MCSD Suggested Reading for the Summer

 

The Night Crossing
 Ackerman, Karen 
 
Aesop's Fables
 Aesop
 
The Invasion:  Animorphs # 1
 Applegate, K. A. 
 
All About Alligators
 Arnosky, Jim 
 
Poppy
 Avi
 
The Indian in the Cupboard
 Banks, Lynne Reid 
 
I, Houdini
 Banks, Lynne Reid 
 
Peter Pan
 Barrie, James M. 
 
Pop Pop's First Fourth 
 Barry, Lauren 
 
This is Our Earth
 Benson, Laura Lee 
 
Linnea in Monet's Garden
 Bjork, Christina 
 
Ben Franklin Aliv!  Meet Bill Meikle
 Bloomfield, Samantha 
 
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
 Blume, Judy 
 
Life on the Great Barrier Reef
 Brooks, Caitlin 
 
Little Fox and Big Coytoe
 Brooks, Caitlin 
 
The King's Orange
 Brooks, Caitlin 
 
Arthur's Mystery Envelope
 Brown, Marc 
 
The Big Wave
 Buck, Pearl S. 
 
Wednesday Surprise
 Bunting, Eve 
 
Buried Treasure
 Burgan, Michael 
 
Recording the Past
 Burgan, Michael 
 
An Ancient Art
 Burgan, Michael 
 
Jason and the Argonauts
 Cardgian, H. H. 
 
He always Did His Best:  Roberto Clemente
 Celsi, Teresa Noel 
 
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson:  Two Friends 
 Celsi, Teresa Noel 
 
Baseball Stories
 Christopher, Matt 
 
Ramona the Pest
 Cleary, Beverly 
 
Henry Huggins
 Cleary, Beverly 
 
Frindle
 Clements, Andrew 
 
Mieko and the Fifth Treasure
 Coerr, Eleanor 
 
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes
 Coerr, Eleanor 
 
Magic School Bus
 Cole, Joanna 
 
Ready...Set...Read-and Laugh
 Compiled by Joanna Cole
 
The Boy and His Violin
 Curtis, Gavin 
 
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
 D'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin 
 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
 Dahl, Roald 
 
James and the Giant Peach
 Dahl, Roald 
 
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon
 Danziger, Paula 
 
Animal Fact/Animal Fable
 de Groat, Diane 
 
Because of Winn-Dixie
 DiCamillo, Kate 
 
The Boy and the Water Buffalo
 Doak, Robin 
 
Beethoven:  The Man and His Music
 Doak, Robin 
 
Winter in the Arctic
 Dow, Dale 
 
Lost at Sea 
 Dow, Dale 
 
Can Animals Talk
 Dubowski, Mark 
 
The Man Who Discovered Pluto
 Dubowski, Mark 
 
Don't Believe It
 Dudowski, Mark 
 
The Secret Lives of Cats and Dogs
 Dzefko, Jenna 
 
Half Magic
 Eager, Edward 
 
Big and Small
 Erickson, Christopher 
 
Pets to the Rescue
 Erickson, Christopher 
 
The Moffats
 Estes, Eleanor 
 
Understood Betsy
 Fisher, Dorothy Canfield 
 
Joyful Noise:  Poems for Two Voices
 Fleischman, Paul 
 
The Missing Violin
 Goldhaber, Sue Lantz 
 
The Wind the the Willows
 Grahame, Kenneth 
 
The Reluctant Dragon
 Grahame, Kenneth 
 
My Mama Had a Dancing Heart
 Gray, Libby Moore 
 
I'm Out of My Body...Please Leave Me a Message (The Zack Files Series)
 Greenburg, Dan 
 
Owen Foote, Soccer Star
 Greene, Stephanie 
 
Iris and Walter
 Guest, Elissa Haden 
 
The Chameleon Wore Chartreuse
 Hale, Bruce 
 
The People Could Fly:  American Black Folktales
 Hamilton, Virginia 
 
The Shrinking of Treehorn
 Heide, Florence Parry 
 
King of the Wind
 Henry, Marguerite 
 
Amazing Grace
 Hoffman, Mary 
 
Meet Trouble (First Friends, First Readers)
 Hood, Susan 
 
Ben Franklin and His Notebook
 Horowitz, Ben 
 
My Great Aunt Arizona
 Houston , Gloria 
 
Aunt Flossie's Hats (and Crab Cakes Later)
 Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald 
 
The Leftovers
 Howard, Tristan 
 
Bunnicula
 Howe, James 
 
Barbara Becomes a Big Sister
 Hudson, Ellie Mae 
 
Class Clown
 Hurwitz, Johanna 
 
The Secret of Platform
 Ibbotson, Eva 
 
Living in Japan 
 Johnson, Carol 
 
Ruthie Rides the Trolley
 Keyes, Madeleine 
 
Babe the Gallant Pig
 King-Smith, Dick 
 
Big Red
 Kjelgaard, Jim 
 
Horrible Harry in Room 2B
 Kline, Suzy 
 
Lassie, Come Home
 Knight, Eric 
 
The Magic Locket
 Koda-Callan, Elizabeth 
 
Lives of the Musicians:  Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors 
Thought)
 Krull, Kathleen 
 
The Clever Jackal
 Lasky, Christine 
 
Catwings
 Le Guin, Ursula K. 
 
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
 Lewis, C. S. 
 
Pippi Longstocking
 Lindgren, Astrid 
 
Sarah, Plain and Tall
 MacLachlan, Patricia 
 
George and Martha:  The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends
 Marshall, James 
 
Rats on the Roof: And Other Stories
 Marshall, James 
 
The Doll People
 Martin, Ann M. and Laura Godwin
 
Monkey Trouble
 Martin, David 
 
Knots on a Counting Rope
 Martin, Jr., Bill
 
You Can Go Home Again
 Marton, Jirina 
 
Blueberries for Sal
 McCloskey, Robert 
 
The Moorchild
 McGraw, Eloise 
 
Annie and the Old One
 Miles, Miska 
 
Winnie-the -Pooh
 Milne, A. A. 
 
Jill and the Corn Stalk
 Mindich, Jim 
 
The Night Jazz Came Alive
 Morgan, Daphane 
 
All That Jazz 
 Morgan, Daphane 
 
Saving Shiloh
 Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds 
 
Using Science to Play Baseball
 North, Emily 
 
The Borrowers
 Norton, Mary 
 
Tree House
 Osborne, Mary 
 
The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin
 Osborne, Mary Pope 
 
Dinosaurs Before Dark (The Magic Treehouse Series, Book 1)
 Osborne, Mary Pope 
 
Amelia Bedelia Series
 Parish, Peggy 
 
Kid in the Red Jacket
 Park, Barbara 
 
 

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business (First Stepping Stone Book)
 Park, Barbara 
 
Sweet Valley Kids
 Pascal, Francine 
 
The Littles Series
 Peterson, John 
 
The Adventures of Captain Underpants
 Pilkey, Dav 
 
Listen for the Rattle
 Piparo, Dan and Patsey Jensen
 
Thundercake
 Polacco, Patricia 
 
Thunder Cake
 Polacco, Patricia 
 
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
 Polacco, Patricia 
 
The Chalk Doll
 Pomerantz, Charlotte 
 
Pompeii:  A Doomed City 
 Putterman, Rona 
 
Dinosaurs Lived Here 
 Putterman, Rona 
 
Best Christmas Pageant Ever
 Robinson, Barbara 
 
How to Eat Fried Worms
 Rockwell, Thomas 
 
The Missing Mummy (A to Z Mysteries #13)
 Roy, Rony 
 
When I Was Young in the Mountains
 Rylant, Cynthia 
 
The Relatives Came
 Rylant, Cynthia 
 
 

The Case of the Missing Monkey (The High-Rise Private Eyes Book 1)
 Rylant, Cynthia 
 
Mr. Putter and Tabby Fly the Plane (Mr. Putter and Tabby Easy Reader series)
 Rylant, Cynthia 
 
Poppleton Everyday
 Rylant, Cynthia 
 
Waiting to Waltz:  A Childhood
 Rylant. Cynthia 
 
Sideways Stories
 Sachar, Louis 
 
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
 Sachar, Louis 
 
Sideways Stories From Wayside School
 Sachar, Louis 
 
Tree of Cranes
 Say, Allen 
 
The Not-So-Jolly Roger (The Time Warp Trio)
 Scieszka, Jon
 
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
 Scieszka, Jon 
 
Perry Mantis, Private Eye
 Segovia, Alejandro 
 
Mean Margaret
 Seidler, Tor 
 
The Cricket in Times Square
 Selden, George 
 
Laficadio:  The Lion Who Shot Back
 Silverstein, Shel 
 
Where the Sidewalk Ends
 Silverstein, Shel 
 
The Giving Tree
 Silverstein, Shel 
 
Falling Up
 Silverstein, Shel 
 
Elephant Story
 Sinetos, Lorraine 
 
Worlds Within Our World
 Sitetos, Lorraine 
 
Hannah
 Skolsky, Mindy Warshaw 
 
Stormy Weather
 Smith, Dona 
 
Heidi
 Spyri, Johanna 
 
Abel's Island
 Steig, William 
 
Dominic
 Steig, William 
 
George and Diggety
 Stern, Maggie 
 
Storm in the Night
 Stolz, Mary 
 
 

D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths
  

Parin, Ingri and Edgar d'Aulaire
 
Brave Irene
 Stolz, Mary 
 
All-Of-A-Kind Family
 Taylor, Sydney 
 
The Great Good Thing
 Townley, Roderick 
 
Meet Kit an American Girl:1934
 Tripp, Valerie 
 
Two Bad Ants
 Van Allsburg, Chris 
 
Everyone Always Complains About the Weather
 Vega, Truman 
 
If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries
 Viorst, Judith 
 
A Dog Called Kitty
 Wallace, Bill 
 
Charlotte's Web
 White, E. B. 
 
Stuart Little
 White, E. B. 
 
Little House in the Big Woods
 Wilder, Laura Ingalls 
 
School Days:  A Little House Chapter Book
 Wilder, Laura Ingals 
 
A Chair for My Doll
 Williams, Vera 
 
A Chair for My Mother
 Williams, Vera B. 
 
Encounter
 Yolen, Jane