
Marshal, George and Martha series
Mosel, Tikki Tikki Tembo
Stein, Interrupting Chicken
Sturges, The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza
Van Leeuwen, Amanda Pig series
Willems, Elephant and Piggie series
Zemach, It Could Always Be Worse
Math-themed Books – suggested by Marilyn Burns, founder of Math Solutions,
and one of today’s most highly respected mathematics educators:
Ochiltree, Cats Add Up!
Riches, Fat Frogs on a Skinny Log
Pallotta, The Icky Bug Counting Book
Shulevitz, One Monday Morning
Arenson, One, Two, Skip a Few
Hutchins, Ten Red Apples
Intrater, Two Eyes, a Nose, and a Mouth
Greene, When a Line Bends…A Shape Begins
RPRY 2016 Suggested Summer Reading List
We encourage all our students to keep on reading throughout the summer – for fun, for learning, and
for enjoying books as “frigates” – ships – to take you places where you have never been before!
Below is a suggested list by grade. However, you may look in bookstores and online for other books
you may love to read.
“There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away…”
from the poem “There is No Frigate Like a Book,” by Emily Dickinson
Entering Second Grade
Adler, Cam Jansen series
Brown, Flat Stanley series
Cronin, Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type
Guest, Iris and Walter series
Gutman, My Weird School series
Howe, Pinky and Rex series
Hurwitz, Rip Roaring Russell series
Lobel, Frog and Toad stories
Parish, Amelia Bedelia
Park, Junie B. Jones series
Peterson, The Littles series
Rylant, Henry and Mudge stories
Sharmat, Nate the Great series
Thomas, Good Night, Good Knight
Winter, The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps
Yee, Mouse and Mole series
Math-themed Books – suggested by Marilyn Burns, founder of Math Solutions,
and one of today’s most highly respected mathematics educators:
Nikola-Lisa, Bein’ with You This Way
Tang, Math Fables
Leuck, My Monster mama Loves me So
Wood, The Napping House
Rocklin, One Hungry Cat
Losi, Pizza Pizzazz!
Holtzman, A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy
St. George, So You Want to Be President?
Geringer, A Three Hat Day
Merriam, 12 Ways to Get to 11
Pallotta, Underwater Counting
Aker, What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s?
RPRY 2016 Suggested Summer Reading List
We encourage all our students to keep on reading throughout the summer – for fun, for learning, and
for enjoying books as “frigates” – ships – to take you places where you have never been before!
Below is a suggested list by grade. However, you may look in bookstores and online for other books
you may love to read.
“There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away…”
from the poem “There is No Frigate Like a Book,” by Emily Dickinson
Entering Third Grade
Atwater, Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Barrows, Ivy & Bean series
Becker, The Magical Ms. Plum
Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Cleary, Ramona the Pest
Clements, Jake Drake, Class Clown
Cronin, Diary of a Fly
Greenberg, Zach Files series
Howe, Bunnicula
Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking
MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle Wiggle
McDonald, Judy Moody series
Pennypacker, Clementine series
Pennypacker, Stuart’s Cape
Preller, Jigsaw Jones Mysteries
Sachar, Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Scieszka, The Time Warp Trio series
Sobol, Encyclopedia Brown series
Math-themed Books – suggested by Marilyn Burns, founder of Math Solutions,
and one of today’s most highly respected mathematics educators:
Viorst, Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday
Neuschwander, Amanda Bean’s Amazing Dream
Appelt, Bats on Parade
Joyce, George Shrinks
Tang, The Grapes of Math
Tang, Math for All Seasons
Fox, Night Noises
Hulme, Sea Squares
Murphy, Spunky Monkeys on Parade
RPRY 2016 Suggested Summer Reading List
We encourage all our students to keep on reading throughout the summer – for fun, for learning, and
for enjoying books as “frigates” – ships – to take you places where you have never been before!
Below is a suggested list by grade. However, you may look in bookstores and online for other books
you may love to read.
“There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away…”
from the poem “There is No Frigate Like a Book,” by Emily Dickinson
Entering Fourth Grade
Buckley, Sisters Grimm series
Clements, Frindle
Clements, No Talking
Clements, Lost and Found
Davies, The Lemonade War
Eager, Half Magic
Giff, Eleven
Greene, Sophie Hartley, On Strike
Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
Kehret, Spy Cat
Kennedy, Me and the Pumpkin Queen
Lowry, The Birthday Ball
MacDonald, Trolls United
Sachar, Wayside School series
Salisbury, Calvin Coconut series
Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Schlitz, The Night Fairy
Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events
Thompson, Highway Robbery
Weeks, Oggie Cooder
Wilder, Little House series
Math-themed Books – suggested by Marilyn Burns, founder of Math Solutions,
and one of today’s most highly respected mathematics educators:
Sierra, Counting Crocodiles
Woods, The Amazing Book of Mammal Records
Turner, Among Odds & Evens
Friedman, A Cloak for the Dreamer
Glass, The Fly on the Ceiling
Schwartz, If You Hopped Like a Frog
Burns, The I Hate Mathematics! Book
Burns, Math for Smarty Pants
Burns, The $1.00 Word Riddle Book
Davies, One Tiny Turtle
Pinczes, A Remainder of One
Nagda & Bickel, Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger
Mosel, Tikki Tikki Tembo
Krull, Wilma Unlimited
Briggs, Jim and the Beanstalk
RPRY 2016 SUMMER
READING LOG
LOWER SCHOOL
Students entering Grades 1-4
For each book you read or listened to, please answer:
What did you like or not like about this book?
Give 2 reasons or 1 reason and 1 example to support your answer.
NAME___________________________________________ENTERING GRADE____________
Students entering Kindergarten
Parents can read to the children and record their answers or
comments about the books here.
BOOK TITLE
AUTHOR
Date
Completed
ANSWER
Parent Signature________________________________________________________Date____________________________________________________