Guilderland Central School District Recommended Summer Reading List 2007

Recommended Summer Reading List 2007

Summer is the perfect time for children of any age to sit back and relax with a good book or two. Following are some summer reading suggestions from our district librarians and teachers that you can find at your local library or bookstore:

Kindergarten - Grade 2
FICTION PICTURE BOOKS
  • My Friend is Sad by Mo Willems

  • Today I Will Fly by Mo Willems

  • Flotsam (2007 Caldecott Award Winner) by David Wiesner

  • Library Lion by Michelle Knudson

  • Mercy Watson (series) by Kate De Camillo

  • Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!! by Mo Willems

  • Wolves by Emily Gravett

  • Bats on the Beach by Brian Lies

  • Wag a Tail by Lois Ehlert

  • Pirates Don’t Change Diapers by Melinda Long and David Shannon

  • A Good Day by Kevin Henkes

  • Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy and Polly Dunbar

  • Lily Brown’s Paintings by Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis

  • Fly Guy (series) by Tedd Arnold

  • Rainstorm by Barbara Lehman

  • Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

  • Amanda/Oliver Pig (series) by Jean Van Leeuwen

  • Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt

  • The Room of Wonders by Sergio Ruzzier

  • Chowder by Peter Brown

  • But Excuse Me, That is My Book by Lauren Child

  • Loretta: Ace Pinky Scout by Keith Graves

  • Hurry and the Monarch by Antoine O Flatharta

  • Piggy and Dad Go Fishing by David Martin

  • Mama, I’ll Give You the World by Roni Schotter

  • The Show-and-Tell Lion by Barbara Abercrombie

  • Atlantic by G. Brian Karas

  • Carmine: A Little More Red by Melissa Sweet

  • The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

  • The Greatest Potatoes by Penelope Stowell

Grades 3 - 5
FICTION
  • Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins and Paul O. Zelinsky

  • Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

  • Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

  • Larklight by Philip Reeve

  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

  • Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

  • Babymouse (series) by Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm

  • Dear Whiskers by Ann Whitehead Nagda

  • The Year of the Dog by Grace Lin

  • A Room with a Zoo by Jules Feiffer

  • Shredderman (series) by Wendelin Van Draanen

  • The Treasures of Weatherby by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

  • Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

  • The Homework Machine by Dan Gutman

  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians (series) by Rick Riordan

  • Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson

NONFICTION

  • The Story of Salt by Mark Kurlansky

  • Oh Rats! The Story of Rats and People by Albert Marrin

  • Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant and Other Poems by Jack Prelutsky

  • Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex

  • John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith

  • Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet by David McLimans

  • Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom by Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson

  • Black? White! Day? Night! by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

  • Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy & Dennis Kunkel

  • Wise Guy: The Life and Philosophy of Socrates by M.D. Usher

  • Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, & Dr. Paula Kahumbu

  • Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, & Dr. Paula Kahumbu

  • The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History by Jennifer Armstrong
     

Grades 6 - 8
FICTION
  • Alabama Moon by Watt Key

  • An Innocent Soldier by Josef Holub

  • Castaways of the Flying Dutchman by Brian Jacques

  • Crackback by John Coy

  • Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick

  • Eggs by Jerry Spinelli

  • Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

  • Free Baseball by Sue Corbett

  • Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson

  • Heat by Mike Lupica

  • How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot

  • The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

  • Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass

  • Miracle on 49th Street by Mike Lupica

  • On the Wings of Heroes by Richard Peck

  • The Return of Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac

  • Shug by Jenny Han

  • The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

  • The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

  • Penny from Heaven by Jennifer Holm

  • To Dance: A Ballerina’s Graphic Novel by Siena Cherson Siegel

  • Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

  • Vanishing Act by John Feinstein

  • Victory by Susan Cooper

  • Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy

NONFICTION

  • Balls! by Michael Rosen

  • Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex

  • Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Russell Freedman

  • Frog Heaven: Ecology of a Vernal Pool by Doug Wechsler

  • I Wonder Why Zippers have Teeth: And Other Questions about Inventions by Barbara Taylor

  • Quest for the Tree Kangaroo by Sy Montgomery

  • Team Moon: How 4,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh

  • What Makes Me Me? by Robert Winston

  • Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly by Gail Carson Levine

  • Zzzz… The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read about Sleep by Trudee Romanek
     

Grades 9 - 12
FICTION
  • The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party by M.T. Anderson

  • American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

  • Uglies by Scott Westerfield

  • Black Swan Green by David Mitchell

  • Shadow of a Doubt by S.L. Rottman

  • My Brother’s Keeper by Patricia McCormick

  • Whale Talk by Chris Crutcher

  • Samurai Shortstop by Alan Gratz

  • The Floor of the Sky by Pamela Carter Joern

  • The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

  • Peace Like a River by Leif Enger

  • Blessings: A Novel by Anna Quindlen

  • Foreigner by L.J. Cherryh

  • The March by E.L. Doctorow

  • The Known World by Edward P. Jones

  • The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch

NONFICTION

  • Eagle Blue: A Team, A Tribe, and a High School Basketball Season in Arctic Alaska by Michael D’Orso

  • With a Little Luck: Surprising Stories of Amazing Discoveries by Dennis B. Fradin

  • A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

  • The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis

  • Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

  • Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin

  • The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson

  • Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger

  • Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

  • Grayson by Lynne Cox

  • Electric Universe: The Shocking True Story of Electricity by David Bedanis

NONFICTION

  • What Have You Lost by Naomi Shihab Nye

 
Download a printable PDF version of the complete 2007 Recommended Summer Reading List HERE.* (1956 KB PDF)

*Please note the above opens in "pdf" format and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to download and print.  If you do not have Adobe Acrobat on your computer you can get a free copy from the Adobe web site.

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