Summer Reading List

As summer gets into full swing parents might be wondering what books should they have their students read.  Check out the following reading lists prepared by The International Reading Association (www.reading.org) .

Teachers Choice Award 2014 (http://www.reading.org/Libraries/choices/tc2014.pdf)
Grades K-2 Ages 5-8

1. America the Beautiful: Together We Stand by Katharine Lee Bates. Ill. Various. Orchard.
2. The Bears Go to School by KayWinters. Ill. Katherine Kirkland. Albert Whitman.
3. Best Foot Forward: Exploring Feet,Flippers, and Claws by Ingo Arndt. Photographs by Ingo Arndt. Holiday House.
4. The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. Ill. Oliver Jeffers. Philomel
5. Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld. Scholastic.
6. Frog Song by Brenda Z. Guiberson. Ill. Gennady Spirin. Henry Holt.
7. The Invisible Boy by Trudy Ludwig. Ill. Patrice Barton. Knopf.
8. Lifetime: The Amazing Numbers in Animal Lives by Lola M. Schaefer. Ill. Christopher Silas Neal. Chronicle.
9. The Snatchabook: Who’s Stealing All the Stories? by Helen Docherty. Ill. Thomas Docherty. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
10. Xander’s Panda Party by Linda Sue Park. Ill. Matt Phelan. Clarion

For the Children's Choice Award 2014 winners click here http://www.reading.org/Libraries/choices/cc2014.pdf