Lower School

Summer Reading2018

Check out these great suggestions for your summer reading! See theBookmarks booklet for additional recommendations

and community activities around reading.

Rising 2nd Grade

Picture Books The Adventures of Beekle by Dan Santat After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat Amos and Boris by William Steig A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio Goldilocks & the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall I Got It! by David Wiesner Journey trilogy by Aaron Becker Julia’s House for Lost Creatures by Ben Hatke Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors by Drew Daywalt Mogie: The Heart of the House by Kathi Appelt Robinson by Peter Sis Sally Jean, the Bicycle Queen by Cari Best Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola Surf’s Up by Kwame Alexander They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamado The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse by Mac Barnett Wonder Horse by Emily Arnold McCully

Early Reader Series Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish Charlie & Mouse by Laurel Snyder Cork & Fuzz by Don Chaconas Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa by Erica Silverman Dodsworth travel series by Tim Egan Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems Elephant & Piggie Like Reading! by various authors Fly Guy by Ted Arnold Fox stories by James Marshall Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel Houndsley & Catina by James Howe King & Kayla by Dori Hillestad Butler Ling & Ting by Grace Lin Little Bear by Else Minarik Mo sports stories by David Adler Mouse and Mole by Wong Herbert Yee Mr. Putter and Tabby & all other series by Cynthia Rylant Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat Pearl and Wagner by Kate McMullan Penny by Kevin Henkes Rabbit & Robot by Cece Bell Young Cam Jansen by David Adler

The Library will be open Tuesdays

from 9-3 beginning June 12

Rising 2nd Grade

Other Fun Chapter Books

to Check Out this Summer

Anna Hibiscus series by Atinuke

The Bad Guys series by Aaron Blabey

Bink & Gollie series by Kate DiCamillo

Critter Club series by Callie Barkley

Dory Fantasmagory series by Abby Hanlon

Haggis & Tank series by Jessica Young

Humphrey's Tiny Tales by Betty Birney

The Infamous Ratsos by Kara LaReau

Inspector Flytrap by Tom Angleberger

James to the Rescue by Elise Broach

Jasper John Dooley series by Caroline Adderson

Julian & Gloria series by Ann Cameron

Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo

Owl Diaries series by Rebecca Elliott

Pet Rescue Adventures by Holly Webb

Piper Green and the Fairy Tree by Ellen Potter

Poppy the Pirate Dog by Liz Kessler

Princess in Black series by Shannon Hale

Sophie Mouse series by Poppy Green

The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems

Tales for Very Picky Eaters by Josh Schneiderd

Wallace and Grace Take the Case

by Heather Alexander

Zapato Power series by Jacqueline Jules

Summer Reading Suggestions

Nonfiction to Inspire

Actual Size by Steve Jenkins

A Hundred, Billion, Trillion Stars by Seth Fishman

Island; Gravity; Coral Reefs by Jason Chinn

Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the

Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate

The Most Wonderful Thing That Came from a

Spring by Gilbert Ford

Shark Lady: True Story of How Eugenie Clark

Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist

by Jess Keating

There Goes Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who

Ever LIved by Matt Tavares

Warbler Wave ny April Pulley Sayre

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking

Streams of Inventions by Chris Barton

Graphic Stories to Delight

Ape & Armadillo Take Over the World

by James Strum

Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas by Phillipe Coudray

Benny & Penny series by Jeffrey Hayes

Binky series by Ashley Spires

Good Night, Planet by Liniers

The Great Antonio by Elise Gravel

The Great Pet Escape & The Great Art Caper

by Victoria Jamieson

Shark King: a Toon Book by R. Kikuo Johnson

Written and Drawn by Henrietta by Liniers