RISING 5th GRADERS
REQUIRED:
My Side of the Mountain ...................................................... Jean George
The Magician’s Nephew ...........................................................C.S. Lewis
ADDITIONAL LIST: (Choose 1)
Blue Willow .............................................................................Doris Gates
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims ............................... Clyde Robert Bulla
Early Thunder .......................................................................... Jean Fritz
The Indian in the Cupboard ...................................... Lynne Reid Banks
The Phantom Toll Booth .................................................... Norton Juster
REQUIRED SUMMER
READING LIST
LOWER
SCHOOL
Rising 1st – 5th Graders
Asheville Christian
academy
2017
NOTE FOR ALL GRADES: Summer reading books must be new to
the students and not previously read.
RISING 1st GRADERS
RISING 3rd GRADERS
REQUIRED:
The Littles (any of the 12).................................................. John Peterson
The Velveteen Rabbit ...................................................Margery Williams
Cam Jansen (any of the series except Young Cam Jansen) David Adler
1st GRADE PARENTS, READ TO YOUR CHILD:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ...............
................................................................................................................. J.Viorst
Olivia ..................................................................................... Ian Falconer
The Story about Ping .........................................................Marjorie Flack
The Napping House ............................................................. Audrey Wood
Blueberries for Sal ....................................................... Robert McCloskey
ADDITIONAL LIST TO READ TO YOUR CHILD:
(Choose 3)
Danny and the Dinosaur ............................................................. Syd Hoff
The Magic School Bus series (solar system or human body) ...................
…………………………………………………………………Cole and Degen
The Treasure Tree ....................................................... Trent and Smalley
Good Night, Moon................................................. Margaret Wise Brown
Dogger .............................................................................. Shirley Hughes
Millions of Cats....................................................................... Wanda Gag
Dr. Seuss Series ................................................................... Leseig, Seuss
Curious George ........................................................................... H.A. Rey
RISING 2nd GRADERS
REQUIRED:
Mouse Tales .......................................................................... Arnold Lobel
Billy and Blaze........................ ......................................... C.W. Anderson
Make Way for Ducklings ............................................. Robert McCloskey
ADDITIONAL LIST: (Optional)
The Giving Tree ............................................................... Shel Silverstein
The Berenstain Bears (any title from this series)Jan & Stan Berenstain
Owl Moon ................................................................................. Jane Yolen
Madeline (or another title from the same series) ... Ludwig Bemelmans
Where the Wild Things Are ............................................ Maurice Sendak
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World .......... Marjorie Priceman
Amelia Bedelia (any title from the series) ......................... Peggy Parish
Henry and Mudge (any from the series) ......................... Cynthia Rylant
Mr. Putter and Tabby (any from the series) ................... Cynthia Rylant
Any books by author: Arnold Lobel
ADDITIONAL LIST: (Optional)
The Boxcar Children series ......................................... Margaret Warner
Little House series................................................... Laura Ingalls Wilder
A Child’s Garden of Verses ................................ Robert Louis Stevenson
Hank the Cowdog series ............................................... John R. Erickson
Encyclopedia Brown series .................................................. Donald Sobol
American Girl series (Pleasant Company Publishers) ..various authors
Cul-De-Sac Kids series ...................................................... Beverly Lewis
Magic Tree House series ........................................... Mary Pope Osborne
26 Fairmount Ave. books .................................................. Tomie dePaola
RISING 4th GRADERS
REQUIRED:
Pippi Longstocking ......................................................... Astrid Lindgren
Homer Price....................... .......................................... Robert McCloskey
Also, choose one biography on your child’s reading level about
a person who has had a positive influence on the world.
Suggestions:
Corrie ten Boom ..................... Young Reader’s Christian Library Series
Today’s Heroes Series…………………………….Any title from the series
ADDITIONAL LIST: (Optional)
Ginger Pye .......................................................................... Eleanor Estes
Strawberry Girl ...................................................................... Lois Lenski
Rabbit Hill ......................................................................... Robert Lawson
Stone Fox .................................................................... Reynolds Gardiner
Buttons for General Washington .............................................Peter Roop
The Matchlock Gun ................................................... Walter D. Edmonds