Summer Reads

Students and teachers alike are already VERY ready for Summer Break, but we all need to do our part to encourage students to read over the break so as to prevent the dreaded "Summer Slide."

Infographic from biguniverse.com

I have compiled summer reading lists for grades 1 through 8 to support teachers in creating their own lists.  It is a nice idea to share suggested reading lists with parents so that they can encourage their children to keep learning over the summer months.  Teachers or parents offering incentives or prizes for reading over the summer is also something that could act as a tremendous motivator for our students.

Grade 1                                                                   

1. Iggy Peck Architect by Andrea Beaty    
2. The Princess in Black by LeUyen Pham
3. Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
4. Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo
5. We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen

Grade 2

1. Ivy & Bean by Annie Barrows
2. Canadian Flyer Adventures by Frieda Wishinsky
3. Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements
4. The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
5. Galaxy Zack by Ray O'Ryan

Grade 3

1. Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
2. Goblins in the Castle by Bruce Coville
3. Nancy Drew and The Clue Crew by Carolyn Keene
4. Who Was/Who Is series
5. Nighty-Nightmare by James Howe
6. The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
7. Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
8. Bad Kitty for President by Nick Bruel
9. Murder on the Canadian by Eric Wilson
10. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White

Grade 4 

1. Holes by Louis Sachar
2. Lizard Music by Daniel Pinkwater
3. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
4. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
5. The Fire Eaters by David Almond
6. Superfudge by Judy Blume
7. Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier
8. Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
9. Boy by Roald Dahl
10. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle

Grade 5

1. No More Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
2. Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan
3. Kate by Jean Little
4. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
5. Wildwood by Colin Meloy
6. Bridge to Terebithia by Katerine Paterson
7. Dear Dumb Diary by Jamie Kelly
8. Hereville - How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutch
9. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
10. The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart

Grade 6

1. The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
2. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
3. The Land of Stories by Chris Colfer
4. Ignatius Macfarland: Frequenaut! by Paul Feig
5. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
6. The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn
7. Rules by Cynthia Lord
8. Smile by Raina Telgemeier
9. The Sky is Falling by Kit Pearson
10. Birdland by Tracy Mack

Grade 7

1. Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
2. The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
3. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
4. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing by M.T. Anderson
5. Pendragon by D.J. Machale
6. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
7. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
8. The Selected Works of TS Spivet by Reif Larsen
9. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
10. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt

Grade 8

1. I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
2. Black and White by Eric Walters
3. How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
4. School's Out Forever by James Patterson
5. The Tiffin by Mahtab Narsimhan
6. Life of Pi by Yann Martel
7. Watership Down by Richard Adams
8. The Berlin Boxing Club by Robert Sharenow
9. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
10. The Walled City by Ryan Graudin