Recommended Summer Reading List
(2007-2008)

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. Here is a list of recommended books for your child to read during their summer vacation. Happy Reading!

(Parents of Gifted Students please click here.)

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Books marked with a are mandatory reading. Students may select any two of these books to read. There will be a test on the books when school begins.
Hatchet		Gary Pulsen
Heat		Mike Lupica
Made You Look		Diane Roberts
The Beloved Dearly		Doug Cooney
The Volcano Disaster		Peg Kehret
The BFG		Roald Dahl
Whales on Stilts!		M.T. Anderson
Tuck Everlasting		Natalie Babbitt
On My Honor		Marion Dane Bauer
Portrait of African American Heroes		Tonya Bolden
Through My Eyes		Ruby Bridges
Dear Mr. Henshaw		Beverly Cleary
Rushmore		Lynn Curlee
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices		Paul Fleischman
Squarehead		Harriet Ziefert
Rabbit Hill		Robert Lawson
Eleanor		Barbara Cooney
Sounder		William Armstrong
Artemis Fowl		Eoin Colfer
Ella Enchanted		Gail C. Levine
Holes		Louis Sachar
A Single Shard		L. Park
Bud, Not Buddy		C. Curtis

~Home~

All content is © copyright Joe Hall Elementary. All Rights Reserved.
Graphics used throughout website courtesy of Graphic Garden