Summer Reading Recommendations from the Black Pine Circle School Librarians
Kindergarten and Grade 1
• Farm by Elisha Cooper
• Iris and Walter (series) by Elissa Haden Guest
• Max's Words and sequel Max's Dragon by Kate Banks
• Mouse and Mole: Fine Feathered Friends (series) by Wong Herbert Yee
• Pierre the Penguin: a true story by Jean Marzollo
• Princess Hyacinth (the Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated) by Florence Parry Heide
• Quiet in the Garden by Aliki
• Robot Zot by Jon Scieszka
• Up, Up, and Away by Ginger Wadsworth
Grades 2 and 3
• 14 Cows for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
• Around the World in 80 Mysteries (series) by Carole Marsh. Titles include The Mystery of
the Ancient Pyramid and The Breathtaking Mystery on Mount Everest
• The Boy Who Invented T.V.: the Story of Philo Farnsworth by Kathleen Krull
• The Day-Glo Brothers: the True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-
New Colors by Chris Barton
• The Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner
• If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky
• Lawn Boy and sequel Lawn Boy Returns by Gary Paulsen
• Redwoods by Jason Chin
• Summer Birds: the Butterflies of Maria Merian by Margarita Engle
• You are the First Kid on Mars by Patrick O'Brien
Grades 3 through 5
• Green by Laura Peyton Roberts
• Into the Volcano: a Volcano Researcher at Work by Donna O'Meara
• The Magic Thief (trilogy) by Sarah Prineas
• Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War: how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance
balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War by Thomas B.
Allen
• Meanwhile: Pick any path. 3856 story possibilities (graphic novel) by Jason Shiga
• No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
• Real Kids, Real Places (series) by Carole Marsh. Titles include The Ghost of the Golden
Gate Bridge and The Mapcap Mystery of the Missing Liberty Bell
• Rules by Cynthia Lord
• The Secret Language of Girls and sequel The Kind of Friends We Used to Be by Frances
O'Roark Dowell
• The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
Grades 6 through 8
• Almost Astronauts: 13 Women who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
• Charles and Emma: the Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heilegman
• Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Jill Wolfson
• Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass
• Leviathan by Scott Westerfield
• Into the Volcano (graphic novel) by Don Wood
• Return to Sender by Julia Alvarez
• The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
• Shifty by Lynn Hazen
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At the Central library, they have a yellow sheet "If you liked Diary of a Wimpy Kid..." I recommend it!
