CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
LOWER SCHOOL 2016 SUMMER READING SUGGESTIONS
The goal of Lower School summer reading is to encourage all students to read a variety of literature genres
throughout their summer break. Student reading experiences should lead to greater fluency as well as
increased appreciation for and interest in reading. This list of suggested titles from which students may
choose includes award winners; library association recommendations; books with multicultural,
environmental, and value-based themes; classic children’s stories; and school favorites. Since the list is
intended for children ranging in age from four to ten, some titles may be more suitable for older children.
Titles with more difficult content or higher reading levels are indicated by an asterisk (*). Titles
available as ebooks through the LS Library’s catalog are noted.
Parents can help their children by:
 Reading aloud to them even if they are able to read independently;
 Making reading an important part of every day;
 Focusing more on the enjoyment of reading and less on literacy strategies;
 Helping them choose books that are appropriate in terms of both reading level and content;
 Visiting the public library and participating in its summer reading program and story hours.
The LS Library Online Resources Table on the LS Library page in Haiku offers a wealth of reading
opportunities:
 Book recommendations
o ALA Notable Children’s Books
 Nonfiction reading selections
o World Book Online and Encyclopedia Britannica Online (general information)
o CultureGrams (countries of the world and US states)
o Kids InfoBits (general information)
o SIRS Discoverer (general information)
o World Almanac for Kids Online (general information)
o Scholastic TrueFlix! (science, geography, and history)
o PebbleGo (general information)
o WebPath Express (web directory for locating age-appropriate web sites)
 Ebooks
o Destiny (fiction and nonfiction books in the Lower School Library collection) – summer/summer login
o Scholastic TrueFlix! (nonfiction books on science, history, and geography)
o TumbleBook Library (picture books) and TumbleBookCloud Junior (chapter books)
o International Children’s Digital Library (children’s literature from around the world)
2016 AWARD WINNERS
Caldecott (for the most distinguished American picture book for children)
Mattick
Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear [winner]
Andrews
Trombone Shorty [honor]
Henkes
Waiting [honor]
Weatherford
* Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement [honor]
de le Peña
Last Stop on Market Street [honor]
Newbery (for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature)
de le Peña
Last Stop on Market Street [winner]
Bradley
* The War that Saved My Life [honor]
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Coretta Scott King (for an African American author/illustrator of outstanding books for children)
Williams-Garcia * Gone Crazy in Alabama [author winner]
Andrews
Nelson
de le Peña
Trombone Shorty [illustrator winner]
The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore [illustrator honor]
Last Stop on Market Street [illustrator honor]
NC Children’s Book Award (voted the best picture book/contemporary book by children of NC)
DiPucchio
Applegate
Gaston [picture book award]
* The One and Only Ivan [junior book award]
Pura Belpre Award (for the Latino/Latina writer and illustrator whose work best portrays, affirms,
and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children)
Medina
Engle
Adler
Fenske
Savage
Henkes
Tavares
Rockliff
Mango, Abuela, and Me [author and illustrator honor]
Drum Dream Girl [illustrator winner]
Theodore Geisel (for the most distinguished beginning reader book)
Don’t Throw It to Mo! [winner]
A Pig, a Fox, and a Box [honor]
Supertruck [honor]
Waiting [honor]
Orbis Pictus (for excellence in nonfiction for children)
Growing Up Pedro [honor]
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France [honor]
“On Your Mark, Get Set…Read!”
This year’s summer reading theme is all about racing…cars, boats, bicycles, horses, swimming, skiing,
skating, running, and more. Challenge yourself to read at least one book from the list below or another book
of your choice on this theme. But don’t RACE through the books you choose – take your time to read for
meaning and enjoy the pictures.
Nonfiction and Biographies
Anderson
Danica Patrick
Armentrout
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Barber
Ancient Roman Sports and Pastimes
Bruchac
Jim Thorpe’s Bright Path
Buckley, A.
Be a Better Biker
Buckley, J.
NASCAR DK Eyewitness Book
Clemson
Using Math to Win a Grand Prix
Cline-Ransome
Major Taylor, Champion Cyclist
Dann
Lindsey Vonn
Dufresne
Triathlon
Enz
Build Your Own Car, Rocket, and Other Things that Go
Floca
The Racecar Alphabet
Xtreme Races series: America’s Cup / Iditarod / Indianapolis 500 / Kentucky Derby / Reno Air Races / Tour de France
Hamilton
Haskins
Sled Dogs
Herzog
G is for Gold: An Olympics Alphabet / R is for Race Car: A Stock Car Alphabet
Houston
Rockingham Speedway and other titles in the NASCAR Library Collection series
Israel
Jesse Owens: Running into History
Johnson
Take Off: Track and Field
Kelley
Racing to the Finish: Teamwork at 200 MPH!
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Kenney
Krull
Kulling
Loizos
McCarthy
McDowell
Murphy
Petersen
Peterson
Pollack
Romanek
Scheff
Shafran
Stauffacher
Stuckey
Thompson
Tieck
Trollinger
Van Cleaf
Wendorff
Wilbur
Wilcox
Yomtov
The Science of Race Cars: Studying Forces and Motion
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman
Eat My Dust! Henry Ford’s First Race
Skateboard! Your Guide to Street, Vert, Downhill, and More
Seabiscuit the Wonder Horse / Daredevil: the Daring Life of Betty Skelton
Michael Phelps
Racing Around
Boston Marathon
Bike! Your Guide to Mountain Biking, BMX, Road and Fast-track Racing, C-X Racing and More
Ski! : Your Guide to Cross-country, Downhill, Jumping, Racing, Freestyle, and More
Splash It: Swimming
Jeff Gordon
Skate! Your Guide to Inline, Aggressive, Vert, Street, Roller Hockey, Speed Skating, Dance, Fitness Training, and More
Tillie the Terrible Swede: How One Woman, a Sewing Needle, and a Bicycle Changed History
Ride It: BMX
Emmanuel’s Dream: the True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
Speedboats / Dragsters / Indy Cars / Superbikes / Jimmie Johnson
Perfect Timing: How Isaac Murphy Became One of the World's Greatest Jockeys
In-Line Skating
My First Sports: Swimming
D is for Derby: A Kentucky Derby Alphabet
Greyhounds
Edmund Hillary Reaches the Top of Everest (graphic novel)
Fiction, Folklore, and Mythology
Allard
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Berenstain
The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race
Birney
Humphrey’s Really Wheely Racing Day
Blake
Akiak: A Tale From the Iditarod / Painter and Ugly
Borden
The Greatest Skating Race: a World War II Story from the Netherlands
Brown, M.
Arthur’s Reading Race
Brown, J.
Stanley, Flat Again! (sailboat racing)
Bruchac
Turtle’s Race with Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story
Carlson
Loudmouth George and the Big Race
Caseley
Field Day Friday
Cousins
Maisy’s Field Day
Gardiner
* Stone Fox
Hicks
Track Attack
Joyner
Boris for the Win
Lester
John Henry
London
Fire Race: a Karuk Coyote Tale about How Fire came to the People
Lord
Hot Rod Hamster and the Wacky Whatever Race!
Marsden
Moon Runner
Martin
The Race of the Golden Apples (Atalanta)
Mills
Ziggy’s Blue-ribbon Day
Park
Junie B. Jones is Captain Field Day
Pinkney
The Tortoise and the Hare
2016 LS Summer Reading 3 of 21
Rozier
Rylant
Thaler
Zane
Jackrabbit McCabe & the Electric Telegraph
Mr. Putter and Tabby Run the Race
The Field Day from the Black Lagoon
The Wheels on the Race Car
eBOOKS
These and nearly 400 ebooks are accessible on all devices through Destiny from the LS Library home page
in Haiku. Use summer/summer as the login.
Antill
Caper
Citra
Crane
De Vries
Fay
Flynn et al.
Friedman
Gaarder-Juntti
Guillain
Kalman
Kelly
Korman
Lawrence
Lay et al.
Levy
Lin
Lindeen
Messner
Mullarkey
Peters
Peppas
Ransom
Riehecky et al.
Sewell
Spilsbury et al.
Sweet
Ventura et al.
Wheeler
Young
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10 Ways I Can Save the Earth
American Bison: A Scary Prediction (and others in the America’s Animal Comebacks series)
Danger at the Landings
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
Chance and the Butterfly
Pocahontas (and others in the American Biographies series)
Wickiups (and others in the American Indian Homes series)
Back to School, Mallory (and others in the Mallory series)
What Lives in the Ocean?
Dr. Seuss (and others in the Author Biographies series)
Are You Like Me?
Andre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo
The Hypnotists
A Butterfly’s Life
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women (and others in the Calico Illustrated Classics series)
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
Galileo and the Telescope (and others in the Eureka! series)
Brachiosaurus (and others in the Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals series)
Capture the Flag
J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan
Rapunzel: The Graphic Novel
Cultural Traditions in China (and others in the Cultural Traditions in My World series)
Fire in the Sky
Megalosaurus (and others in the Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals series)
Black Beauty
Animals in Danger in North America (and others in the Animals in Danger series)
Balloons Over Broadway
The 12 Biggest Breakthroughs in Robot Technology (and others in the Technology Breakthrough series)
Antonia Novello: Fantastic Physician (and others in the Women in Science series)
Minnow and Rose: An Oregon Trail Story
NONFICTION
Abramovitz
Aliki
Ancona
Applegate
Arnosky
Science Detectives: How Scientists Solved Six Real-life Mysteries
How Do Computers Talk to One Another?
My Five Senses
Can We Help? Kids Volunteering to Help Their Communities
Ivan: the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla
Shimmer & Splash : The Sparkling World of Sea Life
2016 LS Summer Reading 4 of 21
Artell
Aston
Bang
Baretta
Barton
Beck
Becker
Bishop
Bluemel Oldfield
Bonner
Boothroyd
Brash
Brown
Burns
Butterworth
Campbell
Canavan
Carmichael
Cole
Coy
Curlee
Davies
Davis
Deedy
*
Doeden
Drummond
Earhart
Floca
Fradin
*
George
Gibbons
Green
Greve
Guiberson
Harris
Isabella
Jackson
Jenkins, S.
Judge
*
Kalman
Keller
Kerley
Krull
Kudlinski
Kurtz
Lasky
Leedy
Cartooning for Kids
A Beetle is Shy
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants Feed the Sea
Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin
I’m Trying to Love Spiders (It Isn’t Easy)
Glow: Animals with Their Own Night-Lights
National Geographic Kids: Everything Space
Nic Bishop Lizards (and others by the author)
Patterns at the Seashore
When Dinos Dawned, Mammals Got Munched, and Pterosaurs Took Flight
From Marbles to Video Games: How Toys Have Changed
Professor Cook’s Fruity Desserts (and others in the series)
Henry and the Cannons: The Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
Handle with Care: An Unusual Butterfly Journey
See What a Seal Can Do
Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature
You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Extreme Weather (and others in the series)
How Do Video Games Work?
Magic School Bus series / Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures series
Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball
Skyscraper
One Tiny Turtle
Mr. Ferris and his Wheel
14 Cows for America
The Oregon Trail: an Interactive History Adventure
Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World
Dewey the Library Cat: A True Story
Locomotive
The Price of Freedom: How One Town Stood Up to Slavery
Ice Whale
It’s Raining! (and others by the author)
Crayola / Apple / Target / Coca-Cola (from the Brands We Know series)
The Internet
Frog Song
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Chitchat: Celebrating the World’s Languages
Extreme Scientists: Exploring Nature’s Mysteries from Perilous Places
Eye to Eye: How Animals See the World (and others by the author)
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II
Animals that Live in Social Groups
Scrambled States of America
Those Rebels, John & Tom
What’s New? the Zoo: A Zippy History of Zoos
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs!
A Day in the Salt Marsh / A Day on the Mountain / A Day in the Deep [also in ebook]
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
The Shocking Truth about Energy
2016 LS Summer Reading 5 of 21
Levine
If You Lived When Women Won Their Rights (and others in the series)
Levy
We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
Lipkowitz
The LEGO Ideas Book: Unlock Your Imagination
Macdonald
Do You Want to Be a Samurai Warrior?
Markle
The Great Monkey Rescue: Saving the Golden Lion Tamarins
Marsico
Drones / Self-Driving Cars
Mattern
Lightbulbs / Toilets / Remote Control Planes (and others in the How Things Work series)
McClafferty
Something Out of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium
Meeker
Rhino Rescue! and More True Stories of Saving Animals
Meister
Do You Really Want to Meet a Monkey?
Messner
Tree of Wonder: the Many Marvelous Lives of a Rainforest Tree
Neuschwander
Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone: A Math Adventure (and others in the series)
O'Brien
You are the First Kid on Mars
Osborne
Magic Tree House Research Guide series
Patent
Saving Audie: A Pit Bull Puppy Gets a Second Chance
Pinborough
Miss Moore Thought Otherwise: How Anne Carroll Moore Created Libraries for Children
Rockwell
Bugs Are Insects
Roth
Parrots Over Puerto Rico
Rusch
Volcano Rising
Sayre
Woodpecker Wham!
Schuette
A Football Cookbook: Simple Recipes for Kids
Serafini
Looking Closely Inside the Garden (and others in the Looking Closely series)
Simon
Wildfires (and others by the author)
Smith
Brick by Brick
Spengler
An Illustrated Timeline of Inventions and Inventors
Stockdale
Stripes of All Types
Stewart
A Place for Turtles
Swanson
The Attractive Truth about Magnetism (and others in the LOL Physical Science series)
Thomas
Archaeologist (and others in the Cool Careers series)
Thornborough
Greetings and Phrases (and others from the Talking Hands [sign language] series)
Tonatiuh
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation
Vernick
Brothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-brother Baseball Team
Walker
Winnie: the True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh
Weatherford
* Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-ins / Freedom in Congo Square
Wheeler-Toppen Edible Science: Experiments You Can Eat
Winter, Jeanette
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan
Winter, Jonah
Just Behave, Pablo Picasso!
Yolen
* Roanoke the Lost Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History
Zimmerman
Eliza’s Cherry Trees: Japan’s Gift to America
BIOGRAPHIES
Armstrong
Bailey
Barasch
Berne
Bober
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary
True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance
Queen Victoria’s Diamond
Hiromi’s Hands
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
Papa is a Poet: A Story about Robert Frost
2016 LS Summer Reading 6 of 21
Bridges
Brown
Bryant
Burleigh
Christensen
Codell
Corey
Delano
Demi
Fritz
Giovanni
Glaser
Golio
Griffith
Grimes
Hartland
Heiligman
Hill
Houston
Kamkwamba
Kerley
Krensky
Krull
Lasky
Le Tord
Locker
Mannis et al.
Markel
Martin
Maurer
McCarthy
McDonnell
Moss
Nelson, K.
Nelson, S.
Nobleman
Older
Rappaport
Rosenstock
Rumford
Rusch
Ryan
Schroeder
Shange
Shepherd
Sis
Sisson
Through My Eyes: The Autobiography of Ruby Bridges
My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus
Edward Hopper Paints His World
Fabulous! A Portrait of Andy Warhol
Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison
Florence Nightingale (and other biographies by the author)
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton? (and other biographies by the author)
Rosa
Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
* Jimi Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix
The Fabulous Flying Machines of Alberto Santos-Dumont
Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman
Bon Appetit! the Delicious Life of Julia Child
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos
Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave
My Great-aunt Arizona
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
A Home for Mr. Emerson
Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing Life and Times of Annie Oakley
The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny)
John Muir: America’s First Environmentalist
A Blue Butterfly: A Story About Claude Monet
Walking With Henry: Based on the Life and Works of Henry David Thoreau
Who Was William Shakespeare? (and others in the Who Was series)
The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau
Snowflake Bentley
The Wright Sister: Katharine Wright and Her Famous Brothers
Earmuffs for Everyone! How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs
Me…Jane [about Jane Goodall]
Nurse, Soldier, Spy: The Story of Sarah Edmonds, a Civil War Hero
Nelson Mandela
Black Elk’s Vision: A Lakota Story
Bill the Boy Wonder: the Secret Co-creator of Batman / Boys of Steel: the Creators of Superman
Snowmobile: Bombardier’s Dream Machine
Martin’s Big Words
The Noisy Paint Box: The Colors and Sounds of Kandinsky’s Abstract Art
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart
When Marian Sang
Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Coretta Scott
Sacagawea
The Pilot and the Little Prince: The Life of Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Star Stuff: Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos
2016 LS Summer Reading 7 of 21
St. George
Stone
Sweet
Tallchief
Tavares
Weatherford
Weaver
Winter, Jeanette
Winter, Jonah
Yolen
Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln (and others by the author)
Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell
Balloons Over Broadway: True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade [also in ebook]
Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina
Becoming Babe Ruth
* Dear Mr. Rosenwald
Harry Houdini: the Legend of the World’s Greatest Escape Artist
Wangari’s Trees of Peace
Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx
Lost Boy: The Story of the Man Who Created Peter Pan
MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE
Ada
My Name is Maria Isabel
Ajmera
Music Everywhere
Alvarez
* How Tia Lola Saved the Summer
Ancona
Ole! Flamenco
Averbeck
The Market Bowl
Bahk
Juna’s Jar
Bercaw
Halmoni’s Day
Bridges
Ruby’s Wish
Brown
Marisol McDonald and the Monster
Bryan
Let It Shine: Three Favorite Spirituals
Bunting
One Green Apple
Chinn
Sam and the Lucky Money
Choi
The Name Jar
Cohen
Molly’s Pilgrim
Colato Laínez
* My Shoes and I
Cossi
Pemba Sherpa
Daly
The Herd Boy
Davies
Don’t Spill the Milk
Dorros
Papa and Me
Engle
Drum Dream Girl
English
Nadia’s Hands
Fine
Armando and the Blue Tarp School
Fleischman
The Matchbox Diary
Fleming
* Lowji Discovers America
Garland
The Lotus Seed
Gilmore
Cora Cooks Pancit
Gonzalez
The Storyteller’s Candle
Graber
Muktar and the Camels
Guback
Luka’s Quilt
Hall
Henry and the Kite Dragon
Hamanaka
All the Colors of the Earth
Hanson
A Season for Mangoes
Heide
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret
Heine
Chandra’s Magic Light: A Story in Nepal
Ichikawa
My Father’s Shop
2016 LS Summer Reading 8 of 21
Isadora
Iyengar
Jiang
Joosse
Kahn
Kalman
Kessler
Kobald
Kroll
Kurtz
Lewin
Lin
Look
MacLachlan
Manushkin
Martin
Mohammed
Mora
Namioka
Nye
Pak
Park, F.
Park, L.
Perez
Perkins, M.
Polacco
Rao
Rattigan
Raven
Recorvits
Say
Schuch
Simon
Sisulu
Stuve-Bodeen
Tafolla
Thong
Trottier
Whelan
Williams
Winter
Woodson
Wyeth
Yang
Yashima
Yep
Yolen
Happy Belly, Happy Smile
Romina’s Rangoli
* Red Kite, Blue Kite
Papa Do You Love Me?
Big Red Lollipop
What Is Culture?
The Best Beekeeper of Lalibela
My Two Blankets
Masai and I
Faraway Home
Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia
The Ugly Vegetables
Uncle Peter’s Amazing Chinese Wedding
Nora’s Chicks
Happy in Our Skin
Knots on a Counting Rope
My Name is Sangoel
Tomas and the Library Lady
* Yang the Eldest and His Odd Jobs
Sitti’s Secrets
Sumi’s First Day of School Ever
Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong
The Firekeeper’s Son
First Day in Grapes
Rickshaw Girl
Fiona’s Lace
My Mother’s Sari
Dumpling Soup
Circle Unbroken : The Story of a Basket and Its People
My Name Is Yoon
Grandfather’s Journey
A Symphony of Whales
Oskar and the Eight Blessings
The Day Gogo Went to Vote
Babu’s Song
What Can You Do With a Paleta?
Round is a Tortilla
Migrant
Yatandou
Four Feet, Two Sandals
Biblioburro: A True Story from Columbia
This is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
The Granddaughter Necklace
Hannah Is My Name
Crow Boy
* The Star Maker
Raising Yoder’s Barn
2016 LS Summer Reading 9 of 21
POETRY
Bryan, A.
Clements
Creech
Fleischman
Florian
Frame
Frost
George
Grimes
Hines
Ho
Hoberman
Hopkins
Hughes
Issa
Janeczko
Lawrence
Lewis
MacLachlan
Mannis
Muth
O'Neill
Park
Prelutsky
Raczka
Rex
Shange
Sidman
Silverstein
Singer
Stevenson
Thayer
Wardlaw
White
Worth
Zolotow
Sing to the Sun: Poems and Pictures
Dogku
Hate That Cat
* Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
Yesterday I Had the Blues
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems
Thanks a Million
Peaceful Pieces: Poems and Quilts about Peace
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Tall Tales to Read Together
Sharing the Seasons: A Book of Poems
Sail Away
Today and Today
Firefly July: a Year of Very Short Poems
Harriet and the Promised Land
Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape
I Didn’t Do It
One Leaf Rides the Wind: Counting in a Japanese Garden
Hi, Koo! A Year of Seasons
Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color
Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems)
Stardines Swim High Across the Sky (and others by the author)
Wet Cement: a Mix of Concrete Poems
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich
Ellington Was Not a Street
Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature
Everything On It: Poems and Drawings (and others by the author)
Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
A Child's Garden of Verses
Casey at the Bat
Won-ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku
Blue on Blue
Pug and Other Animal Poems
Seasons: A Book of Poems
FICTION: CHAPTER BOOKS
Dear America series
My Name Is America series
* The 39 Clues series
Alcott
* Little Women
Angleberger
The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett (and its prequels)
Appelt
Keeper
Applegate
* Crenshaw
2016 LS Summer Reading 10 of 21
Armstrong
* Sounder
Atwater
Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Avi
* Old Wolf
Avi
* Crispin: The End of Time (and its prequels)
Balliett
* The Calder Game (and others by the author)
Barrows
Ivy + Bean series
Barry
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon (and its prequels)
Baum
* The Wizard of Oz
Bell
* El Deafo
Birdsall
* The Penderwicks in Spring
Birney
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
Birney
Mysteries According to Humphrey
Black
The Spiderwick Chronicles series
Blume
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (and others by the author)
Bond
Paddington series
Bowen
* Hardcourt Comeback (and others by the author)
Branford
Violet Mackerel’s Pocket Protest
Bryan
The Secret Zoo (and others in the series)
Bruchac
* The Warriors
Burnett
The Secret Garden
Burnford
The Incredible Journey
Cameron
Julian’s Glorious Summer
Carroll
* Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland
Catling
The Chocolate Touch
Christopher, M. The Basket Counts (and others by the author)
Cleary
Beezus and Ramona (and others by the author)
Clements
Frindle (and others by the author)
Cole
A Nest for Celeste
Colfer, C.
The Land of Stories: An Author’s Odyssey (and others in the series)
Colfer, E.
* Artemis Fowl series
Cooper
* The Dark Is Rising
Cowell
How to Train Your Dragon and its sequels
Creech
* Walk Two Moons (and others by the author)
Curtis
Bud, Not Buddy
Cussler
The Adventures of Hotsy Totsy
Dahl
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and others by the author)
Davies
The Magic Trap (and others in the Lemonade War series)
DiCamillo
* Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
DiCamillo
* The Tale of Despereaux
D’Lacey
The Dragons of Wayward Crescent series
D’Lacey
* Last Dragon Chronicles series
Draper
* Out of My Mind
DuPrau
* The City of Ember and its sequels
Eager
Half Magic
Edwards
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Farley
The Black Stallion
Feinstein
* The Rivalry: Mystery at the Army-Navy Game
2016 LS Summer Reading 11 of 21
Fitzhugh
Fleischman
Fleischman
Friedman
Frost
Funke
Gannett
Gardiner
George
Gibbs
Giff
Gipson
Grahame
Grabenstein
Gurney
Gutman
Haddix
Haddix
Hawkings
Henkes
Henry
Holm
Hiaasen
Howe
Hunter
Ibbotson
Jacques
Jansson
Jenkins
Juster
Kadohata
Kessler
King-Smith
Konigsburg
Korman
Lansky
Larson
Law
Le Guin
L'Engle
Levine
Lewis, C.S.
Lin
Lindgren
Lofting
London
Look
* Harriet, the Spy
McBroom series
* The Whipping Boy
On the Road with Mallory (and others in the series)
* Diamond Willow
* Inkheart Trilogy (and others by the author)
My Father’s Dragon (and others by the author)
Stone Fox
My Side of the Mountain (and others by the author)
* Spaced Out (and others by the author)
* Gingersnap
* Old Yeller
* Wind in the Willows
Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library / Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics
* Dinotopia
Ted & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure (and others by the author)
* Running Out of Time
* Missing series / The Shadow Children series
George and the Big Bang (and its prequels)
The Year of Billy Miller
Misty of Chincoteague (and others by the author)
Babymouse: Bad Babysitter (and others in the series)
* Chomp / Hoot / Flush / Scat
Bunnicula series
Cats of the Clans (and others in the Warriors series)
The Island of the Aunts (and others by the author)
* Redwall (and others by the author)
Finn Family Moomintroll (and others by the author)
Toys Go Out
* The Phantom Tollbooth
* Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam
Emily Windsnap and its sequels
Babe: The Gallant Pig (and others by the author)
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Island, Everest, and Dive series / On the Run series
Girls to the Rescue series
* Duke
* Switch and its prequels Savvy and Scumble
Catwings (and others by the author)
* A Wrinkle in Time (and others by the author)
Ella Enchanted (and others by the author)
* The Chronicles of Narnia
Starry River of the Sky (and others by the author)
Pippi Longstocking (and others by the author)
* The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
* The Call of the Wild
Ruby Lu, Brave and True
2016 LS Summer Reading 12 of 21
Lowry
Lowry
MacDonald
MacLachlan
Martin
Mass
Mazer
McCloskey
McDonald
Messner
Milne
Montgomery
Namioka
Naylor
Naylor
Nimmo
Norton
O'Brian
O'Connor
O'Dell
Orr
Park
Paterson
Patron
Paulsen
Peck
Pennypacker
Pinkwater
Raskin
Rawls
Riordan
Robbins
Robinson
Rowling
Ryan
Rylant
Sachar
Sachar
Saint-Exupery
Salisbury
Scieszka
Selden
Selznick
Sewell
Smith, D.
Smith, R.
Snicket
Gooney Bird on the Map
* The Willoughbys
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (and others by the author)
Sarah, Plain and Tall / * Edward’s Eyes
* Rain Reign
The Candymakers
Amazing Days of Abby Hayes series
Homer Price
Judy Moody and the Bad Luck Charm / Stink Moody in Master of Disaster (and others in the series)
Capture the Flag
Winnie the Pooh
* Anne of Green Gables
Yang the Third and Her Impossible Family
Beetles Lightly Toasted
* Shiloh
Charlie Bone series
The Borrowers
* Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
* How to Steal a Dog
* Island of the Blue Dolphins
Abandoned: A Lion Called Kiki (and others in the Rainbow Street Shelter series)
* A Long Walk to Water [also in ebook]
* The Flint Heart: a Fairy Story
* The Higher Power of Lucky
* Field Trip (and others by the author)
The Mouse with the Question Mark Trail
Completely Clementine (and others by the author)
The Werewolf Club series (and others by the author)
* The Westing Game
* Where the Red Fern Grows
* The Red Pyramid (and others in the Kane Chronicles series)
The Big Flush (and others in the Chicagoland Detective Agency series)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
* Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (and its sequels)
* Esperanza Rising (and others by the author)
* Missing May (and others by the author)
* Holes / Fuzzy Mud
Sideways Stories from Wayside School series
* The Little Prince
Calvin Coconut series
Time Warp Trio series
The Cricket in Times Square
The Invention of Hugo Cabret / Wonderstruck / The Marvels
* Black Beauty
* The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Chocolate Fever
A Series of Unfortunate Events series
2016 LS Summer Reading 13 of 21
Snyder
Sobol
Spinelli
Spinelli
Springstubb
Steig
Stewart
Stone
Sutherland
Sypri
Taylor, T.
Thielbar
Tolan
Tolkien
Van Cleve
Van Draanen
Viorst
Voigt
Warner, G.
Warner, S.
Watson
Webb
Weeks
White
Wilder
Winthrop
* The Egypt Game
Encyclopedia Brown series
* Maniac Magee
* Love, Stargirl
Cody and the Fountain of Happiness
Abel’s Island
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (and its prequels)
* The Five Ancestors series
* Krakens and Lies (and others in the Menagerie series)
Heidi
The Cay
The Lost Key: A Mystery with Money (and others in the Manga Math series)
* Surviving the Applewhites
* Lord of the Rings series
Drizzle
Shredderman series
Lulu’s Mysterious Mission (and others in the series)
Angus and Sadie
The Boxcar Children series
Ellray Jakes the Recess King!
Stick Dog Tries to Take the Donuts (and others in the series)
The Case of the Feathered Mask (and others in the Mysteries of Maisie Hitchins series)
Pie
Charlotte’s Web (and others by the author)
Little House on the Prairie (and others by the author)
The Castle in the Attic
FICTION: BEGINNING READERS
Magic School Bus Science Chapter Book series
Breyer Stablemates series
Adler
Cam Jansen series
Adler
Bones mystery series
Arnold
Prince Fly Guy (and others in the Fly Guy series)
Baglio
Animal Ark series
Barrows
Ivy + Bean What’s the Big Idea? (and others in the series)
Berenstain
The Big Honey Hunt (and others by the authors)
Bergen
Sophie the Zillionaire (and others in the series)
Blume
Friend or Fiend? with The Pain and The Great One
Brown
A Marc Brown Arthur Chapter Book series
Brown
Flat Stanley series
Cazet
Minnie and Moo series
Chaconas
Cork & Fuzz: Spring Cleaning (and others in the series)
Coerr
The Josefina Story Quilt
Cohen
Molly’s Pilgrim
Conford
Jenny Archer series
Cooper
Thanks to Lucy (and others in the series)
Coven
Heidi Heckelbeck and the Tie-dyed Bunny (and others in the series)
2016 LS Summer Reading 14 of 21
Dadey
Danziger
DiCamillo
Dillard
Eastman
Galante
Giff
Giff
Gutman
Henkes
Holm
Howe
Hurwitz
Johnson
Joyner
Kelly
Kline
Krosoczka
Landon
Lin
Lobel
MacLachlan
Marshall
Marshall
May
Miller
Mills
Minarik
Myracle
Osborne
O’Connor
Parish
Park
Peterson
Pilkey
Preller
Roy
Rylant
Rylant
Rylant
Rylant
Seuss
Sharmat
Shefelman
Silverman
Spiegelman
Spires
Bailey School Kids series
Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon (and others by the author)
Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (and others in the series)
Extraordinary Warren: A Super Chicken
Are You My Mother?
Willa Bean series
Not-so-perfect Rosie (and others by the author)
Ronald Morgan series
My Weird School and My Weird School Daze series
Penny and Her Marble
Fear the Amoeba (and others in the Squish series)
Pinky and Rex series
Pee Wee's Tale (and others by the author)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (and others by the author)
Boris Gets a Lizard (and other books in the Boris series)
Ballpark Mysteries series
Horrible Harry series
The Field Trip Fiasco (and others in the Lunch Lady series)
Meg Mackintosh series
Ling & Ting: Together in All Weather (and others in the series)
Frog and Toad series
Waiting for the Magic
Fox in Love
Rats on the Range and Other Stories
Mika: My New Life (and others in the Lotus Lane series)
Three Stories You Can Read to Your Dog/Cat
Gus and Grandpa series
Little Bear series
The Life of Ty: Non-random Acts of Kindness
Shadow of the Shark (and others from the Magic Tree House series)
Nancy Clancy, Secret Admirer
Amelia Bedelia (and others by the author)
Junie B. Jones series
The Littles series
Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot vs. the Uranium Unicorns from Uranus
Jigsaw Jones Mystery series
A to Z Mysteries series / Calendar Mysteries series / Capital Mysteries series
The Cobble Street Cousins series
Henry and Mudge series
Mr. Putter and Tabby Smell the Roses (and others in the series)
Poppleton series
Green Eggs and Ham (and others by the author)
Nate the Great series
Anna Maria’s Gift
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa series
Jack and the Box (and others in the Toon Book series)
Binky the Space Cat (and others in the Binky series)
2016 LS Summer Reading 15 of 21
Steele
Sternberg
Stilton
Stone
Thomson
Van Leeuwen
Willems
Catch That Crook! (and others in the LEGO City series)
Like Carrot Juice on a Cupcake (and others by the author)
Geronimo Stilton series
Dinosaur Cove series
Keena Ford and the Secret Journal Mix-up (and others in the series)
Oliver and Amanda Pig series
Waiting Is Not Easy!
FICTION: PICTURE BOOKS
Ackerman
Song and Dance Man
Agee
Terrific
Ahlberg
Previously
Alexander, C.
All Things Bright and Beautiful (Ashley Bryan, illustrator)
Aliki
Quiet in the Garden
Allard
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day
Asch
Sand Cake
Bang
When Sophie’s Feelings are Really, Really Hurt
Barnett
Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
Barton
Shark vs. Train
Beaty
Iggy Peck, Architect
Becker
Journey
Bemelmans
Madeline
Bingham
Z is for Moose
Black
I’m Bored
Blake
Togo
Bliss
Bailey at the Museum
Bradby
* More Than Anything Else
Brennan-Nelson Willow
Brett
The Turnip (and others by the author)
Brisson
The Summer My Father Was Ten
Brown, M. W.
The Important Book
Brown, P.
My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I Am Not) / The Curious Garden
Brunhoff
The Story of Babar
Buehner
Snowmen at Work
Bunting
Yard Sale
Burton
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
Cannon
Stellaluna (and others by the author)
Carle
The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse (and others by the author)
Charlip
Fortunately
Cherry
The Great Kapok Tree
Cleminson
Otto the Book Bear
Copeland
Firebird: Ballerina Misty Copeland Shows a Young Girl How to Dance Like the Firebird
Corey
First Graders From Mars series
Cronin
Click, Clack, Peep! / Smick!
Curtis
The Bat Boy & His Violin
Daywalt
The Day the Crayons Quit / The Day the Crayons Came Home
De Paola
Strega Nona (and others by the author)
2016 LS Summer Reading 16 of 21
De Regniers
Dean
Desbordes
Dewdney
DiPucchio
Durand
Ets
Falconer
Feiffer
Fleming
Fox
Freeman
Goble
Goodrich
Gottesfeld
Graham
Grimes
Hall, D.
Hall, M.
Haughton
Henkes
Hest
Hoban
Hoffman
Hogrogian
Howe
Hutchins
Idle
Isadora
Isop
James
Jeffers
Johnson
Johnston
Jonas
Joyce
Juster
Kalman
Kang
Kann
Kasza
Keats
Kellogg
Kleven
Krauss
Krensky
Leaf
May I Bring a Friend?
Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues
Daydreams of a Solitary Hamster
Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa
Gaston
Mitchell Goes Bowling
Gilberto and the Wind
Olivia and the Fairy Princesses
Bark, George
Boxes for Katje
Koala Lou (and others by the author)
Corduroy
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses (and others by the author)
Mister Bud Wears the Cone
* The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Ann Frank’s Window
April and Esme, Tooth Fairies
Danitra Brown Class Clown
Ox-cart Man
Perfect Square
Shh! We Have a Plan
When Spring Comes (and others by the author)
When Charley Met Grampa
Bread and Jam for Frances
Princess Grace
One Fine Day
Otter and Odder
Rosie’s Walk
Flora and the Penguin
Say Hello!
How Do You Hug a Porcupine?
Nurse Clementine
The Snow Queen
All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom
Amber on the Mountain
Round Trip
A Bean, a Stalk, and a Boy Named Jack
The Hello, Goodbye Window
Looking at Lincoln
Your Are (Not) Small
Aqualicious
My Lucky Day
The Snowy Day
Pinkerton, Behave!
Paper Princess
The Carrot Seed
Big Bad Wolves at School
The Story of Ferdinand
2016 LS Summer Reading 17 of 21
Lester
Lewis
Lionni
Marshall
Martin
Mayer
McCloskey
McKissack
McLerran
Meddaugh
Melmed
Miller
Millman
Mitchell
Moser
Munsch
Munson
Musgrove
Muth
Nelson
Noble
Novak
Numeroff
O’Connor
Offill
Pallotta
Perry
Pinczes
Pinkwater
Piper
Plourde
Polacco
Potter
Priceman
Rathmann
Rey
Reynolds, A.
Reynolds, P.
Rosen
Rosenthal
Rubin
Ryan
Rylant
Samuels
Santat
Say
Schachner
Listen, Buddy / Happy Birthday, Tacky! / All for Me and None for All
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes
A Color of His Own (and others by the author)
George and Martha
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet
Make Way for Ducklings
* Goin' Someplace Special
Roxaboxen
Martha Calling
Little Oh
Sophie’s Squash
Moses Sees a Play
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Stories from Bug Garden
The Paper Bag Princess
Enemy Pie
The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth
Zen Socks
If You Plant a Seed
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
The Book with No Pictures
If You Give a Dog a Donut
Fancy Nancy: the Saturday Night Sleepover
11 Experiments that Failed
Dory Story
The Book that Eats People
One Hundred Hungry Ants
Bear in Love
The Little Engine That Could
Wild Child
* Tucky Jo and Little Heart
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Curious George
* Back of the Bus
Sky Color
We’re Going On a Bear Hunt
Exclamation Mark
Robo-sauce
Hello, Ocean
When I Was Young in the Mountains (and others by the author)
Dolores On Her Toes
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
The Favorite Daughter
Skippyjon Jones Cirque de Olé
2016 LS Summer Reading 18 of 21
Schertle
Scieszka
Scotton
Seeger
Sendak
Seuss
Simont
Sis
Slate
Slobodkina
Snyder
Soman
Spier
Spires
Steig
Stein
Stevens
Stewart
Stoeke
Taback
Tafolla
Thurber
Tullet
Uhlberg
Underwood
Van Allsburg
Viorst
Waber
Walsh
Van Biesen
Waber
Watt
Weiss
Wells
Wheeler
Wiesner
Willems
Williams, M.
Williams, V.
Winter
Wood
Woodson
Yolen
Young
Zion
Zolotow
Down the Road
Robot Zot!
Splat and the Cool School Trip
First the Egg
Where the Wild Things Are
What Pet Should I Get? (and others by the author)
The Stray Dog
Ice Cream Summer
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten
Caps For Sale
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap
Ladybug Girl and the Best Ever Playdate / The Amazing Adventures of Bumblebee Boy
The Star-spangled Banner
The Most Magnificent Thing
Doctor De Soto (and others by the author)
Interrupting Chicken
The Great Fuzz Frenzy
The Quiet Place
Minerva Louise at the Fair
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
What Can You Do With a Paleta?
Many Moons
Press Here
Dad, Jackie, and Me
Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat
Jumanji
Alexander, Who's Trying his Best to Be the Best Boy Ever
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Where is Jumper?
Roger is Reading a Book
Ask Me
Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party
What a Wonderful World
Felix Stands Tall (and others by the author)
Dino-swimming
Mr. Wuffles! (and others by the author)
That is Not a Good Idea!
The Velveteen Rabbit
A Chair for My Mother
Henri’s Scissors
The Full Moon at the Napping House
* Each Kindness
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends?
Seven Blind Mice
Harry the Dirty Dog
Say It! (and others by the author)
2016 LS Summer Reading 19 of 21
FOLK AND FAIRY TALES
Aardema
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: A Nandi Tale / Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
Andersen
The Princess and the Pea
Artell
Petite Rouge
Brown, M. Stone Soup
Bruchac
Rabbit's Snow Dance: a Traditional Iroquois Story
Bryan, A.
Beautiful Blackbird / The Story of Lightning & Thunder / The Night Has Ears
Cech
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Clayton
* Persephone
Deedy
Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
Demi
The Emperor’s New Clothes: A Tale Set in China
De Paola
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush
Divakaruni Grandma and the Great Gourd: A Bengali Folk Tale
Fleischman Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella
Gilman
Something From Nothing: Adapted From a Jewish Folktale
Goble
Storm Maker's Tipi
Hall
* King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table: a Graphic Novel
Hamilton
Bruh Rabbit and the Tar Baby Girl
Hicks
The Jack Tales
Hong
Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale
Isadora
The Fisherman and His Wife
Kimmel
Anansi and the Moss-covered Rock
Knutson
Love and Roast Chicken
Lendroth
Maneki Neko: The Tale of the Beckoning Cat
Lester
* Tales of Uncle Remus
MacDonald The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-tooth Dog
Mahy
The Seven Chinese Brothers
McDermott Jabuti, the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon
McGill
* Way Up and Over Everything
McKissack Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters and Other Wily Characters
Mitton
Once Upon a Starry Night: A Book of Constellations
Mosel
Tikki Tikki Tembo
Muth
Stone Soup
Rascol
The Impudent Rooster
Rockwell
The Boy Who Wouldn’t Obey
San Souci
Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella / Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow
Schwartz * Ghosts! Ghostly Tales From Folklore
Shannon
Rabbit’s Gift: A Fable from China
Shepard
Robin Hood: a Graphic Novel
Sierra
Can You Guess My Name? Traditional Tales from Around the World
Steptoe
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters
Washginton A Pride of African Tales
Young
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story From China
Zelinsky
Rapunzel (and others by the author)
2016 LS Summer Reading 20 of 21
MAGAZINES (+ denotes online news magazines accessible from the LS Library web page in BucsNet)
American Girl (ages 8-12)
Appleseeds (social studies for grades 3-5)
Ask (science for grades 2-5)
Boys’ Quest (ages 6-14)
chickaDEE (hands-on fun for ages 6-9)
ChopChop (cooking for families)
Click (science for grades K-2)
DOGO News +
EurekAlert! +
Highlights (learning and entertainment for ages 6-12)
In the News +
Hopscotch for Girls (elementary and middle school)
Kids Discover (history, science, and the natural world for grades 3-6)
Ladybug (language arts for grades K-2)
National Geographic Kids (ages 6-14)
Owl (entertainment and information for preteens)
Ranger Rick (National Wildlife Federation for ages 7-12) and Ranger Rick Jr. (ages 4-7)
Scholastic News +
Science News for Kids +
Spider (language arts for grades 2-4)
Sports Illustrated for Kids (ages 8-14)
Stone Soup: The Magazine by Young Writers and Artists (ages 8-13)
Time for Kids +
Weekly Reader +
Youngzine +
Zoobooks
2016 LS Summer Reading 21 of 21