Timberlane Regional School District

Elementary Summer Reading List 2008 (Suggested Titles)

Compiled by District Elementary Librarians and Local Public Librarians

** Please note that the titles indicated are only suggestions and any titles by the

authors listed would make excellent summer reading choices.

Picture Books

Base, Graeme. Uno’s Garden. Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006.

Cronin, Doreen. Duck for President. Athenuem, 2008.

Dennard, Deborah. Koala Country: the story of an Australian eucalyptus forest . Soundprints, 2000.

Fox, Mem. Where the Giant Sleeps. Harcourt, 2007.

Frazee, Marla. A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever. Harcourt, 2008.

French, Jackie. Diary of a Wombat. Clarion Books, 2003.

French, Jackie. Pete the Sheep-Sheep. Clarion Books, 2005.

Graham, Bob. Dimity Dumpty: The Story of Humpty’s Little Sister. Candlewick, 2007.

LaRochelle, David. The End. Scholastic, 2007.

Lee, Suzy. Wave. Chronicle Books, 2008.

Lester, Allison. Are We There Yet? : A Journey Around Australia. Kane Miller Books, 2005.

Sciezska, Jon. Cowboy & Octopus. Viking, 2007.

Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Dog and Bear: Two’s Company. Roaring Book Press, 2008.

Watt, Melanie. Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach. Kids Can Press, 2008.

Willems, Mo. There Is A Bird On Your Head! Hyperion Books for Children, 2007.

Winch, John. The Old Woman Who Loved to Read. Holiday House, 1997.

Chapter Books

Blume, Judy. Soapy Saturdays With the Pain and the Great One. Delacorte Press, 2007.

Cazet, Denys. Minnie and Moo Go To Paris. DK, 1999.

Dicamillo, Kate. Mercy Watson Fights Crime. Candlewick, 2006

Fine, Anne. Return of the Killer Cat. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2007.

Holt, Kimberly Willis. Piper Reed: Navy Brat. Square Fish, 2008.

Kerrin, Jessica. Martin Bridge: In High Gear! Kids Can Press, 2006

McDonald, Megan. Stink and the Great Guinea Pig Express. Candlewick, 2008.

O’Neill, Catharine. Annie and Simon. Candlewick, 2008.

Pennypacker, Sara. Clementine’s Letters. Hyperion, 2008

Warner, Sarah. Best Friend Emma. Viking, 2007.

Novels

Bateson, Catherine. Being Bee. Holiday House, 2007.

Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Knopf, 2008.

Clements, Andrew. No Talking. Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Clements, Andrew. Room One: A Mystery or Two. Simon & Schuster, 2006.

Gantos, Jake. I Am Not Joey Pigza. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2007.

Henkes, Kevin. Bird Lake Moon. HarperCollins, 2008.

Lowry, Lois. The Willoughbys. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2008.

Lupica, Mike. The Big Field. Philomel, 2008.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Who Won the War? Yearling, 2008.

Park, Linda Sue. Keeping Score. Clarion Books, 2008.

Riordan, Rick. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4). Hyperion, 2008.

Stewart, Trenton Lee. The Mysterious Benedict Society. Little, Brown, 2007.

Non-Fiction

Arnosky, Jim. Beachcombing: Exploring the Seashore. Dutton, 2004.

Bishop, Nic. Nic Bishop’s Frogs. Scholastic, 2008.

Clements, Andrew. Dogku. Simon & Schuster, 2007.

Collard, Sneed. Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials. Darby Creek Publishing, 2007.

Heinman, Sarah. Australia ABC’S: A Book About the People and Places of Australia. Picture Window Books, 2003.

Lunde, Darrin. Hello, Bumblebee Bat. Charlesbridge, 2007.

Kerley, Barbara. What To Do About Alice?: How Alice Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed the World, and Drove Her Father Teddy Crazy.

Scholastic Press, 2008.

Lewin, Ted. Top to Bottom Down Under. HarperCollins, 2005.

Michelson, Richard. Tuttle’s Red Barn: The Story of America’s Oldest Family Farm. Putnam, 2007.

Morecraft, Richard. Zoo Album. Enchanted Lion Books, 2004.

Prelutsky, Jack. My Dog May Be A Genius: Poems. Greenwillow, 2008.

Sayre, April Pulley. Vulture View. Henry Holt, 2007.

A Note From Your Librarian ~ It’s a G’Day for Reading all summer long! We encourage all “mates” to join the fun “down under” and participate as fully as possible in the summer reading events sponsored by the public library. We also urge you to participate in the summer reading program sponsored by Barnes & Noble. The theme of their program is based on the novels written by Andrew Clements. All children who read at least 8 books have the opportunity to earn a free one! For more information please visit the bookseller’s website at:

http://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/community/Summer_Reading/Summer_Reading_Program.html