Suggested Summer Reading List for Students

Entering Second Grade 2008

                                                                                                                            

To encourage continued growth in reading skills through the summer, the following list of titles has been compiled by the classroom teachers and media specialist to assist children and parents in the selection of books.  It is not necessary to limit your choices to these titles, as there are many excellent books also available through your local library.

Encourage your child to read 15-20 minutes each day. Suggest that they read from a variety of literary genres. They may read on their own, but it is important to also combine this with other methods such as reading to them and reading with them. You can read in unison or take turns reading by sentences, paragraphs or pages. You may also try asking them questions to check comprehension and have them make predictions.

Happy Reading!
Mrs. Reinking and Mrs. Padgett

Fairy Tales, Fables, and Folktales
Biographies (Scholastic Chapter Book series, David Adler, Who Was...? Series by Jean Fritz, Rookie Biographies)
Poetry (Shel Silverstein, Jack Prelutsky, James Stevenson, Eric Carle)
Math Stories (Marilyn Burns, Greg Tang, Cindy Neuschwander, Jerry Pallotta)
Nonfiction Topics (Seymour Simon, Magic School Bus series, Usborne series, Dorling Kindersley Ltd.)
Historical Fiction (Magic Tree House Books, American Girl collection)
Fictional Series: Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Horrible Harry by Suzy Kline,
Arthur Chapter Books by Marc Brown, Berenstein Bears Chapter Books by Jan and Stan Berenstain, Franklin by Paulette Bourgeois
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish


Suggested Authors:

Jan Brett
Donald Carrick                 
Tomie dePaola
Gail Gibbons
Steven Kellogg
Arnold Lobel
Patricia Polacco
Chris Van Allsburg
Jane Yolen