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| Elementary School Summer Reading Lists 2008 for
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Adler, David A.
Cam Jansen (series)
Cam and friends solve many mysteries.
Biographical Series
Adler writes a variety of biographies which will appeal to young readers.
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Barrett, Judy
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice,
snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers-until the weather takes a
turn for the worse.
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Blume, Judy
Freckle Juice
Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon’s freckle recipe for fifty
cents.
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Borden, Louise
The Day Eddie Met the Author
Eddie is very excited when a real author comes to his school, because he has a
very important question to ask her.
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Brett, Jan
The Umbrella
Carlos goes into the cloud forest to look for animals, but he manages to miss
seeing them even though they have an adventure with his umbrella.
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Brown, Don
Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein
An introduction to the work and early life of the twentieth-century physicist
whose theory of relativity revolutionized scientific thinking.
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Brown, Marc
Arthur (series)
Lovable Arthur has various adventures.
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Browne, Anthony
The Shape Game
The author/illustrator describes how his mother’s wish to spend her birthday
visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever.
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Canalanotto, Peter
Emily’s Art
Emily paints four pictures and enters one in the first-grade art contest, but
the judge interprets Emily’s entry as a rabbit instead of a dog.
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Catling, Patrick Skene
The Chocolate Touch
A boy acquires a magical gift that turns everything his lips touch into
chocolate.
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Chandra, Deborah
George Washington’s Teeth
A rollicking rhyme portrays George Washington’s lifelong struggle with bad
teeth. A timeline taken from diary entries and other nonfiction sources
follows.
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Christopher, Matt
Sports Stories
Christopher has written a variety of fictional sports stories.
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Cleary, Beverly
Ramona Quimby
Ramona’s adventures with family and friends are always entertaining.
Runaway Ralph
Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.
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Colfer, Eoin
The Legend of Spud Murphy
When their mother starts dropping them off at the library several afternoons a
week, nine-year-old William and his brother dread boredom and the overbearing
librarian, but they are surprised at how things turn out.
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Cohen, Miriam
Mimmy and Sophie: All Around the Town
Six stories describe the experiences of two sisters growing up in Brooklyn in
the time of Shirley Temple movies and trolleys.
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Cole, Joanna
Magic School Bus (series)
The magic school bus goes inside the earth, inside a beehive, and inside the
human body, as well as to other exciting places.
The Gator Girls
When Allie the alligator learns that she will be going to camp without her best
friend Amy, the two girls try to get a whole summer’s worth of activities into
just a few days.
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Cole, Robert
The Story of Ruby Bridges
For months six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of white
parents when she becomes the first African American girl to integrate Frantz
Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960.
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Conford, Ellen
Jenny Archer (series)
Loveable Jenny has a variety of adventures in this series.
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Cox, Judy
Butterfly Buddies
Third grader Robin has a series of mishaps and learns the value of honesty as
she tries to become best friends with Zoey, her partner for a class project on
raising butterflies. Includes butterfly care tips.
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Dadey, Debbie & Jones, Marcia T.
Bailey School Kids (series)
The Bailey Kids have lots of adventures in this fun-filled series.
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Dahl, Roald
Matilda
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil,
child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and restore her nice teacher, Miss
Honey, to financial security.
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Danziger, Paula
Amber Brown (series)
Amber deals with many challenges as she moves through fourth grade.
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Davies, Nicola
Surprising Sharks
Introduces many different species of sharks, pointing out such characteristics
as the small size of the dwarf lantern shark and the physical characteristics
and behavior that makes sharks killing machines.
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DeGroat, Diane
Roses are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink
On Valentine's Day, Gilbert brings a tin of homemade cookies and his original
nice or nasty poems to school.
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DiSalvo-Ryan, DyAnne
Grandpa’s Corner Store
Grandfather’s corner grocery business is threatened by a new supermarket, but
his granddaughter, Lucy, organizes the neighbors to convince him to stay.
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Dodds, Dayle Ann
Henry’s Amazing Machine
Henry finally finds a purpose for the “Incredible, Amazing Machine” that he
built.
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Drummond, Allan
Liberty
Describes the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty and its importance as a symbol
of freedom.
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Erickson, J.
Hank the Cowdog (series)
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken
and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes in the original story. The series
continues with other adventures.
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Fenner, Carol
Snowed in with Grandmother Silk
Ruddy is disappointed when his parents go on a cruise and he must stay with his
fussy grandmother for a whole week, but an unexpected snowstorm reveals a
surprising side of Grandmother Silk.
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Giff, Patricia Reilly
The Kids of Polk Street School (series)
Ronald Morgan(series)
Rosie(series)
These children have many humorous adventures.
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Grimm, Jacob
The Donkey Prince
When the king and queen cheat the wizard who promises them a child, they are
rewarded with a donkey instead.
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Gerstein, Mordicai
The Man Who Walked between the Towers
A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the World
Trade Center towers.
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Hartman, Bob
The Wolf Who Cried Boy
Little Wolf is tried of eating limburgers and sloppy does, but when he tricks
his parents into thinking there is a boy in the woods, they could all miss a
chance for a real feast.
Hobbs, Valerie
Sheep
After a fire destroys the farm where he was born, a young border collie
acquires a series of owners and learns about life as he seeks a home and longs
to fulfill his life’s purpose.
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Hopkinson, Deborah
Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings
In the early 1900’s, Alta Weiss, a young woman who knows from an early age that
she loves baseball, finds a way to show that she can play, even though she is a
girl.
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Hurwitz, Johanna
Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein
Eight-year-old David is convinced that his life will be more adventurous when
he changes his name to Ali Baba.
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Hutchins, Pat
The Doorbell Rang
Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma’s
wonderful cookies.
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Johnson, D.B.
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg
While his friend works hard to earn the train fare to Fitchburg, young Henry
Thoreau walks the thirty miles through woods and fields, enjoying nature and
the time to think great thoughts. Includes biographical information about
Thoreau.
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Kimmel, Eric A.
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock
Anansi the Spider uses a strange moss-covered rock in the forest to trick all
the other animals, until Little Bush Deer decides he needs to learn a lesson.
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Kline, Suzy
Horrible Harry (series)
Horrible Harry has a variety of adventures, and moves up to third grade, goes
to the moon, and enjoys Halloween.
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Klise, Kate
Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, in Letters, of Liars and Leaks
When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase
of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos
results.
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Krull, Kathleen
The Boy on Fairfield Street: How Ted Geisel Grew Up to Become Dr.
Seuss
Introduces the life of renowned children’s author and illustrator Ted Geisel,
popularly known as Dr. Seuss, focusing on his childhood and youth in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman
A biography of the African-American woman who overcame crippling polio as a
child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single
Olympics.
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Logan, Claudia
The 5,000 Year Old Puzzle: Solving a Mystery of Ancient Egypt
An account of Dr. George Reisner’s 1925 discovery and excavation of a secret
tomb in Giza, Egypt, based on archival documents and records, but told through
the fictionalized experiences of a young boy who accompanies his father on the
dig.
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Lowry, Lois
Attaboy, Sam!
Sam is able to help his sister Anastasia with the poem she is writing for their
mother's birthday, but his own efforts to create a special perfume are
disastrous.
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Lyon, George Ella
Mother to Tigers
True story of Helen Delaney Martini, the founder of the Bronx Zoo’s nursery,
and the first woman zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo.
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MacLachlan, Patricia
More Perfect Than the Moon
Eight-year-old Cassie Witting is upset when she finds out that her mother,
Sarah, is expecting a baby, but writing in the journal that belonged to her
brother Caleb helps her sort out her feeling and understand that Sarah will
always love her.
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Marsden, Carolyn
The Gold-Threaded Dress
When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her
third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.
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Marshall, James
George and Martha
These two hippopotamuses, George and Martha have lots of adventures and fun
together.
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Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
Snowflake Bentley
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual
snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
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Mayhew, James
Katie and the Sunflowers
While visiting the art museum, Katie has an adventure stepping in and out of
five paintings by Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne. Includes information about
Post-Impressionism and the particular paintings and artists in the story.
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McCully, Emily Arnold
Squirrel and John Muir
In the early 1900’s, a wild little girl nicknamed Squirrel meets John Muir,
later to become a famous naturalist, when he arrives at her parents’ hotel in
Yosemite Valley seeking work and knowledge about the natural world.
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McDermott, Gerald
Anansi The Spider
In trying to determine which of his six sons to reward for saving his life,
Anansi the Spider is responsible for placing the moon in the sky.
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McDonald, Megan
Judy Moody Saves the World
When Judy Moody gets serious about protecting the environment, her little
brother Stink thinks she is overdoing it, but she manages to inspire her third
grade class to undertake an award-winning, environment-saving project.
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McKissack, Patricia
The Honest to Goodness Truth
After promising never to lie, Libby learns that it's not always necessary to
blurt out the whole truth either.
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McMillan, Bruce
Days of the Ducklings
A photo essay about Eider ducks on Hvallatur Island, Iceland.
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McMullan, Kate
Pearl and Wagner: Three Secrets
Pearl and Wagner, a rabbit and a mouse who are best friends, learn about
secrets during a trip to an ice cream factory and an amusement park birthday
party.
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Moss, Marissa
Amelia’s Notebook
The hand-lettered contents of a nine-year-old girl's notebook, in which she
records her thoughts and feelings about moving, starting school, and dealing
with her older sister, as well as keeping her old best friend and making a new
one.
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Polacco, Patricia
Chicken Sunday
To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children
sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat.
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Poydar, Nancy
Maibox Magic
A young boy who wants to receive mail of his own sends away for an offer he
sees on the back of a cereal box.
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Prelutsky, Jack
Imagine That! Poems of Never-Was
An illustrated collection of poems about imaginary things, by such authors as
Jane Yolen, Conrad Aiken, and Karla Kuskin.
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Provensen, Alice
Klondike Gold
A fictionalized account of William Howell, a young prospector who braved the
arduous journey from Boston to the Yukon Territory in search of gold in the
Klondike River valley.
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Rylant, Cynthia
Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat (series) (series)
Henry and his big dog Mudge adopt a shabby stray cat.
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Sachar, Louis
Marvin Redpost (series)
Third grader Marvin Redpost gets involved in many exciting and funny
activities.
Wayside School is Falling Down
Funny things happen at this unusual school.
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Sachs, Marilyn
JoJo and Winnie: Sister Stories
JoJo suffers the trials of having a younger sister, the irrepressible Winnie.
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Scieszka, Jon
Science Verse
When the teacher tells his class that they can hear the poetry of science in
everything, a student is struck with a curse and begins hearing nothing but
science verses that sound very much like some well-known poems.
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Sharmat, Marjorie Weiman
Nate the Great (series)
Nate the Great and his friends solve a variety of mysteries in this series.
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Silverstein, Shel
Where the Sidewalk Ends
A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the
characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own
drawings.
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Sobel, Donald
Encyclopedia Brown (series)
Encyclopedia Brown solves one exciting mystery after another.
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Sorel, Edward
The Saturday Kid
Leo wonders why Morty always causes him trouble, but after spending a Saturday
with his violin teacher and then seeing himself in a newsreel at the movies,
Leo doesn’t worry about Morty anymore.
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Stanley, Diane
Joining the Boston Tea Party
With the help of their grandmother’s hat, the twins journey back in time to the
Boston Tea Party.
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Tang, Greg
Math-terpieces
A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and
grouping numbers, as well as such artistic styles as cubism, pointillism, and
surrealism.
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Teague, Mark
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her dog, Ike,
entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy and come
back home.
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Viorst, Judith
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the
thought that other people have bad days too.
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Warner, Gertrude C.
The Boxcar Children (series)
The Alden children solve various mysteries.
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< Wallace, Bill
Goosed!
When Jeff’s girlfriend leaves a Labrador retriever puppy with his family for a
week, his dog T.P. and cat Cord hope the energetic puppy does not stay any
longer.
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Winters, Kay
My Teacher for President
A second-grader writes a television station with reasons why his teacher would
make a good president, but only if she can continue teaching till the end of
the year.
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