ENTERING GRADE TWO

Students should read three of the following books from three different series:

Any from the Arthur chapter books

by Marc Brown

Any from the Frog and Toad series

by Arnold Lobel

Any from the Magic Tree House series

by Mary Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca

Any from the Polk Street School series

by Patricia Reilly Giff and Blanche Sims

Any from the Amelia Bedelia series

by Peggy Parish

ENTERING GRADE THREE

1. Choose one book from a series

   Any from Boxcar Children series

   by Gertrude Warner

   Any from Magic Tree House series

   by Marp Pope Osborne and Sal Murdocca

   Any from the Judy Moody series

   by Megan Mcdonald

2. Choose two books from the list below:

   Mr. Popper’s Penguins

   by Richard Atwater

   Bunnicula

   by James Howe and Alan Daniel

   Stuart Little
    by E. B. White

   Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
    by Stephen Manes

ENTERING GRADE FOUR

Students should read three of
the following books:

Fantasy -
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams Bianco

Poetry –
Favorite Poems for Children
by Barnes and Noble Books, Inc. (or a book of children’s poetry)

Historical Fiction –
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

by Deborah Hopkinson (Knopf)

Fiction –
The Spy on Third Base
by Matt Christopher or any Matt Christopher novel

Biography –
Childhood of famous Americans (series) authors vary – or a biography of a famous American

ENTERING GRADE FIVE

Students should read three of the following books:

Historical Fiction –
1. Journey to the New World – The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple
by Kathryn Lasky

Poetry
2. One book of poetry
by Jack Prelutsky

Fantasy
3. The Bad Beginning, from “A Series of Unfortunate Events” (vol. 1)
by Lemony Snicket

Realistic Fiction
4. The War with Grandpa
by Robert Kimmel Smith

5. The Toothpaste Millionaire
by Jean Merrill

ENTERING GRADE SIX

1. Students should read a biography of at least 150 pages or more

2. Students should read two of the following books:

Crispin

by Avi

Dogsong or Hatchet

by Gary Paulsen

Hoot

by Carl Hiaasen

Bud, Not Buddy

by Christopher Curtis

The Cay

by Theodore Taylor

Old Yeller
by Fred Gipson

ENTERING GRADE SEVEN

1. All students must read any Biography that is 200 pages or more

2. Students should pick two of the following novels:

White Fang
by Jack London

Anne of Green Gables
by Lucy Maud Montgomery

My Side of the Mountain
by Jean Craighead George

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM
by Robert O’Brian

Julie of the Wolves
by Jean C. George

Indian Captive
by Lois Lenski

Summer of the Swans
by Betsy Byers

ENTERING GRADE EIGHT

1. All students must read any Biography that is 250 pages or more

2. Students should pick two of the following novels:

Call of the Wild
by Jack London

Hiding Place
by Corrie Ten Boom

Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O’Dell

Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell

Holes
by Louis Sachar

The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien