The McClelland School Summer Reading List
Summer of 2011
All books are available at the Pueblo City-County Library and Barnes & Noble Booksellers.
Required Reading for Faculty
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv
Suggested Reading for Parents
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
by Richard Louv
All Pueblo Reads Summer of 2011 Book:
Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Required Reading for Primary Grades ( Entering Kindergarten, First, and Second)
Students entering the primary grades are required to read 30 minutes a day with an adult. Please see your next year teacher to obtain a log to document this reading. The Kindergarten and First Grade lists identify age-appropriate books related to themes in the curriculum. The Second Grade reading list is based on perceived student interests. The books listed are suggestions to fulfill the summer reading requirement.
Kindergarten Suggested Reading
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Put Me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Click Clack Moo by Doreen Cronin
Little Bear by Elsa Holmelund Minarik and Maurice Sendak
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
First Grade Suggested Reading
Some of the topics covered in first grade next year will be Nocturnal Animals, Native Americans, Winter Holidays Around the World, Peace, American Presidents, Polar Regions, Weather, Reptiles and Amphibians, Deserts, and Environment and Ecology. Both fiction and non-fiction books related to these themes are highly encouraged to familiarize your child with the topics at hand. The following list consists of suggestions. Please feel free to add your own titles to fulfill the 30 minute daily reading requirement.
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Coyote by Gerald McDermott
The Legend of Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
The Big Book of Peace by Ann Durell and Marilyn Sachs
John, Paul, George, and Ben by Lane Smith
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear by Bill Martin Jr.
Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today? by Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz
What Will the Weather Be? By Lynda Dewitt and Carolyn Croll
Flash, Crash, Rumble, Roll by Franklyn M. Branley and True Kelley
The Magic School Bus Kicks Up a Storm by Nancy White and Art Ruiz
Miles and Miles of Reptiles by Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz
I Wonder Why Snakes Shed Their Skin by Amanda O’Neill
The Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta and Ralph Masiello
Deserts by Gail Gibbons
Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry? by Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz
The Desert is Theirs by Byrd Baylor
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Second Grade Suggested Reading
The Magic Tree House series by Mary Pope Osborne
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Parks
A-Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy
Nate the Great series by Marjorie Sharmat
Flat Stanley series by Jeff Brown
Horrible Harry series by Suzy Klein
The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Required Summer Reading for Uptown ( entering 3rd-4th grade )
Students entering the third grade this fall are required to read Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary. Students entering the fourth grade are required to read Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater. Students may read by themselves or with adult assistance where appropriate. There is an accompanying assignment that should be completed in addition to the reading. Please see the classroom teacher for details.
In addition to the specific required titles, suggestions of additional readings appear below. Children are encouraged to read all summer to enrich and develop their reading proficiency.
Required for Children Entering 3rd grade
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Required for Children Entering 4th grade
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Additional Suggested Readings for Uptown
Hoot by Carl Hiassen
Clementine series by Sara Pennypacker
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
The 39 Clues series by Rick Riordan
The Time Warp series by Jon Scieszka
The Indian in the Cupboard trilogy by Lynne Reid Banks
Newbery Medal winner books
Louis Sachar books
E.B. White books
Roald Dahl books
Matt Christopher books
Judy Blume books
Beverly Cleary books
Required for Children Entering 5th grade
Students entering the fifth grade are required to read each of the following:
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
In addition, students entering the fifth grade must choose one of the following to complete the summer reading requirement:
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
I am the Iceworm by MaryAnn Easley
Peak by Roland Smith
Required for Children Entering 6th grade
Students entering the sixth grade are required to read each of the following:
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Giver by Lois Lowry
In addition, students entering the sixth grade must choose one of the following to complete the summer reading requirement:
The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliffe
Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nice, Egypt, 57 BC by Kristiana Gregory
Required for Children Entering 7th grade
Students entering the seventh grade are required to read the following:
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
In addition, students entering the seventh grade must choose one of the following to complete the summer reading requirement:
One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Required for Children Entering 8th grade
Students entering the eighth grade are required to read each of the following:
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Animal Farm by George Orwell
In addition, students entering the eighth grade must choose one of the following to complete the summer reading requirement:
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
The Art of Keeping Cool by Janet Taylor Lisle
The Bomb by Theodore Taylor
