Required Summer Reading

Entering Second Grade

Dinosaur Days by Joyce Milton
Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne

Also pick two from the following:
 Cam Jansen: The Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones by David Adler
Horrible Harry in Room 2 by Suzy Kline
Junie B. Jones: First Grader at Last by Barbara Park
Marvin Redpost: Kidnapped at Birth by Louis Sachar

Entering Third Grade

Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Pioneer Cat by William H. Hooks

Also pick two from the following:
 The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh
The Boy Who Ate Dog Biscuits by Betsy Sachs
Where I Live (Bluebonnet) by Eileen Spinelli
Trouble with Tuck by Theodore Taylor

Entering Fourth Grade

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Also pick two from the following:
 Honus and Me by Dan Gutman
Maniac McGee by Jerry Spinelli
Beauty by Bill Wallace
Surprises According to Humphrey (Bluebonnet) by Betty G. Birney
Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things (Bluebonnet) by Lenore Look

Entering Fifth Grade

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen

Also pick two from the following:
 The Doll People by Ann M. Martin
The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis
A Dog Called Kitty by Bill Wallace
Savvy (Bluebonnet) by Ingrid Law


Updated: May 10, 2009