Summer Reading

Jefferson Students...

Looking for a great book to read this summer?
Here are a few books that are sure
to make a SPLASH!

You will find these wonderful books
(and MANY more) at your public library!

Links to public libraries...

BELLWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY

NORTHLAKE PUBLIC LIBRARY MELROSE PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY

HILLSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY

1st Grade Summer Reading Suggestions

Bones and the Dinosaur Mystery by David Adler
Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
Super Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
Shout! Little Poems that Roar by Brod Bagert
Hunter's Best Friend at School by Laura Malone Elliott
Traction Man Meets Turbo Dog by Mini Grey
Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians by Jackie Mims Hopkins
Twelve Terrible Things by Marty Kelley
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Frog & Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
George & Martha by James Marshall
Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico! by Pat Mora
Sweet Tooth by Margie Palatini
The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Henry & Mudge and the Forever Sea by Cynthia Rylant
Thesaurus Rex by Laya Steinberg
Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
It's Quacking Time by Martin Waddell
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
Morris & Boris at the Circus by B. Wiseman
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

2nd Grade Summer Reading Suggestions

Cam Jansen and the Secret Service Mystery by David Adler
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day by Harry Allard
Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs by Katherine Applegate
Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
Julian Dream Doctor by Ann Cameron
What a Trip, Amber Brown by Paula Danziger
All About Stacy by Patricia Reilly Giff
Pinky and Rex and the School Play by James Howe
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Erick Kimmel
Horrible Harry Takes the Cake by Suzy Kline
Mouse Soup, Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel
Fox on Wheels by Ed Marshall
Gus and Grandpa at Basketball by Claudia Mills
Blizzard of the Blue Moon by Mary Pope Osborne
Junie B., First Grader: Aloha-ha-ha! by Barbara Park
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
The Werewolf Club Meets Dorkula by Daniel Pinkwater
The Turtle: The Lighthouse Family by Cynthia Rylant
Marvin Redpost: A Magic Crystal? by Louis Sachar
Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective by Marhorie Sharmat
Lon Po Po by Ed Young

3rd Grade Summer Reading Suggestions

I Was a Third Grade Bodyguard by Auch
Poppy and Ereth by Avi
All Stations! Distress! by Brown
Annie Glover is Not a Tree Lover by Beard
Nic Bishop Frogs by Nic Bishop
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Bruel
Clarice Bean by Lauren Child
The Lemonade War by Davies
How to be Cool in the 3rd Grade by Duffey
Say What? by Haddix
Owen and Mzee by Hatkoff
Never Smile at a Monkey by Jenkins
Gooney Bird Greene by Lowry
A Dog's Life: An Autobiography of a Stray by Martin
When the Wolves Returned by Patent
Lawn Boy by Paulsen
Clementine by Pennypacker
When Lightning Comes in a Jar by Polacco
Summer Reading is Killing Me by Scieszka
Shredderman by Van Draanen
The Boxcar Children by Warner
Sleeping Ugly by Yolen

4th Grade Summer Reading Suggestions

Joe Louis: America's Fighter by David Adler
The Field Guide (Spiderwick Chronicles, Vol 1) by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
One Giant Leap by Robert Burleigh
Moving Day by Meg Cabot
No Talking by Andrew Clements
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine
A Girl, A Boy, and a Monster Cat by Gail Gauthier
Abner & Me by Dan Gutman
Long Shot by Mike Lupica
Doll People by Ann Martin
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
Holes by Louis Sachar
The Ghost, The White House and Me by Judith St. George
The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright

5th Grade Summer Reading Suggestions

The 100-Year-Old Secret by Tracy Barret
House of Power by Patrick Carman
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
The Ghost of Poplar Point by Cynthia DeFelice
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio by Peg Kehret
Zoobreak by Gordan Korman
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Heat by Mike Lupica
How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yacccarino