WILD about Reading Chadwick Families, This year s summer reading theme is Wild About Reading! As we ready ourselves for the break, my hope is that every child continues to read books that he or she goes wild for this summer. The enclosed reading lists feature books across age-appropriate reading levels and genres, as well as a list of my Top Ten Picks for each grade level. You may notice some wild titles in this packet books about animals, jungles, safaris, and other adventures. These selections highlight some of the award-winning books from the past year, classic favorites, and titles chosen specifically with each class in mind. I encourage everyone to read freely this summer these lists are suggestions, not requirements! I do recommend that every reader keep a reading log (I ve attached one in this packet). The logs help all of us to remember the books we have enjoyed, and they help each student to see how much he or she has accomplished over the summer. When the new school year begins in September, please remind your child to bring his or her reading log into the library. We will collect reading logs, and each child that has read during the summer will be recognized during library time. Enjoy the summer break, and remember to read wildly! All my best, Ms. Herring
Ms. Herring s top ten picks Jack By Liesel Shurtliff The Lonely Lake Monster By: Suzanne Selfors Where the Sidewalk Ends By: Shel Silverstein Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing By Judy Blume Project Mulberry By: Linda Sue Park Eleven By: Patricia R. Giff The Terrible Two By: Mac Barnett The 39-Story Treehouse By Andy Griffiths Wild Born By: Brandon Mull Shiloh By: Phyllis R. Naylor
Fourth Grade Summer Reading List 2015 Boniface Crilley Dahl Dahl De Terlizzi DiCamillo DiCamillo Eager Ibbotson Macdonald Martin Nimmo Stewart Adventure, Sci Fi, and Fantasy The Extraordinary Adventures of Ordinary Boy (series) Akiko (series) James and the Giant Peach The Witches The Spiderwick Chronicles (series) The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane The Tale of Desperaux Half Magic (series) Which Witch Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (series) The Doll People (series) Griffin's Castle Fergus Crane (series) Christopher Gutman Morgan Sports Fiction The Dog that Stole Home Million Dollar (series) The Kicks (series) Realistic Fiction Blume Cleary Clements Fitzhugh Harper Martin Martin Park Venuti Clements Fudge (series) Ramona (series) The Landry News Harriet, The Spy Just Grace (series) Reign Rain The Babysitter's Club Project Mulberry Leaving the Bellweathers The Landry News
Barnett Clements Dowell Gantos Gifford Goscinny Keller Kinney Klise Klise McElligott O'Dell Paulsen Robinson Sacher Selfors Avi Bearn Bond Hobbs Lean Naylor Reiche Wise Berlin Bosch Butler Giff Hale Krosoczka Fourth Grade Summer Reading List Humorous Fiction The Terrible Two (series) The School Story Phineas L. Macguire (series) Joey Pigza (series) Moxy Maxwell (series) Nicholas (series) The Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut (series) Diary of a Wimpy Kid (series) 43 Old Cemetary Road (series) Regarding the Fountain Benjamin Franklinstein Meets Thomas Deadison Agnes Parker (series) Lawn Boy The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Wayside School (series) Imaginary Veterinary (series) Animal Fiction Poppy (series) Tumtum and Nutmeg Paddington (chapter books, series) Sheep A Dog Called Homeless Shiloh (series) Golden Hamster Saga (series) Christopher Mouse Mysteries The Puzzling World of Winston Breen The Name of this Book is Secret (series) The Buddy Files (series) Eleven Chet Gecko (series) Platypus Police Squad (series) 2015
Fourth Grade Summer Reading List 2015 Berne Bolden Chin Collard Cummins Kennedy Krull Silverstein Smith St. George Weston Nonfiction, Biographies and Poetry Manfish: The Story of Jacques Cousteau M.L.K.: The Journey of a King Redwoods Pocket Babies Women Explorers: Perils, Pistols, and Petticoats Poems to Learn by Heart The Road to Oz Where the Sidewalk Ends John, Paul, George and Ben So You Want to be President Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars Classics Banks Burnett Estes Farley Norton Spyri Taylor Wilder The Indian in the Cupboard The Secret Garden The Moffats Black Stallion The Borrowers (series) Heidi The Cay Little House (series) Avi George Hill Various s Various s Various s Various s Historical Fiction The Secret School Julie of the Wolves The Year of Miss Agnes American Girl (series) Dear America (series) My Name is America (series) The Royal Diaries (series)
Summer Reading Log Name: Rating* Star Rating (color them in or circle them): 4 stars = LOVED IT! 1 star = Not my favorite
Summer Reading Log Name: Rating* Star Rating (color them in or circle them): 4 stars = LOVED IT! 1 star = Not my favorite