Series
Origami Yoda …………………..Angleberger
Geronimo Stilton …………………..Bargellini
Ellie McDoodle………..……….……Barshaw
The Penderwicks……………………..Birdsall
Humphrey Adventures ………………..Bimey
Violet Mackerel ……………………..Branford
Jake Maddox ………………………..Maddox
The Carver Chronicles ……………..English
Nathan Hale, Hazardous Tales …….….Hale
Horse Diaries ……………………….…Hapka
The Warriors …………………………..Hunter
Owl Diaries …….……………………….Elliott
Nancy Drew ……………..Keene or Petrucha
Diary of a Wimpy Kid ………………...Kinney
Big Nate …………………………….….Peirce
Bone…………………….……………….Smith
All The Wrong Questions ……….…..Snicket
Thea Stilton ……………………………Stilton
I Survived ……………………………..Tarshis
Dear America…………….…Various Authors
Dog Diaries……………………………..Kilmo
Dragonbreath …………………………Vernon
Graphic Novels
Amulet………………………………...Kibuishi
Stinky Cecil in Operation Pond Rescue…….
……………………………………...Baddock
El Deafo …………………………………..Bell
Diary of a Sixth Grade Ninja ……...Emerson
Rapunzel’s Revenge………………..…..Hale
Zita the Spacegirl: Far From Hom.. .…Hatke
Squish ……………………….…………..Holm
The Yeti Files: Meet the Big Feet …...Sherry
Comics Squad: Recess! …………….…Holm
The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza
……………………………………….Kochalka
Lunch Lady………………………..Krosoczka
Just Jake (Series) ……………...Marcionette
Sisters……………………………..Telgemeier
Mr. Pants………………………….McCormick
Tommysaurus Rex..……………….TenNapel
Star Wars……………………Various Authors
2017 Nutmeg Nominees
Grades 2, 3, and 4
Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
…………………………………………Winick
Grandma in Blue with Red Hat …..Menchin
Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin………Uegaki
Hamster Princess: Harriet the Invincible……………………………………..Vernon
In a Village by the Sea …………………Van
Lulu’s Mysterious Mission………........Viorst
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel……..Gibbs Davis
One Plastic Bag ………………………..Paul
Phineas L. MacGuire Gets Cooking!
…………………………………………Dowell
Queen of the Diamond……………..McCully
Quinny & Hopper…………………..Schanen
Ranger in Time: Rescue on the Oregon
Trail ……………………………….Messner
Skateboard Party……………..……..English
Star Stuff..…………………………….Sisson
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold….
………………………………………..Sidman
Suggested
Summer Reading
2016
for Region One
Students Entering
3rd, 4th and 5th
Grade
2017 Nutmeg Nominees
Grades 4, 5, and 6
The Boundless...................................Oppel
Eddie Red Undercover: Mystery on Museum Mile…………………………………Wells
Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library…………………………….Grabenstein
Gaby, Lost and Found…….…….Cervantes
Masterminds………………………..Korman
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
…………………………………………..Levy
Red Berries, White Clouds, Blue Sky……..
………………………………………….Dullas
Roller Girl …………………………Jamieson
A Snicker of Magic…………………….Lloyd
Space Case …………………………..Gibbs
Don’t forget the Nutmeg
books are at the local libraries
Region One Schools
Cornwall Consolidated
Kent Center
Lee H. Kellogg
North Canaan
Salisbury Central
Sharon Center
Fantasy/Science Fiction
Informational Books
Fiction
Poppy (Series) ……………………….Avi
Joshua Dread (Series)……..…….Bacon
The Sisters Grimm (Series)……Buckley
I Was a Sixth Grade Alien (series)……..
…………………………………...Coville
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…….
……………………………………..Dahl
The Spiderwick Chronicles (series)……
………………………………..DiTerlizzi
The City of Ember ……………...DuPrau
Tuesdays at the Castle …..…...George
A Tale Dark and Grimm ………..Gidwitz
The Missing (series)……………..Haddix
Among the Hidden (Series)…………….
………….……………………….Haddix
Winter Frost ……………………….Houts
Mike Stellar: Nerves of Steel ……...Holt
The Fourteenth Goldfish…….…….Holm
Survivor (Series) ……..………....Hunter
The Phantom Tollbooth……..…...Juster
Dying to Meet You (Series)……….Klise
A Wrinkle in Time……...………..L’Engle
The Chronicles of Narnia…….…..Lewis
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon…
…………………………………….…Lin
The Doll People (Series)…….…..Martin
The Unwanteds (Series)……...McMann
The Boundless ……………………Oppel
Night Fairy………………………...Schlitz
The Sasquatch Escape…...…....Selfors
When You Reach Me……..………Stead
The Real Boy …………………Ursu
Legends: The Best Players, Games and
Teams in Baseball …………..….Bryant
Noah Webster and His Words…....Chase
Mr. Ferris and His Wheel……..……Davis
Locomotive ………………...………..Floca
Ick! Yuck! Eew!: Our Gross American
History …………...………………...Huey
Miracle Mud …….…………..……….Kelly
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work…
…………………………………...Jenkins
Helen’s Big World: The Life of
Helen Keller …………..…….Rappaport
Founding Mothers: Remembering the
Ladies ………………………......Roberts
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting With the
Great Whites of California’s Farallon
Islands …………………..…………..Roy
When a Planet is Not a Planet: The Story
of Pluto…………………..………….Scott
Feathers: Not Just for Flying…….Stewart
Goal! ……………..…………………Taylor
Cool Stuff to Photograph...……...Turnbull
Scaly, Spotted, Feathered, Frilled: How
Do We Know What Dinosaurs Really
Look Like ……..………….….Thimmesh
Star Wars: The Absolutely, the Everything You Need To Know……………..DK
Sharks……………...National Geographic
100 Things To Do Before You Grow Up
……….…….….….National Geographic
5000 Awesome Facts About
Everything………..National Geographic
Weird But True: 300 Outrageous Facts
…...……………….National Geographic
Ultimate Reptile O Pedia
………………………National Geographic
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man
Swamp ……………………..……Appelt
Seer of Shadows …..………………Avi
The Boy on the Porch……...….Creech
Manatee Rescue……………….Davies
Out of My Mind…….…………...Draper
Skateboard Party..…….………English
Spy School (series)……………..Gibbs
Dreambender ………………...…..Kidd
Pictures of Hollis Woods…………..Giff
Absolutely Almost…….…………..Graff
The 13-Story Treehouse……..Griffiths
The Lost Cipher…...………….Oechsle
Baseball Great ….……………...Green
Closed for the Season …..……...Hahn
Dory Fantasmagory ……...…...Hanlon
The Year of Billy Miller………..Henkes
Inside Out and Back Again………..Lai
11 Birthdays……………………...Mass
White Fur Flying ….……..MacLachlan
Kelsey Green, Reading
Machine………………..………...Mills
Farm Boy or Shadow……….Morpurgo
Abandoned! A Lion Called Kiki …..Orr
Wonder………...……………….Palacio
House of Robots...………….Patterson
The Mouse With the Question Mark
Tail…………….…….…………..Peck
Nightmares!..…………………….Segal
Rump: The True Story of
Rumpelstiltskin...…………….Shurtiff
Cody and the Fountain of Happiness
...………………………...Springstubb
Liar and Spy……………………..Stead
Raymie Nightingale ………DiCarmillo